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1747
Ἀμφιμήτωρ
of a different mother
… cf. alpha 1752. [1] sc. but the same father. [2]
Aeschylus
fr. 76 Nauck.
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1980
Ἄναξ
master, mistress
… entry in Photius. cf. generally alpha 1923, alpha 1924. [1]
Aeschylus
fr. 342 Nauck (689 Mette). LSJ s.v. notes this (also in Pindar, Pythians 12.4) as a rarity.
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3641
Ἀποφώλιοι
ciphers, idlers, monsters
… but ought to be, as in other lexica, a)pofu/lioi. [1]
Aeschylus
fr. 287 Nauck (493 Mette). [2] From the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 5.182, where the phrase ou)k a)pofw/lia ei)dw/s occurs. See again phi …
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3715
Ἀποίμωξόν με τοῦ τριωβόλου τὸν ζῶντα μᾶλλον
weep for me who am alive rather than for the triobol -- for I am undone
… the lengthy headword phrase occurs (web address 1 below). [2]
Aeschylus
fr. 138 Nauck = 227 Mette (with Antilochos in the vocative, not, as here, the accusative). It is this plea of Achilles, concerning …
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191
Χελώνη μυιῶν
a tortoise [uncaring] of flies
… theta 257.) [3] An apocryphal tale about the death of
Aeschylus;
from alphaiota 357.
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663
Ἀήσυρον
light-as-air
… paralleled in other lexica. (Used in reference to ants in
(?)Aeschylus,
Prometheus Bound 452-3.) [3] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 311 Pfeiffer (where the editor prints a lacuna between adjective and noun).
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1681
Ἀμύντης
defender
… favourite of Herodotus' -- actually occurs in what survives of
Aeschylus.
They have, nevertheless, been registered as adespota of his. Note, however, that the adjective *ai)sxulhro/s (as opposed to *ai)xu/leios) occurs only here, and …
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2167
Ἀνδρηλατεῖν
to banish
… Plato, Republic 565E); similar (longer) one in Photius. See e.g.
Aeschylus,
Eumenides 221, and generally LSJ s.v.
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2212
Ἀνεβόησεν οὐράνιον
cried out heaven-high
… o( dh=mos a)nebo/a (779) -- to stage a contest between
Aeschylus
and Euripides; cf. omicron 935.
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2316
Ἄνες
grant, send
… of a)ni/hmi. [1] Dative of the beneficiary, as in (e.g.)
Aeschylus,
Choephori 489 ("grant me...").
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2574
Ἀν' οὖς ἔχων
having up ears
[1] A gloss on the headword phrase, which is
Aeschylus
fr. 126. [2] Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 674 (web address 1), with scholion.
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2581
Ἄνωγε
commands, has commanded
… is likely to be quoted from Homer (13 instances) or
Aeschylus
(2). cf. generally alpha 2583.
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2593
Ἀνῴμωξεν
wailed aloud
… The headword must be quoted from somewhere -- very probably
Aeschylus,
Persians 465; cf. Theodoridis on Photius s.v.
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2841
Ἄοζοι
attendants
… is made here between the headword -- for which see
Aeschylus,
Agamemnon 231 (dative plural), and next note -- and this adjective. (Seemingly, the headword has been misunderstood as the adjective no-branched, which has …
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2959
Ἀπαιόλημα
act of fraud
… lexica. The headword, a poetic neuter noun, is quoted from
Aeschylus,
Choephori 1002 (web address 1); see the scholia there.
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3570
Ἀποσφαλείς
having been turned aside
… must be quoted from somewhere, and the likeliest option is
(?)Aeschylus,
Prometheus Bound 472, which generated a quantity of scholiastic comment. cf. generally alpha 3076, alpha 3573.
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3882
Ἀριμάσπειος
Arimaspeian, Arimaspian, Arimaspean
… from the Scythian "arima", meaning "one", and "spou", meaning "eye");
(?)Aeschylus,
Prometheus Bound 803-6; and see generally OCD(4) p.152. There were also a people called the Arimaspai (or Ariaspai) who dwelt east of the …
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4095
Ἀρχηγέτης
chief
… in other lexica. The headword is tragedic vocabulary: see e.g.
Aeschylus,
Suppliant Women 251; Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 751.
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4266
Ἀστυδρόμια
astydromia, town-running
… is not in LSJ), though cf. the cognate verb in
Aeschylus,
Seven Against Thebes 220-1: ta/nd a)studromoume/nan po/lin, literally "this city with people running through the town". [1] The Theodaisia was an alternative name, …
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4291
Ἀσύστατον
incoherent
… this adjective -- masculine accusative singular -- is used of
Aeschylus).
See already alpha 2840, and cf. psi 127.
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4329
Ἄτεγκτος ἄνθρωπος παρηγορήμασιν
a man impervious to exhortations
… Likewise or similarly in other lexica. The headword phrase is
Aeschylus
fr.348 (some versions of which omit 'a man'). For the adjective a)/tegktos see also alpha 4330. [2] Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 336 (web address …
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4352
Ἀτημελία
neglect
… quoted from somewhere -- very probably (despite the masculine glossing)
Aeschylus,
Agamemnon 891; see the scholia there (with h)melhme/nas).
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4532
Αὐτούργητον
self-wrought
… 22, and phi 258. For heath, Erica arborea, cf. e.g.
Aeschylus,
Agamemnon 295 and omicron 131.
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4705
Ἄχναι
foam, down
… Gow and Page (vol. II, 341) and Paton (352-355). [3]
Aeschylus
fr. 336. [4] There seems to be a double dose of confusion here. Hippocrates uses the word a)/xnh only in the sense of …
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27
Βαθεῖαν αὔλακα
deep furrow
… the accusative case, is a version of baqei=an a)/loka in
Aeschylus,
Seven Against Thebes 593 (web address 1 below). The noun -- the subject of the initial glossing -- can be, variously, au)=lac (alpha …
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329
Βλέπειν γὰρ ἄντικρυς δόξεις μ' Ἄρη
for you will think that I look a downright Ares
… see Apostolius 4.98. The chorus is parodying tragedic phraseology, e.g.
Aeschylus,
Seven Against Thebes 53.
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353
Βόεια
ox-like (ones)
… Aristophanes, Frogs 924 (where Euripides says this about his rival
Aeschylus:
web address 1 below), with scholion.
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392
Βορβοροτάραξι
o muck-raker
… Aristophanes, Knights 309 (web address 1 below), with scholion. [2]
Aeschylus,
Eumenides 694-5 (web address 2 below); Zenobius 2.76. [3] From the dream-interpretations, in verse, attributed to Astrampsychus (alpha 4251); repeated at kappa 2060.
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448
Βούνομοι ἐπιστροφαί
cattle-grazing haunts
The headword phrase, nominative plural, is
Aeschylus
fr. 249 (from his lost Philoctetes), quoted by him on-stage in Aristophanes, Frogs 1383 (web address 1 below). [1] The first participle, missing here (Adler's edition marks …
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97
Γεγωνόν
loud, sonorous
… this actual form, the present infinitive, a likely source is
(?)Aeschylus,
Prometheus Bound 627, which generated scholiastic comment. [3] Comparative of the headword adjective, either masculine accusative singular or neuter nominative/singular; either way, again …
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