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202 entries for
a plot [against someone]
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γ
125
Γενάρχου
of a first ancestor, of a founder
… one evidently extracted from somewhere. For gena/rxhs, founder or first
ancestor
of
a
family, see generally LSJ s.v.
Matched in notes
high
short
γ
491
Γυμνότερος Ἰαλέμου
more naked than a Ialemos
… Zenobius 4.39, etc. For Ialemos, claimed by some to be
a
son of Kalliope (kappa 234),
and
another
proverb involving him see iota 17. [2] Zenobius 2.95, etc.; cf. lambda 218, sigma 1694, tau …
Matched in notes
high
medium
γ
205
Γέρροιν
with a pair of wickers
science and technology
18
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18
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17
rhetoric
17
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16
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16
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15
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15
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15
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15
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12
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12
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11
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11
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11
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7
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5
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4
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4
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4
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4
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4
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4
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4
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4
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2
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2
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1
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1
Marcelo Boeri
Marcelo Boeri
1
1
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1
Tony Natoli
1
The first part of this entry is
also
in Photius
and
elsewhere. The headword is genitive/dative dual of ge/rron; see further, next note. [1] Eupolis fr. 405 Kock (where however Kock emends the transmitted …
Matched in notes
high
medium
γ
493
Γυμνῷ φυλακὴν ἐπιτάττεις
you are assigning guard-duty to a naked man
[1] Hesychius gamma1004
assigns
the phrase to the comic poet Pherecrates (fr. 144 Kock, now 154 K.-A.) in the first instance; cf. Zenobius 2.98. [2] Quotation unidentifiable; found
also
in
a
syntactical lexicon. [3] …
Matched in notes
high
short
γ
420
Γραμματείου
of a grammar-school
… given. [1] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 179 Zintzen (109
Asmus);
cf. pi 1828. [2] grammatei=a here used in
a
different sense from the first quotation. [3] Quotation unidentifiable.
(Adler
tentatively suggests Symeon Metaphrastes.) …
Matched in notes
high
short
γ
21
Γαλάται
Gauls, Galatai, Galatians
The entry confusingly refers to events that occur nearly
a
century
apart,
the migration of the Gauls into
Anatolia
in 279/8 BCE,
and
the defeat of their descendants by the Romans in 189. For …
Matched in notes
high
medium
γ
23
Γαλλαίῳ
with a Gallian
The headword, dative singular of
a
putative
adjective
*gallai=os, is evidently drawn from the quotation that follows. The only other
attestation
of
any
form of the word comes in
a
poem by Gregory of …
Matched in notes
high
short
γ
203
Γέρων πίθηκος οὐχ ἁλίσκεται πάγῃ
an old ape is not caught in a trap: he is caught but it takes time for him to be caught
… pi 1580. In Diogenes Laertius 5.93 these two iambic trimeters
are
lines of dialogue, with character B refining what character
A
has said. [1] See
already
gamma 202, with fox for
ape.
Matched in notes
high
short
γ
413
Γωνίᾳ ἀπορθῶσαι
to straighten up in a corner
Also
in Photius (Lexicon gamma241). From comedy, in Bernhardy's opinion; see now Comica
adespota
fr. 496 K.-A.
Matched in notes
high
short
γ
434
Γραφή τε καὶ Λευκαῖος οὐ ταὐτόν
a painting and Leukaios (are) not the same thing
Comica
Adespota
fr. 279 Kock (but not in K.-A.); cf.
Appendix
Proverbiorum 1.83. (Entry out of
alphabetical
order.)
Matched in notes
high
short
γ
48
Γαμηλία
wedding-feast
[1] Didymus pp.315
and
320 Schmidt (i.e. he is the source,
as
the equivalent entry in Harpokration shows, of both of these definitions). [2] On
Adler's
punctuation, no such saying is cited,
and
one …
Matched in notes
high
medium
γ
13
Γάϊος Λαυτώριος
Gaius Laetorius, Gaios Lautorios
A
close
approximation
of Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman
Antiquities
16.4-5 (= Constantine Porphyrogenitus, Excerpta de virtutibus 2.79.7 - 80.19), but with some significant differences. The headword, referring to the subject of the first paragraph, …
Matched in notes
high
long
γ
118
Γέλοιος
laughable
The difference in
accentuation
appears
to be
an
instance of Vendryes' Law; see gamma 119
and
LSJ s.v. on grammarians' inconsistent interpretations. [1] Julian, Orations 3.111d-112a
(and
Appendix
Proverbiorum 1.68); cf. mu 1444, phi …
Matched in notes
high
medium
γ
316
Γλυκὺς ἀγκών
sweet elbow
See
already
under
alpha
249 (end). [1]
Apostolius
5.50. See LSJ s.v.
a)gkw/n
III, with references (Plato, Phaedrus 257D, etc.)
at
web
address
1. [2] cf. epsilon 1923, nu 524. [3] Plato Comicus fr. …
Matched in notes
high
short
γ
157
Γένυς
hatchet; lower jaw
[1] Sophocles, Electra 195-6 (web
address
1 below: it has oi(
["against
him"] for the lexicon's soi
["against
you"]
and
w(rma/qh for
a(rmo/qh
here). [2] cf.
already
gamma 156,
and
again
gamma 158.
Matched in notes
high
short
γ
443
Γράφω
I write
This entry,
Adler
reports, is lacking in mss FV
and
placed
after
alpha
438 in ms
A.
[1] With the verb governing the dative. [2] With the verb governing the
accusative.
[3] Quotation not …
Matched in notes
high
medium
γ
41
Γάλλος
Gallus
[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 notes
high
medium
γ
472
Γύγης
Gyges
After
the opening
'a
Lydian', this entire entry quotes Herodotus 1.14.4-18.1 (web
address
1 below); cf. delta 1289, tau 1084. For Gyges see
also
gamma 473. [1] The Greek has "both feminine
and
masculine". …
Matched in notes
high
medium
γ
7
Γάδειρα
Gadeira, Gades, Cadiz
On the city (present-day Cadiz; Barrington
Atlas
map 26, grid D5), see generally OCD(4) 597, s.v. Gades. The main paragraph of the present entry resembles
a
scholion to Gregory of Nazianzus PG 36.1055-6;
Adler
…
Matched in notes
high
medium
γ
412
Γωνία
corner
See
also
gamma 413. [1] Similarly in the
Ambrosian
Lexicon
(according
to
Adler)
and
elsewhere. [2] The source of this paragraph is Harpokration s.v. gwniasmo/s, with some omissions
and
modifications. [3] In their editions …
Matched in notes
high
short
γ
327
Γνάφαλοι
mattress-stuffing, flock
… of it this unglossed headword is the plural of gnaphalos,
a
bird of unknown type mentioned by
Aristotle);
but in fact this gnaphaloi is
a
variant of knaphalla or knephalla: see LSJ s.v. knephallon …
Matched in notes
high
short
γ
97
Γεγωνόν
loud, sonorous
cf. generally 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 …
Matched in notes
high
short
γ
439
Γραφή
public-suit, graphe
… in other lexica. [1] (The Greek has 'the' other.) See
also
gamma 440, gamma 445;
and
for the parallel entry
about
"private" prosecutions, delta 1089. [2] See generally M.H. Hansen, The Sovereignty of the …
Matched in notes
high
short
γ
25
Γαλεάγρα
weasel-trap, iron-maiden
… word was frequently used in reference to cages for catching
and/or
holding various
animals
(though curiously, never weasels): e.g. Job 27:1 LXX; the
Alexander
Romance 3.18; Strabo 6.2.6; Plutarch, Moralia 974D
(and
cf. Lexica …
Matched in notes
high
short
γ
131
Γενέθλια
genethlia, birthday
[1] Likewise in other lexica. From the scholia to Plato,
Alcibiades
121C, where the headword occurs; cf. gamma 133. [2]
A
horoscope, in effect.
Matched in notes
high
short
γ
18
Γαλαξίας
galaxy, the Milky Way
The elaborating clause here is
a
paraphrase of Diogenes Laertius 2.9, where it is presented
as
an
opinion of
Anaxagoras
(cf. Diels-Kranz 59
A42;
on
Anaxagoras
see
alpha
1981). Long
and
Markovich, in their …
Matched in notes
high
short
γ
411
Γωβρύας
Gobryas
That of several high-ranking Persians prominent in the C6
and
C5 BCE, such
as
one of the seven regicides in Herodotus 3.70-79 (web
address
1), who
advised
Darius
against
the Scythian campaign (Herodotus 4.132 …
Matched in notes
high
short
γ
414
Γώνυμος
named for
Same entry in ps.-Zonaras
and,
according
to
Adler,
the
Ambrosian
Lexicon. However, the headword gw/numos is not otherwise securely
attested,
and
is
apparently
a
mistake for
a)gw/numos,
which has entered the lexicographical tradition. See …
Matched in notes
high
short
γ
16
Γαλακτίων
Galaktion, Galaction
The earliest surviving
attestations
of this name post-date the Suda: they occur in the Syngraphicae Historiae of the 13th-century historian Georgius Pachymeres, where he mentions
a
monk called Galaktion who was blinded under Michael …
Matched in notes
high
short
γ
219
Γειωρίσαι
to convert to Judaism
This is the
aorist
active
infinitive of
an
otherwise unattested verb geiwri/zw, formed from the Hebrew word for proselyte, used
as
a
borrowing in Greek, with the suffix izw. The related noun geiw/ras (see …
Matched in notes
high
short
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