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- ν535Νωθήςsluggish, stupid, stubborn… Theodoridis), the Synagoge, Hesychius nu765, Lexica Segueriana 310.18, and Etymologicum Magnum 608.2. [2] As from ne + qe/ein "run": essentially the same etymology as in Orion [Author, Myth], Etymologicum 110.14 (s.v. nwqei/s) and Etymologicum …
- 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 …
- δ509Διαβούλιονdeliberation, council… the plural. [2] Psalm 9:23 LXX. [3] cf. (e.g.) Etymologicum Magnum 267.13.
- δ780Διατάχουςspeedily… diata/xous), while the latter cannot. [1] Likewise, post-Suda, in Etymologicum Magnum 271.1.
- ε4007ἜχιδναviperSimilarly glossed in ps.-Herodian and the Etymologicum Magnum; and cf. epsilon 4006. For this primary sense of the headword see LSJ s.v., where other senses are also attested, esp. 'a treacherous wife or friend' …
- κ248Καλοπόδιονlast… rare variant for feminine kalopous (kappa 201): see e.g. Etymologicum Magnum 510.45-47, and (as LSJ notes) a variant reading in Galen, Thrasybulus (vol.5.890.12 Kuehn). For kalo/pous (also written kala-) see e.g. Plato, Symposium 191A; …
- ε1119Ἐναπήρεισταιhas been fixed inSame entry in Etymologicum Magnum 337.30 (and again ps.-Zonaras) The headword -- which must be quoted from somewhere but is otherwise unattested -- is perfect middle/passive, third person singular, of the verb e)naperei/dw (for …
- κ1698Κλαγγηδόνraucously, screech-fashion… kappa756 Theodoridis) and cf. 'with a shout' in the Etymologicum Magnum and the Homeric scholia ad loc.
- κ1805Κλιμακόεσσανstepped, having steps… Iliad passage, in Nonnus' Dionysiaca 18.56, and in the Etymologicum Magnum s.v. *iqw/mh.
- κ2082Κορήσατεsweep out… hall". The Suda is guessing at its meaning. The Etymologicum Magnum has "sweep, make"; the scholiast ad loc. and Eustathius have "sweep"; Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon has "make pretty".
- κ2331Κράσπεδονfringe, skirtcf. Etymologicum Magnum 534.55; perhaps (as Adler notes) from comment on Matthew 9.20, where the woman with a flow of blood touches the hem of Jesus' garment (web address 1). See also kappa 2330 …
- ν617Νύσσαturnpost… Sophist, Homeric Lexicon 117.6; Hesychius nu744, Etymologicum Gudianum 412.5; Etymologicum Magnum 609.28d; Pollux 2.147. See also tau 792, and generally LSJ s.v.
- κ1473ΚεῖμαιI am laid, I am situated, I lie… here without a gloss. Of other lexica, only the Etymologicum Magnum has kei=mai as a headword (508.56). (The Etymologicum Gudianum has ke/atai and kei/mena.) cf. kappa 1474 (and kappa 1482).
- κ1560Κηφηῒς γῆKephean land… more fully than the Suda in ps.-Zonaras and in Etymologicum Magnum 512.14-15.
- κ2566ΚοῖοςKoios, Coeuscf. Etymologicum Magnum 523.48-49 (and 264.25-26). [1] For whom see lambda 477. For Koios himself and his wife Phoibe see Hesiod, Theogony 405-408 (web address 1).
- μ1072ΜιμαλλόναςMimallones… Compare in any event Hesychius mu1367 (and kappa3062) and Etymologicum Magnum 587.53, 588.42; and cf. eta 336 and kappa 1829.
- δ961Διεσμιλευμένονpolished-off= Synagoge delta267, Photius delta552 Theodoridis, Etymologicum Magnum 273.53. The headword is perfect middle/passive participle, neuter nominative/accusative or masculine accusative singular, of diasmileu/w; literally 'polish off with a chisel'. [1] The pertinence of this …
- χ224Χειᾷin a hole… the A and D scholia on that line, Hesychius, Etymologicum Magnum 809.50, and (according to Adler) Lexicum Ambrosianum 175; and further, next note. [1] This sentence = scholium A to Homer, Iliad 22.93, whence …
- κ1513Κηλόνειονswipe, swing-beam… ps.-Zonaras, Gennadius Scholarius' Grammar, the Etymologicum Gudianum and the Etymologicum Magnum. In ps.-Zonaras: "But khlo/neion is a crane: Spelled with a short (omicron) and a diphthong (ei). ... a piece of wood tilting backwards …
- ε2777Ἐπιχθονίωνof land-bound… have the present gloss; see also chi 329). cf. Etymologicum Magnum 367.29.
- α446Ἀδέψητονuntanned, undressedEtymologicum Magnum 16.35 has a longer version of the same entry; Apollonius (Homeric Lexicon) and Hesychius the same headword but with different glossing. The headword itself, neuter nominative/accusative singular of this adjective, is doubtless …
- α1788Ἀμφότεροιboth… That is, they make an indefinite noun definite; cf. Etymologicum Magnum 314.53-54.
- μ358Μεγαλεῖον μύρονMegaleian perfumecf. Etymologicum Magnum 574.47-48. But in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 15.690F (15.42 Kaibel) and elsewhere, the name is Megallos and his invention, accordingly, Megalleion: see LSJ s.v. (There was also a dispute about whether he was …
- α9Ἀάσχετοςirresistible… to gloss the neuter form of the headword at Etymologicum Magnum 1.32.
- ε2046Ἐπελήκεονthey were making noise at… in Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon (71.19), Hesychius epsilon4386, and (post-Suda) Etymologicum Magnum 355.16.