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508 entries for Sophocles

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α2351Ἀνέφελονnot to be veiled… quotation given, is masculine accusative singular of this adjective. [1] Sophocles, Electra 1246-50 (web address 1), with scholion.Matched in noteshighshort
α2379Ἀνειμέναιlaid open, let loose… (Isaiah 35.3). [1] Same glossing in Photius and elsewhere. [2] Sophocles, Electra 516-517 (web address 1), with scholion. [3] Plato, Laws 761C (web address 2). [4] Perhaps Polybius (so Bernhardy). [5] Again at pi …Matched in noteshighmedium
α2542Ἀνθυπουργῆσαιto return a kindness… of a)nqupourge/w, is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Sophocles fr. 339 Radt. [2] See LSJ s.v., citing Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 545.16-17.Matched in noteshigh

α2351

Ἀνέφελον

not to be veiled

[Meaning that which] can be hidden under no cloud. Sophocles [writes]: "you have brought up this pain of mine not to be veiled, never to be destroyed, never to be forgotten." Meaning not being destroyed, unable to find…

Ἀνέφελον· ὑπὸ μηδεμιᾶς νεφέλης κρυβῆναι δυνάμενον. Σοφοκλῆς· ἀνέφελον ἐπέβαλες οὔποτε καταλύσιμον, οὐδέποτε λησόμενον ἡμέτερον οἷον ἔφυ κακόν. ἀντὶ τοῦ οὐ καταλυόμενον, λήθης…

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α2574Ἀν' οὖς ἔχωνhaving up ears… on the headword phrase, which is Aeschylus fr. 126. [2] Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 674 (web address 1), with scholion.Matched in noteshighshort

α2616Ἀντάρης νυκτερὶς ὄψεσιAntares bat(-like) in aspectSophocles fr. 747 Radt: contextless, and (thus) enigmatic. It is unclear whether o)/yesi refers to what he looked like or what he could see like. 'Antares' is best attested as the red star of …Matched in noteshighshort

α2652Ἀντιάσαςhaving approached, having faced, having met… epigram at epsilon 265, iota 336, and iota 755. [3] Sophocles, Electra 1009-10 (web address 1 below).Matched in noteshighshort

α2714Ἀντιπέτρου βήματοςrock-like base… the genitive case, is extracted from the quotation given. [1] Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 192-3 (see web address 1 below), preceded here by comment from the scholia there. [2] (cf. chi 56.) Addendum lacking, …Matched in noteshighshort

α2786Ἀνύπαρκτονnon-existent… the singular anthropos, "man". See web address 1. [2] In Sophocles, Ajax 125-6 (on man as an empty shadow: see web address 2 and epsiloniota 46), the scholia on which have supplied the material …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2819Ἄξιος λαβεῖν ὁ μισθόςthe wage [is] worth taking… 1 below). [3] Homer, Iliad 12.63 (web address 2). [4] "Sophocles" is a mistake (also in the Synagoge); this is Euripides, Medea 319-320. See web address 3. [5] Zenobius 2.4. Phrynichus, Praeparatio sophistica fr. …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2875ἈπάκτουapaktouSophocles, Ajax 578-579 (web address 1 below). Two versions of its final two words occur in the manuscripts, and most editors have preferred dw=ma pa/ktou to this dw=m' a)pa/ktou.Matched in noteshighshort

α2881Ἀπαλέξασθαιto resist… of this verb, is extracted from the quotation given. [1] Sophocles, Ajax 165-166 (web address 1 below), with scholion. [2] See already under alpha 1676.Matched in noteshighshort

α3016Ἀπελωβήθηhe was dishonoured… of a)polwba/w -- is extracted from the quotation given. [1] Sophocles, Ajax 216-7 (web address 1 below), preceded here by comment from the scholia there.Matched in noteshighshort

α3031Ἀπεπλίξατοtrotted off, strode off… also pi 1076, pi 1771, pi 1779, pi 1780. [2] Sophocles fr. 596 Pearson (of the coils of serpents). [3] Homer, Odyssey 6.318 (web address 2 below). [4] i.e. the pelvis.Matched in noteshighshort

α3066Ἀπεστάτειwas far from[1] Eunapius fr.76 FHG (4.48). [2] Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 742-3 (with comment from the scholia there). The text has xnoa/zwn, ('sprinkling'), rather than the Suda's xhra/zwn ('bereaving'). See web address 1 below.Matched in noteshighshort

α3093Ἀπευθύνειstraightens, chastises… is evidently quoted from somewhere; there are numerous possibilities. [2] Sophocles, Ajax 72 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there.Matched in noteshighshort

α3114Ἄπειyou will go awaySophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 430-431: ou) pa/lin ... a)/pei; "won't you go away?" = "go away!" Indicative forms of a)pie/nai are used with present sense in Homer, but usually with future sense in Attic. See …Matched in noteshighshort

α3420ἈπολλώνιοςApollonios, Apollonius… *tuane/a. [5] Philostratos 1.13. Plato, Republic 329C in reference to Sophocles' "natural force" in "service of Aphrodite." [6] Or "more superbly." [7] In contrast to Pythagoras fleeing the political tribulations of Samos and Croton, …Matched in noteshighlong

α3598ἈπότιμοςdishonouredFrom the scholia to Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 215, where the phrase "the god dishonoured amongst gods" occurs.Matched in noteshighshort

α3619Ἀποτρύεινto wear away… extracted from the quotation given. [1] A loose approximation of Sophocles, Trachiniae 124-128 (web address 1 below).Matched in noteshighshort

α3679Ἀπωστόςdriven away, thrust awaySee already, more briefly, alpha 3677. [1] Sophocles, Ajax 1019-1020 (web address 1 below), with explanatory comment from the scholia there. [2] Quotation unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort

α3750Ἀράχνηspider's web… 296. [4] Callias fr. 2 Kock, now 5 K.-A. [5] Sophocles fr. 264 (= fr. 286 Radt); cf. Lloyd-Jones, who translates in the Loeb edn. of the fragments, p. 133, "And everything is loaded …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3827Ἀρέσκειαobsequiousness, being pleasing… an entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. [1] Sophocles, Electra 147 (web address 1). [2] Aristophanes, Frogs 103 (web address 2). Also cf. scholia on Frogs 103 and on Wealth [Plutus] 72. …Matched in noteshighshort

α3860Ἄρρητονaccursed… entry will turn: a)/rrhtos, literally unspoken, and so unspeakable. [2] Sophocles, Ajax 214 (web address 1 below), with scholion. [3] An approximation of Julian, Oration 7 (210d Hertlein); cf. pi 1029. [4] Quotation unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighmedium

α3901Ἀριστεράsinister (things)… Greek eyes unlucky -- hence the implicit euphemism ("preferable"). [2] Sophocles, Ajax 183-4 (web address 1 below), with comment from the scholia there. See also at delta 225 and phi 704.Matched in noteshighshort

α4086Ἀρχέπλουτονestablished-wealthy, old-money, old-rich… adjective a)rxe/ploutos, a variant (attested only here) of a)rxaio/ploutos. [1] Sophocles, Electra 71-72 (web address 1 below), with comment from the scholia there. The quotation continues at kappa 789.Matched in noteshighshort

α4164Ἀσκέπαρνονunhewn… neuter accusative singular, is extracted from the quotation given. [1] Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 100-101 (web address 1 below), with scholion.Matched in noteshighshort

α4194Ἀσωτίαprodigality… similar entry in the Ambrosian Lexicon. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. [3] Sophocles, Ajax 190 (which reads *Sisufida=n for the lexicon's *Sisufidw=n: web address 1 below), preceded by comment from the scholia there. [4] Same glossing …Matched in noteshighshort

α4211Ἀσπιδηφόροιshield-bearers… Aristophanes fr. 66 Kock (72 K.-A.), cf. Lysistrata 282. [8] Sophocles, Ajax 565-566 (web address 1 -- there is a textual alternative for "on that man"); cf. epsilon 2579.Matched in noteshighmedium

α4213ἌσπλαγχνοςgutlessSophocles, Ajax 472 (web address 1 below), with scholion; Ajax is speaking, of himself and his father Telamon.Matched in noteshighshort

α4242ἌστιπτοςuntroddenSophocles, Philoctetes 1-2 (web address 1), with scholion.Matched in noteshighshort

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