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α2776ἈνοίκτωςpitilesslyThe headword adverb is probably extracted from Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 151; cf. the scholia there.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1292Διφρηλατῶνdriving a chariot[1] Sophocles, Ajax 845-848 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there; cf. alphaiota 274, epsilon 2655. [2] cf. delta 1295 (end).Matched in noteshighshort
ε399Ἐκδίκουςavenging; lawless… be quoted from somewhere (perhaps, though not demonstrably, the first Sophocles passage below). For the adjective see already epsilon 398, and cf. also epsilon 400; and for the twin meanings of it see LSJ …Matched in noteshighshort
κ337Κάπηλοςretailer, hucksterSee also kappa 336, tau 4. [1] Sophocles fr.783. The commentator is saying that just as Sophocles can use the word "mud" instead of "wine," so "retailer" can be used instead of "wine-seller." [2] …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 noteshighshort
γ250ΓηρωβοσκῶI tend in old age[1] Same gloss in Hesychius. See already gamma 249. [2] Sophocles, Ajax 570-1 (web address 1); cf. mu 1496. In this verse the meter requires the spelling with omicron; according to LSJ s.v. ghroboske/w …Matched in noteshighshort
ε4046Ἐχρωματίσθηwas colored… Hesychius epsilon7677, where it is said to be quoted from Sophocles' lost tragedy Athamas (Sophocles fr.10 Radt). [1] Gloss lacking, Adler reports, in mss FV.Matched in noteshighshort
χ512Χρηστήριαsacrifices… neuter plural headword is extracted from the quotation given. [1] Sophocles, Ajax 220 (web address 1), with scholion. See further, chi 513. [2] cf. chi 522. [3] Addendum lacking, Adler reports, in ms S.Matched in noteshighshort
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
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
β210Βαιαίlittle (ones), scanty (ones)… one disregards Baiai/Baeae the Italian toponym). [2] i.e. "alone". [3] Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 750-751; spoken by Oedipus to Jocasta, concerning Laius. [4] Sophocles fr.39. [5] Sophocles, Ajax 292-94 (spoken by Tecmessa to the chorus, …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2909Ἔργον εἰπεῖνa job to say… this time the idiom does not work in English. [3] Sophocles, Ajax 852-3 (web address 1), encompassing comment from a scholiast there.Matched in noteshighshort
α4244Ἄστομοι ἵπποιhard-mouthed horsesSophocles, Electra 724-5 (web address 1 below), with scholion. The present headword phrase could come from another (unidentifiable) source, but is more probably just a broader version of Sophocles' phrase.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
κ1841Κλύειhearkens… and Latte on Hesychius s.v. suggests Euripides, Hecuba 1094. [2] Sophocles, Ajax 151-155 (web address 1), though the quotation here differs from the accepted readings of the tragedy in several key places. The Lloyd-Jones …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1788Κληροῦχονlot-holder, cleruch, colonistcf. kappa 1787, kappa 1789, kappa 1790. [1] Sophocles, Ajax 507-508. The gloss (from the scholia there) is in the feminine accusative singular, to match this instance. [2] Appian, Italica 4.1; preserved only in …Matched in noteshighshort
α550Ἄελπτονbeyond expectation, unexpected, unhoped-for… quotation given, is neuter nominative/accusative singular of this adjective. [1] Sophocles, Ajax 648-649 (web address 1); quoted again, more fully, at pi 1281. [2] Same gloss in Apollonius the Sophist; cf. Hesychius. See also …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2694Κυνασβοτῆραςherdsman-dogsFrom the scholia to Sophocles, Ajax 297 (web address 1), where the accusative plural headword occurs, properly, as a two-word phrase. The point of the comment, nevertheless, is not that the phrase should be …Matched in noteshighshort
λ437Ληκυθιστήςhollow-voiced declaimer[1] Sophocles fr. 1063 (contextless). Also in Photius lambda257 Theodoridis (and similarly in Hesychius lambda856); and cf. lambda 440. [2] Very rare: other than in the quotation which follows here, attested only in Plutarch, …Matched in noteshighshort
μ967Μὴ οὐχίnot no… §2742 for a full grammatical explanation; web address 1. [1] Sophocles, Ajax 96 (web address 2), with comment from the scholia there (referring back to Athena's question in line 95 e)/bayas e)/gxos eu)= pro\s …Matched in noteshighshort
ε79Ἐγκαταζεύξαςhaving yoked in together… see further below) is extracted from the quotation given. [1] Sophocles, Ajax 736 (the messenger to the chorus: web address 1), with the glossing of the scholia there. The word picked out for comment …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1322Κενόνvoid, wasteland… this adjective (for which cf. kappa 1316, kappa 1318). [1] Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 54-57, with the scholia to 55.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
μ73Μακραίωναςlong-lasting… and see also mu 74 with the dative singular. [2] Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 518-9 (web address 1), with scholion.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2543Κοίλου κρατῆροςof a hollow craterSophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1593 (web address 1), with comments from the scholia. The commentary derives from the fact that the original meaning of 'crater' (krath/r), literally 'mixer', was a large open-mouthed vessel in …Matched in noteshighshort
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
α3679Ἀπωστόςdriven away, thrust awaySee already, more briefly, alpha 3677. [1] Sophocles, Ajax 1019-1020 (web address 1 below), with explanatory comment from the scholia there. [2] Quotation unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort
α1825Ἀναγκαία τράπεζαnecessary table, needy table… of the quotations given, sounds proverbial; cf. alpha 4543. [2] Sophocles, Ajax 485-6 (web address 1 below), with comment from the scholia there. [3] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 59 Habrich.Matched in noteshighmedium
ε688Ἐκτριβήσεταιwill be rubbed out… (cf. epsilon 689) -- is extracted from the quotation. [1] Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 427-8 (web address 1), with scholion.Matched in noteshighshort
α3816ἈραῖοςaccursedSee also alpha 3813, alpha 3817. [1] Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 644-645 (web address 1 below). [2] Sophocles, Trachiniae 1201-1202 (web address 2). [3] cf. alpha 3814, alpha 3836. (The headword itself is properispomenon: a)rai=os.) …Matched in noteshighmedium

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