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1584
Κιγκλίζει
wags one's tail
… tail. The wording of the entry is the same in
Photius
kappa695 Theodoridis, and similar in the scholia to Theocritus, Idylls 5.116 (on which see below). Other lexica add the sense "to tempt", from …
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1840
Κλυδώνιον
ripple
… be right; it is a mistake for the noun ku=ma
(Photius,
Lexicon kappa798 Theodoridis, etc.). [2] (The implicit le/gousi is explicit in
Photius
kappa799, on which see further, next note.) This second noun is …
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κ
2482
Κρότωνος ὑγιέστερος
sounder than a tick; sounder than Croton
… the more probable. Its first full sentence is taken from
Photius,
Lexicon kappa1114 Theodoridis, but omits the initial dei= necessary (as Porson realised) to make sense. Both sources ignore the distinction made by Herodian …
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170
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164
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164
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154
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154
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150
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150
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150
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150
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123
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123
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102
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102
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85
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85
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67
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67
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64
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64
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61
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61
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59
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59
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54
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54
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46
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46
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40
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40
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39
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39
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29
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29
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18
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18
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16
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16
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13
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13
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21
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α
17
Ἄβαπτος
untempered
… outside lexicography. [1] Similar glossing in other lexica (references at
Photius
alpha28 Theodoridis), except that the original form of the gloss, in Cyril, seems simply to be a)sto/mwtos ('unsharpened'), not this superlative of a …
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α
21
Ἀβασάνιστος
untested
= Synagoge alpha4 (Lexica Segueriana 3.14);
Photius,
Lexicon alpha30 Theodoridis; perhaps ultimately derived in part from Phrynichus (Praeparatio rhetorica fr. 39 de Borries); cf. Hesychius alpha89 and a cluster of related entries: alpha 2276, …
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α
69
Ἀβραάμ
Abraham
… ("Either Plato philonizes or Philo platonizes.") Cf. phi 448 and
Photius,
Bibliotheca 86b 25. [13] Abraham's grandfather (Genesis 11:22). Seruch in the LXX, שרוג śerūḡ in Hebrew. See also sigma 253. [14] Abraham's father …
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α
70
Ἁβρὰ βαίνων
walking delicately
… the same or similar glossing in other lexica; references at
Photius
alpha49 Theodoridis. It could be extracted from the quotation given, but is more likely to be quoted from Euripides, Trojan Women 820. (So …
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α
82
Ἁβροδιαίτῃ
with luxurious living
… phrase are transmitted in the dative case here, but at
Photius,
Lexicon alpha52 Theodoridis, the editor prints them as nominatives. For a(bro-, see e.g. alpha 70 and alpha 73. [2] Same or similar material …
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α
101
Ἄβυδος
Abudos, Abydos, Abydus
… = the first sentence of Pausanias the Atticist alpha3 and
Photius
alpha63 Theodoridis; cf. also Zenobius 1.1, s.v. *)abudhno\n e)pifo/rhma (alpha 100), and Kassel-Austin, PCG III.2 p.376 on Aristophanes fr. 755. See generally sigma …
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α
389
Ἀγύρτης
mendicant
… alpha 387). [1] Same material in other lexica; references at
Photius
alpha281 Theodoridis. [2] Damascius [cf. alpha 388] fr. 215 Zintzen. [3] Same glossing of this neuter plural in other lexica; references at
Photius
…
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α
515
Ἀδωνία
Adonia, Adonis-mourning
Photius,
Lexicon alpha400 has a superior version of the first part of this entry: there the headword is *)adw/nia, not the Suda's *)adwni/a, and this is reflected in the more accurate quotation of Pherecrates. …
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α
714
Ἀθέμιστα
lawless [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. …
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α
1147
Ἀλέοιμι
I might keep warm
Same 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 …
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α
1205
Ἁλιακή
concerning fishing, piscatorial
Same 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 …
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α
1335
Ἄλλος ἄλλον
one another
Same 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 …
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α
1500
Ἀμαρτυρήτους
witness-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 …
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α
1575
Ἀμηγέπη
any 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 …
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α
1627
Ἀμοργοί πόλεως ὄλεθρος
squeezers [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 …
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α
1687
Ἀμυστὶ πιεῖν
to drink in one gulp
The 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] …
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α
1808
Ἀναβλυστωνῆσαι
to gush forth
The 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 …
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α
1854
Ἀναδιδάξαι
to teach better, to teach up
Same 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).
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α
1904
Ἀνακλῖναι
to push back, to turn back
The 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] …
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α
1920
Ἀνακρουόμεθα
we 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 …
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α
2000
Ἀναπεμπάζειν
to ponder, to calculate, to count over
Same 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 …
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α
2024
Ἀναπλήσας
having filled up, having defiled
Same 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 …
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α
2045
Ἀναρρηθῆναι
to 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 …
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α
2048
Ἀνάριστος
unbreakfasted
… 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.). …
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α
2211
Ἀνεβίω
returned to life
Same 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. …
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α
2296
Ἀνεπίπληκτος
unrebukable, beyond criticism
Similar 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 …
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α
2434
Ἀνήρρησεν
took himself off, went quite away
Same 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; …
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