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- ε714Ἐκφορούμενοιbeing carried outThe headword (which must be quoted from somewhere but is not independently attested) is present middle/passive participle, masculine nominative plural, of e)kfore/w. Earlier lexica have other glosses, such as korennu/menoi, 'being satiated'; see Photius …
- αι377Αἰτούμενοςasking for, requesting, seeking[Meaning one who is] borrowing. Menander in Hymnis [writes]: "not asking for fire, but seeking a plate." [The active voice] ai)tw=n [means] intending to have it permanently, but [the middle voice] ai)tou/menos [means] taking …
- κ2187Κουρίξby the hairEpic/poetic adverb, cited here from Homer, Odyssey 22.188: "they dragged him in by the hair" (web address 1). The scholia thereto define it more clearly (after Aristarchus) as th=s ko/mhs e)pilabo/menoi "they grabbing the …
- δ120Δαίνυfeast[Meaning] entertain sumptuously. Homer [writes]: "feast a feast for the elders." Also [sc. attested is] dainu/menos ["one who is being feasted"], [meaning one who is] being entertained sumptuously.
- α2470Ἀνιμᾶσθαιto draw up[Meaning] to draw up water, to raise up water. To bring [it] up. Also [sc. attested is the related participle] a)nimw/menos, [meaning he] drawing up, hauling up. For i(monia/ [is] a bucket, from i(ma/s …
- κ478Καταβελεῖςarrow-struckThe manuscripts are not in agreement over the gender of the participle in the gloss here, and if deca/menoi is preferred the origin of the headword is perhaps Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 9.21.4.
- λ539ΛιλαίομαιI desire earnestlyThough the form of the entry (paralleled in other lexica) is paradigmatic, this first-person singular does occur in Homer (Iliad 13.253, Odyssey 15.308); the present gloss, however, reflects the scholia to Iliad 3.133, where …
- α3443Ἀπομορξάμενονhaving wiped offSame entry in other lexica -- doubtless from scholiastic comment on Aristophanes, Acharnians 696, where the headword participle appears (of a man wiping off sweat). The glossing participle is obelized by Theodoridis (on Photius, …
- δ282Δευθένταhaving got soaked[Meaning] having got wet. Also [sc. attested is] deuo/menos ["he getting soaked"], [meaning he] getting wet. Aelian [writes]: "the walls of the houses were getting soaked with blood, and gore gushed out of the …
- ι582Ἰππούμενοςridden downVariant reading at Aristophanes, Knights 924 (web address 1), with scholion. See also Photius, Lexicon iota187 Theodoridis At iota 585 this passage is quoted with the participle i)pou/menos "weighed down."
- χ174ΧαίρωI delight, I rejoice[Used] with a dative. The [verb that means] I am glad. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "I rejoice in your coming." Oropicans speak this way. Euripides in Sisyphus [writes]: "I rejoice that you, …
- ν520Νοῦνintellect, mindAdler cites John Philoponus, Commentary on Aristotle's De anima '25.10'. The present entry, couched in accusative singulars, is not directly quoted from there, but cf. the (possibly spurious) de anima libri mantissa, boulo/menos de\ …
- γ291Γλίχεταιlongs for[Used] with a genitive. [Meaning he/she/it] has too much regard for, craves. Also [sc. attested is the related present participle] glixo/menos ["longing for"], [meaning he] craving. But [also used] with an accusative: "and these …
- ε2237Ἐπιβόημαcall, cry, shoutThucydides [writes]: "but he, whether [because of] the cry or whether something else had suddenly occurred to him, led the army back." That is, an exclamation. Also [sc. attested is the related participle] e)pibow/menos …
- α1532Ἀμβολὰς γῆthrown-up earth, raised earth[Meaning earth] which was raised up by a ditch. Xenophon [writes]: "Cyrus used to make towers on the thrown-up earth, so that there might be as many guardposts as possible." Look under "bitten" [dakno/menos], …
- ε2330Ἐπιθειασμοίdivine appeals[1] Paraphrase or approximation of a longer quotation ascribed to Arrian at theta 310, and combined with a quotation at alpha 4495 to form Arrian, Parthica fr. 34 Roos-Wirth (cf. FGrH 156 F149). [2] …
- μ1426ΜυώνωνmusclesThe headword is genitive plural of the noun muw/n. Though it occurs in the Procopius quotation given, it is more probably extracted here from Homer, Iliad 16.324; cf. the scholia there. [1] Adapted from …
- β383Βοῶμενlet us call out to, let us proclaim, let us declare[Used] with a dative. [Meaning] let us swear. Also [sc. attested is the related participle] bow/menon ["being called-upon"], [meaning] being invoked.
- ε2600Ἐπισπόμενοςcoming after[Meaning he] following upon. But e)pispw/menos [means he] taking in addition and drawing toward.
- ε3082Ἕρσηdew[1] Likewise in Hesychius and other lexica. (For the difficulty of differentiating in translation between the Greek nouns e(/rsh and dro/sos cf. epsilon 3080, epsilon 3084.) [2] Greek Anthology 6.120.4 (Leonidas of Tarentum), on …
- δ468Δημοῦσθαιto talk popularlySame entry in other lexica, including Photius, who cites Plato for this sense of the verb (= Theaetetus 161E, which has the participle dhmou/menon; cf. the scholia there). [1] See delta 444. [2] This …
- α3103Ἀπέχθειαabhorrence[Meaning] hatred. Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] a)pexqh/s ["abhorrent"], [meaning] hostile, hateful. Also [sc. attested is the related future participle] a)pexqhso/menos ["he about to become abhorrent"], meaning he about to become hostile. …
- ε3194Ἑσπόμενοςhaving followedThe headword is aorist participle, masculine nominative singular of e(/pomai (a verb cognate with Latin sequor). It is probably quoted from Homer, Iliad 13.570; cf. the scholia there. Compare also the scholia on Iliad …
- δ657Διαμώμενοςcutting through[Meaning he] reaping. Also [sc. attested is the plural] diamw/menoi, [meaning they] digging through, searching for. Thucydides [writes]: "cutting through the gravel by the sea, [most] drank whatever was likely [to be] water". And …
- ε466Ἐκλῃδονίζετοwas foretellingSame entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (437). The headword is imperfect indicative middle-passive, third person singular, of the verb klh|doni/zw, "vaticinate". A Biblical entry, from 4 Kingdoms 21.6 LXX. A longer …
- ε2140ἘπεισκρινόμενονsupplementingThe headword (which must be quoted from somewhere) is the present participle, masculine accusative singular or neuter nominative/accusative singular, of the doubly compound verb e)peiskri/nomai. It is unglossed here but glossed in Hesychius epsilon4357 …
- μ734Μετασπώμενοςfollowing close uponThe headword is aorist middle participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb meqe/pw. Entry from the scholia to Homer, Iliad 13.567, where the headword occurs -- but in the form metaspo/menos (cf. LSJ s.v. …
- α875ἈκιδαλίαAkidalia, Acidalia… long fragment of the Plokamides (Braids), by the hellenistic poet Menophilus of Damascus, preserved in Stobaeus 4.21a.7.
- κ1088Κατόπτηςwatcher[1] Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 18.320. Manuscripts of the Suda have the aorist participle poihsa/menos "having made"; the edition of Aemilius Portus (1630) corrected it to a future participle in agreement with Josephus' …
- αι216ΑἰνειάδεςAineiades, Aeneades, sons of Aeneas[1] The Trojan-war hero, evidently; see alphaiota 214. The participle katago/menoi here is omitted in certain manuscripts. [2] In Perraebia (N.Greece). [3] For this variant see e.g. Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Ainia.