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  1. μ465Μελαίνῃdark, black… Homer it is used variously of emotions (fre/nes), ships, the earth, blood, water, and the sea; see Cunliffe 1963 s.v. This feminine dative singular is quoted from Homer, Iliad 1.300 (describing Achilles' ship: web …Matched in noteshighshort
  2. ε2731Ἐπιτρῖψαιto crush, to wear out… church is carried away by the rivers as the eroded earth.Matched in noteshighshort
  3. κ1286Κελαινόςblack, murky, dark… fobero/n or frikto/n) to dark, murky or ominous things: the earth, Hades, the depths of the sea, storm clouds (cf. kappa 1284), the river Danube (Lycophron, Alexandra 1336), waves, and blood (cf. kappa 1285), …Matched in noteshighshort
  4. ε2299Ἐπιδικάζεταιclaims at law, sues for… the Reply to Diogenes on behalf of Archestratus about a plot of land. cf. generally alpha 1764, epsilon 2298.Matched in noteshighshort
  5. β598Βυσσόνdepth; ocean's depth… 239, kro/kou bafa\s d' e)s pe/don xe/ousa , "Shedding to earth her saffron-dyed robe." (The usual meaning of bu/ssos is flax, and the linen made from it: cf. beta 596, and see generally LSJ …Matched in noteshighshort
  6. χ70Χαμαίλεονchamaileon… jaundice; see Pliny, Natural History 22.53. The name xamai/mhlon from "earth" (xamai/) and "apple" (mh=lon) -- compare the French pomme de terre, potato -- was probably applied because the plant gives off a faintly …Matched in noteshighshort
  7. ε2391Ἐπικλίντηςsideways-moving… according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. On kinds of earthquakes, see beta 520, epsilon 656, iota 212.Matched in noteshighshort
  8. ε3139ἘσθήρEsther… 2.19 ff. Mordechai, while "at the king’s gate", discovers the plot against the king organized by two of his eunuchs. It is not Mordechai who reveals to the king the details of the conspiracy, …Matched in noteshighmedium
  9. γ236Γῆ κληρουχικήallotted land, cleruchic land… phrase translated here "by lot" can equally mean "in a plot"; the kleros is both process and outcome.Matched in noteshighshort
  10. ε2998ἘριούνιοςEriounios… on Homer, Odyssey 24.1ff.) is from a rare word for "earth," e)/ra (perhaps from an unattested adjective in -ios). It would thus refer to the role of Hermes Chthonios as underworld guide. Its frequent …Matched in noteshighshort
  11. δ1355ΔομνῖνοςDomninos, Domninus… matter in a powdery aspect, and the passage of the Earth through the tail of one of these heavenly bodies had brought about the inflammation of the powder in the part lightened by the …Matched in noteshighlong
  12. ν427Νισσόμενοςgoing… Anthology 9.702, attributed to Simonides: "descending (nisso/menos) from Olympus to Earth". [2] Homer, Iliad 12.119, 18.566. [3] Adler initially printed 'the reading', but see n. 5 below. [4] The etymologies derive the verb in …Matched in noteshighshort
  13. κ2258Κώμηvillage, neighborhood… group of words including xw=ma, xo/w, xw/nnumi, involving piles of earth. [2] cf. kappa 2260, kappa 2263. [3] Third person singular, aorist, of kwma/zw "I carouse, I burst in on," extracted from the quotation …Matched in noteshighmedium
  14. κ1127Καττύεταιis stitched together… In Aristophanes it is used in a metaphor for a plot being put together. See also kappa 1128, and cf. kappa 1129.Matched in noteshighshort
  15. κ745ΚαταρράκταιCataracts [of the Danube], Kataraktenstreke, Iron Gate… the island town of Ada Kaleh, a Turkish enclave." NASA Earth Observatory; see images at web address 1, Wikipedia entry at web address 2. See also epsilon 3019 with notes. [1] For the Straits …Matched in noteshighshort
  16. δ691Διαπεσούσηςafter it had collapsed, if it had collapsed… this passage, reading e)pibolh=s ("attempt, assault") instead of e)piboulh=s ("plan, plot"). [1] Extracted from somewhere else, evidently.Matched in noteshighshort
  17. κ1703Κλαρόταιserfs… examples of "serfs" (klaro/tai or klarw=tai: literally men working a plot of land, Doric kla=ros, Attic-Ionic klh=ros), but the initial gloss goes astray. The defining characteristic of groups like these, which differentiated them from …Matched in noteshighshort
  18. α4084ἈρχέλαοςArchelaos, Archelaus… one fragment, "coldness is the connection" (presumably which holds the Earth in a solid state); see Diels and Kranz, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 60B1a. From surviving testimonia (principally Hippolytus), he would seem to have …Matched in noteshighmedium
  19. γ4ΓάγγηςGanges… and were therefore driven from their home by the angry earth, which refused to produce crops for them, as well as by the ghost of Ganges. [5] That is Briseis, taken away by king …Matched in noteshighmedium
  20. ε320Ἐθείρειtends… drying of a recently soaked a)lwh/ -- here probably "cultivated plot", less likely "threshing-floor" -- by a north wind, whereat "he who e)qei/rh| it" rejoices). The verb has no agreed etymology, but the context …Matched in noteshighshort
  21. ω156Ὥραseason, hour… Belisarius begs Antonina's son Photios to join in a vengeance plot against Theodosius; cf. Kaldellis (10). On Belisarius, husband of Antonina, see beta 233 generally. On Antonina and Theodosius see epsilon 671 note. On …Matched in noteshighshort
  22. ε2201Ἐπῇρενexcited, incited, stirred up, urged on… tyrant Phalaris is told by Aelian, Varia Historia 2.4. The plot failed, but Phalaris displayed clemency by allowing the lovers to live in exile. Phalaris ruled Akragas c.570-554 BCE. See alpha 1812, alpha 2634, …Matched in noteshighshort
  23. α1627Ἀμοργοί πόλεως ὄλεθροςsqueezers [are] a city's ruin… of Aeschylus, Dictyulci or Net-Draggers, apparently had much the same plot.) "Squeezers" or "drainers" are explained by Photius (Lexicon alpha1233) and Eustathius on the Iliad, p. 838.54, as men who inflict outrages on the …Matched in noteshighshort
  24. ε2384Ἐπίκληροςepikleros, heiress… in classical Athenian law; literally she who comes with the plot, she who is attached to the estate. Surprisingly, Harpokration devoted no entry to the term. Instead, the present Suda entry (also in other …Matched in noteshighmedium
  25. ε953Ἔμβολονwedge, wedge-formation… (98a Jacoby=68a-b Theiler), in reference to the shape of the earth. [3] i.e. the iron (or bronze) tip of a ram (epsilon 952, and cf. epsilon 949). [4] Diodorus Siculus 31.5.3 (via the Excerpta …Matched in noteshighmedium
  26. ε1182Ἔνδοξαplausible things; reputable opinions… elements of the traditional Greek physics: fire, air, water and earth). See de Caelo 1.3, 270b23-25, where Aristotle gives the following etymology of the word: the name aether is given to the upermost place …Matched in noteshighlong
  27. ε2494ἘπίνικοςEpinikos, Epinicus… the wife of Leo I, he organized with her a plot against Emperor Zeno in 415 AD. After the latter fled from Rome, Basiliscus (DIR entry by Hugh Elton at web address 2) was …Matched in noteshighmedium
  28. δ1492Δράκαυλοςdrakaulos; living with a snake… Pandrosus. For speculation on the role of Phineus in the plot of the play see the Loeb edition of the fragments (ed. H. Lloyd-Jones, 1996, pp.308-09). Some have suggested that it was a satyr-play.Matched in noteshighshort
  29. κ1358Κεράμειονjar, potThe Etymologicum Gudianum glosses kera/meion simply as "earthen vessel, or jar". [1] The spelling distinction the Suda attempts is ignored by modern editors; LSJ in fact lists "jar" under kera/mion, and the Suda's is …Matched in noteshighshort
  30. ε2426ἘπικύδηςEpikydes, Epicydes… that destroyed the Punic troops. See Polybius 7.2: "after the plot against king Hieronymos of Syracuse [iota 200] ... Zoippos and Andranodoros persuaded Hieronymos to lose no time in sending ambassadors to Hannibal. He …Matched in noteshighmedium

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