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- ε3707Εὐρώςdankness[Meaning] a mouldering moistness. Callimachus [writes]: "sandals which the liquidy dankness rotted not."
- αι137Αἴθ' ὄφελες θανεῖν ἢ πανύστατον ὀρχήσασθαιif only you had died or danced for the very last time… a blow she turns about as though she were dancing. Callimachus speaks of her in Hecale.
- κ2515Κτείςcomb[Meaning] the pubes, and the hairstyling implement. Callimachus [writes]: 'not for those for whom there were hairs upon the "comb".' And elsewhere: 'and a hair-arranging comb'.
- κ2493Κρώζουσινthey croak… 2492; and cf. generally kappa 2491.) Its attestions are rare: Callimachus (Epigrams fr. 393 Pfeiffer, quoted by Sextus Empiricus), Lucian (Electrum 5), and George the Monk (PG 110.636.47). Of these perhaps commentary on Callimachus …
- ε874Ἑλίχρυσοςgold-twist, helichrysum… attribute the information in this entry to Saloustios' commentary on Callimachus' Hekale (the apparent source of the subsequent quotation). A different interpretation of the headword is provided by Hesychius epsilon2122. For ivy see kappa …
- κ2713ΚυνθιάδεςKynthos' children, Cynthus' children… of Delos; cf. Barrington Atlas map 61 grid A3. [1] Callimachus, Epigram 62.1-2 Pfeiffer (= Greek Anthology 6.121.1-2). "Kynthos' children" could have meant Apollo and Artemis, since they were said to have been born …
- αι158Αἰθύξασαhaving stirred… extracted from the quotation given. [1] Likewise in ps.-Zonaras. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 241, with scholion.
- ε854Ἑλικώτατον ὕδωρmost swirling water, very swirling waterLikewise in ps.-Zonaras. The headword phrase is ascribed to Callimachus, Hecale fr.299.1 Pfeiffer (116.1 Hollis; 101a Kapp, 290 Schneider), and occurs in the context of a longer fragment where it is used to describe …
- κ2679Κύματος ἄκρον ἄωτονwave's topmost bloomThe headword phrase is derived from Callimachus, Hecale fr. 260.57 Pfeiffer (288.57 Lloyd-Jones Parsons), although in the original the words 'topmost bloom' appear in the dative case (a)/krw| a)w/tw|) instead of the nominative/accusative as …
- α302Ἀγορανομίαςmarket-supervisorship, market-supervisorships… others from Lepreon a small town of the Peloponnese which Callimachus also mentions in the Hymns: "citadel of Kaukones, which is called Lepreion." Others still [sc. derive it] from mangy cattle, since the hides …
- αι115Αἰθέριον ὕψοςetherial height… aether cf. alphaiota 121, alphaiota 122. [1] Tentatively attributed to Callimachus by Adler, but not recognised as such in the editions. A TLG search shows several attestations of it, one of them recurrent: a …
- κ2684Κυμαίνειseethes… person singular, present indicative active, evidently quoted from somewhere. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 244 Pfeiffer. [3] Aelian fr. 53b Domingo-Forasté (50 Hercher); cf. alpha 968, epsilon 3129.
- α128Ἀγάλακτεςmilkmates… -- probably from its only attested instance outside lexica (etc.): Callimachus, Hymns 2.52. cf. generally gamma 17. [1] Same material in Eudemus, partially in other lexica.
- ε2080Ἐπέσειενwas brandishing against… given, lacks the headword's nu ephelkustikon). [2] Source unknown, although Callimachus has been suggested (anonymous fr.25 Schneider; not accepted by Pfeiffer), as has Babrius or a Babrian imitator (Crusius, p. 216, with reference to …
- ε2082Ἐπέσθωνeatin' upon… grammatical, and more poetical, th\n a(li/hn. [3] An abridgment of Callimachus, Epigram 47 Pfeiffer ( = Greek Anthology 6.301.1-3). The original has, more understandably, "great storms of debts", a nautical metaphor which the poet …
- ε1990Ἐπαύλιαsleepover… 1147. (This has no connection with what now follows.) [2] Callimachus, Hekale fr. 263, with scholion.
- ε861Ἐλινύεινto rest… part of] those idling or spending time. [3] Attributed to Callimachus' Hecale by Kapp (fr.128a), Pfeiffer (fr. 330) and Hollis (fr. 130), an attribution rejected by Schneider fr. an. 22, who suggests instead the …