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961
Διεσμιλευμένον
polished-off
… Hesychius delta1663 (gloss leptologhqe/ntwn); adverb id. delta1664 (gloss h)kribwme/nws); and
Pollux
6.150. See also the scholia to Lucian, Bis accusatus 34, applying the headword to stylistic elegance: to\n *)attikismo/n fhsi kai\ to\ th=s le/cews …
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964
Διεσπλεκωμένῃ
her who has been fucked
… 1722). It can also be written pl- or spekl-; cf.
Pollux
5.93. For the violent vulgarity of the term (reflected in translation here) see J. Henderson, The Maculate Muse (New Haven 1975) 154 #214. …
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1013
Διῆρες πλοῖον
double boat, double vessel
One with two banks of oars; cf. generally
Pollux
1.82, and delta 1016.
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δ
1077
Δικαιούμενος
being judged, being sentenced
… lemma and the first gloss; and cf. Hesychius delta1800 (=
Pollux
8.25). The lemma converts to the masculine nominative singular a present passive participle which appears in Plato, Laws 934B, in the accusative (those …
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1086
Δικαιωτήρια
houses of punishment, places of judgment
… in the underworld. Similarly in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon, Hesychius delta1804,
Pollux
8.25.
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1108
Δίκροτα
dikrota, two-banked
… meaning "double", as a substantive usually indicates a ship: cf.
Pollux
1.82. *di/kroton is commonly referred to as a synonym of dih/rhs; see Arrian, Anabasis 6.5.2; Strabo 16.4.23 di/krota kai\ trih/reis kai\ fash/lous; Hesychius …
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1126
Διμοιρίτης
double-pay soldier, half-file commander
… 452, 4; John of Damascus De haeresibus 77.1.) [2] See
Pollux
9.62. A scholiast on Gregory of Nazianzus, Funebrem orationem in patrem (PG 35.992.6) ap. Montfaucon, Diarium Italicum, p. 214, giving a short account …
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1205
Διοσημεία
Zeus-omen, Zeus-sign
… a bad omen rested with the presiding magistrate(s). According to
Pollux
8.24 the e)chghtai\ were appointed to the interpretation of signs and used to give instruction about the will of gods. [9] The information …
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1209
Διόσκουροι
Dioscuri, Dioskouroi
… under 2 homonyms: see kappa 469 (Castor) and pi 1951
(Pollux/Polydeukes).
[2] Aelian fr. 64h Domingo-Forasté (part of 61 Hercher).
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1263
Διποδία
two-step; two-footer
… is a verb cognate with the present headword. See also
Pollux
4.101; Hesychius delta1952. [2] The speaker is a Spartan; "Asanians" represents Laconian dialect. See generally LSJ s.v. Asana (web address 2).
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1391
Δόρπεια
Dorpeia
[1] Likewise in Hesychius (delta2222) and
Pollux
6.102. [2] alpha 2058. [3] (kappa 2179.) Likewise -- i.e. the entry thus far -- in the scholia on Aristophanes, Peace 890, where a)na/rrusin occurs. [4] alpha …
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1560
Δοῖδυξ
pestle
… Peace 295 derive the word from a(/las tri/bein "grind salt".
Pollux
1.245 mentions the a)letri/banos among implements used by peasants. For 'pestle' doi/duc see Peace 288, 295; a scholion ascribes to Crates of Mallos …
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1592
Δυσανασχέτως
with displeasure
… used in the second century CE by philologists (Diodorus Dyscolus,
Pollux)
and in scholia to various authors. [1] An approximation of Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 7.15.11 (through Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti 226.17-18), on the Avar khan's …
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1656
Δυσμεναίνω
I bear ill-will
… other examples in LSJ s.v. cf. generally delta 1657 (and
Pollux
5.115).
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1657
Δυσμένεια
hostility, ill-will
[1] cf.
Pollux
(5.116), Hesychius, Photius, and other lexica. [2] cf. a scholion on Homer, Iliad 3.51 (where dusmene/sin occurs). [3] cf. delta 1656.
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1658
Δύσμηνις
wrathful
… 1659) is very rare outside grammars and lexica, but see
Pollux
1.39 (a 'wrathful god') and Greek Anthology 9.69.1.
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1666
Δύσοδος
(a road) hard to pass
… only here. Perhaps an error for du/sodos o(/dos, as in
Pollux
3.96 (with the same meaning). [2] From traxu/s, an adjective used (besides other meanings) to emphasize geographic ruggedness or roughness. Thus it can …
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1671
Δύσοσμος
malodorous
… make the ground hard [sc. for dogs] to smell"; cf.
Pollux
5.12. Also in Hesychius s.v. (but with the neuter form instead of the masculine).
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1710
Δυσφημία
ill-omened words, words of ill omen
[1] Mentioned by
Pollux
in a list of negative nouns; same gloss in ps.-Zonaras. For the opposite, see epsilon 3795. [2] Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable.
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312
Ἐθελουργός
willing to work, industrious
Same entry in Photius and other lexica, and cf.
Pollux
3.120.
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485
Ἐκκλώζετο
you were booing
… Alciphron 3.71 (where again it is paired with "hiss", suri/ttein).
Pollux
5.89 includes it in a list of vocabulary for bird calls, as being that of a jackdaw, but MacDowell (below) 422-3 calls this …
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857
Ἐλλιμενίζω
I exact harbor tax
… dekateu/eis ('you exact a tithe': delta 181, delta 182), although
Pollux
9.31 interprets this same passage as referring to the payment rather than the levying of taxes (contrast Hesychius epsilon3173, with the alternative orthography …
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874
Ἑλίχρυσος
gold-twist, helichrysum
… were often woven (like ivy) into crowns and garlands; cf.
Pollux
6.106; Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 15.680E (15.27 Kaibel). The confusion might have arisen from the similarity of use and from passages such as Theocritus, Idylls …
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1156
Ἕνδεκα
(the) Eleven
… also in Photius and elsewhere. cf. ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 52;
Pollux
8.102; and eta 39.
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1271
Ἐνετρύλλισε
whispered [in someone's ear]
… aorist indicative active, of the very rare e)ntrulli/zw (or e)ntruli/zw);
Pollux
9.109 connects it with quail-baiting.
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1293
Ἔνη καὶ νέα
old and new
… is explained by lexicographers as 'over-ripe'; see Apollonius Dyscolus 1.64,
Pollux
6.54. If the text is genuine, it can witness the use of the word as a synonym of u(perhme/rous in Byzantine Greek. [3] …
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1308
Ἐνήλατα
rails
… extensive papyrus fragments (314.316 Radt) of Sophocles' satyr-play Trackers; cf.
Pollux
10.34.
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1411
Ἐνωμότως
in a sworn manner
… 2.14; it then becomes common in Byzantine Greek. Noted by
Pollux
1.39, and cf. ps.-Zonaras epsilon754.22.
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1462
Ἐντερόνεια
inner-timbering
… commentary on the Aristophanes passage (Herodian, On Orthography 3.2 507.28,
Pollux
2.212, Hesychius epsilon3349; cf. epsilon 1460, tau 282), perhaps as a result of someone's speculation about whether this word should be read in …
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1491
Ἐντροπίας
turnable
A similar entry occurs in Hesychius epsilon3409 (cf.
Pollux
6.180 -- and 1.248 on e)ktropi/as, also applied to vinegary wine). The headword adjective is unattested outside lexicography.
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