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χ307Χιλιωθένταthousanded… the aorist passive participle, masculine accusative singular, of xilio/omai. [1] Lycurgus fr. 11 Conomis, from the speech Against Aristogeiton. The Suda text (sofa\ o)/nta, 'being wise') is corrupt here; read o)flo/nta from Harpok. [2] …Matched in noteshighshort
α343Ἀγραφίουde-listing… 344. [1] Demosthenes 58.51. [2] Dinarchus fr. XVII.2 Conomis. [3] Lycurgus fr. 7 Conomis.Matched in noteshighshort
α3336Ἀποκαρτερήσανταhaving killed oneself by abstinence… for embezzlement by the ephors. [2] cf. alpha 2988. On Lycurgus, see lambda 823, lambda 824. [3] cf. alpha 1981.Matched in noteshighshort

χ307

Χιλιωθέντα

thousanded

Meaning [him] having been fined a thousand [drachmas]. So Lycurgus. The same writer also said [that someone] "thousanded [sc. somebody]".

Χιλιωθέντα· ἀντὶ τοῦ χίλια σοφὰ ὄντα· ὡς Λυκοῦργος. ὁ δ' αὐτὸς καὶ χιλιῶσαι ἔφη.

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αι60Αἰγίςgarment; net; web; cuirass; wood-grain… "they used to call aigides the nets from the garlands; Lycurgus in On the Administration [F24 Conomis] and Nymphodorus [FGrH 572 F22] [sc. mention them]. Herodotus [4.189.1] says that these things are called aigees …Matched in noteshighshort

δ259Δερματικόνskin-money[1] Lycurgus fr.1 Conomis, cited from Harpokration s.v. [2] The skins of animals that have been sacrificial victims.Matched in noteshighshort

δ407ΔηλιασταίDeliastsLycurgus fr. 87 Conomis, cited from Harpokration s.v. cf. delta 406, delta 408; and Parker 150-151 with bibliography.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1328Δοκιμασθείςhaving been scrutinized… (web address 1). [2] Demosthenes 57.25 (web address 2). [6] Lycurgus fr. 18 Conomis. [4] See delta 1329.Matched in noteshighmedium

ε368Ἑκατόμπεδος νεώςHundred-foot temple… the adjective alone (with a neuter noun, probably hieron, understood); Lycurgus fr. 3 Conomis. [3] This polemical (and counter-intuitive) point of view is not much more palatable in Harpokration s.v., where it is credited …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1032Ἐμποδώνin the way… Thucydides 8 (or indeed anywhere else, in any author). [2] Lycurgus fr. 66 Conomis (71 B-S). [3] Plato, Timaeus 25D. [4] Isaeus fr. 68 B-S. [5] Hierocles fr. 1 von Arnim. [6] Plato, Gorgias …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2417ἘπικράτηςEpikrates, Epicrates… 2416, and Harpok.) is "Sakesphoros", Beard-Bearer. [2] Demosthenes 19.277. [3] Lycurgus fr. 20 Conomis. [4] Demosthenes 19.287; cf. kappa 2754.Matched in noteshighshort

ε3242Ἐσχάραsacrificial hearth, eschar… cf. epsilon 3243, epsilon 3244, epsilon 3245, epsilon 3246. [1] Lycurgus fr. 37 Conomis; Ammonius [neither alpha 1640 nor alpha 1641 but a C1 CE Athenian antiquarian historian, author of On altars and sacrifices] …Matched in noteshighshort

β9ΒαβύλαςBabylas… their lower courses, it may be worth noting that Plutarch, Lycurgus 6.2 (cf. Pelopidas 13.3), records Babyka as the name of a stream near central Sparta (cf. Hesychius beta18, where Babyka is glossed as …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1241ΔιώνασσαDionassaMother of the Spartan lawgiver Lycurgus (lambda 823, lambda 824): Plutarch, Life of Lycurgus 1.4, citing Dieuchidas of Megara (FGrH 485 F5); cf. scholia to Plato, Republic 599D, where L. is mentioned.Matched in noteshighshort

α111Ἀγαθῆς Τύχης νεώςtemple of Good Fortune… in Photius, Lexicon alpha69 Theodoridis) -- it was mentioned by Lycurgus (fr. 23 Conomis) "and others"; probably, therefore, it was in Athens.Matched in noteshighshort

α1308Ἀλογίαdisregard… the Spartans and their hair cf. e.g. Plutarch, Life of Lycurgus 22.1.Matched in noteshighshort

α1331ἈλόπηAlope… entry had been generated by the mention of Alope in Lycurgus fr. 24 Conomis; it also cites Euripides (who wrote a play of this name), Hellanicus and Dinarchus. [1] Not in Harpok, and attested …Matched in noteshighshort

α2704ἈντίπατροςAntipatros, Antipater… (eleven!) names from this and other periods. The orator Lykourgos (Lycurgus), for example, had already died in 325/4 BC; and Kassandros was Antipater's own son.Matched in noteshighshort

α2975Ἀπέδειξενdesignated… Xenophon, Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 15.3 (of the Spartan lawgiver Lycurgus). See web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort

α3075Ἀπεσφακέλισενhad a seizure, had frost-bitten limbs… LSJ s.v. also cites Herodotus 4.28.4 (of horses) and Plutarch, Lycurgus 16 (of the convulsions experienced by weakling Spartan babies when their mothers bathe them in wine); cf. epsilon 2090.Matched in noteshighshort

α3250ἈποβάτηςdismounterAbridged from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v., who cites Dinarchus, Lycurgus, and (for the information that such an event was found only in Athens and Boiotia) Theophrastus on this. See also Kassel-Austin, PCG II p.34 …Matched in noteshighshort

α3374Ἀποκυηθένborn… passive participle, must be quoted from somewhere. (See e.g. Plutarch, Lycurgus 3.3 on the birth of a boy-child who would later be king Charillos of Sparta: a)pokuhqe\n a)/rren.)Matched in noteshighshort

α3456Ἀπονομήshare… in Dinarchus' lost speech In reply to the children of Lycurgus (fr. LXXVI Conomis).Matched in noteshighshort

α3962Ἄρκυςhunting-net… in other lexica. [3] Abridged from Harpokration s.v., who cites Lycurgus (fr.86 Conomis), Xenophon (On Hunting 2.3, etc.), and Cratinus (fr 79 Kock = 84 K.-A.).Matched in noteshighmedium

α4507ΑὐτόλυκοςAutolykos, Autolycus… 338 BCE. The Suda's source here, Harpokration s.v., records that Lycurgus was his prosecutor (Lyc. fr. III.1a Conomis, and cf. Lyc. Against Leocrates 53 [web address 1]). [3] Also in the Synagoge and Photius. …Matched in noteshighshort

β466ΒουτάδηςBoutadai-man… aristocratic and priestly clan (genos) of the Eteoboutadai (epsilon 3283). Lycurgus (lambda 825) -- who has perhaps generated this entry -- was a member of both.Matched in noteshighshort

δ258ΔερκυλλίδαςDerkyllidas, Dercyllidas, Derkylidas, Dercylidas… a bachelor, in a Spartan state which encouraged marriage (Plutarch Lycurgus 15.2).Matched in noteshighshort

δ1007Διήλλαξενaltered[1] In Lycurgus fr.34 Conomis, cited from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1228Διώκεινto prosecute… marketplace is self-evident, but such idioms as ei)s a)gora\n e)mba/llein (Lycurgus, Against Leocrates 5) are also used in the sense of "being a citizen"; and in the present instance the use of diw/kein highlights …Matched in noteshighshort

ε256Ἑδωλιάσαιto furnish with seatsAbbreviated from Harpokration s.v., itself commenting on Lycurgus fr. 2 Conomis (from the speech in defence of his policies; see generally under lambda 825). Aorist infinitives; for the headword one see again at epsilon …Matched in noteshighshort

ε365Ἑκάτης νήσουHekate's island, Hecate's island… as here) and where citations for the phrase are given: Lycurgus fr.88 Conomis, and the historians Phanodemos (FGrH 325 F1) and Semos (FGrH 396 F2). For Delos see delta 407, delta 408; for Hekate …Matched in noteshighshort

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