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Ε epsilon579
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Medium199
Long2

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Jennifer Benedict808
William Hutton274
Catharine Roth268
David Whitehead200
Craig Gibson56
Robert Dyer40

71 more

Antonella Ippolito37
Anne Mahoney29
Ioannis Doukas24
Stefano Sanfilippo20
Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝16
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ε928Ἐμασχαλίσθηwas 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 …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1020ἘμπίςgnatSee 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 …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1049ἜμπουσαEmpousa, Empusa, Banshee… my friend Dimitra Voulgaris, of Mykonos, Greece.] [1] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Frogs 293; see further below. [2] From Harpokration s.v. (commenting on Demosthenes 18.130: D. is being rude about Aeschines' mother). [3] …Matched in noteshigh

ε928

Ἐμασχαλίσθη

was armpitted

The ancients had a practice whereby, when they committed a premeditated murder, they expiated the act by cutting off the extremities of the corpse, stringing the parts together, and hanging [the string] round its neck,…

Ἐμασχαλίσθη· ἔθος ἦν τοῖς ἀρχαίοις, ὁπότε φονεύσειαν ἐξ ἐπιβουλῆς τινα, τὸ ἔργον ἀφοσιουμένοις ἀκρωτηριάζειν τὸν νεκρὸν καὶ τῶν μορίων ὁρμαθὸν ποιήσαντας κρημνάναι κατὰ τοῦ…

meter and music97

meter and music97

Marcelo Boeri14

Marcelo Boeri14

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Ross Scaife ✝12

Gabriel Bodard11

Gabriel Bodard11

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Carl Widstrand10

Matthew Farmer10

Matthew Farmer10

James Vradelis9

James Vradelis9

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Nathan Greenberg ✝7

Nicholas Wilshere7

Nicholas Wilshere7

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Giorgos Akrivas6

D. Graham J. Shipley5

D. Graham J. Shipley5

Elizabeth Vandiver5

Elizabeth Vandiver5

Kenneth Bumbaco5

Kenneth Bumbaco5

Constantina Katsari4

Constantina Katsari4

Sean M. Redmond4

Sean M. Redmond4

Alexandra Trachsel3

Alexandra Trachsel3

Amelia Mathias2

Amelia Mathias2

Andrea Consogno2

Andrea Consogno2

Andrew Morrison2

Andrew Morrison2

Dennis McHenry2

Dennis McHenry2

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Elizabeth Morgan2

Frederick Williams2

Frederick Williams2

Joseph McAlhany2

Joseph McAlhany2

Joseph Wrightson2

Joseph Wrightson2

Konstantinos Kopanias2

Konstantinos Kopanias2

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Alan Sommerstein1

Alexander Tulin1

Alexander Tulin1

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Braden Studhalter1

Chad Schroeder1

Chad Schroeder1

Christopher Blackwell1

Christopher Blackwell1

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Cindy Whitcomb1

Kevin Arrowood1

Kevin Arrowood1

Patrick T. Rourke1

Patrick T. Rourke1

Phiroze Vasunia1

Phiroze Vasunia1

Robert de Brose1

Robert de Brose1

Wm. Blake Tyrrell1

Wm. Blake Tyrrell1

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ε1293Ἔνη καὶ νέαold and newFrom the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 1134, where the headword phrase occurs (see web address 1). See also delta 1205, epsilon 1292, epsilon 1296, epsilon 1294, epsilon 1295, epsilon 1298; LSJ entry at web …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε1885Ἑωλοκρασίαleftover-mixture… last night's wine that is poured over the sleepers: so scholia to Demosthenes 18.102; Hesychius epsilon7735; Lex.Seg. 258.12-14; Lexicon Patmense 151.8-14; the anonymous Lexeis Rhetoricae 48 Naoumides; Pardus, Commentarium in Hermogenis librum *peri\ meqo/dou …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2024Ἐπεγράφουyou were enlisted under, you had (something) inscribed upon… Acharnians 1095 (web address 1), with comment from the (uncomprehending) scholia there. The scholia focus on the literal level (Lamachos has had a gorgon inscribed on his shield), while the wordplay (cf. LSJ: web …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2056Ἐπενήνεονwere piling on, were piling up… entry. The glossing verb sugkateti/qento is drawn from the Homeric scholia, but as a gloss for e)pih/|neon ('they were praising', 'they were agreeing to'), rather than for e)penh/neon ('were piling on/up'). See the scholia …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2150ἜπειταthenPresumably from the scholia to Homer, though no surviving scholium is particularly similar. A scholium to Iliad 9.169 (see note 2) presents the same two interpretations of the word ('after this' and 'indeed'), ascribing …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2956ἘρείπωI tear down… or similar glossing in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to Homer, Iliad 15.356 (scholia vetera), where the present participle of this verb occurs; also the scholia to Lucian 59.33 (ed. Rabe). [2] …Matched in noteshighshort

α251Ἀγκύληthong, hook… Aristophanes, Birds 1180, and this is the gloss of the scholia there; cf. also the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 262. A rare variant is h)gkulhme/nos, attested in Athenaeus (quoting Satyros) and (maybe) Lucian. [3] …Matched in noteshighshort

α350Ἀγρεία ἀοιδήrustic song… the eastern Mediterranean; cf. Raven (24, 70). [3] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 655, about to be quoted. [4] Aristophanes, Clouds 655. [5] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 160, about to be …Matched in noteshighshort

α385ἈγύρριοςAgyrrhios, Agyrrhius[1] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 176; cf. pi 1039. Aristophanes in fact writes that Agyrrhios' flatulence, and much else besides, was motivated by Wealth: *)agu/rrios d' ou)xi\ dia\ tou=ton [Wealth] pe/rdetai; …Matched in noteshighshort

α822Ἀκαχείατοthey were grieving… cf. alpha 823, eta 161, eta 162. [1] From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 12.179, where the headword occurs (of the gods grieving for Greek casualties); also in Hesychius. [2] From the scholia to …Matched in noteshighshort

α907ἌκμηνοςfastingSame entry in ps.-Zonaras. [1] From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 19.163, where the headword occurs. Likewise or similarly in other lexica. According to the scholia, the adjective is derived from an Aeolic noun …Matched in noteshighshort

α936Ἀκουάζεσθεyou hear… a suffixed verb related to a)koh/ and a)kou/w. From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 4.343 (where the dual occurs: web address 1 below); cf. the scholia to 11.532 (see next note). Same gloss in …Matched in noteshighshort

α1167Ἄληroaming, delusion[1] From the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 21.284, where the headword noun occurs. Likewise or similarly in other lexica. [2] Malchus) fr.8 FHG (4.117), still 8 Cresci; see more fully at alpha 3970. [3] …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1290Ἀλκμανικὸν εἶδοςAlcmanic form… Iliad 5.774 (web address 1), and this is from the scholia on the line (cf. Eustathius ad loc.). Alternatively known as the Alcmanic figure. For further examples see the scholia to Iliad 18.514, 20.138, …Matched in noteshighshort

α1501Ἀμαρυγάςglimpses, glimmers… from somewhere -- probably Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 3.1018; cf. the scholia there. [1] Same or similar material in other lexica; references at Photius alpha1133 and alpha1130 Theodoridis. [2] Aristophanes, Birds 924-5 (web address 1). …Matched in noteshighshort

α1565Ἀμείβωνexchanging… singular, of a)mei/bw (cf. alpha 1563, alpha 1564). From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 11.547, where it occurs; cf. eta 316, eta 317, mu 710. [2] From the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 3.58, where …Matched in noteshighshort

α1588Ἀμήχανονunmanageable, without means… other lexica; references at Photius alpha1194 Theodoridis. [2] From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 14.262, where the headword (neuter singular) occurs. [3] Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. [4] …Matched in noteshighshort

α1590ἈμίδαchamberpotFor the initial glossing here Adler cites the scholia to Aristophanes, Wasps 807 (quoted below). Nevertheless, the headword itself is in the accusative case and might therefore be quoted from somewhere else -- perhaps …Matched in noteshighshort

α1623ἈμόργειαAmorgian… alpha 1626, alpha 1627. The present entry comes from the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 150, where the phrase ka)n toi=s xitwni/oisi toi=s *)amorgi/nois occurs (web address 1). The scholia read in full: "some say …Matched in noteshighshort

α1626Ἀμοργίςmallow-stalk… See LSJ entry at web address 1. [1] From the scholia to Plato, Letters 363A (#13), where there is mention of "expensive Amorginian" garments. [2] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 735, where the …Matched in noteshighshort

α1700Ἀμφιανακτίζεινto sing (dithyrambic) hymns… with a grain of salt. It derives solely from the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 595, which say that both dithyrambic poets (cf. delta 1029) and citharodes (such as Terpander, who sang their compositions to …Matched in noteshighshort

α1729Ἀμφιθαλὴς ἔρωςblooming-around Eros… not in fact appropriate in context -- comes from the scholia there. See also the scholia to Homer, Iliad 22.496, where the adjective occurs; cf. already alpha 1728 and the note there. See also …Matched in noteshighshort

α2154ἈνδραποδίζωI enslave, I reduce to slavery… (including the fragment of Euripides which follows) comes from the scholia on Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 521. [5] Euripides fr. 422. [6] This concluding gloss comes from the scholia on Aristophanes, Knights 1030.Matched in noteshighshort

α2363Ἀνέχειexalts… Ajax 211-212 (see web address 1), with comment from the scholia there. [2] Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 2.6.24 (web address 2); on the defensive walls of the city of Hierapolis (present-day …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2371Ἀνεῖλενprophesied, took up, took away, killed[1] From the scholia to Plato, Laws 856E, where the headword verb appears. This material resumes in the third paragraph, below. See also Photius, Lexicon alpha1808. [2] This story derives from Herodotus, and the …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2489Ἀνθεμόενταflowering[1] From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 23.885, where the headword occurs (of a cauldron with a floral pattern). [2] From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 2.467, where the phrase occurs. [3] Unattested outside …Matched in noteshighshort

α2587Ἀνώϊστοςunlooked-for[1] From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 21.29, where the headword occurs (in the accusative case). [2] From the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 4.92, where this adverb occurs.Matched in noteshighshort

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