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

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is ox-sacrificing [to]

[Used] with a dative. Aristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "the master is ox-sacrificing inside." Bouthusia ["ox-sacrifice"] is said incorrectly, to signify grandness of scale and the fullness of the sacrifice, which they…

Βουθυτεῖ· δοτικῇ. Ἀριστοφάνης Πλούτῳ. ὁ δεσπότης ἔνδον βουθυτεῖ. καταχρηστικῶς εἴρηται ἡ βουθυσία, δηλοῦσα τόν τε ὄγκον τοῦ μεγέθους καὶ τὸ ἐντελὲς τῆς θυσίας, ἣν ἑκατόμβην…

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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

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

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

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

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

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

α691Ἀΐσσουσινthey dart… wording. See F.W. Walbank, A Historical Commentary on Polybius, iii (Oxford 1979) 662-3. [3] Cato the Elder (kappa 1113). [4] Aemilianus. [5] A reference to Homer, Odyssey 10.494f.: "to him [Teiresias] alone Persephone granted …Matched in noteshighshort

α708Ἀθάραgruel, porridge… [2] The issue is a matter of accent: paroxytone, not oxytone [3] So too in Photius and other lexica, quoting Crates fr.9 Kock (11 K.-A.).Matched in noteshighshort

α764Ἄθρυπτοςunbroken… as dignified and manly" see M.L. West, Ancient Greek Music (Oxford 1992) 179-80.Matched in noteshighshort

α951ἈκραγαλίςAkragalis… T.H. Nielsen (eds.), An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis (Oxford 2004) 402.Matched in noteshighshort

α1107ἈλέαςHaleis, Halians… N.G.L. Hammond and G.T. Griffith, A History of Macedonia 2 (Oxford 1979) 339ff.Matched in noteshighshort

α1122Ὅτι Ἀλέξανδρος φιλήκοος ἦνAlexander, Alexandros… at the Panathenaic musical contests" (M.L. West, Ancient Greek Music (Oxford 1992) 216). In the same specialized context the adjective orthios signified a particular rhythm: see West 156-7. West also collects evidence (352 n.119) …Matched in noteshighshort

α1123υνκνοων—Ὅτι οὗτος ὁ μέγας Ἀλέξανδρος νικήσας ναυμαχίαν Λακεδαιμονίους καὶ—Alexander, Alexandros… in the sea-battle at Knidos [394 BCE]...". [1] A hundred oxen, notionally.Matched in noteshighshort

α1275ἈλκέταςAlketas, Alcetas… N.G.L. Hammond and G.T. Griffith, A History of Macedonia vol.2 (Oxford 1979) index s.v. [2] See Diodorus Siculus 18.29ff, esp. 44-47; W. Heckel, The Marshals of Alexander's Empire (London and New York 1992) 171-175. …Matched in noteshighshort

α1292ἈλκμαιονίδαιAlkmaionidai, Alkmeonidai, Alcmaeonidae, Alcmeonids… origins: see e.g. J.K. Davies, Athenian Propertied Families 600-300 BC (Oxford 1971) 369. [2] Genitive plural, presumably extracted from the quotation which follows; in any event, unrelated to the headword. [3] Greek Anthology 7.206.2 …Matched in noteshighshort

α1296Ἀλκτῆρεςprotectors… See further H.W. Parke & D.E.W. Wormell, The Delphic Oracle (Oxford 1956) no.327; J. Fontenrose, The Delphic Oracle: its responses and operations with a catalogue of responses (Berkeley 1978) 297; Aelian, Historical Miscellany, edited …Matched in noteshighshort

α1313Ἀλογίου δίκηprosecution for lack of accounting… the graphe alogiou A.R.W. Harrison, The Law of Athens, vol.2 (Oxford 1971, reprinted London & Indianapolis 1998) 28-30. [2] In the technical sense: submitting income and expenditure records for scrutiny.Matched in noteshighshort

α1371Ἁλῶconvicted… concerned, see generally S.C. Todd, The Shape of Athenian Law (Oxford 1993) 107-8 (and kappa 178). [2] An inexact version of Demosthenes 24.103 (web address 1), which mentions only theft. For the suits concerned, …Matched in noteshighshort

α1400Ἄλλως ἀναλίσκεις ὕδωρyou are using up water for nothing… See in brief S.C. Todd, The Shape of Athenian Law (Oxford 1993) 130-2.Matched in noteshighshort

α1677ἈμυνίαςAmynias… BC. See generally J.K. Davies, Athenian Propertied Families 600-300 BC (Oxford 1971) 471. [2] This is the gloss of the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 570 (web address 1 below), where the noun a)muni/as is …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1701Ἀμφιανακτίζεινto sing (dithyrambic) hymns… the orthios nomos see generally M.L. West, Ancient Greek Music (Oxford 1992) 156-7, 214-7; its distinctiveness lay as much in rhythm as pitch. See also omicron 575, omicron 573, omicron 574, omicron 585, alpha …Matched in noteshighshort

α1751ἈμφίωνAmphion… s.v. 'Amphion and Zethus' (p.73); M.L. West, Ancient Greek Music (Oxford 1992) 33. His status as the discoverer of music stems from the tradition that his lyre-playing charmed stones into laying themselves as the …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1974Ἀνανεωσάμενοςhaving revived… transmitted: see F.W. Walbank, A Historical Commentary on Polybius, ii (Oxford 1967) 113.Matched in noteshighshort

α2236Ἀνεκήκιενgushed forth… the scholia to Homer, Iliad 13.705, where a)nakhki/ei occurs (of oxen sweating): see web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort

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