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593 entries for Sophocles

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α3827Ἀρέσκειαobsequiousness, being pleasing… an entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. [1] Sophocles, Electra 147 (web address 1). [2] Aristophanes, Frogs 103 (web address 2). Also cf. scholia on Frogs 103 and on Wealth [Plutus] 72. …Matched in noteshighshort
α3860Ἄρρητονaccursed… entry will turn: a)/rrhtos, literally unspoken, and so unspeakable. [2] Sophocles, Ajax 214 (web address 1 below), with scholion. [3] An approximation of Julian, Oration 7 (210d Hertlein); cf. pi 1029. [4] Quotation unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighmedium
α3901Ἀριστεράsinister (things)… Greek eyes unlucky -- hence the implicit euphemism ("preferable"). [2] Sophocles, Ajax 183-4 (web address 1 below), with comment from the scholia there. See also at delta 225 and phi 704.Matched in noteshigh

α3827

Ἀρέσκεια

obsequiousness, being pleasing

Also [sc. attested is the related verb] a)re/skw ["I please"]; both Sophocles and Aristophanes [use this word] with an accusative syntax: "do these things please you?" "And [this] shall be more pleasing to god than a…

Ἀρέσκεια. καὶ Ἀρέσκω· πρὸς αἰτιατικὴν σύνταξιν καὶ Σοφοκλῆς καὶ Ἀριστοφάνης· σὲ δὲ ταῦτ' ἀρέσκει. καὶ ἀρέσει τῷ θεῷ ὑπὲρ μόσχον νέον. δοτικῇ.

meter and music22

meter and music22

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Carl Widstrand5

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Edward Whitehouse3

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Matthew Farmer3

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Oliver Phillips ✝3

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Andrew Morrison2

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D. Graham J. Shipley2

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Giorgos Akrivas2

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Konstantinos Kopanias2

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Nathan Greenberg ✝2

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Alexander Tulin1

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Alexandra Trachsel1

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Cindy Whitcomb1

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Gabriel Bodard1

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α4086Ἀρχέπλουτονestablished-wealthy, old-money, old-rich… adjective a)rxe/ploutos, a variant (attested only here) of a)rxaio/ploutos. [1] Sophocles, Electra 71-72 (web address 1 below), with comment from the scholia there. The quotation continues at kappa 789.Matched in noteshighshort

α4164Ἀσκέπαρνονunhewn… neuter accusative singular, is extracted from the quotation given. [1] Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 100-101 (web address 1 below), with scholion.Matched in noteshighshort

α4194Ἀσωτίαprodigality… similar entry in the Ambrosian Lexicon. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. [3] Sophocles, Ajax 190 (which reads *Sisufida=n for the lexicon's *Sisufidw=n: web address 1 below), preceded by comment from the scholia there. [4] Same glossing …Matched in noteshighshort

α4211Ἀσπιδηφόροιshield-bearers… Aristophanes fr. 66 Kock (72 K.-A.), cf. Lysistrata 282. [8] Sophocles, Ajax 565-566 (web address 1 -- there is a textual alternative for "on that man"); cf. epsilon 2579.Matched in noteshighmedium

α4213ἌσπλαγχνοςgutlessSophocles, Ajax 472 (web address 1 below), with scholion; Ajax is speaking, of himself and his father Telamon.Matched in noteshighshort

α4242ἌστιπτοςuntroddenSophocles, Philoctetes 1-2 (web address 1), with scholion.Matched in noteshighshort

α4293Ἀσφαδάστῳunconvulsive… is extracted from the quotation given. cf. sigma 1706. [1] Sophocles, Ajax 832-4 (web address 1 below), with comment from the scholia there. See also alpha 4393.Matched in noteshighmedium

α4317Ἀτάλλωνfostering; skipping… nominative singular, of a)ta/llw. Similar material in other lexica. [1] Sophocles, Ajax 558-9 (web address 1 below); cf. kappa 2199. [2] cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 13.27, where a)/talle occurs (web address 2).Matched in noteshighshort

α4320Ἀτάρβητοςdauntless… 3.63, where the headword appears (web address 1 below). [2] Sophocles, Ajax 197 (web address 2), with scholion.Matched in noteshighshort

α4329Ἄτεγκτος ἄνθρωπος παρηγορήμασινa man impervious to exhortations… man'). For the adjective a)/tegktos see also alpha 4330. [2] Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 336 (web address 1 below). The two sentences which follow here are from the scholia to this line. [3] Dionysius of …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4376ἈτώμενοςsufferingThe headword participle is extracted from the quotation given. [1] Sophocles, Ajax 384 (web address 1 below), with scholion. (Editors have generally preferred other versions of the beginning of the line to the Suda's …Matched in noteshighshort

α4378Ἄτρακτονarrow; spindle[1] Sophocles, Philoctetes 289-291 (web address 1 below); cf. nu 271. [2] Adler queried the attribution of this quotation to Procopius, and it is in fact unidentifiable. [3] Menander Protector fr. 31.1 Blockley (242-245); …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4527Αὐτοσφαγῆsuicide… headword, accusative case, is extracted from the quotation given. [1] Sophocles, Ajax 839-842; web address 1 below. (Editors have suspected textual corruption here, i.e. an intrusive gloss inflating the last clause, which might simply …Matched in noteshighshort

α4554Ἄφαντον φῶςsecret light… the quotation given. [1] cf. pi 3217, pi 3222. [2] Sophocles, Philoctetes 296-299 (web address 1 below); cf. again pi 3222.Matched in noteshighshort

α4683ἈχαιόςAchaeus, Achaios… 4682. See generally OCD(4) p.5, under 'Achaeus(2)'. [1] 484-481. [2] Sophocles was born in the mid 490s. [3] 448-445. "Jointly" evidently means "contemporaneously".Matched in noteshighshort

α4684Ἀχέωνgrieving[1] Sophocles, Electra 159 (web address 1 below). The scholia there provide the material here; cf. also the scholia to Homer, Iliad 2.694.Matched in noteshighshort

α4685Ἄχερδοςwild pear-tree… is generated by the genitive used in the quotation. [1] Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1596 (web address 1 below).Matched in noteshighshort

α4709Ἅχωwh' I have[1] Sophocles, Electra 450-451 (web address 1 below). See already alpha 1239, and cf. zeta 131.Matched in noteshighshort

αι187Αἷμαblood… If this sentence is a quotation, it is unidentifiable. [3] Sophocles, Electra 1395.Matched in noteshighshort

αι231ΑἰνῶI approve, I decline… 'I praise'. (Compare the modern 'thanks, but no thanks'.) [2] Sophocles fr. 109 Radt. [3] cf. alphaiota 217.Matched in noteshighshort

αι256Αἰῶναage… see the scholia there, and similarly in other lexica. [2] Sophocles, Trachiniae 2-5 (web address 2); Deianeira is speaking.Matched in noteshighshort

αι296Αἱρεῖtakes… The headword is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Sophocles, Philoctetes 436-7 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort

αι356Αἰσχρόνshamefulcf. under alphaiota 353. [1] Sophocles, Ajax 473-4 (where the third word should be a)/ndra, not the Suda's e)sti), with comment from the scholia there. [2] Not identified by Adler but identifiable via the …Matched in noteshighshort

β30Βάθραfoundations, pedestals, steps, benches… of this entry and kappa 269. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. [3] Sophocles, Ajax 135 (web address 1 below), with scholion.Matched in noteshighmedium

β95Βάξιν[ill] report… Corrected in the editio princeps from the transmitted 'Aristophanes'. [2] Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 515-9 (web address 1 below), with scholion; cf. mu 73.Matched in noteshighshort

β324Βλαύτηslipper[1] cf. beta 325. [2] Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 900 (web address 1 below), with scholion; cf. sigma 927. [3] Greek Anthology 6.293.1-2 (Leonidas of Tarentum), using a neuter variant (cf. beta 325) of …Matched in noteshighshort

β330Βλέποντεςthose with sight… the verb, in tragedy, see generally LSJ s.v., III.2. [2] Sophocles, Ajax 961-963 (web address 1 below), with comment from the scholia there.Matched in noteshighshort

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