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William Hutton172

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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
ε2670Ἐπιτετράφαταιthey are entrusted… Synagoge epsilon755; Photius, Lexicon epsilon1751; cf. Hesychius epsilon5322; Apollonius Sophistes, Homeric Lexicon 74.28; scholia to Homer, Iliad 2.25 (see further below); Etymologicum Magnum 365.52-4. The headword occurs in Homer, Iliad 2.25 (web address 1), …Matched in noteshighshort
αι393Αἶψαswiftly

α212

Ἄγη

awe, curse, charm; breaking

It is indeclinable. [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,…

Ἄγη. ἄκλιτόν ἐστι. θαῦμα, χαρὰ, ἀπιστία, ζῆλος, παρ' Ἡροδότῳ βασκανία, παρ' Ὁμήρῳ ἔκπληξις, πληγὴ, θραῦσις, κλάσις, ἀπώλεια· ἔνιοι, ἱερεῖα. Ἄγη μὲν οὖν παροξυτόνως ἡ ἔκπληξις· Ἀγὴ…

women

women

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

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ε2064Ἐπεπολεῖτοwas passing before… 'was going before'. Apparently all this derives from commentary to Homer, where the same word spelled with an omega (e)pepwlei=to) occurs four times in the formulaic phrase e)pepwlei=to sti/xas a)ndrw=n ('was passing before the …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2066Ἐπέπυστοhad perceived… with the word 'not' (ou)) as is appropriate to the Homeric context (see below), and the gloss is the pluperfect form of a)kou/w. See also Lexica Segueriana 227.21, which uses the imperfect form of …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2593Ἐπίσσωτραrims… in other lexica. Ultimate sources are scholia and commentary on Homer, Iliad 5.725 (web address 1), where the neuter plural headword occurs. Sometimes forms of the word appear without the double-s (e)pi/swtr-), but the …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2643Ἐπιστροφάδηνevery which way… Etymologicum Genuinum and Etymologicum Magnum 365.3-5. Less similarly Apollonius Sophistes, Homeric Lexicon 74.17; Hesychius epsilon5261. The headword is an adverb, initially Homeric, related to epsilon 2644 and epsilon 2645. The probable source of the …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2056Ἐπενήνεονwere piling on, were piling up… confused entry. The glossing verb sugkateti/qento is drawn from the Homeric scholia, but as a gloss for e)pih/|neon ('they were praising', 'they were agreeing to'), rather than for e)penh/neon ('were piling on/up'). See the …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2713Ἐπίτονοςbackstay… Photius, Lexicon epsilon1767; and the first part of Apollonius Sophistes, Homeric Lexicon 74.30 -- evidently in reference to Homer, Odyssey 12.423 (web address 1), where the headword occurs (in the metrically unusual position of …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3475Εὐήνοραwell-manningSame or similar entry in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon. The headword adjective is in the accusative case, as in the two passages from Homer cited below. [1] Homer, Odyssey 4.622 (web address …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1586Ἔξαιτονchoice[1] Up to this point the entry = scholia to Homer, Iliad 12.320 and to Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4.1004. See also the first part of Hesychius epsilon3522, and cf. (with different genders/cases) Apollonius Sophista, …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1994Ἐπαύρασθαιto profit from… Adler also cites the Ambrosian Lexicon (1703), Laurentianus 59.16, Apion's Homeric Glossary, and a scholium to Homer, Iliad 6.353. The last two are not particularly similar and deal with different forms of the infinitive. …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2207Ἐπήρκεσενaided[1] Up to this point the entry = Apollonius Sophistes, Homeric Lexicon 71.31; cf. Hesychius epsilon4589, Lexica Segueriana 228.25, scholium to Homer, Iliad 2.873. The headword (aorist indicative active, third person singular, of e)parke/w …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2218Ἐπήτριμοςtightly-packed… Dionysiaca 3.234; Oppian, Cynegetica 3.382), but other forms appear in Homer, and commentary on Homeric passages may be the ultimate origin of the present entry; cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 18.211 (web address …Matched in noteshighshort

α151Ἀγαπήνοροςloving the manly, manly, courageousSame or similar material in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon. The headword is the genitive case -- because it appears in that case in Homer, Iliad 15.392 (web address 1); cf. the scholia …Matched in noteshighshort

α420Ἀδαήμονεςignorant… of this adjective; same glossing in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon; very probably quoted from Homer, Iliad 13.811 (which generated scholiastic comment) or Odyssey 12.208. [2] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 161 Zintzen …Matched in noteshighshort

α4474Αὐτῆμαρthat very daySame entry in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon. The headword is an epic adverb (a single word in the Greek), equivalent to au)qhmero/n (alpha 4427), from the epic noun h)=mar ("day"). It is …Matched in noteshighshort

α4477Ἀϋτήνwar-crySame or similar entry in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon. The epic/poetic headword is here in the accusative case, quoted from Homer, Iliad 1.492; see the scholia there.Matched in noteshighshort

α4492Αὐτόετεςwithin a yearSame entry in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon. From the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 3.322, where the headword (a single word in the Greek: neuter singular of an adjective, used adverbially) appears.Matched in noteshighshort

αι65Αἰγλήεντοςof gleaming… 66. [1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, and in the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.532, where the headword adjective, in the genitive case, occurs (of Olympus).Matched in noteshighshort

αι330Αἴσθωνbreathing outSame or similar entry in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, and cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 16.468, where the headword participle (masculine nominative singular) occurs (web address 1). The verb a)i/+sqw meaning …Matched in noteshighshort

αι389Αἰχμάσσουσιthey will throw spearsSame or similar entry in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon. The headword (a single word in the Greek) is quoted from Homer, Iliad 4.324.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1693Δυσπροσπέλαστοςinaccessible… attacked by P.: accusative plural) and in the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 15.234 (as a gloss on dasplh=tis *)Erinnu/s; see also Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon).Matched in noteshighshort

ε319Ἔθειραιlocks… 318. [1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon (63.9), and cf. a scholion on Homer, Iliad 8.42, where the headword occurs (dative plural, of a horse's mane: web address 1 …Matched in noteshighshort

ε846Ἐλιάσθηwas bent… unedited Ambrosian Lexicon as a source. Perhaps derived from Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon (66.15 Bekker), where the headword -- the aorist passive of lia/zomai, third person singular -- is glossed first with another aorist passive …Matched in noteshighshort

ε848Ἕλικαςspirals, twists, helices… (B). The entry is derived ultimately from the scholia to Homer, Iliad 18.401 -- where this word appears (web address 1) -- via Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon (66.17-22 Bekker, cf. 55.14), which has several additional …Matched in noteshighshort

ε854Ἑλικώτατον ὕδωρmost swirling water, very swirling water… opposite: that e(lik- means 'dark' or 'black'; cf. scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.98 (web address 1), and Eustathius's commentary on the same passage. As Pfeiffer notes, Salustii igitur ad Hecalam explanatio valde differt ab …Matched in noteshighshort

ε898Ἐλῶνdriving… equivalent to a gloss on Herodotos 7.33 (see next note). Homer uses the same form (e)lw=n) as 1st/3rd imperfect indicative, and the scholium referred to by Adler for this entry (to Iliad 24.696) defines …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1486Ἐντρέπῃyou are turned… noun e)pistrofh/: e.g. Hesychius epsilon3393; Lexica Segueriana 94.13; scholia to Homer, Iliad 15.554; Apollonius, Homeric Lexicon 69.21. [2] An active, and generally transitive, form of the headword. This second gloss occurs only among the …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1490Ἐντροπαλιζόμενοςturning around= Lexica Segueriana 221.6, and the scholia to Homer, Iliad 11.547, where the headword -- present participle, masculine nominative singular, of the frequentative verb e)ntropali/zomai -- occurs (web address 1). Like other forms of …Matched in noteshighshort

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