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Ἀβροτάζω
I miss (someone on the way)
… present indicative, its only appearance outside lexica etc. is in
Homer,
Iliad 10.65 (web address 1), where it is in the first person plural, aorist subjunctive active a)brota/comen (in the construction after a command …
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3745
Ἄρατος
Aratus, Aratos
… a student of Zeno (Diogenes Laertius 7.38), and wrote on
Homeric
questions (Vita III). On Soloi, see sigma 781. [2] The fragments of the Erga of a Menecrates of Ephesus, who may be the …
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1796
Ἀναβάδην
lifted up; propped up
… Hippolytus 612 (web address 3 below); cf. eta 63. [4]
Homer,
Iliad 1.3-4. See web address 4 below. [5] So too Photius, and cf. Hesychius.
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Ἄγη
awe, curse, charm; breaking
… M.) The word occurs only in the nominative singular in
Homer,
where it appears related to the indeclinable adverb a)/gan 'too much'. E. Risch takes it as a rare disyllabic root ending in a …
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1071
Ἀλαός
unseeing
The primary headword is quoted from
Homer,
Odyssey 8.195; see the scholia there. cf. generally alpha 1072. [1] For this verb see lambda 35. Same or similar material in other lexica, including Apollonius'
Homeric
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4559
Ἀφάρτεροι
swifter [horses]
Similar material in other lexica, including Apollonius'
Homeric
Lexicon. [1] From the scholia to the line of
Homer
about to be quoted. [2] Presented here as nominative and genitive of an adjective meaning "swift"; …
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4718
Ἄχρι
up to
… Gudianum. [2] Likewise or similarly in other lexica, including Apollonius'
Homeric
Lexicon, and cf. also the scholia to
Homer,
Iliad 4.522 (and 17.599); cf. next note. [3]
Homer,
Iliad 4.521-522 (web address 1 below), …
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543
Ἀεκήλια
unseemly
The headword, a neuter plural, is extracted from the
Homeric
passage quoted at the end of the entry. [1] This initial glossing is absent, Adler reports, from mss AS. [2] That is, a running …
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1290
Ἀλκμανικὸν εἶδος
Alcmanic form
The quotation is
Homer,
Iliad 5.774 (web address 1), and this is from the scholia on the line (cf. Eustathius ad loc.). Alternatively known as the Alcmanic figure. For further examples see the scholia …
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3051
Ἀπερωεύς
thwarter
Likewise or similarly in other lexica, including Apollonius'
Homeric
Lexicon, and cf. the scholia to the passage quoted:
Homer,
Iliad 8.361 (web address 1 below).
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3161
Ἀπήμονα
unhurt
… at Photius alpha2411 Theodoridis); and cf. already alpha 3158. [2]
Homer,
Iliad 13.761, with scholion. [3] *ph/qw and panqa/nw are grammarians' hypothetical formations from the aorist e)/paqon (see web address 1 and web address …
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Ἀάσαι
to harm, to infatuate
… lexicography, though it appears as an entry in Apollonius Sophistes,
Homeric
Lexicon 2.5, and is presumably related to such
Homeric
forms as we find at alpha 7. [1] This meaning is unattested for the …
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11
Ἀβάκησαν
they kept quiet
… indicative active, of a)bake/w. This form is found only in
Homer,
Odyssey 4.249 (web address 1), and the many lexicographical notices generated by it. Of those the most similar to this entry are Photius, …
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677
Ἀϊδρείη
ignorance
… post-Suda, in Etymologicum Magnum 42.44-47, which goes on to quote
Homer,
Iliad 7.197-199. The headword -- connected with alpha 678, q.v. -- occurs in the mss of line 198 there (dative case); and 'inexperience' …
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848
Ἀκέσματα
remedies
… in Photius and other lexica, and in the scholia to
Homer,
Iliad 15.394, where famously this neuter plural occurs (of Patroclus applying remedies to the wound of Eurypylus (see Archeologia
Homerica
(1983) 108, 125ff.; …
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911
Ἄκνηστις
chine, small (of the back)
… entries in some other lexica, including Hesychius (where Latte cites
Homer,
Odyssey 10.161) and Apollonius'
Homeric
Lexicon. The word is also found without the initial alpha. (Its earliest appearance, in
Homer
[above], can accommodate …
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3187
Ἀπηύρα
removed
… The headword is athematic aorist, third person singular, of a
Homeric
verb which has no present tense. The upsilon represents an original digamma (see LSJ at a)pou/ras); the augment had a long vowel. Same …
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3211
Ἀπινύσσω
I lack understanding, I lie senseless
… (post-Suda) in Etymologicum Magnum 122.32-40. The verb a)pinu/ssw occurs in
Homer
(Iliad 15.10, Odyssey 5.342, 6.258). It is a denominative from *a)pi/nutos, which is cited in the adverbial form a)pinu/tws "unwisely" by Hesychius alpha6209 …
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4188
Ἄσμενος
glad
… entry at web address 1. This word occurs in a
Homeric
formula fu/gen a)/smenos e)k qana/toio (see
Homer,
Iliad 20.350 with scholion;
Homeric
text at web address 2). The traditional view, reflected in the …
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4215
Ἀσπουδεί
carelessly
Same or similar material in other lexica, including Apollonius'
Homeric
Lexicon, and the scholia on a)spoudi/ in
Homer,
Iliad 15.476. [1]
Homer,
Iliad 8.512 (web address 1 below: again the paradosis is a)spoudi/).
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4415
Αὐδή
voice
… Same glossing in other lexica, and in the scholia to
Homer,
Iliad 1.249. [2] Same or similar glossing in other lexica. including Apollonius'
Homeric
Lexicon. When used of goddesses such as Calypso and Circe, …
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2
Ἀαγές
unbroken, unbreakable
= Apollonius Sophistes, Lexicon
Homericum
2.4. Likewise in Hesychius alpha7; Photius, Lexicon alpha4 Theodoridis; Etymologicum Gudianum 1.12. This form of the adjective is the neuter nominative/accusative singular, as at
Homer,
Odyssey 11.575 (web address …
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5
Ἄαπτος
irresistable, invulnerable
… a)/aptoi or xei=ras a)a/ptous (usually interpreted as 'irresistable hands'); e.g.
Homer,
Iliad 8.450 (web address 1). [1] The etymological comments that follow occur only in mss G (= Parisinus 2623) and T (= Vaticanus …
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Ἀασάμην
I was addled
… address 1). It is found frequently in epic poetry, e.g.
Homer
Iliad 9.116 (web address 2). [1] Up to this point the entry = Synagoge (Codex B) alpha3 (Lexica Segueriana 3.8 Bachmann). [2] From …
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Ἀβάλε
would that
… Segueriana 3.10), Hesychius (s.v. a)/ ba/le, alpha60) and Apollonius Sophistes,
Homeric
Lexicon 2.15. The word does not occur in the extant text of
Homer,
but there are other literary attestations including Callimachus fr. 619 …
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151
Ἀγαπήνορος
loving the manly, manly, courageous
Same or similar material in other lexica, including Apollonius'
Homeric
Lexicon. The headword is the genitive case -- because it appears in that case in
Homer,
Iliad 15.392 (web address 1); cf. the scholia …
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171
Ἀγάστονος
much-groaning
… is used of Poseidon's wife Amphitrite (personifying the sea) in
Homer,
Odyssey 12.97 (web address 1), and in the
Homeric
Hymn (3) to Apollo 94 (web address 2); it is also attested in a …
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181
Ἀγέλαστα
not to be laughed at, unamusing
Neuter plural of this adjective, quoted from
Homer,
Odyssey 8.307 (e)/rg' a)ge/lasta); cf. Apollonius,
Homeric
Lexicon 4.21-23.
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221
Ἀγηνορίη
arrogance, pride
Same glossing in Apollonius'
Homeric
Lexicon (7.20). As LSJ s.v. indicates (web address 1), the headword noun (ending -rie in epic/Ionic dialect, -ria in others) has overtones which depend on context. What may be …
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225
Ἀγήραον
ageless
From scholia on
Homer,
Iliad 2.447, where this adjective in the accusative case, describing Athene's aigis, actually appears as a)gh/rwn
(Homeric
text at web address 1; LSJ entry at web address 2.) cf. generally …
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