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ε
1401
Ἐνοφθαλμισμῶν
of visions
… from somewhere -- perhaps its only extant attestation outside lexica:
Theophrastus,
On the Causes of Plants 1.6.2. (The noun is a favourite of his).
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ε
1600
Ἐξεθύσαντο
they performed propitiatory sacrifices
… the process of divination (e.g. Zosimus, Historia nova 2.12.2; cf.
Theophrastus,
Historia plantarum 5.9.8), and more frequently to sacrifices performed by seers as a result of their divination. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler assigns it …
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ε
2337
Ἐπιθιγγάνει
touches upon
… are rare prior to the first century CE ([Skylax] 62.8;
Theophrastus
fr. 4.11).
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ε
2398
Ἐπικνίζεται
is scratched
… to the grating or crushing of vegetable matter; see, e.g.,
Theophrastus
On the Causes of Plants 5.2.4; Dioscorides 1.127.1. For the more common un-prefixed form of this verb, along with a literary attestation of …
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ε
2445
Ἐπιλήψει με
will seize me
… headword phrase must be quoted from somewhere; perhaps Aristotle or
Theophrastus
(see Aristotle fr. 266 Rose), in which case the subject is time. Its future indicative verb (from e)pilamba/nw) is glossed here with an …
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ε
3304
Ἔτειον
yearly
… by Latte as quoted from Euripides, Rhesus 435). [3] cf.
Theophrastus,
On the Causes of Plants 3.14.1 (accusative plural of this phrase).
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ε
3458
Εὔειλος
sunny
… says that Aristophanes used it. Other instances in Aristotle and
Theophrastus.
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χ
181
Χέδροπας
legumes
… scholars have noted, is probably an error; suggested alternatives are
Theophrastus
and (cf. tau 944) Thugenides.
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χ
456
Χρεμψιθέατρον
theater-cougher, theatre-cougher
… chi 455). For bad manners in the theatre see e.g.
Theophrastus,
Characters 11.3 and 14.4, and generally -- though not on the present topic -- Pickard-Cambridge/Gould/Lewis, The Dramatic Festivals of Athens 272-3.
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χ
478
Χρήματα χρήματ' ἀνήρ
money money (is the) man
… is said to be attributed to Solon, though Aristotle and
Theophrastus
give it to Bias. [3] This proverb first appears at Callimachus, Epigrams 1.12 Pfeiffer, where a man, under the prompting of Pittacus, overhears …
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