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δ
297
Δέφειν
to knead
[Meaning] to grab someone by the genitals. Also [sc. attested is] defo/menos ["kneading one's self"], meaning "peeling" one's organ.
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δ
657
Διαμώμενος
cutting through
[Meaning he] reaping. Also [sc. attested is the plural] diamw/menoi, [meaning they] digging through, searching for. Thucydides [writes]: "cutting through the gravel by the sea, [most] drank whatever was likely [to be] water". And …
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δ
988
Διζημένη
seeking after
[dizhme/nh] and [sc. also attested in the masculine] dizh/menos, [meaning] looking for.
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tragedy
tragedy
8
8
aetiology
7
aetiology
7
gender and sexuality
7
gender and sexuality
7
women
7
women
7
meter and music
5
meter and music
5
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5
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5
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5
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5
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4
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4
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3
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3
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3
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3
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2
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δ
1040
Διικνούμενος
let it go through, let it penetrate
[Used] with a genitive. [Meaning] let it extend. Also [sc. attested is the related participle] diiknou/menos ["going through"], [meaning] coming through.
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δ
1226
Διωθεῖτε
push aside
[Meaning] turn away. Also [sc. attested is] diwqou/menoi ["pushing aside/being pushed aside"], [meaning they] turning back/being turned back, throwing out/being thrown out.
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ε
344
Ἐκκαλεῖται
calls out, provokes
[Meaning he/she/it] summons. "Caecilius, observing him [= Hannibal] emboldened, and wishing to provoke him to make a move, kept the soldiers inside the gates." ['To provoke'] meaning to summon. Also [sc. attested is the …
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ε
1770
Ἐξίσταμαι
I stand aside from, I abandon
[Used] with a genitive. Also [sc. attested is the participle] e)cista/menos ["standing aside from"].
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ε
2237
Ἐπιβόημα
call, cry, shout
Thucydides [writes]: "but he, whether [because of] the cry or whether something else had suddenly occurred to him, led the army back." That is, an exclamation. Also [sc. attested is the related participle] e)pibow/menos …
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ε
2600
Ἐπισπόμενος
coming after
[Meaning he] following upon. But e)pispw/menos [means he] taking in addition and drawing toward.
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χ
174
Χαίρω
I delight, I rejoice
[Used] with a dative. The [verb that means] I am glad. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "I rejoice in your coming." Oropicans speak this way. Euripides in Sisyphus [writes]: "I rejoice that you, …
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α
150
Ἀγαπᾶν
to love, to receive favorably, to be content with.
… expression meaning "please...". There are classical Attic instances in Plato
(Meno
75C) and Isocrates (Letters 6.6); and see generally LSJ s.v. a)gapa/w, III.1.
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α
875
Ἀκιδαλία
Akidalia, Acidalia
… long fragment of the Plokamides (Braids), by the hellenistic poet
Menophilus
of Damascus, preserved in Stobaeus 4.21a.7.
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α
1150
Ἀλευάδαι
Aleuadai, Aleuadae, Aleuads
… lexica, including Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon. From the scholia to Plato,
Meno
70B, where the headword occurs. cf. under epsilon 3952 and sigma 438, and see generally OCD(4) p.55.
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α
1280
Ἀλκιβιάδης
Alcibiades, Alkibiades
451/0-404/3. See generally P.J. Rhodes in OCD(4) s.v. (pp.52-3). The present entry is attributed by Adler to the biographies of notable individuals by Hesychius of Miletus (C6 CE); and specifically, the section beginning 'This …
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α
1652
Ἀμπέχῃ
wearing
The SOL text wrongly shows the supplementary headword a)pe/xh|, not the primary one a)mpexo/menos. For the verb a)mpe/xw cf. eta 362. [1] The headword, which has the same glossing in other lexica and is …
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α
1767
Ἀμφίσκω
I surround
Same entry in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon; Hescyhius has the nominative plural participle a)fi/skontes (presumably quoted from somewhere) glossed with e)nduo/menoi.
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α
1958
Ἀναμαχούμενον
avenging in battle, re-battling
Likewise in ps.-Zonaras. The headword (presumably extracted from the quotation given) is the future participle, masculine accusative singular, of the verb a)nama/xomai. Adler notes (but does not adopt) maxh/samenon rather than maxesa/menon as a …
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α
2667
Ἀντικαταλλαττόμενος
changing, coming to an agreement
The unglossed headword is the present participle, masculine nominative singular, of the doubly compound verb a)ntikatalla/ttomai. It is quoted from Demosthenes 19.114 -- but oddly this Suda entry, including that very quotation, twice has …
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α
3443
Ἀπομορξάμενον
having wiped off
Same entry in other lexica -- doubtless from scholiastic comment on Aristophanes, Acharnians 696, where the headword participle appears (of a man wiping off sweat). The glossing participle is obelized by Theodoridis (on Photius, …
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α
4218
Ἀστάθμητον
uncertain
The unglossed headword is presumably extracted from the first quotation given. [1] Quotation unidentifiable, but Adler (apparatus) suggested Polybius. It may be an aphorism or proverbial saying, also reflected in Leo the Deacon (History …
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αι
216
Αἰνειάδες
Aineiades, Aeneades, sons of Aeneas
[1] The Trojan-war hero, evidently; see alphaiota 214. The participle katago/menoi here is omitted in certain manuscripts. [2] In Perraebia (N.Greece). [3] For this variant see e.g. Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Ainia.
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αι
313
Αἱρούμενος
choosing
Forms of the verb ai(re/w. [1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica. For this glossing cf. alphaiota 302. The present entry's ai(rou/menos is evidently extracted from somewhere. [2] The source of the quoted phrase, …
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αι
329
Αἰσθόμενοι
having perceived
[1] Cassius Dio 38.34.1. ('They' are the Gauls.) While forms of ai)sqa/nomai can govern the genitive (cf. alphaiota 323, alphaiota 324), here ai)sqo/menoi takes as its object a participial phrase in the accusative.
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β
183
Βαττολογία
battology, empty repetition
Likewise in other lexica. For the related verb see Matthew 6.7 (the Sermon on the Mount): "and in praying do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think that they …
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δ
110
Δαιδάλου ποιήματα
Daidalos' creations, Daedalus' creations
The phrase "Daidalou poiemata" occurs in Plato,
Meno
97D-E, and this material derives from ancient comment on that passage. For Daidalos/Daedalus cf. already delta 106, delta 107, delta 108, delta 109; and see generally …
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δ
224
Δεξάμενος
receiving
Similar entry in Photius. The headword is aorist participle, masculine nominative singular, of de/xomai. cf. Hesychius s.v. de/casqai, glossed with labei=n. [1] Adler's note is 'cf. 3.54.2 et 9.5.1', which have plural deca/menoi and …
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δ
240
Δέομος
constraint
Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. The form de/omos is otherwise unattested, but Hesychius has entries for de/hmos (delta422) and, apparently, deo/menos (delta651) with the same glossing. (LSJ prints the latter.)
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δ
250
Δέρας
skin
Incompetently adapted from John of Antioch fr.15.3 FHG (5.548), now 26.3 Roberto; the original has 'Jason and his associates' (justifying the plural participle parageno/menoi which is retained here) and has them taking Medea and …
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δ
444
Δημοκοπεῖν
to court the mob
[1] Polybius 25.3.1, omitting the adverb "immediately." See again kappa 566 and pi 1370, which include it; also epsilon 840. (For this verb in Polybius in another sense -- to play the noble Greek …
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δ
468
Δημοῦσθαι
to talk popularly
Same entry in other lexica, including Photius, who cites Plato for this sense of the verb (= Theaetetus 161E, which has the participle dhmou/menon; cf. the scholia there). [1] See delta 444. [2] This …
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