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117
Χαρίωνος
Charion's; of Charion
Here in the genitive case, evidently quoted from somewhere.
'Charion'
is mentioned in the Hippocratic corpus (in a passage also quoted by Galen); however, in other such passages the name is Chairion.
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101
Χάρητος ὑποσχέσεις
Chares' promises
cf. Zenobius 2.13. For
Chares
(c.400-c.325 BCE) see generally OCD(4) p.305, under
'Chares(1)'.
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125
Χαριτένης
Charitenes
Charitines
in ms E, Adler reports, but either way, found only here.
('Charitaines'
proposed in the Suda editio princeps, which does not seem an improvement.)
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1378
Ἐν Καρὸς εἵπετο τάξει
he followed in a Carian's role
… Julian, Speech 2, 56c Hertlein. Cf. Zenobius 3.59, etc. For
Carians
in proverbs see also epsilon 1377; for mercenaries see mu 1121, mu 1122.
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116
Χαριξένη
Charixene
… -- bring out other points about the courtesan and musician
Charixene,
such as her advanced age. [1] For courtesans (hetairai) cf. generally epsilon 3265, epsilon 3266, epsilon 3272, epsilon 3273, epsilon 3275, epsilon 3276.
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115
Χαρινάδης
Charinades
… (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there. For
Charinades
see also Peace 1155 (and LGPN ii s.v. no.1, where he is not regarded as a real person). No such proverb appears in …
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136
Χάρων
Charon, Kharon
… argued by some modern scholars). See generally OCD(4) p.307, under
Charon
[Author, Myth](2); FGrH 262 + 687b; Drews 24-27. [1] In the Troad, at the northern mouth of the Hellespont straits. [2] These dates …
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93
Χαράκωμα
stockade
From Harpokration s.v. xa/raka: sic, i.e. the accusative case of
charax
(chi 92, chi 96, chi 97, chi 98); for the Suda's xara/kwma, see already at chi 92. [1] Demosthenes 6.23, cf. 18.87. [2] …
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117
Ἀγαθοκλῆς
Agathokles, Agathocles
… three testicles, presumably symbolises insatiable lust, which is assumed to
characterise
the true pornos'. Cf. tau 995, where the first part of this quotation reappears. [2] Probably Theoxene, the daughter or stepdaughter of Ptolemy …
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2083
Ἐπεσκήψατο
denounced
… Sauppe. [3] Andocides 1.32; Lysias fr. 151 Sauppe, now 204
Carey
OCT. (The Greek of these final words is garbled, with a singular verb for two subjects; I have translated the gist.)
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346
Αἰσχίνης
Aischines, Aeschines
… in the dialogue of that name. [2] This, rather than
Charinos,
is nowadays regarded as his correct patronymic. For Lysanias see under lambda 853; and see the note at sigma 829. [3] See generally …
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2327
Ἐπιθέτους ἑορτάς
extra festivals
… 7.29. [2] Harpok. cites Lysias fr. 178 Sauppe (now 224
Carey
OCT) for this. [3] Lysias fr. 116 Sauppe (now 158
Carey
OCT). [4] Harpok. cites Demosthenes 34.38 for this.
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283
Εἰς κόλπον πτύειν
to spit into [one's] lap
… Doing this was thought to avert evil. See e.g. Theophrastus,
Characters
16.15, and other refs in LSJ s.v. ptu/w, 4.
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ε
2904
Ἐργαστικός
labouring-man
Polybius 10.16.1, on the Roman capture of
Carthago
Nova
(Cartagena)
in 209 BCE.
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3548
Εὔκριτος
Eukritos, Eucritus
… speech On behalf of Eukritos (fr. 103 Sauppe, now 121a
Carey
OCT); a fourth-century-BCE Pythagorean philosopher in an anecdote in Polyaenus 5.2.22; and
characters
in Theocritus' 7th Idyll and Lucian's Symposium.]
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ε
2639
Ἐπιστρεφέως
intently
… the Suda entry, Tittman's punctuation sought to ameliorate matters ('[Meaning]
carefully,
in Herodotus. Also [can mean] deceitfully'). How Herodotus 1.30.3 could have been understood as 'deceitfully' remains baffling; note, though, that in a phrase …
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117
Βαρκαίοις
Barkaian (ones), Barcaean (ones)
… 727, where the dative plural headword occurs: "crashed into Barkaian
chariots";
cf. omicron 1064. For Barke/Ptolemais see Strabo 17.3.20-21 (C837) and Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. On its
chariots
see e.g. Aeneas Tacticus 16.14, with …
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792
Ἐλεοκόπους
eleo-beaters, olive-tenders(?)
… see further below. [1] Lysias fr. 71 Sauppe (now 79
Carey
OCT). Harpokration s.v. e)leoko/pwn (sic: genitive rather than the Suda's accusative) more cautiously says that Lysias might assign the word this meaning. Modern …
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469
Ἀδηφαγία
greed
… trih/rei=s (a phrase in Lysias: fr. 103 Sauppe, now 121a
Carey).
[2] Alcaeus fr.21 Kassel-Austin.
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1822
Ἀνάγεσθαι
to put to sea
… Harpokration s.v., abbreviated. [3] Lysias fr. 62 Sauppe (now 69
Carey
OCT); Dinarchus fr. 8 Conomis.
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1888
Ἀνακαλυπτήρια
unveiling-presents
… Lysias' lost speech On the unveiling-presents; see pp. 317-318 in
Carey's
OCT, with 2 fragments. [1] Family and friends in Harpok. [2] i.e. epaulia (Toup's emendation, in Harpok., of the transmitted epaulaia). Harpok. adds …
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1917
Ἀνάκρισις
anakrisis, preliminary hearing
… (cf. Photius) s.v., where Lysias fr. 30 Sauppe (now 35
Carey
OCT) is cited. See also alpha 1918.
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1984
Ἀναξίβιος
Anaxibios, Anaxibius
… by A's appearance in Lysias fr. 114 Sauppe (now 156
Carey
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2675
Ἀντίκυρα
Antikyra, Anticyra
… on its mention in Lysias fr. 167 Sauppe (now 220
Carey
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2832
Ἀξιοῖ
deems
… Antiphon fr. 62 Sauppe; Lysias fr. 302 Sauppe (now 472
Carey
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3439
Ἀπόμισθος
dismissed without pay
[1] Lysias fr. 138 Sauppe (now 191
Carey
OCT). [2] Demosthenes 4.46, 23.154 (web addresses 1 and 2), cited from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v.
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3546
Ἀπόστασις
distance
… s.v. a)postasi/ou, which cites oratory (Lysias fr.32 Sauppe [now 37
Carey
OCT], Hyperides fr. 99 Jensen) and ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 58.3. [4] See alpha 3703.
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3597
Ἀποτιμηταὶ
apotimetai, guarantors
… and Harpokration supplies it: Lysias fr. 84 Sauppe (now 92
Carey
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3807
Ἀρδήττης Ἀρδήττου
Ardettes, [genitive] Ardettou
… of this place-name in Lysias fr. 157 Sauppe (now 103
Carey
OCT). See also eta 215 (end. [3] Theophrastus fr. 17 Szegedy-Maszak (647 FHS&G).
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3959
Ἀρκτεῦσαι
to be a bear
… - was intransitive. [1] Lysias fr. 249 Sauppe, now 303
Carey
OCT (from the lost speech On behalf of Phrynichus' daughter). [2] Euripides fr.767 Nauck; Aristophanes, Lysistrata 645 and fr. 370 Kock (386 Kassel-Austin).
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