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- η566ἭρυλλοςHeryllos, Heryllus… eta857; Herodian, *Peri\ paqw=n, vol. 3.2, 205, quoted by Etymologicum Magnum 142.56 and 143.3; Herodian, *Peri\ parwnu/mwn, vol.3.2, 859.
- ε2257Ἐπιβύσαςhaving stopped up… also quoted in Photius s.v. kro/khn nh/qein le/gousin and Etymologicum Magnum s.vv. nh=ma, para/buston. [2] Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 379 (web address 2), with scholia; also quoted in Etymologicum Magnum s.v. e(kato/mbh; cf. Acharnians 463 …
- αι70ΑἰγοφάγοςGoat-eaterEpithet of Zeus, Nicander fr. 99 (Etymologicum Magnum 27.51); of Hera at Sparta, Pausanias 3.15.9 (web address 1) and Hesychius alpha1737. J.G. Frazer on the Pausanias passage: 'whenever a deity is called the eater …
- κ1576Κίβησιςbag, pouch, wallet… (Hesychius s.v. xlido/s, ps.-Zonaras s.v. a)skoph/ra, Etymologicum Gudianum and Etymologicum Magnum s.v. ph/ra, alpha 4178). All other lexica glossing ki/bisis ~ ki/bhsis likewise hedge their bets and gloss it as "chest or pouch" (John …
- ε3063Ἐρωήforce, impulse, quick motion, rushSame entry in Apion, Hesychius, the Etymologicum Magnum, and (according to Adler) the Ambrosian Lexicon. The headword is probably quoted from Homer, Iliad 17.761 (web address 1), where the scholia have the present gloss. …
- χ303Χιλήfodder… Hesychius, Lexicum Ambrosianum 247 (according to Adler), Etymologicum Genuinum, Etymologicum Magnum 811.47. [1] Xenophon, Anabasis 4.5.25 (web address 1 below). [2] Herodotus 4.140.3 (web address 2). The text of Herodotus reads sfete/rhs for the …
- δ808Διαυλωνίζεινto go through a channel… Adler, a comparable one in the Ambrosian Lexicon. Post-Suda, Etymologicium Magnum 743.19-20 relates it specifically to winds; and see LSJ s.v. For the etymology cf. generally alpha 4449.
- ε2337Ἐπιθιγγάνειtouches upon= Lexica Segueriana 229.23 and Hesychius epsilon4806; cf. Etymologicum Magnum 450.11. The headword must be quoted from somewhere but is otherwise unattested; and attestations of all forms of the verb (cf. under epsilon 2782) …
- κ1394Κέραιρεmix!Likewise in Etymologicum Magnum 504.36 and elsewhere, and a similar entry (the gloss is ke/rason) already in Hesychius kappa2256. The headword is an imperative related to kera/nnumi; see also a scholion on Homer, Iliad …
- κ1957Κόλλοψtuning-pegcf. Etymologicum Magnum 525.30. See also Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon, and a scholion on Plato, Republic 531B (where the word occurs in the genitive plural: web address 1). [1] Attested in Attic Comedy (Eubulus) and …
- κ2609Κύδιμοςfamous= Anecdota Graeca (Bachmann) 447.7; cf. Hesychius kappa4415; Etymologicum Magnum 543.32. The headword (here nominative singular masculine) appears frequently in hexameter poetry and epigram, the earliest attestations being in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes …
- λ606Λίστροισιwith spades, with shovels… gloss is not that of the scholia there or Etymologicum Magnum 567.18 (which is toi=s custh=rsin, "with the scrapers"), but is, according to Adler, that of the Ambrosian Lexicon. cf. generally lambda 605.
- κ1231Κεκαδησόμεθαwe will have been concerned… headword occurs: web address 1), the Etymologicum Gudianum, the Etymologicum Magnum, and Hesychius kappa30.
- ε1177Ἐν δίκῃwith justice… 'in' justice. For the glossing cf. Hesychius epsilon2794 and Etymologicum Magnum 339.4. But according to a different interpretation reported by a scholion on Aristophanes, Wasps 421, e)n di/kh| (= e)n th=| di/kh|) means dika/zontes, …
- ει21Εἴδαυλοςexpert… according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon; but cf. Etymologicum Magnum 295.30, ei)du/los. These other lexica also gloss the word correctly (suneto/s, lo/gios), i.e. as an adjective meaning expert.
- α172Ἀγάστορεςwomb-mates… occur in Lycophron, Alexandra 264 (genitive plural). [2] cf. Etymologicum Magnum 6.20.
- δ1443Δωδεκατημόριονtwelfth-part… Adler, who regards it as referring to Plato, Laws 771B (Magnesia's tribes as, each, a 12th of the total citizen-body); cf. 848C, 849B. The headword is also used by astronomical writers to refer to …
- α1396Ἄλλωςotherwisecf. Hesychius s.v., Etymologicum Magnum 68.37, and a scholion on Aristophanes, Acharnians 114 (where the headword occurs: web address 1). cf. already alpha 1318, alpha 1395, and again alpha 1398. [1] Quotation unidentifiable. (The …
- ε3084ἙρσήενταdewyMasculine accusative singular of e(rsh/eis; cf. Etymologicum Magnum 378.1. See also epsilon 3083. [1] Likewise in Photius, the Lexica Segueriana, and scholia on Homer, Iliad 14.348 and 24.419, where the headword occurs (web addresses …
- ε3289Ἑτερόγναθοςother-jawed… in Photius; 'disobedient' in Hesychius; 'insatiable etc.' in the Etymologicum Magnum and elsewhere. In its technical sense ('having one side of the mouth harder than the other': LSJ s.v.) the headword is applied to …
- ε3535Εὐκηλήτειραsoother… scholia. Identically glossed in Hesychius (and ps.-Zonaras); and cf. Etymologicum Magnum s.v. a)lecia/rh. For the etymology cf. kappa 1506, kappa 1507; and see also epsilon 3536.
- κ2596Κύβητοςcubit… to the word more commonly spelled kubi=ton ('cubit'); cf. Etymologicum Magnum 543.6. (At Photius, Lexicon kappa1153 Theodoridis the editor departs from previous editions by printing the headword as ku/biton, not the transmitted ku/bhtton.)
- χ415Χοροιτύποςchoral-beating, choral-dancing… Adler) in the Ambrosian Lexicon (285); similar one in Etymologicum Magnum 813.49. The headword is an epic/poetic adjective, occurring in a fragment of Pindar quoted by Pausanias (3.25.2), as well as several times in …
- μ307Μαχλοσύνηlewdness, wantonness… lexica have katafe/reia "propensity" (Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, Hesychius, the Etymologicum Magnum), and spell it out: "towards sexual matters" (a)frodi/sia) in Hesychius, "towards coitus" in the Etymologicum Magnum. (Compare also a scholion on Homer, Iliad …
- ε891ἙλώδηςmarshyHere an adjective is modified by a noun. Contrast Etymologicum Magnum 332.52-4: *(/elos. shmai/nei o)/noma po/lews *lakwnikh=s... shmai/nei kai\ to\n u(gro\n kai\ su/mfuton to/pon. Adler also cites the unedited Ambrosian Lexicon 518 and 683 …
- κ904Κατεβαυκάλησεlulled [me] to sleep… (as katebauka/lisen) in Photius kappa405 Theodoridis. Quoted, according to Etymologicum Magnum 192.20-21 (which has the object pronoun translated here), from Attic comedy: Adespota fr. 1030 Kock, but now Aristophanes fr. 971 K.-A.
- κ1067Κατήφειαdejection[1] Similarly glossed in Etymologicum Magnum 496.53. Hesychius kappa1792 glosses stugno/ths, o)/neidos, ai)sxu/nh, ai)dw/s, a)ni/a ("gloominess, blame, dishonor, shame, distress"), and Latte claims the headword as quoted from Homer, Iliad 17.556 (kathfei/h there). [2] …
- κ1695Κιχλισμόςgiggling… Theodoridis). Other definitions include "whorish laughter, excessive and indecorous" (Etymologicum Magnum), "small laugh" (ps.-Zonaras), "strong laugh" (Herodian, On Spelling vol. 3,2 p. 535 Lentz, Hesychius). From the verb kixli/zw, for which see kappa 1694 …
- κ2532Κοίαςquoits… glossed as such in Hesychius kappa3224, Etymologicum Gudianum 535.51, Etymologicum Magnum 770.11. Here it is glossed as nominative singular, as in ps.-Herodian, Epimerismi 74.5; cf. Theognostus 121, Choeroboscus De accentibus 4.16.
- δ1603Δυσγάργαλιςskittish, ticklish… in Photius, Lexicon delta804, and Etymologicum Genuinum s.v. (cf. Etymologicum Magnum 291.47). For the etymological expansion of the gloss cf. generally gamma 62, gamma 63 (and further in n.2 below). [1] An adjective even …