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- α3520Ἀποσιμῶσαιto moon [someone]; to make ships swerve… see chiefly A.W. Gomme, A Historical Commentary on Thucydides iii (Oxford 1956) 465; S. Hornblower, A Commentary on Thucydides ii (Oxford 1996) 183.
- β578ΒρυτίδαιBrutidai, Brutidae, Brutids… import of the name defies interpretation (Robert Parker, Athenian Religion [Oxford 1996] 57, 288).
- λ786Λύδιον μέλοςLydian mode… lambda 783 etc.) See generally M.L. West, Ancient Greek Music (Oxford 1992) 177-84, esp. 181-2. The glossing phrase, lacking (Adler reports) in mss AFV, is taken from delta 1461; cf. delta 1462.
- κ2686Κυμίνδιοςkumindis, kymindis… Aristophanes, Birds, edited with introduction and commentary by Nan Dunbar (Oxford 1995) 609-610. cf. chi 45.
- α2236Ἀνεκήκιενgushed forth… the scholia to Homer, Iliad 13.705, where a)nakhki/ei occurs (of oxen sweating): see web address 1.
- ε84ἘγκαίνιαConsecration, Dedication, Encaenia… has been preserved in some present-day colleges and universities, notably Oxford, for what is otherwise called Commencement.
- ι29Ἰαμβύκαιiambucas, sambucascf. sigma 73, and generally M.L. West, Ancient Greek Music (Oxford 1992) 75-77, including observations on the discrepant initial letter and on the false connection with iambics.
- ι379Ἶνιςinis… which can also be feminine: see LSJ -- occurs in Cypriote dialect inscriptions up to Roman times. (Information from Georgia Bazemore.)
- δ500Διαβάλλεινto bring across, to cross, to mislead, to slander… of Arrian, Anabasis 3.29.3 (with the proper names 'Alexander' and 'Oxos' supplied from the context); cf. omega 127. [7] A marginal gloss, absent from mss GTFV. It seems to be taken from the syntactical …
- α4427Αὐθημερόνthat very day… as extracted from the Septuagint (Proverbs 12.16). The adverb is oxytone (Herodian the Grammarian 1.491), although the adjective is proparoxytone. See LSJ s.v. cf. alpha 4474.
- λ203ΛαιστρυγονίαLaistrygonia, Laestrygonia… in Gomme, Andrewes, Dover, A Historical Commentary on Thucydides iv (Oxford 1970) 210-11; OCD(4) s.v. Laestrygones.
- δ1705ΔύστροςDustros, Dystros, Dystrus… generally N.G.L. Hammond and G.T.Griffith, A History of Macedonia 2 (Oxford 1979) 48. [1] Addendum lacking, Adler reports, in mss FV (and in ps.-Zonaras).
- λ725ΛωγάνιοςLoganios; dewlap… lwga/nion (variously spelled: cf. lambda 637) as the dewlap of oxen see LSJ s.v., calling it an Ambraciote/Epireote word (i.e. from NW Greece).
- λ822Λύκου πτεράwolf's feathers… 'fear' aspect features in the background material (about wolves and oxen) in Apostolius 10.80.
- μ603ΜενέλαοςMenelaos, Menelaus… N.G.L. Hammond and G.T. Griffith, A History of Macedonia, ii (Oxford 1979) 176 (stemma) and Appendix 1.
- ε1670Ἑξέτειsix-year… is attested as barytone (accented on the next-to-last syllable) or oxytone (accented on the last syllable). Grammarians discuss this variation in compounds of e)/tos "year." Some say that it is a difference of dialect, …
- α4073Ἀρχαῖον τὸ κιθαρίζεινkithara-playing [is] old-fashioned… various kinds of bowl-lyre, see M.L. West, Ancient Greek Music (Oxford 1992) 48-70.
- α275ἉγνίαςHagnias… of Oion (c.445-396) see Lexicon of Greek Personal Names vol.2 (Oxford 1994) s.v. Hagnias no.15.
- κ1332Κεντηνάριονcentenarium, hundred-pounds-weight… A centenarium is equal to 32 kilograms in weight; cf. Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium s.v. kentenarion.
- λ339Λεύκωμαwhiteboard… 2). P.J. Rhodes, A Commentary on the Aristotelian Athenaion Politeia (Oxford 1981) 555 lists some alternatives to the present headword.
- ε648Ἐκτιθέναι τὰ βρέφηto expose infants… 1.112.1 (web address 1); Aristophanes, Clouds 530-1 (web address 2); Oxyrhynchus Papyri 744.G (web address 3).
- κ1416Κερόεσσαhorned… can refer to (e.g.) the horned Moon, carriages drawn by oxen, and ornaments made of horn -- see generally LSJ s.v. -- but the repeated glossing here is suggestive, rather, of braided hair-styles (for …
- α230ἈγήταςAgetas… time: so F.W. Walbank, A Historical Commmentary on Polybius vol.I (Oxford 1957 and reprints) 622. "Strategus" was a title of chief magistrates in various Greek cities: see LSJ s.v. A.II.2.
- κ1650Κινύραkinyra, kinnor… the kithara see kappa 1590. M.L. West, Ancient Greek Music (Oxford 1992) 60: "In the interests of completeness I should perhaps mention kinyra, which is the Greek rendering of the Hebrew כִּנוֹר kinnor (Septuagint, …
- β244Βερέσχεθοιbereschethoi, boobies… noted in LSJ s.v., appears in a papyrus glossary from Oxyrhynchus.
- ε470Ἐκκλησία κυρίαprincipal assembly… with P.J. Rhodes, A Commentary on the Aristotelian Athenaion Politeia (Oxford, 1981) ad loc. Also M.H. Hansen, The Athenian Democracy in the Age of Demosthenes (Oxford 1991) 125-160. [2] Sc. of each month. The …
- ε3973Ἐφ' ὕδωρon water-duty… 1743, and generally Stephen Todd, The Shape of Athenian Law (Oxford 1993) 130-132. [1] In classical Athens.
- μ375Μεγαλωστίgreatly, vastly[1] For the headword see already mu 374. [2] Oxyartes to Chorienes in Arrian, Anabasis 4.21.7 (with 'of the king' rather than Alexander's name).
- δ1313Δμώςprison-of-war, slave (taken in war)… For its feminine counterpart see delta 1312. [2] Accented thus (oxytone), this is genitive singular of the headword; dmw=os (properispomenon) would be an alternative form of the nominative.
- ε3279Ἐτέκταινονthey were constructing, I was constructing… form of the gloss (epsilon6530). Adler cites as comparanda Anecdota Oxoniensia 2.439.3 and the Ambrosian Lexicon (2239).