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ε953Ἔμβολονwedge, wedge-formation… Epitome 281.3. [2] The Suda reads sfendonoeide/s, probably a corruption for sfenoeide/s, "wedge-shaped", as attested by Asclepiodotus. The word sfendonoeide/s is only attested by a fragment of Posidonius (98a Jacoby=68a-b Theiler), in reference to …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3019Ἑρκύνιοι δρυμοίHercynian forests (?Black Forest)Ancient geographers discussed this great forest at length, especially Strabo in his geography of the Celts (7.1.3-5, 7.2.2, 7.3.1; cf. 4.6.9); see also Plutarch (Marius 11.9), Diodorus Siculus (5.21, 5.32), Dionysius of Halicarnassus (Roman …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2444Ἐπιλησμότατον

ε953

Ἔμβολον

wedge, wedge-formation

Name of a battle-order. It is half of a lozenge; it is also called sling-shaped. A lozenge-shaped arrangement. Also the iron part of a warship. "After [one of the tribunes] had dragged away from the wedges [= rostra]…

Ἔμβολον· παρατάξεως ὄνομα. ἔστι δὲ τὸ ἥμισυ τοῦ ῥόμβου· ὀνομάζεται δὲ καὶ σφενδονοειδές. ῥομβώδης δὲ παράταξις. καὶ τῆς νηὸς τὸ πολεμικὸν σιδήριον. τὸν δὲ παρακαλοῦντα πρὸς τὸν…

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D. Graham J. Shipley10

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Kostas Zafeiris3

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Alan Sommerstein2

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Braden Studhalter2

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Carl Widstrand2

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Oliver Phillips ✝2

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Richard Rodriguez2

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Wm. Blake Tyrrell2

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Constantina Katsari1

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most forgetful, very forgetful

… than the Suda as to which is considered the idiosyncratic form. [2] Alexis fr. 315 Kock, now 317 Kassel-Austin. [3] Cratinus fr. 410 Kock, now 451 K.-A. [4] Aristophanes, Clouds 789-90 (web address 1), …

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ε2807Ἐποποῖepopoi (in hoopoe-ese)… the grammatical Canons, words classified by analogy into paradigms of form and accentuation. The most important Canons of the time were those of Theognostus, compiled in the 9th Century. The words in this entry …Matched in noteshighlong

ε2679Ἐπιτείχισμαassault-fort… nominative singular (as in Harpok.), producing the phrase "a place fortified against certain [people]". [2] Demosthenes 18.87.Matched in noteshighshort

ε459Ἐκλεκτόςchosen, selected… 269.9ff.; cf. also Etymologicum Magnum 569.22, Anecdota Oxoniensia 1.113.22. The form e)/klektos occurs as a proper name in Cassius Dio and Herodian; as an adjective, it can be found in two alchemic texts (Fragm. …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3442Εὐερμίαgood fortune, a stroke of luck from Hermes… a related verb eu)ernw= (epsilon2156), unattested and probably in error for eu)erme/w, for which see Pollux 5.135. [Theodoridis now prints eu)ermw=.] This abstract noun is derived from the name of Hermes (epsilon 3037, epsilon …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2430Ἐπιλάθωμαιyou would forget… in the entry] Aorist subjunctive, second and first person singular (for the latter cf. lambda 472), of e)pilanqa/nomai; cf. epsilon 2433. Presumably both forms are quoted from somewhere. A possible source for both is …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3816Εὐφυᾶwell-formed… are numerous possibilities. (The two quotations that follow exhibit different forms of the headword.) See also epsilon 3817. [2] Diogenes Laertius 4.30 (Theophrastus speaking about Arcesilaus, web address 1). [3] An approximation of Polybios …Matched in noteshighshort

ε68Ἐγκαθιέμενοιletting down for themselves… that of the verb e)gkaqi/hmi in the middle voice. This form occurs otherwise only in New Testament commentary: the Catena in Epistulam ad Romanos (Oxon. Bodl. Auct. 2.2) and Cyril of Alexandria, Fragmenta in …Matched in noteshighshort

ε148ἜγωγεI for my part… accented on the first syllable. [2] In tri/s the word-final form of sigma would be written, but in the compound the medial form is written. [3] The smooth breathing is not written on e)sti/ …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1454Ἐντελέχειαactuality, complete reality, entelechy… on Aristotle's de anima: first (as far as 'the separated [form]') an approximation of 204.15-34; then (as far as 'holds it together') a closer version of 208.37 - 209.3; and for 'statue' cf. 211.22. …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε830Ἐλήθετοwas forgettingHere an imperfect verb is glossed by an aorist form of a compound verb from the same root. = Lexica Segueriana 216.5 Bachmann, and a scholium to Homer, Iliad 5.319 (web address 1), where …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1923Ἐπαγωγήinduction; sequence-formationFor this headword see already epsilon 1921, epsilon 1922. The first part of the present tripartite entry reproduces (with slight variations) Diogenes Laertius 3.53-55. [1] Presumably, "true premises". [2] There is apparently something missing …Matched in noteshighlong

ε2678Ἐπιτειχισάντωνhaving built fortifications against… gloss are masculine genitive plurals of aorist active participles, the former (cf. epsilon 2677) evidently quoted from somewhere. [1] For the glossing verb in this sense cf. under mu 218, and see generally LSJ …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3510ΕὔθυμοςEuthymos, Euthumos, Euthymus… Theagenes became a wealthy man. See further below, note 6. For pankratiast, see pi 10. On Theagenes (Pausanias 6.6.5-6 and 6.11.2-9) see Harris, Athletes 115-116, and Michael B. Poliakoff, Competition, Violence, and Culture: Combat …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2987Ἐριθείαfactious intriguing; working for hire… This reflects senses II.1 & 2 in LSJ s.v.: the former, attested primarily in Aristotle's Politics, can in context mean canvassing for public office (LSJ); the latter is characteristic of the use of the …Matched in noteshighshort

ε745Ἐλασίβροντ' ἀναρρηγνὺς ἔπηbreaking forth thunder-driving words… of the Aristophanes scholia. [3] Pindar fr. 144 Snell-Maehler. [4] For Kleon see generally kappa 1731.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2608Ἐπίστασιςattention, pause for reflection, observationFor this sense of the headword e)pi/stasis see LSJ s.v. II.2. It is glossed likewise in Hesychius epsilon5229, but with an additional definition: 'or a certain part of a ship' (evidently the prow: see …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1645Ἐξερεύξεταιwill vomit forth… e)cereu/gomai, third person singular (glossed with present and aorist subjunctive forms). It is reckoned to be quoted from the Septuagint: Exodus 7.28, "the river will vomit forth frogs."Matched in noteshighshort

ε2051Ἐπεμήνατοwent crazy for… address 1), describing the fixation of Anteia, wife of Proitos, for Bellerophon. A scholium to this passage, followed by Hesychius epsilon4398, differs only in that the verb used to gloss the Homeric form does …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1908Ἐώσαντοthey forced themselvesSimilar entry, with two glossing synonyms (but no quotation), in ps.-Zonaras. [1] The headword is aorist middle indicative, third person plural, of w)qe/w. It is probably extracted from the quotation given; alternatives include one …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3776ΕὐτρόπιοςEutropiusEunapius fr. 66 FHG (4.44). For Eutropius see also epsilon 3777. [1] theta 144. In fact, this is a mistake: Eutropius served under Arcadius, not Theodosius (Blockley 1983: 145 n. 137). [2] That is, …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε1175Ἐνδιατρίψας τῇ πόλει ἡμερῶν τινῶνhaving stayed in the city for some days… quoted from somewhere but is otherwise unattested in this precise form. For similar ones, pertaining to two emperors, see George the Monk under iota 401 (on Jovian: e)lqw\n de\ e)s *Ni/sibin po/lin polua/nqrwpon du/o …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2469Ἐπιμελόμενος(one who is) caring for… and contract, respectively), here in the masculine nominative singular. The form of the headword is more rare. For the headword alone Adler cites the Ambrosian Lexicon (1637); and she reports that the gloss is …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3180Ἐσπαρμένη παράταξιςscattered formation… glossary following the letter psi reads, more cogently, tagma/twn ('of formations') in place of pragma/twn, rendering the phrase as "...several masses of formations."Matched in noteshighshort

ε3898Ἔφηλοςstudded… epsilon 3899) is not attested in any occurrence of any form of the word. It is probably a mistake for fh=los ('deceitful') or a back-formation from preterite forms of the verb fhlo/w ('deceive') with …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3550Εὐκτόνprayed-for, wished-for… (future participle), from Agathias, instead of the Suda's zwgrh/santes (aorist). For Narses (478-573), of Armenian descent, eunuch and general during the reign of Justinian, see generally nu 42); also under alpha 112, alpha 2394, …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2319Ἐπιζητῶ>20 αἰτιατικῇI search for, I seek, I wish forLikewise in syntactical lexica. For some instances see alpha 150, delta 1059.Matched in noteshighshort

ε434Ἐκήκιενgushed forth… to Homer, Odyssey 5.455, where the headword appears (in the form kh/kie): a mass of sea-water gushes from Odysseus' mouth and nose (web address 1). Also five times in Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica; and see …Matched in noteshighshort

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