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Δαϊκταμένοις
to the war-dead, for the war-dead
Likewise in ps.-Zonaras. LSJ registers the word dai+kta/menos, -h, -on -- originally two words: dai+/ + kta/menos -- in Homer, Iliad 21.146 & 301. In both contexts it is genitive plural (part of the …
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1126
Διμοιρίτης
double-pay soldier, half-file commander
[1] See LSJ entry at web address 1. The explanation "half-file commander" offered by the military glossary of ms. Coislin. 347 (whose entries have been picked up from Aelian the Tactician, C2 AD) has …
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1607
Δυσδιόρθωτος
hard to be set right
Similarly, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (1142). The same entry is to be found in Hesychius delta2550, but with different glossing: dusxerw=s diwrqou/menos, mh\ diwrqou/menos. While the headword has its origin during …
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medicine
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politics
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politics
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tragedy
13
tragedy
13
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8
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8
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7
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5
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5
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4
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4
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4
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3
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3
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3
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3
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3
stagecraft
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1
constitution
1
mathematics
1
mathematics
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3
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ε
651
Ἐκτιλούμενοι
tamed
The Suda's headword e)ktilou/menoi is very probably a mistake for e)ktilw/menoi, i.e. perfect middle participle (masculine nominative plural) of ktilo/w. (Adler reports that e)ktileme/noi is the reading of mss IVM before correction.) Equivalent entry …
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1021
Ἐμπλασσόμενοι
striking out at
The headwords for this entry and epsilon 1022 have been transmitted as identical, but see n.1 below (and under epsilon 1022). [1] Present participle, nominative masculine plural, presumably extracted from the quotation which follows. …
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2330
Ἐπιθειασμοί
divine appeals
[1] Paraphrase or approximation of a longer quotation ascribed to Arrian at theta 310, and combined with a quotation at alpha 4495 to form Arrian, Parthica fr. 34 Roos-Wirth (cf. FGrH 156 F149). [2] …
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2602
Ἐπισταθμευόμενοι
providing billets, providing quarters
[1] The headword participle e)pistaqmeuo/menoi, again at epsilon 2603, does not lend itself to these glosses; it must be faulty (perhaps, slightly out of alphabetical order, e)pistaqmw/menoi, "pondering"?). [2] Phokaians, rather. [3] Polybius 21.6.1 …
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2728
Ἐπιτριβόμενοι
afflicting, crushing
The headword (which must be quoted from somewhere) is present middle-passive participle, masculine nominative plural, of e)pitri/bw (for which see already epsilon 2727, and cf. epsilon 2729). Same or similar entry in other lexica, …
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3082
Ἕρση
dew
[1] Likewise in Hesychius and other lexica. (For the difficulty of differentiating in translation between the Greek nouns e(/rsh and dro/sos cf. epsilon 3080, epsilon 3084.) [2] Greek Anthology 6.120.4 (Leonidas of Tarentum), on …
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4032
Ἐχόμενα
pertaining to
The headword, presumably extracted from the quotation given, is present middle/passive participle, neuter (nominative and) accusative plural, of e)/xw. See also epsilon 4033. [1] Quotation unidentifiable. This makes it impossible to be certain whether …
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577
Ἵππος
horse
[1] This first quotation is from P. Herennius Dexippus (delta 237): FGrHist 100 F26. Dexippus, a 3rd-cent. AD historian, wrote an account of Alexander’s successors, a history from legendary times to his own, and …
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1890
Κνυζώμενον
whimpering
For this verb see already kappa 1889, and again kappa 1891. The present headword (evidently quoted from somewhere) is its present middle/passive participle, masculine accusative singular or neuter nominative/accusative singular. [1] Same gloss in …
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414
Χοροῖσι τῶν τραγῳδιῶν ἄχθεται
he is grieved at the choruses of the tragedians
Aristophanes, Birds 787-788 (web address 1: the Suda's e)kpeto/menos needs for metrical reasons to be e)kto/menos), immediately preceded by an explanation from the scholia to 787. The rephrasing and presentation of this quotation as …
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823
Ἀκαχημένη
grieving
[Meaning she who is] mourning. Also [sc. attested is] a)kakh/menon, neuter.
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918
Ἀκόλουθον
consequent, following on, in conformity
[Meaning] similar. "The outcome results [sc. in a manner] following on from the first operations". Also [sc. attested is the related aorist participle] a)kolouqh/sas ["he having followed up"], [meaning] he having brought about similarly. …
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1167
Ἄλη
roaming, delusion
[Meaning] wandering. "He supposed that no one would surpass him in courage, and this delusion got the better of him to such an extent that he adopted the attire of Achilles and thus went …
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1326
Ἁλλόμενον ὕδωρ
leaping water
Also [sc. attested is the masculine nominative plural] a)llo/menoi, [meaning men] leaping.
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1330
Ἀλοῶ
I thresh, smite, drive around, smash
The [verb that means] I break. Also [sc. attested is the active participle] a)low=n ["threshing"], [meaning one who is] leading [beasts] around in a circle from without, as those on the threshing floors [do]. …
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1532
Ἀμβολὰς γῆ
thrown-up earth, raised earth
[Meaning earth] which was raised up by a ditch. Xenophon [writes]: "Cyrus used to make towers on the thrown-up earth, so that there might be as many guardposts as possible." Look under "bitten" [dakno/menos], …
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1741
Ἀμφιλεξάντων
disputing
… disagreeing and differing. Thus Xenophon [sc. uses the word]. "There
Menon's
soldiers were disputing about something with Klearchos's."
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2049
Ἀναρριχᾶσθαι
to clamber
The [verb that means] to climb up and out with the use of the hands to hold and get a grip. Aristophanes in Peace [writes]: "then he made slender ladders and clambered via these …
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2056
Ἀνάρτησις
crucifixion, suspension; suspense
[Meaning] nailing to a timber. Also [sc. attested is the related imperative] a)na/rthson, [meaning] hang up. Also [sc. attested is the participle] a)nartw/menos, [meaning he] being hung up. Procopius [writes]: "and he returned to …
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2101
Ἀνατεινάμενος
having held out as a threat
[Meaning he] having threatened. "The king, although he held out many threats against those who had participated in the transaction, did nothing." And elsewhere: "the Egyptians, having held out threats and mockery, slew four …
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2470
Ἀνιμᾶσθαι
to draw up
[Meaning] to draw up water, to raise up water. To bring [it] up. Also [sc. attested is the related participle] a)nimw/menos, [meaning he] drawing up, hauling up. For i(monia/ [is] a bucket, from i(ma/s …
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2642
Ἀντέχει
holds out, withstands
[Used] with a dative. Meaning [he/she/it] suffices. But Dinarchus [uses the word] to mean is saved; Demosthenes and Hyperides [use it] to mean takes hold. "And because of the mud the horses could no …
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2719
Ἀντιποιηθέντα
having been contentious
[Meaning him] having striven for. "For it is necessary that those who have been contentious have not already gratified him who wished it". Also [sc. attested is] a)ntipoiou/menon; [used] with a genitive. [Meaning] carefully …
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2753
Ἀντομένη
meeting
[Meaning she] having happened upon. Also [sc. attested is the masculine nominative plural] a)nto/menoi ["they meeting"], [meaning they] coming together.
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2879
Ἀπαλγήσαντας
having stopped feeling pain
In Thucydides, meaning [them] having ceased to grieve, just like a)polofura/menoi ["having indulged their sorrows to the full"].
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3103
Ἀπέχθεια
abhorrence
[Meaning] hatred. Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] a)pexqh/s ["abhorrent"], [meaning] hostile, hateful. Also [sc. attested is the related future participle] a)pexqhso/menos ["he about to become abhorrent"], meaning he about to become hostile. …
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3468
Ἀποπάτημα
turd, shit
[Meaning] the same thing [as] dung. Eupolis in Golden Race [writes]: "for what is that man? A turd [and] a fox." Cratinus in Runaway Slaves [writes]: "and when I found Kerkyon shitting on the …
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