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- α390Ἄγχαυροςnear-morning… "morning". The adjective a)/gxauros occurs (of "night") in Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4.111. [2] Homer, Odyssey 5.469.
- α311Ἀγορῆθενfrom the agora… 'from the agora' for his evening meal) and Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.877.
- δ306Δειελινόνin the afternoon, in the evening… 261.18. The headword form is perhaps extracted from Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.452. [2] Another poetic form; perhaps extracted from Homer, Odyssey 17.606.
- ε4014ἘχίωνEchion… of Hermes and twin brother of Erytos, both of them Argonauts and participants in the Calydonian boar-hunt. The present entry presumably concerns the latter; cf. in any case iota 368.
- κ499Καταγινέωνbringing back, recalling… (79.1); Stein, however, prefers 'bringing down', as the grove of Argos [Myth, Place] lay on a hill." (taken from How & Wells: see web address 2).
- κ2718Κυνοραϊσταίdog-ticks… the pathetic description of Odysseus' faithful but neglected old dog Argos [Myth, Place] (web address 1). See also kappa 2719. An affliction of foxes as well as dogs: see the Aesop fable recounted in …
- α1674ἈμυμώνειοςAmymonian… was the daughter of Danaus who went for water at Argos [Myth, Place], was rescued from a satyr, then seduced by Poseidon, who created a spring in commemoration and named it after her. See …
- α3791ἈργυρίππηArgyrippe… common. Chief city of the Daunians and also known as Argos [Myth, Place] Hippium.
- ε1100Ἐνναέταιinhabitants… from somewhere -- apparently (to judge from scholia) Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.1048, or Oppian, Halieutica 3.628. [2] Greek Anthology 6.168.2 (Paul the Silentiary), Xenophilus kills the boar and dedicates its hide to Pan. Find …
- λ499Λιγαίνωνcrying out… 11.685 (web address 1). Perhaps quoted here from Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.740 (web address 2). [1] Same or similar glossing in the Synagoge and elsewhere: see the references at Photius lambda298 Theodoridis. [2] cf. …
- ε2837Ἐπωμαδόνshoulder-high, on the shoulders… and cf. upsilon 741. [1] Adverb, used by Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.738 (web address 1) and 4.1770, and by later poets. [2] Adjective, used by Theocritus, Idylls 29.29 (web address 2: spelled e)pomma/dios in …
- λ829ΛυκώρειαLykoreus, Lykorian… and a personal name in its own right. Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 2.51 invented (according to the scholia thereto) a Lycoreus as the attendant of King Amykos; and the city Lykoreia had -- inevitably -- …
- α4563Ἀφάσσωνgroping for… a)fa/sswn, however, is quoted from somewhere else: either Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4.428, or Lycophron, Alexandra 114; the scholia to both passages gloss it as here.
- ε2755Ἐπιφροσύνῃwith thoughtfulness… somewhere: probably Oppian loc.cit., though other possibilities are Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 3.659, and Philo Judaeus (eight instances). [1] cf. generally epsilon 2756.
- β131Βαρυνόμενοςweighed-down… of Philopoimen (phi 409), which entailed a hurried journey from Argos [Myth, Place] to Megalopolis - see delta 513; F.W. Walbank, A Historical Commentary on Polybius iii (1979) 239-240.
- κ191ΚάλαϊςKalais, Calais… sons of Boreas (see under beta 390). cf. Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.211ff. [2] Blue-green. [3] Purportedly an abbreviated phrase from Aeschylus, Agamemnon 923, but the text there has the noun ka/llesin, not the Suda's …
- α2501ἌνθειαAntheia… entry derives from Harpokration s.v. [1] In the Peloponnese, near Argos [Myth, Place], according to Stephanus of Byzantium. [2] cf. alpha 2644 (and phi 457). On the hetaira Anteia see Konstantinos Kapparis, Apollodoros 'Against …
- α826Ἄκαιναakaina… other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 3.1323. See already under alpha 825. Dimensions in akainai are especially common in the technical treatises of Hero [Author, Myth](n), but see also …
- ι124Ἴδμοναhaving knowledge… i)/dmwn. It must be quoted from somewhere, perhaps Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 2.816 (web address 1), where it occurs as a proper name. [2] Likewise accusative (from the quotation which follows); already at epsilon 2317. …
- λ593ΛίπτωI am eager… in other lexica and in a scholion on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4.813 (where the present active participle occurs: web address 1). [2] Perfect infinitive of li/ptomai; evidently quoted from somewhere, but actually attested only …
- ε2482Ἐπινάστειοςincomer… headword noun is unattested outside lexicography, apart from Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.795, where it occurs in the nominative plural, and with an iota (e)pina/stioi) in place of the epsilon-iota digraph found in the lexicographers …
- κ1412ΚερκυώνKerkyon, Cercyon… 3, Kerkyon is one of the six hazards of the Argos [Myth, Place]-to-Athens road disposed of by Theseus. [2] Again at phi 150. "Kerkyra" is the present-day island of Corfu. For this as the …
- α1758Ἀμφιρρῶγαςjagged, splintered… quotation given, but is more probably quoted from Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.995; see the scholia there. [1] Greek Anthology 6.109.3 (Antipater), a hunter's dedication to Pan; cf. Gow and Page vol. I (44-45), vol. …
- ε2154Ἐπήβολοςcapable, possessing, skilled… headword without an objective genitive (though cf. already Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 2.1280, 4.1380).
- α2499Ἀνθ' Ἑρμίωνοςinstead of Hermione… the Babylonians of Aristophanes. [1] At the tip of the Argolid: epsilon 3043.
- κ1530Κῆρker, heart, spirit… 210. Apollo had sent Vengeance to inflict his wrath on Argos [Myth, Place] (cf. alpha 3766) for the death of his infant child, born by the Argive princess Psamathe. Vengeance then stole babies from …
- ε2502Ἐπιωγήshelter… earliest attestation in the singular (although accusative) is Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4.1640, and it is possible that the Suda's entry is based on the scholia to that passage, where we also find the same …
- λ312Λευγαλέαςbaneful… from the quotation given (though see also e.g. Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.295). The glosses are paralleled in other lexica and in the scholia to Homer, Iliad 13.97 (where the genitive singular occurs). [2] Greek …
- η429Ἤπειροςmainland… Homeric Lexicon, and cf. also a scholion on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4.71; Euripides fr. 1010. [2] Source unidentifiable.
- δ1632Δυσήνυκτονhard to accomplish… Patristic texts. [1] See also the scholia to Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 502: a(nh/nutos: duskato/rqwtos.