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α2841Ἄοζοιattendants… is made here between the headword -- for which see Aeschylus, Agamemnon 231 (dative plural), and next note -- and this adjective. (Seemingly, the headword has been misunderstood as the adjective no-branched, which has …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1364Ἐνθουσιᾷis in ecstasy… active, third person singular, of e)nqousia/w) might be extracted from Aeschylus fr. 58 Radt (quoted in [Longinus], On the Sublime 15.6). cf. imperfect at epsilon 1226, and related words at epsilon 1363, epsilon 1365, …Matched in noteshighshort
δ586Διακναιόμενοςbeing worn away… lexica. The headword participle must be quoted from somewhere; perhaps (?)Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 94. [2] Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 957-58; cf. alpha 4374.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3773Εὐτρεπῆprepared [things]… also Hesychius epsilon7249 (eu)treph/s) and the scholia to eu)trepei=s in Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 91. cf. eta 653, and more generally epsilon 3774.Matched in noteshighshort
α405Ἀγχίσποροιnear-seeded… plural occurs in a quotation (oi( qew=n a)gxi/sporoi: part of Aeschylus fr. 162). [2] Damascius fr.87 Zintzen (40 Asmus); cf. pi 1966.Matched in noteshighshort
α3217ἌπιςApis… the manuscripts. [1] alpha 3201. [2] Again at gamma 416. Aeschylus refers to Apis' role as a healer (Suppliant Women 260-265: web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
ω58Ὠκύπτερονswift-winged… literal applications see LSJ s.v.) and figuratively of ships in Aeschylus, Suppliant Women 734 (web address 2).Matched in noteshighshort
α1681Ἀμύντηςdefender… favourite of Herodotus' -- actually occurs in what survives of Aeschylus. They have, nevertheless, been registered as adespota of his. Note, however, that the adjective *ai)sxulhro/s (as opposed to *ai)xu/leios) occurs only here, and …Matched in noteshighshort
α2581Ἄνωγεcommands, has commanded… is likely to be quoted from Homer (13 instances) or Aeschylus (2). cf. generally alpha 2583.Matched in noteshighshort
η204Ἠλεόςidle, vain… in Hesychius eta342; Doric form a)leo/s at Hesychius alpha2737, from Aeschylus (fr.410).Matched in noteshighshort
ι516Ἱππαλεκτρυόνοςof a gryphon… Peace 1177: web address 3). Aristophanes borrows the word from Aeschylus' Myrmidons (fr. 134). The headword here is in the genitive case, a form that otherwise survives only in the scholia to Aristophanes' Peace …Matched in noteshighshort
ν311Νηλεῶςpitilessly… an adverbial form of nhlh/s (nu 313): for instances see (?)Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 240, Choephori 242; LSJ entry at web address 1. This is an older compound of ne- and e)/leos; a)nhleh/s is a …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1073Ἐμφερεῖςresembling (ones)… glossing cf. Hesychius epsilon2554, though nominative plurals there (stemming from Aeschylus, Choephori 206?) rather than the Suda's accusative plurals. The Suda's headword is perhaps (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given. [2] Iamblichus, …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3245Ἐσχάραι πυρόςembers of fire… lexica have reversed the word-order. For e)sxa/rai puro/s exactly, see Aeschylus, Eumenides 108 (dative singular), and Job 41:11 LXX. cf. epsilon 3246 (and in a quite different context epsilon 3244); more generally epsilon 3242, …Matched in noteshighshort
μ395Μεγαίνετος ὁ ΜάνηςMegainetos the Manes[1] Euripides (speaking about Aeschylus) in Aristophanes, Frogs 964-5, with comment from the scholia to the passage. See already gamma 352 and the note there; and cf. mu 394.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1252Διώρυξconduit… way, the word katw/ruc follows a declension with x in Aeschylus and Sophocles. Cf. Phrynichus 210: dia\ tou= g kakw=s: oi( ga\r a)rxai=oi tau=ta dia\ tou= x le/gousi. See also delta 1253.Matched in noteshighshort
η13Ἡβᾷcomes of age, is of age… 696; Theodoridis on Photius, Lexicon eta5, adds the possibility of Aeschylus, Agamemnon 584. h(ba/w is a verb formed from h(/bh, which means "youth", "prime of life", or "the vigor of youth" (eta 16). [1] …Matched in noteshighshort
η504ᾙρήκασιthey have taken… ai(re/w. It must be quoted from somewhere: extant possibilities include Aeschylus, Philostratus, and Cassius Dio. [2] Perfect active participle of the same verb, masculine nominative plural. Again, evidently quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities include …Matched in noteshighshort
ε154Ἐγὼ μὲν ἐκ τοῦ καλοῦ εἰς καλὸν μετήνεγκαI myself changed out of good into good… 1298 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there. Aeschylus is speaking.Matched in noteshighshort
α4532Αὐτούργητονself-wrought… 22, and phi 258. For heath, Erica arborea, cf. e.g. Aeschylus, Agamemnon 295 and omicron 131.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1635Δυσίατονhard to heal… in medical contexts. This particular form might be quoted from Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1103, though there are numerous other possibilities. For the gloss cf. alpha 880, alpha 2404. [2] Again, evidently quoted from somewhere; there …Matched in noteshighshort
μ1170Μνήστοραmindful [of]… of the present quotation unidentifiable. For the nominative plural see Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 180 (web address 2). The scholia to that passage gloss it variously: mnh/mones; mnei/an kai\ e)nqu/mhsin e)/xontes; ei)dh/mones. "mindful; having …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3067Ἐρῶνloving… occur in the scholia to the instance of e)rw=n in Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 392 (see web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
α1033Ἀκταίνεινto lift up, to raise… attested usage of the verb in tragedy, noted there (see Aeschylus, Eumenides 36 [web address 2], cited by Latte on Hesychius s.v., where the gloss is metewri/zein). See however Plato, Laws 672C (on the …Matched in noteshighshort
α3882ἈριμάσπειοςArimaspeian, Arimaspian, Arimaspean… from the Scythian "arima", meaning "one", and "spou", meaning "eye"); (?)Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 803-6; and see generally OCD(4) p.152. There were also a people called the Arimaspai (or Ariaspai) who dwelt east of the …Matched in noteshighshort
α1060Ἀλαλαλαὶ ἰὴ παίωνalalalai ie paion… Similar refrains occur in the Homeric Hymn to Apollo, 517; Aeschylus, Agamemnon 146; Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 154; Aristophanes, Acharnians 1212.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1287Κελαινοφαήςblack-coloured… the monodies of Euripides, in the mouth of his character Aeschylus. First he mocks the blatant redundancy of the words; secondly he uses a characteristic of Euripides, adding the suffix -fa/hs to adjectives of …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3869Ἐφ' ἑστίαςat the hearth[1] The headword phrase is probably quoted from somewhere (e.g. Aeschylus, Agamemnon 427 or 1435), but in any event it is proverbial: see Appendix Proverbiorum 1.43 and the other paroemiographers. [2] Sophocles, Electra 419-420 …Matched in noteshighshort
α109ἈγάθαρχοςAgatharkhos, Agatharchos, Agatharchus… was the first painter to make a theatrical skene (for Aeschylus).Matched in noteshighshort
δ1680Δυσπάλαιστοςhard to wrestle with… 889 and (neuter) Supplices 1118. See also (and also figurative) Aeschylus, Supplices 468 and Choephori 692. [2] Perhaps quoted from Pindar (Olympians 8.25 or Pythians 4.273).Matched in noteshighshort

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