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αι62ΑἴγισθοςAigisthos, AegisthusSon of Thyestes; murderer of Agamemnon (in Aeschylus' play of that name, and elsewhere); himself killed by Orestes. See generally OCD(4) s.v. 'Aegisthus' (p.17).Matched in noteshighshort
α2316Ἄνεςgrant, send… of a)ni/hmi. [1] Dative of the beneficiary, as in (e.g.) Aeschylus, Choephori 489 ("grant me...").Matched in noteshighshort
χ191Χελώνη μυιῶνa tortoise [uncaring] of flies… theta 257.) [3] An apocryphal tale about the death of Aeschylus; from alphaiota 357.Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1639Δύσθεοςgodless, ungodly… gloss of the scholia there; cf. also the scholia to Aeschylus, Choephoroi 525. The headword adjective occurs in Aeschylus as well as Sophocles, but is not extant in Euripides. In later periods it was …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
ε271Ἒ ἔe e, woe woeIn tragedy: see e.g. Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1114, and generally LSJ s.v. ('always doubled either once or twice'). Same entry in ps.-Zonaras.Matched in noteshighshort
ε204Ἔδεθλονfloor… Aetia fr. 162. Probably first attested (in the plural) in Aeschylus, Agamemnon 776: see LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3Ἔα δήhah indeed!, oh indeed!… phrase is an "exclamation of surprise" (so the scholia to (?)Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 114, where a)= a)= e)/a e)/a occurs), reiterated in LSJ s.v., rather than the imperative of e)a/w 'allow' (epsilon 1). For …Matched in noteshighshort
ε565Ἐκπέρσαιto pillage… e)kporqe/w. Likewise in other lexica. Other instances occur in tragedy (Aeschylus, Euripides).Matched in noteshighshort
λ441Λῆμαwill… 4516, kappa 981. The lexicographer has inserted the names of Aeschylus and Euripides into the quotation. [9] The discussion of lh/mmata is taken from Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topics 23.21, 36.18-9, 574.12-15.Matched in noteshighmedium
α165Ἄγγαροιmessengers… Alexander 18 (bis); De Alex. fort. virt. 326E; 340C. [3] Aeschylus, Agamemnon 282f. (web address 4), where the mss have a)gge/lou, an obvious gloss. [4] Menander, Sikyonios fr.4 Sandbach [= fr 440 Kock].Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3946Ἐφορεύεινto oversee… the ephors in Sparta'; and cf. also the scholia on Aeschylus, Persians 7, where this present active infinitive occurs. cf. generally epsilon 3947.Matched in noteshighshort
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
α2167Ἀνδρηλατεῖνto banish… Plato, Republic 565E); similar (longer) one in Photius. See e.g. Aeschylus, Eumenides 221, and generally LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
ε333Ἔθρισενmowed… web address 1; cf. theta 238.) Almost certainly quoted from Aeschylus, Agamemnon 536.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2413Ἐπικρᾶναιto fulfill, to grant… be quoted, probably from its only extant attestation outside lexicography: Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1546.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
ε596Ἐκπρεπεῖςoutstanding… The headword must be quoted from somewhere: the possibilities include Aeschylus, Persians 442 (where e)kprepei=s and eu)prepei=s are alternative readings) and the Septuagint (2 Maccabees 3.26).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
α96Ἁβροχίτωνdelicate-tunic'd… Greek Anthology 9.538; however, the word is first attested in Aeschylus, Persians 543, of beds (accusative plural: web address 1 below).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
ε3445Εὐεστοῖwell-being… singular headword must be quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities include Aeschylus (Seven against Thebes 187, Agamemnon 929) and Herodotus (1.85).Matched in noteshighshort
μ452Μελανείμονοςof a black-clad… and Isis). The adjective occurs in the dative plural in Aeschylus, Eumenides 374.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1327Δοκιμάσαςhaving put to the test, having scrutinised… from this fragment at theta 413 and pi 1114. [4] Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 592 (web address 1); see already under delta 1070. This quotation illustrates a distinct, though related, verb, doke/w ('seem').Matched in noteshighshort
α2187Ἀνδρόπαιςman-boy… Troilus). The term is also applied to (e.g.) Parthenopaeus in Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 533. See also alpha 2706, and generally LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
ι547Ἱππιολόφοςhorsehair-crested… -- in Aristophanes, Frogs 818 -- to the vocabulary of Aeschylus).Matched in noteshighshort

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