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χ398Χορείανchoral dance[1] The headword (a single word in the Greek) is in the accusative case, evidently quoted from somewhere; there are numerous possibilities. [2] What follows is also in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.14D [1.25 Kaibel]; cf. …Matched in noteshighshort
α40ἈβιαδηνόςAbiadenianNo such city is attested, so surely the name in question here is Adiabene (see alpha 470, and generally OCD(4) p.12), even though that is consistently classified as a "territory" (in present-day Iraq) rather …Matched in noteshighshort
α72ἈβρανῖτιςAbranitisThe term is attested only here and in the equivalent entry in ps.-Zonaras. Perhaps the territory of (or otherwise connected with) Abra in southern Spain: Barrington Atlas map 27 grid A4.Matched in noteshigh

χ398

Χορείαν

choral dance

The ancients [sc. called thus] the dance accompanied with singing. Homer knew two dances, the one of the tumblers and the other with a playing-ball. Aristonicus of Carystus, King Alexander's fellow ball-player, used to…

Χορείαν· οἱ παλαιοὶ τὴν μετὰ ᾠδῆς ὄρχησιν. δύο δὲ ὀρχήσεις οἶδεν Ὅμηρος, τὴν τῶν κυβιστητήρων καὶ τὴν διὰ τῆς σφαίρας. τὴν δὲ σφαιριστικὴν ἔπαιζεν Ἀριστόνικος ὁ Καρύστιος, ὁ…

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α77Ἀβρικέστερονmore precise, rather precise.Adler's textual conservatism led to her printing this a)brike/steron (as indeed the alphabetical order requires; also in ps.-Zonaras). However, she notes that ms S has the correct a)kribe/steron (the comparative of alpha 979/alpha 980).Matched in noteshighshort

α79Ἀβρίξαιto drop off, to nod offLikewise in ps.-Zonaras. The headword, presumably quoted from somewhere, is an aorist active infinitive. LSJ proffers no suitable verb for it under alpha, but see the entry on bri/zw, 'to be sleepy, nod'. (Adler …Matched in noteshighshort

α116Ἀγαθοθέλειαdesire for the good[1] The headword (a single word in the Greek) is a very rare feminine noun. It is glossed with this same phrase in the parallel entry in ps.-Zonaras. [2] 'Anon.': LSJ s.v. Perhaps Polybius, …Matched in noteshighshort

α121Ἀγαθόςgood[1] This material (from an unidentifiable source) is found only in the parallel entry in ps.-Zonaras. From the second sentence onwards it seems to be disputing the initial, simple equivalence. [2] Quotation unidentifiable, but …Matched in noteshighshort

α129ἈγαλεώνAgaleonLikewise in ps.-Zonaras. No mountain of this precise name is attested, however; so it seems reasonable to assume that "Agaleon" is either Mt.Aigaleos, NW of Athens (alphaiota 17) or else (and more probably?) Mt. …Matched in noteshighshort

α174Ἀγάστουof an admirable… of the mss for the gloss, qana/tou, is shared with Zonaras p.14 Tittmann and Eudemus (according to Adler's apparatus). Other sources (Photius; Bachmann, Anecdota graeca I p.7, 21) have the more comprehensible qaumastou=, "wondrous" …Matched in noteshighshort

α188ἈγελαιώνpastureThis noun is attested only in lexicography (besides here, in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon), but cf. generally alpha 183, alpha 186, alpha 187, etc.Matched in noteshighshort

α192Ἀγελήτης βοῦςherding oxSame glossing in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon. The headword phrase, possibly a quotation, is otherwise unattested.Matched in noteshighshort

α226ἈγηρηναῖοιAgerenaioi, AgerenaeansIn this form only here, in the equivalent entry in ps.-Zonaras, and (according to Adler) in the Ambrosian Lexicon. Elsewhere Agarenoi: see e.g. Psalm 82:7 LXX ('Hagarenes'), I Chronicles 5:19-20 ('Hagarites'). Dr Nick Nicholas …Matched in noteshighshort

α346Ἀγρέμιοςquarry, preyBoth the Suda and ps.-Zonaras present this headword as masculine; nevertheless it seems to be neuter; see LSJ s.v. [1] Greek Anthology 6.224.2 (Theodoridas); on a shell found at the seashore, dedicated to Nymphs; …Matched in noteshighshort

α391ἈγχεῖοςnearSame entry in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon; this adjective is otherwise unattested (and ignored by LSJ). cf. alpha 394.Matched in noteshighshort

α415Ἀγχούροιςclose-bordering[1] Same glossing in Eudemus and ps.-Zonaras. The headword is dative plural of this adjective, quoted from somewhere -- very probably from its only occurrence outside lexicography: Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 3.1386 (a)gxou/roisin), the scholia …Matched in noteshighshort

α432ἌδαιτρονundistributedSame entry in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (488); similarly already in Hesychius alpha983. The headword, masculine accusative singular or neuter nominative/accusative singular of this adjective, is otherwise unattested.Matched in noteshighshort

α450Ἀδειάςsafe-havenSo here and in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon; a)di/as in Hesychius; in any event, unattested outside lexicography (though cf. very generally alpha 447, alpha 448, alpha 451).Matched in noteshighshort

α468Ἀδήσειςyou will delightSame entry in Hesychius, ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon. The headword is a unaspirated version of the a(dh/seis which occurs in Herodotus 5.39.2: the ephors tell King Anaxandridas that he "will …Matched in noteshighshort

α487Ἀδικοδοξίαmalevolence, machinatingSame entry in ps.-Zonaras. [1] Polybius fr. 95 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (p. 527) that this fragment was attributed to Polybius by Valesius (Henri de Valois 1603-1676). For a definite Polybian instance of this very …Matched in noteshighshort

α500Ἀδόκιμοςunsatisfactory, reprobate, disreputableSame entry in ps.-Zonaras. See LSJ at web address 1. Gloss here = alpha 499 headword.Matched in noteshighshort

α504Ἀδοξεῖταιis disgracefulSame entry in ps.-Zonaras. [1] The second glossing phrase indicates that the subject of the headword -- a single word in the Greek -- is neuter. This makes it probable (though not demonstrable) that …Matched in noteshighshort

α506Ἀδορατίαnon-deploymentThe headword, attested only here and in ps.-Zonaras (though Adler cites a comparable entry in the Ambrosian Lexicon), literally means "spearlessness", from do/ru, "spear": see delta 1394, and cf. delta 1378 for the diminutive …Matched in noteshighshort

α508ἈδορείunskinnedlySame entry in ps.-Zonaras (with the slightly different gloss a)nekda/rtws) and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon. The headword adverb (ignored in LSJ) and the two forms of the glossing adverb are all otherwise …Matched in noteshighshort

α534ἍδρησιςmaturitySame entry in ps.-Zonaras; and Adler reports a comparable one in the Ambrosian Lexicon (452). Otherwise, the sole occurrence of the headword is in one of Basil of Caesarea's Homilies on the Hexaemeron (6.8: …Matched in noteshighshort

α539ἈδυναστίimpotentlyIn the Greek, a smaller difference (of suffix). The headword version (LSJ entry at web address 1) is attested only here and in the parallel entry in ps.-Zonaras.Matched in noteshighshort

α548Ἀελπέωνun-hoping, despairingThe headword a)elpe/wn is similarly glossed in ps.-Zonaras, i.e. in a way which shows that it is a present participle in the masculine nominative singular. (Adler reports the same entry in the Ambrosian Lexicon.) …Matched in noteshighshort

α556Ἀερέθονταιthey drive onSame entry in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. Hesychius alpha1385 has the same headword but different glossing: ai)wrou=ntai, kre/mantai. Latte ad loc. regards it as being quoted from Homer, Iliad …Matched in noteshighshort

α557Ἀεργηλήnon-workingSame entry in ps.-Zonaras. The headword is feminine nominative singular of the epic/poetic adjective a)erghlo/s, perhaps (though not demonstrably) generated by the feminine genitive singular a)erghla=s in the quotation given. [1] cf. Hesychius' glossing …Matched in noteshighshort

α562Ἀερόενairy, cloudy, murkySame entry in ps.-Zonaras; longer one in Hesychius, who gives two other synonyms before the present one (me/lan, baqu/). An oddity; possibly a gloss on the occurrence of the neuter singular headword in a …Matched in noteshighshort

α563Ἀερονηχεῖςair-swimmingA slip, here and in ps.-Zonaras. Aristophanes does use this mock-tragic adjective, in Clouds 337, but of birds; a scholiast there simply says "the ones swimming in the air". See web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort

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