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- α2187Ἀνδρόπαιςman-boy… Troilus). The term is also applied to (e.g.) Parthenopaeus in Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 533. See also alpha 2706, and generally LSJ s.v.
- ι547Ἱππιολόφοςhorsehair-crested… -- in Aristophanes, Frogs 818 -- to the vocabulary of Aeschylus).
- α4147ἈσίαAsia… the kingdoms of Lydia and Persia (the latter first in Aeschylus, Persians 929?), then to the Roman province in western Anatolia, but, quite early also, to the easternmost of the three continents known to …
- α99Ἁβρύνεταιputs on airs… of the famous appearances of the headword in Attic tragedy: Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1205 (web address 1); Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1339 (web address 2).
- δ36Δάμαρτοςof a spouse, spouse's… it is genitive, evidently extracted from somewhere else -- apparently (?)Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 767; see the scholia there.
- δ1303Διχόθενfrom opposite directions… headword adverb (a single word in the Greek). Others include Aeschylus, Persians 76-77; Aristophanes, Peace 477; and see under pi 315.
- α4291Ἀσύστατονincoherent… this adjective -- masculine accusative singular -- is used of Aeschylus). See already alpha 2840, and cf. psi 127.
- αι319Αἰσιμίαapportionment… stem from the headword's appearance (in the dative plural) in Aeschylus, Eumenides 996: e)n ai)simi/aisi plou/tou (web address 1).
- β353Βόειαox-like (ones)… Aristophanes, Frogs 924 (where Euripides says this about his rival Aeschylus: web address 1 below), with scholion.
- α1634Ἀμοχθείtoil-free… has the gloss a)/neu po/nou and attributes the adverb to (?)Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound (line 208).
- α2212Ἀνεβόησεν οὐράνιονcried out heaven-high… o( dh=mos a)nebo/a (779) -- to stage a contest between Aeschylus and Euripides; cf. omicron 935.
- δ1707Δύσοιμοςgoing badly… headword adjective comes from a context where it is feminine: Aeschylus, Choephori 945 (genitive singular, in reference to tu/xa "chance": web address 1); cf. LSJ s.v.
- κ990Κατέσκηψεfell upon… and elsewhere. It must be quoted from somewhere: Theodoridis suggests Aeschylus (Supplices 327) or Herodotus (1.137.2, 7.134.1), and there are in truth numerous other possibilities.
- χ22Χαλίμαloose woman… xalima/des. It is cited as referring to the Bacchae in Aeschylus (fr. 448 Radt).
- μ820Μέτοικοιmetics, resident aliens… this point the Greek is very obscure; translation tentative. [6] Aeschylus, Agamemnon 57 (web address 4). [7] [Demosthenes] 25.57 and 55 (web address 5); cf. alpha 3913 and epsilon 1514, with the notes there. …
- ε46Ἐγεγήθειrejoiced… ghqe/w (gamma 231) -- must be quoted from somewhere; perhaps (?)Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 157, though there are post-classical possibilities. (For one of them see under pi 631.) The perfect of this verb is used …
- α171Ἀγάστονοςmuch-groaning… 2); it is also attested in a general sense at Aeschylus, Seven against Thebes 99 (web address 3).
- α2574Ἀν' οὖς ἔχωνhaving up ears[1] A gloss on the headword phrase, which is Aeschylus fr. 126. [2] Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 674 (web address 1), with scholion.
- δ1612Δυσέκλυταhard to undo… authors this adjective is attested only in a fragment of Aeschylus, where it is neuter singular. The lexicographers' neuter plural might be extracted from Basil of Caesarea, Homily on the text destruam horrea mea …
- αι57ΑἰγίπλαγκτοςAigiplanktos, Aegiplanctus, goat-wandered… either generic (the epithet 'goat-wandered' in the "Beacon Speech" of Aeschylus, Agamemnon 303: web address 1) or specific. As the latter, most probably Geraneia (gamma 182) in the Megarid, central Greece: so e.g. Barrington …
- β448Βούνομοι ἐπιστροφαίcattle-grazing hauntsThe headword phrase, nominative plural, is Aeschylus fr. 249 (from his lost Philoctetes), quoted by him on-stage in Aristophanes, Frogs 1383 (web address 1 below). [1] The first participle, missing here (Adler's edition marks …
- ε3630ΕὐωρῶI am careless… not independently attested, but its variant eu)wria/zein perhaps occurs in (?)Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 17 (Porson's conjecture for the transmitted e)cw-) and is also attributed, via Hesychius, to Sophocles (the contextless fr. 561 Radt). For …
- κ166Κακορρήμωνill-omenedFor the meaning "ill-omened" see e.g. Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1155 (accusative plural); and for an instance of the primary headword, masculine, see under alpha 2762. [1] Can serve as an adjective in the neuter singular …
- η308Ἡμερόλεγδονby count of daysRare adverb, used by Aeschylus, Persians 63: web address 1.(See also e.g. Aristotle, History of Animals 575a27; Lucian, Lexiphanes 9; Cicero, Letters to Atticus 4.15.3 -- web address 2.) The Suda lacks the gloss …
- κ2020Κομποφακελορρήμοναpomp-bundle-worded… a comic coinage, occurs (Euripides is characterizing the language of Aeschylus). The glossing term itself does not occur outside this context. For fa/kelos, see phi 25, phi 26, phi 27.
- α3570Ἀποσφαλείςhaving been turned aside… must be quoted from somewhere, and the likeliest option is (?)Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 472, which generated a quantity of scholiastic comment. cf. generally alpha 3076, alpha 3573.
- ε799Ἑλεπόλειςcity-destroyers, helepoleis… the application of the adjective e(le/ptolis in tragedy to Helen (Aeschylus, Agamemnon 689) and Iphigeneia (Euripides, Iphigeneia in Aulis 1476, 1511).
- χ339Χλιδανόνluxuriant… early instances in lyric poetry (Sappho fr.60 Lobel-Page) and tragedy (Aeschylus, Persae 544), see generally LSJ s.v.
- α2841Ἄοζοιattendants… is made here between the headword -- for which see Aeschylus, Agamemnon 231 (dative plural), and next note -- and this adjective. (Seemingly, the headword has been misunderstood as the adjective no-branched, which has …
- ε1364Ἐνθουσιᾷis in ecstasy… active, third person singular, of e)nqousia/w) might be extracted from Aeschylus fr. 58 Radt (quoted in [Longinus], On the Sublime 15.6). cf. imperfect at epsilon 1226, and related words at epsilon 1363, epsilon 1365, …