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73 entries for Eustathius

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α2160Ἀνδράχληwarming-pan, brazier… 144. [3] Similarly, after the Suda (and citing it), in Eustathius' Commentary on the Odyssey. [4] Evidently a quotation, but unidentifiable. In any case, perhaps garbled (Adler again notes ms variants).Matched in noteshighshort
α2178Ἀνδρόδομοςmen's apartment… has the genitive plural a)ndrodo/mwn glossed with trikli/nwn. See also Eustathius, Commentary on the Odyssey 1573.29 (commenting on Homer, Odyssey 7.122).Matched in noteshighshort
α2342Ἀνευάσαιto raise the cry Euoi!… to do this, or Philodamus in his Paean to Dionysus (Eustathius, Commentary on Dionysius Periegetes 566.35). The prefix ana- implies the beginning of the action that follows. The verb is found both in this …Matched in noteshigh

α2160

Ἀνδράχλη

warming-pan, brazier

[Spelled] with a lambda (?)in the singular. Meaning a feet-warmer. The feet-heater of women. "For women to sit by a brazier."

Ἀνδράχλη· διὰ τοῦ λ ἑνικῶς. ἀντὶ τοῦ αἴθρανος. τὸ τῶν γυναικῶν ποδαρούλιον. γυναιξὶν ἐπικαθέζειν ἀνδράχλης.

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α2531Ἀνθρωπόλεθροςman-destroying… according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. Also used, by Eustathius and the Homeric scholiasts, of Polyphemus' island in the Odyssey.Matched in noteshighshort

α3207ἈπίκιοςApicius… Paul Maas argued that manuscript M was the work of Eustathius of Thessalonica, but Adler was not convinced (vol. 5, p. 273).Matched in noteshighmedium

α3329ἈποθυννίζωI write off… as worthy of a (sc. mere) tuna-fish', is identified by Eustathius as a coinage of Lucian's; see Jupiter Tragoedus 25, with a)potequ/nnistai (and the adjective qunnw=des meaning stupid). For tuna/tunny cf. theta 582, and …Matched in noteshighshort

α4255Ἄστρια(?)knucklebones… for a)stri/a, the unattested nominative singular of a)stri/as, read by Eustathius in Suetonius (*peri\ paidi/wn 1.18, ed. Taillardat pp. 66, 155), or else is an error for a)/strias (the accusative plural of a)/stris), to …Matched in noteshighshort

α4695Ἀχιλλεὺς ΣτάτιοςAchilleus Statios, Achilles Statius, Achilleus Tatios, Achilles Tatius… preceding word, Achilleus. [1] Also identified as an Alexandrian by Eustathius on Homer's Odyssey 14.350 (vol. II, p. 73) and Photius, Bibliotheca cod. 87 (p. 66a.14). This is perhaps supported by the high degree …Matched in noteshighshort

αι64Αἴγληradiance; Aigle… [1] According to Lamer (1948) -- based on Hesychius and Eustathius, On the Iliad 823.28 -- this was a bad throw. For the names of other throws (beta 369) in gambling (kappa 2602), see …Matched in noteshighshort

αι90Αἴδυλοςshameful… (with different accentuation, and possibly different connotations) at alpha 680. Eustathius on Homer, Iliad 3.172 (where ai)doi=os occurs: see alphaiota 89) connects it with ai)dw=s and says it is used euphemistically. Otherwise known only …Matched in noteshighshort

αι246Αἰόλλειturns, variegates… long and useful discussion at Zetemata cod. Vat. 284col.1-286col.1.9) and Eustathius (his scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 729ff.) were perhaps overly impressed by the similarity of this rare verb to a)/ella ('hurricane, tornado': alpha 545); …Matched in noteshighshort

αι271Αἰπήεσσαlofty… quoted twice by Strabo (13.1.50, 13.3.1) as well as by Eustathius.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1104Δίκορσονtwo-headedcf. generally delta 1105 for a similar headword plus gloss. (Eustathius, in fact, has all four words together.) In the present instance too, it seems, the headword is neuter nominative/accusative, though here it might …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1205ΔιοσημείαZeus-omen, Zeus-sign… a savage attack of the mercenaries on Mycalessos. [4] cf. Eustathius on Homer, Iliad 1.34 to\ a)stra/ptein to\n *di=a, h)/toi to\n a)e/ra [...] (o(\ kai\ dioshmi/a dia\ tou=to w)no/mastai, "[a manifestation of divine will …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1210Διὸς κῴδιονZeus' ram-fleece… the animal offered to Zeus Meilichios is only attested by Eustathius on Homer, Odyssey 10.481 oi( to\ diopompei=n de\ e(rmhneu/ontes fasi\n o(/ti di=on e)ka/loun, kw/|dion (malim di=on e)ka/loun k.) i(erei/ou tiqe/ntos *dii\ *meilixi/w| e)n …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1347ΔολώνειαDoloneia, Dolonia… used in the scholia to Homer and by Aelian, Herodian, Eustathius and others for the "lay" of Dolon in Iliad book 10 (delta 1345); cf. e.g. Odysseia (Odyssey), Diomedeia, Giganteia, Heracleia. (Still commonly used …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1395Δόρυ κηρύκειονa spear as a herald's wand… 1546. [2] In Boeotia. [3] Pausanias the Atticist fr. 135 (Eustathius 1.408.4). For the Gephyraioi see gamma 213. For Eumolpus see epsilon 3585 (and epsilon 3584).Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1399Δορύξενοςspear-friendcf. iota 114. [1] Pausanias the Atticist fr. 282 (Eustathius I.405.46). See generally zeta 117, zeta 120, zeta 121, zeta 122. [2] (sc. in Homer, Iliad 6.119ff.) Scholion on Sophocles, Electra 46 (web address …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1550Δρυπολεῖνto go around (with) trees… omicron 544), and puri\ poliorkei= ("besieges with fire"). See also Eustathius' Commentary on the Odyssey (2.30.1): to\ cu/lois a(plw=s poliorkei=n h)\ to\ kakohqi/zesqai "simply to besiege with timbers, or to behave maliciously (?)".Matched in noteshighshort

δ1605Δυσδιάλλακτονhard to reconcile… Basil of Caesarea. Also in Ammonius and Herennius, quoted by Eustathius, perhaps via Lexicon Gudianum, as adverbial form in -tws. The main meaning is always the one indicated in the present translation, in accordance …Matched in noteshighshort

ε673Ἐκτορμεῖνto turn from the wayPausanias the Atticist fr. 310 (in Eustathius, Commentary on the Iliad 598.26); and similarly in Hesychius. (Unattested outside lexica and grammars.) This verb is cognate with tau 792.Matched in noteshighshort

ε691Ἐκτρυπῆσαιto bore out… active infinitive of e)ktrupa/w. cf. Pausanias the Atticist fr.161 (from Eustathius, Commentary on the Odyssey 1532.4); also Hesychius s.v. and the scholia on Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 337 (where this verb occurs in the perfect indicative). …Matched in noteshighshort

ε774Ἔλεγοςelegy… of this material is unidentifiable, but it reappears (post-Suda) in Eustathius' commentary on Homer, Iliad 24.721. On Midas see generally mu 1036. His mother, according to late sources, was Kybele (kappa 2586).Matched in noteshighshort

ε800Ἔλλερα ἔργαevil worksThe headword phrase, neuter plural, stems from Callimachus, Hecale fr.283.1. Eustathius on Homer, Iliad 6.183 explains the adjective as a dialect form: e)/llera kata\ dia/lekton ta\ kaka/. For comparable glosses (e)xqra/, pole/mia, a)/dika) see …Matched in noteshighshort

ε854Ἑλικώτατον ὕδωρmost swirling water, very swirling water… cf. scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.98 (web address 1), and Eustathius's commentary on the same passage. As Pfeiffer notes, Salustii igitur ad Hecalam explanatio valde differt ab Homeri interpretibus. In favor of the latter …Matched in noteshighshort

ε859Ἔλινοςvine… breathing, and expressly in this sense, in the text of Eustathius, Commentary on Diogenes the Periegete 1153.11, 43, and with a smooth breathing and oxytone accent in Etymologicum Magnum 330.40. [1] In fact Adler's …Matched in noteshighshort

ε971Ἐμμέλειαemmeleia, harmonycf. Pausanias the Atticist and Aelius Dionysius in Eustathius' Commentary on the Iliad 1167.19; also Hesychius, Aristoxenus, Ammonius, and a scholion on Aristophanes, Wasps 1503, where the headword occurs (web address 1). See also …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1112Ἐν ἀμούσοις καὶ κόρυδος φθέγγεταιamongst the unmusical even a lark sings… in a form identical or very similar to this; also Eustathius. LSJ s.v. ko/rudos duly register it as a proverb of the 'in the kingdom of the blind the one-eyed man is king' type …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1124Ἔναραspoils, trappings… also Hesychius epsilon2657, with the additional gloss la/fura [also in Eustathius, Commentary on the Iliad 1.189)] and epsilon2660. [2] Greek Anthology 6.163.6-7 (Meleager [Author, Myth]); cf. epsilon 1390, with the better reading e)nopa=s "of …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1387Ἐν ὅλμῳ ἐκοιμήθη(he) slept in a hollow… epsilon3230; see also e.g. Pausanias the Atticist fr. 167 (in Eustathius); Photius, Lexicon epsilon997 (cf. 996) Theodoridis; Etymologicum Magnum 344.39-40. First, the verb in the proverb itself is apparently not e)koimh/qh but eu)na/sw, "I …Matched in noteshighshort

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