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Marcelo Boeri3
Claudia Mársico2
Gabriel Bodard2

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χ482Χρηματισαμένωνwith them having gainedThe headword is the aorist middle participle, masculine genitive plural, xrhmati/zw, the form used (in a genitive absolute construction) in the quotation given. [1] cf. chi 479, chi 480, chi 484, etc. [2] Arrian, …Matched in noteshighshort
χ145Χασσάμενοςhaving given groundThe headword (extracted from the quotation given) is aorist middle participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb xa/zw (LSJ s.v. B at web address 1); see also kappa 1455 and a series of entries …Matched in noteshighshort
χ376Χοϊκός

χ482

Χρηματισαμένων

with them having gained

[Meaning] with them having received money. Arrian [writes]: "with them having gained too, there was a third embassy."

Χρηματισαμένων· χρήματα λαβόντων. Ἀρριανός· χρηματισαμένων δὲ καὶ αὐτῶν, τρίτη παρεγένετο πρεσβεία.

philosophy

philosophy

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24

meter and music21

meter and music21

Joseph Wrightson

Joseph Wrightson

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Alan Sommerstein1

Alan Sommerstein1

Andrew Morrison1

Andrew Morrison1

Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝1

Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝1

Constantina Katsari1

Constantina Katsari1

Mary Pendergraft1

Mary Pendergraft1

Oliver Phillips ✝1

Oliver Phillips ✝1

William Hutton1

William Hutton1

mud, made of mud

The headword appears in I Corinthians 15:47-48 (web address 1 below) as a rough equivalent of the Hebrew "Adam" (alpha 425) -- from adama, "earth" -- in a typological passage on Christ as Second …

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χ394Χοόςof a chous[1] According to LSJ (s.v. xo/es; web address 1) a xou=s and a xoeu/s are the same thing; approximately 5.7 pints. See also chi 362. [2] Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 347-348 (web address 2). What precedes …Matched in noteshighshort

χ191Χελώνη μυιῶνa tortoise [uncaring] of flies[1] cf. Appendix Proverbiorum 5.27 (etc.) [2] Julian, Epistles 82.106; cf. tau 368. (Thersites features in Homer, Iliad 2, as an ugly Greek soldier who speaks out against Agamemnon and is quickly silenced with …Matched in noteshighmedium

χ477υνκνοων—Χρήματα χρήματ' ἀνήρ πενιχρὸς δ' οὐδέποτ' ἐσθλόςmoney money (is the) man but a pauper (is) never nobleThe first part of the headword phrase -- again at chi 478 -- appears in Pindar, Isthmians 2.17 (web address 1), but the whole phrase is a version of Alcaeus fr. 360 Lobel-Page, of …Matched in noteshighmedium

χ206Χερμαδίῳwith a stone… Likewise or similarly in other lexica (beginning with Hesychius); from a scholion to Homer, Iliad 4.518 (where the headword, dative singular, of the neuter noun xerma/dion, appears: web address 1 below). See also chi …Matched in noteshighshort

χ610Χύτραν ποικίλλεινto decorate a cooking-potFor this proverbial expression -- once regarded as a fragment of comedy (Comica adespota 921 Kock), but not in K.-A. -- see already under omicron 399 (and chi 135). Its point is that a …Matched in noteshighshort

χ224Χειᾷin a hole… form there is xeih=| in the epic/Ionic dialect; see web address 1 below). See the A and D scholia on that line, Hesychius, Etymologicum Magnum 809.50, and (according to Adler) Lexicum Ambrosianum 175; and …Matched in noteshighshort

χ249Χειροβρῶτιwith a hand-gnawingHesychius chi287 and Zenobius 6.44 both give 'with a hand-gnawing fetter' as a phrase in the dative case, and gloss it as 'with a boxer's [hand-]straps'; but Zenobius goes on to connect it specifically …Matched in noteshighshort

χ308Χιλιῶν δραχμῶνof a thousand, of drachmasIn the Attic dialect the plural genitive of draxmh/ had a circumflex accent on the last syllable, as normal for a first-declension noun. The feminine genitive plural of xi/lios also received a circumflex on …Matched in noteshighshort

χ430ΧωνεύωI cast a mouldCompare ps.-Herodian 152 and (according to Adler) Lexicum Ambrosianum 431 & 438. [1] LSJ s.v. registers xwneu/w as a contracted form of xoaneu/w. [2] For an instance see Polybius 34.10.12. [3] This form xwnnu/w …Matched in noteshighshort

χ408Χορὸν δίδωμιI grant a chorusFrom the scholia to Plato, Republic 383C (and Laws 817D), where the idiom is used. See generally A.W. Pickard-Cambridge, The Dramatic Festivals of Athens (edn.2, revised by J.P.A. Gould and D.M. Lewis, Oxford 1988) …Matched in noteshighshort

χ343ΧλίδωνοςChlidon's; of a bracelet, of an anklet… genitive case, evidently quoted from somewhere. If the headword is a proper name, Chlidon, it is perhaps extracted from Plutarch, Moralia 595A, where (as also in Pelopidas 8) Chlidon is a Theban messenger involved …Matched in noteshighshort

χ333ΧλαμύςchlamysThe chlamys was a short cloak made from a single piece of cloth, with a straight side fastened about the neck, clasped at the shoulder, and having a rounded lower side; cf. Tarbell (284). …Matched in noteshighmedium

χ611Χύτραν τρέφεινto keep a cooking-potDoubtless from the scholia to Aristophanes, Birds 357-8 (web address 1), where such a practice may be mentioned; the reference has, however, puzzled ancient and modern commentators alike. See Dunbar 273-4.Matched in noteshighshort

χ245ΧειρίζωI handle… dioikei=n. The present entry's xeiri/zw has no substantive gloss; its 'always', instead, can apparently be paralleled (cf. alpha 2520, beta 169, delta 823); but note that ms A reads ai)tiatikh=| '[used] with an accusative'. …Matched in noteshighmedium

χ364Χοάςpourings[1] The first part of this sentence, as far as e)pa/gein, is incorporated in alpha 932 (akos): Aelian fr. 76f Domingo-Forasté. The whole sentence, with the vital addition of 'to the Athenians' at the …Matched in noteshighmedium

χ574Ἐπιστολὴ Ἀναστασίας τῆς μάρτυρος πρὸς ΧρυσόγονονEpistle of Anastasia the martyr to ChrysogonosAn abused wife begs a reverse healing miracle from the saint for her pagan husband; the saint urges patience. [1] Psalms 41.6, 41.12, 42.5 LXX. [2] Jeremiah 17.5 LXX. [3] cf. Psalm 33.9 LXX.Matched in noteshighlong

χ595ΧοιρίλοςChoirilos, Choerilus, Khoirilos… BCE. See generally OCD(4) p.311, under Choerilus(2). [1] Confusion with a later homonym from Iasos: see OCD(4) p.311, under Choerilus(3). [2] Another epic poet (pi 248). [3] 480-477 BCE. [4] Archelaos (reigned 413-399 BCE) …Matched in noteshighmedium

χ504Χρησμόςoracle… glosses in other lexica. [2] Scipio's words form most of a hexameter verse, here rendered as an iambic pentameter in deliberately archaic English. [3] The Romans destroyed Carthage (kappa 444, kappa 445) in 146 …Matched in noteshighmedium

χ613Χύτραις ἱδρυτέονmust be established with cooking-pots[1] Aristophanes, Peace 923-924 (web address 1), with scholion; see also the scholia to Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 1197. [2] Aristophanes fr. 245 Kock, now 256 K.-A. [3] Aristophanes, Peace 1090-1091 (web address 2).Matched in noteshighmedium

χ86Χαράδραcharadra, ravineFor this headword cf. chi 87, chi 88. [1] Aristophanes, Peace 757 (web address 1 below). This portion of the text is identical to another passage in Aristophanes (at Wasps 1034; web address 2 …Matched in noteshighshort

χ533Χρόνοςtime… from Diogenes Laertius 7.141. [1] For this definition of time (attributed to Chrysippus) see Stobaeus, Ecloga 1.106, 5-23 (SVF 2.509 and LS, 51A). Time (along with void, sayables and place) is an incorporeal, a …Matched in noteshighmedium

χ465Χρείαservice[1] Adler notes Kuster's proposal to emend the second glossing term here from pronoia to penia 'poverty', and Bernhardy's rejection of the proposal. [2] Polybius 3.70.5 (web address 1), on Scipio. See further below, …Matched in noteshighshort

χ486Χρηματισμόςbusiness, money-making[1] Quotation (already at sigma 1515) unidentifiable. [2] Appian in Anecdota Graeca (ed. Bekker) 179.21. This quotation does not use the headword, but a form of the verb xrhmati/zw; see also chi 481. [3] …Matched in noteshighmedium

χ617Χυτρεοῦνearthenware[1] Aristophanes, Clouds 1473-4 (web address 1: apparently referring to a physical manifestation, on stage, of the Vortex first mentioned in line 828 [web address 2]).Matched in noteshighshort

χ298Χίδραunripe groatsThe accent of the neuter-plural headword should be circumflex, not acute (as it is again at chi 299 and chi 301). The acute accent is associated with a corruption which mistakes the plural of …Matched in noteshighshort

χ195Χέλυςchelus[1] For the well-known myth according to which Hermes made the first kithara out of a tortoise's shell and gave it to Apollo as compensation for stolen cattle, see the Homeric Hymn to Hermes …Matched in noteshighshort

χ417ΧοσβίαςChosbia, CozbiSee phi 466, from Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 4.152-6 (web address 1); cf. also also zeta 14. The Suda has made a mistake about gender: in Josephus, Cozbi (introduced at 4.141) is a woman. [1] …Matched in noteshighshort

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