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Ἀείφρουρος
always on watch, everlasting
Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon.
Hesychius
alpha1331 supplies the glossing that is lacking here: a)ei\ diame/nwn, a)eiqalh/s "always waiting, evergreen". The word is attested in Sophocles, Cratinus (quoted by
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831
Ἀκέων
wordless(ly), in silence, speechless, (?)attentive(ly)
… root as the Greek verb of hearing, a)kou/w, a)keu/ei; threi=
Hesychius,
and analogies to Old Norse, Gothic and modern German [aufhören 'to listen and stop'], where the similar words for 'in silence' have lost …
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864
Ἀκήλητον
inexorable
[1] Similarly already in
Hesychius
alpha2370. The headword, masculine accusative singular of this adjective (as the Suda's second gloss, not in
Hesychius,
shows), is evidently quoted from somewhere; perhaps, though not demonstrably, the epigram …
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1113
Ἀλεκινός
(?)strong
The headword, variously alekinos and (in
Hesychius)
alikinos, is unattested outside lexicography. Latte on
Hesychius
s.v. marks it as corrupt and opines that it should be alkimos; cf. alpha 1285.
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2423
Ἀνῆπται
has been fastened up
Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon.
Hesychius
has a parallel one for a)nh/fqw (quoted from Homer, Odyssey 12.51 = 12.162). The Suda's a)nh=ptai -- also in
Hesychius
but with different glossing …
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2679
Ἀντίληψις
objection
… in Photius and elsewhere. The second part is also in
Hesychius;
see further below. [1] In the Greek a simple difference of preposition: a)nti/lhyis for e)pi/lhyis. [2] Plato, Phaedo 87A (web address 1 below). …
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α
2767
Ἄντρον
grotto
cf. alpha 2765, alpha 2766. [1] Same glossing in
Hesychius
and elsewhere. [2] Same glossing in other lexica. Latte on
Hesychius
s.v. takes the adjective (masculine accusative singular) to be quoted from the Septuagint …
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2929
Ἀπαρτίαν
chattels, household utensils, moveables
… quoted from somewhere, is in the accusative case. See also
Hesychius
alpha5817: a)parti/an: meta/basin, a)poskeuh/n, te/los, a)partismo/n. Latte in his edition of
Hesychius
suggests Numbers 31:18 LXX as a source. [2] Alexander of Aphrodisias, …
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α
3121
Ἀπειλή
threat
Same entry in
Hesychius
and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon. Latte on
Hesychius
s.v. regards the headword as quoted from the Septuagint (Proverbs 19.12, etc.). cf. generally alpha 3122, alpha 3123.
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3211
Ἀπινύσσω
I lack understanding, I lie senseless
… which is cited in the adverbial form a)pinu/tws "unwisely" by
Hesychius
alpha6209 (in the phrase a)pinu/tws e)/xwn, his gloss on the participle a)pinu/sswn in Iliad 15.10). According to Chantraine (s.v. pe/pnumai), the forms with …
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3229
Ἀπλήξ
unstricken
Same entry in
Hesychius
and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon. Latte on
Hesychius
s.v. regards the headword as extracted from Gregory of Nazianzus' poem De vita sua (line 732). LSJ entry at web …
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α
4206
Ἀσπασίως
gladly
[1] cf.
Hesychius,
and the scholia to Homer, Iliad 7.118 (where the headword appears: web address 1 below), and
Hesychius.
[2] Same glossing in the Synagoge (alpha999) and Photius (Lexicon alpha2986).
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253
Αἰόλος
undulating, wavelike, advancing in a winding or rolling fashion, agile in turning side to side; multicoloured, discoloured, black or chestnut with white markings; easily moved, changeable, wily, quick-witted, liable to metamorphosis, disturbed in mind; whirling; self-generating in movement, ever-turning; lively, flashing, shimmering
… given point. The first two definitions are also found in
Hesychius
(alpha2034) and the Synagoge le/cewn xrhsi/mwn (Anecdota Graeca, ed. Bekker, 1.356.21; ed. L. Bachmann 45.1; Photius, Lexicon alpha614, 52.19 Reitzenstein), scholia to Homer, …
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268
Αἴπεια
Aipeia
… likely to have generated this Suda entry and its counterparts
(Hesychius
alpha2045; Ambrosian Lexicon 320, according to Adler; and Etymologicum Magnum 37.38), given its mention in Homer: at Iliad 9.152 (again 294) it is …
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3
Βαβάκινος
babakinos, bakinon
… in the Ambrosian Lexicon (19). A very similar one in
Hesychius
(beta4) presents this word as baba/kinon, i.e. either a neuter variant to the (presumably) masculine/feminine nominative singular of the Suda's headword, or the …
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25
Βαθάλη
Bathale
… in the Ambrosian Lexicon (191). But she omits to mention
Hesychius
s.v., more helpful because his two-part gloss is krh/nh ("a spring") and *)ameri/as. If the latter is to be construed as "of Ameria" …
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102
Βαρακηνίς
with prickles
… debased form of the dative plural barakinh=|sin which appears in
Hesychius
beta207, and is glossed there a)ka/nqais, sko/loyi, "with thorns, with spines." (Same glosses in ps.-Zonaras, to the headword baraki/nais.) Latte on
Hesychius
s.v. …
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223
Γίγαρτον
grape-stone
… see gamma 265 on the plural of this neuter noun.
Hesychius
glosses the singular (as here) with the phrase th=s stafulh=s to\ e)/ndon, "the inside of the grape"; the Suda's e)/nduma looks like a …
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291
Γλίχεται
longs for
… 289, epsilon 140. [1] Same glossing in Photius; similar in
Hesychius,
where Latte reasonably suggests that the headword itself is quoted from Demosthenes 18.207 (on Aeschines). [2] Same gloss in
Hesychius;
Latte there suggests …
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δ
845
Διαψαλάττεσθαι
to set apart
… 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 adjective a)ya/laktos. See also …
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δ
954
Δίεσιν
diesis, interval
… headword is accusative singular of di/esis (delta 955). [1] =
Hesychius
delta1656, Synagoge delta264. [2] = Photius delta547 (including the initial gloss), with the exception that in place of the Suda's h( pro\ mousikh=s …
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957
Διεσκεδασμένον
dispersed, disseminated, scattered (?)
… headword in his edition of Photius, on the basis of
Hesychius
delta1662 where the headword dieskeuasme/non ('formed') appears with the identical gloss. The existing gloss would be much more appropriate for this headword. The …
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δ
1040
Διικνούμενος
let it go through, let it penetrate
The primary headword (erroneous in the SOL) -- also in
Hesychius
but with different glossing -- is the present imperative, third person singular, of the verb diikne/omai. It must be quoted from somewhere, perhaps …
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1108
Δίκροτα
dikrota, two-banked
… definition of the word samai/nh (cf. sigma 77; see also
Hesychius
eta507 h(mioli/a: h( di/krotos nau=s. As a substantive, to\ di/kroton (e.g. Polybius 5.62.3) is used especially in imperial prose: Plutarch, Lucullus 2.4; Appian, …
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δ
1116
Δικτυωτή
latticed
[1] = Synagoge delta295, Photius delta611,
Hesychius
delta1838 (contrast delta1840). The headword is feminine nominative singular of the adjective diktuwto/s (derived from di/ktuon 'net'; cf. delta 1115), a form unattested prior to the Suda …
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δ
1161
Διόμεια
Diomeia
… city in the direction of Diomeia; cf. Alciphron 3.51.4 and
Hesychius,
delta839 s. v. *dhmi/asi pu/lais (Comica adespota fr. 805 Kock, now 309 K.-A.). [1] As usual, tribe allocations of these demes in the …
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δ
1224
Διῴδει
used to swell with anger
Same entry in
Hesychius
delta2037. The rare headword -- imperfect tense, third person singular, of the verb dioide/w -- must be quoted from somewhere, perhaps (as Latte on
Hesychius
suggests) Philo Judaeus, Legatio ad …
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δ
1227
Δίωκε ἀρετήν
pursue excellence
Same entry (but without 'excellence') in
Hesychius
delta2041 and elsewhere; and cf. under delta 1229. For arete generally see alpha 3830, alpha 3831. As Latte on
Hesychius
suggests, the lemma might be related to …
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δ
1426
Δοῦπον
thud
… related verb. [1] = Synagoge delta354; Photius, Lexicon delta731; cf.
Hesychius
delta2264, gamma228. The headword is accusative singular of the noun dou=pos, used in epic for the sound a slain warrior makes in falling …
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δ
1499
Δραματουργήσας
having staged a drama, having fabricated
… a different form), or to wicked machinations in general, hence
Hesychius'
glossing (delta2312) of the infinitive of the verb as panourgei=n ('to be unscrupulous') -- though contrast the more neutral treatment
Hesychius
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