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ε1982Ἐπαρτήσαςdangling, suspending… glossed in other lexica; and see also epsilon 1983. [2] Aelian fr. 38b Domingo-Forasté (35 Hercher). [3] Aelian fr. 80b D-F (77 Hercher); cf. kappa 1066.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3938Ἐφλέγετοwas inflamedThe headword is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Aelian fr. 55a Domingo-Forasté (52 Hercher). For Jason (Iason), tyrant of Thessalian Pherai in the first half of the C4 BCE, see generally OCD(4) …Matched in noteshighshort
δ174Δεκάζεσθαιto be bribed in tens… 173, and cf. in brief delta 187 epsilon 205. [2] Aelian fr. 142 Domingo-Forasté (139 Hercher). [3] The source now becomes Harpokration s.v., commenting on Isocrates 8.50 (web address 1). [4] Harpokration ascribes this …

ε1982

Ἐπαρτήσας

dangling, suspending

[Meaning he] hanging. "He brought them to the Persians by dangling [sc. the prospect of] evil servitude over them." And elsewhere Aelian [writes]: "[...] not to receive their souls with friendliness, but to dangle [sc.…

Ἐπαρτήσας· ἐπικρεμάσας. ὁ δὲ εἰς Πέρσας ἤγαγεν αὐτοὺς κακὴν δουλείαν ἐπαρτήσας αὐτοῖς. καὶ αὖθις Αἰλιανός· μὴ ὑποδέξασθαι τὰς ψυχὰς αὐτῶν σὺν εὐμενείᾳ, ἀλλ' ἐπαρτῆσαι τὰς δι'…

meter and music2

meter and music2

science and technology2

science and technology2

trade and manufacture1

trade and manufacture1

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ε358Ἐκ καταλόγουfrom the list, from the roster[1] Aelian fr. 143 Domingo-Forasté (140 Hercher). For these lists (and this quotation again) see kappa 630; and cf. pi 935.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1832Ἐξωλέστερονmore ruinous… Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 443 (web address 1), with scholion. [2] Aelian fr. 126c Domingo-Forasté (part of 123 Hercher). (The woman in question is a Syrian courtesan.) [3] The preposition ei)s does not take the …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3105Ἐρυμβόνα τὰ τιμιώτατα εἰς ἀσωτίαν ἀφειδεστάτηνhe used to fritter away the most precious things on a most unstinting prodigalityAelian fr. 149a Domingo-Forasté (146 Hercher); cf. rho 293. The individual concerned is unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort

κ520Καταδεύσῃwould soak… of alpha 1851 (on which see further, next note). [2] Aelian fr. 92g Domingo-Forasté (part of 89 Hercher), quoted here from the third part of alpha 1851 (and illustrating not the headword verb katadeu/w …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2681Ἐπιτήδευμαoccupation, pursuitSee also epsilon 2682. [1] Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler suggests Aelian.) No relevance is likely to the famous poets Aeschylus (alphaiota 357) and Stesichorus (sigma 1095). [2] Aelian fr. 22a Domingo-Forasté (part of fr.22 Hercher). …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1305Ἐνήθλειwas contending with… This headword (imperfect of e)naqle/w) and gloss appear together in Aelian, Varia Historia 2.4 (on Chariton being tortured by Phalaris: see under alpha 2634). [2] Regarded by Adler as Aelian fr. 318 Hercher (315c …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3336Ἐτρύχωσενemaciated… e)tru/xwsen, with e)/truxen as an added alternative, but editors of Aelian print the Suda's e)/truxen.] Outside lexicography, the only extant instances of e)tru/xwse occur in the poems of Gregory of Nazianzus. [2] Aelian fr. …Matched in noteshighshort

ι346ἹμεραίαHimeraia, Himeraea[1] See iota 165. [2] Aelian fr. 43a Domingo-Forasté (40 Hercher). His "Himeraia" is Himera, in Sicily, for which cf. iota 345 and iota 347. For other fragments attributed to this passage of Aelian, …Matched in noteshighshort

α3546Ἀπόστασιςdistance[1] Polybius 8.37.12. [2] Quotation (and personnel) unidentifiable. (Adler suggests Aelian.) [3] The source for this paragraph about classical Athens is Harpokration s.v. a)postasi/ou, which cites oratory (Lysias fr.32 Sauppe [now 37 Carey OCT], …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3898ἈρισταῖοςAristaios, Aristaeus[1] Aelian fr. 215b Domingo-Forasté (214 Hercher). On the mythological Giants and their battle with the Gods, see further at the end of the entry, (and OCD(4) pp.616). [2] e.g. that of two Corinthian …Matched in noteshighmedium

αι376Αἰτναῖος κάνθαροςEtnaean dung-beetle… LSJ s.v. ka/nqaros; cf. Diogenianus 1.59 and other paroemiographers. [2] Aelian fr. 215b Domingo-Forasté (214 Hercher). For Aristaios see already alpha 3898. For Etna cf. alphaiota 373, alphaiota 374, alphaiota 375.Matched in noteshighshort

β537Βριάρεωof Briareos… of Hesychius s.v.: "Pillars of Briareos: the ones called Herakleian". Aelian, Varia Historia 5.3 expands: "Aristotle [fr. 678 Rose, in the Dubia section] says that the Pillars now called Herakleian, before they were called …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1012Διηρέθιζενprovoked… these glosses cf. alpha 2309. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler suggests Aelian; in any event, see already under alpha 357.)Matched in noteshighshort

δ1123Διλοχίαdouble-lochosFrom Arrian, Tactica 10.1 and/or Aelian, Tactica 9.1 (explaining that this means 32 men); cf. Asclepiodotus 2.8. For lochos, see lambda 718 and lambda 719.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1247Διώξομαί σε δειλίαςI will pursue you on a charge of cowardice… cf. generally delta 1228, delta 1229, delta 1232. [2] Perhaps Aelian (so Adler). In any event, the active participle kathgorh/santa is best deleted (Valckenaer).Matched in noteshighshort

δ1347ΔολώνειαDoloneia, Dolonia… headword is used in the scholia to Homer and by Aelian, Herodian, Eustathius and others for the "lay" of Dolon in Iliad book 10 (delta 1345); cf. e.g. Odysseia (Odyssey), Diomedeia, Giganteia, Heracleia. (Still …Matched in noteshighshort

ε225Ἐδήμευσανthey confiscated… quotation -- shorter in ps.-Zonaras -- is unidentifiable (Adler suggested Aelian), Favuzzi (2018) 279-282 builds a strong case for concluding that the individual concerned is Themistokles (theta 124, theta 125).Matched in noteshighshort

ε385Ἐκδεέςlacking… this (otherwise unattested) adjective. [1] Quotation unidentifiable; variously attributed to Aelian and Nicolaus of Damascus. Equally uncertain is the episode (and personnel) involved, but a reasonable conjecture might be the theft of the Palladion …Matched in noteshighshort

ε512Ἐκνευρίσαςhaving enfeebled… quoted from somewhere. [2] Quotation (also in ps.-Zonaras) unidentifiable. [3] Aelian fr. 10c Domingo-Forasté (10 Hercher); more fully at epsilon 3604 and chi 349.Matched in noteshighshort

ε601Ἔκπυστα(matters) ascertained, (matters) of common knowledge… in an active sense. [3] Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler's attribution to Aelian has no discernible basis.) [4] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 47 Habrich.Matched in noteshighshort

ε955Ἔμβραχυin short; in the least… scholia to Plato, Gorgias 457A and [Plato] Theages 127C. [2] Aelian fr. 63c Domingo-Forasté (60 Hercher), on the Arcadian Eutelidas; cf. alpha 916, kappa 1004. [3] Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 390-1, concerning Euripides' portrayals of women …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1448Ἔνταξίςentaxis, insertionAelian, Tactica 31.3; Arrian, Tactica 26.6. [1] See generally psi 105, psi 106. [2] i.e. alternating man by man with the heavy-armed. [3] See also pi 545, pi 2861.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1514Ἐξαγωγήexportation, expulsion[1] Quotation unidentifiable. [2] Initially attributed to Aelian by Adler, but in her corrigenda to vol.II she withdrew this in favour of 'cf. Demosthenes 25.57', i.e. the story of Aristogeiton and Zobia: see alpha …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1665Ἐξέσχενprojected, stood out… 1028), third person singular. See also epsilon 1666. [1] Perhaps Aelian (on Marcellus): see under epsilon 3944.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2734Ἐπιτροχάδηνfluently, trippingly, volubly… and, more remotely, Synagoge, Hesychius epsilon5362, Etymologicum Gudianum 512.5. [2] Aelian, History of Animals 7.7 (which contains a related but different and much rarer adverb), citing Aristotle.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2870Ἐπταικώςhaving stumbled… Hesychius s.v. reasonably suggests the Septuagint (2 Maccabees 14.17). [2] Aelian fr. 41 Domingo-Forasté (38 Hercher).Matched in noteshighshort

ε2961Ἐρήμη δίκηdeserted lawsuit… Lexicon epsilon1911; and, again, proverbial. [3] Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler suggests Aelian.) [4] Linked by Gaisford, says Adler, with Greek Anthology 6.217.2 (e)rhmai/hn ... spila/da).Matched in noteshighshort

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