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364 entries for having made a libation

ε3510ΕὔθυμοςEuthymos, Euthumos, Euthymus… taken many crowns uncontested, that is, akoniti (dustless, from not having had to enter the contest: alpha 923). At any rate, Theagenes became a wealthy man. See further below, note 6. For pankratiast, see …Matched in noteshighmedium
β10ΒαβύλαςBabylas… confusion. Eusebius, Historia ecclesiastica 6.39.4, mentions Babylas by name as having been martyred under Decius, emperor 249-51, but also (6.34.1) relates a story about an unnamed church leader forbidding entrance to the church to …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ171ΜαξέντιοςMaxentios, Maxentius… 36). [10] Socrates, Historia Ecclesiastica 1.3 (line 7) has e)/xwn, "having." [11] The participle yu/xwn "breathing, blowing, chilling" has been added to replace e)/xwn governing do/cas ("ideas") taken from Socrates, Historia Ecclesiastica 1.3 (line …Matched in noteshighmedium
α870Ἀκηρυκτείunheralded… the LSJ translation of this adverb, which reflects modern practices. Having no flags (in this context at any rate) the ancients demarcated states of peace and war by the presence or absence of "heralds", …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1466Ἐντετριμμένηpainted, powdered, rubbed-in… verb; see LSJ s.v., IV. [2] The suggestion is that 'having upturned' (stre/yasa) is used punningly for 'having stolen' (kle/yasa).Matched in noteshighshort
β119ΒαρόειςweightyI have made a guess at the meaning of this term, not in LSJ, which occurs only here.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1228Διώκεινto prosecute… address 2). Chremes is reporting to Blepyrus the public speech made by a "good-looking young man" (427) who, as the audience knows, is Blepyrus' wife Praxagora. After the negative remarks she has expressed on …Matched in noteshighshort
μ556Μέμβλωκεhas come… about their head there was set a new round hat having come from Haemonia [alphaiota 204], a defence against the midday heat." The gloss "constructed with care" arises from confusion with me/mbleto "he has …Matched in noteshighshort
α1123υνκνοων—Ὅτι οὗτος ὁ μέγας Ἀλέξανδρος νικήσας ναυμαχίαν Λακεδαιμονίους καὶ—Alexander, Alexandros… allows us to rectify it: "... Alexander the Great. KONON, having defeated the Lakedaimonians in the sea-battle at Knidos [394 BCE]...". [1] A hundred oxen, notionally.Matched in noteshighshort
ε737Ἔλαμψαν αὐτῶν τὰ ἔργαtheir deeds shone out… singular: e)/lamyan au)to\n ta\ e)/rga: a)nti\ tou= fanero\n au)to\n e)poi/hsan ("made him famous"); likewise, Adler reports, in mss AF of the Suda; and ps.-Zonaras has e)/lamyan glossed with fanera\ e)ge/nonto and the quotation e)/lamyan …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3241Ἔσφηλεtoppled… Thucydides 2.87.3). [1] Likewise in Hesychius (who also gives the 'made to topple' gloss) and other lexica. [2] Arrian, Parthica fr. 22 (preserved only here). For Crassus cf. alpha 2721, pi 30.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1483Ἐν τῷ μέρειin one's turn… (see next note) reads i)dw\n d' e)kei=nos ("and that man having seen...") instead of i)dw\n ke)kei=nos [3] Babrius 32.5-6 Luzzatto-La Penna (4-5 Crusius).Matched in noteshighshort
ε2747Ἐπιφαίνεταιappears uponThe same distinction is made in reverse at upsilon 629.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3874Ἐφεστρίςephestris, mantle… delayed gloss on the headword is unparalleled elsewhere, but for '[made] out of goat hairs' see also under epsilon 52 (and cf. more generally kappa 1588). [3] Dexippus FGrH 100 F29.23-24 (preserved in the …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1189Διοπομπεῖσθαιto escort [evil] away… abyss of ills] which they used to say when they made purifications, for they used to send to that place all that they wanted to cleanse off" (cf. Strabo 8.6.8; Pausanias 8.15.8). For further …Matched in noteshighshort
α2248Ἀνελεῖνto overturn; to take up… nominative (and placing a comma between tou=ton and to\n no/mon: "having overturned the law, [the Council] elected this man itself".Matched in noteshighmedium
α255Ἀγκυλοχείλης καὶ Ἀγκυλόχειλοςcrooked-beaked… two words (related to chi 225) that differ only in having different adjectival endings: a)gkuloxei/lhs and a)gkulo/xeilos; LSJ only documents the existence of the former. [1] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 197 (web …Matched in noteshighshort
γ179Γερράδιαmattings, plaitingsSomething made of strips laid cross-wise. The headword -- neuter plural -- is attested only in lexicography, always with this gloss and always in the plural.Matched in noteshighshort
λ247Λέντιονnapkin, hand-towelThe headword lention presumably reflects Latin linteum (literally, made of linen). See e.g. John 13:4-5.Matched in noteshighshort
λ84ΛαμίαLamia… passage is hard to grasp. Suggested alternatives to the participle 'having filled' plh/sas are 'having struck' plh/cas and 'having sailed' pleu/sas. As regards the implicit feminine noun at the end, K.-A. record the suggestions …Matched in noteshighmedium
χ244Χειριδωτόςhanded, sleevedThe headword usually has the meaning "having sleeves" (see LSJ s.v. at web address 1 below, and cf. alpha 1744, chi 320). As the gloss means "having hands", LSJ defines the Suda's use of …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1320ΚενθίππηKenthippe… was a 'place of Argos [Myth, Place]', named from Bellerophon having spurred on [kentei=n] Pegasus there.Matched in noteshighshort
ε926Ἐμάλθαξανthey softened… [3] Adler cites Lexica Segueriana 295.6 as a parallel, where "made gentle" (katapra/u+nan) is used as one of the glosses for the aorist infinitive form of the verb found here as the headword (malqa/cai: …Matched in noteshighshort
β598Βυσσόνdepth; ocean's depth… (The usual meaning of bu/ssos is flax, and the linen made from it: cf. beta 596, and see generally LSJ s.v.) [3] From a gloss on Herodotus 2.28.4 (see also 2.96.5, 3.23.3); similarly in …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1861Ἔξοινοςdrunken… Theophylact's story concerns the Persian rebel Zadesprates (cf. alpha 3373), having hidden in a rock tower, imbibing and presuming himself secure from Chosroes II's (cf. alpha 2015 note) soldiers. [3] Polybius fr. 40 Büttner-Wobst. …Matched in noteshighshort
α2095ἈνάσχωI would cease[1] A phrase (a quotation?) illustrating not the point just made, but the fact that this verb is also used absolutely.Matched in noteshighshort
α749Ἄθως καλύπτει πλευρὰ Λημνίας βοόςAthos conceals the flank of a Lemnian cow… ought to be the mountain, not the cow, that is "made of white stone".) For confirmation that the 2000-meter-high Mt. Athos (cf. alpha 745) does, at sunset, cast its shadow as far as the …Matched in noteshighshort
λ344Λευστήρstone-thrower, oppressor… morphologically and in usage (LSJ s.v). The phrase "deserving of having stones cast" is used by Photius and others to define kataleu/simon, as is seen at kappa 615; the Suda may have copied this …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1515ΚηλῶI charm, I beguile… 1505, kappa 1515). The link between the two senses is made in epsilon 436; but prior to that, Choeroboscus also made the connection (Epimerismi on the Psalms p. 182 Gaisford), deriving ka/llos "beauty" from …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1830Κλῴζεταιis hooted at… merely players." *klw/zein (no iota subscript) is properly the sound made by jackdaws; figuratively it is a noise made to indicate disapproval (LSJ s.v.). *suri/zein, Attic suri/ttein, is properly to play the syrinx (sigma …Matched in noteshighshort