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ει139ΕἰλυφάζωI whirlThe headword verb, first in Homer and Hesiod, can be either transitive or intransitive: see generally LSJ s.v. The entry here seems to be generated by Homer, Iliad 20.492, where it is transitive (of …Matched in noteshighshort
λ309Λέσχηlounging, lounge; conversation… the title of a book containing the Halicarnassian's works. [4] Hesiod, Works and Days 493 (web address 2), here wrongly interpreted. (For kiln, see kappa 284.)Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1910Κόθουροςdock-tailed, stingless… famously occurs in the dative plural, of drone bees, in Hesiod, Works and Days 304 (web address 1), later quoted by Plato, Laws 901A and elsewhere. Comparable entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1093Δίκηςof justice… entry = Aelian fr. 28 Domingo-Forasté (25 Hercher). [4] cf. Hesiod, Works and Days 256 (web address 1). Aelian's words summarize the comparison between the just and unjust cities in Hesiod's text, which M.L. …Matched in noteshighmedium
β38Βαθυρρείτηςdeep-flowing… as an epithet of Ocean, at Homer, Iliad 21.195, and Hesiod, Theogony 265 (texts at web addresses 1 & 2).Matched in noteshighshort
δ356Δειπνολόχονdinner-trapping… similarly in other lexica. The headword adjective famously occurs in Hesiod, Works and Days 704 (of a bad wife): deipnolo/xhs, feminine genitive singular. Here in the lexica, however, it is masculine accusative singular (or, …Matched in noteshighshort
μ641Μέσαβονmid-ox… on this headword (which occurs in the genitive plural in Hesiod, Works and Days 469: web address 1); rather, 'leathern strap, by which the middle of the yoke was fastened to the pole' (LSJ).Matched in noteshighshort
η307Ἡμερόκοιτοςday-sleeper… Hesychius. The headword is an epithet of a thief at Hesiod, Works and Days 605. Also found in the form h(merokoi/ths; and cf. the Doric forms a(mero/koitos (Euripides, Cyclops 58) and a(merokoi/ths (Hesychius alpha3603, …Matched in noteshighshort
α262Ἀγλαΐαsplendor… but more probably quoted from somewhere external (the possibilities include Hesiod, Pindar and Euripides).Matched in noteshighshort
δ1673Δυσώνυμοςill-named… generally LSJ s.v. Occurs not infrequently in early poets: Homer, Hesiod (Theogony 171), Sophocles, Euripides. (Less common thereafter, and no longer in poetry.) For the present gloss cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 6.255, …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1576Κίβησιςbag, pouch, wallet… ki/bhsis is a variant spelling of ki/bisis, which occurs in Hesiod, Shield 224: "the head of a dreadful monster, the Gorgon, covered the broad of his back, and a bag [chest?] of silver -- …Matched in noteshighshort
α2889Ἀπαμείρεταιtakes away a share… gloss guarantees that this is the passage in question; in Hesiod, Theogony 801 it is passive. See LSJ entry at web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort
δ257Δέρκεινto glance… plural, and gloss, in Photius and elsewhere; perhaps quoted from Hesiod, Shield 169.Matched in noteshighshort
λ51Λακέρυζα κορώνηcawing crow… references at Photius lambda38 Theodoridis. The headword phrase comes from Hesiod, Works and Days 747 (web address 1), echoed in Aristophanes, Birds 609 (web address 2). For the verb cf. lambda 52.Matched in noteshighshort
κ174Κακόχαρτονdelighting in evil… in other lexica. The headword adjective is first attested in Hesiod, Works and Days 28 & 196, but in the masculine/feminine nominative singular. Here it is masculine accusative singular, evidently quoted from somewhere else; …Matched in noteshighshort
μ1410Μυλιόωντεςteeth-gnashing… headword participle, from the rare verb mulia/w, is quoted from Hesiod, Works and Days 530 (web address 1). It refers there to something other than the present gloss suggests: teeth-chattering or -grinding of woodland …Matched in noteshighshort
α1669Ἁμύεινto fall, to sink… occurrence of the phrase a)mu/onta xama=ze (of falling leaves) in Hesiod (fr. 204.124 Merkelbach-West).Matched in noteshighshort
η585Ἧσιςdelight… Lexicon; glossed with eu)frosu/nh by Herodian and a scholiast on Hesiod. The headword is a rare feminine noun derived from the verb h(/domai (eta 95 etc.). Other than lexica, grammars, and scholia, the only …Matched in noteshighshort
ω264Ὠτόειςeared, handled… cases) outside lexicography in this precise form; what Homer and Hesiod have is w)tw/eis (of a tripod with 'ear' handles).Matched in noteshighshort
δ1451Δῶρα θεοὺς πείθει καὶ αἰδοίους βασιλῆαςgifts sway gods and revered kingsHesiod fr.361 Merkelbach-West, preferring Plato's version of this hexameter line (Republic 390E: dw=ra qeou\s pei/qei, dw=r' ai)doi/ous basilh=as). The Suda's version with 'and' for the second 'gifts' occurs also in Apostolius 6.42; and see …Matched in noteshighshort
ε116Ἐγκώμιονin the village… or neuter nominative/accusative singular; neuter nominative if it quoted from Hesiod (cf. next note). LSJ s.v. explains that one strand of this adjective derives from kw/mh "village", another -- generating the substantive e)gkw/mion -- …Matched in noteshighshort
μ297Μαυροῦσινthey blot out, they make dim… indicative, of the verb mauro/w [a)mauro/w] -- is quoted from Hesiod, Works and Days 525, where (without the nu ephelkustikon) it describes what the gods do to someone with ill-gotten wealth. cf. the adjective …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3535Εὐκηλήτειραsoother… feminine headword is attested only in (and quoted here from) Hesiod, Works and Days 464 (web address 1). Refers to fallow land; see the corresponding scholia. Identically glossed in Hesychius (and ps.-Zonaras); and cf. …Matched in noteshighshort
α3750Ἀράχνηspider's web… that the Anthologia Planudea transmits sth/mon (vol. I, 12). [2] Hesiod, Works and Days 777 (not Adler's "475": cobwebs). [3] Pindar fr. 296. [4] Callias fr. 2 Kock, now 5 K.-A. [5] Sophocles fr. …Matched in noteshighmedium
α701ἈθαμαντίδηςAthamantides… unattested in this precise form, as opposed to Athamantiades (in Hesiod, Pindar and elsewhere). Either way it means "son of Athamas"; that is, Phrixos, who features with his sister Helle (eponym of the Hellespont) …Matched in noteshighshort
μ1159Μνημοσύνηmemory, Mnemosyne… lower-case noun and the name of the Muses' mother (e.g. Hesiod, Theogony 54: web address 1); cf. alpha 2245, alpha 3420, mu 1156, nu 356, sigma 439. [2] Examples under epsilon 277 and pi …Matched in noteshighshort
ν337ΝήριτονNeriton[1] In Ithaca: see Homer, Iliad 2.632, Odyssey 9.22. [2] Hesiod, Works and Days 511: countless, from privative nh- and a *r(i- verb underlying a)riqmo/s "number", ei)kosinh/ritos "twentyfold" (Frisk). This definition is given in …Matched in noteshighshort
ε4007Ἔχιδναviper… mythical monster Echidna (half-women, half-snake; mate of Typhon [tau 1226]; Hesiod, Theogony 295ff., etc.; OCD(4) 483).Matched in noteshighshort
χ434Χωόμενοςvexed… 1). (17 other instances in Homer, and see also e.g. Hesiod, Theogony 533 & 561.) See also Hesychius s.v. (and ps.-Zonaras 1866).Matched in noteshighshort
α670Ἀϊδέςunseen… (see LSJ s.v. a)i+dh/s), is evidently quoted from somewhere; perhaps Hesiod, Shield 477 (of the swollen R. Anauros obliterating the tomb of Kyknos), though the glossing might be better suited to one of the …Matched in noteshighshort

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