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definition405
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epic159
poetry134
daily life121
religion107
ethics95
imagery94
geography93
zoology81
comedy76
biography63

31 more

historiography61
mythology61
military affairs58
food56
medicine53
science and technology50
history47
rhetoric45
trade and manufacture42
philosophy40
gender and sexuality36
tragedy36

Letter

Ε epsilon147
Κ kappa117
Α alpha47
Χ chi45
Δ delta36
Η eta12
ΑΙ alphaiota11
Β beta11

3 more

Γ gamma8
Ι iota6

Vetting status

high444

Length

Short404
Medium39
Long1

Translator

Catharine Roth83
Jennifer Benedict77
William Hutton76
Nick Nicholas55
Antonella Ippolito25
David Whitehead25

25 more

Ioannis Doukas18
Robert Dyer14
Stefano Sanfilippo14
Anne Mahoney10
Ryan Stone8

444 entries for Magnus

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α19ἈβαρνίςAbarnis… 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 …Matched in noteshighshort
α26ἌβδηραAbdera… '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 …Matched in noteshighshort
α54Ἀβλεμέωςfecklessly, heedlessly… Kaibel); it refers there to intemperate drinking. See also Etymologicum Magnum 3.24 and other lexica.Matched in noteshigh

α19

Ἀβαρνίς

Abarnis

Name of a city.

Ἀβαρνίς· ὄνομα πόλεως.

women

women

33

33

meter and music23

meter and music23

ΕΙ epsiloniota

ΕΙ epsiloniota

4

4

Ronald Allen

Ronald Allen

6

6

Matthew Farmer3

Matthew Farmer3

Nathan Greenberg ✝2

Nathan Greenberg ✝2

Oliver Phillips ✝2

Oliver Phillips ✝2

Ross Scaife ✝2

Ross Scaife ✝2

Alan Sommerstein1

Alan Sommerstein1

Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝1

Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝1

Elizabeth Vandiver1

Elizabeth Vandiver1

Gabriel Bodard1

Gabriel Bodard1

James Vradelis1

James Vradelis1

Nicholas Fincher1

Nicholas Fincher1

Nicholas Wilshere1

Nicholas Wilshere1

Richard Hamilton1

Richard Hamilton1

Wm. Blake Tyrrell1

Wm. Blake Tyrrell1

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α104Ἄβυσσονabyss… 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. …Matched in noteshighmedium

α164Ἄγγαροςangaros, 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; …Matched in noteshighshort

α172Ἀγάστορεςwomb-mates… occur in Lycophron, Alexandra 264 (genitive plural). [2] cf. Etymologicum Magnum 6.20.Matched in noteshighshort

α176ἌγαυροςwastrelSimilar 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 …Matched in noteshighshort

α187Ἀγελαῖοςordinary… 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) …Matched in noteshighshort

α190ἈγελείηAgeleie, Booty-driverSee 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 …Matched in noteshighshort

α202Ἀγερωχίαhaughtiness, 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 …Matched in noteshighshort

α213Ἀγηγέρατοthey 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.Matched in noteshighshort

α223Ἀγήνωρmanly, heroic… OCD(4) s.v. (p.38), and under alpha 222). [3] = Etymologicum Magnum 9.43.Matched in noteshighshort

α224Ἀγηοχώςhaving 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 …Matched in noteshighshort

α446Ἀδέψητονuntanned, undressedEtymologicum 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 …Matched in noteshighshort

α522Ἀδρανίαpowerless… 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 …Matched in noteshighshort

α639Ἀείρωνunspoken… 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 …Matched in noteshighshort

α664Ἀήτηςgale… 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. …Matched in noteshighshort

α677ἈϊδρείηignoranceSame 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); …Matched in noteshighshort

α761ἈθροίζωI collectSimilar entries in Etymologicum Magnum 26.1 and elsewhere. See also alpha 760. [1] Contraction of qro/os (see alpha 759). [2] "Noise, murmur" as of many voices. [3] Unattested. [4] The order of derivation should …Matched in noteshighshort

α839Ἀκερσεκόμηςunshorn-hairedLikewise in Hesychius alpha2335 (and, post-Suda, Etymologicum Magnum 46.25). From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 20.39, where the headword is applied to Apollo. Not cutting the hair would imply eternal youth; see generally LSJ …Matched in noteshighshort

α934Ἀκοστήσαςgrain-fed, having fed on grain… scholia there. cf. alpha 935. [1] More intelligibly in Etymologicum Magnum 51.14, where these two terms are simply equivalents. [2] i.e. through the loss of one syllable, a)kosth/sas (the headword) becoming a)kolasth/sas; but the …Matched in noteshighshort

α1040Ἀκοίτηςbedfellow, husband… entries in the Ambrosian Lexicon (857, 996); and cf. Etymologicum Magnum 50.7-9. [2] (Quoted, in all probability, from its only appearance in Homer: Odyssey 10.7.) With long iota in the ending (from *-ins).Matched in noteshighshort

α1057Ἀλαζώνboaster, imposter… and alpha 1058. [1] cf. Hesychius s.v. and (post-Suda) Etymologicum Magnum 55.42. The second synonym is in Photius and elsewhere. [2] Outside the Suda this compound is attested only in a fragment of the …Matched in noteshighshort

α1156ἈλείπηςAleipes, Non-LackingMore fully in Etymologicum Magnum 60.48-50: "a spring in Ephesos, so called from its never providing too little or too much, whether in winter or summer. Methodios [sc. says this]". For Ephesos cf. epsilon …Matched in noteshighshort

α1196Ἁλίπεδονsalt-flat… order here. See also alpha 1240. Similar material in Etymologicum Magnum 64.45-47. See also alpha 1240.Matched in noteshighshort

α1315Ἄλογοι ἐρανισταίunaccounted-for club-members… headword phrase in Dinarchus fr. LXIX.2 Conomis. See also Etymologicum Magnum 70.31-33. On eranoi see generally epsilon 2892. [2] A phrase which includes another sense of the adjective (alogos) used in the headword phrase. …Matched in noteshighshort

α1394Ἁλωρῆταιsalt-watchers… in entries in the Etymologicum Genuinum (alpha566) and the Etymologicum Magnum (74.28-30), where it is said to be Lycian.Matched in noteshighshort

α1396Ἄλλωςotherwisecf. Hesychius s.v., Etymologicum Magnum 68.37, and a scholion on Aristophanes, Acharnians 114 (where the headword occurs: web address 1). cf. already alpha 1318, alpha 1395, and again alpha 1398. [1] Quotation unidentifiable. (The …Matched in noteshighshort

α1481Ἀμαλλοδετήρsheaf-binder… 18.553, where the headword occurs (see web address 1); Etymologicum Magnum 76.44. For sheaves see already alpha 1463. For dra/gmata see delta 1490.Matched in noteshighshort

α1622Ἁμορβόςattendant, shepherdSame entry in ps.-Zonaras; similar one, post-Suda, in Etymologicum Magnum 85.24. The headword is attested in Hellenistic and later poetry (Callimachus, Nicander, Oppian). Despite the etymology suggested here, the headword itself and several other …Matched in noteshighshort

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