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- κ1253Κεκονιαμένοιςplastered, whitened… is probably a gloss on it. [2] An approximation of Xenophon, Anabasis 4.2.22 (web address 1); it uses not the headword participle but an adjective of similar meaning.
- κ571Κατακαίνωνkilling… cf. under epsilon 1093. [1] Quotation (and individual) unidentifiable. [2] Xenophon, Anabasis 4.2.5 (web address 1).
- ε2558Ἐπισάξαιto saddle… infinitive of e)pisa/ttw, is presumably extracted from the quotation given. (Xenophon has another instance in Cyropaedia 3.3.27.) [1] An approximation of Xenophon, Anabasis 3.4.35 (web address 1). The scholia to the passage have a …
- ι226Ἵησινthrows… present, of i(/hmi (cf. iota 213) -- is quoted. [2] Xenophon, Anabasis 1.5.12 (web address 1).
- αι148Αἰθρίαin the open air… upsilon 175. [2] See epsilon 3412. [3] An approximation of Xenophon, Anabasis 4.4.14 (web address 1) -- where, however, editors prefer the reading u(po\ a)tasqali/as, 'recklessly' (see generally alpha 4325).
- ε2687Ἐπιτήδειοςdeserving, suitable… the adverb e)pithdei/ws (and epsilon 2685). [3] An approximation of Xenophon, Anabasis 2.3.11, concerning Klearkhos (see web address 1); less loose at beta 316.
- α3160Ἀπημείφθηexchanged… entry in Photius and elsewhere. The headword is quoted from Xenophon, Anabasis 2.5.15 (web address 1). When this verb is used to mean "answer" in Homer, it is joined with a verb of speaking; …
- β285Βίκοςjar… this comment is unclear. (For "transmission" cf. sigma 693.) [2] Xenophon, Anabasis 1.9.25. [3] Not otherwise attested as such; perhaps biki/on, vetch, is meant.
- ε2903Ἐργαστήριονworkshop… other lexica. [3] Polybius 10.20.7. The phrase invoked comes from Xenophon, Agesilaus 1.26 (web address 1 -- itself an echo of Hellenica 3.4.17), and it became quasi-proverbial; besides Polybius, witness Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 10.421B [10.18 …
- κ1803Κλίμακεςladders… Paullus into Rome in 167 BCE). [3] An approximation of Xenophon, Anabasis 4.5.25 (see web address 1).
- α1532Ἀμβολὰς γῆthrown-up earth, raised earth… by genitive th=s a)mbola/dos gh=s in the quotation given. [1] Xenophon, Cyropaedia 7.5.12 (web address 1). Pollux 7.100 registers this phrase in Xenophon. [2] delta 22; and see also under iota 577 and omicroniota …
- δ314Δείλη ὀψίαlate afternoon… at delta 306. [1] On a)/riston see LSJ s.v. [2] Xenophon, Anabasis 1.8.8 (web address 1 below); cf. delta 315.
- κ933Κατέκανενdespatched… headword verb is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Xenophon, Anabasis 1.9.6 (web address 1).
- ε2086Ἐπεστάτειused to control, used to manage… [1] Likewise, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. [2] Xenophon, Anabasis 2.3.11. For Klearchos see also alpha 1741, iota 226, xi 48, upsilon 420.
- α4674Ἀχαριστεῖνto be ungrateful… perhaps quoted from Plato, Symposium 186C. [2] An approximation of Xenophon, Anabasis 2.3.18 (web address 1 below). For the adverb, see also alpha 4676.
- ε309Ἐθελοντήςwilling… Theodoridis on Photius, Lexicon epsilon159 (and generally chi 400). [2] Xenophon, Anabasis 4.1.26. [3] Xenophon, Anabasis 4.1.27. [4] Accusative plural of e)qelo/ntios: Cassius Dio 75.12.2.
- α1130Ἀλέξασθαιto ward off… 1139, alpha 1140. [1] Similar entry in Hesychius (alpha2871). [2] Xenophon, Anabasis 3.4.33 (with minor differences).
- ε1962Ἐπανετείνοντοwere being held out[1] A somewhat garbled quotation of Xenophon, Cyropaedia 2.1.23 (web address 1). The featured verb is imperfect middle/passive, third person singular, of e)panatei/nw. [2] cf. epsilon 2013, epsilon 2080, theta 196, Hesychius epsilon4178.
- χ159ΧαιρεφῶνChairephon, Chaerephon… scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 144, where he is mentioned. [1] Xenophon, Memorabilia 2.3.1-19, esp.18-19. This is Xenophon's account of a dispute between Chairephon and his brother Chairecrates. The reference to eyes, hands, and feet …
- ει189ΕἴρηνeirenThe mature (= 20-year-old) young Spartan: Xenophon, Lacedaemonion Politeia 2.11; Plutarch, Lycurgus 17; cf. mu 483.
- α108Ἀγαθάgoods, goodies[1] Xenophon, Anabasis 4.4.9 (web address 1 below). [2] This is only one possible explanation of the proverbial phrase. For another, probably better one - with another version of the name (Killikon: apparently authentic, …
- δ82Δασμόςdasmos, tribute… 83. [1] From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.166. [2] Xenophon, Anabasis 4.5.24 (web address 1 below). [3] Attributed to Nicolaus of Damascus by Bernhardy. In any event, the topic is evidently the youths-and-maidens …
- δ517ΔιαγγέλλωI give notice by a messenger… headword verb; presumably extracted from the quotation to follow. [3] Xenophon, Anabasis 3.4.36 (web address 1 below). [4] These alternative glosses appear to construe diaggellome/nous as passive rather than middle.
- ε3493Εὐθημοσύνηgood management, orderliness, tidiness… 101 Zintzen (51 Asmus); cf. Photius, Bibliotheca 349b 18. [3] Xenophon, Cyropaedia 8.5.7 (web address 1).
- κ764Κατασκεδάζεινto sprinkle… see Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 4.150F-151D [4.35 Kaibel] and 10.432A [10.39]. [1] Xenophon, Anabasis 7.3.32 (a brief sprinkling episode rather than explicit comment on it). [2] Plato, Laws 637E. [3] The adverb eu)qu/s - but it …
- δ518ΔιαγελῶI laugh at, I mockLikewise in syntactical lexica. LSJ s.v. gives examples from Euripides, Xenophon and others.
- α4676Ἀχαρίστωςungraciouslycf. generally alpha 4674, alpha 4675. [1] An approximation of Xenophon, Cyropaedia 7.4.14 (web address 1 below). [2] Hesychius has the same glossing for a)xa/rista in Homer, Odyssey 8.236, as Latte s.v. notes.
- α964Ἄκρατοςunmixedcf. generally alpha 960, alpha 962, alpha 966. [1] Xenophon, Anabasis 4.5.27 (web address 1); cf. mu 1381. [2] Greek Anthology 7.223.3-4.(Thyillus), an epitaph for a votary of Kybele; cf. Page (96-98). As Page …
- α3467Ἀπὸ παραγγέλσεωςon command… given (but it also occurs 4 times in one of Xenophon's minor words, the Hipparchicus). [1] Xenophon, Anabasis 4.1.5 (web address 1 below).
- ε2571ἘπισθένηςEpisthenesFor Seuthes see generally sigma 270. The present item summarizes Xenophon, Anabasis 7.4.7-10 (web address 1), on Xenophon's associate E. of Olynthos. cf. epsilon 2548 for the final phrase here.