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- μ1417Μύνηexcuse, pretence… 21.111; and it is from commentary to that passage that most if not all of the attestations derive. For the (commonplace) glossing noun cf. under pi 2852, sigma 589.Matched in noteshighshort
- ε795Ἐλέου βωμόςPity's altar… scholia to Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 260. This is the most explicit evidence for a cult of personified Pity at Athens, but cf. also Timocles fr. 31 Kock (now 33 K.-A.) for P. as …Matched in noteshighshort
- ε1812Ἐξότουsince, since when… does not merit its own entry in LSJ; contrast e)co/te.) Most of the extant instances are late, with the signal exception of Sophocles, Philoctetes 493.Matched in noteshighshort
- μ582Μεμυστιλημένοιhaving scooped bread to eat soup… who very often at Theseus-festivals have supped soup with the most meager barley-groats", i.e. have known penury (but are now prosperous). The commentary -- which conflates the bread scoops with the soup or gruel …Matched in noteshighmedium
- α1119ἈλεξάνδρειαAlexandreia, Alexandriacf. alpha 1120. [1] No doubt the most famous city of this name (in Egypt) is meant, but there were many others. For some of the better-known ones see OCD(4) pp.60-61.Matched in noteshighshort
- ε2743ἘπιφάνιοςEpiphanios, Epiphanius… Adler not to favour the manuscripts which give -- as most of them do -- Sely(m)bria (sigma 307).Matched in noteshighshort
- ε2809Ἐποπτεύεινto behold (the mysteries)… In the Greek, 'is' different; cf. e.g. under alpha 956. (Most of the entries of this kind, however, have the second noun in the genitive: 'x differs from y'.)Matched in noteshighshort
- α2875Ἀπάκτουapaktou… of its final two words occur in the manuscripts, and most editors have preferred dw=ma pa/ktou to this dw=m' a)pa/ktou.Matched in noteshighshort
- α2888ἈπάμειαApameia, Apamea… 1 each in modern Syria, Iraq and Iran. The 2 most likely to be meant are the city on the site of Kelainai/Celaenae in Phrygia and the one also known as Pella, the landward …Matched in noteshighshort
- ε2563Ἐπὶ σημείουon a pole, on a standard… from a frequently quoted passage in the Septuagint: Numbers 21.8-9 (Moses, under instruction from God, makes a brass serpent and sets it up e)pi\ shmei/ou, to heal actual snake bites).Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1846ΚλυταιμνήστραKlytaimnestra, ClytemnestraThat of one of the most formidable women in Greek mythology, epic and tragedy: sister of Helen "of Troy" and (delta 1209) the Dioscuri; wife -- and murderer -- of Agamemnon (alpha 140); herself …Matched in noteshighshort
- αι286Αἵρεσιςschool, sect… The Megarics made significant contributions to modal logic. [5] The most representative philosopher of this school was Menedemus of Eretria (345-260; see Diogenes Laertius 1.19). [6] The Cyrenaic school was given its name by …Matched in noteshighmedium
- γ308Γλυκαινόμενονbeing sweetened… with a figurative dative ('being sweetened, as with honey, with most pious words').Matched in noteshighshort
- ε3553Εὐλαβεῖτοrevered, was in awe of… Latte claims it as quoted from Exodus 3.6 LXX (on Moses). cf. generally epsilon 3551, epsilon 3552, epsilon 3554, epsilon 3555, epsilon 3556 and epsilon 3557.Matched in noteshighshort
- α85Ἄβρομοςnoisy… in the Ambrosian Lexicon (44). The headword adjective is attested most commonly in the plural; see e.g. Homer, Iliad 13.41. LSJ s.v. (web address 1 below) notes that the initial alpha of the word …Matched in noteshighshort
- α2429Ἀνήρετοsought, inquiredLikewise or similarly in other lexica, in the most similar of which the gloss is a)ne/balen rather than the Suda's a)ne/laben. It is not clear, even so, exactly where the meanings of headword and …Matched in noteshighshort
- α4669ἈχαΐαAkhaia, Achaia, AchaeaMost of the first paragraph of the entry seems to be a quotation or a paraphrase of some account from the first few centuries CE (perhaps an epitome of Pausanias 7.16.1-10), but the source …Matched in noteshighmedium
- ε3385ΕὔβουλοςEuboulos, Eubulus… and Theopompus (FGrH 115 F99). Eubulus (c.405-335) was "probably the most important Athenian statesman of the period 355-342" (G.L. Cawkwell in OCD(4) s.v.).Matched in noteshighshort
- α340Ἀγναπτότατος βάτος αὖοςstiffest dried skate… context). In both places the adjective is given as a)gnapto/tatos, most unfulled (of cloth) or unwashed; for "stiffest", a)gnampto/tatos, which is surely correct, see Zenobius 1.16.Matched in noteshighshort
- αι57ΑἰγίπλαγκτοςAigiplanktos, Aegiplanctus, goat-wandered… Agamemnon 303: web address 1) or specific. As the latter, most probably Geraneia (gamma 182) in the Megarid, central Greece: so e.g. Barrington Atlas Map 58 grid E1, cf. Directory p.876; J. Wiseman, The …Matched in noteshighshort
- ε3228Ἔστι τις δίκης ὀφθαλμόςthere is an eye of justice which mere mortals should never despise… proverb; cf. delta 1096. For other appearances of it -- most directly Diphilus fr. 136 K.-A. (formerly Philemon fr. 246 Kock) -- see Walbank (below) 230.Matched in noteshighshort
- κ815Κατατεθήπεσανthey were astonished [at]… s.v. nominates Cyril of Alexandria, Against Julian 6 (PG 76.832a). Most of the attested instances of this verb are in Cyril's works.Matched in noteshighshort
- χ63Χαμάδιςgroundwards… Seven against Thebes 357. Commentary on these passages is the most probable source for most of the information in this entry. The headword and the supplementary lemma xama=ze are formed from the obsolescent xa/ma …Matched in noteshighshort
- α177ἌγβαροςAgbaros, Agbarus, Agbar, Abgar, Avgar… of Osroene, in Mesopotamia. [2] alpha 4409. In fact the most authentic version of the name seems to be Abgar (pronounced Avgar). At least nine Abgars are attested (see OCD(4) s.v. Edessa); so perhaps …Matched in noteshighshort
- ε3314Ἐτιθηνήσατοsuckled… tiqhne/w (cf. tau 574). It must be quoted from somewhere; most of the extant possibilities are in Christian writers (and figurative).Matched in noteshighshort
- αι380ΑἰτώλιοςAitolian, Aetolian; owl… gloss the import of this entry is unclear. It is most probably, in upper case, 'Aitolian/Aetolian', a rare variant of alphaiota 381 which occurs (applied to Diomedes [Author, Myth]) in Homer, Iliad 4.399; but …Matched in noteshighshort
- λ313ΛευίLevi… second see also ps-Zonaras 1293. [1] cf. under mu 1348 (Moses), and Genesis 29:34 LXX. [2] cf. under kappa 1784.Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1510Κηλιδωτόνspotted, stained… s.v. maculosus. The adjective is occasionally used in Modern Greek, mostly in Linnaean names (kalliw/numos khlidwto/s = Callionymus maculatus, spotted dragonet; khlidwto/s tetra/nuxos = Tetranychus urticae, two-spotted spider mite).Matched in noteshighshort
- μ48Μαΐστωροςmaster's, of a master… from somewhere. Latin magister appears in Greek in various forms: most often ma/gistros (alpha 2107 et al.), magi/ster (mu 16), magie/ster (mu 8), magi/stwr, and (as here) mai+/stwr. The loss of gamma before iota …Matched in noteshighshort
- δ758Διασκηνητέονseparate quarters should be occupied… and diaskhno/w are not commmon but, where they occur, occur most frequently in Xenophon. [1] Xenophon, Anabasis 4.4.14 (web address 1). Modern editions delete 'in the villages'.Matched in noteshighshort