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μ618ΜένωνMenon, Meno… superior to them and supported by an extract in Stobaeus. Meno was a mercenary general of Aristippus the Aleuad of Larisa (PW 1.1372-74; Gehrke pp. 189-90), who belonged to the pro-Persian faction in that …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ624ΜενοινῷοςdesirousApparently an adjective (or a proper name) related to menoinh/ (mu 623); attested only here.Matched in noteshighshort
μ625ΜενοίτιοςMenoitios, Menoetius… Argonauts; father of Patroclus (pi 796). See generally OCD(4) s.v. Menoetius.Matched in noteshighshort
μ1215Μοναχῇby the only way[1] More exactly, the feminine dative singular of an adjective, used adverbially, glossed with an adverb of the same stem formed with -ws. Besides the instance now given, see also e.g. Plato, Laws 720E. …Matched in noteshighshort
μ410Μεθαρμοζόμενοςcorrecting oneself, adapting (?)The same entry is given in e.g. Hesychius (mu525) and Photius mu179 Theodoridis, where the editor (following Dobree) obelizes the transmitted headword meqarmozo/menos as an error for meqormizo/menos "changing anchorage". Thus the present entry …Matched in noteshighshort
μ471Μέλδοντεςmelting downThe headword me/ldontes -- presumably extracted from the first quotation given (which is its only attestation outside the Suda) -- is the present active participle, masculine nominative plural, of the verb me/ldw, I soften …Matched in noteshighshort
μ470Μελδόμενοςbeing boiled-down, being melted-downThe headword meldo/menos is the present middle/passive participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb me/ldw I soften by boiling. It is quoted here (and in other lexica) from Homer, Iliad 21.363 (web address 1 …Matched in noteshighshort
μ1426ΜυώνωνmusclesThe headword is genitive plural of the noun muw/n. Though it occurs in the Procopius quotation given, it is more probably extracted here from Homer, Iliad 16.324; cf. the scholia there. [1] Adapted from …Matched in noteshighshort
μ734Μετασπώμενοςfollowing close uponThe headword is aorist middle participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb meqe/pw. Entry from the scholia to Homer, Iliad 13.567, where the headword occurs -- but in the form metaspo/menos (cf. LSJ s.v. …Matched in noteshighshort
μ1422Μυούμενοςbeing initiatedLikewise or similarly in other lexica: see the references at Photius mu597 Theodoridis. The headword is present passive participle, masculine nominative singular, of mue/w (cf. mu 1421). It must be quoted from somewhere -- …Matched in noteshighshort
μ562Μεμηλώςattending toLikewise or similarly in other lexica and several Homeric scholia: see the references at Photius mu258 Theodoridis. The headword is perfect active participle of me/lw, masculine nominative singular (cf. mu 561). At Hesychius mu804 …Matched in noteshighshort
μ317Μαιευόμενοιdelivering, serving as a midwife (?)The headword as transmitted is present participle, masculine nominative plural, of maieu/omai (cf. mu 315 etc.), here used figuratively. As such it would be quoted from somewhere, and the only extant instance outside lexicography …Matched in noteshighshort
μ467Μελεάγριαmeleagria… See also mu 443 (Cyril?). Alternatively, in the TLG, see Menologii Imperiales Hagiogr., Fragmentum vitae deperditae sancti Euthymii 38.4; St. Euthymius' diet of wild foods is mentioned also at mu 117. [2] Or melagria …Matched in noteshighshort
μ131ΜαναΐμManaim, MananeNothing more is known about Manaim. For the name, see de Boor 1889, 170 (and cf. Acts 13.1). *pa/tria II.97 reads *mananah=. Beginning with 'and it was a just measure' (h)=n de\ di/kaion me/tron) …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ1065ΜίλιονMilion, milestoneMilion = 'milestone'. See mu 1064 for the generic definition. The present entry treats Constantinople's Milion, a marble arch with a gilded roof erected by Constantine between the Hippodrome and Hagia Sophia in the …Matched in noteshighmedium