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153 entries for Meno

ει179Εἴργεσθαιto be hindered, to be stoppedFor this verb, cf. epsiloniota 180, epsiloniota 200, epsiloniota 217. [1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica. The headword infinitive is presumably quoted from somewhere. [2] Quotation not identified by Adler, but a TLG …Matched in noteshighshort
ε70<20Ἐγκαλινδεῖσθαι σωματικοῖς παθήμασιto wallow in bodily affectionsA marginal gloss mising from mss TFV and misplaced in ms G. Adler tentatively ascribes it to Symeon Metaphrastes. (But see below.) The verb e)gkalindei=sqai, literally meaning to roll around in, occurs occasionally in …Matched in noteshighshort
α2667Ἀντικαταλλαττόμενοςchanging, coming to an agreementThe unglossed headword is the present participle, masculine nominative singular, of the doubly compound verb a)ntikatalla/ttomai. It is quoted from Demosthenes 19.114 -- but oddly this Suda entry, including that very quotation, twice has …Matched in noteshighshort
δ94ΔαυίδDavidSource (after the opening gloss): George the Monk, Chronicon 1.176.10-13, 178.4-11, 179.5-25. Some repetition at omicron 974, and cf. sigma 1035. For David see also delta 95, delta 96. [1] Judaism, as in the …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε1560Ἔξαρνοςobstinately denying, obstinate in denying[1] Same gloss at Etymologicum Magnum 346.50; cf. ps.-Zonaras, epsilon755, with gloss a)rnou/menos (Hesychius epsilon3604, Scholia recentiora on Aristophanes, Clouds 1230a). See also ps.-Zonaras iota1124 [ = iota 728], where the same explanation occurs …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1349Κέρα ἀγλαέsplendid horn, splendid hair-styleThe headword phrase is one of the sequence of taunts addressed to Paris by Diomedes [Author, Myth] in the Iliad: 'with your petty lovelocks' (E.V. Rieu). See further below. [1] Küster emended the participle …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1126Διμοιρίτηςdouble-pay soldier, half-file commander[1] See LSJ entry at web address 1. The explanation "half-file commander" offered by the military glossary of ms. Coislin. 347 (whose entries have been picked up from Aelian the Tactician, C2 AD) has …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1564Ἐξαρτήσαςhaving hung onThe headword (evidently quoted from somewhere) is aorist participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb e)carta/w; cf. epsilon 1748, epsilon 1749. See also ps.-Zonaras 766.1, with the same glosses; cf. Etymologicum Gudianum 485.17 s.v. …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3272Ἑταιρισάμενοςassociating one's selfFor related words see epsilon 3265, epsilon 3268, epsilon 3270, epsilon 3271, epsilon 3275, epsilon 3276, etc. [1] = Synagoge epsilon887; Photius, Lexicon epsilon2067. Both headword and gloss are aorist active participles in the …Matched in noteshighshort
δ444Δημοκοπεῖνto court the mob[1] Polybius 25.3.1, omitting the adverb "immediately." See again kappa 566 and pi 1370, which include it; also epsilon 840. (For this verb in Polybius in another sense -- to play the noble Greek …Matched in noteshighshort
λ30Λαγὼς περὶ τῶν κρεῶνa hare [runs] for his life[1] = Photius, Lexicon lambda24 Theodoridis; cf. Zenobius 4.85 and other paroemiographers. For Rhegion, in the toe-end of Italy, see rho 120, rho 121 (with the cowardice aspect), rho 122. For the idiom 'for …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2198Κούφη γῆ τοῦτον καλύπτοιmay light earth cover him, may the earth covering him be lightThe headword phrase is otherwise unattested in this precise form, but for other versions in Attic tragedy and elsewhere see LSJ s.v. kou=fos, I.4.a; add Epistle 33.8 of the Emperor Julian. In Modern Greek …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1603Δυσγάργαλιςskittish, ticklishThe headword is a rare adjective, which in a concrete sense is used of horses. See e.g. Xenophon, On Horsemanship 3.10, and Aelius Dionysius *peri\ o)no/mata omicron27, quoting Aristophanes fr. 43 Kock = 44 …Matched in noteshighshort
ε134Ἐγκύκλιοςcyclical, periodicFor this adjective cf. epsilon 133. [1] Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 7.8.2, says that the Avars (*)/abaroi) called their leaders Khagans or Khans (*xaga/noi: see chi 2, chi 3). [2] The use of e)gku/klion plou=ton …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2628ΚυθέρειαKythereia, Cytheria[1] Hesiod, Theogony 198 (web address 1). For Kythera see kappa 2629. [2] An attempt to explain the meaning of this epithet etymologically, by its similarity to keuqo/menon; see again under kappa 2738. Compare …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1591Δυσανασχετοῦσιthey are displeasedThe headword and the glosses are third person plurals; first gloss in future indicative; headword and second gloss in present indicative. The headword must be quoted from somewhere: there are several possibilities, chiefly in …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1843Κλύμενοςfamous, heard-of; KlymenosThe headword is masculine nominative singular of the adjective klu/menos, cognate with the verb klu/w (cf. kappa 1841, kappa 1842, kappa 1844 and LSJ at web address 1). The first part of the entry …Matched in noteshighshort
χ306ΧιλιοστύςchiliostysFor this entry (prefigured at kappa 274), after the initial gloss, cf. eta 634 and especially iota 374. The source of the material -- transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti -- …Matched in noteshighmedium
α4218ἈστάθμητονuncertainThe unglossed headword is presumably extracted from the first quotation given. [1] Quotation unidentifiable, but Adler (apparatus) suggested Polybius. It may be an aphorism or proverbial saying, also reflected in Leo the Deacon (History …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ357Λείβεται τοῖς δακρύοιςis soaked with tears[1] For the headword phrase see n.4 below. (For its verb cf. lambda 358) For 'wet through' cf. delta 512, epsilon 765. [2] Aristophanes, Knights 327 (web address 1), followed by comment from the …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1230Διῳκίσατοdispersed, scatteredFor this verb see also delta 1231; LSJ entry at web address 1. [1] See e.g. Isocrates 5.45 d. ta\s po/leis, "breaking cities up into villages"; Demosthenes 19.81 diwkisme/noi kata\ kw/mas, "dispersed into villages"; …Matched in noteshighshort
δ964Διεσπλεκωμένῃher who has been fuckedThe headword is the perfect middle participle, in the feminine dative singular, of the verb diaspleko/w; cf. also spleko/w in Aristophanes, Lysistrata 152 (pi 1722). It can also be written pl- or spekl-; cf. …Matched in noteshighshort
λ278ΛεωτροφίδηςLeotrophidesFrom the scholia to Aristophanes, Birds 1406, where an individual of this name is mentioned as a choregos. As such he was omitted in error from J.K. Davies, Athenian Propertied Families 600-300 BC (1971), …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2284ΚωνσταντῖνοςConstantine the Great, Constantine IConstantine I, the Great (again kappa 2285); ruled 306-337 CE. For bibliography and discussion of his reign see Hans A. Pohlsander's DIR article at web address 1, the Catholic Encyclopedia article at web address …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2907Ἐργολάβοςcontractor; profit-maker[1] For this usual meaning of e)rgola/bos as "contractor" (clearly from the noun e)/rgon and the verb lamba/nein), see e.g. Plato, Republic 373B; Plutarch, Pericles 31; and many epigraphical attestations. LSJ entry at web …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1280ἈλκιβιάδηςAlcibiades, Alkibiades451/0-404/3. See generally P.J. Rhodes in OCD(4) s.v. (pp.52-3). The present entry is attributed by Adler to the biographies of notable individuals by Hesychius of Miletus (C6 CE); and specifically, the section beginning 'This …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1228Διώκεινto prosecuteFor this sense of the verb diw/kw see also delta 1229 (LSJ entry at web address 1). The present entry is prompted by Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 452 (web address 2). Chremes is reporting to Blepyrus …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1108Δίκροταdikrota, two-bankedThe headword is neuter plural of the adjective di/krotos, the primary meaning of which is "double-beating". It is employed with reference to the human pulse in all of Galen's treatises on this matter, and …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3695ΕὐριπίδηςEuripidesProbably 480s - after 408 BCE; see generally John Gould in OCD(4) s.v. For a balanced and succinct investigation of Euripidean lore (with ample sourcing), see the Introduction (1-49) by David Kovacs in Euripides: …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1189Διοπομπεῖσθαιto escort [evil] awayThe headword is the present infinitive of the compound verb diopompe/omai. Lexicographers are the only extant source for forms of the un-compounded diopompe/omai, since the verb normally appears as a)podiopompe/omai (alpha 3297; LSJ entry …Matched in noteshighshort