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κ2682Κυμβίαvessels… refers to a type of drinking vessel. For descriptions, see: Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 11.488F [11.77 Kaibel]; Harpokration s.v. kumbi/on (= Photius, Lexicon kappa1199 Theodoridis), commenting on Demosthenes 21.158 (see further below); scholia to Lucian, Dialogues …Matched in noteshighshort
αι6Αἰακίξaiakix, aeacix, aiakis, drinking-cupLikewise in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 11.782F (11.22 Kaibel) cites the hellenistic antiquarian writer Timachidas of Rhodes (tau 599) for what is probably an alternative form of the …Matched in noteshighshort
β577Βρύτιαgrape-pressings, olive-pressings, pomaceLikewise or similarly in other lexica. Ultimately from Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 2.56D (2.47 Kaibel): "the Athenians used to call pressed olives stemphula, while brutea (sic) was their word for what *we* call stemphula, the pressings …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1475Δωροξενίαbribery by a foreigner… abbreviated from Harpokration s.v., where oratory (Lysias, Hyperides) and ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 59.3, are cited. [1] i.e., improperly enrolled as an Athenian citizen.Matched in noteshighshort
η241Ἡλιοτρόπιονsundial[1] In e.g. Athenaeus, Plutarch, and a scholion on Aristophanes, Birds 998. See also sigma 613, omega 199. [2] From gamma 346.Matched in noteshighshort
α1485ἈμμανίταιAmmanitai, Ammanitae, Ammanites, Ammonites… in e.g. a fragment of Nicander [nu 374] quoted in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 2.61A (2.57 Kaibel); but single mu there, i.e. a)mani=tai.Matched in noteshighshort
γ44Γάμβρειος στολήGambreian garbThe phrase almost occurs in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.29F-30A (1.54 Kaibel): "Themistocles received as a present from the King [of Persia] Lampsacus for wine, Magnesia for bread, Myus for fish, and Percote and Palaescepsis for …Matched in noteshighshort
ει97Εἰλαπίνηrevel… headword occurs (in the phrase 'revel or wedding?'). [2] cf. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 8.362F [8.64 Kaibel].Matched in noteshighshort
η52ἩγήμωνHegemonAthenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.5B [1.8 Kaibel], listing writers on banquets (see under tau 599): 'Hegemon of Thasos, surnamed Lentil-soup, whom some classify under Old Comedy'. See also id. 15.699A [15.55 Kaibel]; Aristotle, Poetics 1448a12 (the …Matched in noteshighshort
κ453ΚασσιέπειαKassiepeia, Cassiepia… under alpha 133) perhaps reflects the phrase kalh\ *kassie/peia in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 14.632F [14.32 Kaibel] (quoting Homer, Iliad 8.305, but with this name where the mss of Homer have Kastianeira). [2] Best-attested as that …Matched in noteshighshort
μ1246Μόραblack mulberries, blackberries… and (according to Adler) the Ambrosian Lexicon; and see also Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 2.51B-52A (2.36-37 Kaibel). For the glossing word sykaminon, see also eta 608, sigma 1321.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1272Δὶς κράμβη θάνατοςtwice-cooked cabbage (is) death… see kappa 2318, and generally the dossier of material in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 9.369E-370F (9.9-10 Kaibel).Matched in noteshighshort
μ358Μεγαλεῖον μύρονMegaleian perfumecf. Etymologicum Magnum 574.47-48. But in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 15.690F (15.42 Kaibel) and elsewhere, the name is Megallos and his invention, accordingly, Megalleion: see LSJ s.v. (There was also a dispute about whether he was …Matched in noteshighshort
μ1165ΜνησιστράτιοςMnesistratios, Mnesistratius… of Thasos, mentioned briefly in Diogenes Laertius 3.47; see also Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 7.279D-E (7.10 Kaibel) on the Thasian [word restored] philosophers 'who call themselves Mnesistrateioi'.Matched in noteshighshort
β497Βῶξgrunting-fish, box… a noise; see LSJ s.v. The box is mentioned by Athenaeus (in Deipnosophists 7.286F-287B [7.27 Kaibel], citing Aristotle), as well as grammarians and lexicography. Adler reports a similar entry in the Ambrosian Lexicon. Ps.-Herodian, …Matched in noteshighshort
δ26Δακτυλήθραfinger-shield[1] Likewise, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon [2] Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.6D (1.10 Kaibel); cf. pi 1088 and pi 1591.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2597Κυβίοιςin cubes… sense of chunks of salt-fish (suitable for 'finger food') see Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 3.116E (3.85 Kaibel), dative as here; cf. 3.118B (= 3.87 Kaibel), accusative. In the glossing phrase, klados (kappa 1699) is used in …Matched in noteshighshort
λ339Λεύκωμαwhiteboard… (web address 2). P.J. Rhodes, A Commentary on the Aristotelian Athenaion Politeia (Oxford 1981) 555 lists some alternatives to the present headword.Matched in noteshighshort
α962Ἀκρατοπότηςunmixed-wine-drinker… picked up this habit from the Scythians: Herodotus 6.84; cf. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 10.427B-C (10.29 Kaibel), 10.436E (10.48 Kaibel); Aelian, Varia Historia 2.41. But see also under zeta 163, kappa 203.Matched in noteshighshort
α4481Αὐτίτηνhomemade… accusative case. [1] Teleclides fr. 9 Kock, now 10 K.-A. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.31E (1.57 Kaibel) says that another comic poet, Polyzelus, also uses the term in this way (fr. 1 Kock); and see also …Matched in noteshighshort
χ398Χορείανchoral dance… there are numerous possibilities. [2] What follows is also in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.14D [1.25 Kaibel]; cf. omicron 670. [3] Homer, Iliad 18.605, Odyssey 4.18 (web address 1 and web address 2). [4] Homer, Odyssey …Matched in noteshighshort
δ443ΔημοκλείδαςDemokles-types, sons of Demokles… now 311 Kassel-Austin). Demokles is possibly the parasite mentioned in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 13.584F (13.48 Kaibel), though the name is far too common to be certain of this.Matched in noteshighshort
κ243ΚαλλιφάνηςKalliphanes, Calliphanescf. Clearchus fr.90 Wehrli (in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.4C [1.6 Kaibel]).Matched in noteshighshort
η572Ἦσαν πότ' ἦσαν ἄλκιμοι ΜιλήσιοιMilesians were strong (or) once they were… version of this iambic trimeter; Aristotle (fr. 557 Rose) in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 12.523F [12.26 Kaibel]; and the paroemiographers (e.g. Diogenianus 5.3).Matched in noteshighshort
χ344Χλιδῶσαιto live luxuriantly… (b4) of the lyric poet Philoxenus [phi 393] preserved by Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 4.147A (4.28 Kaibel). cf. generally chi 339, chi 340.Matched in noteshighshort
ε470Ἐκκλησία κυρίαprincipal assembly… [1] cf. epsilon 471. On the ekklesiai see generally ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 43.3-5, with P.J. Rhodes, A Commentary on the Aristotelian Athenaion Politeia (Oxford, 1981) ad loc. Also M.H. Hansen, The Athenian Democracy in …Matched in noteshighshort
α372ἈγρωνίδηςAgronides… is the Illyrian king of the C3 BCE (Polybius 2.2-4; Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 10.439E-440A [10.54 Kaibel]), whose son was Pinnes (Cassius Dio 12.49.3, etc.); alternatively he is the Agron mentioned in Herodotus 1.7, founder of …Matched in noteshighshort
α2018Ἀναπίπτεινto fall back… See also alpha 2019. The source for both entries is Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.23B (1.42 Kaibel). [1] Thucydides 1.70.5, of the Athenians (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
α2487Ἀνθέμιονflower… location on the Athenian acropolis. (For this last, see ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 7.4.) The 'pure gold' sense is attested in the Septuagint: Ecclesiastes 12.6. [1] Western Roman Emperor 467-472 (OCD(4) p.97).Matched in noteshighshort
γ318Γλυκυσίδηpeony… certain plant, contributing toward some absurdity in women". This reflects Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 3.76F (3.11 Kaibel), citing the Glosses of Seleucus [sigma 200]: women avoid eating it because it causes episodes of folly.Matched in noteshighshort

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