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Βουλής
councillor
From the
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to Thucydides 3.70.5, a parenthetical phrase attached to the name Peithias (of Corcyra): e)tu/gxane ga\r kai\ boulh=s w)/n. But the
scholiast
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97
Γεγωνόν
loud, sonorous
… a likely source is (?)Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 627, which generated
scholiastic
comment. [3] Comparative of the headword adjective, either masculine accusative singular or neuter nominative/singular; either way, again quoted from somewhere. Extant instances include …
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352
Γνώσῃ δὲ τοὺς τούτου τε κἀμοῦ μαθητάς τούτου μὲν Φορμίσιος Μεγαίνετός θ' ὁ Μάνης
you will recognize his pupils and mine -- his are Phormisios and Megainetos the Manes
… own pupils as Kleitophon and Theramenes. The gloss (from the
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243
Δέον
necessary
Aristophanes, Clouds 859, with comment from the
scholia
there. cf. Thucydides 1.114.2, 2.21.2 and 5.16.3; Plutarch, Pericles 22-23. For discussion of the incident see Donald Kagan, The Archidamian War (Cornell UP 1974) 92 n.64. …
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328
Δείμωμεν
let us build
… 323. Similar entry in other lexica, and cf. also the
scholia
to Homer, Iliad 7.337, where the headword occurs -- but NB: it should be spelled dei/momen (a short-vowel aorist subjunctive). Additionally, the Suda …
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δ
420
Δήμαρχος
demarchos, demarch, mayor
… Lysias fr. 184 Sauppe, now 237 Carey OCT); cf. the
scholia
to Aristophanes, Clouds 37 (web address 1). See also delta 419 and the latter part of delta 421. [1] Harpok. and the
scholiast
…
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δ
524
Διαγόρας ὁ Μήλιος
Diagoras the Melian
… 1; reading ti/s tina in 1074), with comments from the
scholia
there. [1] By Athenian forces, in 416/15 BCE. For Melos see generally mu 935. [2] sc. of Eleusis. See generally mu 1485. [3] …
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625
Διαλέγουσαν
enlarging, picking open
… the vagina as secondary meaning. Besides the hint in the
scholia
ad loc. (kakemfa/tws, "used in a vulgar way") see J. Henderson, The Maculate Muse (New Haven 1975) 141 #155, and 168-9 #295 on …
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δ
1441
Δωδεκάκρουνον στόμα
twelve-spouted mouth
From the
scholia
to Aristophanes, Knights 526, where Cratinus' flow of language is mentioned. (The Suda's introductory 'For' (ga/r) echoes the
scholiast,
whose main point -- omitted here -- is that in his opinion …
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ε
86
Ἐγκεκορδυλημένος
bundled up
From the
scholia
to Aristophanes, Clouds 10, paraphrased later in the entry; cf. kappa 2489 (end), nu 369, phi 28. The present headword (extracted from that line) is perfect middle/passive participle, masculine nominative singular, …
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117
Ἐγκώμιον
encomium
… from common usage, are also found in other ancient commentators,
scholiasts
and rhetorical theorists: see e.g. Hermogenes, Progymnasmata 15.6 Rabe; the
scholia
to Isocrates 9.5; [Libanius], Characteres Epistolici 30.2-7. [1] cf. Aristotle, Rhetoric 1367b28-1368a9.
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ε
470
Ἐκκλησία κυρία
principal assembly
From the
scholia
to Aristophanes, Acharnians 19, where the headword phrase occurs (in the genitive case). [1] cf. epsilon 471. On the ekklesiai see generally ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 43.3-5, with P.J. Rhodes, A Commentary …
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ε
588
Ἐκποκιῶ
I will de-fleece
… Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 567 (web address 1), with comments from the
scholia
thereto. [2] This sentence on the author's comments seems to alternate abruptly between the family of words relating to 'fleece' (po/kos) and those …
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1061
Ἐμοὶ δὲ τοιοῦτον ἔργον ἔστ' εἰργασμένον
such a deed have I accomplished as to stop the mouths of each and every one of my enemies as long as there is anything left of the shields from Pylos
Aristophanes, Knights 844-46 (web address 1), with comment from the
scholia
there. For Kleon see generally kappa 1731. For his military success at Pylos and Sphacteria, in the SW Peloponnese, see generally Thucydides 4.1-41 …
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1466
Ἐντετριμμένη
painted, powdered, rubbed-in
… Ecclesiazusae 732-3 (web address 1), interlarded with comment from the
scholia
there. The actual headword, extracted from the quotation, is perfect middle/passive participle, feminine (Chremes is addressing a sieve: see further n. 1 below) …
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1897
Ἐώρημα
crane, hoist
From
scholia
on Aristophanes, Peace 76 and 80 (web address 1): Trygaeus is described as addressing his giant dung-beetle steed as if it were Pegasus (OCD(4) s.v. Pegasus(1), and under tau 894). [1] This …
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2057
Ἐπενήνοθεν
was flourishing upon
… nu-moveable at the end; cf. Iliad 10.134, Odyssey 8.365). The
scholiast
here seems to associate the headword with a)nqe/w ('bloom'), and he is followed tentatively in that respect by some modern authorities including LSJ …
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ε
2828
Ἐπῳάζειν
to brood
… (web address 1), preceding by a gloss derived from the
scholia
there. See further, next note. [3] This additional comment re-phrases what is stated more forcefully by a
scholiast:
birds sitting on their eggs …
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ε
3149
Ἐσκήνησαν
they tented
… in tents: Anabasis 4.2.22 (web address 1)). [2] From the
scholia
to Aristophanes, Acharnians 69 (web address 2), where the e- or a-contract form e)skhnhme/noi appears. The
scholiast
goes on to deny explicitly that …
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ε
3221
Ἐς τί ἔτι
to what point still
… Iliad 5.465 (web address 1) and the gloss from the
scholia
thereto. See also Synagoge epsilon874; Photius, Lexicon epsilon2029; and amid other
scholiastic
information, Etymologicum Magnum 382.11.
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η
585
Ἧσις
delight
… the Ambrosian Lexicon; glossed with eu)frosu/nh by Herodian and a
scholiast
on Hesiod. The headword is a rare feminine noun derived from the verb h(/domai (eta 95 etc.). Other than lexica, grammars, and
scholia,
…
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κ
29
Καθαγίσω
let me make hagios
Same or similar entry in other lexica. From the
scholia
to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 238, where the headword (an aorist subjunctive occurs) occurs: Lysistrata herself says 'let me make this [goblet] hagios'. For the concept …
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κ
147
Κάκκη
caca
… instructions to his dung-beetle steed), with comments derived from the
scholia
thereto. [1] 'Also' because the
scholiast
has begun by asserting that ka/kkh stands for kaki/a (cf. kappa 146).
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κ
516
Καταδακτυλικός
sphincter-inclined (?)
From the
scholia
to Aristophanes, Knights 1381, where the headword adjective uniquely occurs (web address 1). Translation here follows the
scholiast's
interpretative lead, though it is not necessarily correct. Given an instance in Lucian, …
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κ
1310
Κεμάς
fawn, pricket
… (nu 126) but younger than an elaphos. [1] cf. the
scholia
to Homer, Iliad 10.361, where the headword occurs in the accusative case. The
scholiast
implausibly derives kema/s from a hypothetical noun related to …
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κ
1347
Κέπφος
stormy petrel
… (web address 1), with scholion. [4] Anecdote repeated in several
scholiasts,
and ultimately from Aristotle, History of Animals 620a; the particular wording ("forward, then close by") occurs in the
scholia
to Plutus (see above) …
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κ
1353
Κεραμεύειν
to potter
Taken in its entirety from the
scholia
to Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 253, about Kephalos: "he potters with bowls badly -- though with the city well and nicely" (or more idiomatically, "That he, as excellent a …
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κ
1430
Κεστρέαι
mullets, kestreai
[1] The word is attested only here and in the
scholia
vetera to Aristophanes, Clouds 339. The
scholiast
treats kestre/a as a synonym of ke/stra (kappa 1429), both being first declension forms; but kestre/a …
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1468
Κεχολώσεται
will have been angered
… 24.544), and it is frequently commented on by lexica and
scholiasts;
the definition as o)rgisqh/setai also occurs in Hesychius kappa2430, Etymologicum Magnum 507.47, and the D
scholia
to Iliad 1.139 (above).
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1584
Κιγκλίζει
wags one's tail
… 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 the same motion applied to humans (Herodian, …
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