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β42Βαθύταταvery deep… neuter plural, is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Aelian fr. 70m Domingo-Forasté (part of 67 Hercher), on Croesus.Matched in noteshighshort
β204Βδελυρόςdisgusting… so; Timaeus' Lexicon does not confine itself to Plato. [2] Aelian fr. 160 Domingo-Forasté (163 Hercher). [3] Likewise, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon.Matched in noteshighshort
β444Βουλυτόςox-loosening [time]… occurs. [2] Arrian, Parthica p.29 Roos (FGrH 156 F132). [3] Aelian fr. 101e Domingo-Forasté, 98 Hercher (on an Asklepian healing).

β42

Βαθύτατα

very deep

[Meaning] thick. Aelian [writes]: "for when there is clear weather, even on a completely sunny day, unexpectedly and all of a sudden clouds rush in very deep indeed and a great rain dashes down."

Βαθύτατα· παχέα. Αἰλιανός· αἰθρίας γὰρ οὔσης καὶ πανηλίῳ ἡμέρᾳ ἄφνω καὶ ἀδοκήτως νέφη συνδραμεῖν οἷα δή που βαθύτατα καὶ καταρρῆξαι πάμπολυν ὑετόν.

meter and music2

meter and music2

trade and manufacture2

trade and manufacture2

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β587ΒύβλονByblian… ones -- ultimately, indeed, "the Bible" (through bybl-/bibl- assimilation). [2] Aelian fr. 44f Domingo-Forasté (41 Hercher), on the invalid Nikanor and the quack doctor; cf. phi 26. The last phrase here, th=| e)pi\ pa/sais …Matched in noteshighmedium

β26Βαθεῖα κόμηthick hair… one too) at lambda 155. [3] Quotation unidentifiable. Adler suggests Aelian. In any event plou=ton here is in error for baqu/plouton: cf. beta 37.Matched in noteshighshort

β37Βαθύπλουτοςof deep wealth… Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. (Adler suggested Aelian.) For Artemis Laphria cf. alpha 4029, beta 26, lambda 155.Matched in noteshighshort

β109ΒάρβιοςBarbios, BarbiusAelian fr. 66 Hercher (69 Domingo-Forasté); cf. theta 167, theta 232, theta 523, kappa 2619. [1] Ostensibly the man's cognomen; it should probably be considered part of the headword rather than a gloss. Ulpian, …Matched in noteshighmedium

β278Βιαιότερονmore forceful… probably (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given. [1] Aelian fr. 92d Domingo-Forasté, part of 89 Hercher (about Euphronius); cf. alpha 4173 (end), eta 558. (Adler notes the one-time attribution to Damascius, nowadays …Matched in noteshighshort

β303Βιώσιμοςable to live, likely to liveSee also beta 304. [1] Aelian fr. 45 Domingo-Forasté (42 Hercher).Matched in noteshighshort

β315Βλάκαidiot, fool… [5] Unattested outside these lexica. [6] Quotation unidentifiable, but perhaps Aelian (so Adler), as this conjunction of verbs is found in him: History of Animals 4.43. See again at epsilon 861, and cf. kappa …Matched in noteshighmedium

β374Βομβοῦσινthey bumble… literalization of Plato, Republic 573A (web address 1 below). [2] Aelian fr. 110b Domingo-Forasté (107 Hercher) on Albius, a hanger-on of Marc Antony (cf. alpha 1091). For Marpsias see mu 241; and see generally …Matched in noteshighshort

β430Βουλευτικόςfor the council, of the council, for the boule, of the boule… era when Birds was staged. [2] FGrH 156 F131. [3] Aelian fr. 324 Domingo-Forasté (326 Hercher); cf. sigma 1371. For the closing words (kai\ a)nqrwpi/nh| gnw/mh| ou)damw=s sumblhth=|) see LSJ, s.v. sumblhto/s A.II.Matched in noteshighshort

β433Βουλήcouncil, senate… elsewhere, the Greek noun boulh/ stands for Latin senatus. [2] Aelian fr. 115a Domingo-Forasté (112 Hercher); cf. alpha 2762 (end) and alpha 2830. For L. Antonius Saturninus and this episode see R. Syme, "Antonius …Matched in noteshighshort

β440Βουλιμιᾶνto be starving… 565. [3] Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler suggested Symeon Metaphrastes and, ultimately, Aelian; then in her addenda she added the alternative of FGrH 151, an anonymous Alexander-history.)Matched in noteshighmedium

β488Βωμολοχεύσαιτο(if one) were to play the wit at the altar… following example of the 'altar-wit' of a certain Iortius in Aelian (fr. 111c Domingo-Forasté, 108 Hercher, citing Plutarch as his source: cf. epsilon 157, iota 423, mu 321). Iortius (RE 9.1929-30) was a parasite …Matched in noteshighmedium

β489Βωμολόχοςaltar-ambusher… of a Catullus was highly prized, can be classified by Aelian as bwmoloxi/a (beta 488 note 4). [1] For the second part of this compound, from the verb loxa/w 'waylay, ambush', see lambda 711, …Matched in noteshighmedium

β509Βραβεύειawards… Dexippus fr.21 FHG (3.680), but not adopted in FGrH. Perhaps Aelian (so Adler).Matched in noteshighshort

β514ΒραγχίδαιBranchidai, BranchidaeAelian fr. 57 Domingo-Forasté (54 Hercher). [1] Here and elsewhere (delta 1127) the Suda actually has "Dindyma". [2] 479 BCE. [3] 329 BCE. See generally A.B. Bosworth, Conquest and Empire: the reign of Alexander …Matched in noteshighmedium

β537Βριάρεωof Briareos… of Hesychius s.v.: "Pillars of Briareos: the ones called Herakleian". Aelian, Varia Historia 5.3 expands: "Aristotle [fr. 678 Rose, in the Dubia section] says that the Pillars now called Herakleian, before they were called …Matched in noteshighshort

β545Βριμούμενοςroaring… first quotation given. cf. generally beta 543, beta 544. [1] Aelian fr. 123f Domingo-Forasté (120 Hercher); cf. epsilon 296. [2] Same material in other lexica; the verb is evidently extracted from somewhere but is …Matched in noteshighmedium

β558Βρόχοςnoose… generally beta 559. [2] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 74 Habrich. [3] Aelian fr. 52h Domingo-Forasté (49 Hercher).Matched in noteshighshort