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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
κ1243Κεκληγότεςhaving shouted… it shows up only in a couple of twelfth-century authors (Eustathius of Thessalonica, Commentary on the Odyssey 1.132.9; Eugene of Palermo 24.101).Matched in noteshighshort
κ1582Κιγκλίδαςlatticed gates… Aristophanes (see above), the etymology is also alluded to by Eustathius, Commentary to the Iliad III p. 420 van der Valk, deriving both dikli/s (the "double-folding" of the definition) and kigkli/s from klei/s.Matched in noteshighshort
μ646Μεσάτμῳto a weaver's beam… least provides an etymology for the word ("middle 'anvil'?"); and Eustathius, Commentary on Odyssey 8.107, explicitly posits mesa/kmwn.Matched in noteshighshort
α2342Ἀνευάσαιto raise the cry Euoi!… to do this, or Philodamus in his Paean to Dionysus (Eustathius, Commentary on Dionysius Periegetes 566.35). The prefix ana- implies the beginning of the action that follows. The verb is found both in this …Matched in noteshighshort
λ150Λατύπηchips of stone; gypsum… lambda411 gives "what has been chopped off a stone", and Eustathius, Commentary on Dionysius the Periegete 521, "the little stones that spring out in hewing". These definitions correspond to LSJ s.v. I "the chips …Matched in noteshighshort
μ978Μήρινθοςline… Hercher). For other applications of the proverb see omicron 292; Eustathius, On the Taking of Thessalonica 42.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3154Ἐς κόρακαςto the crows… 3155, and generally Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.771. [1] Eustathius, in his commentary to Homer, Odyssey 13.408, attributes to a Pausanias (not the topographer but the Attic lexicographer: his fr.183 Schwabe) a somewhat …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1189Διοπομπεῖσθαιto escort [evil] away… web address 1, Synagoge alpha828). For the general equivalence see Eustathius on Homer, Odyssey 10.481 a)/llws de\ koino/teron diopompei=n kai\ a)podiopompei=n e)fai/neto. The substantive diopomph/ can be found in Etymologicum Gudianum 147.54, with the …Matched in noteshighshort
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
ε3864Ἐφέσια γράμματαEphesian letters… post-Suda, Etymologicum Magnum 402.23 (Kallierges), the paroemiographer Apostolius (11.29), and Eustathius, Commentary on the Odyssey vol. 2.201 lines 43ff. The entry is primarily in reported speech, which appears in its correct context in Eustathius …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
α1817ἈναγαλλίςAnagallis… (scholion T to Iliad 18.483-606, scholion D to Iliad 18.490; Eustathius on Iliad 18.490).Matched in noteshighshort
δ1399Δορύξενοςspear-friendcf. iota 114. [1] Pausanias the Atticist fr. 282 (Eustathius I.405.46). See generally zeta 117, zeta 120, zeta 121, zeta 122. [2] (sc. in Homer, Iliad 6.119ff.) Scholion on Sophocles, Electra 46 (web address …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
α4255Ἄστρια(?)knucklebones… for a)stri/a, the unattested nominative singular of a)stri/as, read by Eustathius in Suetonius (*peri\ paidi/wn 1.18, ed. Taillardat pp. 66, 155), or else is an error for a)/strias (the accusative plural of a)/stris), to …Matched in noteshighshort
λ10Λαβρώνιονlabronion… and the neuter, a feminine labrwni/a is also noted in Eustathius' Commentary on the Iliad.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
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
α841Ἀκέσασθαι καὶ Ἀκέσαιto heal… 432 -- but this assertion, repeated there, makes little sense. Eustathius (1647.56) vigorously denies the relationship between the word for stitching and the word akestria for 'healer', and this entry perhaps reflects a confused …Matched in noteshighshort
ε854Ἑλικώτατον ὕδωρmost swirling water, very swirling water… cf. scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.98 (web address 1), and Eustathius's commentary on the same passage. As Pfeiffer notes, Salustii igitur ad Hecalam explanatio valde differt ab Homeri interpretibus. In favor of the latter …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1105Κατώγειονunderground… into Modern Greek (katw/gi, katw/i). *)anw/geios does not appear before Eustathius (Commentary on the Iliad vol.2 p.301); it has likewise survived into Modern Greek (a)nw/gi, a)nw/i).Matched in noteshighshort
κ2357Κραιπάληcarousal, hangover… p. 163 Gaisford, the Etymologicum Gudianum, the Etymologicum Magnum, and Eustathius, Commentary on Iliad 1.200. [4] A more strained folk etymology, also from the scholia to Aristophanes, Plutus 298; cf. n.2 above.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
κ1874Κνίζωνscratching… 6.25; cf. the scholia thereto). [2] Herodian the grammarian, in Eustathius' Commentary on the Odyssey 1745.64 and 1746.12. On hypothetical monosyllabic verbs, see phi 394 (Philoxenos of Alexandria). [3] Greek Anthology 6.238.3 (Apollonides), a …Matched in noteshighshort
α90ἈβροτάζωI miss (someone on the way)… Lexicon 3.1 (= Hesychius alpha205, and cf. Etymologicum Gudianum 3.25ff., Eustathius Commentary on Iliad 10.65), probably following Aristarchus, on Homer's plural.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1395Δόρυ κηρύκειονa spear as a herald's wand… 1546. [2] In Boeotia. [3] Pausanias the Atticist fr. 135 (Eustathius 1.408.4). For the Gephyraioi see gamma 213. For Eumolpus see epsilon 3585 (and epsilon 3584).Matched in noteshighmedium
μ184Μάργηςmad, furious… it is not otherwise attested (and Tyrannion's fr.55 Haas, from Eustathius, speaks only of ma/rgos). [1] Same glossing (of margos) in other lexica, from Hesychius onwards: see the references at Photius mu108 Theodoridis. [2] …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1418Κερωτήkairôtê, woven fabric… are both substantially unattested, they both involve weaving of fabric. Eustathius defines kai=ros explicitly as mi/twma (Commentary on the Iliad I p. 241, III p. 399; this corroborates kairwth/ and mitwth/ being synonyms.Matched in noteshighshort