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ε
209
Ἕδεσιν
in shrines
… from somewhere. (There are extant instances in Philo Judaeus and
Libanius.)
[2] cf. epsilon 222, epsilon 248, epsilon 249.
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ε
322
Ἔθηκεν
created, established
… the lacuna. [3] Perhaps from Eunapius (so Adler, citing also
Libanius,
Orations 18.249); cf. gamma 484, eta 45.
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ε
1560
Ἔξαρνος
obstinately denying, obstinate in denying
… for e)/carnos e)sti/, Lexicon Vindobonense epsilon217, with a quotation from
Libanius.
An attempted etymology by Hesychius alpha7332 s.v. a)/rna, defined as "the oath at Clazomenae: hence e)/carnos"; cf. also scholia recentiora on Aristophanes, Clouds …
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ε
2579
Ἐπισκήψω
I will enjoin
… Alkestis 365 (web address 1); Lucian, Kataplous (Cataplus) 8; and
Libanius,
Declamations 19.41. Commentary to the first or second of those passages, in particular, might lie behind this part of the entry. [2] Sophokles, …
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ε
2698
Ἐπιτιμία
being enfranchised, possession of civic rights
… search reveals it to come from the 15th declamation of
Libanius,
a rhetorical head-to-head between K and Antiphon (alpha 2745).
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ε
3062
Ἐρώεις
eroeis
… epsilon 3064). Perhaps quoted from its only independent attestation, in
Libanius,
Letters 1536.3 (where, with a genitive, it does mean 'you might draw back from'; see LSJ s.v. I.2).
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η
75
Ἠγροικισάμην
I was boorish
… form, h)groikisa/mhn, is to be found (outside lexicography) only in
Libanius
and Choricius.
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η
481
Ἥρας δὲ δεσμοὺς ὑπὸ υἱέος
Hera's bindings by (her) son
… (cf. 3.17.3). See also note 3 below. [3] According to
Libanius,
Narration 7 (Foerster vol. 8, pp. 38-39), Hephaestus built a chair to bind his mother Hera in return for her having hurled him …
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κ
1241
Κέκλεικα
I have confined
… the present entry's first person singular might be quoted from
Libanius,
Letters 1329.2: ke/kleika toi=s toiou/tois ta\s qu/ras.
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κ
1305
Κελσῖνος
Kelsinos, Celsinus
C4 CE; a contemporary, and correspondent, of
Libanius
(lambda 486). [1] a.k.a. Hierapolis, in eastern Cilicia; Barrington Atlas map 67 grid C2.
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κ
1342
Κεντροτύπος
striking with a goad
… as "someone deserving whipping" (mastigi/as). The only literary instance is
Libanius,
Letters 226.5: "a knavish and goad-struck little man attacked the orator"; the lexicographers' gloss "knavish" could well be from that context. Greek Anthology …
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κ
1429
Κεστρᾶν τεμάχη
mullets' slices
… used by the Alexandrians 1.8; Pausanias, *)attikw=n o)noma/twn sunagwgh/ kappa29;
Libanius,
Letters 332.2; Gregorius, Proverbs 2.90; Apostolius 9.76. In LSJ s.v. kestreu/s, it is glossed as "of those too honest to make gains". The …
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κ
1582
Κιγκλίδας
latticed gates
… plural. This form occurs in (e.g.) Plutarch, Caesar 68.1, and
Libanius,
Letters 119.3 and Speeches 1.41. However, the entire definition is taken, with slight wording changes, from the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 641, glossing …
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κ
2116
Κορυβαντιᾷ
celebrates the Korybant rites, is in a frenzy
… Philo Judaeus, On Dreams 2.1; Themistius, *basanisth\s h)\ filo/sofos 253a;
Libanius,
Letters 299.2; Palladius, Dialogue on the Life of Chrysostom p. 138 Coleman-Norton. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. (This verb, first in Plato, also occurs in …
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λ
325
Λευκὴ στάθμη
white measuring-line
… a white background. For other applications of the phrase see
Libanius,
Epistles 481.2; Simplicius, Commentary on Aristotle's De caelo 7.404. [1] Sophocles fr. 330 Radt. Up to this point the entry = Photius. [2] …
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λ
412
Ληθεδόνος
Lethedon, Forgetfulness
Here in the genitive case, evidently quoted from somewhere (perhaps
Libanius,
Declamations 51.1.19, the only other extant instance). cf. lambda 413.
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χ
397
Χορευτής
pupil
… See LSJ (web address 1), with references to Julian and
Libanius.
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