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a hare desires meat
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3826
Ἆρες
Ares
The unglossed headword is the vocative of the name of
Ares,
god of war: see generally
alpha
3852. The contrasting word given in the "gloss" is the second person singular,
aorist
active
imperative, of …
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α
4177
Ἀσκὸς ἐν πάχνῃ
a wineskin in a frost
… on it (PG 80, 1848bc). [2] 1 Corinthians 9.27. [3]
Aristophanes,
Acharnians
1000-2 (web
address
1). What follows here derives from scholiastic comment on the line. [4] The Khoes, the second day of the …
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3820
Ἀρεάδνη
Areadne
That of
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Ari-:
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short
ε
3971
Ἔφυγον κακόν εὗρον ἄμεινον
they escaped a bad thing [and] found a better
The entry explains
a
proverb that was
apparently
spoken
at
Athenian
weddings (though not only there: see n.1 below). It is debatable how
ancient
the custom was. Nilsson ('Wedding Rites' 248-9)
argues
that it …
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medium
α
3834
Ἀρειανός
Arian
OCD(4) pp.150-1, s.v.
Arianism.
The
Arians
believed that the Son was
a
created being, inferior to God the Father. This position was rejected by the first Council of Nicea. If the Son came to …
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δ
6
Δᾳδουχεῖ
bears a torch, is a torch-bearer
… other lexica. The headword -- third person singular, present indicative
active,
of this verb -- must be quoted from somewhere. (Extant possibilities
are
all
late.) [2] On the daduch in
Athens,
selected from the …
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medium
ι
160
Ἱέρατο
was a priest
[1]
Actually
the imperfect, middle/passive, third person singular, of the verb i(era/omai (LSJ entry
at
web
address
1);
attested
only here. Other instances of misinterpretation of verbal forms occur
at
alphaiota
323, delta 1250, …
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short
δ
158
Δεδοξοποιημένον
with a reputation for judgment
An
abridged
version of Polybius 18.15.16 -- from the end of his celebrated digression on treachery (18.13-15). Besides the
abridgement,
this version does not, when quoting the relevant extract, repeat the headword participle dedocopoihme/non …
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α
1250
Ἁλίσκει
you are captured, you are caught, you stand convicted
Same or similar entry in other lexica; references
at
Photius
alpha966
Theodoridis. The primary headword + gloss
are
ambiguous
per se,
as
they could be either third person singular
active
or second person singular …
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α
3846
Ἀρημένος
worn-out
Same or similar entry in other lexica,
and
see
also
the scholia to Homer, Iliad 18.435, where the headword (see next note)
appears.
(Also
twice in the Odyssey.) [1] The headword is
a
perfect …
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short
α
207
Ἄγευστος θοίνης
without a taste of the feast
The headword phrase, illustrative of
an
idiom noted in LSJ s.v.
a)/geustos,
I -- is presumably quoted from somewhere. It features
also
in, besides other lexica, two
adjacent
entries in Photius
(alpha156
and
alpha157
…
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medium
ε
1803
Ἐξ ὄξους δίκη
a lawsuit (prepared) from vinegar
Presented here
as
a
single sentence: in fact
an
exchange of retorts (between Bdelykleon
and
his father Philokleon) in
Aristophanes,
Wasps 1366-7 (not
Adler's
'1396'): see web
address
1. (The two verses
are
separated …
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short
δ
843
Διὰ χρόνου
after a time
This entry is generated by lines from
Aristophanes'
Peace (see n.2 below)
and
the scholia thereto, used to explain the double sense of the headword phrase
and
to introduce the properties of pennyroyal
as
…
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medium
ε
1122
Ἐναπομόργνυνται
they are imparted
… extant instance outside lexica occurs in one of the Letters
attributed
to Dionysius the
Areopagite.)
More generally for this verb see e.g. Iamblichus, On mysteries 5.3 (quoted by Stobaeus 3.3.26), of
a
colour; John …
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short
α
4306
Ἀτταγᾶς νουμηνίῳ
a partridge (joins) a woodcock
The headword phrase is
attested
in two syntactical forms: either,
as
here, the second noun is in the dative (with
a
singular verb either implicit,
as
here, or explicit) or else both
are
nominative …
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γ
205
Γέρροιν
with a pair of wickers
The first part of this entry is
also
in Photius
and
elsewhere. The headword is genitive/dative dual of ge/rron; see further, next note. [1] Eupolis fr. 405 Kock (where however Kock emends the transmitted …
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χ
477
υνκνοων—Χρήματα χρήματ' ἀνήρ πενιχρὸς δ' οὐδέποτ' ἐσθλός
money money (is the) man but a pauper (is) never noble
The first part of the headword phrase --
again
at
chi 478 --
appears
in Pindar, Isthmians 2.17 (web
address
1), but the whole phrase is
a
version of
Alcaeus
fr. 360 Lobel-Page, of …
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medium
α
1355
Ἀλλ' οὐκ ἔνεστι συκοφάντου δήγματος
but it does not have [a charm] against an informer's bite
This is
a
curious --
and
possibly corrupt -- phrase found in
Aristophanes,
Plutus [Wealth] 885 (web
address
1 below). The explanations offered here
are
taken from scholia there.
Again
(with slight variations)
at
…
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α
246
Ἄγκεινθ' Ἡφαίστοιο
are offered of Hephaistos
A
marginal
addition
in ms
A;
copied from rho 81, where this phrase from
a
line of
an
epigram (Greek
Anthology
6.117.2,
attributed
to Pancrates) is quoted more
accurately
-- the offerings
are
*to* …
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short
ε
2343
Ἐπιθυμῶν
desiring
[1]
Adler
compares the
Ambrosian
Lexicon (1726),
along
with Syntacticum Laurentianum
and
Syntacticum Gudianum,
although
no corresponding entry
appears
in Sturz's edition of the last of these; cf. Lexica Segueriana 142.24 (s.v. e)piqumw=. [2] …
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ε
2171
Ἐπηλυγάζονται
they are being obfuscated
The primary headword is third person plural, present indicative
active,
of e)phluga/zw. This form
appears
in neither of the quotations in the entry; cf. epsilon 2172.
Adler
cites scholia to Lucian (25.5 Rabe)
and
…
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ε
4028
Ἐχθρῶν ἄδωρα δῶρα κοὐκ ὀνήσιμα
enemies' charities are uncharitable and not helpful
[1]
A
verbatim quotation of Sophocles,
Ajax
654-70, part of
Ajax's
famous Trugrede (Deception Speech) delivered before his suicide (web
address
1); cf.
alpha
519,
alpha
1144, epsiloniota 152, epsiloniota 296, mu 1234, nu …
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δ
181
Δεκατεύειν
to pay a tithe
… Despite this initial gloss (similarly in ps.-Zonaras), the verb dekateu/ein,
as
the entry goes on to show, properly means to impose
a
tithe (on someone else). See
also
delta 182
(and
delta 186). [2] …
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β
378
Βόμβυξ
silkworm, wasp, silk garment, deep-toned pipe, cap of a pipe, lowest note on a pipe
Same or similar entry in other lexica. Yet perhaps,
as
in the Suda's ms. M (so
Adler
reports), these two words -- the second of them unattested outside lexicography --
are
not headword
and
…
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short
α
4479
Αὐτίκα
forthwith, in a moment
Same material, variously, in other lexica
and
scholia. See generally LSJ s.v.
au)ti/ka.
The present entry seeks to establish
a
temporal distinction (hard to sustain in English translation) between the simple
adverb
and
its …
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short
α
3459
Ἀπ' ὄνου καταπεσών
having fallen from a donkey
[1]
Aristophanes,
Clouds 1273 (web
address
1 below), with scholion; cf. lambda 467. See
also
Zenobius 2.57
and
other paroemiographers;
and
tau 1158. [2] Plato, Laws 701C (web
address
2). The manuscript tradition of …
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short
α
3410
Ἀπολώλαμεν
we have perished, we are done for
[1] Intransitive perfect forms of
a)po/llumi.
(For the first, cf. omicron 189.) They
are
presumably quoted from somewhere specific (perhaps Xenophon, respectively
Anabasis
6.6.23
and
Hellenica 1.6.36, though there
are
numerous other possibilities). [2] …
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αι
284
Αἶρε πλῆκτρον
raise a spur
From
a
scholion on
Aristophanes,
Birds 759, where the headword phrase -- in full, 'raise
a
spur, if you
are
fighting' -- occurs (web
address
1); cf. pi 1752.
Matched in notes
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short
α
3997
Ἀρρώστημα νοσήματος διαφέρει
an ailment differs from a disease
A
Stoic doctrine quoted (with fair
accuracy)
from Diogenes Laertius 7.115. cf. nu 495 (end).
Matched in notes
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short
ι
229
Ἰησοῦς ὁ Χριστὸς καὶ θεὸς ἡμῶν
Jesus the Christ and our God
… ed.3 (1957, reprinted 1986) 3 no.17b (p. 118); cf. Vassiliev,
Anecdota
Graeco-Byzantina 60 ff. The Latin translation of this entry made in the 13th century by Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln,
achieved
a
wide …
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