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ethics99
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religion94
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history61

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comedy58
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science and technology47
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trade and manufacture30

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Α alpha69
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William Hutton77
Catharine Roth64
Antonella Ippolito25
David Whitehead20
Stefano Sanfilippo15

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Ioannis Doukas14
Robert Dyer12
Anne Mahoney11
Gregory Hays5
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364 entries for Magnes

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β4Βαβάκτηςreveller… Lexica Segueriana 223.31 Bekker; Photius, Lexicon beta5, 6, 8; Etymologicum Magnum 183.45. Its only appearance outside lexicography is in the Doric vocative form baba/kta in a fragment of Cratinus (321 Kock, 22 Meineke, 359 …Matched in noteshighshort
β9ΒαβύλαςBabylas… phlo/s (babyas: mire, clay). A similar entry, post-Suda, in Etymologicum Magnum 186.1 probably identifies this as a dialect word: baki/as [babu/kas: ms M]: bo/rboros, phlo/s, u(po\ *taranti/nwn (bakias [or babykas]: mire, clay, in Tarantine …Matched in noteshighshort
β27Βαθεῖαν αὔλακαdeep furrow… in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon (and again, post-Suda, in the Etymologicum Magnum). The headword phrase, in the accusative case, is a version of baqei=an a)/loka in Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 593 (web address 1 below). …Matched in noteshigh

β4

Βαβάκτης

reveller

A raging person.

Βαβάκτης· ὁ ὀργιστής.

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gender and sexuality24

meter and music17

meter and music17

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Matthew Farmer3

Matthew Farmer3

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Oliver Phillips ✝3

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Ross Scaife ✝3

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Nathan Greenberg ✝2

Alan Sommerstein1

Alan Sommerstein1

Carl Widstrand1

Carl Widstrand1

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Constantina Katsari1

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Elizabeth Vandiver1

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James Vradelis1

Nicholas Wilshere1

Nicholas Wilshere1

Patrick T. Rourke1

Patrick T. Rourke1

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Wm. Blake Tyrrell1

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β153ΒασίλειοςBasileios, royal… three names ending in -eios are given here. Since Etymologicum Magnum s.v. talasi/a has the same three, presumably the number here is simply erroneous (so the C18 Suda editor L.Kuster). [2] For its change …Matched in noteshighshort

β194Βαῦνοςfurnace… derivation of banausos from baunos is given in the Etymologicum Magnum 187.38. [3] This extra observation is missing, Adler reports, from some manuscripts.Matched in noteshighshort

β291Βίολαbiola… plural) headword is otherwise unattested in this form, but Etymologicum Magnum 196.34-35 cites the form bai/ola from Panyassis (pi 248).Matched in noteshighshort

β362Βολεῶναςdunghills… is accusative plural, as in Photius, Lexicon beta195 (cf. Etymologicum Magnnum 204.25) which the Suda follows. Harpokration s.v. has the nominative plural and -- citing Nicander (FGrH 343 F3), Dinarchus (fr. III.3 Conomis) and …Matched in noteshighshort

β478ΒούχεταBoucheta, BuchetaFrom Harpokration s.v. (again, post-Suda, at Etymologicum Magnum 210.34), commenting on this toponym's appearance in Demosthenes 7.32 (web address 1); cf. theta 114. [1] Another attested version of the name (which would be neuter …Matched in noteshighshort

β489Βωμολόχοςaltar-ambusher… cited in the scholia on Plato, Republic 606C (and Etymologicum Magnum 218.7). It would be derived from 'altar' and a verb for watching attested only in the Cypriot dialect by Hesychius and possibly in …Matched in noteshighmedium

β490Βωμολόχοςaltar-ambusher… eunuch, was reconquering Italy. The passage describes the generosity and magnanimity of Narses. He here denies that he speaks and acts to importune the Lucanians, whom he addresses, with unrealistic promises merely for self-serving …Matched in noteshighmedium

β497Βῶξgrunting-fish, box… reports a similar entry in the Ambrosian Lexicon. Ps.-Herodian, Etymologicum Magnum, and Etymologicum Genuinum gloss the word with ei)=dos i)xqu/os "a kind of fish."Matched in noteshighshort

β513Βράβηλαsloes= Etymologicum Magnum 211.4. [1] Damascus-plums, a.k.a. damsons; see further below. [2] Theocritus, Idylls 7.146. [3] Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 2.49D-50B (2.33 Kaibel) -- citing the grammarian and commentator Seleucus Homericus of Alexandria (sigma 200), fr.42 …Matched in noteshighmedium

β562Βροῦχοςlocust… is lacking in mss F and V (so Adler). Etymologicum Magnum and Etymologicum Symeonis gloss with ei)=dos a)kri/dos "a kind of locust." Unglossed ka/mph appears at kappa 291.Matched in noteshighshort

γ15Γαλαθηνόςsuckling= the first part of a longer entry in Etymologicum Magnum 219.56. Also, variously, in other lexica: see notes below. The headword is attested from Homer onwards, and usually applied to animals, especially piglets, …Matched in noteshighshort

γ25Γαλεάγραweasel-trap, iron-maiden… (and cf. Lexica Segueriana, Glossae rhetoricae 227.33, Photius gamma10, Etymologicum Magnum 220.27). More frequently the animal trapped and/or held was human, as here. See note 1 below for reference to examples. Hermogenes, On forms …Matched in noteshighshort

δ208Δελφίςdolphin[1] cf. Etymologicum Magnum 255.25 (plurals). [2] Aristophanes, Knights 761-762 (web address 1), followed by comment from the scholia there. See further below. [3] Thucydides 7.41.2 (web address 2); see already delta 207. [4] …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ306Δειελινόνin the afternoon, in the evening… s.v., and cf. delta 314, delta 315. [1] cf. Etymologicum Magnum 261.18. The headword form is perhaps extracted from Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.452. [2] Another poetic form; perhaps extracted from Homer, Odyssey 17.606.Matched in noteshighshort

δ509Διαβούλιονdeliberation, council… the plural. [2] Psalm 9:23 LXX. [3] cf. (e.g.) Etymologicum Magnum 267.13.Matched in noteshighshort

δ598ΔιακωδωνίζωI ring abroad… this aorist passive participle. Quoted from Lysias, according to Etymologicum Magnum 267.27; Lysias fr. 313 Sauppe, now 485 Carey OCT.Matched in noteshighshort

δ698Διαπηνικίσαιto pull the wig over… 304 K.-A.), to whom the grammarian Pausanias and, post-Suda, Etymologicum Magnum 269.31 attribute this very rare verb. [1] Actually phnh/kh; see LSJ s.v. (web address 1) and pi 1529. [2] cf. LSJ s.v. fenaki/zw …Matched in noteshighshort

δ756Διασκευαζόμεναitems being furnished… 3657. However, Bernhardy was probably right to suggest that, here, Magnes (mu 20) was meant; see lambda 784. [2] The source now becomes Harpokration s.v. [3] So the transmitted text, the adverb "i)/sws" -- …Matched in noteshighshort

δ780Διατάχουςspeedily… diata/xous), while the latter cannot. [1] Likewise, post-Suda, in Etymologicum Magnum 271.1.Matched in noteshighshort

δ796Διατρέχοντεςmeteors… may suggest specifically "fireballs," very bright meteors with a visual magnitude brighter than -3, similar to that of the planet Venus (web address 2), as LSJ indicates that spinqhrobole/w is used of that planet …Matched in noteshighshort

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.Matched in noteshighshort

δ887Διαιτηταίarbitrators… and cf. also the scholia to Plato, Laws 920D, where (Magnesian) arbitration is mentioned. See also delta 888.Matched in noteshighshort

δ911Διεκπερδικίσαιto slip through and out like a partridge… in the aorist infinitive diaperdiki/sai in Hesychius delta1213 and Etymologicum Magnum 269.37, regarded as a context-less fragment of Attic comedy) LSJ s.v. claims the Suda's diekperdiki/zw as its equivalent, though that does less than …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1029Διθυραμβοδιδάσκαλοιdithyramb-directors… 1965, without text, identified as a dithyramb poet in Etymologicum Magnum 164.20, from Tzetzes on Lycophron, Alexandra 879 p.2846 Scheer; PC2 52; PMG fr.837; Campbell 198-203; Aristotle, Poetics 1455a6; RE 21.1659-61 'Polyidos 9'), and …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1093Δίκηςof justice… the translation here. For the gloss timwri/as ('vengeance') cf. Etymologicum Magnum 276.8. [2] Quotation (via the Excerpta Constantiniana, Adler supposes) unidentifiable. Poetry? The words seem to hint at an iambic rhythm, although it is …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1097Δείκηλαimages, representations… *Dii\ ei)/kelon "like Zeus" instead of from dei/knumi. Cf. Etymologicum Magnum 260.28.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1116Δικτυωτήlatticed… the feminine noun qu/ra ('door') expressed or not; cf. Etymologicum Magnum 513.5. Many instances of the word are Biblical; Latte in his edition of Hesychius suggests Judges 5.28 LXX, where the headword appears, although …Matched in noteshighshort

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