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philosophy58

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Long4

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Jennifer Benedict646
Catharine Roth232
William Hutton105
David Whitehead70
Anne Mahoney36
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Robert Dyer21
Craig Gibson17
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ε4Ἐαδόταhaving given pleasure, having pleasedFor the entry cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 9.173 and Odyssey 18.422, where the headword participle occurs; also (e.g.) Herodian, Schematismi Homerici 108. Again at epsiloniota 7. The form is an Aeolic dialect …Matched in noteshighshort
α90ἈβροτάζωI miss (someone on the way)… present indicative, its only appearance outside lexica etc. is in Homer, Iliad 10.65 (web address 1), where it is in the first person plural, aorist subjunctive active a)brota/comen (in the construction after a command …Matched in noteshighshort
αι253Αἰόλοςundulating, wavelike, advancing in a winding or rolling fashion, agile in turning side to side; multicoloured, discoloured, black or chestnut with white markings; easily moved, changeable, wily, quick-witted, liable to metamorphosis, disturbed in mind; whirling; self-generating in movement, ever-turning; lively, flashing, shimmering… two definitions here. A poetic phenomenon, exploiting ambiguity, intervenes in Homer and other poetry and greatly confuses the issue of which translation to use at any given point. The first two definitions are also …

ε4

Ἐαδότα

having given pleasure, having pleased

[Meaning one which is] satisfying. [The paradigm is] h(/dw ['I give pleasure'], h(/sw ['I shall give pleasure'], h(=da ['I gave pleasure'], with dissolution [of the long eta into ea-], e)/ada, [participle] e)adw/s,…

Ἐαδότα· ἀρέσκοντα. ἥδω ἥσω ἧδα, διαλύσει ἔαδα, ἐαδὼς ἐαδότος ἐαδότα.

meter and music48

meter and music48

Carl Widstrand9

Carl Widstrand9

Gabriel Bodard9

Gabriel Bodard9

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Nathan Greenberg ✝7

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Ross Scaife ✝6

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James Vradelis4

Sean M. Redmond4

Sean M. Redmond4

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Constantina Katsari3

Elizabeth Vandiver3

Elizabeth Vandiver3

Alan Sommerstein2

Alan Sommerstein2

Andrea Consogno2

Andrea Consogno2

Ekaterini Tsalampouni2

Ekaterini Tsalampouni2

Nicholas Wilshere2

Nicholas Wilshere2

Braden Studhalter1

Braden Studhalter1

Claudia Mársico1

Claudia Mársico1

D. Graham J. Shipley1

D. Graham J. Shipley1

Joseph McAlhany1

Joseph McAlhany1

Kenneth Bumbaco1

Kenneth Bumbaco1

Kostas Zafeiris1

Kostas Zafeiris1

Mary Pendergraft1

Mary Pendergraft1

Massimo Forconi1

Massimo Forconi1

Matthew Farmer1

Matthew Farmer1

Richard Rodriguez1

Richard Rodriguez1

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Robert de Brose1

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α3745ἌρατοςAratus, Aratos… following books: Phainomena, whose introduction [is] wonderful, and which emulates Homer; Hymns to Pan; Spondophoroi; Paignia; Astrologia and Astrothesia; Synthesis Pharmakon; Theriakon Epitedeia; Anthropogonia; Epithytikon; To Theopropos; To Antigonus; Ethopoeiae; Letters; Epigrams; To Phila, …Matched in translationhighmedium

χ234Χειμὼνwinter… that is frozen because of the departure of the sun. Homer [says]: "they fled winter". [He is speaking] about the cranes. He is referring not to the winter-time situation, but to the wintry place, …Matched in translationhighshort

α1796Ἀναβάδηνlifted up; propped up… something from what is outside and and flying around. A Homeric way of speaking: for Homer distinguished souls from bodies when he said: "many strong souls, he made them spoils for the dogs." Thus …Matched in translationhighmedium

α212Ἄγηawe, curse, charm; breaking… [It means] wonder, delight, disbelief, eagerness; in Herodotus, malice; in Homer, amazement, shock, smashing, breaking, destruction; some [define it as] sacrificial offerings. So a)/gh, paroxytone, [means] amazement; but a)gh/ [is] the breaking of the …Matched in translationhighshort

β77Βαλεῖνto hit, to throw… [mean] to wound from the hand. *ba/llein ["to hit"] in Homer is also [used] for "to happen upon" [tugxa/nein]: "[to] hit all wild things."Matched in translationhighshort

α1071Ἀλαόςunseeing… [sc. attested is the related noun] a)laskopih/n ["blind man's watch"]. Homer [writes]: "nor did he keep a blind man's watch".[Used] proverbially: meaning he did not keep a lookout blindly.Matched in translationhighshort

α4559Ἀφάρτεροιswifter [horses]… "The horses are swifter"; the ones [that were so] earlier. Homer [sc. writes this].Matched in translationhighshort

α4718Ἄχριup to… There is also a)/xris meaning on the whole, altogether. And Homer [writes]: "the ruthless stone utterly destroyed the sinews and bones." Also [sc. attested is the phrase] a)/xri ko/rou ["up to one's limit"]. There …Matched in translationhighshort

αι393ΑἶψαswiftlyMeaning speedily. And Homer [writes]: "for swiftly do mortals grow old in affliction."Matched in translationhighshort

ε183Ἔγχοςlance[Meaning a] spear. Homer [writes]: "he was holding a lance of eleven cubits." For the double [size is one] "of two and twenty cubits".Matched in translationhighshort

α543Ἀεκήλιαunseemly… that someone would not willingly bear. Or a)eike/lia, i.e. unfitting. Homer [writes]: "unseemly deeds".Matched in translationhighshort

α1290Ἀλκμανικὸν εἶδοςAlcmanic form… nouns on both sides. And [sc. this also occurs] in Homer: "where the rivers Simoeis flow together and Scamander."Matched in translationhighshort

α3051Ἀπερωεύςthwarter[Meaning a] hinderer. Homer [writes]: "thwarter of my forces."Matched in translationhighshort

α3161Ἀπήμοναunhurt[Meaning] unharmed. Homer [writes]: "them he found no longer altogether unhurt nor without slaughter." He has combined two ideas, meaning some not unhurt, [i.e.] the wounded, and others not unslaughtered, [i.e.]the dead. *ph=ma [means] …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ124Δαίςfeast[Meaning] festivities. And when [sc. Homer] says "an abundant feast" [dai=ta], they say that di/aita is being said by a change of letter. But to say [it is derived] from dai/sasqai ["to feast"] [is] …Matched in translationhighshort

ε54Ἐγγείνωνταιthey would engender[Meaning] they would beget. Homer [writes]: "[I fear...that flies] would engender worms, and would dishonor the corpse."Matched in translationhighshort

ε299Ἐθελήσειwill [not] be willing[Meaning he/she/it] might [not] be able. Homer [writes]: "he did not wish to flow." And Aristophanes [writes]: "and he will not wish to learn." Meaning he would not be able [to do so].Matched in translationhighshort

ε753Ἐλαύνωσινthey drive… an accusative. "They drive a furrow". [Meaning] they strike [it]. Homer applies the [verb] e)la/sai ["to drive"] to the blow of a hand.Matched in translationhighshort

χ29Χάλκεοςbrazen… Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'in a brazen jar'. Homer [writes]: "in a brazen jar was he bound for thirteen months." That is, with a bond strong and indissoluble. Alternatively there was a …Matched in translationhighshort

χ536Χροόςof skin[Meaning] of a body. And Homer [writes]: "and nothing at all of his skin showed." *xro/os is different, [when] meaning xrw/s [in the nominative]. Hence it has a low accent [on the last syllable]. …Matched in translationhighshort

ε336Ἔθυσας ἀντιθύσῃyou sacrificed [so] you should sacrifice in turn… says this to Odysseus in Philoxenus. For they misinterpret the [Homeric line] "and then we kindled a fire and sacrificed;" in the Poet [this] is said about sheep, and does not mean we sacrificed.Matched in translationhighshort

α8Ἀάσαιto harm, to infatuate… lexicography, though it appears as an entry in Apollonius Sophistes, Homeric Lexicon 2.5, and is presumably related to such Homeric forms as we find at alpha 7. [1] This meaning is unattested for the …Matched in noteshighshort

α11Ἀβάκησανthey kept quiet… indicative active, of a)bake/w. This form is found only in Homer, Odyssey 4.249 (web address 1), and the many lexicographical notices generated by it. Of those the most similar to this entry are Photius, …Matched in noteshighshort

α677Ἀϊδρείηignorance… post-Suda, in Etymologicum Magnum 42.44-47, which goes on to quote Homer, Iliad 7.197-199. The headword -- connected with alpha 678, q.v. -- occurs in the mss of line 198 there (dative case); and 'inexperience' …Matched in noteshighshort

α848Ἀκέσματαremedies… in Photius and other lexica, and in the scholia to Homer, Iliad 15.394, where famously this neuter plural occurs (of Patroclus applying remedies to the wound of Eurypylus (see Archeologia Homerica (1983) 108, 125ff.; …Matched in noteshighmedium

α911Ἄκνηστιςchine, small (of the back)… entries in some other lexica, including Hesychius (where Latte cites Homer, Odyssey 10.161) and Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon. The word is also found without the initial alpha. (Its earliest appearance, in Homer [above], can accommodate …Matched in noteshighshort

α3187Ἀπηύραremoved… The headword is athematic aorist, third person singular, of a Homeric verb which has no present tense. The upsilon represents an original digamma (see LSJ at a)pou/ras); the augment had a long vowel. Same …Matched in noteshighshort

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