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Ἀγαστός
admirable
… (Latte on Hesychius s.v. claims the headword as quoted from
Euripides,
Hecuba 169, but there are alternatives in Plato and elsewhere.) See further under alpha 174.
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217
Ἀγῆλαι
to celebrate, to glorify
… the aorist infinitive of the verb a)ga/llw, probably quoted from
Euripides,
Medea 1027; cf. the scholia there. See also alpha 218. [1] On the role of woolly wreaths in ancient ritual see LSJ (web …
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251
Ἀγκύλη
thong, hook
… by extension the javelin itself; LSJ II.2 has instances from
Euripides
and elsewhere. [2] This perfect participle (masculine nominative singular) occurs in Aristophanes, Birds 1180, and this is the gloss of the scholia there; …
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α
262
Ἀγλαΐα
splendor
… quoted from somewhere external (the possibilities include Hesiod, Pindar and
Euripides).
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α
290
Ἄγνυται
is shattered
… the epic/poetic verb a)/gnumi. Evidently quoted from somewhere -- perhaps
Euripides,
Helen 410 (web address 1). [1] Same glossing in Hesychius (alpha669) and other lexica. [2] Third person dual imperfect active, "broke through"; doubtless …
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α
298
Ἀγγοπήνια
angopenia
… from a/ggos "vessel." [2] For this adjective (attested in e.g.
Euripides,
Orestes 840) see LSJ s.v.
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358
Ἀγριοποιόν
wild-maker, wild-making
… and epsilon 150, and cf. also alpha 772. Spoken by
Euripides,
who is not an impartial witness.
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α
492
Ἄδμητος
Admetos, Admetus
… address 1); most notable is the husband of Alcestis, in
Euripides'
drama; see OCD(4) under Alcestis (p.51).
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α
669
Ἀΐδας
Aidas, Hades
… (alpha 672), frequently found in lyric passages of tragedy, especially
Euripides.
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695
Ἀΐστωρ
unknowing, unaware
… attested in the plural (and governing the genitive case) in
Euripides,
Andromache 682 (web address 1 below); in the singular (and absolutely) in Plato, Laws 8.845B (web address 2 below). The latter passage, surely, …
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α
748
Ἀθώπευτον
unflatterable, rough
… (references at Photius alpha496 Theodoridis); taken to be quoted from
Euripides,
Andromache 459 (web address 1 below). [2] Greek Anthology 6.168.8 (Paul the Silentiary), Xenophilus kills a wild boar; see further extracts from this …
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α
777
Ἀκαθαίρετος
impregnable, irrefragable
… word, a)kata/blhtos, is used of towers in a scholion to
Euripides,
Hecuba 1.)
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α
832
Ἀκερδὴς χάρις
unprofitable reward
… provide a mock heroic touch (cf. a similar usage at
Euripides,
Alcestis 877).
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α
833
Ἀκέραιον
unblemished
… cf. Hesychius alpha2331, which Latte connects with the scholia to
Euripides,
Trojan Women 922, where the headword occurs in the nominative masculine (cf. also Lexicon Vindobonense alpha134). [1] This phrase (also found in Timaeus, …
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848
Ἀκέσματα
remedies
… Homer. See in brief OCD(4) p.1177, under Polyeidus(1). Sophocles and
Euripides
wrote tragedies about him, Aristophanes a comedy. In this story (given in Hyginus, Fabulae 136) Polyidus divined where the body of Glaucus, the …
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851
Ἀκέστας
healers
… Akestor is once used as an epithet for Phoebus Apollo
(Euripides,
Andromache 900) and is a reasonably common personal name for a tragic playwright also called Sakas (see sigma 33, from whom the recurrent …
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α
893
Ἀκλειῶς
disreputably, ingloriously
… alpha2426 for a)klew=s (reckoned by Latte to be quoted from
Euripides).
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α
905
Ἀκμὴ καλεῖ
a moment is calling
… sight of in the entry which follows. It comes from
Euripides,
Hecuba 1042. [2] Aelian fr. 44b Domingo-Forasté, 41 Hercher (on the invalid Nikanor). [3] Aelian fr. 93e D-F (90 Hercher). For the Samothracian …
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921
Ἄκομψον
unadorned, lacking in prestige
… then turns to different material and cites a fragment of
Euripides.
[1] Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 1.4.6 (here abridged); on Elpidius, formerly praetor Siciliae, envoy to the Avars in 583; cf. de Boor (47), Whitby …
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α
971
Ἀκραιφνές
inviolate
… lexica do not have it. There are numerous alternatives, from
Euripides
and Aristophanes onwards. [2] Attributed by Mai to Cassius Dio; in any event, close in content to Eutropius, Breviarium 3.10.1. The Fabius in …
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α
983
Ἀκρίζω
I tip, I top
… (or possible) senses it can bear: the participle a)kri/zwn in
Euripides
fr. 570 seems to mean "going on tiptoe" (cf, LSJ s.v.); and the scholia to Homer, Iliad 21.12 understand it as "eat off …
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α
986
Ἀκρίσιος
Akrisios, Acrisius
… of Perseus; see already at alpha 984. Both Sophocles and
Euripides
wrote plays about him. Perseus Encyclopedia entry at web address 1. [1] Likewise, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. [2] cf. generally …
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α
1002
Ἀκροθίνια
spoils, akrothinia
… in Photius and other lexica; and cf. the scholia to
Euripides,
Phoenissae 203, where the neuter plural headword occurs. [2] cf. Hesychius alpha2606. [3] Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 1.19; cf. eta 462 and …
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α
1083
Ἀλᾶται
roams
… headword, evidently quoted from somewhere (the many possibilities include Pindar,
Euripides
and Aristophanes), is third person singular, present indicative active, of the poetic verb a)la/omai. cf. alpha 1061.
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1209
Ἀλίαστος
unshrinking
… Iliad 2.797.) This epic word is also used by (e.g.)
Euripides
in lyrics. From lia/zomai "recoil, shrink (from)" (cf. lambda 481).
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α
1279
Ἄλκηστις
Alkestis, Alcestis
… mentioned in Homer and Hesiod, but most fully depicted in
Euripides'
tragedy Alkestis (438 BCE).
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α
1331
Ἀλόπη
Alope
… of Alope in Lycurgus fr. 24 Conomis; it also cites
Euripides
(who wrote a play of this name), Hellanicus and Dinarchus. [1] Not in Harpok, and attested only here.
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α
1597
Ἁμιλλῶμαί σοι
I vie with you
… of this verb with the dative case (as in Herodotus,
Euripides
and elsewhere: see LSJ).
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α
1734
Ἀμφίκρημνος
with cliffs all around
… a content where it is feminine. (The neuter a)mfi/krhmnon in
Euripides,
Bacchae 1051, which presumably generated Hesychius alpha4032, is unconnected.) [1] For the glossing of amphi with peri cf. alpha 1692, alpha 1699, alpha …
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1745
Ἀμφιμάτορας
having different mothers
… Doric accusative plural, is quoted from a lyric passage in
Euripides,
Andromache 466 (web address 1 below), though this glossing does a poor job of explaining what it means there; see rather the scholia …
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