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Ioannis Doukas3
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ε3360Εὐαγήςbrilliant, holy, undefiled… And in the Epigrams: "this dust covers the Pierian trumpet, Pindar the weighty smith of holy hymns."Matched in translationhighshort
ε745Ἐλασίβροντ' ἀναρρηγνὺς ἔπηbreaking forth thunder-driving words… [sc. says this]. From the [things that are] origin[ally] in Pindar: "o thunder-driving child of Rhea". ['Thunder-driving'] meaning [things] driven by thunder, that is [he is] talking big and using expressions that are overly …Matched in translationhighshort
ε2092Ἐπέτειονthis year's… [be spelled] not with a phi but a pi), as Pindar says [= does], and Demosthenes.. Also [sc. attested is] e)pe/teios ["annual"], [meaning] that which happens yearly.

ε3360

Εὐαγής

brilliant, holy, undefiled

[Meaning he who/that which is] well led-around. A metaphorical circle. And in the Epigrams: "this dust covers the Pierian trumpet, Pindar the weighty smith of holy hymns."

Εὐαγής· καλῶς περιηγμένος. μεταφορικὸς κύκλος. καὶ ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· Πιερικὰν σάλπιγγα, τὸν εὐαγέων βαρὺν ὕμνων χαλκευτὰν κατέχει Πίνδαρον ἥδε κόνις.

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ε3344Ἔτυχονhit (the target), succeeded (through preparation) in obtaining, achieving or winning, met; coincided, happened (to hit), chanced… my way by luck (Iliad 11.684, cf. tau 1147). In Pindar tyche becomes a concept of succeeding under the fashioning power of the gods (or a trainer), almost visually of arriving at, or “hitting”, …Matched in noteshighshort

ε21Ἔβασονallow!Likewise (obiter) in a scholiast to Pindar and, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. Similar but fuller one in Hesychius (epsilon65), ps.-Zonaras, and Etymologicum Magnum 308.27-30, all identifying the headword form of this …Matched in noteshighshort

ε110Ἐγκονητίvigorously… the etymological lexica, it is very probably quoted here from Pindar, Nemean Odes 3.36 (web address 2), where it describes Peleus' capture of Thetis.Matched in noteshighshort

ε381Ἐκγεγάμενto have been born from… Philoxenos of Alexandria at phi 394. [3] For gega/men see Pindar, Olympian 9.110 (web address 2).Matched in noteshighshort

ε515Ἔκνισενchafed, scratched… the quotation given, which has the corresponding imperfect); Theodoridis suggests Pindar, Pythian Odes 11.23, but the possibilities also include Aristophanes, Wasps 1286. For the verb see already epsilon 514 and again kappa 1874 and …Matched in noteshighshort

ε749Ἐλάτειρανcharioteeress, (female) driver… 750, epsilon 751), quoted from somewhere most likely to be Pindar fr.89a Snell-Maehler (qoa=n i(/ppwn e)la/teiran, a phrase apparently referring to Artemis). On the other hand: (a) This same accusative singular also occurs, in …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1933Ἐπακτὸς ὄμβροςinvading rain… headword phrase is quoted (with the two words reversed) from Pindar, Pythian 6.10 (web address 1). For other uses of the adjective, see epsilon 1932, epsilon 1934, epsilon 1935.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2132Ἐπείραwas making an attempt… probably not generated by it. Theodoridis on Photius s.v. suggests Pindar, Nemeans 5.30, or (less probably in his view) Lucian. There are in fact other extant possibilities too. [2] A similarly-worded anecdote about Peleus …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2239Ἐπιβολήplan, project… renowned wrestler (the winner at the legendary first Olympic Games, Pindar, Olympians 10.66 and scholia to 79, 80), defeated Hyllus in single combat as the Heraclids first tried to enter the Peloponnese (Herodotus 9.26). …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2358Ἐπικαιρότατοςmost timely, very timely, most suitable, very suitable… somewhere in this precise form, a likely place would be Pindar, Pythians 4.270 (e)ssi\ d' i)ath\r e)pikairo/tatos), which generated scholiastic comment. [2] Quoted already at epsilon 69; cf. epsilon 646.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2782Ἐπιψαύεινto make contact with… somewhere (rather than being merely paradigmatic), extant possibilities begin with Pindar and Sophocles. cf. epsilon 2783, psi 30. [1] Comparably, according to Adler, in the Syntacticum Laurentianum and Syntacticum Gudianum. In fact, this verb …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2981Ἐρίζειstrives… present indicative is an authentic quotation, it might come from Pindar or Bacchylides. [2] This addendum is lacking in mss FV. Whoever added it seems to have been under the impression that a)pteri/zei (attested …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3253Ἐσχατιάνextremity, farthest part… It must be quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities begin with Pindar (Olympians 3.43, Pythians 11.56) and include Aeschines (1.97-98) and [Demosthenes] (42.5 & 19). The scholia to both Olympians 3.43 and to Aeschines 1.97 …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3540Εὐκλέϊσονglorify… mu (a)mmete/ran.) Other instances of this verb in Tyrtaeus and Pindar.Matched in noteshighshort

ε3549νονεprayed-for… proper name, Euktemon, but for the adjectival sense see e.g. Pindar, Nemeans 7.92.Matched in noteshighshort

ε3585ΕὔμολποςEumolpus, Eumolpos… and *no/stoi tw=n *(ellh/nwn, home-comings of the Greeks (scholia to Pindar, Olympian 13.31a.2). [1] Eleusis, originally an independent community in western Attica, was later (by c.700 BCE) subsumed into the emerging polis of Athens. …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3617Εὐορκίαfidelity to an oathPindar uses the headword -- a single word in the Greek -- in the plural at Olympian 2.66 (web address 1); subsequently attested in a variety of authors including Demosthenes, Appian and Philo Judaeus. …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3731Εὐρυσθενήςof far-extended might.… headword is an epic epithet for Poseidon (though used by Pindar for other gods, cities, etc.). Same or similar glossing in other lexica, and see also a scholion on Homer, Iliad 8.201, where the …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3811Εὐφρόνηkindly time… See also epsilon 3812, nu 612. In poetry, initially (Hesiod, Pindar). [2] Herodotus 7.188.2: web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort

ε3846Ἐφάψασθαιto lay hold of… infinitive of e)fa/ptw. It must be quoted from somewhere; perhaps Pindar, Nemeans 9.47, though there are many other possibilities.Matched in noteshighshort