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epic627
definition617
dialects, grammar, and etymology493
ethics137
poetry113
military affairs101
imagery96
mythology91
religion87
biography80
geography78
historiography77

31 more

daily life75
zoology75
food62
history61
women50
tragedy47
comedy46
trade and manufacture45
botany41
medicine37
gender and sexuality36
science and technology30

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Α alpha503
Δ delta70
Χ chi46
Β beta27
Ε epsilon1

Vetting status

high647

Length

Short617
Medium29
Long1

Translator

Jennifer Benedict647

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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
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.

α1796

Ἀναβάδην

lifted up; propped up

[Meaning] on high, to lie down and have ones legs up. Aristophanes [writes]: "now I take a rest starving with my feet lifted up." Or sitting down on a high place. And again: "how at home when not at home?... His mind is…

Ἀναβάδην· ἐφ' ὕψους, ἄνω τοὺς πόδας ἔχειν καὶ κοιμᾶσθαι. Ἀριστοφάνης· νυνὶ δὲ πεινῶν ἀναβάδην ἀναπαύομαι. ἢ ἐπὶ ὑψηλοῦ τόπου καθήμενος. καὶ αὖθις· πῶς ἔνδον, εἶτ' οὐκ ἔνδον; ὁ…

meter and music19

meter and music19

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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

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

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

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

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

α4215ἈσπουδείcarelesslySame or similar material in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, and the scholia on a)spoudi/ in Homer, Iliad 15.476. [1] Homer, Iliad 8.512 (web address 1 below: again the paradosis is a)spoudi/).Matched in noteshighshort

β297Βιοτὴlife, lifestyle, livelihood… 2. [1] Same material, variously, in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, and cf. also the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 1.287. [2] Greek Anthology 7.6.2 (Antipater of Sidon, an epitaph for the poet Homer). …Matched in noteshighshort

β373ΒόμβησενbuzzedVery similar entries in Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon (which quotes Homer, Odyssey 8.190, bo/mbhsen de\ li/qos) and in Hesychius. This onomatopoetic verb is used of the sound of falling bodies in Homer, also of oars …Matched in noteshighshort

δ112ΔαίειburnsSame material, variously, in other lexica. including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon (56.8). On the two verbs covered here, see generally LSJ s.v. dai/w (A) and dai/w (B). See also delta 124, delta 126, delta 127, …Matched in noteshighshort

δ156Δεδοκημένοςlying in wait forThe headword (quoted from Homer: see below) is an irregular perfect middle/passive participle form of Ionic de/komai, Attic de/xomai. [1] Same glossing in Photius and other lexica. [2] Same glossing in (e.g.) Apollonius' Homeric …Matched in noteshighshort

χ131Χάρμηeagerness for battle, joy in battle= Apollonius Sophistes, Homeric Lexicon 167.10; Synagoge chi35; cf. Apion in Ludwich 102.27; Hesychius chi203 (where the second translation offered here for the headword receives explicit sanction), Etymologicum Magnum 807.23, and the scholia to …Matched in noteshighshort

χ385Χόλονgall… Rhetoricae Lexeis 220; Synagoge chi95. Perhaps from the scholia to Homer, where the headword often appears (as here) in the accusative singular, e.g. Iliad 1.283 (web address 1). See also ps.-Herodian 152, ps.-Zonaras 1856, …Matched in noteshighshort

α446Ἀδέψητονuntanned, undressed… 16.35 has a longer version of the same entry; Apollonius (Homeric Lexicon) and Hesychius the same headword but with different glossing. The headword itself, neuter nominative/accusative singular of this adjective, is doubtless quoted from …Matched in noteshighshort

α555Ἀέξετοwas growing, was waxingSame entry in Hesychius alpha1374; similar ones elsewhere, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, which goes on to quote Homer, Odyssey 10.93 (where the headword occurs, of a wave). The headword is unaugmented imperfect middle form …Matched in noteshighshort

α663Ἀήσυρονlight-as-air… occur, in various permutations, in Hesychius and elsewhere, including Apollonius's Homeric Lexicon. (But no instance of the headword is extant in Homer.) [2] This remark is not paralleled in other lexica. (Used in reference …Matched in noteshighshort

α736Ἀθηρηλοιγόςchaff-consumingSimilarly in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon. From the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 11.128 (web address 1 below), where the headword occurs; again at 23.275 (web address 2 below).Matched in noteshighshort

α872Ἀκηχέδαταιthey are in mourningFrom the scholia to Homer, Iliad 17.637, where a)khxe/dat' occurs. Likewise or similarly in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon (18.29).Matched in noteshighshort

α992Ἀκριτόφυλλονindistinguishably-leavedLikewise or similarly in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon; references at Photius alpha848 Theodoridis. The headword adjective, neuter singular, is used of a mountain in Homer, Iliad 2.868.Matched in noteshighshort

α1061ἈλάλημαιI wanderSimilar material in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, and cf. also the scholia to Homer, Iliad 11.94, where a)lalu/kthmai -- the supplementary headword here -- occurs. The primary one occurs in Iliad 23.74 …Matched in noteshighshort

α1141Ἀλεωρήescape, haven[1] Similarly in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon. From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 12.57, where the headword noun occurs in the accusative case. [2] Arrian, Parthica p.17 Roos (but not an actual …Matched in noteshighshort

α1232Ἁλιμυρήειςsea-streamingLikewise or similarly in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon. From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 21.190, where the headword occurs (of rivers).Matched in noteshighshort

α1711Ἀμφιγυίοισινdouble-ended [things]… lexica; references at Photius alpha1311 Theodoridis. The headword is an Homeric epithet -- more properly spelled a)mfi/guos -- of the noun e)/gxos (lance, spear): either "with a limb at each end" (if from gui=on) …Matched in noteshighshort

α1759Ἀμφιρύτηsea-girt… [1] Same or similar glossing in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon. The dative singular in Homer, Odyssey 1.50 (and three other instances), may have generated this nominative; cf. the scholia there [2] Greek …Matched in noteshighshort

α1782Ἀμφίχυτονthrown-up-aroundSame entry in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon. The headword participle, neuter nominative/accusative singular, is used of a wall in Homer, Iliad 20.145.Matched in noteshighshort

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