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ε
3536
Εὔκηλος
at ease
The headword adjective is a lengthened form of e(/khlos (for which see epsilon 435). It is probably quoted from Homer, Iliad 1.554 (web address 1); see the corresponding scholia. Also in Homer, Odyssey 3.263 …
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3858
Ἐφέντες
yielding
[1] Same glossing reproduced by ps.-Zonaras. The headword itself is aorist active participle, masculine nominative plural, of e)fi/hmi. It might be extracted from the quotation given here, though ps.-Zonaras does have it, and other …
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3967
Ἔφριξα
I bristled, I shivered
[1] The headword is aorist indicative active, first person singular, of the verb fri/ssw (also pi 1428, phi 718 and phi 719. For the glossing cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 13.339 (about to …
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mythology
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50
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48
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48
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47
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43
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43
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40
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40
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37
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37
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27
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27
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23
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21
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21
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20
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14
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7
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η
667
Ἠφωρίσθαι
to have been separated
Same entry in ps.-Zonaras; similar one, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. The headword (which must be quoted from somewhere, but is attested only here and in ps.-Zonaras) is perfect middle/passive infinitive of …
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κ
1275
Κεκοισυρῶσθαι
to be like Coesyra
The verb occurs as e)gkoisuro/omai in classical Greek; its locus classicus is Aristophanes, Clouds 48 (web address 1), and it is glossed in LSJ s.v. as "to be luxurious as Coesyra (a female name …
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1526
Κηπαία
garden [door]
Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon; very similar one in ps.-Zonaras. It has probably been generated by the genitive of the headword (a feminine noun) in Hermippus fr. 47 Kock (preserved …
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κ
1793
Κλητή
called, invited; assembly
Glossed in other lexica as "prominent" (Etymologicum Gudianum) or "prominent or invited" (ps.-Zonaras). The latter provides the context for the word: "as in: This invited and holy day" (klhth\ kai\ a(gi/a h(me/ra). This is …
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κ
2212
Κωδαλοῦχος
kôdalouchos
Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. ps.-Zonaras glosses the same word as sxoi=nic, which appears to mean xoi=nic, a measure of dry weight. What ps.-Zonaras glosses as "a measure of land" …
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χ
398
Χορείαν
choral 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. …
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α
2185
Ἀνδρόμαχος
Andromachus, Andromakhos, Andromachos
Of Neapolis in Syria. Sophist. Son of
Zonas
or Sabinus; he taught in Nicomedia under the emperor Diocletian.
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α
40
Ἀβιαδηνός
Abiadenian
No 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 …
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72
Ἀβρανῖτις
Abranitis
The 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.
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α
77
Ἀβρικέστερον
more 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).
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79
Ἀβρίξαι
to drop off, to nod off
Likewise 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 …
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116
Ἀγαθοθέλεια
desire 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, …
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α
121
Ἀγαθός
good
[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 …
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129
Ἀγαλεών
Agaleon
Likewise 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. …
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α
174
Ἀγάστου
of 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" …
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188
Ἀγελαιών
pasture
This 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.
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192
Ἀγελήτης βοῦς
herding ox
Same glossing in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon. The headword phrase, possibly a quotation, is otherwise unattested.
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α
226
Ἀγηρηναῖοι
Agerenaioi, Agerenaeans
In 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 …
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346
Ἀγρέμιος
quarry, prey
Both 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; …
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380
Ἀγροιώτης
rustic
… to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. [2] Greek Anthology 6.22.5
(Zonas),
a dedication to Priapus by an unnamed custodian of an orchard, quoted more fully at pi 2275; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, …
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α
391
Ἀγχεῖος
near
Same entry in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon; this adjective is otherwise unattested (and ignored by LSJ). cf. alpha 394.
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α
415
Ἀγχούροις
close-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 …
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α
432
Ἄδαιτρον
undistributed
Same 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.
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450
Ἀδειάς
safe-haven
So 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).
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α
468
Ἀδήσεις
you will delight
Same 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 …
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α
487
Ἀδικοδοξία
malevolence, machinating
Same 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 …
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α
500
Ἀδόκιμος
unsatisfactory, reprobate, disreputable
Same entry in ps.-Zonaras. See LSJ at web address 1. Gloss here = alpha 499 headword.
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