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Ἐπιστροφάδην
every which way
… Synagoge epsilon744; Photius, Lexicon epsilon1732; cf. Etymologicum Genuinum and Etymologicum
Magnum
365.3-5. Less similarly Apollonius Sophistes, Homeric Lexicon 74.17; Hesychius epsilon5261. The headword is an adverb, initially Homeric, related to epsilon 2644 and epsilon …
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3040
Ἑρμίας
Hermias
… from Harpokration s.v.; similar entries in Photius (and, post-Suda, Etymologicum
Magnum).
Hermias' daughter was Pythias: see below, and alpha 3929. [6] That is, not Hermeias (as in epsilon 3036 and alpha 3929). See Choeroboscus …
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ε
3064
Ἐρωήσας
forcing back
… fr. 258 Pfeiffer, referring to the Marathonian Bull; cf. Etymologicum
Magnum
s.v. e)rwh/. [3] Homer, Iliad 1.303(= Odyssey 16.441; web address 2 and web address 3); cf. Hesychius and Etymologicum Gudianum s.v. e)rwh/sei and …
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6
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4
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4
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ε
3252
Ἐσχατιά
frontier
… Photius, Lexicon epsilon2048; and cf. Hesychius epsilon6453 and 6454, Etymologicum
Magnum
384.27-8. [2] Not in the preserved literature, and not registered by LSJ. Adler reports no manuscript variants for h( eu)te/leia, but she does …
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η
30
Ἤγαλλεν
used to honour
… eta248, used also by Photius, Lexicon eta14 Theodoridis, and Etymologicum
Magnum
418.5. The headword verb is extracted from the quotation given. [1] Even though we cannot consider this entry a derivation from the Lexicon …
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κ
303
Κάνδυλος
kandulos, kandylos
… [2] Very similar entries in Etymologicum Gudianum 297.22 and Etymologicum
Magnum
488.54 (s.v. kandu/lh). The second part is unintelligible in all three versions, but in different ways: Etymologicum Gudianum has "and sour-sauce qroiko\n food", …
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χ
224
Χειᾷ
in a hole
… the A and D scholia on that line, Hesychius, Etymologicum
Magnum
809.50, and (according to Adler) Lexicum Ambrosianum 175; and further, next note. [1] This sentence = scholium A to Homer, Iliad 22.93, whence …
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9
Ἀάσχετος
irresistible
… to gloss the neuter form of the headword at Etymologicum
Magnum
1.32.
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11
Ἀβάκησαν
they kept quiet
… to this entry are Photius, Lexicon alpha22 Theodoridis, and Etymologicum
Magnum
2.30-31. Compare also Apollonius Sophistes, Homeric Lexicon 2.16; Hesychius alpha54. The glosses offered here and elsewhere probably represent semantic extrapolation from the Homeric …
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19
Ἀβαρνίς
Abarnis
… Rhodius, Argonautica 1.932 (repeated in more legible form in Etymologicum
Magnum
2.11-28) provides an etymological explanation of the origin of the name in Aphrodite's refusal (a)parnh/sasqai) to recognize her offspring Priapos, who was born …
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26
Ἄβδηρα
Abdera
… 'the sea' is unintelligible. [2] Similarly glossed in the Etymologicum
Magnum
and the Lexicon Ambrosianum. An "Abderite" could also signify someone generically stupid: see LSJ s.v. *)abdhri/ths (web address 1 below). [3] These six …
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α
54
Ἀβλεμέως
fecklessly, heedlessly
… Kaibel); it refers there to intemperate drinking. See also Etymologicum
Magnum
3.24 and other lexica.
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α
69
Ἀβραάμ
Abraham
… 94, notes 1 and 14. [7] The Suda underscores the
magnitude
of the honor with a hyperbolic kat' before e)cai/reton. [8] The statement, rooted in a paternalistic-filial model that originates in Abraham and culminates …
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α
104
Ἄβυσσον
abyss
… frequently, it has the sense "brood over." [3] cf. Etymologicum
Magnum
4.44. These are principal parts of the verb bu/w, which means "to stuff," followed by buso/s, which does not exist according to LSJ. …
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164
Ἄγγαρος
angaros, courier
… alpha 162, alpha 163, and alpha 165. [1] cf. Etymologicum
Magnum
7.24. [2] Nicolaus of Damascus FGrH 90 F4 (vol. IIA p. 333), with an explanatory gloss drawn from the context of the quotation; …
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172
Ἀγάστορες
womb-mates
… occur in Lycophron, Alexandra 264 (genitive plural). [2] cf. Etymologicum
Magnum
6.20.
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176
Ἄγαυρος
wastrel
Similar entries in Hesychius and, especially, Etymologicum
Magnum
6.30-34 -- though there the headword is oxytone a)gauro/s. LSJ too (web address 1 below) gives it thus, and understands it as gau=ros [gamma 77, gamma …
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187
Ἀγελαῖος
ordinary
… previous sentence are paralleled in Etymologicum Gudianum 4.3 and Etymologicum
Magnum
7.41. [3] cf. alpha 189. [4] The reference is probably to Herodotus 2.93.1, where both i)xqu/es a)gelai=oi and the adverb a)gelhdo/n (alpha 191) …
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190
Ἀγελείη
Ageleie, Booty-driver
See already alpha 185. [1] Similarly glossed in the Etymologicum
Magnum
(where the same etymology is found) and Hesychius. [2] This epic epithet is confined to Athena. The etymology "leader of the host" is …
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202
Ἀγερωχία
haughtiness, manliness, nobility
… unidentifiable. [3] Either way, an etymological gloss (paralleled in Etymologicum
Magnum
7.47) on the adjective cognate with the headword; it assumes a link with the adverb a)/gan. [4] Same or similar glossing in other …
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213
Ἀγηγέρατο
they had gathered
… of mss GI. [1] This morphological Odyssey (paralleled in Etymologicum
Magnum
9.12) brings us back around to the form of the verb that stands as the headword for the entry.
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223
Ἀγήνωρ
manly, heroic
… OCD(4) s.v. (p.38), and under alpha 222). [3] = Etymologicum
Magnum
9.43.
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224
Ἀγηοχώς
having brought
… quoted from 3 Maccabees 5.45 LXX (a)geioxw/s there). [2] Etymologicum
Magnum
9.28, cf. Herodian *parekbolai\ tou= mega/lou r(h/matos 13.14 (also Choeroboscus and other lexica). Most of these perfect forms are attested, but apparently not …
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446
Ἀδέψητον
untanned, undressed
Etymologicum
Magnum
16.35 has a longer version of the same entry; Apollonius (Homeric Lexicon) and Hesychius the same headword but with different glossing. The headword itself, neuter nominative/accusative singular of this adjective, is doubtless …
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522
Ἀδρανία
powerless
… from somewhere; there are numerous possibilities. [2] Same in Etymologicum
Magnum
18.51 and elsewhere. [3] Greek Anthology 6.29.2 (Julian, prefect of Egypt). See another excerpt from this epigram at alpha 1235. [4] Greek Anthology …
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549
Ἀελπτέοντες
having no hope
Denominative verb from a)/elptos; occurs only in the participle. [1] Same glossing in Hesychius and Etym.Magn. 20.23. Latte in his Hesychius edition regards the participle as coming from the source that the Suda goes …
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α
607
Ἀεί
always
See also alpha 606. [1] Etym.
Magn.
31.24 says 12. [2] Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 1.8.1 -- but referring to his teacher Apollonius of Chalcedon, not to the one from Tyana (alpha 3420). [3] Sophocles …
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α
639
Ἀείρων
unspoken
… should in fact be neuter. Hesychius (alpha1311) and the Etymologicum
Magnum
(21.43) gloss a)/eiron (or a)/iron) with a)/rrhton as well as a)qw/peuton: this would suggest derivation from the root *wer- as in e)rw=. See …
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664
Ἀήτης
gale
… plural occurs. [2] The equivalent entry, post-Suda, in the Etymologicum
Magnum
(23.29-31) makes no such remark. Presumably what the Suda means is that a/w) is attested only in the imperfect a)/en: see LSJ s.v. …
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677
Ἀϊδρείη
ignorance
Same entry, post-Suda, in Etymologicum
Magnum
42.44-47, which goes on to quote Homer, Iliad 7.197-199. The headword -- connected with alpha 678, q.v. -- occurs in the mss of line 198 there (dative case); …
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