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- α1499ἉμαρτοῖνI might [not] err[1] Cratinus fr. 55 Kock, now 60 K.-A. [2] An irregular form of the optative, 1st person singular. [3] Comic poets, presumably.
- γ506Γυπαρίοιςin vulture-roosts… with scholia thereto as the source of the foregoing comments. ('Crates' is the hellenistic scholar of that name: kappa 2342, OCD(4) s.v. Crates(3).) [2] Here in the accusative plural, so quoted from somewhere (unidentifiable); …
- ε1784Ἐξόδιοι νόμοιexit nomes, finales… explicit gloss in Hesychius epsilon3934; and cf. Pollux 4.108. [2] Cratinus fr. 276 Kock (308 K.-A.).
- α2234Ἀνεκάςupwards… 2231. [2] Eupolis fr. 50 Kock, now 57 K.-A. [3] Crates fr.10 Kock, now 12 K.-A.
- α2059Ἀναρύτεινto draw as from a wellSame entry in Photius. [1] Cratinus fr. 36 Kock = 38 Kassel-Austin (PCG). The name of the play may also be translated as Dramatic Performances. See LSJ s.v. didaskali/a II and Edmonds v.1 p.33. …
- δ272Δεσμώτηςchain-man… to Aeschylus, though some modern scholars have challenged this. [2] Cratinus fr. 189 Kock, now 201 K.-A.
- η448Ἤραloved… Laertius 6.96-97 (web address 1). For Hipparchia and her husband Crates, see iota 517 and kappa 2341. For Theodoros see theta 150. [1] cf. eta 447, and epsilon 2887. [2] So D.L., i.e. i(ma/tion …
- κ2595Κυβηλίσαιto cleave, strike with a cleaver… active infinitive of kubhli/zw. [2] Attested only in lexicography. [3] Cratinus fr. 62 Kock, now 66 K.-A. For Lampon cf. theta 418, lambda 93.
- α2443ἌνηστιςunfastingAlso in Photius. [1] Cratinus fr. 45 Kock, now 47 K.-A. - here crucially misquoted: the first word is not i)ou\ ("alas") but the negative ou): "For you [are] not...". The passage is preserved …
- ω261Ὦ τάνo sir; you sir… plurality. [2] Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 66 (web address 1). [3] Cratinus fr. 360 Kock, now 307 K.-A.
- α2211Ἀνεβίωreturned to life… Plato, Republic 614B, but there are numerous other possibilities. [2] Crates fr. 45 Kock, now 52 Kassel-Austin.
- μ1112Μισήτηhated… "not". [2] Archilochus fr. 206 West; cf. mu 1470. [3] Cratinus fr. 354 K.-A. [4] Cratinus fr. 509 K.-A.
- β18Βάδιζεwalk!… used instead of the active. See further, next note. [2] Cratinus fr. 391 Kock (421 Kassel-Austin). Kock suggested that this word is spoken by a character being lampooned for solecisms (in this instance, using …
- α2305Ἀνεπτεροῦτοwas on tiptoe with excitement… 161. [2] This material is in Photius and elsewhere. [3] Cratinus fr. 384 Kock, now 379 K.-A.
- ε2131Ἐπειοῦ δειλότεροςmore cowardly than Epeios… existence of this Epeios, and Athenian prosopography ignores him. [1] Cratinus fr. 460 Kock (testimonium 15 Kassel-Austin) = Comica adespota fr. 31 Kock, now 952 K.-A. [2] This aorist infinitive reappears as tau 92. …
- κ1758Κλεισθένους ἀκρατέστεροςweaker than Kleisthenes; weaker than Clisthenes… passage nor in the scholion and is otherwise unattested.) The Cratinus passage is fr. 195 Kock = 208 K.-A. (but for its first part see also Aristophanes, Frogs 512). The feminine characteristics of this …
- ε2444Ἐπιλησμότατονmost forgetful, very forgetful… form. [2] Alexis fr. 315 Kock, now 317 Kassel-Austin. [3] Cratinus fr. 410 Kock, now 451 K.-A. [4] Aristophanes, Clouds 789-90 (web address 1), with comments from the scholia thereto; cf. sigma 549. On …
- α2019Ἀναπίπτεινto fall back… o)ligwrei=n; but o)ligodranei=n (Athenaeus), "to be feeble", looks better. [3] Cratinus fr. 345 Kock, now 332 K.-A. [4] The same verb, but aorist infinitive rather than present.
- δ1213Διὸς ψῆφοςZeus's tribunal, Zeus's vote… the Parthenon; see also e.g. Herodotus 8.55, Pausanias 1.24.3. [1] Cratinus fr.7 Kock (and K.-A). [2] Apostolius 6.20 and other paroemiographers.
- α2539Ἄνθρωπος φιλοπραγματίαςmeddlesome man… in Photius, Lexicon alpha1979 (from Phrynichus, Praeparatio sophistica 2.1), citing Cratinus.
- α2153Ἀνδρακάδαman by man… its occurrence in Homer, Odyssey 13.14; see further below. [1] Cratinus fr. 19 Kock, now 21 K.-A. [2] Something is wrong here: Thucydides does not use this word. Editors note with approval the suggestion …
- χ172ΧαῖριςChairis, Chaeris, Khairis… 1 below). [2] Pherecrates fr. 6 Kock (and K.-A.). [3] Cratinus fr. 118 Kock, now 126 K.-A.
- αι237Αἲξ οὐρανίαheavenly goat… is also in Photius. Earlier, Zenobius (1.26) had begun at 'Cratinus ...'. See further below, n. 1. cf. epsilon 2748, phi 479, alpha 1478. [1] cf. generally kappa 2575 and especially kappa 2578. [2] …
- ω14Ὧδεthus… omega 15. For a contrary opinion, see eta 656. [2] Cratinus fr. 54 Kock, now 59 K.-A. [3] Aristophanes fr. 348 Kock, now 362 K.-A. [4] Is this Plato the philosopher or his namesake …
- α1627Ἀμοργοί πόλεως ὄλεθροςsqueezers [are] a city's ruinLSJ entry at web address 1; cf. mu 1247. [1] Cratinus fr. 214 Kock, now 221 Kassel-Austin. On Cratinus see generally OCD(4) s.v. (p.391), and kappa 2344. His Seriphians dealt with the arrival of …
- α3372Ἀποκτιννύναιto kill… mss do not help to make the point clear. [2] Cratinus fr. 17 Kock, now 19 K.-A. The word used here is skiamaxw=n, "fighting with shadows", that is, sparring with an imaginary opponent (cf. …
- ο130Ὀκτώπουνeight-footer, scorpion… in Photius (omicron195 Theodoridis), from Pausanias the Atticist (omicron15). [1] Cratinus fr. 77 Kock (80 K.-A.). The epithet "eight-footed" is applied to various animals such as the scorpion, the crab, and the octopus: see …
- κ1676ΚισθήνηKisthene, Cisthene… this toponym in Isocrates 4.153 (and going on to quote Cratinus fr. 309 Kock = 343 K.-A.; see further, next note). [1] Though the quotation from Cratinus seems to confirm that Kisthene was a …
- α708Ἀθάραgruel, porridge… oxytone [3] So too in Photius and other lexica, quoting Crates fr.9 Kock (11 K.-A.).
- η306Ἡμεροκαλλέςday-lily, hemerocallis, Martagon lilyLilium Martagon: mentioned by e.g. Cratinus (fr. 98 Kock, now 105 K.-A.) and Theophrastus; also by medical writers.