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Ἐφάψασθαι
to lay hold of
… infinitive of e)fa/ptw. It must be quoted from somewhere; perhaps
Pindar,
Nemeans 9.47, though there are many other possibilities.
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η
109
Ἡδυεπής
sweet-speaking
… the Homeric Hymn to Apollo (4) and in Hesiod and
Pindar.
(The scholia to the Iliad passage gloss it: o( h(du\s e)n tw=| le/gein). Entry paralleled in the Synagoge (Lexica Segueriana 242.12), the source …
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η
384
ᾘνήσαμεν
we praised
… person plural). In Homer the aorist is h)/|nhsa ; in
Pindar's
Doric it is ai)/nhsa; in Attic it is always h)/|nesa, and in Ionic (Herodotus) it is ai)/nesa (see LSJ s.v.). See also eta …
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η
464
Ἡράκλειαι στῆλαι
Herakleian pillars, Heraklean pillars, Heraclean pillars
… phrase is first attested -- with Doric-dialect sta=lai -- in
Pindar,
in the 470s (Olympian 3.44, web address 2; Isthmian 4.12, web address 3), and again in Herodotus (2.33.3, 4.8.2; web addresses 4 & …
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ι
40
Ἰαολκός
Iaolkos, Iolkos, Iolcus
… D2. The present entry's Iaolkos form occurs in Homer and
Pindar.
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ι
394
Ἰξίων
Ixion
… mythology; for his offense against Hera and Zeus, see especially
Pindar,
Pythian 2 (web address 1), and generally OCD(4) s.v. See also delta 430, iota 391, pi 1168, tau 613.
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ι
611
Ἴσαμεν
we know
The first person plural form i)/samen occurs in
Pindar,
Nemean 7.14 (web address 1). It seems to have been formed by analogy with the other form cited, third person plural i)/sasi (for which see …
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ι
628
Ἴσημι
I know
… in (e.g.) Epicharmus fr. 254 Kaibel (now 280 Kassel-Austin) and
Pindar
Pythian 4.248 (web address 1). The forms with stem i)sa- were created by analogy with third person plural i)/sasi; cf. iota 611, and …
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κ
217
Καλλιγύναικα
beautiful-womened
… as again here, in the accusative case. Compare also e.g.
Pindar,
Pythian 9.74.
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κ
404
Κάρνιος
Karnian
… was an epithet of Apollo in the Peloponnese (see e.g.
Pindar,
Pythians 5.79-80), and the Karneia his great festival there, esp. in Sparta (Herodotus 7.206, Thucydides 5.75, etc.). The Suda's headword 'Karnios' is also …
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κ
465
Καστόρειον μέλος
Castor's song, Kastor's song
The headword phrase, first attested in
Pindar
Pythians 2.69 (web address 1 below) with the noun implicit, is probably quoted from Plutarch, Lycurgus 22.2 (cf. Moralia 1140C): when the Spartans are about to join …
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κ
743
Κατὰ ῥάβδον ἔφρασε
he spoke in accordance with a staff
The headword phrase is quoted from
Pindar,
Isthmian Odes 4.38 [63d] (web address 1); it refers to Homer and his "staff/wand of celestial words". Glossing from the scholia there; also in Photius. [1] For …
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κ
1233
Κεκασμένον
adorned
… excel"; the sense "to adorn, to furnish" is attested from
Pindar
(LSJ s.v.), but can be read into Homeric instances of the participle like Odyssey 4.725: "excelling in all virtues among the Danaans"/"adorned by …
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κ
1284
Κελαινεφές
of the black clouds; black
… and the Homeric Hymns, often in the formula kelainefe/ï *Kroni/wni.
Pindar
uses it twice of Zeus (Paean fr. 52f = 6.55; 52m.9) and twice innovatively: Pythian 4.52, of the plains of Cyrene, both fertile …
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κ
1505
Κηληθμός
rapture
… Women 893; also in Himerius, Proclus, Pachymeres, and scholia on
Pindar
and Plato.
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κ
1725
Κλεόνικος
Kleonikos, Cleonicus
Several bearers of it are known: see e.g.
Pindar,
Isthmians 5.55 and 6.16 (K. of Aigina [Myth, Place]); and K. of Naupaktos in Polybius 5.95.12 etc.
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κ
2713
Κυνθιάδες
Kynthos' children, Cynthus' children
… The phrase 'high-horned crag', according to Etymologicum Magnum 504.4, is
Pindar's
(fr.325).
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χ
4
Χαΐα
genuine, fine, true
… out the modernity of the term); see e.g. Strabo 8.20.20.
(Pindar
records the dedication of a large number of them at fr. 122.) In any case, the connection between Corinth and the sex-trade is …
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χ
172
Χαῖρις
Chairis, Chaeris, Khairis
… was a pupil of Aristarchus and wrote works on Homer,
Pindar,
and Aristophanes and a treatise on grammar (all lost). Compare, rather, chi 171. [1] Taken from the scholia to Aristophanes, Birds 858 (where …
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χ
415
Χοροιτύπος
choral-beating, choral-dancing
… headword is an epic/poetic adjective, occurring in a fragment of
Pindar
quoted by Pausanias (3.25.2), as well as several times in Nonnus' Dionysiaca.
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