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1491
Δραγμὴ χαλαζῶσα
a drachma falling as hail; a handful falling as hail
… but draxmh\ xalazw=sa in two earlier versions, Zenobius 3.27 and
Hesychius
delta2351: see further on this discrepancy below -- has been claimed as a fragment of Attic comedy (Adespota 314 Kock, now 950 K.-A.). …
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658
Ἀηνές
aenes, (?)never-ending
Same entry in ps.-Zonaras; similar one in
Hesychius
alpha1513, with three glosses -- the first as here, then la/bron (sic: "turbulent") and a)/qlion ("wretched"). The headword, neuter singular, must be quoted from somewhere but …
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9
Βαβύλας
Babylas
… written here was babu/as, the reading of the headword in
Hesychius
beta16 (babu/as: bo/rboros, phlo/s (babyas: mire, clay). A similar entry, post-Suda, in Etymologicum Magnum 186.1 probably identifies this as a dialect word: baki/as …
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α
1733
Ἀμφίκορος
middle child
The first part of this double entry is also in
Hesychius;
the second part is in Photius, Lexicon alpha1341 -- but glossing there the present primary headword. Note also
Hesychius
s.v. a)mfi/kouron, glossed a)mfote/rwqen …
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149
Αἴθρια στέφη
open-air garlands, outdoor garlands
cf.
Hesychius
sigma1869; Synagoge alpha519; Photius, Lexicon alpha579. The phrase is derived from an iambic trimeter ascribed by
Hesychius
to Cratinus' lost comedy Delian Women (fr. 22 Kock, now 24 K.-A.). See also generally …
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4
Βαβάκτης
reveller
… and Pan ( LSJ entry at web address 1). Compare
Hesychius
beta6, 9, 10 epsilon1287 (cf. Latte 1.501-2); Lexica Segueriana 223.31 Bekker; Photius, Lexicon beta5, 6, 8; Etymologicum Magnum 183.45. Its only appearance outside …
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14
Βάγιον
bagion
= Cyril, Photius beta14,
Hesychius
beta25, [Zonaras] 375.9. The headword is unattested elsewhere. It is glossed as neuter nominative/accusative singular (rather than masculine accusative). The word may derive from a root that shows up …
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287
Βινεῖν
to fuck
… a)ne/lqh|). Trapp further notes the related meanings "draw up" in
Hesychius
alpha5202 and "drink" in
Hesychius
pi2338, Malalas 159.86, Theophanes I 180.15. This sense clearly overlaps with Classical pipi/skw. Cf. pipili/zw "suckle" in
Hesychius
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1189
Διοπομπεῖσθαι
to escort [evil] away
… Stromata 7.6.33 th=i diopomph/sei tw=n kakw=n. For the meaning see
Hesychius
alpha6304 a)podiopompei=sqai: a)postre/fesqai, to\n a)potro/paion e)kpe/mpesqai makra/n, a)pokaqai/resqai, "to escort away: to turn away, to send the ill-omened one [sc. a scapegoat] far …
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1205
Διοσημεία
Zeus-omen, Zeus-sign
… an orthographic variant (an accepted form in later Greek; see
Hesychius
delta1918 dioshmei/a: tera/stion shmei=on; Simplicius on Aristotle, Physics 221b23; John Lydus, De ostentis 1; 15b; 37; 38; [John Lydus] De mensibus 2. However, …
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1599
Δυσαχθές
burdensome, grievous, hard to endure
… Synagoge delta391; Photius, Lexicon delta801. Its immediate origin is doubtless
Hesychius
delta2533: dusaxqe\s: baru/. That entry in
Hesychius
is considered by Latte a Cyrillian interpolation, which is probable enough if one considers that the …
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1602
Δυσβράκανος
hard to deal with
… an uncorrupted manuscript or was able to identify the error.)
Hesychius
delta2539 has a similar (not identical) gloss; and see further, next note. [1] In
Hesychius
this synonym is recorded in the final part …
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1631
Δυσηνίους
hard to bridle, hard to rein, refractory
… Both headword and glosses are accusative plurals: see further below.
Hesychius
delta2572 has a broadly comparable entry, but couched in nominative plurals and with different vocabulary for the glossing. The headword adjective is normally …
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60
Ἐγήγαρτος
joy-inducing
… headword e)gh/gartos is an adjective attested only here and in
Hesychius
epsilon176, where Latte flags up textual corruption. (The whole entry in
Hesychius
is: e)gh/gartos. e)pi/xartos: e)pixarh/s). The correct reading of the present headword …
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195
Χέλυς
chelus
… Greek Anthology. Compare the lexicographical entries of the word in
Hesychius,
ps.-Zonaras, and the Etymologicum Magnum; also
Hesychius
s.vv. xe/lion, xe/lun e)/n t’ a)lu/rois, xelu/nh. For the kithara cf. alpha 4073, beta 110, theta …
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21
Ἀβασάνιστος
untested
… part from Phrynichus (Praeparatio rhetorica fr. 39 de Borries); cf.
Hesychius
alpha89 and a cluster of related entries: alpha 2276,
Hesychius
alpha4899, Synagoge alpha589, Photius alpha1845. [1] *ba/sanos can mean both the touchstone itself …
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38
Ἀβής
stupid
… unsure of its meaning(s): besides the above, cf. a)nai/sxuntos 'shameless'
(Hesychius)
and a)no/sios 'unholy'
(Hesychius
and the Etymologicum Gudianum).
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201
Ἀγέροπτος
unseen(?)
… itself is a)ge/roptos in most Suda mss and also in
Hesychius,
but a)ge/ropos in ms T and also in ps.-Zonaras. (Both versions are otherwise unattested, and not in LSJ.) The glossing phrase is as …
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371
Ἀγροῦ πυγή
rump of the country; fat of the land
… pugh/ version is otherwise standard: see Pausanias the Atticist alpha21;
Hesychius
alpha837; Photius, Lexicon alpha272 Theodoridis; Appendix Proverbiorum 1.4; Macarius Chrysocephalus 1.3. The phrase itself is taken to come from Old Attic Comedy: Archippus …
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549
Ἀελπτέοντες
having no hope
… a)/elptos; occurs only in the participle. [1] Same glossing in
Hesychius
and Etym.Magn. 20.23. Latte in his
Hesychius
edition regards the participle as coming from the source that the Suda goes on to quote …
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550
Ἄελπτον
beyond expectation, unexpected, unhoped-for
… pi 1281. [2] Same gloss in Apollonius the Sophist; cf.
Hesychius.
See also alpha 551. [3] In
Hesychius,
as at pi 1281, this is the gloss for periskele/s.
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645
Ἀείφρουρος
always on watch, everlasting
Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon.
Hesychius
alpha1331 supplies the glossing that is lacking here: a)ei\ diame/nwn, a)eiqalh/s "always waiting, evergreen". The word is attested in Sophocles, Cratinus (quoted by
Hesychius,
…
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831
Ἀκέων
wordless(ly), in silence, speechless, (?)attentive(ly)
… root as the Greek verb of hearing, a)kou/w, a)keu/ei; threi=
Hesychius,
and analogies to Old Norse, Gothic and modern German [aufhören 'to listen and stop'], where the similar words for 'in silence' have lost …
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864
Ἀκήλητον
inexorable
[1] Similarly already in
Hesychius
alpha2370. The headword, masculine accusative singular of this adjective (as the Suda's second gloss, not in
Hesychius,
shows), is evidently quoted from somewhere; perhaps, though not demonstrably, the epigram …
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1113
Ἀλεκινός
(?)strong
The headword, variously alekinos and (in
Hesychius)
alikinos, is unattested outside lexicography. Latte on
Hesychius
s.v. marks it as corrupt and opines that it should be alkimos; cf. alpha 1285.
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2423
Ἀνῆπται
has been fastened up
Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon.
Hesychius
has a parallel one for a)nh/fqw (quoted from Homer, Odyssey 12.51 = 12.162). The Suda's a)nh=ptai -- also in
Hesychius
but with different glossing …
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2679
Ἀντίληψις
objection
… in Photius and elsewhere. The second part is also in
Hesychius;
see further below. [1] In the Greek a simple difference of preposition: a)nti/lhyis for e)pi/lhyis. [2] Plato, Phaedo 87A (web address 1 below). …
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2767
Ἄντρον
grotto
cf. alpha 2765, alpha 2766. [1] Same glossing in
Hesychius
and elsewhere. [2] Same glossing in other lexica. Latte on
Hesychius
s.v. takes the adjective (masculine accusative singular) to be quoted from the Septuagint …
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2929
Ἀπαρτίαν
chattels, household utensils, moveables
… quoted from somewhere, is in the accusative case. See also
Hesychius
alpha5817: a)parti/an: meta/basin, a)poskeuh/n, te/los, a)partismo/n. Latte in his edition of
Hesychius
suggests Numbers 31:18 LXX as a source. [2] Alexander of Aphrodisias, …
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3121
Ἀπειλή
threat
Same entry in
Hesychius
and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon. Latte on
Hesychius
s.v. regards the headword as quoted from the Septuagint (Proverbs 19.12, etc.). cf. generally alpha 3122, alpha 3123.
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