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- α3936ἈριστώνυμοςAristonymos, Aristonymus… See generally OCD(4) s.v. (p.157); Kassel-Austin, PCG II pp.571-574. [2] Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 7.285E (7.23 Kaibel) and 7.287C-D (7.28 Kaibel). [3] Ptolemy II Philadelphus ruled 285(282)-246; Ptolemy IV Philopator was his successor-but-one, ruling 221-205. Perhaps, …
- α54Ἀβλεμέωςfecklessly, heedlessly… fragment of the epic poet Panyassis (pi 248) preserved in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 2.36D (2.3 Kaibel); it refers there to intemperate drinking. See also Etymologicum Magnum 3.24 and other lexica.
- μ72Μακρὰ χαίρειν[to say] a long goodbye, to dismiss… mu51 Theodoridis. The expression is attested in Plutarch, Galen, Lucian, Athenaeus, Cassius Dio, Aelian, and Christian writers.
- α4002Ἁρπαστὸνhandball, snatchball… ancient ball-games in general see the compendium of material in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.14D-15C (1.25 Kaibel); and cf. alpha 1817, omicron 671, sigma 1719, sigma 1720.
- ε2570Ἐπίσιτοςepisitos… e)pisi/tios [sic]; and cf. a scholion on Plato, Republic 420A; Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 6.246F [6.50 Kaibel]. cf. generally epsilon 2569.
- αι222ΑἴνικοςEunikos, Eunicus… and in ps.-Zonaras, but it should be Eunikos (Pollux 10.100; Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 13.567C (13.21 Kaibel), who mentions the play mentioned here -- see further, next note). See generally Kassel-Austin, PCG V pp. 278-279. [2] …
- α3899ἈρίσταιχμοςAristaichmos, Aristaechmus… for being the year of the lawcode of Drakon (?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 4.1, etc.).
- η156Ἠθολόγοςcharacter-painter, mimic… Hesychius eta238; and for a specimen of the genre see Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.20A [1.35 Kaibel], on the performances of the famous ethologos Noemon.
- η56ἩγήσανδροςHegesandros, Hegesander… wrote six (or more) volumes of Memoirs cited frequently by Athenaeus. (See alpha 1298, and generally OCD(4) s.v. Hegesander, p.652.) But note also epsilon 360, tau 595.
- β535Βρέχεινto soak, to wet[1] cf. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.23A (1.41 Kaibel). [2] Quoted from somewhere, perhaps Lucian; cf. generally sigma 974, upsilon 179.
- ε1824Ἔξω Γλαῦκεaway o Grey one… 7.58. For the glaukos see the dossier of material in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 7.295B-F (7.45-46 Kaibel).
- η113Ἡδυπαθήςluxurious… See e.g. Antiphanes fr. 91 Kock and Kassel-Austin (preserved in Athenaeus) on the Ionian stereotype.
- α1817ἈναγαλλίςAnagallis… next note for the form of the name. [2] cf. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.14D [1.25 Kaibel], with the correct form of the name, Agallis. Nausicaa (for whom see generally nu 70) plays ball in Homer, …
- κ394ΚαρκίνοςKarkinos, Carcinus… of the fourth century, see Webster 300-301. [5] 380-377. [6] Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 5.189D [5.15 Kaibel], cf. 13.559F [13.8]. [7] Lysias fr. 154 Sauppe, now 206 Carey OCT (where the meaning of "crab" is unclear). …
- κ1244ΚέκληκαI have called… alternatively, a verse by the comic poet Straton, quoted in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 9.382C [9.29 Kaibel].
- λ373Λειόφυλονsmooth-leaved… spell it with double lambda leio/fullon (attested in Theophrastus and Athenaeus); ms V has leio/futon (otherwise unattested). Aemilius Portus adopted the reading leio/floion "smooth-barked" from the Ambrosian Lexicon; this also is attested in Theophrastus.
- α3210Ἀπινήςdirt-free, dirt-less… headword is effectively confined to lexica and grammars, but note Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 14.661D (14.81 Kaibel), where the ms reading poli/ths ... tis ou)k a)pinh/s is normally corrected (e.g. to Gulick's ou) tapeino/s).
- λ369Λειόβατοςsmooth-trodden… headword as a kind of fish (a ray or skate): Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 7.312B (7.89 Kaibel) quoting Plato Comicus (fr. 137 Kock, now 146 K.-A.), Hesychius, ps.-Herodian.
- κ1900Κόγχηνcockle, mussel… by Pherecrates fr. 143 Kock = 152 K.-A., (preserved by Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 11.481C = 11.62 Kaibel); cf. LSJ s.v. I.2, 'shell-full, a small measure of capacity'. For the proverb see Teleclides fr. 19 Kock …
- ε2287Ἐπὶ Δελφινίῳat Delphinion, at DelphiniumAbridged from Harpokration. s.v., which cites Demosthenes 23.74 and ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 57.3. See also delta 206.
- ε3016Ἑρκίτηςfence-man, enclosure-man… the same glossing (according to Adler) in the Ambrosian Lexicon. Athenaeus, Deipnosphists 6.267C [6.93 Kaibel] cites the Macedonian grammarian Amerias for a different and fuller one: "herkitai is the name for slaves [sc. working] …
- ει243Εἰσεκώμασενburst in like a reveller… verb ei)skwma/zw. It must be quoted from somewhere -- perhaps Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 6.231E (6.19 Kaibel), on the spread of silver in Greece in the third quarter of the C4 BCE.
- ε1156Ἕνδεκα(the) Eleven… the Atticist epsilon37; also in Photius and elsewhere. cf. ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 52; Pollux 8.102; and eta 39.
- ε2721Ἐπιτραπεζώματαtable-dishes… fr. 74 Kock = 76 K.-A. (genitive case there). See Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 4.170E and 14.641B [4.70 and 14.47 Kaibel].
- κ1482ΚειτούκειτοςAttested-Unattested[1] In the Deipnosophists by Athenaeus (alpha 731); cf. delta 359: Deipnosophists. [2] Excerpted from Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.1D-E (1.2 Kaibel). Ulpian of Tyre (on the prosopography of this character see Baldwin [1976]), characterised as …
- ει246Εἰς ἐμφανῶν κατάστασινbringing into the open… on the procedure's appearance in Isaeus 6.31 (and citing ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 56.6).
- η108Ἡδύγαιονcucumber, gourdThe headword term is poorly attested, but see esp. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 3.74B [3.5 Kaibel], citing Heraclides of Tarentum. See also Hesychius eta143, spelled h(duge/wn. Cf. Lexicon Ambrosianum, Ambrosianus B12 sup. 77r (while Laurentianus 59.16 …
- κ2682Κυμβίαvessels… refers to a type of drinking vessel. For descriptions, see: Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 11.488F [11.77 Kaibel]; Harpokration s.v. kumbi/on (= Photius, Lexicon kappa1199 Theodoridis), commenting on Demosthenes 21.158 (see further below); scholia to Lucian, Dialogues …
- αι6Αἰακίξaiakix, aeacix, aiakis, drinking-cupLikewise in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 11.782F (11.22 Kaibel) cites the hellenistic antiquarian writer Timachidas of Rhodes (tau 599) for what is probably an alternative form of the …
- β577Βρύτιαgrape-pressings, olive-pressings, pomaceLikewise or similarly in other lexica. Ultimately from Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 2.56D (2.47 Kaibel): "the Athenians used to call pressed olives stemphula, while brutea (sic) was their word for what *we* call stemphula, the pressings …