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λ10Λαβρώνιονlabronion… and the neuter, a feminine labrwni/a is also noted in Eustathius' Commentary on the Iliad.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1387Ἐν ὅλμῳ ἐκοιμήθη(he) slept in a hollow… epsilon3230; see also e.g. Pausanias the Atticist fr. 167 (in Eustathius); Photius, Lexicon epsilon997 (cf. 996) Theodoridis; Etymologicum Magnum 344.39-40. First, the verb in the proverb itself is apparently not e)koimh/qh but eu)na/sw, "I …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2221Ἐπιάλτηνnightmare… (and more briefly), in Moeris, Hesychius, and other lexica. Post-Suda, Eustathius cites it as from a rhetorical lexicon: Commentary on the Iliad, 561.16 and Commentary on the Odyssey, 1687.52. [1] cf. epsilon 3909, iota …Matched in noteshighshort
α841Ἀκέσασθαι καὶ Ἀκέσαιto heal… 432 -- but this assertion, repeated there, makes little sense. Eustathius (1647.56) vigorously denies the relationship between the word for stitching and the word akestria for 'healer', and this entry perhaps reflects a confused …Matched in noteshighshort
ε854Ἑλικώτατον ὕδωρmost swirling water, very swirling water… cf. scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.98 (web address 1), and Eustathius's commentary on the same passage. As Pfeiffer notes, Salustii igitur ad Hecalam explanatio valde differt ab Homeri interpretibus. In favor of the latter …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1105Κατώγειονunderground… into Modern Greek (katw/gi, katw/i). *)anw/geios does not appear before Eustathius (Commentary on the Iliad vol.2 p.301); it has likewise survived into Modern Greek (a)nw/gi, a)nw/i).Matched in noteshighshort
κ2357Κραιπάληcarousal, hangover… p. 163 Gaisford, the Etymologicum Gudianum, the Etymologicum Magnum, and Eustathius, Commentary on Iliad 1.200. [4] A more strained folk etymology, also from the scholia to Aristophanes, Plutus 298; cf. n.2 above.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2519Ἐπιπλώσαςhaving sailed upon… similar entries in other lexica (beginning with Hesychius epsilon5072); also Eustathius ad loc. [2] Homer, Iliad 6.291 (web address 2). [3] According to the scholia to the aforementioned Homeric lines, plw/s is produced by …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1874Κνίζωνscratching… 6.25; cf. the scholia thereto). [2] Herodian the grammarian, in Eustathius' Commentary on the Odyssey 1745.64 and 1746.12. On hypothetical monosyllabic verbs, see phi 394 (Philoxenos of Alexandria). [3] Greek Anthology 6.238.3 (Apollonides), a …Matched in noteshighshort
ν554Νώνυμοςunknown… = 14.70 (web addresses 1-3), with the corresponding scholia and Eustathius ad loc. And cf. Homer, Odyssey 1.222 (web address 4) [2] As if the adjective were derived from the middle/passive participle u(mnou/menos by …Matched in noteshighshort
α90ἈβροτάζωI miss (someone on the way)… Lexicon 3.1 (= Hesychius alpha205, and cf. Etymologicum Gudianum 3.25ff., Eustathius Commentary on Iliad 10.65), probably following Aristarchus, on Homer's plural.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1395Δόρυ κηρύκειονa spear as a herald's wand… 1546. [2] In Boeotia. [3] Pausanias the Atticist fr. 135 (Eustathius 1.408.4). For the Gephyraioi see gamma 213. For Eumolpus see epsilon 3585 (and epsilon 3584).Matched in noteshighmedium
μ184Μάργηςmad, furious… it is not otherwise attested (and Tyrannion's fr.55 Haas, from Eustathius, speaks only of ma/rgos). [1] Same glossing (of margos) in other lexica, from Hesychius onwards: see the references at Photius mu108 Theodoridis. [2] …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1418Κερωτήkairôtê, woven fabric… are both substantially unattested, they both involve weaving of fabric. Eustathius defines kai=ros explicitly as mi/twma (Commentary on the Iliad I p. 241, III p. 399; this corroborates kairwth/ and mitwth/ being synonyms.Matched in noteshighshort
χ95ΧάραξCharax… lacuna (left blank by Adler). An alternative, deriving support from Eustathius, is 'Italic' (Westermann).Matched in noteshighmedium
κ912Κατεγλωττισμένονtongued-down (?tongue-engaged); (sunk) under too many glosses (far-fetched).… of the names of such kisses in the Suda, Hesychius, Eustathius, Pausanias Atticista and Photius see the notes to mu 134. The rest of the entry illustrates the literary use of the term to …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε774Ἔλεγοςelegy… of this material is unidentifiable, but it reappears (post-Suda) in Eustathius' commentary on Homer, Iliad 24.721. On Midas see generally mu 1036. His mother, according to late sources, was Kybele (kappa 2586).Matched in noteshighshort
κ47Καθεκάστην Καθέκασταevery single… "every single Sunday". For other instances of the adverb see Eustathius, ad Il. 2.87-90 tw=n k. ginome/nwn, ad Od. 20.149 e(/na k. komi/zein "to bring one after another", ad Od. 22.444 ta\ k. xrh/sima …Matched in noteshighshort
α1678Ἀμυνόμενοιrevenging themselves… entry in ps.-Zonaras; and cf. Aristophanes of Byzantium, cited by Eustathius in his Commentary on Homer's Iliad 2.70.22 van der Valk. The headword -- present middle/passive participle, masculine nominative plural -- is thus more …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2Καββαλίςkabbalis… suggests that the lexicographer has this sense in mind; cf. Eustathius, Commentary on the Odyssey 1.42.31 Stallbaum.Matched in noteshighshort
η49ἨγηλάζωI guide, I lead… texts: e.g. the Synagoge (Lexica Segueriana alpha12.14); Photius, Lexicon alpha161; Eustathius, Commentaries on Homer's Odyssey 1.441. In a scholion to Herodotus 5.72 the sense of the verb is considered to be diw/kein, fugadeu/ein, e)pita/ttein, …Matched in noteshighshort
χ398Χορείανchoral dance… 1.19A [1.34 Kaibel] (honorary citizenship of Athens, with statue), and Eustathius, Commentary on Homer's Odyssey 8.376 (there as Alexander the ball-player). [6] Also glossed in ps.-Zonaras as the location of dancing and in Hesychius …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1124Ἔναραspoils, trappings… also Hesychius epsilon2657, with the additional gloss la/fura [also in Eustathius, Commentary on the Iliad 1.189)] and epsilon2660. [2] Greek Anthology 6.163.6-7 (Meleager [Author, Myth]); cf. epsilon 1390, with the better reading e)nopa=s "of …Matched in noteshighshort
μ1291ΜοῦσαMuse… 3.1.10 (p. 85). [3] cf. Helladius in Photius, Bibliotheca 531a2, Eustathius I.9.35. [4] On Nicolaus of Damascus: quoted more fully at nu 393.Matched in noteshighshort
α856Ἀκεῖσθαιto heal… 22.2; cf. alpha 851), but this was vigorously denied by Eustathius (1647.56), citing Aelius Dionysius. See alpha 851 for the important distinction between the masculine nouns for 'doctor' and 'tailor'. This verb has no …Matched in noteshighshort
ν425ΝίσαιονNisaion, Nisaeum, Nisaia… Nisaion a plain of [= near] the Red Sea, while Eustathius of Thessalonica, Commentary on Dionysius' Description of the World 1017, refers to it as a plain in Media. [3] i.e. Stephanus of Byzantium, …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2500Ἐπίορκον ἀνώμοσενswore a false oath… reading known to early commentators (and rejected by them; cf. Eustathius ad loc.), and it is conceivable that this could be behind the Suda's erroneous reading. [1] A garbled paraphrase of comments from the …Matched in noteshighshort
λ693Λοῦτρονwash-water… mss of both Aristophanes and the Suda (and, later still, Eustathius, Commentarii ad Homeri Iliadem 3 p.784 van der Walk) do transmit the headword as lou=tron; however, as that would be unmetrical in the …Matched in noteshighshort
α4361ἈττικόςAttikos, Atticus… prominent in philosophy all through Sebasteia from their company with Eustathius, who we know was the bishop there and leader of the best monks. And when he reached manhood he was converted to the …Matched in translationhighlong
ν427Νισσόμενοςgoing… ne/w in the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 4.701, and in Eustathius of Thessalonica, Commentary on the Odyssey 9.58. [5] The infinitive at the end of this last clause, taken from the margin of ms …Matched in noteshighshort

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