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α2058Ἀναρρύειdraws back the head… third person singular, present indicative, of the verb a)narru/w. [1] Eupolis fr. 395 Kock, now 425 K.-A. [2] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Peace 890, where the word occurs. [3] The Apato(u)ria (OCD(4) pp.114-15) …Matched in noteshighshort
α732Ἀθηναίων δυσβουλίαAthenians' ill-counsel… Mantissa Proverbiorum 1.3. (For 'ill-counsel' alone, see delta 1601.) [2] Eupolis fr. 205 Kock, now 219 K.-A. [3] Aristophanes, Clouds 587-9 (web address 1 below), with scholion; cf. gamma 195. [4] This additional material, …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2671Κυλλόςgimpy… Iliad 21.331 (web address 1), in reference to Hephaistos. [4] Eupolis fr. 343 Kock, now part of 264 K.-A. [5] Aristophanes, Birds 1379, where the phrase 'gimpy foot' appears (web address 2).Matched in noteshighmedium
β173Βαστάσαςhaving raised up… given. cf. generally beta 172. [1] cf. epsilon 22. [2] Eupolis fr. 303 Kock, now 326 Kassel-Austin. [3] Quotation unidentifiable. [4] Polybius 36.6.7 (preserved only here), on the surrender of Carthage. [5] Again at …Matched in noteshighmedium
α3468Ἀποπάτημαturd, shitSee also alpha 3469, alpha 3470. [1] Eupolis fr. 284 Kock, now 306 K.-A. [2] Cratinus fr. 49 Kock, now 53 K.-A. [3] cf. the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 81, where the ambassador reports …Matched in noteshighmedium
γ205Γέρροινwith a pair of wickers… is genitive/dative dual of ge/rron; see further, next note. [1] Eupolis fr. 405 Kock (where however Kock emends the transmitted a)po\ staurou= to the infinitive a)postaurou=n: "to fence off with a pair of wickers"), …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ255Καλῴδιονsmall cord… which has the same gloss, is attested from classical Athens (Eupolis, Aristophanes, Thucydides) onwards. [2] cf. already under kappa 247.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2385Κρήμνηwas hanging, was suspending… verb. The entry is perhaps prompted by its appearance in Eupolis fr. 455 Kock (= Euripides fr.1111), which generated comment from lexicographers and grammarians elsewhere. cf. generally kappa 2386.Matched in noteshighshort
χ471Χρήit is necessary… the form xrh/ appears; see also Etymologicum Magnum 814.50. [2] Eupolis fr. 4 Kock, now 11 K.-A. [3] See chi 493 and chi 494. [4] Pherecrates fr. 103 Kock, now 108 K.-A. The form …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1785Ἀμφορεαφόρουςamphora-bearers, amphora-carriers… s.v. [2] Aristophanes fr. 299 Kock, now 310 K.-A. [3] Eupolis fr. 187 Kock, now 200 K.-A.-- here textually garbled. [4] Not independently attested in Athens: see LGPN vol.2 (Attica). [5] From Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2286Ἐπιδέκατονadditional-tenth… appearance of these words in, respectively, Isaeus (fr.41 Sauppe) and Eupolis (fr. 65 Kock = 73 K-A).Matched in noteshighshort
δ1587Δυσάλγητοςhard-hearted… of Alexandria). For LSJ's meaning #1, 'hard to bear', see Eupolis fr. 410 Kock (446 K.-A.).Matched in noteshighshort
μ291Μάττονταςkneading… address 1), with comment from the scholia there; but read Eupolis (epsilon 3657) for the Suda's 'Euripides'.Matched in noteshighshort
χ164Χαίρεινgreetings… Athens from Pylos in 424 BCE (chi 162), originates in Eupolis fr. 308 Kock (now 331 K.-A.), but there was disagreement amongst the Aristophanic scholiasts whether to accept this.Matched in noteshighshort
ε951Ἐμβόλιμοςsupposititious… epsilon327. [2] One of a pair of verses ascribed to Eupolis, from his play Demes (fr. 103 Kock, 116 Edmonds, 112 Kassel-Austin), by scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 1001. Information from the same scholia can …Matched in noteshighshort
λ651Λογισταὶreckoners… [1] Dinarchus fr. VII.2 Conomis; Andocides 1.78. Harpok. also cites Eupolis, Demosthenes, and the Aristotelian Athenaion Politeia.Matched in noteshighshort
β178ΒάταλοςBatalos, Batalus… beta 177. Harpokration, under this entry, cites the comic poet Eupolis for 'batalos' as 'anus'. For "Argas" see under alpha 3760, and for further reference to Demosthenes' nicknames see delta 454.Matched in noteshighshort
β336Βληχὴbleating… [Plutus] 293; see web address 3. Cf. epsilon 29. [3] Eupolis fr. 103 Kock (now 112 K.-A.), from a scholion to Aristophanes, Clouds 1001. The quotation is fuller at tau 1135; cf. also upsilon …Matched in noteshighshort
β374Βομβοῦσινthey bumble… 241; and see generally Kassel-Austin, PCG V p. 395, on Eupolis fr. 179.Matched in noteshighshort
α1313Ἀλογίου δίκηprosecution for lack of accounting… Hesychius s.v. suggests that the source (or prompt) might be Eupolis fr. 349 Kock, now 377 K.-A.: kai\ ga\r ai)sxro\n a)logi/ou 'st' o)flei=n, "for it is shameful to be convicted of lack of accounting". …Matched in noteshighshort
ι444ἸούνιοςIounios, Junius… 11. The comic compounds koiliodai/mwn and taghnoknisoqh/ras are attributed to Eupolis (fr. 173 Kock, now 190 K.-A.). [1] Or perhaps, "Junius by name ..."Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1548Δρύππαripe olive… For this last see Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 2.56A (2.47 Kaibel), quoting Eupolis; Pliny the Elder, Natural History 15.1.2 and passim. Note that nowadays drupe covers every kind of fleshy fruit with a single pit, like …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1423Δούλων πόλιςslaves' cityLikewise in Photius; and cf. already Hesychius delta2258, citing Eupolis (fr. 197 Kock, now 212 Kassel-Austin). [1] Bernhardy felt that "a proverb" (paroimi/a) was out of place here, and suggested emending to paroiki/a ("a …Matched in noteshighmedium
γ19Γάλα ὀρνίθωνbirds' milk… (web address 3); Diogenianus 2.15 (attributing it to Aristophanes and Eupolis) and other paroemiographers. [1] An excerpt of the quotation that is presented more fully below. [2] For this Aristophanic compound noun see pi …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2602Κύβοςcube (six-sided gambling die or a square face or pip (spot) on such a die)… modern game "421" (after 421, 611, 511). A line from Eupolis (fr. 342 Kock, now 372 K.-A.) with the same throw probably, but not necessarily, indicates, however, that it was a bad throw. The …Matched in noteshighmedium