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529
Βρέγμα
forehead
… applies: bre/gma and bregmo/n (the latter explicitly accusative case, the
former
implicitly so).
For
both, see LSJ s.v. bre/gma. [2] Greek Anthology 6.115.4 (generally attributed to Antipater of Sidon), on the horns and hide …
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430
Βουλευτικός
for the council, of the council, for the boule, of the boule
… [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.
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271
Βιαρκέος
life-sustaining, providing sustenance for life
… each from a different kind of netting that provides sustenance
[for
life] -- Pigres the fowling noose that catches by the neck, Damis his nets
for
the beasts of the
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and Cleitor his …
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278
Βιαιότερον
more forceful
The headword adjective, neuter nominative/accusative singular, is 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 …
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329
Βλέπειν γὰρ ἄντικρυς δόξεις μ' Ἄρη
for you will think that I look a downright Ares
… the gloss draws on the scholia there -- Ares standing
for
martial prowess. The
form
of the gloss implies that the line became proverbial, and so it (eventually) did: see Apostolius 4.98. The chorus …
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503
Βωστρεῖν
to cry for
… 685 (web address 1 below); cf. zeta 155, pi 922.
For
fellow-demesmen helping others, see generally D. Whitehead, The Demes of Attica (Princeton 1986) chap.8A.
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109
Βάρβιος
Barbios, Barbius
… see Syme 1955: 57, 1961: 24-5), mentioned as a quaestor
for
M. Antonius by Appian, Civil War 5.120, and also named on his coinage (See Crawford 1974: 517.1-3). Barbatius' story seems to have been …
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233
Βελισάριος
Belisarius, Belisarios
… in OCD(4) s.v. (p.228) and PLRE IIIa s.v. Belisarius(1). Except
for
the final sentence (on which see note below) the present material is taken nearly verbatim from Procopius of Caesarea, History of the Wars …
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121
Βάρος
weight, influence, gravitas, dignity
… fr. 25 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst follows (p. 517) Dindorf in opting
for
the alternative spelling filo/nikon instead of the Suda's filo/neikon. [3] Polybius 30.10.4. [4] Diodorus Siculus 33.28a (28b in Loeb edition); cf. iota 111. …
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545
Βριμούμενος
roaring
The primary headword is presumably extracted from the 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 …
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556
Βρουμάλια
Brumalia
… "from those with a name having an alpha, and so
forth,
right up to the omega". The Latin alphabet has no omega; Malalas in fact describes the alphabetical ordering as e(/ws tou= teleutai/ou gra/mmatos: …
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285
Βίκος
jar
[1] This
form
of the diminutive occurs only here, and no other
forms
are attested, so the point of this comment is unclear.
(For
"transmission" cf. sigma 693.) [2] Xenophon, Anabasis 1.9.25. [3] Not …
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196
Βάψας τὴν κώπην
having dipped the oar
… (237 Kassel-Austin) is quoted: "I want [to make him] a
foreigner
suddenly, having dipped to the nautodikai." (Here "I want," e)qe/lw, has become the Suda's e)lqw/n, "having come"). On the nautodikai see generally A.R.W. …
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400
Βοσόρ
Bosor
The headword Bosor, which appears in that
form
throughout the Septuagint (beginning with Deuteronomy 4.43) and also in e.g. the New Testament (2 Peter 2.15) and Josephus (Antiquities of the Jews 12.340), should more …
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150
Βασίλειος
Basil, Basilius, Basileios
… illustribus 124. See Catholic Encyclopedia entry at web address 1.
For
Gregory of Nazianzus, see gamma 450; Gregory of Nyssa, gamma 451; Apollinarios, alpha 3397. [1] cf. kappa 1201. [2] cf. alpha 1029. [3] …
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37
Βαθύπλουτος
of deep wealth
… this adjective. It is either quoted from somewhere in that
form
or else generated by the accusative singular in the quotation given. [1] Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. …
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10
Βαβύλας
Babylas
… also (6.34.1) relates a story about an unnamed church leader
forbidding
entrance to the church to Philip the Arab (emperor 244-249).
For
a similar doublet see Chronicon Paschale 503-4, citing Leontius, bishop of Antioch: …
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248
Βείδιος
glorious (?)
… the plural beidioi is registered as a Laconian dialect word,
for
officials of some kind. Not in LSJ as that
form,
but see the LSJ entry on bidiai=oi (other
forms
bi/deoi and bi/duoi), glossed …
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495
Βῶνος
Bônos, Bonus
… to Agathias, but had been entrusted with a sizeable military
force
by the Byzantine general Narses (cf. nu 42)
for
securing the environs of Luca (modern-day Lucca, in Tuscany, Italy; cf. alpha 457) in …
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593
Βυρσαίετος
hide-eagle
… Aristophanes, Knights 197, where the headword occurs; cf. mu 240.
For
Kleon see generally kappa 1731. [2] cf. sigma 724 & sigma 725. [3] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 44, where the phrase …
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200
Βδέλυγμα ἐρημώσεως
abomination of desolation
… of Aelius was copied from this entry to alphaiota 183.
For
Hadrian, see generally alpha 527;
for
Aelia, alphaiota 177.
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144
Βασιλεὺς μέγας
Great King
[1]
For
this and some of what follows cf. mu 389. It draws on the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 61, where the headword phrase occurs. [2] Pindar, Olympian 1.23 (web address 1). Hieron was …
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339
Βληχωνία
pennyroyal posset
… comment from the scholia there; cf. delta 843, kappa 938.
For
pennyroyal, see already beta 338. In the present instance note J. Henderson, The Maculate Muse (New Haven 1975) 135 #129: 'the pennyroyal posset …
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514
Βραγχίδαι
Branchidai, Branchidae
Aelian 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 …
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206
Βδελύττεσθαι
to feel loathing at
[1] See already beta 205. [2] cf. mu 1469. [3]
For
A. see under alpha 2674. [4] Aristophanes, Birds 150-151, preceded by comment from the scholia there. The phrase to\n *Le/preon refers not to …
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302
Βιῶνται
they would press hard
… scholiast glossed it with bia/zontai). [1] [Polybius] fr. 121 Büttner-Wobst.
For
this verb, otherwise characteristic of epic poetry, see LSJ s.v. Büttner-Wobst notes that Schweighäuser attributed the fragment to Polybius, while Dindorf, on the …
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391
Βορβόροπιν
filth-holed
… as borbo/ropin (or borboro/pin) and, as here, borboro/phn. The eta
form
is orthodox (so e.g. LSJ s.v.), i.e. with the second half of the compound as o)ph/ "hole"; a technical case can be made …
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59
Βακχυλίδης
Bakkhulides, Bacchylides
… rolls of his epinicians and dithyrambs were discovered. [1] This
form
of the toponym, with epsilon (rather than eta) as the second vowel, occurs only here. [2]
For
other versions of this name see …
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433
Βουλή
council, senate
[1] Here as often 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 …
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558
Βρόχος
noose
[1] Similarly in other lexica; and cf. more generally beta 559. [2] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 74 Habrich. [3] Aelian fr. 52h Domingo-Forasté (49 Hercher).
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