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- β178ΒάταλοςBatalos, Batalus… (web address 1). The nickname is also referred to at Aeschines 2.99 (web address 2). While there is some evidence that 'Bat(t)alos' means 'stammerer', the present passage (and indeed Aeschines 2.99 itself) seems to …
- α1458Ἅμαas soon as, at the same time… observation in syntactical lexica. [2] Demosthenes fr. 12 Sauppe. [3] Aeschines 3.52. [4] Demosthenes 21.122. [5] Antiphon fr.71 Sauppe. [6] Demosthenes 18.34.
- κ95Καθιεροῖdevotes… the verb kaqiero/w. It must be quoted from somewhere (perhaps Aeschines 3.47).
- α2661Ἀντιγραφεύςantigrapheus, copy-clerk[1] From gamma 417. [2] Demosthenes 24.178 (web address 1); Aeschines 3.25 (web address 2). [3] The Suda here moves from Harpokration's entry on the a)ntigrafeu/s to the largely unconnected one immediately after it, …
- ε2906ἘργίσκηErgiske, ErgiscaAbridged from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v. Besides Aeschines 3.82, cited there, the place -- briefly prominent in the history of the third quarter of the C4 BCE -- is mentioned by Hegesippus in [Demosthenes] …
- κ1497ΚηδωνίδηςKedonides, Cedonides[1] From Harpokration s.v., commenting on Aeschines 1.52; cf. alpha 4498 and theta 261.
- κ1911ΚοθωκίδηςKothokides, Kothokidian… in Demosthenes. (It was the demotikon of his bitter adversary Aeschines: alphaiota 347, alphaiota 348.)
- α2410Ἀνηλεήςmerciless, pitiless… and e)/leos; cf. generally nu 311. There are instances in Aeschines (2.163), Menander, Callimachus, Appian and elsewhere.
- δ1237Διώμνυτοs/he took the oathEvidently quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities include Sophocles (Trachiniae 378) Aeschines (3.149), Lucian (True Histories 2.19), and Dionysius of Halicarnassus (Roman Antiquities 9.2.2). LSJ entry at web address 1; cf. generally delta 1165, delta …
- ν152Νεμέας χαράδραNemean ravineAbridged from Harpokration s.v., commenting on Aeschines 2.168 (and quoting Ephorus FGrH 70 F82). See also Photius nu102 Theodoridis. For Nemea cf. nu 150, nu 151.
- δ1468Δωροδοκηθένταmatters corrupted by bribery… somewhere -- surely from its only other extant occurrence, in Aeschines 3.221 (referring to events in Euboea). cf. generally delta 1469, delta 1470, delta 1471.
- ε1556Ἐξαράσασθαιto consecrate… commenting on the appearance of this aorist middle infinitive in Aeschines 3.116.
- ε1205Ἐννέα ὁδοίEnnea Hodoi, Nine Ways… Entry abridged from Harpocration s.v., commenting on its mention in Aeschines 2.31.
- α4140ἈσέλγειαlicentiousnessSame material, variously, in other lexica. [1] Aeschines 1.95. [2] Again at sigma 197. [3] cf. kappa 2436. [4] Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 560 (web address 1 below), with a gloss from the scholia there. …
- μ566Μεμισθαρνηκώςhaving been a hireling… lexica. The headword (a perfect participle) is undoubtedly extracted from Aeschines 1.154, where -- in the nominative case here -- it describes Timarchos' (tau 595) life of homosexual prostitution. For the verb misqarne/w, see …
- α3243Ἀπνευστίwithout breathing, without stopping for breath… This adverb occurs in e.g. Demosthenes 18.308 (a)pneustei/), referring to Aeschines stringing words together without a pause (web address 1); also Plato, Symposium 185D; etc.etc. See also alpha 1687, epsilon 1537, kappa 365, mu …
- δ748Διασείστουςshaken… is accusative plural. The entry originated in ancient comment on Aeschines 1.59 (web address 1). There is a helpful note on the Aeschines passage in the Loeb edition; see also LSJ s.v. a)kakou/rghtos (web …
- χ199ΧερεκράτηςCherekrates… was the Athenian eponymous archon (mentioned for dating purposes by Aeschines and Demosthenes) of the momentous year 338/7.
- δ422ΔημαίνετοςDemainetos, Demaenetus… admiral) of the 380s BCE; he is mentioned retrospectively in Aeschines 2.78 as well as in Xenophon, Hellenica 5.1.10 & 26.
- α789Ἀκαλλιέρητονill-omened… neuter singular -- is rare but does occur in e.g. Aeschines 3.131 (a)kallierh/twn o)/ntwn tw=n i(erw=n) & 152 (the same phrase repeated), genitive plurals which both generated scholiastic comment. Other instances in Lucian and …
- κ2165ΚοτύλαιονKotylaion, Cotylaeum… from Harpokration s.v. Kotylaion oros, commenting on its mention in Aeschines 3.86 (and citing the Euboian historian Archemachos [FGrH 424 F2a] for the information given). [1] Or indeed, more usually, Kotylaion.
- ε1938Ἐπακτροκέληςepaktrokeles, skiff-speedyMentioned in Aeschines 1.191, scholia to which furnish the present material. See also Harpokration s.v., which also cites Dinarchus fr. I.4 Conomis. For the 'skiff' see epsilon 1937; for the 'speedy' (keles) see kappa …
- κ1564ΚηφισόδοτοςKephisodotos, CephisodotusFrom Harpokration s.v., commenting on Aeschines 3.51 (and citing Androtion FGrH 324 F19 for the information given). One of the Athenian generals of the year 360/359.
- κ2349Κραυαλλίδαι ἢ ΚραγαλλίδαιKrauallidai or KragallidaiIn central Greece. From Harpokration s.v. Krauallidai (as mentioned in Aeschines 3.107), where Didymos is cited for the variant Kraugallidai (sic). The gloss is credited to Xenagoras (FGrH 240 F22). For Kirrha see kappa …
- α2123ἈναφλύστιοιAnaphlystiansFrom Harpokration s.v., commenting on Aeschines 3.115 & 139. [1] Anaphlystos, rather. [2] There is no genuine contradiction here. Anaphlystos was a Kleisthenic deme which in earlier times had the perceived status of a …
- δ610Διακυκῶσιjumble, mix one with another… its occurrence in Demosthenes 18.111 (diakukw=n, applied by Demosthenes to Aeschines), forms of this verb -- including this form -- appear in greatest numbers in Cyril of Alexandria.
- μ651Μεσεγγύημαthird-party pledgeFrom Harpokration s.v., citing (for the verb) Aeschines 3.125. See already, at greater length, mu 650.
- γ401Γοργύραdungeon… address 1), as cited by Harpokration s.v. He also cites Aeschines, but no relevant passage can be identified. This does seem to be the authentic form of the word, rather than the one which …
- α1805ἈναβιβῶμαιI will bring up, I will bring forward… 30 Kock, now 29 K.-A.). It is also found in Aeschines 2.146, of adducing evidence in court; see web address 1.
- α4498ΑὐτοκλείδηςAutokleides, AutoclidesThese three names appear in the accusative case in Aeschines 1.52 (web address 1), and their characterization as pederasts was said -- by the Suda's source here, Harpokration s.v. -- to be explicit in …