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28 entries for Aeschylus

κ207Κάλληbeautiful things… gloss "ta\ porfura= i(ma/tia" refers specifically to the instance at Aeschylus Agamemnon 923, partially quoted in this entry. cf. also kappa 191.Matched in noteshighshort
κ191ΚάλαϊςKalais, Calais… Argonautica 1.211ff. [2] Blue-green. [3] Purportedly an abbreviated phrase from Aeschylus, Agamemnon 923, but the text there has the noun ka/llesin, not the Suda's xrw/masin. Compare kappa 207, where ke/ramos kala/i+nos is given as …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2695ΚυναίγειροςKynegeiros, Cynaegirus… the Painted Stoa (pi 1469): Pliny, Natural History 35.57. For Aeschylus see generally alphaiota 357 (where inter alia all three of his brothers are named).Matched in noteshighshort
κ2603Κυδάζεταιis reviled… other lexica). [2] Epicharmus fr. 6 Kaibel (and Kassel-Austin). [3] Aeschylus fr. 141a Mette. [4] cf. kappa 2615. The scholion to the Ajax has e)pi/ for peri/. [5] Sophocles, Ajax 722.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2677ΚυματίαςwavyLSJ s.v. cites instances from Aeschylus, Herodotus and Cercidas. Comparable entries, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (1779 and 1825).Matched in noteshighshort
κ1411ΚερκυόνηKerkyone… record *kerkuoneu/s as an epithet of Apollo in inscriptions. However, Aeschylus fr. 153 Mette indicates that the title of Aeschylus' satyr play Kerkyon was transmitted in at least one Byzantine lexicon [noted at Photius …Matched in noteshighshort
κ337Κάπηλοςretailer, huckster… "wine-seller." [2] Sophron [sigma 893, sigma 894], fr.1 K.-A. [3] Aeschylus fr.322. Cf. kappa 333, with a different sense of the word.Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2507Κρυφαίωςsecretly… Lexicon. The headword is a regular adverb, perhaps quoted from Aeschylus, Persians 370; cf. the scholia there. The gloss is neuter plural of the cognate adjective used adverbially (cf. under lambda 45).Matched in noteshighshort
κ1465ΚεχήνηI was open-mouthed… in anticipation of watching a revival of a play of Aeschylus (alphaiota 357), only to be stunned when the herald announced one by Theognis (theta 137). The verb is the pluperfect of xa/skw (cf. …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1312Κένανδρονempty of men, men-empty… tragedy, each time describing a depopulated/deserted town or city -- Aeschylus, Persae 119 (Susa, called an asty), and Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 917 (polis) -- and the Aeschylus passage is the one likely to …Matched in noteshighshort
κ263Καλπάζεινto trotSee generally LSJ s.v., citing instances in e.g. Aeschylus (fr.144a). The entry probably derives, in fact, from Hesychius kappa519 on the indicative kalpa/zei, which Latte notes as a variant reading in the Septuagint (Jeremiah …Matched in noteshighshort
κ175ΚακόσχολοςidlerFirst attested (adjectivally and figuratively) in Aeschylus. See also under sigma 451. Hesychius kappa354 has the genitive singular (presumably quoted from somewhere), with the more specific gloss kakou= kata\ th\n sxolh/n. Appears as a …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1153Καχλάζειbubbles… Segueriana; different glossing in Hesychius (kappa1135, kappa1938) and scholia to Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, where the headword twice occurs (115, 761: web addresses 1 and 2).Matched in noteshighshort
κ1286Κελαινόςblack, murky, dark… 1287) and the colour of men (i.e. the Ethiopians; cf. (?)Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 807 and scholia), animals (e.g. Mycenaean ke-ra-no of a horse or bull) and fish (Oppian), but also (cf. scholion on Homer, …Matched in noteshighshort
κ990Κατέσκηψεfell upon… and elsewhere. It must be quoted from somewhere: Theodoridis suggests Aeschylus (Supplices 327) or Herodotus (1.137.2, 7.134.1), and there are in truth numerous other possibilities.Matched in noteshighshort
κ166Κακορρήμωνill-omenedFor the meaning "ill-omened" see e.g. Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1155 (accusative plural); and for an instance of the primary headword, masculine, see under alpha 2762. [1] Can serve as an adjective in the neuter singular …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2020Κομποφακελορρήμοναpomp-bundle-worded… a comic coinage, occurs (Euripides is characterizing the language of Aeschylus). The glossing term itself does not occur outside this context. For fa/kelos, see phi 25, phi 26, phi 27.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1287Κελαινοφαήςblack-coloured… the monodies of Euripides, in the mouth of his character Aeschylus. First he mocks the blatant redundancy of the words; secondly he uses a characteristic of Euripides, adding the suffix -fa/hs to adjectives of …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1943Κολοκτρυώνkoloktryôn… however, because in Aristophanes the phrase to\n cou=qon i(ppalektruo/na (quoting Aeschylus fr. 134) is secure; cf. delta 1054, xi 81. For locusts see alpha 4336.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2733Κύπασσιςkypassis, cypassis, frock… next entry, kappa 2734. [1] Claimed as a fragment of Aeschylus (fr. dubia no.473 Radt). See Favuzzi [cited under alpha 1990] 58. [2] Greek Anthology 6.202.1-2 (Leonidas of Tarentum), a dedication of garments to …Matched in noteshighshort
κ437Καρύκηsauce… 1 below. [3] cf. Zenobius 5.3, and the scholia to Aeschylus, Persians 41.Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1444Κεφαλαίῳcrowning; head… with scholion; Dionysus is warning Euripides about the power of Aeschylus' vocabulary. [3] Aristophanes, Clouds 981-982; cf. rho 55. [4] These are presumably embryonic cross-references.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2320Κραναῶνof the rugged ones, of the Kranaoi… into a mythical Kranaos as progenitor of Attica, as in Aeschylus, Eumenides 1011, "Children of Kranaos". [2] Quotation unidentifiable. (But Nonnus, Dionysiaca 22.20, 45.308 has the formula "the rocky stone [kranah\ pe/trh] swelled, disgorging …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2791Κύτοςhollow… the Ambrosian Lexicon (1903), and cf. also: the scholia to Aeschylus, Seven against Thebes 495; to Oppian, Halieutica 1.334; to Nicander, Alexipharmaka 586; Athanasios, On the Psalms 27.557.22; Cyril of Alexandria, On the Psalms …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1856Κναιόμενονbeing scratched… The participle here and its gloss might be extrapolated from (?)Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 541 muri/ois mo/xqois diaknaio/menon "worn away by a myriad cares". The sense "cut" can be inferred from the literal sense of …Matched in noteshighshort
κ428Καρτερόςmighty… dative in phrases like karterw/teros ma/xh|, 'more mighty in battle' (Aeschylus Seven against Thebes 517: web address 2).Matched in noteshighshort
κ1520Κημόςfunnel, muzzle… s.v. III; also Hesychius s.v. [4] Distortion of au)lwto\s fimo/s, Aeschylus fr. 44.A.647 Mette, a muzzle with pipes attached: "who had four yoke-bearing colts, muzzled with piping muzzles". Defined as a khmo/s in Pausanias …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2216Κῴδιονsmall fleece, small sheepskin rug (for sleeping on) or cloak (against rain)… Morsimus (mu 1260, mu 1261, mu 1262), a great-nephew of Aeschylus and an eye-doctor, is also criticised by Aristophanes at Peace 802 and Frogs 151; see OCD(4) 968-9. We have no evidence for the …Matched in noteshighmedium

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