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β384Βοώνηςox-buyerThese Athenian 'ox-buyers' (again at beta 387), probably a board of ten per year, are attested in Demosthenes 21.171 (n. 1 below) and in epigraphical evidence from the same period (C4 BCE). [1] Similarly …Matched in noteshighshort
β418Βουθυτεῖis ox-sacrificing [to]… the scholia there. [2] Literally, the sacrifice of a hundred oxen. [3] A sacrifice of three (different) animals. See tau 1030.Matched in noteshighshort
β422Βουκόρυζανox-drivelling, ox-stupidity… case; the secondary one is a present infinitive. [1] For "ox-" as an intensifier of this kind cf. (e.g.) beta 414, beta 454. [2] Menander fr. 1003 Kock, 834 K.-Th., 530 K.-A.Matched in noteshighshort

β384

Βοώνης

ox-buyer

This man used to be chosen from the city [sc. of Athens], to buy oxen for it for the sacrifices. To become ox-buyer was [a matter of] celebrity, since they say that generals were very likely to be elected ox-buyers.

Βοώνης· οὗτος παρὰ τῆς πόλεως ᾑρεῖτο, ἵνα βοῦς αὐτῇ πρίηται πρὸς τὰς θυσίας. ἦν δὲ λαμπρὸν τὸ βοώνην γενέσθαι, ἐπειδὴ στρατηγούς φασι βοώνας μάλιστα χειροτονεῖσθαι.

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Kevin Arrowood1

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Nathan Greenberg ✝1

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Wm. Blake Tyrrell1

β416Βουζύγηςox-yoker… (London 1989) 152, digesting earlier work; R. Parker, Athenian Religion (Oxford 1996) 286-7.Matched in noteshighshort

α1447Ἀλφεσίβοιαoxen-producing… plural) in Homer, Iliad 18.593, of virgin girls; they are "oxen-producing" in the sense of being likely to attract suitors who bring oxen as presents. See generally LSJ s.v. Alphesiboia is also a proper …Matched in noteshighshort

β494Βῶνox… their Doric dialect. See generally LSJ s.v. bou=s. [2] For "ox" (in whatever dialect) as ox-hide shield see LSJ s.v., II, and see again at beta 500.Matched in noteshighshort

β387Βοώτηςox-buyer… version -- contaminated, presumably, by beta 386 -- of bow/nhs, "ox-buyer", for which see already beta 384. It is not clear whether "from these" should read "to these" (cf. e)pi\ tou/tw| in Harpokration s.v.). …Matched in noteshighshort

β460Βοῦς ἐπὶ γλώττηςan ox on the tongue… Strattis fr. 67 Kock, now 72 K.-A., specifically says "large" ox; and the Athenians had no such coin.Matched in noteshighshort

β389Βοπόρουςox-piercing [spits]… a description of spits long enough to pierce an entire ox. cf. Xenophon, Anabasis 7.8.14, of a spit large and sharp enough to pierce a man's thigh.Matched in noteshighshort

β446Βοῦν ἐν γνάθοις φέρειhe is carrying an ox in his jawsMantissa Proverbiorum 1.36; cf. beta 460 (an ox on one's tongue).Matched in noteshighshort

α731ἈθήναιοςAthenaios, AthenaeusFl. c. AD 200. See generally RE Athenaios(22); NP Athenaios(3); OCD4 Athenaeus(1); Olson (2006), vii. [1] In Egypt (see nu 58). [2] cf. delta 359, sigma 1397. What follows is excerpted from Athenaeus 1.3D-4A …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3419ἈπολλώνιοςApollonios, Apollonius… col. ii. See further R. Pfeiffer, History of Classical Scholarship (Oxford 1968) 154.Matched in noteshighshort

α3977Ἁρμονίανharmony… Aristotle's de Anima 148.4-18, 25-31. [6] opsobapha (omicron 1085), also oxubapha, were chimes constructed from saucers made of different materials which were hit with a small wooden hammer; cf. delta 1155, and see generally …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1546ΔρύοπεςDryopes… Mycenae. Because he was hungry, Heracles demanded one of the oxen belonging to the Dryopian king Theiodamas, who refused the request. Heracles killed Theiodamas and slaughtered the ox. See Pherecydes FGrH 3 F19); Apollodorus …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3202Ἔσταιwill beSimilar material, according to Adler, in Anecdota Oxoniensia 1.136.6 and 1.175.6 (the latter giving rise to entries in the Etymologicum Gudianum and, post-Suda, the Etymologicum Magnum). Compare also epsilon 3126. Only three forms for …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2807Ἐποποῖepopoi (in hoopoe-ese)… all the examples are of mimic words and shouts with oxytone accents on the last syllable. Has a copyist erroneously restored the Canonical accentuation on words that Suda correctly listed as exceptions to the …Matched in noteshighlong

α1121ἈλέξανδροςAlexander, Alexandros… Roxane was in fact the daughter of the Bactrian satrap Oxyartos; cf. delta 74 note. [8] John of Antioch fr. 41b FHG (4.555), now 76.1 Roberto (144-147). [9] John of Antioch fr. 41c FHG …Matched in noteshighlong

α1652Ἀμπέχῃwearing… on the line just quoted. Having had his pair of oxen stolen by Boiotians, Derketes ought to be wearing the black of mourning, not the white of festivals.Matched in noteshighshort

β470Βούτομονsedge, butomus… Butomus umbellatus, the sharp-edged leaves of which can indeed "cut oxen" (the literal meaning of boutomos) on the mouth or tongue.Matched in noteshighshort

δ500Διαβάλλεινto bring across, to cross, to mislead, to slander… of Arrian, Anabasis 3.29.3 (with the proper names 'Alexander' and 'Oxos' supplied from the context); cf. omega 127. [7] A marginal gloss, absent from mss GTFV. It seems to be taken from the syntactical …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3140ἘσθίωI eat… with it; for instance, Herakles 'eats' (rather than consumes) an ox in beta 417.Matched in noteshighshort

ε3333Ἐτραχηλίασεarched the neck… Etymologicum Magnum 174.25-26 (and LSJ s.v., citing horses rather than oxen).Matched in noteshighshort

α4446Αὖλος ΠοστόμιοςAulus Postumius… Historical Commentary on Polybius. Vol. III: Commentary on Books XIX-XL (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979), 543-544 (and 726-8 on this passage). T. Robert S. Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic. Vol. I: 509 …Matched in noteshighmedium

α27ἈβδιούAbdiou, Obadiah… Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (30). Accented as it is (oxytone), presumably nominative. The book of the prophet Obadiah in the Septuagint has the title *a*b*d*i*o*u and *(/orasis *)abdiou "Obadiah's Vision"; the Hebrew name …Matched in noteshighshort

α1155ἌλειονAleion, Haleion… Rhodes, is a representation of Helios" (W. Burkert, Greek Religion (Oxford and Cambridge Mass. 1985) 175; see also OCD(4) p.655, and L.R. Farnell, The Cults of the Greek States (Oxford 1896-1909) 5.417-20). [2] cf. …Matched in noteshighshort

α3520Ἀποσιμῶσαιto moon [someone]; to make ships swerve… see chiefly A.W. Gomme, A Historical Commentary on Thucydides iii (Oxford 1956) 465; S. Hornblower, A Commentary on Thucydides ii (Oxford 1996) 183.Matched in noteshighshort

β414Βουγάϊοςbig-mouth, braggart… beta 422, beta 439, and see LSJ s.v. (Literal meaning: ox-sized.) [1] The bouglôssos, literally "ox-tongue", was a type of fish; cf. psi 78. See web address 1 below for the LSJ entry.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1094Δίκης ἀνάκρισιςpreliminary hearing of a lawsuit… anakrisis see generally A.R.W. Harrison, The Law of Athens, ii (Oxford 1971) 94-105; S.C. Todd, The Shape of Athenian Law (Oxford 1993) 126-7.Matched in noteshighshort

ε470Ἐκκλησία κυρίαprincipal assembly… with P.J. Rhodes, A Commentary on the Aristotelian Athenaion Politeia (Oxford, 1981) ad loc. Also M.H. Hansen, The Athenian Democracy in the Age of Demosthenes (Oxford 1991) 125-160. [2] Sc. of each month. The …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1670Ἑξέτειsix-year… is attested as barytone (accented on the next-to-last syllable) or oxytone (accented on the last syllable). Grammarians discuss this variation in compounds of e)/tos "year." Some say that it is a difference of dialect, …Matched in noteshighshort

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