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1485
Ἀμμανίται
Ammanitai, Ammanitae, Ammanites, Ammonites
… 19.38 LXX, etc. [2] So in e.g. a fragment of
Nicander
[nu 374] quoted in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 2.61A (2.57 Kaibel); but single mu there, i.e. a)mani=tai.
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1622
Ἁμορβός
attendant, shepherd
… The headword is attested in Hellenistic and later poetry (Callimachus,
Nicander,
Oppian). Despite the etymology suggested here, the headword itself and several other words related to it all have a smooth breathing: see LSJ …
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3691
Ἀπροϊδής
unforeseen
… cicada, at epsilon 2988 and iota 397. See also e.g.
Nicander,
Theriaca 18, with scholion. [2] Greek Anthology 6.72.3-4 (Agathias Scholasticus). Find another quote from this epigram at pi 3048.
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4216
Ἀσταγὲς ὕδωρ
not (merely) trickling water
… registered by LSJ s.v.; other instances in Apollonius Rhodius and
Nicander.
The headword phrase is from Callimachus, Hecale fr. 317 Pfeiffer, and the gloss from the scholia there.
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4418
Αὐαίνεται
is wasting away
[1] (cf. generally alpha 4421.) The headword is quoted from
Nicander,
Theriaca 339; same gloss in the scholia there. [2] Because of crasis with the definite article o(. [3] Aristophanes fr. 612 Kock, now …
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