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ε1124Ἔναραspoils, trappings… also Hesychius epsilon2657, with the additional gloss la/fura [also in Eustathius, Commentary on the Iliad 1.189)] and epsilon2660. [2] Greek Anthology 6.163.6-7 (Meleager [Author, Myth]); cf. epsilon 1390, with the better reading e)nopa=s "of …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1387Ἐν ὅλμῳ ἐκοιμήθη(he) slept in a hollow… epsilon3230; see also e.g. Pausanias the Atticist fr. 167 (in Eustathius); Photius, Lexicon epsilon997 (cf. 996) Theodoridis; Etymologicum Magnum 344.39-40. First, the verb in the proverb itself is apparently not e)koimh/qh but eu)na/sw, "I …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1490Ἐντροπαλιζόμενοςturning around… e.g. Iliad 17.109 (web address 2) and commentary thereto (e.g. Eustathius on Iliad 11.547). The feminine form e)ntropalizome/nh occurs at Iliad 6.496 (web address 3), and this engenders similar lexicographical attention (e.g. Apollonius, Homeric …

ε1124

Ἔναρα

spoils, trappings

[Meaning things that constitute] loot/booty. "Like the ones [seen] not face to face, but as trappings of the dances that you use as ornaments for the nuptial chamber". Also [sc. attested is the related verb] e)nai/rein,…

Ἔναρα· τὰ σκῦλα. οἷά περ οὐκ ἐνοπιᾶς, ἀλλὰ χορῶν ἔναρα, οἷς θάλαμον κοσμεῖτε γαμήλιον. καὶ Ἐναίρειν, τὸ τὰ ὅπλα σκυλεύειν.

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Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝1

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Konstantinos Kopanias1

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ε2221Ἐπιάλτηνnightmare… (and more briefly), in Moeris, Hesychius, and other lexica. Post-Suda, Eustathius cites it as from a rhetorical lexicon: Commentary on the Iliad, 561.16 and Commentary on the Odyssey, 1687.52. [1] cf. epsilon 3909, iota …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2257Ἐπιβύσαςhaving stopped up… bebusme/nos, bu/ousi. [1] Homer, Odyssey 4.134 (web address 1); see Eustathius ad loc.; also quoted in Photius s.v. kro/khn nh/qein le/gousin and Etymologicum Magnum s.vv. nh=ma, para/buston. [2] Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 379 (web address …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2500Ἐπίορκον ἀνώμοσενswore a false oath… reading known to early commentators (and rejected by them; cf. Eustathius ad loc.), and it is conceivable that this could be behind the Suda's erroneous reading. [1] A garbled paraphrase of comments from the …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2519Ἐπιπλώσαςhaving sailed upon… similar entries in other lexica (beginning with Hesychius epsilon5072); also Eustathius ad loc. [2] Homer, Iliad 6.291 (web address 2). [3] According to the scholia to the aforementioned Homeric lines, plw/s is produced by …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2614Ἐπιστάτηςepistates, pot-stand, trivet… address 1) with scholion; cf. Aristophanes of Byzantium reported by Eustathius in his Commentary on the Odyssey 1827.47. Dunbar's long note on the Aristophanes passage begins by pointing out that '[t]his must refer to …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2670Ἐπιτετράφαταιthey are entrusted… plural, of e)pitre/pw, in what ancient authorities (Apollonius, Herodian 3.2.223, Eustathius ad loc.) identify as an Ionic form. The gloss is simply a more common periphrasis for the perfect middle. All attestations of this …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2713Ἐπίτονοςbackstay… Defined differently in scholia ad loc., Hesychius epsilon5343, and (post-Suda) Eustathius ad loc. Modern scholars differ on whether to interpret the term as 'backstay' (e.g. Casson 1986: 260-1), or something else (e.g. Morrison and …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2790Ἐπλωΐσατοsailed… plural (an addition of one letter in the Greek) in Eustathius.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2952Ἐρεικτάrent… Aristophanes, Frogs 505 (web address 1), with the scholia; cf. Eustathius, Commentary on Homer, Iliad 941.23.Matched in noteshighshort

ε3292Ἕτερονone thing, one of two things… Homer, Iliad 9.313 (web address 2), with scholion; see also Eustathius ad loc.Matched in noteshighshort

ε3510ΕὔθυμοςEuthymos, Euthumos, Euthymus… of Italy, just north of the "foot". Strabo 6.1.5 and Eustathius (1409 on Homer, Odyssey 1.185, copying Strabo) call the hero Polites. According to Strabo the shrine lay near the city of Temesa and …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3787Εὐοῖ σαβοῖEuoi, Euoi, Saboi!… to a Phrygian or Thracian tribe (Stephanus of Byzantium s.v.; Eustathius, Commentary on Dionysius Periegetes 1069.5, also mentioning an Indian tribe of the name and the Arabian Sabai). Hippolytus, however, in his account of …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3857Ἐφ' ἕνδεκα κώπαιςon eleven oars… goes, though one could query 'prov[erbial]': only the scholiasts (and Eustathius) had anything to say about it, not the paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort

ε3971Ἔφυγον κακόν εὗρον ἄμεινονthey escaped a bad thing [and] found a better… proverb are found in (e.g.) Zenobius 3.98, Hesychius, Photius, and Eustathius' Commentary on the Odyssey (1726.18), but with one noteworthy difference: in these other versions, the boy is said to 'be crowned' (ste/fesqai) rather …Matched in noteshighmedium

ει109Εἴλλεινto cram, to press, to squash… Cod. M). [3] Homer, Iliad 13.572; cf. iota 298 (q.v.), Eustathius 3 p.165. [4] Thucydides 2.76.1, abridged (siege of Plataiai, 429 BCE); cf. epsilon 1282 and tau 130. The Suda and almost every manuscript …Matched in noteshighmedium

ει184Εἰρεσιώνηeiresione… whole first paragraph) cf. Pausanias the Atticist fr. 157 = Eustathius on Homer, Iliad 22.495 (page 1283.6; scholia on Aristophanes, Knights 729 and Wealth [Plutus] 1054 (Duebner); Bekker, Anecdota 1.246.27; Etymologicum Magnum 303.18; Plutarch, …Matched in noteshighlong

ει324Εἰς Τροιζῆνα δεῖ βαδίζεινyou need a walk to Troezen… downright false: see LSJ s.v. pw/gwn (web address 2), citing Eustathius 287.14.Matched in noteshighshort

ει325Εἰστρυπᾶνto slip in through a hole… entry in ps.-Zonaras; and cf. Aelius Dionysius fr. 161 (in Eustathius). cf. tau 1102.Matched in noteshighshort

η46Ἠγερέεσθαιto gather together… the mss have that reading (also in Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, Eustathius, and elsewhere); modern editions, though (e.g. Monro & Allen: web address 1), favour the Aristarchan/Aristonican h)gere/qesqai. This Homeric gloss is paralleled in the …Matched in noteshighshort

η49ἨγηλάζωI guide, I lead… texts: e.g. the Synagoge (Lexica Segueriana alpha12.14); Photius, Lexicon alpha161; Eustathius, Commentaries on Homer's Odyssey 1.441. In a scholion to Herodotus 5.72 the sense of the verb is considered to be diw/kein, fugadeu/ein, e)pita/ttein, …Matched in noteshighshort

η50Ἥγημαpurpose… of the eagle (often quoted by the Church Fathers). Only Eustathius uses this term -- once -- without quoting Ezekiel (Commentarius in hexameron 724.23, on animals that can live in and out of water). …Matched in noteshighshort

η62Ἡ γλῶττα τῷ κήρυκι τούτων τέμνεταιthe tongue of these is cut for the herald… tongue of the sacrificial victims was dedicated to the god. Eustathius, for instance, in Commentaries on Homer's Odyssey 1.131, reports as a proverbial expression ta/mnete glw/ssas, literally, 'cut the tongues!', meaning make a sacrifice! …Matched in noteshighshort

η283Ἦμαρday… [4] alphaiota 352. [5] epsilon 3829. [6] eta 151. [7] Eustathius I.154.38, citing Herodian's Symposium. Needless to say, there is no particular connection between the type of declension (neuter nouns in -os) and the …Matched in noteshighmedium

η286Ἤμβροτενmissed (the mark or goal)… or hitting the mark through its use in two proverbs. Eustathius describes them as follows. " 'You missed and did not hit' (h)/mbrotes oud’ e)/tuxes, Iliad 5.287) is proverbial for those who fail to …Matched in noteshighshort

κ2Καββαλίςkabbalis… suggests that the lexicographer has this sense in mind; cf. Eustathius, Commentary on the Odyssey 1.42.31 Stallbaum.Matched in noteshighshort

κ47Καθεκάστην Καθέκασταevery single… "every single Sunday". For other instances of the adverb see Eustathius, ad Il. 2.87-90 tw=n k. ginome/nwn, ad Od. 20.149 e(/na k. komi/zein "to bring one after another", ad Od. 22.444 ta\ k. xrh/sima …Matched in noteshighshort

κ216ΚαλλιγόλαςCaligula… e)n stratope/dw| gennhqh=nai) when discussing Caligula’s birth in the camps. Eustathius (12th century) appears to adopt the story from Athenaeus in his commentary on Homer, Iliad (2.810). For Latin sources which Aelian may have …Matched in noteshighshort

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