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22 entries for Pherecrates

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α515ἈδωνίαAdonia, Adonis-mourning… syllable]. "We hold the Adonia and we weep for Adonis." Pherecrates [sc. writes this]. They also call the image of Adonis, in this way, an Adonion. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] Adonideian crop, …Matched in translationhighshort
α3194Ἄπιαpears… Laws. It occurs also in Alexis and in Savages of Pherecrates: "grab the pears before stirring [them] up."Matched in translationhighshort
α383Ἀγυιαίhighways… by courtyard doors, sacred to Apollo, or the god himself. Pherecrates in Krapataloi [writes]: "o master Aguieus, remember me in these matters."

α515

Ἀδωνία

Adonia, Adonis-mourning

With a short vowel [sc. in the penultimate syllable]. "We hold the Adonia and we weep for Adonis." Pherecrates [sc. writes this]. They also call the image of Adonis, in this way, an Adonion. Also [sc. attested is the…

Ἀδωνία· συνεσταλμένως. Ἀδωνίαν ἄγομεν καὶ τὸν Ἄδωνιν κλάομεν. Φερεκράτης. καλοῦσι δὲ καὶ τὸ εἴδωλον τοῦ Ἀδώνιδος οὕτως Ἀδώνιον. καὶ Ἀδωνίδειος καρπὸς, τοῦ Ἀδώνιδος.

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α1305ἈλοάωνthreshingAlso [sc. attested is] a)loa/santa ["him having threshed"]; Pherecrates said a)loa/santa with an alpha; "at once to alienate with draught horses the man who had threshed." But to cut with blows [is] a)loh=sai with …Matched in translationhighshort

α1883Ἀναθύεινto undertake… [term which means] to take up the matter through time. Pherecrates [writes]: "the older women again undertake [it]."Matched in translationhighshort

α2141Ἀναψηφίσασθαιto put to the vote again[Meaning] to change a vote. In Slave Tutor Pherecrates [writes]: "and put to the vote again [your decision] to give the money back." And the Attic [writers] say [it] with the syllable lengthened.Matched in translationhighshort

α2282Ἀνεῴγεισανthey have been opened… in Cities: "me, I never opened [it] for mortals." And Pherecrates in Frivolous Men: "for nobody welcomed [me], or even opened the door to me."Matched in translationhighshort

α2547ἈνόδοντονtoothlessIn Corianders Pherecrates [writes]: "an old man grinds toothless."Matched in translationhighshort

α2782Ἀνυδρεύσασθαιto draw up for oneself… on her and to draw up the bucket." [So says] Pherecrates in Korianno.Matched in translationhighshort

α2814Ἄξιοςof a worthy price, worth [something][Meaning] something cheap. Pherecrates in Histos [writes]: "winged wheat worth a garland."Matched in translationhighshort

α2928Ἀπαρτίcompletely, altogether… [writes]: "from this point it was seventy stades altogether". And Pherecrates in Krapatalloi [writes]: "tell me, of course, to anticipate it completely". And Aristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "I will make the clever and sensible …Matched in translationhighshort

α2983Ἀπέδρανthey fled… singular is also] a)pe/dran. Meaning they absconded there and fled. Pherecrates in Oven [sc. uses the word]. Menander in Thessalians [writes]: "then I fled alone".Matched in translationhighshort

α3037Ἄπερρεbe off!… for him, wandering about since the early morning". [So says] Pherecrates in Good-For-Nothings.Matched in translationhighshort

α3743Ἀρᾶταιinvokes[Meaning he/she/it] prays, or curses, or calls upon. Pherecrates in Ant-Men [writes]: "later s/he invokes, and calls upon her/his father."Matched in translationhighshort

α3750Ἀράχνηspider's web… are holding your stomach in the middle of spiders' webs." Pherecrates in Tyranny [writes]: "so spiders' webs just as for empty fig trees." Nicophron in Origins of Aphrodite [writes]: "so something spidery seems to …Matched in translationhighmedium

α4032Ἀρτήρfelt shoe, arterA type of footwear. Pherecrates in Old Women [sc. mentions it].Matched in translationhighshort

α4045Ἀρτίωςabsolutely, utterly… completely, soundly. Not just a)/rti ["lately"], a short time ago. Pherecrates in Ant-men [writes]: "a foreign woman who had come, utterly ancient." Also meaning genuine: "you have been robbed of such an absolute friend."Matched in translationhighshort

α828Ἀκεανόςakeanos… is mentioned, in the accusative plural, in a fragment of Pherecrates (188 Kock, now 201 K.-A.), but it seems to be spelled there -nn-.Matched in noteshighshort

α2074Ἀνασπᾷtears down… (Lexicon alpha1664-1665 Theodoridis). [1] Thucydides 6.100.3 (web address 1). [2] Pherecrates fr. 180 Kock, now 194 K.-A. [3] cf. generally alpha 2011.Matched in noteshighshort

α2768ἈντρῶνεςAntrones… From Photius, and also in some of the paroemiographers; originally Pherecrates fr. 15 Kock, now 16 K.-A.Matched in noteshighshort

α3380Ἀπολεγόμενοςdeclining (an offer)… Photius alpha2551 Theodoridis, attributing a)pole/gomai (with a corresponding gloss) to Pherecrates (fr. 225 K.-A.) [2] Polybius fr. 16 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (p. 515) that the quotation is also found in the Lexicon Vindobonense. [3] …Matched in noteshighshort

α4023Ἀρτάριαartaria, felt shoesMentioned only here; but cf. Pherecrates fr. 38 Kock = 42 K.-A. (at alpha 4032) for the presumably similar a)rth/r.Matched in noteshighshort