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Ἀκαλήφη
stinging nettle, sea-anemone
… in the first [book] of Concerning Animals and [so does]
Theophrastus
in the seventh [book] of Plants.
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3927
Ἀριστόξενος
Aristoxenos, Aristoxenus
… insults on the lattermost after his death, because he left
Theophrastus
as head of the school, although Aristoxenos himself had achieved great distinction among the students of Aristotle. And he flourished in the time …
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4096
Ἀρχὴ ἄνδρα δείκνυσιν
office exposes a man
… say that this a dictum of Solon's, though Aristotle and
Theophrastus
[says it is] Bias's.
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Ἀβρότονον
wormwood
Wormwood, or other Artemisia species; see e.g.
Theophrastus
Enquiry into Plants 6.7.3. (Also a woman's name in New Comedy.)
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208
Ἀγγείδιον
potlet
… the Ambrosian Lexicon. Not a common diminutive, but see e.g.
Theophrastus,
Enquiry into Plants 9.6.4. LSJ also notes an instance of this word meaning gall-bladder.
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416
Ἄγχουσα
alkanet, bugloss, rouge
… Besides what follows here (and in epsilon 3093) see e.g.
Theophrastus,
Enquiry into Plants 7.9.3. [1] This was also used as a facial cosmetic: see psi 108. [2] Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 928-9, telescoped (see web …
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2054
Ἀνάρπαστοι
non-initiates
… transmitted headword a)na/rpastoi, a nominative plural, does occur (in e.g.
Theophrastus,
De pietate fr. 3) but is nevertheless incorrect here. It should be a)norgi/astoi, which Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon gives as the headword to the …
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3165
Ἀπήνεια
discourtesy, rudeness
… The headword (a gloss at theta 355) occurs in e.g.
Theophrastus,
Characters 15.1 (in his definition of au)qa/deia: alpha 4422). From a)phnh/s (alpha 3170, and cf. alpha 3163, alpha 3164).
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3250
Ἀποβάτης
dismounter
… such an event was found only in Athens and Boiotia)
Theophrastus
on this. See also Kassel-Austin, PCG II p.34 (s.v. Alexis). "Dismounting" meant, in practice, vaulting from one horse to another: see LSJ.
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3610
Ἀποτραχύνεται
is hardened off
… lexica. The headword must be quoted from somewhere (probably not
Theophrastus,
History of Plants 6.4.2, where it is used literally).
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3807
Ἀρδήττης Ἀρδήττου
Ardettes, [genitive] Ardettou
… (now 103 Carey OCT). See also eta 215 (end. [3]
Theophrastus
fr. 17 Szegedy-Maszak (647 FHS&G).
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4084
Ἀρχέλαος
Archelaos, Archelaus
… was a mentor of Socrates is asserted by Aristoxenus and
Theophrastus
as well as by DL. The association of Archelaos, Anaxagoras, and/or Socrates with the education of Euripides, however, strains chronology perhaps too much. …
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4101
Ἀρχὴ Σκυρία
Skyrian empire, Scyrian empire
… believed to be those of Theseus; cf. theta 367. [4]
Theophrastus
638 FHS&G (fr.131 Wimmer). For ostracism see omicron 716, omicron 717; as a formal procedure it dates back no earlier than the late …
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4298
Ἀσφόδελος
asphodel
… in famines during his own time, was barely edible. However,
Theophrastus,
who was less fussy than Galen, praised [in Enquiry into Plants 7.12-13] the utility of asphodel, saying that its stalk was edible when …
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4299
Ἀσφόδελος
asphodel
… Same material in Pausanias the Atticist and other lexica. [1]
Theophrastus,
Enquiry into Plants 7.13.4. [2] Hesiod, Works and Days 41 (web address 1). [2] Homer, Odyssey 11.538 (web address 2).
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4570
Ἀφαιρεῖν κροκύδας
to pluck off threads
… now part of 689 K.-A. For a better-known instance see
Theophrastus,
Characters 2.3 (the Flatterer does this, and plucking grey hairs out of the beard, to the object of his attentions); and cf. Valeria …
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