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1584
Κιγκλίζει
wags one's tail
… the same in Photius kappa695 Theodoridis, and similar in the
scholia
to Theocritus, Idylls 5.116 (on which see below). Other lexica add the sense "to tempt", from the same motion applied to humans (Herodian, …
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1629
Κίναδος
beast, monster
… kind of beast... like a fox" is taken from the
scholia
vetera to Aristophanes, Clouds 448-9 (web address 2). The last phrase is cited as a saying: "particularly the fox. For [one is] "evil-doing", …
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1691
Κιφησοφῶν
Kiphesophon, Kephisophon
From the
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to Aristophanes, Frogs 944, where Kephisophon (sic) is mentioned (see web address 1). The Suda garbles his name both here and again at mu 1242. In context in Frogs, as a …
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κ
1786
Κληρωτήρια
allotment-machines
… between Blepyros and Praxagora), with explanatory comments paralleled in the
scholia
there. The passage describes a system for allocating jurors to Athenian courts, operative in the early fourth century (after bribery scandals at the …
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κ
2308
Κωφόν
blunt, dumb, deaf
… the references in Photius kappa1335 Theodoridis) and cf. the D
scholia
to Homer, Iliad 11.390 (quoted later in the entry). [2] Homer, Iliad 11.390 (web address 1) with scholion A (Aristonicus). The
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χ
164
Χαίρειν
greetings
From the
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to Aristophanes, Clouds 609 (web address 1), where this form -- an infinitive of the verb meaning 'to be happy' -- occurs. The claim that Kleon (kappa 1731) was the first …
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χ
370
Χόες
Pitchers, Choes
… on Demosthenes 39.16: web address 1) and half from the
scholia
to Aristophanes, Acharnians 961 (web address 2); note, however, that Jacoby, for FGrH 244 F33, regarded all of this material as deriving from …
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1029
Διθυραμβοδιδάσκαλοι
dithyramb-directors
This entry draws on material in several Aristiophanic
scholia,
and ultimately on Aristophanes' own mockery of the new school of writers and producers of dithyrambs at Clouds 328-340 (web address 1; 423 BC), Peace …
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δ
1161
Διόμεια
Diomeia
… present entry cf. Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. and the Aristophanic
scholia
cited in the notes below. On Diomeia see generally J.S. Traill, The Political Organization of Attica (1975) 39; D. Whitehead, The Demes of …
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αι
245
Αἰόλαν
darkening, discolouring
… fr. 7 Jouan-van Looy = 122 Nauck, 171a Mette; cf.
scholia
to Thesm. 1034, 1040). In Aristophanes it is sung by the Relative (of Euripides), acting the part of Andromeda. The gloss occurs in …
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αι
246
Αἰόλλει
turns, variegates
… the third gloss here, plana=, with the preferable kinei=); the
scholia
to Nicander, Theriaca 155b (kinei=, stre/fei, poiki/llei); the
scholia
to Homer, Odyssey 20.27 (poiki/lws stre/fh|, kinh=|, cf. the
scholia
to Iliad 2.816, 3.83, …
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1629
Δυσηλεγής
grief-bringing, cruel, pain-inducing, ruthless
… have a double source: (i) Probably via Hesychius s.v., the
scholia
to Homer, Iliad 20.154: dushlege/os: deinou=, duskolou=, xalepou=
(scholia
vetera and
scholia
recentiora) -- which explains xalepo/s here. (ii) The
scholia
to Hesiod, …
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κ
1273
Κεκρύφαλον
hairnet
… taken to be quoted from Homer, Iliad 22.469: cf. the
scholia
there. Same or similar glossing in other lexica: see the references at Photius kappa541 Theodoridis, and nn.1-3 below. [1] kekru/fanton in Photius, but …
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1573
Κιβδηλία
adulteration, dishonesty
The gloss is taken from the
scholia
to Aristophanes, Birds 158; see further below. cf. generally kappa 1574, kappa 1575. [1] The senses are all connected: debasing coinage can involve shaving off some of …
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δ
1194
Διόπτης
able to look through [something]
Aristophanes, Acharnians 435 (web address 1), with comment from the
scholia
there. See further in the notes below. [1] The explanation of the headword dio/pths can be found both in the
scholia
vetera and …
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δ
1560
Δοῖδυξ
pestle
… scholion. For this last see Peace 265, 269, 282; the
scholia
to Peace 295 derive the word from a(/las tri/bein "grind salt". Pollux 1.245 mentions the a)letri/banos among implements used by peasants. For 'pestle' …
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2712
Ἐπίττον
I was pitching-up
… in the derivative entry of ps.-Zonaras 847 and in the
scholia,
but this word and the variant offered by the Suda are unmetrical. The Aldine edition of Aristophanes printed u(pepi/ttoun ('I was pitching-up underneath') …
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κ
1937
Κολετρῶσι
they trample on
[1] From the
scholiast
to Aristophanes Clouds 552 (cf. next note): "our forebears called 'striking the colon' koletrw=sin". [2] Aristophanes, Clouds 552 (on Hyperbolos: upsilon 245). [3] From the
scholiast,
and Hesychius kappa3328; Hesychius …
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χ
622
Χύτροι
Pots
From
scholia
to Aristophanes, Acharnians 1076 (web address 1), where the festival is mentioned; see also the
scholia
to Aristophanes, Frogs 218 (web address 2). [1] For the Pitchers festival, Choes, see chi 369 …
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α
831
Ἀκέων
wordless(ly), in silence, speechless, (?)attentive(ly)
… healing fashion' (a participle from the verb of healing, so
scholia
to Iliad 4.22, Hesychius, Eustathius 1902.47, but properly rejected as inapplicable to almost all occurrences of the word); (3) 'meekly, gently, peaceably' (Boisacq, …
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α
2655
Ἀντιβόλησις
prayer
… Likewise or similarly in other lexica, and cf. also the
scholia
to the Thucydides passage about to be quoted [2] Thucydides 7.75.4. See web address 1 below for the text (which needs the comma …
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α
4235
Ἀστεῖος
urbane
… Likewise or similarly in other lexica, and cf. also the
scholia
to Plato, Republic 349B, where the headword occurs. [2] Adler suggested Aelian as the source of this quotation, but see next note. [3] …
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α
4240
Ἀστιβὲς ἄλσος
untrodden glade
… [1] The second and third glosses here are from the
scholia
to Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 127. [2] Sophocles, Ajax 657-660 (web address 2). [3] From the
scholia
to the above. [4] From the …
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αι
7
Αἰανὴς κύκλος
dread circle
… from the Loeb edition. The Suda's glosses are derived from
scholia
on this verse. The same verse is quoted at iota 296 and lambda 322 with a different accentuation: ai)anh=s rather than ai)anh/s (see …
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αι
253
Αἰόλος
undulating, wavelike, advancing in a winding or rolling fashion, agile in turning side to side; multicoloured, discoloured, black or chestnut with white markings; easily moved, changeable, wily, quick-witted, liable to metamorphosis, disturbed in mind; whirling; self-generating in movement, ever-turning; lively, flashing, shimmering
… 1.356.21; ed. L. Bachmann 45.1; Photius, Lexicon alpha614, 52.19 Reitzenstein),
scholia
to Homer, Iliad 7.222, and to Odyssey 22.300; cf. Apion (de glossis Hom., fr. 74.214.16, but with poluki/nhton), and, with taxu/s for eu)ki/nhtos, …
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γ
141
Γενετυλλίς
Genetullis, Genetyllis
[1] From the
scholia
to Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 130-132, quoted later in the entry. [2] From the
scholia
to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 2; cf. the
scholia
to Aristophanes, Clouds 52. [3] Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 130-132 (web address …
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234
Δεξιός
clever
… 232, delta 233. [1] (Again at delta 239.) From the
scholia
to Aristophanes, Frogs 1370. [2] Aristophanes, Frogs 538-541, with scholion. [3] For this material see already alpha 3764. [4] See Xenophon, Hellenica 1.7.4-35. …
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ε
361
Ἑκάτειον
Hekateion
[1] From the
scholia
to Aristophanes, Wasps 804 (web address 1), where the headword occurs. For Hekate cf. epsilon 363, epsilon 364, epsilon 365. [2] From the
scholia
to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 63-4 (web address …
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928
Ἐμασχαλίσθη
was armpitted
… Klytaimestra); the note itself does not appear in the surviving
scholia
to either passage, though it could well once have stood in the Choephoroi
scholia
(which in this part of the play are mostly …
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1020
Ἐμπίς
gnat
See also omicron 474. [1] From the
scholia
to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 1032, where the headword appears. (See web address 1 below for the text of the comedy.) [2] In a discussion of its larva …
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