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Ἰβυκανητῶν
buglers
… genitive plural, purports to be extracted from the quotation given,
but
see notes below. [1] For Ibycus see generally iota 80. This erroneous etymological explanation, again at iota 79, arises from the textual corruption …
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β
428
Βουλεύσας
having made a decision
… presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Quotation not identified
by
Adler
but
identifiable via the TLG as Procopius, Secret History 26.40 (web address 1). See on this Theodoridis' Photius edition, vol.II p.XCII. Procopius …
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β
387
Βοώτης
ox-buyer
… headword bow/ths is a textually corrupt version -- contaminated, presumably,
by
beta 386 -- of bow/nhs, "ox-buyer", for which see already beta 384. It is not clear whether "from these" should read "to these" …
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η
505
ᾙρημένην
having chosen, having been chosen
… it occurs with a passive sense. [2] The same participle
but
now in the neuter nominative/accusative singular; again, evidently quoted from somewhere. Same or similar glossing in other lexica. [3] Agathias, Histories 4.12, where …
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α
101
Ἄβυδος
Abudos, Abydos, Abydus
… city of the Hellespont'. Latte regards the entry as prompted
by
Homer, Iliad 2.836, accusative case, although similar wording appears in a late scholion to Iliad 17.584, where the adverbial derivative *)abudo/qi appears -- …
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κ
2274
Κώμυθα
hay-bundle, sheaf
… the accusative plural of the headword; cf. tau 747. The
bundles
of reed were fashioned into rafts, with which the invading Huns in 559 CE attempted to attack the southwest coast of the Thracian …
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δ
733
Δίαρμα
passage by sea
… unidentifiable. (Adler mentions Toup's attribution of the passage to Polybius,
but
it does not appear in the standard texts.) [3] Or "blocked," as
by
a dam? See LSJ. [4] Quotation unidentifiable. Polybius (4.39.5, web …
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α
1647
Ἀμπαύσας
having hindered, having impeded
… of a)mpau/w, a variant of a)napau/w. [1] Quotation not identified
by
Adler,
but
claimed for Arrian
by
Favuzzi [cited under alpha 1518] 55, citing parallels for three components of it.
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δ
1108
Δίκροτα
dikrota, two-banked
… all of Galen's treatises on this matter, and also in
Byzantine
medical literature. However, the connection with oared ships is already evident in Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 408, and in Xenophon, Hellenica 2.1.28 it …
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ε
2519
Ἐπιπλώσας
having sailed upon
… the scholia to the aforementioned Homeric lines, plw/s is produced
by
apocope, not syncope (see LSJ s.vv. apocope II and syncope at web addresses 3 and 4). [4] We would not call this participle …
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δ
1499
Δραματουργήσας
having staged a drama, having fabricated
… the reading of the newly recovered Zavordensis ms, restores sunqei/s
('having
composed'), which surely ought to have been (if it wasn't actually) what the Suda compiler wrote as well (as suggested already
by
Portus …
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αι
250
Αἰολομίτρης
agile with a waistband [or: having a multicoloured or twisted or flashing waistband]; having a multicoloured diadem
… protected him at the narrow part of the figure-of-eight shield
(Buchholz/Wiesner,
fig.2, p.8, with a clear illustration of the mitre as girdle) and increased his upper-body agility in shield and spear fighting. We may, …
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ε
627
Ἐκ συγκειμένου
by agreement
… evidently extracted from the quotation given. [1] [Polybius] fr. 133
Büttner-Wobst
-- or rather a fragment of Cassius Dio, corresponding to his 65.11.5. See Favuzzi [cited under alpha 1990] 57. Casaubon attributed this fragment …
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ε
1251
Ἐνέργεια
activity, actuality, actualization
… Aristotle's account, a motion or a process (kinesis), such as
"building
a house", has its end beyond the action itself (the
builder,
when
building
a house, has not
built
it yet, i.e. the agent …
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η
97
Ἡδοναί
pleasures
… They maintained that our real end just could be achieved
by
seeking pleasure, pleasure being bodily pleasure (what Epicurus called "kynematic pleasure", i.e. pleasure in movement). For them the end is particular pleasure and …
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κ
979
Κατεριθευομένου
overcoming by intrigue
… kateriqeu/omai. LSJ s.v. translate it, as here, 'overcome [sc. someone]
by
intrigue', i.e. middle rather than passive; cf. e)riqeu/omai (epsilon 2985), e)ceriqeu/omai (epsilon 1647). [1] Bernhardy added kai\ "and" at this point. [2] [Polybius] …
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κ
341
Καπιτώλιον
Capitolium, Capitol, Capitoline Hill
See already kappa 329. The present material has parallels in
Byzantine
historiography. See, for example, John Malalas Chronographia VII.1 Thurn (132) (cf. Jeffreys et al. (91)) and John of Antioch fr. 57 Roberto. [1] …
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α
2072
Ἀνασοβηθείς
having been startled
… participle, masculine nominative singular, of a)nasobe/w. [1] Quotation not identified
by
Adler,
but
Favuzzi [cited under alpha 1518] 55-56 argues that it too -- i.e. besides the longer passage which follows: see next note …
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δ
654
Διαμησάμενος
having cut through
The headword participle is illustrated
by
both of the quotations given. [1] cf. alpha 1578. [2] Adler misplaces her Polybius reference -- see next note -- here. In fact this quotation, not identified
by
…
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α
2202
Ἀναιρεθείς
having been taken up
… Historiae Romanae 17.82 (web address 2). [8] Polybius fr. 99
Büttner-Wobst;
cf. already alpha 1678 and again epsilon 941, pi 933.
Büttner-Wobst
notes that Ursinus (Fulvio Orsini, 1529-1600) attributed this fragment to Polybius (p. …
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κ
1052
Κατηναρισμένας
having been slaughtered
… lambda 356. The scholiast is criticizing a supposedly wrong usage
by
Sophocles,
but
his own explanation is not accurate either. The starting-point must be the equivalence of the two nouns e)/nara and sku=la. These …
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δ
141
Δεδειχότας
having displayed
… perfect active participles in the masculine accusative plural, spelled differently
but
pronounced the same
by
the Suda's time. (Both are presumably extracted from somewhere,
but
are unattested outside lexicography.) [1] Perfect active participle, glossed …
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α
2101
Ἀνατεινάμενος
having held out as a threat
… the glossing cf. Hesychius s.v. a)natei/nasqai. [1] Polybius fr. 109
Büttner-Wobst.
Büttner-Wobst
notes (p. 529) that Valckenaer attributed this fragment to Polybius. [2] Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. …
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ε
2751
Ἐπιφοραῖς
by inflictions
… in the sense indicated. Hesychius epsilon5389 has a similar entry
but
with accusative plurals. [2] Polybius fr. 152
Büttner-Wobst.
Here the headword appears in the accusative singular and in the sense of 'onslaught' rather …
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α
3257
Ἀποβουκολίσας
having led astray
… alike) astray. [1] Same or similar glossing in other lexica,
but
with the headword participle in the form a)poboukolh/sas. Either way, it must be quoted from somewhere. [2] Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 3.7.4; on two …
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β
539
Βριθομένη
burdened
… participle, feminine nominative singular, of bri/qw. It might be generated
by
the quotation given, where it is in the corresponding genitive,
but
more probably it is extracted from somewhere in its own right; and …
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η
233
Ἥλιον κρύπτεσθαι ἄστρα δείκνυσθαι
the sun being hidden (but) the stars being revealed
… on the parallel structure of the headword phrase, each noun
having
a passive verb with the same termination. The phrase itself was not identified
by
Adler
but
is identifiable via the TLG as occurring …
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η
19
Ἡβήσαντες
having come of age
… 14 for other forms of this verb. [1] More literally
"having
come to their peak." For this gloss cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 5.550, where h(bh/sante occurs. [2] Referring to emotional and physical …
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ε
2145
Ἐπεισπέπαικεν
has burst into
[1] The headword (extracted from the first quotation given
but
also illustrated
by
the second) is perfect indicative active, third person singular, of e)peispai/w. [2] Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 804-5 (web address 1), with scholion. …
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ε
1564
Ἐξαρτήσας
having hung on
… ei)rh/nh| kai\ sps e)cartuo/menos, with textual variants which arise from
Byzantine
pronunciation of the Greek words. One could suppose that the first gloss was determined
by
a confusion with e)carti/sas/e)cartu/sas, or
by
the position …
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