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epic6
military affairs6

27 more

poetry6
proverbs6
gender and sexuality5
medicine5
mythology5
botany4
Christianity4
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philosophy4
agriculture

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Γ gamma36

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high36

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Medium3

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Jennifer Benedict23
William Hutton5
Catharine Roth4
Anne Mahoney2
David Whitehead1
Ross Scaife ✝1

36 entries for Hesychius

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γ97Γεγωνόνloud, sonorous… gamma 95, gamma 96, epsilon 48. [1] Likewise already in Hesychius gamma249 (and elsewhere; on Photius, see next note), where the headword adjective is explicitly glossed as neuter nominative/accusative singular. It must be quoted …Matched in noteshighshort
γ216Γειοκόμονland-cultivatorThe headword occurs only here and, earlier, in Hesychius (gamma268), but is differently understood by each lexicographer. Hesychius evidently takes the headword to be the accusative case of a masculine noun geioko/mos, meaning "one …Matched in noteshighshort
γ223Γίγαρτονgrape-stone… see gamma 265 on the plural of this neuter noun. Hesychius glosses the singular (as here) with the phrase th=s stafulh=s to\ e)/ndon, "the inside of the grape"; the Suda's e)/nduma looks like a …

γ97

Γεγωνόν

loud, sonorous

[Meaning] audible; [describing] a clear voice. Also [sc. attested is the related verb] gegwni/skein ["to cry aloud"], [meaning] to speak audibly. Also [sc. attested is the comparative] gegwno/teron ["louder"], [meaning]…

Γεγωνόν· ἐξάκουστον· λαμπρὸν φθέγμα. καὶ Γεγωνίσκειν, τὸ φθέγγεσθαι ἐξάκουστον. καὶ Γεγωνότερον, τρανότερον. καὶ Γεγωνώς, βοήσας. Γεγώς τις.

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trade and manufacture3

trade and manufacture3

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meter and music1

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γ291Γλίχεταιlongs for… 289, epsilon 140. [1] Same glossing in Photius; similar in Hesychius, where Latte reasonably suggests that the headword itself is quoted from Demosthenes 18.207 (on Aeschines). [2] Same gloss in Hesychius; Latte there suggests …Matched in noteshighshort

γ6Γάγγραιναgangrenecf. Hesychius gamma1417. LSJ entry at web address 1. Besides the term's prominence in medical writers (and contexts) see e.g. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 2:17 ('and their word will eat as doth a …Matched in noteshighshort

γ8Γάζαriches… course it is also, as Gaza, a toponym. [1] cf. Hesychius gamma36, Synagoge gamma1, Photius gamma6; Etymologicum Genuinum s.v. gazofulakei=on; Lexica Segueriana 229.10; perhaps from commentary to the New Testament, Mark 12:43. [2] Quotation …Matched in noteshighshort

γ15Γαλαθηνόςsuckling… context of sacrifice: see LSJ s.v. (web address 1). [1] Hesychius gamma74 has an entry equivalent to this, except that both lemma and gloss are accusative case, rather than the Suda's nominatives. This perhaps …Matched in noteshighshort

γ29Γαλῆweasel[1] Similarly already in Hesychius (gamma90). [2] Profit; cf. kappa 1391. [3] "Cheerfulness", Hilaria, is a pet name for a weasel, interpolated in Artemidorus 3.28 (LSJ s.v., II). See further, next note. [4] More …Matched in noteshighshort

γ41ΓάλλοςGallus[1] Same glossing in Hesychius; and cf. gamma 42. [2] A garbled version of Greek Anthology 6.234.1-2 (attributed to Erucius/Erycius), the dedication by a eunuch priest of Kybele (Cybele); cf. Gow and Page vol. …Matched in noteshighmedium

γ50Γαμησείεινto wish to marry… gamhsei/ein, attested in Lucian and Alciphron; again under pi 1881. Hesychius glosses this infinitive gamhtikw=s e)/xein "to be disposed to marry"; Photius glosses ga/mou e)piqumei=n "to desire marriage."Matched in noteshighshort

γ54Γαμψόνcrooked… nominative/accusative singular of this adjective, with the same glossing in Hesychius; evidently quoted from somewhere (not necessarily the first or second of the three quotations given here). cf. generally gamma 52, gamma 53, gamma …Matched in noteshighshort

γ60Γαννυμένηbeing content… is presumably quoted from somewhere; cf. also comparable entries in Hesychius and Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon.Matched in noteshighshort

γ75δοτικῇprides oneself [on]… must be extracted from somewhere -- probably (as Latte on Hesychius suggests) the Septuagint: Job 39.21 & 23. cf. kappa 1980 (first gloss there).Matched in noteshighshort

γ112Γελλοῦς παιδοφιλωτέραmore overfond of children than Gello… itself is regarded as a fragment of Sappho (178 Lobel-Page). Hesychius has two consecutive 'Gello' entries (gamma307-308) of a darker nature: there she is connected with the Empousa (epsilon 1049) and snatches the new-born.Matched in noteshighshort

γ161Γεώδηςearthy, earthly, earth-likeSame entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. Hesychius, earlier, has the genitive gew/dous, glossed with phlw/dous. Although the headword is in the masculine, it is more usually applied to things than people.Matched in noteshighshort

γ163Γεωμέτρηςgeometer… to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon; and very similarly already in Hesychius (gamma474). cf. gamma 164.Matched in noteshighshort

γ168Γεωπείνηςland-pauper… [1] Also in the Ambrosian Lexicon, according to Adler; cf. Hesychius for gehpo/nos.Matched in noteshighshort

γ173Γεῶρεςsojourners(?)Same gloss in Hesychius; similar in the Ambrosian Lexicon, according to Adler. Apparently from gh= and *o)rv- (as in ou)=ros in LSJ); a relationship with geiw/ras "sojourner, proselyte" is uncertain. See also gamma 218 …Matched in noteshighshort

γ218Γειῶραιsojourners… used in the Septuagint (Exodus 12.19) for "sojourner"; explained by Hesychius as "proselyte." cf. already gamma 173; see also note at gamma 219.Matched in noteshighshort

γ219Γειωρίσαιto convert to Judaism… Isaiah 14.1), leading to the technical term גיור ("giur", conversion). Hesychius defines the plural as "neighbors joined to Israel from another race, proselytes" (his gamma282, cf. the use by Moses at Exodus 12.19 (cf. …Matched in noteshighshort

γ234Γηθυλλίςscallion, spring onioncf. Photius, Moeris 194.6, Hesychius under gh/qua, and (according to Adler) the Ambrosian Lexicon. For the wild-leek (literally "vine-leek": Allium ampeloprasum) see gamma 262.Matched in noteshighshort

γ250ΓηρωβοσκῶI tend in old age[1] Same gloss in Hesychius. See already gamma 249. [2] Sophocles, Ajax 570-1 (web address 1); cf. mu 1496. In this verse the meter requires the spelling with omicron; according to LSJ s.v. ghroboske/w …Matched in noteshighshort

γ282Γλαὺξ ἵπταταιan owl is flying… 2.91 and other paroemiographers; omicron 982, sigma 376. See also Hesychius s.v., where this Glaukos is a Chian. [4] cf. Homer, Iliad 14.291 (web address 1 below), where xalki/s is the gods' name for …Matched in noteshighmedium

γ286Γλήνηeyeball… obelizes o)rh and footnotes the comment 'i.e. ko/rh' (as in Hesychius and elsewhere). That is probably correct, though see next note. [3] Whoever added this etymological comment evidently intended it to explain o)/rh, construed …Matched in noteshighshort

γ289Γλίσχροςwheedler… Peace 193, where the word occurs. [3] Likewise already in Hesychius.Matched in noteshighshort

γ318Γλυκυσίδηpeony… LSJ s.v. The etymology of the word implies something sweet. Hesychius has a more striking gloss: "a certain plant, contributing toward some absurdity in women". This reflects Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 3.76F (3.11 Kaibel), citing the …Matched in noteshighshort

γ351Γνώριμοιacquaintances, pupils[1] Hesychius (gamma738), earlier, had proffered the gloss maqhtai/ "disciples." [2] From pi 3120.Matched in noteshighshort

γ373Γομφίουςmolarscf. gamma 372, gamma 374. [1] Likewise already in Hesychius, though there this accusative plural is not gomfi/ous but go/mfous. [2] Greek Anthology 6.233.1 (Maikios/Maecius), a dedication of equestrian gear to Poseidon; cf. Gow …Matched in noteshighshort

γ398Γοργῶπιςfierce-eyedLikewise, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. Earlier, Hesychius gamma851 (citing Cratinus) had presented this headword in upper case, as the name of 'a lake/marsh in Corinth'. As a lower-case adjective it is …Matched in noteshighshort

γ407ΓουνάσομαιI will entreat… scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.427, where the headword occurs; cf. Hesychius s.v. gounaze/sqhn (on Iliad 11.130). [2] Greek Anthology 5.1.5-6.Matched in noteshighshort

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