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- λ71Λάκτινpestle[1] The noun -- quoted from Callimachus: see next note -- and its glosses are all in the accusative singular. Not the usual word for a pestle, which may be doi=duc (e.g. Aristophanes, Knights …
- α3092Ἀπευθέεςignorant[1] Nominative plurals; the headword is Callimachus, Hecale fr. 282. [2] See alpha 4604 for this in reverse.
- ι330Ἰλυοῖσιlairs… given. Variant of ei)leo/s: cf. epsiloniota 110, iota 305. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 336, with scholion.
- ε874Ἑλίχρυσοςgold-twist, helichrysum… attribute the information in this entry to Saloustios' commentary on Callimachus' Hekale (the apparent source of the subsequent quotation). A different interpretation of the headword is provided by Hesychius epsilon2122. For ivy see kappa …
- α4645Ἀφραστύεςfollies… Here nominative plural, presumably extracted from the quotation given. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 318 Pfeiffer. See also the scholia there.
- β225Βέβυστοhas been stuffed full, is stuffed full… extracted from the quotation given. [1] cf. beta 224. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 320, with scholion.
- ν361Νήχυτος ἔρωςfull-flowing love… unattested, seems (as Adler noted) to be a misquotation of Callimachus' nh/xutos eu)rw/s (for which see epsilon 3707). [1] Correct; cf. nu 295.
- κ2713ΚυνθιάδεςKynthos' children, Cynthus' children… of Delos; cf. Barrington Atlas map 61 grid A3. [1] Callimachus, Epigram 62.1-2 Pfeiffer (= Greek Anthology 6.121.1-2). "Kynthos' children" could have meant Apollo and Artemis, since they were said to have been born …
- α633Ἀείπλαναever-wandering [lips]The headword is neuter plural, from the quotation given. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 310 Pfeiffer, with the glossing of the scholia thereto.
- λ594ΛίποιμιI might leave… quoted by Stobaeus, though other extant possibilities include Euripides and Callimachus.
- α4236Ἄστηνοιrootless [men], vagrantsThe headword occurs in Callimachus, Hecale fr.275 Pfeiffer, and this is the etymology the lexicographers saw in it.
- η550Ἠρώησενforced back… glossing can be relied on, it was used transitively; perhaps Callimachus, Hymn to Delos 133.
- α2410Ἀνηλεήςmerciless, pitiless… generally nu 311. There are instances in Aeschines (2.163), Menander, Callimachus, Appian and elsewhere.
- α3014Ἄπελοςulcer… Etymologicum Magnum 331.5-6. The headword, a neuter noun, occurs in Callimachus (fr. 343).
- μ114Μαλκίστατονmost freezing, very freezing… the superlative degree of the adjective ma/lkios (mu 113). [1] Callimachus, Hecale fr.3 48 Pfeiffer, with scholion.
- α244Ἀγκάσασθαιto arm up… 1), here in the aorist infinitive. From the scholia to Callimachus, Hecale fr. 236 Pfeiffer, where the phrase li/qon a)gka/ssasqai (sic) occurs.
- λ588Λιπερνῆτιςpauper-woman, poor womanThe headword occurs in Callimachus, Hecale fr. 254 Pfeiffer. cf. generally lambda 589 (and see epsilon 3052 for 'shoot').
- κ1052Κατηναρισμέναςhaving been slaughtered… us back from e)/nara to sku=la and the quotation from Callimachus (fr. 677 Pfeiffer = SH 268B). There is also some confusion in this second part of the explanation. The quotation from Callimachus attests …
- αι158Αἰθύξασαhaving stirred… extracted from the quotation given. [1] Likewise in ps.-Zonaras. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 241, with scholion.
- ι545ἹππίαςHippias… is, ten generals (under the overall command of the polemarch Callimachus, about to be mentioned). [4] Again at kappa 226. [5] [Again, summarily, at pi 1962, and in most respects for the worse there …
- α2834Ἄξοονuncarved… (as feminine) in the phrase "uncarved board" (a)/coos sani/s) in Callimachus, Aetia fr. 100.
- γ363Γοερόνmournful… from somewhere) is neuter nominative/accusative singular of this adjective. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 323.
- ε2283Ἐπιδαίσιος οἶκοςallotted houseCallimachus uses the headword phrase (in the accusative) at Hymn to Zeus 59; similar entries in other lexica are derived from commentary on this verse.
- η250Ἠλιτενὴς πέτραlofty rock… identified. Adler (apparatus) draws attention to its mistaken attribution to Callimachus' Hecale (as fr. 133 Kapp) but has no alternative suggestion to make.
- κ1194Καίρωμαravel, thrum-row… the warp are attached: so Aelius Dionysius. Attested in (e.g.) Callimachus frs. 80 and 547. Equivalent to kai=ros. See also kappa 1193, kappa 1195.
- ε2898ἘρατοσθένηςEratosthenes… from St. Andrews at web address 1. [1] kappa 227: Callimachus. [2] So the transmitted text, bh/mata, but it is a mistake for bh=ta (the letter which comes second in the alphabet: thus, no.2, …
- ε800Ἔλλερα ἔργαevil worksThe headword phrase, neuter plural, stems from Callimachus, Hecale fr.283.1. Eustathius on Homer, Iliad 6.183 explains the adjective as a dialect form: e)/llera kata\ dia/lekton ta\ kaka/. For comparable glosses (e)xqra/, pole/mia, a)/dika) see …
- ει49Εἰδυλίσαwise woman… see epsiloniota 21. If so, its source seems to be Callimachus, Hecale fr. 282 Pfeiffer.
- λ207Λαίφηgarment, shift… see generally LSJ s.v. (Another sense at chi 334.) [3] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 239 Pfeiffer.
- ε854Ἑλικώτατον ὕδωρmost swirling water, very swirling waterLikewise in ps.-Zonaras. The headword phrase is ascribed to Callimachus, Hecale fr.299.1 Pfeiffer (116.1 Hollis; 101a Kapp, 290 Schneider), and occurs in the context of a longer fragment where it is used to describe …