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δ1442Δωδεκαμήχανονtwelve-device, twelve-trick… on which see further below. cf. generally pi 253. [1] Euripides fr. 755. In his note on Aristophanes, Frogs 1327-8 (which refers to "the twelve-trickery of Kyrene"), Dover 357 inclines to a variant version …Matched in noteshighshort
α1594Ἅμιλλαcontest… [1] Same or similar glossing in other lexica and several Euripidean scholia; references at Photius alpha1201 Theodoridis. (Latte on Hesychius s.v. makes the Euripides connection explicit by citing e.g. Hecuba 226.) [2] Aelian fr. …Matched in noteshighshort
α1188Ἀλλήλωνeach other

δ1442

Δωδεκαμήχανον

twelve-device, twelve-trick

[sc. A term used] in reference to those who use manifold and varied customs. For Kyrene was a remarkable courtesan, called "twelve-trick" because she employed that many positions in intercourse. [The word also] comes…

Δωδεκαμήχανον· ἐπὶ τῶν παντοδαποῖς καὶ ποικίλοις χρωμένων ἤθεσι. Κυρήνη γάρ τις ἐπίσημος γέγονεν ἑταίρα, δωδεκαμήχανος ἐπικαλουμένη διὰ τὸ τοσαῦτα σχήματα ἐν τῇ συνουσίᾳ ποιεῖν.…

athletics

athletics

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meter and music3

meter and music3

trade and manufacture3

trade and manufacture3

… Photius (Lexicon alpha998 Theodoridis) and elsewhere. [1] This refers to Euripides, Supplices 676, according to Theodoridis (following Naber). Adler had cited Euripides fr. 1124 Nauck, but that instance is dubious. [2] An approximation of …

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α2154ἈνδραποδίζωI enslave, I reduce to slavery… theta 291, end. [4] This material (including the fragment of Euripides which follows) comes from the scholia on Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 521. [5] Euripides fr. 422. [6] This concluding gloss comes from the scholia …Matched in noteshighshort

α3909ἈρίστιπποςAristippos, Aristippus… Pyrrhoniae hypotyposes 3.204. [1] cf. already alpha 1359, end. [2] Euripides, Bacchae 836 (web address 1 below). The second trimeter, "having been born a male and from a male line", appears to be an …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1367Ἄλοχοςspouse… Homer, Odyssey 1.36, where the headword occurs (accusative case). [2] Euripides fr.132 Nauck, quoted in an anecdote (about a male homosexual relationship) in Diogenes Laertius 4.29.Matched in noteshighshort

α1404Ἁλωτόνattainable, capturable… Dionysius of Halicarnassus in his study of that writer). [3] Euripides fr. 918 Nauck; cf. pi 40.Matched in noteshighshort

α1796Ἀναβάδηνlifted up; propped up… (web address 2 below), with scholion; cf. omicron 868. [3] Euripides, Hippolytus 612 (web address 3 below); cf. eta 63. [4] Homer, Iliad 1.3-4. See web address 4 below. [5] So too Photius, and …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2039Ἀνάπτυξιςunfolding… entry appears also in Photius (alpha1623 and alpha1622 Theodoridis). [2] Euripides, Heracles 1256 (web address 1 below).Matched in noteshighshort

α2082Ἀνάστατοιanastatoi… more briefly, at alpha 1781. [5] cf. phi 507. [6] Euripides fr. 350; cf. sigma 204. [7] cf. beta 458 and epsilon 25.Matched in noteshighmedium

α2373Ἀνειλήθυιανhaving never given birth… See LSJ s.v. a)neilei/quia [sic], and cf. epsiloniota 108. [1] Euripides, Ion 453 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort

α2868Ἀπάγουcarry away, lead away[1] That is, the middle rather than the active imperative: Euripides fr. 1097. Likewise in Photius and elsewhere. [2] See already under alpha 2865 (and other entries).Matched in noteshighshort

α3819Ἄραιτοmight lift, might raise… the first quotation given. [1] Same glossing in Hesychius. [2] Euripides, Orestes 1-3 (web address 1 below). [3] Aristophanes, Frogs 1406 (web address 2), with scholion; cf. alpha 4703.Matched in noteshighshort

β458Βοῦς ἕβδομοςseventh ox… Kock (and K.-A.). (For Euthycles see generally epsilon 3507.) [3] Euripides fr. 350. [4] Achaeus fr. 23. (For Achaeus see generally alpha 4683.) [5] The adjective in this phrase should be enaulios ("courtyard"); cf. …Matched in noteshighmedium

γ289Γλίσχροςwheedler… treat it as the former; however, as the translation shows, "Euripides" (which should be vocative anyway) is part of the following sentence. [2] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Peace 193, where the word occurs. …Matched in noteshighshort

χ174ΧαίρωI delight, I rejoice… in the mss, Adler reports) might be an error. [2] Euripides fr. 673 (addressed to Heracles); partially quoted by Etymologicum Genuinum and Etymologicum Magnum 808.5. [3] cf. Lexicon Ambrosianum 116, according to Adler. Seemingly …Matched in noteshighshort

χ187Χελιδόνων μουσεῖαswallows' museums… of the same play. (The Aristophanes mss have e)pi-.) [2] Euripides fr. 88.Matched in noteshighshort

χ452Χραίνεινto stain… grammars, e.g. Hesychius s.v., ps.-Herodian 149; also the scholia to Euripides, Hecuba 366 (web address 1), where a form of the headword appears. (The present form perhaps comes from another passage in Euripides: Hippolytus …Matched in noteshighshort

α492ἌδμητοςAdmetos, Admetus… address 1); most notable is the husband of Alcestis, in Euripides' drama; see OCD(4) under Alcestis (p.51).Matched in noteshighshort

α669ἈΐδαςAidas, Hades… (alpha 672), frequently found in lyric passages of tragedy, especially Euripides.Matched in noteshighshort

α695Ἀΐστωρunknowing, unaware… attested in the plural (and governing the genitive case) in Euripides, Andromache 682 (web address 1 below); in the singular (and absolutely) in Plato, Laws 8.845B (web address 2 below). The latter passage, surely, …Matched in noteshighshort

α748Ἀθώπευτονunflatterable, rough… (references at Photius alpha496 Theodoridis); taken to be quoted from Euripides, Andromache 459 (web address 1 below). [2] Greek Anthology 6.168.8 (Paul the Silentiary), Xenophilus kills a wild boar; see further extracts from this …Matched in noteshighshort

α777Ἀκαθαίρετοςimpregnable, irrefragable… word, a)kata/blhtos, is used of towers in a scholion to Euripides, Hecuba 1.)Matched in noteshighshort

α893Ἀκλειῶςdisreputably, ingloriously… alpha2426 for a)klew=s (reckoned by Latte to be quoted from Euripides).Matched in noteshighshort

α905Ἀκμὴ καλεῖa moment is calling… sight of in the entry which follows. It comes from Euripides, Hecuba 1042. [2] Aelian fr. 44b Domingo-Forasté, 41 Hercher (on the invalid Nikanor). [3] Aelian fr. 93e D-F (90 Hercher). For the Samothracian …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1083Ἀλᾶταιroams… headword, evidently quoted from somewhere (the many possibilities include Pindar, Euripides and Aristophanes), is third person singular, present indicative active, of the poetic verb a)la/omai. cf. alpha 1061.Matched in noteshighshort

α1209Ἀλίαστοςunshrinking… Iliad 2.797.) This epic word is also used by (e.g.) Euripides in lyrics. From lia/zomai "recoil, shrink (from)" (cf. lambda 481).Matched in noteshighshort

α1279ἌλκηστιςAlkestis, Alcestis… mentioned in Homer and Hesiod, but most fully depicted in Euripides' tragedy Alkestis (438 BCE).Matched in noteshighshort

α1331ἈλόπηAlope… of Alope in Lycurgus fr. 24 Conomis; it also cites Euripides (who wrote a play of this name), Hellanicus and Dinarchus. [1] Not in Harpok, and attested only here.Matched in noteshighshort

α1597Ἁμιλλῶμαί σοιI vie with you… of this verb with the dative case (as in Herodotus, Euripides and elsewhere: see LSJ).Matched in noteshighshort

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