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δ1206ΔιοσκορίδηςDioskorides, DioscoridesC1 CE. See generally OCD(4) s.v. 'Dioscorides(2)(Pedianus Dioscorides)'. [1] In inland Cilicia; Barrington Atlas map 67 grid B2; alpha 1866. For it, and him, see Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. [2] Again under phi 23. …Matched in noteshighshort
α4429Αὐθιγενήςborn here, native to this place… or similar glossing in other lexica. [2] Greek Anthology 7.162.2-4 (Dioskorides/Dioscorides), a Persian slave asks his master for a burial respecting Zoroastrian beliefs; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 90) and (vol. II, 260-261). …Matched in noteshighshort
ε4078Ἐψύχθηcooled, refreshed… which it has presumably been extracted. [2] Greek Anthology 6.220.3-4 (Dioskorides/Dioscorides), a Gallus drives away a lion by beating his timbrel, again at theta 198; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 85-86); (vol. II, …Matched in noteshighshort
δ843Διὰ χρόνουafter a time… same quotation. See n.3; also beta 338 and gamma 287. Dioscorides Pedanius, Pliny the Elder (references in n.3) and others record the use of both forms of this term (b-form and g-form) and explain …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2398Ἐπικνίζεταιis scratched… matter; see, e.g., Theophrastus On the Causes of Plants 5.2.4; Dioscorides 1.127.1. For the more common un-prefixed form of this verb, along with a literary attestation of an active form of the current verb, …Matched in noteshighshort
δ847Διαψᾶνto scratch through… massage” (e.g Galen, De compositione medicamentum secundum locos 12.958, 12.984; Dioscorides Pedanius, Euporista vel De simplicibus medicinis 1.208, etc.). [1] Quotation unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort
δ379Δήειςyou meet with… occurs; cf. delta 374, delta 481. [2] Greek Anthology 6.126.4 (Dioscorides), which however has dh|/ois ["may you brandish"] for the lexicon's dh/eis ["you meet"]. On the epigram, taken from a Cretan warrior's shield, see …Matched in noteshighshort
λ351Λεχώϊαbirthing, of childbirth… the adjective lexw/i+os; cf. lambda 350. [1] Greek Anthology 7.166.5-6 (Dioscorides or Nicarchus), on a youthful bride who died during childbirth; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 93) and (vol. II, 269-270). Gow and …Matched in noteshighshort
ε771Ἑλλέβορονhellebore… Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 9.10.1; Hippocrates, Diseases of Women 2.126; Dioscorides 4.148 and 4. 162; see also Riddle 1992, p. 34. The plant has a complicated chemical composition of various glycosides and is of …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1548Δρύππαripe olive… conjecture filouli/s (fi/los + ou)=lis), based on the comparison with Dioscorides 1.139, seems quite plausible and explains the first word a(/t', which is otherwise unsatisfactory. The correct form of the verse would thus be …Matched in noteshighshort
λ74Λαλάγημαbabbling, prattling… 4078, theta 198, mu 1394, omicron 374, and tau 1167. Dioscorides is writing of the castrato Atys (= the 'Attis' of alpha 3822 and, famously, of Catullus' more effective epyllion, no.63), called a Gallus …Matched in noteshighshort
λ772Λύγισμαsprain… it appears in Galen several times as well as in Dioscorides Pedanius and others; but see further, next note. [1] cf. iota 83, where i)/gdisma (sic: "pounding; a dance in which the loins were …Matched in noteshighshort