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κ1332Κεντηνάριονcentenarium, hundred-pounds-weight… term for a hundred pounds in weight; first attested in Hero [Author, Myth] of Alexandria (1 CE?), On Measures 60.2, and frequently used by Byzantine authors, particularly Malalas and Procopius. Glossed in the Etymologicum …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1854Κνάφοςcarding-comb… 668 Theodoridis (cited in the Etymologicum Magnum and Etymogicum Gudianum), Herodian, De prosodia catholica p. 446, and Pollux 7.37. Similar wording in epsilon 2396; slightly different definition in kappa 1853. [1] Herodotus 1.92.4 (it …Matched in noteshighshort
μ560Μεμετρέαταιthey have been measuredThe Ionic form given as the headword occurs in Herodotus 4.86.4 (web address 1), where Hdt. explains how he worked out the size of various seas that he has just given, and already in …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1404Κέρκουροςkerkouros, light galley… Hesychius, Photius, the Lexica Segueriana, the Etymologicum Magnum, Glosses on Herodotus 7.97, Herodian De prosodia catholica vol. 3.1 p. 202), all with some variation of "kind of boat" or "kind of ship". [2] Tzetzes, …Matched in noteshighshort
μ750Μεταίτιονaccessory, joint cause… the quotation given; if so, it is neuter singular. [1] Herodotus 4.200.1 (web address 1), on the Persians' demand to the townspeople of Barce [beta 117] to surrender the murderers of Arcesilaus.Matched in noteshighshort
ν224Νεοχμώσαντεςhaving innovated… 71.17.1. No such form occurs in the transmitted text of Herodotus. Nevertheless the reason he is cited here is because the aorist infinitive neoxmw=sai occurs in Herodotus 5.19.1, and both that and the present …Matched in noteshighshort
λ228Λεηλασίαlooting… lexica: see the references at Photius lambda141 Theodoridis, and add Herodian, Partitions p. 75 Boissonade. Herodian derives the noun from lew/s "people" ("lew\s, o( lao\s, o(/qen kai\ lehlasi/a, h( ai)xmalwsi/a"), lambda 275; hence the …Matched in noteshighshort
μ284Ματιολοιχόςsmall-licker… etymology is guesswork, and distorts the word into mataioloxo/s. [3] Herodian, De Prosodia Catholica p. 231 Lentz, peri\ o)rqografi/as p. 548 Lentz.Matched in noteshighshort
μ239Μάρτυροιwitnesses… Shield 20. For the substance of the entry see already Herodian, De Prosodia Catholica p. 47 Lentz, peri\ o)noma/twn p. 615 Lentz, peri\ kli/sews o)noma/twn p. 747 Lentz. Herodian's claim is based on the …Matched in noteshighshort
μ1194Μόλιβοςlead… see also mu 1209) The distinction is first noted in Herodian, On Spelling p. 551 Lentz.Matched in noteshighshort
ν425ΝίσαιονNisaion, Nisaeum, Nisaia… is most probably Nisaia (see How & Wells' commentary on Herodotus 7.40.2 -- cf. next note). [1] See Herodotus 3.106.2, 7.40.2 (web address 1, web address 2); see also iota 578. [2] Photius (nu200 …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1517Κηλώνιονstallion… diminutive. Restricted in this sense to lexica and grammars, from Herodian onwards, which make a spurious spelling distinction with the khlo/neion of kappa 1513 (q.v. for further discussion).Matched in noteshighshort
κ1505Κηληθμόςrapture… The noun is correctly glossed in Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, "delight"; Herodian, Schematismi Homerici 113 "enchanting of hearing"; and Hesychius kappa2498 "delight, joy". No other lexicon offers this interpretation. For that matter, the meaning of …Matched in noteshighshort
λ202Λαιστρόνlaistron… as a)rxei=on -- which in turn is an Atticisation of Herodotus 7.197.2 ('the Achaians call to\ prutanh/ion a lh/iton, "town hall").Matched in noteshighshort
μ744Μεταφῦναιto change into… of the Philostrati: see Life of Apollonius of Tyana 1.16, Heroicus p. 725 Olearius, Imagines 1.11.4.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1232Κεκαθίσθαιto have sat down… likely the lexicographer is copying the instance of kekaqi/sqai in Herodian's Partitions, where he points out that the perfect middle-passive infinitive of kaqi/zw (if there is one) is spelled with iota, while the infinitive …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1883Κνώμενοςbeing scratched… of kna/w. The definition of the participle occurs already in Herodian, Partitions p.72 Boissonade; and the participle itself is perhaps quoted from Timocles fr. 19 Kassel-Austin (222b CGFP), line 5. See also kappa 1856, …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1584Κιγκλίζειwags one's tail… sense "to tempt", from the same motion applied to humans (Herodian, Schematismi Homerici 114 and Hesychius give both, the Etymologicum Magnum just "tempt"). Ps.-Zonaras and the Etymologicum Magnum also give "safeguard", deriving the verb …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1508<20Κηλήτηςhernia-suffererFrom kh/lh, Attic ka/lh, "tumor, hernia": see LSJ s.v. Used in Strabo 17.3.4, Cassius Dio 73.2.3, Galen 10.988 Kühn. The entry is paralleled in Phrynichus, ps.-Herodian, and other lexica. Adler regards the entry, lacking …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1807Κλίνηcouch, bedGloss as Herodian, Partitions p. 66 ed. Boissonade. (Hesychius kappa3010 has krabbatos.) The Classical word is glossed with a Koine form (LSJ s.v. kraba/tion; diminutive of kra/bbaton, for which see under alpha 4161, sigma …Matched in noteshighshort
μ513Μελισμόςdismembering, dismemberment… is likewise ambiguous). Other lexicographers record the ambiguity, as in Herodian, Partitions p. 180 Boissonade: "a tragedy, or the cutting up of meat, spelled with an iota".Matched in noteshighshort
κ1891ΚνυζώσωI will darken… it is accordingly defined as "destroy" (i.e. scratch out) by Herodian, De prosodia catholica p. 444 Lentz (citing Philoxenus fr. 120 Theodoridis) and Orion [Author, Myth], Etymologicum s.v. knuzou=n. The Etymologicum Gudianum s.v. knuzhqmo/s …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1314Κενεβρίωνof carrion… loc. The word is glossed in many other lexicographers, from Herodian on; many of them (including Herodian) gloss it as nekrimai=a, but only the scholiast alludes to anagrams. (For references see under Photius kappa561 …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1695Κιχλισμόςgiggling… excessive and indecorous" (Etymologicum Magnum), "small laugh" (ps.-Zonaras), "strong laugh" (Herodian, On Spelling vol. 3,2 p. 535 Lentz, Hesychius). From the verb kixli/zw, for which see kappa 1694 (and under gamma 267.Matched in noteshighshort
μ221Μαρμαρυγήgleaming… is one of the definitions given to marmarugh/ in Hesychius, Erotian, and the scholia to Oppian, Halieutica 3.583.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1089Κατοργᾶνbe quite eager, to press ahead… at web address 1). TLG shows it as appearing in Herodotus 6.102 (web address 2), but katorgw=ntes there is merely one of several suggested emendations for the transmitted katerga/zontes.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1416ΚερόεσσαhornedThe adjective kero/eis can refer to (e.g.) the horned Moon, carriages drawn by oxen, and ornaments made of horn -- see generally LSJ s.v. -- but the repeated glossing here is suggestive, rather, of …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1997Κόμμιgum… fr.51 Linke. Tree sap is frequently termed "tears", starting with Herodotus 2.96: "its sap is gum". The headword itself, ko/mmi, is a non-Greek word, perhaps Egyptian (LSJ s.v.).Matched in noteshighshort
κ1851Κνᾶνto scrape[1] Loose quotation of Herodotus 7.239.3 (on Damaratos: "taking a double tablet, he scraped away (e)ce/knhse) the wax from it, and then wrote the king's plan on the wood". Quoted correctly in epsilon 1608, …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2125Κορύνηclub… Photius kappa992 Theodoridis), and also in e.g. the Glosses to Herodotus 2.63 (cu/lwn koru/nas e)/xontes, "with clubs of wood in their hands"). Compare also a scholion on Homer, Iliad 7.141; and kappa 2127.Matched in noteshighshort

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