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Callimachus
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ε
3707
Εὐρώς
dankness
[Meaning] a mouldering moistness.
Callimachus
[writes]: "sandals which the liquidy dankness rotted not."
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ει
66
Εἰκαία
random
[Meaning] slight, by chance.
Callimachus
[writes]: "slight, from which the grinding-woman rubbed off not a little." That is, of which the miller-woman did not separate or even clean off the husks, i.e. bran. Meaning …
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ι
343
Ἱμαῖον ᾆσμα
water-drawing song
… milling. "And somewhere a certain water-carrying man raised a work-song":
Callimachus
in Hecale [sc. writes this].
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8
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8
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7
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7
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ι
550
Ἴπνια
soot
… furnace [furnus]. Or the flammable materials suitable for the stove.
Callimachus
calls the dung of animals [i)/pnia]: "he/she took away together the rubbish and the ashes from the oven." Or i)pno/s, a cook-shop, or …
Matched in translation
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short
ε
874
Ἑλίχρυσος
gold-twist, helichrysum
… attribute the information in this entry to Saloustios' commentary on
Callimachus'
Hekale (the apparent source of the subsequent quotation). A different interpretation of the headword is provided by Hesychius epsilon2122. For ivy see kappa …
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α
4305
Ἄττα
father
… Page note (ibid.) that an attribution of the epigram to
Callimachus
is found in Diogenes Laertius 1.79 and only there. They observe that although the Anthologia Palatina (AP) makes no attribution for this epigram, …
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αι
253
Αἰόλος
undulating, wavelike, advancing in a winding or rolling fashion, agile in turning side to side; multicoloured, discoloured, black or chestnut with white markings; easily moved, changeable, wily, quick-witted, liable to metamorphosis, disturbed in mind; whirling; self-generating in movement, ever-turning; lively, flashing, shimmering
… 12.208; Paean Delph. i in Apoll. 1.19 Powell, Coll. Alex.;
Callimachus
fr. 575.1 Pfeiffer; Nicander, Theriaca 155, alphaiota 246), the undulating body of Echidna (Hesiod, Theogony 300, cf. scholia, polue/likton), and a mass of …
Matched in notes
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ε
204
Ἔδεθλον
floor
Perhaps from a gloss on
Callimachus'
Hecale (so Adler); cf. in any event (as she notes)
Callimachus,
Hymn to Apollo 72, and Aetia fr. 162. Probably first attested (in the plural) in Aeschylus, Agamemnon …
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ε
854
Ἑλικώτατον ὕδωρ
most swirling water, very swirling water
Likewise in ps.-Zonaras. The headword phrase is ascribed to
Callimachus,
Hecale fr.299.1 Pfeiffer (116.1 Hollis; 101a Kapp, 290 Schneider), and occurs in the context of a longer fragment where it is used to describe …
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ε
3542
Εὐκολίνη
Eukoline, Eucoline
The headword occurs in (and is very probably quoted from)
Callimachus,
Iambi fr. 225 Pfeiffer: xai=r' *Eu)koli/nh, 'hail, Eukoline'. According to Etymologicum Magnum s.v. (also in the Additamenta in Etymologicum Gudianum s.v.),
Callimachus
uses …
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η
399
Ἤνοψ
gleaming
[1] Same or similar glossing in other lexica. [2]
Callimachus,
Hecale fr. 238.16; cf. epsilon 1180. [3]
Callimachus,
Hecale fr. 277.2; cf. generally pi 3234. [4] Attested in Homer and elsewhere.
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α
4105
Ἀρχίβιος
Archibius, Archibios
Son of Apollonius. Grammarian. [He wrote] an exegesis of
Callimachus'
epigrams.
Matched in translation
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short
α
4259
Ἀστυάγης
Astyages
… On Metres; Onomatic Canons; and a commentary on the poet
Callimachus.
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short
δ
1029
Διθυραμβοδιδάσκαλοι
dithyramb-directors
… is a conversation of the philosopher Socrates with him. And
Callimachus
mentions him in his Choliambics, that he wrote many things.
Matched in translation
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medium
ι
755
Ἴτυς
rim, loop
[Meaning] perimeter of a shield. Xenophon [writes]: "but
Callimachus,
as he saw him going by, took hold of him by the [shield-]rim; and at this moment Aristonymus ran by them." And in the Epigrams: …
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α
13
Ἀβάλε
would that
… text of Homer, but there are other literary attestations including
Callimachus
fr. 619 Pfeiffer, and Greek Anthology 7.583.1 (Agathias Scholasticus). cf. generally alpha 14. [1] For more on ei)/qe see epsiloniota 55. [2] Apparently …
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α
128
Ἀγάλακτες
milkmates
… -- probably from its only attested instance outside lexica (etc.):
Callimachus,
Hymns 2.52. cf. generally gamma 17. [1] Same material in Eudemus, partially in other lexica.
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α
244
Ἀγκάσασθαι
to arm up
… 1), here in the aorist infinitive. From the scholia to
Callimachus,
Hecale fr. 236 Pfeiffer, where the phrase li/qon a)gka/ssasqai (sic) occurs.
Matched in notes
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short
α
248
Ἄγκος
glen
… web address 1; cf. alpha 245. [2] An approximation of
Callimachus,
Hecale fr. 309 Pfeiffer (read possi\ d' a)nelqei=n, after Toup and Valckenaer; noted in Adler's addenda), with comment from the scholia there.
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α
633
Ἀείπλανα
ever-wandering [lips]
The headword is neuter plural, from the quotation given. [2]
Callimachus,
Hecale fr. 310 Pfeiffer, with the glossing of the scholia thereto.
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short
α
636
Ἄειρεν
drew [out], removed
[1]
Callimachus,
Hecale fr. 295 Pfeiffer (of animal dung), with scholion; cf. iota 550, phi 623.
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α
663
Ἀήσυρον
light-as-air
… in reference to ants in (?)Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 452-3.) [3]
Callimachus,
Hecale fr. 311 Pfeiffer (where the editor prints a lacuna between adjective and noun).
Matched in notes
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short
α
858
Ἀκή
Ake, Acre
… plural but names a plurality of authorities -- Nicanor and
Callimachus
-- who said this. [Harpocration's entry itself gives Demosthenes 52 as the principal citation for Ake. The toponym does not appear in the …
Matched in notes
high
short
α
860
Ἀκηδής
uncared-for, uncaring
… of Acragas, but confuses historical facts (see sigma 441; cf.
Callimachus
fr. 64 Pfeiffer). The allusion is to the desecration of the tomb of the poet Simonides of Ceos, who was buried at Acragas; …
Matched in notes
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medium
α
907
Ἄκμηνος
fasting
… (sic). Hesychius gives the noun as a)/kma meaning "fasting." [2]
Callimachus,
Hecale fr. 312.
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α
1079
Ἄλαστε
inconsolable
… unidentifiable in this precise form, but Adler cites for comparison
Callimachus,
Hymn 5.87 (another vocative: te/knon a)/laste).
Matched in notes
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α
1155
Ἄλειον
Aleion, Haleion
… Hesychius alpha2837, a(lei=on u(/dwr glossed as a)qroisto/n, kai\ sullekto/n. [3]
Callimachus,
Iambi fr. 196.
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α
1224
Ἄλλικα
allix, mantle
… found for the nominative). For chlamys see chi 333. [2]
Callimachus,
Hecale fr. 253; quoted again at epsilon 1268. [3] The sense of i)diw=tai (iota 121) intended here, and apparently paralleled at pi 3125, …
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α
1297
Ἀλκτήρια λιμοῦ
famine's remedies
Callimachus,
Hecale fr. 346 (fuller quotation at lambda 556), with scholion. cf. generally alpha 1296.
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α
1420
Ἀλοίτης
avenger
The headword occurs in (e.g.)
Callimachus,
Hecale fr. 271.
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