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- μ623ΜενοινήdesirousnessUsed by Callimachus and Apollonius Rhodius (and in other poetry); discussed by ps.-Herodian, and cf. Hesychius mu860.
- ε3064Ἐρωήσαςforcing back… address 1); and cf. generally epsilon 3062, epsilon 3063. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 258 Pfeiffer, referring to the Marathonian Bull; cf. Etymologicum Magnum s.v. e)rwh/. [3] Homer, Iliad 1.303(= Odyssey 16.441; web address 2 …
- αι137Αἴθ' ὄφελες θανεῖν ἢ πανύστατον ὀρχήσασθαιif only you had died or danced for the very last timeCallimachus, Hecale fr. 326, with scholion. (The third word of the original must be qane/ein for metrical reasons; and h)\ panu/staton is regarded as corrupt.) For 'if only you had' cf. alphaiota 136.
- μ177ΜαραθώνMarathon… Whitehead, The Demes of Attica (Princeton 1986) index s.v. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 260 Pfeiffer. [3] Apparently a proverbial or quasi-proverbial phrase: see e.g. Plutarch, Flamininus 11.6. [4] Aristophanes, Acharnians 181 (web address 1); …
- κ1587ΚιδαλίηKidalie, Kidalia… a spring (as in a fragment of poetry attributed to Callimachus: fr.751 Pfeiffer, "I strayed from the Kidalian spring").
- η399Ἤνοψgleaming[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.
- κ1960Νησάωνof KolonaiFrom a gloss on Callimachus Hecale fr.300 Pfeiffer, where, as indicated, the genitive plural form of this toponym (an Attic deme: see further below) occurs. The other genitive plural cited, nhsa/wn [which SOL wrongly …
- κ2515Κτείςcomb… see generally LSJ s.v. 6; and cf. beta 338. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 343 Pfeiffer. [3] Greek Anthology 6.247.3 (Philip of Thessalonica); with the headword in the accusative case. On this epigram, the weaver …
- α2801Ἄξεινοςinhospitable[1] A fragment of Callimachus, taken from epsilon 10.
- ει112Εἰληδόνcontortedly, in coiled fashionAn adverb attested in Callimachus (Iambi fr. 191 line 28) and Greek Anthology 9.14.6. cf. generally epsiloniota 110, epsiloniota 116.
- β447Βουνιτῇσιto cowhandsFrom the scholia to this dative plural (as bwn-) in Callimachus, Hecale fr. 251. cf. alpha 496.
- μ676Μέσφ' ὅτεtill [the time] when… and me/sfi. The combination me/sf' o(/te is attested mainly in Callimachus, Quintus Smyrnaeus, and the Poems of Gregory of Nazianzus. Similar glosses occur in the scholia to Callimachus (Hymn to Artemis 195, Hecale fr. …
- γ90Γέγειαι βόεςearth-born cows[1] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 277 (inverted), with scholion.
- κ1320ΚενθίππηKenthippeCallimachus, Hecale fr.279. According to Etymologicum Magnum 503.34-35, it was a 'place of Argos [Myth, Place]', named from Bellerophon having spurred on [kentei=n] Pegasus there.
- μ863Μήnot, that not, lest… wishes, and in various kinds of non-declarative subordinate clauses. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 350 Pfeiffer. Schneider (his fr. 144) added i(/na after dh/n. [3] Aemilius Portus (in his edition of (1630) and Richard Bentley …
- ι550Ἴπνιαsoot… Wasps 836, where an oven is mentioned (web address 1). 'Callimachus' = Hecale fr. 295; cf. alpha 636, phi 623. [2] Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 815 (web address 2), with scholion. See also iota 552. …
- α1430Ἀλυκράlukewarm… of this adjective, is extracted from the quotation given. [1] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 270, with scholion.
- α1146Ἀλετρίβανοςpestle… tau 74, tau 799, chi 620, and omega 294. [4] Callimachus, Hecale fr.334; cf. alpha 3259 and epsilon 66.
- ε1506Ἐν χρῷon skin, to skin… 786 (where the headword phrase occurs); also other lexica. [2] Callimachus, Hekale fr. 281, with scholion; cf. epsilon 139. [3] Agathias, Histories 5.21 (on using reeds to make a raft); but read pepiesme/nas. The …
- ε3131Ἐσσήνmonarch[1] From scholia to Callimachus, Hymn to Zeus 1.66 ("monarch of gods" -- accusative case).
- α636Ἄειρενdrew [out], removed[1] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 295 Pfeiffer (of animal dung), with scholion; cf. iota 550, phi 623.
- δ42Δαμάτειραtamer-woman… forms of the masculine noun damantêr ["tamer"]. Attested in (e.g.) Callimachus, Hecale fr.267; Greek Anthology 11.403.
- λ556Λιμόςfamine, hungerFor the headword, here unglossed, see also lambda 557. [1] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 346; see already at alpha 1297.
- κ2493Κρώζουσινthey croak… 2492; and cf. generally kappa 2491.) Its attestions are rare: Callimachus (Epigrams fr. 393 Pfeiffer, quoted by Sextus Empiricus), Lucian (Electrum 5), and George the Monk (PG 110.636.47). Of these perhaps commentary on Callimachus …
- α1429Ἁλυκόνsalty, brackish… of this adjective, is extracted from the quotation given. [1] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 313, with scholion.
- ε2177Ἐπήλυσιςapproach, assault[1] See also epsilon 2176, epsilon 2178. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 331, with scholion.
- α1297Ἀλκτήρια λιμοῦfamine's remediesCallimachus, Hecale fr. 346 (fuller quotation at lambda 556), with scholion. cf. generally alpha 1296.
- ε3534Εὐκείeukei… 'easily moved' -- which occurs in a papyrus fragment of Callimachus.)
- ε3542ΕὐκολίνηEukoline, EucolineThe 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 …
- λ71Λάκτινpestle[1] The noun -- quoted from Callimachus: see next note -- and its glosses are all in the accusative singular. Not the usual word for a pestle, which may be doi=duc (e.g. Aristophanes, Knights …