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ε
3087
Ἐροιάδα
Eroiadai, Eroeadae
Eroiadai
is a deme of the Hippothontid tribe [sc. in Athens].
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ε
3061
Ἐρωδιός
heron
A kind of bird. The so-called stork. Or [a bird] similar to it. As being a sort of e(lwdio/s, from spending time e)n e(/lesi, that is in wet locales.
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ε
3058
Ἔρουλοι
Erouloi, Heruli
Name of a people.
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1
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ε
3059
Ἐρώγασιν
they are broken
[Meaning] they were split.
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ε
2639
Ἐπιστρεφέως
intently
Meaning carefully. In
Herodotus
[it] also [means] deceitfully.
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αι
33
Αἰγεῖον
Aigeion, Aegeum
… the [speech] Against Polyeuktos [mentions it]. [The] Aigeion is a
hero-shrine
of Aigeus in Athens.
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α
3639
Ἀποφορᾶν
to offcut
… [sc. uses the word]. Also [sc. attested is] a)poforh/ in
Herodotos,
the tax paid by slaves to their masters.
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α
4030
Ἀρτεμισία
Artemisia
[1] Xerxes, in
Herodotos
8.88.3 (web address 1); cf. also
Herodotus
7.99 (web address 2) and 8.68 (web address 3). [2] The source now becomes Harpokration s.v. (here abridged). [3] See the adjacent entries …
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δ
1524
Δρησμός
running-away
Ionic dialect version of drasmo/s (delta 1509). Seven instances in
Herodotus
(and three in the Plutarchean de
Herodoti
malignitate).
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ε
2843
Ἐπώνυμοι
Eponyms
… Salaminian could be regarded as an intruder amongst native Athenian
heroes;
cf.
Herodotus
5.66.) [1] C. Theodoridis in his Photius edition (vol.II p.LXVII) points out that 'a hundred' (e(kato/n) does not appear in Ph's …
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α
1842
Ἀναγυράσιος
Anagyrasian
… of the Anagyrasians. [The phrase] "Anagyrasian spirit" [arose] because a
hero
Anagyros took vengeance on the elderly settler who cut down the grove. Anagyrasians [were] a deme of Attica. One of them cut down …
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ε
904
Ἐλόχησεν
platooned
[sc. This word occurs] in
Herodotus
meaning [he] organized into platoons.
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ε
2629
Ἐπίστιον
ship-shed, ship-slip
[Meaning a] military lodging.
Herodotus
[writes]: "[Kleomenes] expelled the Athenians' households".
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χ
609
Χυτόν
heap, pile
… a] mound. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] hewn stone.
Herodotus
[sc. uses the headword thus].
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η
271
παροιμία
the ten-company of Lykos, the ten-company of Lycus
A proverb. Lykos at Athens [was] a
hero,
in the shape of a wild animal, [whose temple stood] by the jurycourt. 'Company of ten' [signifies] being bribed in tens, to which the proverb [refers]. …
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α
1824
Ἀναγινωσκομένους
being induced
Meaning [them] being persuaded. So Antiphon and Isaeus and
Herodotus
[sc. use the word].
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α
2026
Ἀναποδίζειν
to cross-examine
[Meaning] to investigate, as if to come into conflict.
Herodotus
[sc. uses the word]. Also [sc. attested is the related participle] [matters] being cross-examined, meaning being investigated. Or meaning the same things frequently said …
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β
142
Βάσσαρος
fox, bassaros
Meaning a] fox in
Herodotus.
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ε
1299
Ἐνηβητήρια
places of [youthful] amusement
[Meaning] places of entertainment in
Herodotus.
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ε
1711
Ἐξηγηταί
expounders
… a certain curse. Also those expounding the ancestral customs. And
Herodotus
[writes]: "you are expounder of matters good for the house of the King, and all this advice of yours is sound". Expounder, in …
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ε
1948
Ἐπαμησάμενος
having heaped on (earth)
[Meaning he] having stirred [it] up.
Herodotus
[sc. uses the word].
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ε
2630
Ἐπίστιος
guest
[Meaning] a settler in
Herodotus.
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ει
262
Εἰσηγήσαιντο
they were to introduce
Herodotus
says, concerning the Persians, that they deliberate in this manner: if they were to introduce something when sober, they deliberate about this when drunk; but what they might introduce drunk, they validate when …
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η
151
Ἤθεα
abodes, haunts
In
Herodotus
[these are] the places where [people] live.
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η
179
Ἡκούσης
coming [well]
[Meaning] faring [well], in
Herodotus.
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χ
427
Χώματα χοῦν
to heap heaps
Herodotus
tells the tale, in [book] 2; meaning to raise the ground
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β
47
Βάκις
Bakis, Bacis
… (under "Bacis"); it notes that his oracles were mentioned from
Herodotus
onwards and that "[t]o cope with the mass of oracles from manifestly different dates, later authors assumed several Bacides". [1] Likewise, according to …
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β
161
Βασιλίνδα
king of the castle
… to be Cyrus the Great, King of Persia -- in
Herodotus
1.114-115 (web address 1:
Herodotus
simply calls it "king"). See also chi 619.
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β
442
Βοῦλις
Boulis
See
Herodotus
7.133-7 (web address 1) and, in the Suda, under xi 54 (where there is a note on the proper form of name "Sperchis"). Both here and again at sigma 924 they are …
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ε
2396
Ἐπὶ κνάφου ἕλκεις
you are dragging [me] on a carding-comb
… not here (but cf. kappa 1854), is the episode in
Herodotus
1.92.4 (cf. Plutarch, On the Malice of
Herodotus
858E) of Croesus doing this to the friend of Pantaleon (e)pi\ kna/fou e(/lkwn die/fqeire). For …
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