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Stefano Sanfilippo2
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157 entries for Menander

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α2289Ἀνέπαφονinviolate… which has the neuter plural); there are numerous possibilities. [2] Menander fr. 400 Kock, with ou)d' e(/lh| for what has here become corrupted into ou)de/lh.Matched in noteshighshort
α2325Ἀνέσπακεhas drawn forth… glossing in other lexica; references at Photius alpha1880 Theoeoridis. [3] Menander fr. 429 Kock, 362 K.-Th., 324 K.-A.; it has po/qen for the Suda's pe/poqe. For this use of the verb a)naspa/w, see LSJ …Matched in noteshighshort
α2567Ἀνορωρυγμένονdug-up[1] Menander fr. 468 Kock, now 358 K.-A. (Several versions of this quotation are preserved, and its grammar varies.)Matched in noteshighshort

α2289

Ἀνέπαφον

inviolate

[Meaning something] blameless, innocent, intact, untouched. Menander in Girl from Perinthus [writes]: "nor would [he] choose the other inviolate bodies".

Ἀνέπαφον· ἀνεύθυνον, καθαρὸν, ἀθιγὲς, ἀψηλάφητον. Μένανδρος Περινθίᾳ· τὰ δ' ἄλλα ἀνέπαφα σώματα οὐδέλη.

medicine

medicine

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8

trade and manufacture7

trade and manufacture7

meter and music5

meter and music5

Gregory Hays

Gregory Hays

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1

Ioannis Doukas1

Ioannis Doukas1

James Vradelis1

James Vradelis1

Joseph McAlhany1

Joseph McAlhany1

Matthew Farmer1

Matthew Farmer1

Oliver Phillips ✝1

Oliver Phillips ✝1

Richard Rodriguez1

Richard Rodriguez1

α2891Ἀπαμφιέσαντεςhaving stripped off… from its only extant occurrence outside lexica, in Themistius. [2] Menander, Misoumenos 363-364. [3] Evidently quoted from somewhere but not independently attested.Matched in noteshighshort

α2934Ἀπασκαρίζεινto convulse, to twitch… s.v. [1] Aristophanes fr. 495 Kock, now 510 K.-A. [2] Menander fr. 839 Kock, now 881 K.-A.Matched in noteshighshort

α2983Ἀπέδρανthey fled… however has both verbs in the first person singular. [2] Menander fr. 232 Kock, 195 K.-Th., 173 K.-A.Matched in noteshighshort

α3080Ἀπετάφρευονthey fenced off with a ditchMenander Protector fr. 23.3 Blockley (200-201). The Suda entry is unattributed, but Blockley (282 note 274) notes that the style is strongly Menandrian. Having no prior military experience, Mauricius was appointed general in the …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3096Ἀπέφησενdenied[1] Menander fr. 995 Kock, 524 K.-A.Matched in noteshighshort

α3361Ἀποκναίεινto wear outFor this verb see already alpha 3360. [1] Menander, Misoumenos fr. 3 Sandbach. [2] Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 2.18.15, on an exceptionally courageous and determined Roman soldier during the siege of Persian-held Beïudaes (the modern-day …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3536Ἀποσοβεῖshoos away… is used especially of scaring off birds, as here. [3] Menander fr. 997 Kock, 525 K.-A.Matched in noteshighshort

α3729Ἀράβιος ἄγγελοςArabian messengerZenobius 2.58 and other paroemiographers. [1] Menander fr. 30 Kock, now 31 K.-A. [2] Comica adespota fr. 268 Kock, now 920 K.-A. The word "four" is textually corrupt here but guaranteed by other citations; …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4042Ἀρτικροτεῖσθαιto be synchronised… lexica. Hesychius explains the verb as coming from rowing. [2] Menander fr. 904 Kock, 526 K.-A.Matched in noteshighshort

α4156Ἀσκαλαβώτηςgecko… other lexica. [2] (Again, likewise or similarly in other lexica.) Menander fr. 188 Kock, 163 Koerte, now 143 K.-A.Matched in noteshighshort

α4303Ἄσχολοςleisure-less… Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 1.12 (translation at web address 1). [3] Menander fr. 999 Kock, now 882 K.-A. [4] Philemon fr. 220 Kock, now 184 K.-A.Matched in noteshighmedium

α4378Ἄτρακτονarrow; spindle… quotation to Procopius, and it is in fact unidentifiable. [3] Menander Protector fr. 31.1 Blockley (242-245); cf. kappa 2311. Blockley notes that Koch (Kok, Kokh, Coch) is Turkish (cf. Blockley 286 note 325), but …Matched in noteshighmedium

αι299Αἴρειν ἔξω πόδα πηλοῦto lift one's foot out of the mud… fr. 137 Kock (now 145 K.-A.); cf. phi 212. [4] Menander fr. 273 Kock (239 K.-Th., 209 K.-A.) & fr. 451 Kock (385 K.-Th., 335 K.-A.); cf. alphaiota 298.Matched in noteshighmedium

αι322Αἴσιοςappropriate, right… the masculine. For the neuter see already alphaiota 321. [2] Menander Protector fr. 32 Blockley (244-245). Adler associated this fragment with epsilon 304. [3] Quotation unidentifiable. [4] Quoted from delta 454. (Repeated here simply …Matched in noteshighshort

αι377Αἰτούμενοςasking for, requesting, seeking… [2] Likewise or similarly in other lexica. The quotation is Menander fr. 365 K.-A (476 Kock); see already alphaiota 364 (where it reads '...nor even seeking...'). [3] cf. the scholia on Thucydides 6.46.3, where …Matched in noteshighshort

β39Βαθύςdeep[1] Menander fr. 1001 Kock, now 529 K.-A.Matched in noteshighshort

β422Βουκόρυζανox-drivelling, ox-stupidity… of this kind cf. (e.g.) beta 414, beta 454. [2] Menander fr. 1003 Kock, 834 K.-Th., 530 K.-A.Matched in noteshighshort

δ737Διαρτῆσαιto separate[1] Menander fr. 1006 Kock, now 533 K.-A. [2] i.e. "to mold". [3] Instead of an eta. See also delta 736, delta 740, delta 1022, alpha 2927, and alpha 4033.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1445Δωδωναῖον χαλκεῖονDodonian bronze… has 'in Aristides' (FGrH 286 F30); cf. epsilon 3154. [3] Menander fr. 65 K.-A. (66 Kock, 60 Koerte), line 3. [4] Several scholars, beginning with Bernhardy (see Theodoridis on Photius, above), have postulated a …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε537Ἐκκορηθείηςmay you be swept out[1] Menander, Farmer 53, a passage also quoted at kappa 2079. The headword, from the verb e)kkore/w, also occurs in nu 227, q.v.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1193Ἔνδυοone-twoSame entry in Photius (and ps.-Zonaras). [1] Menander fr. 198 Kock (152 K.-A.), where the headword is aspirated; cf. LSJ.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1523Ἐξαλλάξαιto divert… Philippides (phi 345) fr. 36 K.-A. (35 Kock), context-less. [2] Menander fr. 540 K.-A. (205 Meineke, 747 Kock, 799 K.-Th.).Matched in noteshighshort

ε2031Ἐπεθείαζεwas putting on the god… there are earlier instances in Josephus, Appian and Philostratus). [2] Menander Protector fr. 36 Blockley (246-247), probably via a lost part of the Excerpta of Constantine Porphyrogenitus. The fragment is unplaced and lacks context …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2310Ἐπιδουπῆσαιto make a thud on… Lexicon; and cf. epsilon 2285 and esp. epsilon 2980. [3] Menander Protector fr. 12.3 Blockley (130-133), quoted in part at delta 150. For the general Bonos, see beta 495; on the Avars, see alpha …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3713Εὐρωτιῶνmouldering… 3707, epsilon 3708 and epsilon 3711 for related words. [1] Menander fr. 841 Kock, 765 Koerte, now 646 K.-A, with Meineke's emendation kaqa/reia.Matched in noteshighshort

ε3767Εὐτελήςthriftycf. epsilon 3766. [1] Menander fr. 615 Kock (137 Meineke, 800 Körte-Thierfelder, 544 K.-A.). Editors have not agreed with Adler that only the first of these two lines is Menandrian, though Koerte suspected that …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3835Εὔψυχοςof good courage, good-souled… ends epsilon 3834; it has evidently displaced the one from 'Menander' (sc. Protector).Matched in noteshighmedium

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