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3191
Ἐσπείσατο
made libations [with someone]
[1] The headword is
aorist
middle of spe/ndw, third person singular. (It must be quoted from somewhere; there
are
numerous possibilities.) The middle voice is used for pouring
libations
with someone,
as
a
way …
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ε
1877
Ἑορτὴ πολλὰ ἔχουσα
a festival having many things
cf.
Appendix
Proverbiorum 2.76-77, where two similar proverbs
(and
their glosses, here combined)
are
differentiated:
'a
festival
having
many things'
and
'a
festival
having
feet (po/das)'.
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ε
1598
Ἐξεθεάτρισαν
they made a spectacle of
… [1] Polybius fr. 141 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (532) that Casaubon
attributed
this fragment to Polybius. Schweighäuser suspected (ibid.) that the context of the fragment is the 180 BCE embassy of Kallikrates of Leontion to …
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ε
456
Ἔκλαγξαν
they made a sharp noise
The headword is
aorist
indicative, third person plural, of kla/zw. It is quoted from Homer, Iliad 1.46 (where it describes the sharp sound of
arrows).
cf. Etymologicum Magnum 516.30,
and
see Hesychius epsilon1469;
a
…
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ε
1136
Ἐναύειν
to kindle, to light a fire
The headword is present infinitive of the verb e)nau/w;
again
epsilon 1137,
and
cf. Hesychius epsilon2705, epsilon2708, epsilon2709. [1] Polybius 9.40.5 (web
address
1 below). The passage, though incomplete in the manuscript transmission, tells …
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ε
1789
Ἐξομηρευσάμενος
having taken hostages
The
active
verb e)comhreu/ein means taking hostages; its middle form e)comhreu/esqai, here
and
again
in epsilon 1790, can reflect the situation which such hostage-taking - literal or figurative - produces. Compare Sylloge Inscriptionum Graecarum …
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ε
1750
Ἐξηρτυμένος
having fitted out
From
a
gloss on Herodotus 1.43.1, where this perfect middle participle of e)cartu/w occurs in the nominative plural (web
address
1). For this verb, see
also
epsilon 1566.
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ε
3971
Ἔφυγον κακόν εὗρον ἄμεινον
they escaped a bad thing [and] found a better
The entry explains
a
proverb that was
apparently
spoken
at
Athenian
weddings (though not only there: see n.1 below). It is debatable how
ancient
the custom was. Nilsson ('Wedding Rites' 248-9)
argues
that it …
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ε
4
Ἐαδότα
having given pleasure, having pleased
For the entry cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 9.173
and
Odyssey 18.422, where the headword participle occurs;
also
(e.g.) Herodian, Schematismi Homerici 108.
Again
at
epsiloniota 7. The form is
an
Aeolic
dialect …
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ε
1422
Ἐν παραβύστῳ
in a corner, in a closet
[1] Procopius, Secret History 1.17 (web
address
1), on
Antonina
and
Theodosius; cf. epsilon 671,
alpha
3955. The passage quoted
at
kappa 1103 immediately follows this; cf. Kaldellis (Secret History, 6-7). On
Antonina
and
…
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ε
1445
Ἐνστροβιλήσας
having rolled (?), having twisted (?)
Similarly
already
in Hesychius epsilon3310: headword there spelled e)nstrobili/sas
and
gloss not but suntri/yas but sustre/yas -- the latter
also
in Photius, Lexicon epsilon1022. The headword (however spelled) is the
aorist
active
participle, masculine …
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ε
2274
Ἐπιγράψας
having inscribed, having marked the surface
Aorist
active
participle of e)pigra/fw, masculine nominative singular. Same or similar glossing in other lexica,
and
cf.
also
a
scholion on Homer, Iliad 11.388, where the headword occurs (web
address
1).
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ε
1561
Ἐξάρξαντες
having begun
Aorist
active
participle, masculine nominative plural, of the verb e)ca/rxw (cf. epsilon 1562, epsilon 1568). Evidently quoted from somewhere, where --
as
the glosses show -- it has the musical sense (perhaps with
a
…
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ε
5
Ἐακότες
having let go
= Synagoge epsilon2; Photius, Lexicon epsilon4;
and
cf. Hesychius epsilon13, where the same headword is glossed
as
a)lgou=ntes
('feeling pain'); cf. his epsilon12,
and
also
epsilon14, where one finds what might be the singular …
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ε
2483
Ἐπινενασμέναι
having been heaped
… nominative plural, of the verb e)pine/w (LSJ's e)pine/w (B)). [1]
Aristophanes,
Ecclesiazusae 838-9 (where, for the present headword participle, editors print the eta-version proposed by the
Alsatian
scholar R.F.P. Brunck (1729-1803): e)pinenhsme/nai), preceded by …
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ε
710
Ἐκφθαρείς
having been utterly destroyed
From
a
scholion on
Aristophanes,
Peace 72 (web
address
1). The headword is the
aorist
passive participle of e)kfqei/rw, masculine nominative singular.
As
often, the prefix e)k- implies thoroughly, utterly: see LSJ s.v. e)k …
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ε
1606
Ἐξεκίνησεν
made to move, moved out
Sophokles, Elektra 567-8 (web
address
1), with
a
gloss from the scholia thereto.
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ε
121
Ἐγκραγών
having shouted at
The headword is the
aorist
active
participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb e)gkra/zw. It must be quoted from somewhere.
Adler
implicitly suggests Synesius, Letter 79 (225b), where the headword
and
loidorhsa/menos (not the …
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ε
1564
Ἐξαρτήσας
having hung on
The headword (evidently quoted from somewhere) is
aorist
participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb e)carta/w; cf. epsilon 1748, epsilon 1749. See
also
ps.-Zonaras 766.1, with the same glosses; cf. Etymologicum Gudianum 485.17 s.v. …
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ε
2310
Ἐπιδουπῆσαι
to make a thud on
… from the quotation given later in the entry -- is
aorist
active
infinitive of the verb e)pidoupe/w. (The glossing verb, e)piktupe/w, occurs
again
at
the end of the entry.) [2] Same glossing in ps.-Herodian; …
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ε
1482
Ἐν τῷ μέρει τις καὶ τὸ πῦρ σκαλευσάτω
let someone also take a turn to poke the fire
Comica
adespota
fr. 568 Kock, but not in K.-A.. [1] Quotation (illustrative of the first part of the headword phrase; see
also
epsilon 1483) unidentifiable.
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ε
2360
Ἐπικεκηρυχέναι
to have proclaimed a price on someone's head
Abridged
from Harpokration s.v., commenting on the
appearance
of the headword --
a
perfect infinitive -- in Demosthenes 19.22 (cf. 35, 74): D. claims that the Thebans had done this to
Aeschines.
On Xerxes, …
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short
ε
1889
Ἐωνημένοι
having purchased
… evidently quoted from somewhere (perhaps Plato, Republic 563B, though there
are
other possibilities).
As
glosses, one is offered
a
choice between the
aorist
active
and
perfect middle participles (both
again
nom. masc. pl.) of …
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ε
2329
Ἐπιθειάσας
having appealed to the gods
… Etymologicum Gudianum 504.2 (= Etymologicum Magnum 449.49, Lexicon Haimodein 624.8);
and
cf. theta 306. The glosses offered do not seem to fit the context of the quotation very well (contrast Hesychius epsilon4794,
and
scholia …
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short
ε
2368
Ἐπικεχοδώς
having shat upon; Shitterling
Perfect participle of e)pixe/zw, used
as
a
mock-name for
a
bird
at
Aristophanes,
Birds 68 (web
address
1); cf. phi 124.
As
Adler
notes, these glosses perhaps derive from scholia on the line.
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ε
2255
Ἐπὶ βύρσης ἐκαθέζετο
he was sitting on a hide
Apostolius
7.75;
Appendix
Proverbiorum 2.80; cf. Lucian, Toxaris 47-50. [1] Imperfect in
a
past general condition is to be found in classical usage (see Smyth's Greek Grammar, §2342 [web
address
1]), though the use …
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ε
581
Ἐκπλήξας
driving out, having driven out
Entry lacking,
Adler
reports, in mss TFV,
and
a
marginal
addition
in
A.
The headword (which must be quoted from somewhere) is
aorist
active
participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb e)kplh/ssw; cf. epsilon …
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ε
2498
Ἐπὶ ξυροῦ
on a razor
The illustrative quotations provided in this entry
actually
illustrate
a
slightly different figure of speech: e)pi\ curou=
a)kmh=s
('on
a
razor's edge'), which was
made
popular by its
appearance
in Homer, Iliad 10.173 (web …
Matched in notes
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short
ε
1603
Ἐξεκαρυκεύθη
was reduced to a sauce
… beginning of Hesychius epsilon3669 (which goes on to define 'sauce',
as
at
the opening of kappa 437). Both headword
and
glosses
are
aorist
indicative passives, third person singular. The headword must be quoted from …
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ε
72
Ἐγκαλλωπισαμένου
having adorned himself [with]
… genitive singular: the headword one (from the quotation which follows,
a
genitive
absolute)
aorist
tense, the glossing one present. For the headword verb e)gkallwpi/zomai (cf. kappa 257, kappa 258) see generally LSJ s.v.; it …
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