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292
Δεύτατος
most inferior, very inferior
… Iliad 19.51, where the headword appears; cf. the scholia to
Pindar,
Olympian 1.80b.
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δ
497
Δί
to Zeus
The monosyllabic dative of *zeu/s occurs at
Pindar,
Olympian 13.106 (web address 1) and elsewhere (see LSJ s.v.). The iota is long, as being a contraction of two iotas. cf. delta 498.
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δ
807
Δίαυλος
diaulos
… period, runners carried a round shield, possibly covered with bronze
(Pindar,
Pythian Odes 9.1-4), and wore a helmet and shin guards. All ran in the nude, the custom for athletes in all contests except …
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δ
1030
Διθύραμβος
dithyramb
… the right arrow to continue through the surviving fragments) and
Pindar
(pi 1617); but see also Sutton's collection. [1] Likewise in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon and in Glosses on Herodotus 1.23; similarly in the scholia …
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δ
1109
Δικροῖς
bifurcated, forked, two-pronged
… fr. 9 Kock and K.-A.). See also the scholia to
Pindar,
Nemean 6, 50b (3.112.7 Drachmann): di/kroun ga\r, w(/ste du/o a)kma\s e)/xein kai\ mia=| bolh=| dissa\ ta\ trau/mata a)perga/zesqai. "(Achilles’ sword is) forked, so …
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δ
1189
Διοπομπεῖσθαι
to escort [evil] away
… every kind of negative, ill-omened events or things (scholion on
Pindar,
Nemean 10 th\n e)/rin th\n pro\s tou\s krei/ttwnas; scholion [both the vetus and Tzetzes] on Aristophanes, Frogs 1340 tou\s xalepwta/tous tw=n o)nei/rwn; Clement …
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δ
1232
Διώκω σε
I am pursuing you
… d. be/los xeri\, "wield a weapon with the hand" in
Pindar,
Isthmian 8.35; fo/rmigga pla/ktrw| "sweep the lyre with a plectrum"; id. Nemean 5.24. [2] The quotation of the following passages from Demosthenes' oration …
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δ
1243
Διώνυμον
well-known
… 1.403, 15.336 (Eriopis-Alkimache), 20.40b2, 20.73-74; Odyssey 5.334 (Ino/Leukothea); scholion on
Pindar,
Olympian 9, 79d (Deucalion/Opountes; Arnaea/Penelopes); Pythian 3.177b. "Term with a double meaning" is the sense of diw/numos in kappa 151, q.v. A scholion …
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δ
1569
Δύμας
Dymas
… Stephanus of Byzantium), Dymainai or (in Sparta) Dymanis (scholia on
Pindar,
Pythian 1.121) or Dymanatai (Herodotus 5.68.13), a certain Dymas (stem Dyman-; erroneously Dymant- at Pausanias 7.17.6. and Lycophron, Alexandra 1388), son of Aigimios …
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δ
1605
Δυσδιάλλακτον
hard to reconcile
… a lyric composition, the qrh=nos was developed by Simonides and
Pindar
and, later, in tragedy, where it acquired an important function.
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δ
1620
Δύσεριν
quarrelsome
… In the literature du/seris and filo/neikos frequently occur together: e.g.
Pindar,
Olympians 6.19; Isocrates 1.31; Plutarch, Philopoemen 17.7. [2] As in Hesychius delta2563. See also Etymologicum Magnum: *du/serin: filo/neikon. para\ to\ *d*u*s mo/rion, kai\ …
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δ
1680
Δυσπάλαιστος
hard to wrestle with
… Aeschylus, Supplices 468 and Choephori 692. [2] Perhaps quoted from
Pindar
(Olympians 8.25 or Pythians 4.273).
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ε
21
Ἔβασον
allow!
Likewise (obiter) in a scholiast to
Pindar
and, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. Similar but fuller one in Hesychius (epsilon65), ps.-Zonaras, and Etymologicum Magnum 308.27-30, all identifying the headword form of this …
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ε
110
Ἐγκονητί
vigorously
… the etymological lexica, it is very probably quoted here from
Pindar,
Nemean Odes 3.36 (web address 2), where it describes Peleus' capture of Thetis.
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ε
381
Ἐκγεγάμεν
to have been born from
… Philoxenos of Alexandria at phi 394. [3] For gega/men see
Pindar,
Olympian 9.110 (web address 2).
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ε
515
Ἔκνισεν
chafed, scratched
… the quotation given, which has the corresponding imperfect); Theodoridis suggests
Pindar,
Pythian Odes 11.23, but the possibilities also include Aristophanes, Wasps 1286. For the verb see already epsilon 514 and again kappa 1874 and …
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ε
749
Ἐλάτειραν
charioteeress, (female) driver
… 750, epsilon 751), quoted from somewhere most likely to be
Pindar
fr.89a Snell-Maehler (qoa=n i(/ppwn e)la/teiran, a phrase apparently referring to Artemis). On the other hand: (a) This same accusative singular also occurs, in …
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ε
1933
Ἐπακτὸς ὄμβρος
invading rain
… headword phrase is quoted (with the two words reversed) from
Pindar,
Pythian 6.10 (web address 1). For other uses of the adjective, see epsilon 1932, epsilon 1934, epsilon 1935.
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ε
2132
Ἐπείρα
was making an attempt
… probably not generated by it. Theodoridis on Photius s.v. suggests
Pindar,
Nemeans 5.30, or (less probably in his view) Lucian. There are in fact other extant possibilities too. [2] A similarly-worded anecdote about Peleus …
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ε
2239
Ἐπιβολή
plan, project
… renowned wrestler (the winner at the legendary first Olympic Games,
Pindar,
Olympians 10.66 and scholia to 79, 80), defeated Hyllus in single combat as the Heraclids first tried to enter the Peloponnese (Herodotus 9.26). …
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ε
2358
Ἐπικαιρότατος
most timely, very timely, most suitable, very suitable
… somewhere in this precise form, a likely place would be
Pindar,
Pythians 4.270 (e)ssi\ d' i)ath\r e)pikairo/tatos), which generated scholiastic comment. [2] Quoted already at epsilon 69; cf. epsilon 646.
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ε
2782
Ἐπιψαύειν
to make contact with
… somewhere (rather than being merely paradigmatic), extant possibilities begin with
Pindar
and Sophocles. cf. epsilon 2783, psi 30. [1] Comparably, according to Adler, in the Syntacticum Laurentianum and Syntacticum Gudianum. In fact, this verb …
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ε
2981
Ἐρίζει
strives
… present indicative is an authentic quotation, it might come from
Pindar
or Bacchylides. [2] This addendum is lacking in mss FV. Whoever added it seems to have been under the impression that a)pteri/zei (attested …
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ε
3253
Ἐσχατιάν
extremity, farthest part
… It must be quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities begin with
Pindar
(Olympians 3.43, Pythians 11.56) and include Aeschines (1.97-98) and [Demosthenes] (42.5 & 19). The scholia to both Olympians 3.43 and to Aeschines 1.97 …
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ε
3540
Εὐκλέϊσον
glorify
… mu (a)mmete/ran.) Other instances of this verb in Tyrtaeus and
Pindar.
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ε
3549
νονε
prayed-for
… proper name, Euktemon, but for the adjectival sense see e.g.
Pindar,
Nemeans 7.92.
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ε
3585
Εὔμολπος
Eumolpus, Eumolpos
… and *no/stoi tw=n *(ellh/nwn, home-comings of the Greeks (scholia to
Pindar,
Olympian 13.31a.2). [1] Eleusis, originally an independent community in western Attica, was later (by c.700 BCE) subsumed into the emerging polis of Athens. …
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ε
3617
Εὐορκία
fidelity to an oath
Pindar
uses the headword -- a single word in the Greek -- in the plural at Olympian 2.66 (web address 1); subsequently attested in a variety of authors including Demosthenes, Appian and Philo Judaeus. …
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ε
3731
Εὐρυσθενής
of far-extended might.
… headword is an epic epithet for Poseidon (though used by
Pindar
for other gods, cities, etc.). Same or similar glossing in other lexica, and see also a scholion on Homer, Iliad 8.201, where the …
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ε
3811
Εὐφρόνη
kindly time
… See also epsilon 3812, nu 612. In poetry, initially (Hesiod,
Pindar).
[2] Herodotus 7.188.2: web address 1.
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