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2639
Ἐπιστρεφέως
intently
In
Herodotus
this adverb (from epsilon 2642) occurs at 1.30.3 -- Croesus asks e)pistrefe/ws why Solon considers Tellos (tau 284) so fortunate -- and LSJ's 'earnestly, vehemently' conveys the sense of it there. The …
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3573
Εὐμαρέη
convenience
… derivative entry in ps.-Zonaras (908.223) and in the Glossae in
Herodotum
on
Herodotus
2.35.3 (n. 2 below) -- a passage where in fact many manuscripts have the dative singular eu)mare/h| rather than the eu)marei/h| …
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ε
924
Ἔλυτρον
case
… Lexica Segueriana 217.1) is perhaps a misreading (cf. Glossae in
Herodotum
1.52, on
Herodotus
1.185.4). Other lexica and grammars gloss this headword with "covering" (ka/lumma): ps.-Herodian 31 and (according to Adler) the unedited Lexicon …
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α
2203
Ἀναισίμου
used up
… headword -- an imperfect with aorist force -- occurs in
Herodotus
1.185.4 (on the construction by Nitocris [nu 433a] of an embankment along the Euphrates), from where it is surely quoted. [2] From glosses …
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α
2216
Ἀνέγνωσαν
they induced
… all third-person plurals. Note, however, the corresponding ancient glosses on
Herodotus
1.87.3, where the third-person singular occurs. If the Suda's headword is correctly plural, it might be quoted from
Herodotus
4.158.1, though there are …
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α
3809
Ἄρδιν
barb
The headword noun is in the accusative case, as in
Herodotus:
see next note. [1]
Herodotus
4.81.5 (web address 1), with gloss. [2]
Herodotus
1.215.1 (web address 2), with gloss.
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α
4078
Ἀρχαιρεσία
magistrate-election
Likewise in ps.-Zonaras. [1]
Herodotus
6.58.3 (web address 1 below), on the ten-day suspension of elections in Sparta whenever a king dies. The
Herodotus
passage, in other words, illustrates the first rather than the …
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β
436
Βουλήσεται κἂν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ τυχεῖν ὢν μᾶλλον ἢ κρῖναι κακῶς
he will wish even to be in Egypt rather than to make a bad judgment
… thinks that it does not rain on that spot, as
Herodotus
[says]. Therefore, he will wish to be there, there he will not be harmed from the clouds, since [it is] as far away …
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α
2928
Ἀπαρτί
completely, altogether
[1]
Herodotus
2.158.4 (see web address 1), on the distance between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. His figure, repeated in 4.41, is a thousand stades, or c.115 miles, which is actually too …
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α
3943
Ἄρθμια
amicable relations
[1] From a gloss on
Herodotus
6.83.2, where the headword, neuter plural of this adjective, occurs (web address 1 below). [2]
Herodotus
9.9.2 (web address 2). [3] Evidently quoted from somewhere -- perhaps Eunapius, …
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αι
60
Αἰγίς
garment; net; web; cuirass; wood-grain
… [F24 Conomis] and Nymphodorus [FGrH 572 F22] [sc. mention them].
Herodotus
[4.189.1] says that these things are called aigees by Libyans". (See alphaiota 59.) Compare also Hesychius alpha1725. [1] For 'wearing' cf. LSJ s.v. …
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β
598
Βυσσόν
depth; ocean's depth
… somewhere; extant possibilities begin with Homer (Iliad 24.80) and include
Herodotus:
see note below. [2] (For the difference of accentuation here see already under beta 597.) Perhaps metonymy for "a dyed robe"; see Aeschylus, …
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ε
904
Ἐλόχησεν
platooned
From a gloss on
Herodotus
1.103.1 (web address 1: on Cyaxares and the early Median army), also in Hesychius. In
Herodotus
the spelling is e)lo/xise, as from loxi/zw.
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ε
1417
Ἐννώσας
having thought
… aorist passive participle, again masculine nominative singular, of dianoe/w. [1]
Herodotus
1.68.3 (web address 1). [2] This gloss is identical to Glosses on
Herodotus,
epsilon12; cf. ps.-Zonaras epsilon752.19.
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ε
2355
Ἐπικάρσιον
angled, crosswise
… plural occurs (web address 1). [2] From a gloss on
Herodotus
7.36.1, where he does indeed use the word (of Xerxes spanning the Hellespont with a bridge of ships laid together thus: web address …
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ε
2432
Ἐπίλαμπος
revealed, caught
Likewise in ps.-Zonaras. From a gloss on
Herodotus
3.69.4 (web address 1), where e)pi/lamptos (the Ionic version of e)pi/lhptos) occurs, in the story of the true and false Smerdis: "Now do this, whenever he …
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ε
2629
Ἐπίστιον
ship-shed, ship-slip
… LSJ s.v. This definition of it comes from glosses on
Herodotus
-- see next note -- and there is something similar in Hesychius (epsilon5253). [2] An abridgment of
Herodotus
5.72.1, where however epistia has …
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ε
3606
Εὔξεινος
Euxine
… entry at web address 1; and cf. pi 2049. [2]
Herodotus
4.85.2 ("for it is by nature the most wonderful of all seas:" Greek text at web address 2), here with e)sti/ for
Herodotus'
…
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χ
303
Χιλή
fodder
… 811.47. [1] Xenophon, Anabasis 4.5.25 (web address 1 below). [2]
Herodotus
4.140.3 (web address 2). The text of
Herodotus
reads sfete/rhs for the Suda's e(te/rhs ("other"). [3] Quotation and context unidentifiable. [4] cf. Etymologicum …
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χ
609
Χυτόν
heap, pile
From glosses on
Herodotus
7.37.1 (where the plural of the headword occurs: web address 1); cf. Hesychius. cf. chi 620. [1] For this see generally LSJ s.v. cesto/s, 2. (Here it might appear to …
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α
86
Ἁβρόν
delicate
… well as alpha 70 and alpha 73), extracted here from
Herodotus
1.71.4 (web address 1), and accompanied by ancient glosses on that passage. In fact, 'luxurious' or 'soft-living' would be more appropriate; cf. a(bro/tatoi …
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α
212
Ἄγη
awe, curse, charm; breaking
… also in other lexica; references at Photius alpha160 Theodoridis. [3]
Herodotus
6.61.1. [4] Homer, Iliad 21.221. In its only other uses in Homer, Odyssey 16.243 and 3.227, it is used in the phrase a)/gh …
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α
214
Ἀγηλατεῖν
to drive out, to drive out a curse
… loose interpretation of the single use of this verb by
Herodotus
(5.72.1: see web address 1 below for Greek text), from the ancient glosses on that passage; "drive out" would be better there, as …
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α
215
Ἀγηλατεῖν
to banish as accursed
… Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 401-2 (web address 1), with scholion. [3]
Herodotus
5.72.1 (web address 2) on king Cleomenes of Sparta in 510 BCE.
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α
413
Ἀγχότερος
more nearby
… alpha 394, alpha 406, alpha 414. [1] An approximation of
Herodotus
7.175.1 (web address 1 below).
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α
463
Ἄδην
enough, to excess
… to that passage; see also Photius and other lexica. [2]
Herodotus
9.39.2 (web address 2 below). [3] Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. [4] Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, …
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α
549
Ἀελπτέοντες
having no hope
… 7.310, where a scholiast glossed it with ou)k e)lpi/zontes. [2]
Herodotus
7.168.2, on the Corcyrean rejection of the Aegean Greeks' request for help against the Persian invasion: web address 1.
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α
937
Ἀκούει καλῶς
has a fine hearing
… lexica. In fact this exact phrase does not occur in
Herodotus,
but for close equivalents see 2.173.2, 6.86.a2, 7.16.a2, 8.93.1. [2] Philoponus, Commentary on Aristotle's de anima 367.7-13 Hayduck. [3] mu 952.
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1140
Ἀλεξόμενον
warding off, resisting
… of Isidore. Zintzen makes it fr. 372, incertae sedis. [2]
Herodotus
1.211.2 (web address 1), with comment from a gloss there. [3] Quotation unidentifiable. [4] Xenophon, Anabasis 1.9.11 (web address 2).
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α
1251
Ἁλισμένοι
mustered
… the one given later in the entry, but 7.172.1. [2]
Herodotus
7.208.1 (abridged), with another form (feminine singular) of the headword participle.
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