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279
Αἴρασθαι
to lift
Same entry in
Photius
and elsewhere [1] The headword is an aorist middle infinitive, more correctly a)/rasqai than the Suda's ai)/rasqai. (Theodoridis on
Photius
s.v. obelizes it). The quotation from Cratinus -- see next …
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362
Αἰσχυνόμενος περιπλέκει τὴν συμφοράν
out of shame he obfuscates the calamity
Same entry in
Photius
and other lexica; ultimately Phrynichus, Praeparatio sophistica 2.9 (see further, next note). The headword phrase (in which the particle ga/r needs to be supplied) is from comedy: Comica adespota fr. …
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= Synagoge (Codex B) alpha484, and
Photius,
Lexicon alpha501; cf. Apollonius Sophistes, Homeric Lexicon 13.19, and Hesychius alpha1652. [1] That is, ai(, pronounced like English "high", the nominative plural feminine form of the definite …
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27
Αἰγέα
Aigeus, Aegeus
Same entry in
Photius.
[1] Accusative singulars -- presumably extracted from the quotation given -- of the names Aigeus and Erechtheus, both legendary kings of Athens (alphaiota 23, epsilon 2943). [2] Aristophanes fr. 211 …
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37
Αἰγιάζειν
to talk of goats
… [1] Eupolis fr. 2 Kock, now 3 Kassel-Austin, which if
Photius
is correct actually has the present indicative (second person singular) of the verb, not the Suda's (and ps.-Zonaras') present participle.
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66
Αἴγλης Χάριτες
Aigle's Graces
Similar but more precise entry in
Photius
(and elsewhere): "... the lineage of the Graces from Aigle and Helios...". Theodoridis notes there that the ultimate source is Pausanias 9.35.5, citing 'Antimachus' (alpha 2681, presumably). …
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69
Αἰγὸς τρόπον
goat-fashion, like a goat
Photius'
version of the entry is fuller: the complete phrase, from an unattributable fragment of Attic Comedy, is "goat-fashion I dug up a knife for myself". [1] The full story appears at alphaiota 235; …
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75
Αἰγυπτιάζειν
to act the Egyptian
[1] Likewise in
Photius
and other lexica. [2] See Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 922, with scholia. [3] See Aristophanes, Birds 1133-34, with scholia to 1133. [3] delta 1319.
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87
Αἰδοῖ εἴκων
yielding to shame
… Iliad 10.238; cf. Latte on Hesychius s.v. and Theodoridis on
Photius
s.v. [2] Evidently from an historical account, but not readily identifiable. Adler called Bernhardy's nomination of Cassius Dio 'rash' and preferred John of …
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107
Αἰθαλείδης
Aithalidian, Aethalidian
From Harpokration (and
Photius)
s.v. The Suda spells both the deme-name and the associated demotic with "ei" (*ai)qalei/dhs), although the more authentic spelling seems to be with "i" (*ai)qali/dhs). [1] A mistake (not made …
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118
Αἴθεσι
gleaming (ones)
… thus, probably, quoted from somewhere; note however that Theodoridis on
Photius
s.v. obelizes the whole entry.
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128
Αἰθιόπιον
Aithiopion, Aethiopium, Ethiopium
From Harpokration s.v.; also in
Photius'
Lexicon and elsewhere. Aithiopion is also, according to ps.-Zonaras and others, an area of Lydia (associated with a cult of Artemis Aithiopia) -- however, in Stephanus of Byzantium …
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149
Αἴθρια στέφη
open-air garlands, outdoor garlands
cf. Hesychius sigma1869; Synagoge alpha519;
Photius,
Lexicon alpha579. The phrase is derived from an iambic trimeter ascribed by Hesychius to Cratinus' lost comedy Delian Women (fr. 22 Kock, now 24 K.-A.). See also generally …
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159
Αἰθύσσω
I stir up
… this verb see already alphaiota 158. [1] Comparable glossing in
Photius
and other lexica. [2] Greek Anthology 7.204.3-4 (Agathias Scholasticus), an epitaph for the poet's pet partridge (which actually includes not the headword verb …
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189
Αἱμασιά
stone-fence
Similarly in
Photius
and other lexica. See also alphaiota 190. [1] Herodotos 1.180.2, with the gloss there.
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192
Αἵματι κλαίειν
to weep blood, to weep in blood
cf. Apostolius 1.63; and more briefly in
Photius
and elsewhere. [1] Cross-referenced at omicron 775, where however the quotation begins at ou)d' and ends in the finite verb klai/w rather than this participle klai/wn. …
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230
Αἶνος
tale, story
[1] Thus far in
Photius
and other lexica. [2] cf. nu 578. [3] From Clearchus (kappa 1714), On Riddles: see Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 10.452C-D (10.76 Kaibel). [4] Julian, Oration 7, 202A-B; again at mu 1389. …
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235
Αἴξ
goat
… fuller version of what follows. See also Hesychius alpha2012 and
Photius
s.v. 'the nanny-goat'. [3] Adler reports that ms F has not memisqwme/noi but memustwme/noi, "initiates". Zenobius, though, has the periphrasis "some of the …
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237
Αἲξ οὐρανία
heavenly goat
The first part of this entry is also in
Photius.
Earlier, Zenobius (1.26) had begun at 'Cratinus ...'. See further below, n. 1. cf. epsilon 2748, phi 479, alpha 1478. [1] cf. generally kappa …
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246
Αἰόλλει
turns, variegates
See Anecdota graeca, ed. L. Bachmann, 48.27;
Photius,
Lexicon alpha655; cf. Hesychius alpha2024 (replacing the third gloss here, plana=, with the preferable kinei=); the scholia to Nicander, Theriaca 155b (kinei=, stre/fei, poiki/llei); the scholia …
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253
Αἰόλος
undulating, wavelike, advancing in a winding or rolling fashion, agile in turning side to side; multicoloured, discoloured, black or chestnut with white markings; easily moved, changeable, wily, quick-witted, liable to metamorphosis, disturbed in mind; whirling; self-generating in movement, ever-turning; lively, flashing, shimmering
… xrhsi/mwn (Anecdota Graeca, ed. Bekker, 1.356.21; ed. L. Bachmann 45.1;
Photius,
Lexicon alpha614, 52.19 Reitzenstein), scholia to Homer, Iliad 7.222, and to Odyssey 22.300; cf. Apion (de glossis Hom., fr. 74.214.16, but with poluki/nhton), …
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257
Αἰωνίζει
is eternal
Same entry in ps.-Zonaras; very similar one in
Photius
and elsewhere. The headword (present indicative, third person singular, of ai)wnizw) must be quoted from somewhere but is not independently attested. cf. generally alphaiota 255.
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299
Αἴρειν ἔξω πόδα πηλοῦ
to lift one's foot out of the mud
… second and longer part of this entry is also in
Photius
and elsewhere [1] In Apostolius 1.65 and other paroemiographers; and cf. epsilon 675. [2] Aristophanes, Peace 1; quoted already at alphaiota 280. [3] …
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301
Αἱρεῖσθαι
to choose, to obtain
Same entry in
Photius
and other lexica. The connection between headword and gloss is not self-evident; perhaps by working at something one indicates one has elected to do so.
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308
Αἱρήσομαι
I will choose
… quoted from somewhere: Latte on Hesychius s.v. and Theodoridis on
Photius
s.v. suggest the New Testament (Philippians 1.22) or Euripides (Orestes 307), but there are many other possibilities.
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333
Αἴσωπος
Aesop, Aisopos, Aesopus
… The material from 'there is a' to 'love-charms' derives from
Photius'
Bibliotheca (153b22-29), where it is attributed to the Kaine historia of 'Ptolemy, son of Hephaestion' (pi 3037).
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374
Αἰτναῖον πῦρ
Etnaean fire
… it seems preferable to follow Reizenstein and now Theodoridis, on
Photius
s.v., and read a)tmi/zontos as part of the preceding phrase ("coming out ... and smoking").
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