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- η225Ἡλικία τῆς πόλεωςmanhood of the city… Lysias 2.49 ('manhood' only: web address 1). [2] Adler cites Demosthenes 1.28; see also Demosthenes 4.7 (web address 2).
- ε3949Ἐφορμεῖνto watchAbridged from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v., with an addendum [1] Demosthenes 3.7. [2] In the Greek the distinction -- dubious, in substance -- is between the verbs e)fedreu/ein and, now, e)nedreu/ein.
- η413ἬωνEon, Eion… in Harpokration s.v., from which the present entry derives. Besides Demosthenes, Harpok. cites Thucydides 4.7 (on the Mende connection; cf. generally mu 593) and Theopompus FGrH 115 F51. [1] The title of the speech …
- α3400ἈπολογίζωI discount, I reckon… [1] The middle aorist infinitive of the same verb. [2] Demosthenes 24.108 (web address 1).
- α3656Ἀποψηφίζονταιthey are voting off… alpha 3657, alpha 3658. [1] Dinarchus fr. LVI.2 Conomis. [2] Demosthenes 57.2.
- γ436Γραφεύςdrawer… Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 996 (web address 1); cf. lambda 439. [2] Demosthenes 21.147 -- where in fact we find noun, not verb: web address 2. (Harpok. had cited Demosthenes for the noun, then adding the …
- ε2417ἘπικράτηςEpikrates, Epicrates… reading (see epsilon 2416, and Harpok.) is "Sakesphoros", Beard-Bearer. [2] Demosthenes 19.277. [3] Lycurgus fr. 20 Conomis. [4] Demosthenes 19.287; cf. kappa 2754.
- α343Ἀγραφίουde-listingAbridged from Harpokration s.v. See also alpha 344. [1] Demosthenes 58.51. [2] Dinarchus fr. XVII.2 Conomis. [3] Lycurgus fr. 7 Conomis.
- α2541Ἀνθυπομοσίαcounter-affidavit… vowel of this word-family is always omega, never omicron.) [2] Demosthenes 48.25 (web address 1).
- ν238Νεῶσιat NeonesFrom Harpokration s.v. [1] Demosthenes 19.148. [2] Herodotus 8.32.1 and 33.1; Androtion FGrH F324 F23.
- γ423Γραμματοκύφωνrecord-porer, penpusherDemosthenes 18.209 (web address 1); again at tau 1047 (q.v.). [1] The comment really misses the point. Demosthenes had chosen (coined?) a word implying a man both physically and morally crippled by a demeaning …
- ε1157Ἐνδεκάζονταςmarking the tenth… these glossing phrases are accusative plural, masculine, present participle. [2] [Demosthenes] 58.40 (where in fact the text is insecure, and most modern editors have preferred orthographical variants).
- μ1458ΜύρτηςMyrtes, Myrtis… also epsilon 2763, theta 134, nu 231, pi 3059. [1] Demosthenes 18.295, where the name is spelled Myrtis rather than Myrtes, as in the Suda; web address 1).
- κ2524ΚτησιφῶνKtesiphon, Ctesiphon, CtesiphoAbbreviated from Harpokration s.v. (quoting Demosthenes 19.94 and citing Aeschines 2.12ff and 3 passim), where already this distinction between two contemporary homonyms (PA 8893 and 8894; LGPN ii s.v., nos. 4 and 5) is …
- β168Βασκαίνειis malevolent, is slanderous… point). [1] (cf. beta 169.) Similarly in syntactical lexica. [2] Demosthenes 18.189 (web address 1). [3] Earlier, rather: Demosthenes 18.108 (web address 2).
- δ465Δημοτευόμενοςbeing a demesman[1] Demosthenes 44.39 (web address 1), 57.49 & 55 (web address 2). [2] From Harpokration s.v., commenting on Antiphon fr. 67 Sauppe.
- γ178ΓέρραscreensAbridged and adapted from Harpokration s.v., who besides Herodotus and Demosthenes (below) cites [Demosthenes] 59.90. See also gamma 177, gamma 205. [1] See Herodotus 7.61.1. [2] Demosthenes 18.169.
- η53ἩγήμωνHegemon… s.v., with an infelicitous extra paragraph: see n.2 below [1] Demosthenes 18.285. [2] Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 15.699A [15.56 Kaibel], cf. 1.5B [1.8]. But the Hegemon in Demosthenes, an Athenian of the C4 BCE, is quite …
- μ1288ΜουνυχίαMounychiaFrom Harpokration s.v. See also mu 1287. [1] Demosthenes 18.107 (web address 1). [2] Hellanicus FGrH 323a F5a.
- α2124Ἀναφοράνreferral… The headword noun is in the accusative case (extracted from Demosthenes: see below). [1] Demosthenes 18.219 (web address 1)--actually FOR Ktesiphon. [2] Quotation unidentifiable.
- λ862ΛυσίμαχοςLysimachos, LysimachusCarelessly abridged from Harpokration s.v. [1] Demosthenes 20.115 (web address 1). (The title of the speech is textually corrupt here.) [2] Aristides: alpha 3903. [3] Lycurgus fr. 25 Conomis.
- κ48Καθελώνhaving overpowered… is aorist active participle of kaqaire/w, masculine nominative singular. [1] Demosthenes 23.53, on one of the situations where Athenian law recognised justifiable homicide. [2] Stesichorus fr. 19 Lobel-Page; Sophocles fr.205 Radt.
- ε4012Ἐχῖνοςvase, echinos, coney, sea-urchin; Echinos… For the primary sense given see also epsilon 4013. [1] Demosthenes 49.65; ?Aristotle, Ath.Pol. 53.2; Aristophanes fr.263 Kock (274 Kassel-Austin). [2] Actually Demosthenes 9.34. It was on the northern shore of the Malian Gulf: …
- β178ΒάταλοςBatalos, BatalusSimilarly in other lexica. From the scholia to Demosthenes 18.180 (web address 1). The nickname is also referred to at Aeschines 2.99 (web address 2). While there is some evidence that 'Bat(t)alos' means 'stammerer', …
- α3475Ἀποπεφασμένονdeclared… 1; see also fr.14 Conomis); Lysias 10.19 (web address 2); [Demosthenes] 59.67 (web address 3) - all cited from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v.
- ν123Νεβρίζωνfawnskinning… nu 125, nu 126, and see generally LSJ s.v. [1] Demosthenes 18.259 (web address 1).
- ε2679Ἐπιτείχισμαassault-fort… s.v., commenting on the appearance of this neuter noun in Demosthenes 18.71, and also drawing attention to a related one in the same speech: see note below. See also epsilon 2677, epsilon 2678. [1] …
- ε1171Ἔνδειξιςendeixis, exposure… present entry abridges Harpokration s.v. [1] In classical Athens. [2] Demosthenes 25 and 26, passim.
- α2861Ἄπαγεstop! arrest!… The Suda's source now becomes Harpokration s.v. [3] Adler cites Demosthenes 22.26, where indeed this imperative occurs. However, Harpok.'s fuller entry had specified the speech Against Konon; so Demosthenes 54.1 (web address 1) must …
- δ172Δεκαδαρχίαιtenfold-regimes… and 5.95; also cited are Isocrates 12.67 and (as below) Demosthenes. [1] In the late C5 BCE, after their victory in the Peloponnesian War. A variant term, in (e.g.) Xenophon, is dekarxi/a (cf. mu …