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Βάδιζε
walk!
Also [sc. attested is] badi/zou [used] in place of ba/dize.
Cratinus
[sc. uses it].
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β
250
Βή
baa
… imitates the bleating of sheep; Attic-speakers do not say bai/.
Cratinus
in Dionysalexandros: "of course the last one goes along saying 'beh beh' like a sheep."
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β
502
Βῶσον
shout (for)
[Meaning] help.
Cratinus
[sc. uses this imperative].
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δ
272
philosophy
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4
4
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4
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4
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3
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3
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3
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3
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
Δεσμώτης
chain-man
… enchained himself, like the enchained Prometheus, and the one enchaining.
Cratinus
in Osier-Flask [writes] in reference to the prison-guards: "for he will see her in not much time tarred and burned before the chain-men."
Matched in translation
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δ
1213
Διὸς ψῆφος
Zeus's tribunal, Zeus's vote
… it is called, in which Athena and Poseidon were judged.
Cratinus
in Archilochoi [writes]: "where they are called chairs and game-boards of great Zeus." For the place, in which they were judged, is called …
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δ
1504
Δραπέτης κλῆρος
runaway lot
… is] "in Drapetides" ["Runaway Women"] in the feminine form in
Cratinus.
Matched in translation
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medium
ε
137
Ἐγκυρῆσαι
to light upon
Meaning to meet with. So
Cratinus
[sc. used the word].
Matched in translation
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ε
1784
Ἐξόδιοι νόμοι
exit nomes, finales
… which the choruses and pipers used to go out. Thus
Cratinus
[writes]: "so that I may pipe the exit nomes for you."
Matched in translation
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ε
2131
Ἐπειοῦ δειλότερος
more cowardly than Epeios
So said
Cratinus
the writer of comedy, perhaps because [this man] had served as taxiarch of the Oineid tribe and had shown himself as rather cowardly. For Epeios was certainly a coward.
Matched in translation
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ε
2189
Ἐπηνήκιζεν
was cheating
[Meaning he/she/it] was deceiving. So
Cratinus
[sc. uses the word].
Matched in translation
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short
ε
2444
Ἐπιλησμότατον
most forgetful, very forgetful
Idiosyncratically [for] e)pilhsmone/staton. Alexis says e)pilh/smh ['forgetting'],
Cratinus
e)pilhsmosu/nh ['forgetfulness']. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "would you kindly drop dead for the crows, you most forgetful and most gauche old homunculus."
Matched in translation
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short
χ
172
Χαῖρις
Chairis, Chaeris, Khairis
… know. It was Chairis.'" And [there was] another [Chairis] whom
Cratinus
mentions in Nemesis.
Matched in translation
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short
χ
471
Χρή
it is necessary
… xrh=|s [means] you may need, and [sc. so does] de/h|.
Cratinus
in Laws [writes]: "for now indeed the laws of our men are at your service to do what ever is necessary." And xrei/h …
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δ
500
Διαβάλλειν
to bring across, to cross, to mislead, to slander
… manuscript of Photius (accepted into the text by Theodoridis) cites
Cratinus,
instead of Crates
(Cratinus
fr. 436 Kassel-Austin). Parts of this material also find parallels in other lexica and commentaries, e.g. Hesychius delta942: diaba/llei. …
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δ
845
Διαψαλάττεσθαι
to set apart
… in Photius, Lexicon delta505, except that the Suda's 'Crates' is
Cratinus.
[1] As in Hesychius, Lexicon delta1472. [2] For this etymological gloss cf. Photius, Lexicon delta505 and (in the Suda) alpha 4723, explaining the …
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α
317
Ἄγουσιν ἑορτὴν οἱ κλέπται
the thieves are keeping festival.
… where the source of the headword phrase is named as
Cratinus
(fr. 356 K.-A.). In just one of the paroemiographers (Arsenius 1.18a); and see generally Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.2221.
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α
645
Ἀείφρουρος
always on watch, everlasting
… a)eiqalh/s "always waiting, evergreen". The word is attested in Sophocles,
Cratinus
(quoted by Hesychius, above), and elsewhere; see LSJ s.v. at web address 1 below.
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α
1303
Ἅλμη οὐκ ἔνεστ' αὐτῷ
there is no salt in him; there is no sauce in him
… for a bitter character (Les Images d'Aristophane, 1965, 197-98). When
Cratinus
(fr. 6 Kock and Kassel-Austin) calls Archilochus "the marinade of Thasos", who 'bow wows' (bau/zei, of the snarling or barking of an angry …
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short
α
1701
Ἀμφιανακτίζειν
to sing (dithyrambic) hymns
… nu 478) see alpha 1700. [3] A lost comedy by
(?)Cratinus;
this is fr. 67 Kock, now 72 K.-A. [4] A lost comedy by Aristophanes; this is fr. 59 Kock, now 62 K.-A.
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α
1727
Ἀμφιετηρίς
yearly festival
… adding 'and sacrifice' to 'festival' and quoting a fragment of
Cratinus.
The headword is a single word in the Greek. See LSJ at web address 1; and cf. generally alpha 1726.
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α
2198
Ἀναιδές
shameless
… with the gloss in a phrase that he attributes to
Cratinus
(fr. 24 Kock, now 28 Kassel-Austin). [2] As noted in LSJ, a)nai/dhn is (e.g.) a variant form for a)ne/dhn (alpha 2220) in Procopius, …
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short
α
2539
Ἄνθρωπος φιλοπραγματίας
meddlesome man
… in Photius, Lexicon alpha1979 (from Phrynichus, Praeparatio sophistica 2.1), citing
Cratinus.
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α
2855
Ἀωρόλειος
unseasonably-smooth
… Phrynichus, Praeparatio sophistica (fr. 295). The headword itself occurs in
Cratinus
fr. 10 Kock, now 11 K.-A. (genitive plural). [2] See omega 95.
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α
2952
Ἀπ' αἰγείρου θέα καὶ ἐπ' αἴγειρον
view from the poplar and (view) at the poplar
… 35). The headword phrase itself goes back to C5-BCE Athens:
Cratinus
fr. 339 Kock, now 372 K.-A.
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α
3099
Ἀπέφρησαν
they let out
… other lexica. The headword is attributed by Hesychius s.v. to
Cratinus
(fr. 78 Kock, now 83 K.-A.).
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short
α
3962
Ἄρκυς
hunting-net
… cites Lycurgus (fr.86 Conomis), Xenophon (On Hunting 2.3, etc.), and
Cratinus
(fr 79 Kock = 84 K.-A.).
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medium
α
4603
Ἀφηλικέστερος
rather superannuated
… in other lexica. It must be quoted from somewhere, perhaps
Cratinus
fr. 369 Kock = 385 K.-A. (a)fh/lika ge/ronta).
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α
4714
Ἀχρειόγελως ἄνθρωπος
uselessly-laughing fellow
… The adjective in the phrase occurs in a fragment of
Cratinus
(323 Kock, now 360 K.-A.). On what basis LSJ s.v. calls it an epithet of the Athenians is unclear.
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αι
149
Αἴθρια στέφη
open-air garlands, outdoor garlands
… is derived from an iambic trimeter ascribed by Hesychius to
Cratinus'
lost comedy Delian Women (fr. 22 Kock, now 24 K.-A.). See also generally Hesychius sigma1801, sigma1802. Repeated at sigma 1074. For the Hyperboreans …
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αι
243
Αἰξωνίδα τρίγλην
Aixonian mullet
… headword phrase, in the accusative case, comes from Attic comedy:
Cratinus
fr. 221 Kock, now 236 K.-A. For the Attic coastal deme Aixone see alphaiota 242.
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