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- ε139Ἐγκυτίto the skinSimilarly in other lexica. [1] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 281; cf. epsilon 1506. (Earlier in Archilochus.)
- ε2389Ἐπικλινέςslanted… singular of this adjective (for which see also epsilon 2390): Callimachus, Hekale fr.333, with scholion.
- ε523Ἐκόησενheard… indicative active, of the verb koe/w; cf. kappa 1894. [1] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 232., with scholion
- ε204ἜδεθλονfloorPerhaps from a gloss on Callimachus' Hecale (so Adler); cf. in any event (as she notes) Callimachus, Hymn to Apollo 72, and Aetia fr. 162. Probably first attested (in the plural) in Aeschylus, Agamemnon …
- ε3707Εὐρώςdankness… to Plato, Timaeus 84B, where the genitive eu)rw=tos occurs. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 236.3 Pfeiffer.
- ε345ἙκάληHekale, Hecale… tribe IV Leontis) of which she was eponym. [2] On Callimachus' hexameter poem Hecale and in general see R.L. Hunter in OCD(4) s.v. Hecale. [3] In the myth the principal beneficiary of this hospitality …
- ε3064Ἐρωήσαςforcing back… address 1); and cf. generally epsilon 3062, epsilon 3063. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 258 Pfeiffer, referring to the Marathonian Bull; cf. Etymologicum Magnum s.v. e)rwh/. [3] Homer, Iliad 1.303(= Odyssey 16.441; web address 2 …
- ε1506Ἐν χρῷon skin, to skin… 786 (where the headword phrase occurs); also other lexica. [2] Callimachus, Hekale fr. 281, with scholion; cf. epsilon 139. [3] Agathias, Histories 5.21 (on using reeds to make a raft); but read pepiesme/nas. The …
- ε3131Ἐσσήνmonarch[1] From scholia to Callimachus, Hymn to Zeus 1.66 ("monarch of gods" -- accusative case).
- ε2177Ἐπήλυσιςapproach, assault[1] See also epsilon 2176, epsilon 2178. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 331, with scholion.
- ε3534Εὐκείeukei… 'easily moved' -- which occurs in a papyrus fragment of Callimachus.)
- ε3542ΕὐκολίνηEukoline, EucolineThe headword occurs in (and is very probably quoted from) Callimachus, Iambi fr. 225 Pfeiffer: xai=r' *Eu)koli/nh, 'hail, Eukoline'. According to Etymologicum Magnum s.v. (also in the Additamenta in Etymologicum Gudianum s.v.), Callimachus uses …
- ε874Ἑλίχρυσοςgold-twist, helichrysum… attribute the information in this entry to Saloustios' commentary on Callimachus' Hekale (the apparent source of the subsequent quotation). A different interpretation of the headword is provided by Hesychius epsilon2122. For ivy see kappa …
- ε2283Ἐπιδαίσιος οἶκοςallotted houseCallimachus uses the headword phrase (in the accusative) at Hymn to Zeus 59; similar entries in other lexica are derived from commentary on this verse.
- ε2898ἘρατοσθένηςEratosthenes… from St. Andrews at web address 1. [1] kappa 227: Callimachus. [2] So the transmitted text, bh/mata, but it is a mistake for bh=ta (the letter which comes second in the alphabet: thus, no.2, …
- ε800Ἔλλερα ἔργαevil worksThe headword phrase, neuter plural, stems from Callimachus, Hecale fr.283.1. Eustathius on Homer, Iliad 6.183 explains the adjective as a dialect form: e)/llera kata\ dia/lekton ta\ kaka/. For comparable glosses (e)xqra/, pole/mia, a)/dika) see …
- ε854Ἑλικώτατον ὕδωρmost swirling water, very swirling waterLikewise in ps.-Zonaras. The headword phrase is ascribed to Callimachus, Hecale fr.299.1 Pfeiffer (116.1 Hollis; 101a Kapp, 290 Schneider), and occurs in the context of a longer fragment where it is used to describe …
- ε1268Ἐνέτῃσιbrooches… see the scholia there; also Hesychius and other lexica. [2] Callimachus, Hekale fr. 253; see already under alpha 1224.
- ε1180Ἔνδιοςdaytime[1] cf. epsilon 1172. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 238 (lines 15-16); cf. eta 399. [3] So again in Etymologicum Magnum 432.36.
- ε1481Ἐντὸς ἑβδόμηςbefore (the) seventh… (Photius says the reason for it had been given in Callimachus' Aitia.) For the preposition e)nto/s in this sense see LSJ s.v. [1] sc. day of the month: explicit in Hesychius, Zenobius and Photius. …
- ε2080Ἐπέσειενwas brandishing against… given, lacks the headword's nu ephelkustikon). [2] Source unknown, although Callimachus has been suggested (anonymous fr.25 Schneider; not accepted by Pfeiffer), as has Babrius or a Babrian imitator (Crusius, p. 216, with reference to …
- ε1181Ἐνδόμυχοςhole-in-the-corner, lurking within… the quotation given, though there is an earlier instance in Callimachus, Hymn to Demeter 87 (on Erysichthon hiding away and gorging on food). [1] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 28 Asmus, 59 Zintzen, 30B …
- ε777Ἐλέγχομενwe reproach, we test… verb e)le/gxw, see also epsilon 778 and eta 197. [1] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 329 Pfeiffer, with scholion. See LSJ s.v. I. [2] Greek Anthology 6.250.7-8 (Antiphilus), quoted approximately; see LSJ s.v. II.2. On this …
- ε2082Ἐπέσθωνeatin' upon… grammatical, and more poetical, th\n a(li/hn. [3] An abridgment of Callimachus, Epigram 47 Pfeiffer ( = Greek Anthology 6.301.1-3). The original has, more understandably, "great storms of debts", a nautical metaphor which the poet …
- ε10Ἔαρspring, springtime; blood… mentioned. See also Hesychius (s.v. h)=ar) and other lexica. [3] Callimachus fr. 328 Pfeiffer, presumed to be from his Hecale; also at alpha 2801. According to LSJ, this meaning of the word is first …
- ε786Ἐλελεῦeleleu, war-cry… Achaeus [alpha 4683] fr. 37. [2] Or, "a shepherd's cry." Callimachus, Fragmenta incertae sedis 719 Pfeiffer. [3] So the mss of the Suda and of Aristophanes, but for metrical reasons the original probably had …
- ε1990Ἐπαύλιαsleepover… 1147. (This has no connection with what now follows.) [2] Callimachus, Hekale fr. 263, with scholion.
- ε2004ἘπαφρόδιτοςEpaphroditus, Epaphroditos… Faenius'). [7] Other sources mention commentaries on Homer, Hesiod and Callimachus, and a Lexeis.
- ε861Ἐλινύεινto rest… part of] those idling or spending time. [3] Attributed to Callimachus' Hecale by Kapp (fr.128a), Pfeiffer (fr. 330) and Hollis (fr. 130), an attribution rejected by Schneider fr. an. 22, who suggests instead the …