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imagery258
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poetry243
philosophy235
rhetoric234
zoology183
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law151
economics142
food138
medicine132
women131
Christianity118
science and technology117

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Ε epsilon449
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Γ gamma26

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Jennifer Benedict570
Catharine Roth285
William Hutton230
David Whitehead164
Anne Mahoney59
Stefano Sanfilippo50

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Antonella Ippolito37
Robert Dyer32
Ryan Stone20
Craig Gibson17
Malcolm Heath17
Oliver Phillips ✝14

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α714Ἀθέμισταlawless [things]… 715. [1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius alpha455 Theodoridis. The headword, neuter plural, must be quoted from somewhere. [2] Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius alpha456 Theodoridis. …Matched in noteshighshort
α1147ἈλέοιμιI might keep warmSame entry in other lexica; references at Photius alpha926 Theodoridis. [1] Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 540. See already alpha 1109. (When repeated here, the headword a)leai/noimi is corrupted to a)le/oimi -- also in Photius -- as …Matched in noteshighshort
α1205Ἁλιακήconcerning fishing, piscatorialSame entry in Photius and elsewhere; references at Photius alpha947 Theodoridis. The headword, feminine nominative singular of the adjective a(liako/s, is evidently quoted from somewhere. The gloss given requires the initial alpha of the …

α714

Ἀθέμιστα

lawless [things]

[Meaning] unjust [ones]. Also [sc. attested is the masculine nominative singular] a)qe/mistos, [meaning] unlawful. Also said is a)/qesmos, [meaning] illegal. "Piasos the Thessalian loved Larissa, his own daughter -- a…

Ἀθέμιστα· ἄδικα. καὶ Ἀθέμιστος, ἄνομος. λέγεται δὲ καὶ Ἄθεσμος, ὁ παράνομος. ἠράσθη Πίασος Θετταλὸς Λαρίσσης τῆς ἑαυτοῦ θυγατρὸς ἔρωτα ἄθεσμόν τε καὶ δυστυχῆ.

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α1335Ἄλλος ἄλλονone anotherSame entry in Photius and elsewhere. Theodoridis on Photius s.v. notes that in some versions the headword phrase forms part of a quotation (a)/llos a)/llon pareka/lei), attributed to Araros [alpha 3737]: fr. 2 Kock …Matched in noteshighshort

α1500Ἀμαρτυρήτουςwitness-less… in the accusative plural here, but NB (homophonous) adverbs in Photius, Lexicon alpha1136 Theodoridis. Either way, a finer distinction in the Greek than it can readily be made to sound in translation. [2] Antiphanes …Matched in noteshighshort

α1575Ἀμηγέπηany which way, somehow or other[1] So too in other lexica; references at Photius alpha1189 Theodoridis. From the scholia to Plato, Sophist 259D, where the headword appears. [2] Aristophanes, Acharnians 608 (web address 1), with scholion. [3] Adler suggested …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1627Ἀμοργοί πόλεως ὄλεθροςsqueezers [are] a city's ruin… much the same plot.) "Squeezers" or "drainers" are explained by Photius (Lexicon alpha1233) and Eustathius on the Iliad, p. 838.54, as men who inflict outrages on the common weal. [2] The lexicographer is clearly …Matched in noteshighshort

α1687Ἀμυστὶ πιεῖνto drink in one gulpThe first paragraph of this entry in also in Photius (Lexicon alpha1278); see also Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 11.783D-E (11.25 Kaibel). [1] i.e. deriving a)musti/ from the verb mu/w, 'close one's mouth' with alpha privative. [2] …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1808Ἀναβλυστωνῆσαιto gush forthThe first part of this entry is also in Photius, where however the headword itself, an aorist infinitive, is not the Suda's a)nablustwnh=sai (repeated later in the entry) but a)nablusqwnh=sai. [1] Eupolis fr. 105 …Matched in noteshighshort

α1854Ἀναδιδάξαιto teach better, to teach upSame entry in Photius and elsewhere. The headword, aorist active infinitive of a)nadida/skw, is quoted from Thucydides 1.32.1; cf. the scholia there, and Theodoridis on Photius s.v. (citing S.A. Naber).Matched in noteshighshort

α1904Ἀνακλῖναιto push back, to turn backThe first part of this entry is also in Photius, alpha1518 Theodoridis (where the glossing word is textually faulty). The headword is aorist active infinitive of a)nakli/nw. [1] Homer, Iliad 5.751, with scholion. [2] …Matched in noteshighshort

α1920Ἀνακρουόμεθαwe strike up… alpha 1921. The present headword has the same gloss in Photius and ps.-Zonaras and also in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon. Theodoridis on Photius s.v. notes (without adopting) Reizenstein's attractive suggestion that it should actually be …Matched in noteshighshort

α2000Ἀναπεμπάζεινto ponder, to calculate, to count overSame entry in ps.-Zonaras; similar ones in Photius (s.v. a)napempa/zesqai) and Hesychius (s.v. a)napempa/zei and a)napempazo/menoi, on the second of which see below). [1] The Aeolic form for pe/nte "five" is pe/mpe -- both …Matched in noteshighshort

α2024Ἀναπλήσαςhaving filled up, having defiledSame entry in Photius (Lexicon alpha1605 Theodoridis), and previously in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon; similar ones elsewhere. The headword is aorist active participle, nominative accusative singular, of a)napi/mplhmi; the primary gloss is the corresponding form …Matched in noteshighshort

α2045Ἀναρρηθῆναιto be proclaimed… a)neipei=n; cf. alpha 2384. [1] Thus far the entry = Photius, Lexicon alpha1635-1637 Theodoridis. [2] Tentatively attributed by Adler to Aelian. In fact, as a TLG search reveals, an approximation of a passage from …Matched in noteshighshort

α2048Ἀνάριστοςunbreakfasted… paragraph of this entry is expanded from the one in Photius, Lexicon alpha1632 Theodoridis. [1] Aristophanes fr. 454 Kock (470 K.-A., with the participle 'going' from Photius). [2] Alexis fr. 233 Kock (235 K.-A.). …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2211Ἀνεβίωreturned to lifeSame material in Photius and elsewhere. cf. already alpha 1806, alpha 1807. [1] The headword is evidently quoted from somewhere; Theodoridis on Photius s.v. suggests Plato, Republic 614B, but there are numerous other possibilities. …Matched in noteshighshort

α2296Ἀνεπίπληκτοςunrebukable, beyond criticismSimilar entry in Photius and elsewhere, but lacking 'Eupolis'. (Following Adler's addenda, Theodoridis in his Photius edition notes Nauck's suggestion that the correct citation should have been 'Euripides' i.e. Orestes 922, a)nepi/plhkton.) [1] Eupolis …Matched in noteshighshort

α2434Ἀνήρρησενtook himself off, went quite awaySame entry in Photius and elsewhere. The headword ought not, on the face of it, to be extracted from the quotation given, which here in the Suda and also in Photius has plural a)nh/rrhsan; …Matched in noteshighshort

α2475ἈνιππασίαAnippasia and Diippasia= Photius, Lexicon delta584. For the same material see again alpha 2758, delta 1043, delta 1235. In all four Suda entries, as already in Photius, the point is unfortunately spoiled by a mis-spelling of …Matched in noteshighshort

α2479ἌνισονunequalThe first part of this entry is also in Photius and other lexica. [1] See alpha 2444. [2] Barely attested outside lexicography, but Theodoridis on Photius s.v. suggests it may be quoted from Cyril …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2480Ἀνιστάμεναιbeing depopulatedSame entry in Photius and elsewhere. The headword is feminine nominative plural of this middle/passive participle (as too, necessarily, is the gloss), so the governing noun is likely to be "cities", "territories", etc. Theodoridis …Matched in noteshighshort

α2507Ἀνθήλιοςsun-oppositeSame entry in Photius and elsewhere; very briefly in Hesychius. The headword is also spelled a)nth/lios. LSJ entry at web address 1. cf. kappa 2289. [1] Routinely taken -- including by Adler, and by …Matched in noteshighshort

α2533ἌνθρωποςmanFrom an ancient Life of Pythagoras; cf. Photius, Bibliotheca 439a8-19. [1] Only three are explicitly flagged up; trei=s is also the figure in Photius; and Aemilius Portus emended to "three" here too. Nevertheless, a …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2642Ἀντέχειholds out, withstands… [4] Thus far the entry (minus the grammatical point) = Photius, Lexicon alpha2073 Theodoridis. [5] Quotation unidentifiable. [6] Quotation unidentifiable. [7] Quotation not identified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as Josephus, Antiquities …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3224Ἄπλαστοςunfashioned, unfeigned[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius alpha2434 Theodoridis. The headword is taken to be quoted from the Septuagint (Genesis 25.27). [2] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 80 Zintzen = Photius, …Matched in noteshighshort

α4348Ἀτέχνοιςfor unskilled ones, to unskilled ones, with unskilled ones… and numerous. [1] Other lexica (Synagoge alpha1052, (Codex B) alpha2343; Photius alpha3083) have "guileless" (a)panou/rgois), here, surely correctly. Adler maintains the unanimous reading of the Suda mss: panou/rgois, "guileful". [2] Having begun with a …Matched in noteshighmedium

αι279Αἴρασθαιto liftSame entry in Photius and elsewhere [1] The headword is an aorist middle infinitive, more correctly a)/rasqai than the Suda's ai)/rasqai. (Theodoridis on Photius s.v. obelizes it). The quotation from Cratinus -- see next …Matched in noteshighshort

αι362Αἰσχυνόμενος περιπλέκει τὴν συμφοράνout of shame he obfuscates the calamitySame entry in Photius and other lexica; ultimately Phrynichus, Praeparatio sophistica 2.9 (see further, next note). The headword phrase (in which the particle ga/r needs to be supplied) is from comedy: Comica adespota fr. …Matched in noteshighshort

β4Βαβάκτηςreveller… 9, 10 epsilon1287 (cf. Latte 1.501-2); Lexica Segueriana 223.31 Bekker; Photius, Lexicon beta5, 6, 8; Etymologicum Magnum 183.45. Its only appearance outside lexicography is in the Doric vocative form baba/kta in a fragment of …Matched in noteshighshort

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