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β104Βαρβαρίζειbehaves like a barbarian[1] Same gloss in Timaeus, Platonic Lexicon, and Photius, Lexicon beta63; cf. generally alpha 3728. On the concept of "barbarian" in Greek thought, see OCD(4) s.v. (p.223). [2] Plato, Alcibiades 1 120B, where the …Matched in noteshighshort
β204Βδελυρόςdisgusting[1] Likewise in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon (and again in Photius). Perhaps generated by the occurrence of the headword adjective in Plato, Republic 338D (where Thrasymachus applies it to Socrates), though not necessarily so; Timaeus' …Matched in noteshighshort
β198Βδέλλεταιmilks… in other lexica. [1] From bda/llw rather than bde/llw. [2] Plato, Theaetetus 174D.

β104

Βαρβαρίζει

behaves like a barbarian

Meaning [he/she/it] thinks barbarian thoughts. Thus Plato [sc. uses the word]. "But barbarism is pronunciation with defects contrary to the custom of the Greeks of good repute; solecism is an expression constructed…

Βαρβαρίζει· ἀντὶ τοῦ τὰ τῶν βαρβάρων φρονεῖ. οὕτως Πλάτων. ἔστι δὲ βαρβαρισμὸς ἐκ τῶν κακιῶν λέξις παρὰ τὸ ἔθος τῶν εὐδαιμονούντων Ἑλλήνων· σολοικισμὸς δέ ἐστι λόγος ἀκαταλλήλως…

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β315Βλάκαidiot, fool… 314), evidently extracted from somewhere. [2] cf. sigma 417. [3] Plato, Republic 432D (web address 1 below). [4] Aristotle fr. 525 Rose. [5] Unattested outside these lexica. [6] Quotation unidentifiable, but perhaps Aelian (so …Matched in noteshighmedium

β27Βαθεῖαν αὔλακαdeep furrowLikewise in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon (and again, post-Suda, in the Etymologicum Magnum). The headword phrase, in the accusative case, is a version of baqei=an a)/loka in Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 593 (web address 1 …Matched in noteshighshort

β149Βασιλείδηςprince… word (except as the proper name Basileides, irrelevant here) but Plato, Critias 116C has the genitive plural: see web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort

β188ΒάτωνBaton, Bato… entry reappears under the entry for the (better-known) comic poet Plato(n): see pi 1708 (end).Matched in noteshighshort

β219Βεβηκόςstanding… perfect participle of the verb bai/nw, might be extracted from Plato, Timaeus 62C, though there are many other possibilities.Matched in noteshighshort

β314Βλάξslack… variously, in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to Plato, Gorgias 488A, where the accusative case of the headword occurs. See further under beta 315, and cf. beta 316, beta 317, beta 318, …Matched in noteshighshort

β374Βομβοῦσινthey bumble… verb cf. beta 372, beta 373. [1] A 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). …Matched in noteshighshort

β404Βοτάgrazers… 405, beta 406, beta 407. [1] From the scholia to Plato, Menexenus 237D, where the headword (a neuter plural) occurs. [2] The quotation (here only) is unidentifiable, but the subject is evidently the prehistory …Matched in noteshighshort

β484Βωμακεύματαribald jests… from beta 489 or its source -- a scholion on Plato, Republic 606C -- which associates this noun with bwmolo/xeuma, beta 487.Matched in noteshighshort

β488Βωμολοχεύσαιτο(if one) were to play the wit at the altar… (West 205, Barker 237 note 200), a practice known to Plato (Laws 812D-E, contemporary to the style) where the strings play one melody and the song bends away on another. This practice, at once …Matched in noteshighmedium

β489Βωμολόχοςaltar-ambusher… by Apollodorus of Cyrene, as cited in the scholia on Plato, Republic 606C (and Etymologicum Magnum 218.7). It would be derived from 'altar' and a verb for watching attested only in the Cypriot dialect …Matched in noteshighmedium