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- μ531Μελίχλωροςhoney-yellow… in e.g. Plato, Republic 474E, and Theocritus, Idylls 10.27. Etymologicum Magnum 577.45 calls it 'the colour of fear'.'Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2243Κῶλονlimb… and kappa 2232). [1] The Etymologicum Gudianum and the Etymologicum Magnum use this derivation for koili/a "belly" instead. [2] That is, "worm" is derived from "limb" as its antonym (antiphrasis was normally used to …Matched in noteshighshort
- μ265Μάστιεscourge!… chariot horses. Same glossing in Hesychius mu357 and the Etymologicum Magnum.Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1547Κηρύκειος γραφήherald's writing… 784 Radt, mentioned in the Etymologicum Gudianum and the Etymologicum Magnum s.v. khru/keion.Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1298Κελευτιόωνcontinually urging… 13.125; cf. the scholia thereto (and e.g. Hesychius kappa2162, Etymologicum Magnum 502.16).Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1576Κίβησιςbag, pouch, wallet… (Hesychius s.v. xlido/s, ps.-Zonaras s.v. a)skoph/ra, Etymologicum Gudianum and Etymologicum Magnum s.v. ph/ra, alpha 4178). All other lexica glossing ki/bisis ~ ki/bhsis likewise hedge their bets and gloss it as "chest or pouch" (John …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1231Κεκαδησόμεθαwe will have been concerned… headword occurs: web address 1), the Etymologicum Gudianum, the Etymologicum Magnum, and Hesychius kappa30.Matched in noteshighshort
- μ307Μαχλοσύνηlewdness, wantonness… lexica have katafe/reia "propensity" (Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, Hesychius, the Etymologicum Magnum), and spell it out: "towards sexual matters" (a)frodi/sia) in Hesychius, "towards coitus" in the Etymologicum Magnum. (Compare also a scholion on Homer, Iliad …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1695Κιχλισμόςgiggling… Theodoridis). Other definitions include "whorish laughter, excessive and indecorous" (Etymologicum Magnum), "small laugh" (ps.-Zonaras), "strong laugh" (Herodian, On Spelling vol. 3,2 p. 535 Lentz, Hesychius). From the verb kixli/zw, for which see kappa 1694 …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1698Κλαγγηδόνraucously, screech-fashion… kappa756 Theodoridis) and cf. 'with a shout' in the Etymologicum Magnum and the Homeric scholia ad loc.Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2082Κορήσατεsweep out… hall". The Suda is guessing at its meaning. The Etymologicum Magnum has "sweep, make"; the scholiast ad loc. and Eustathius have "sweep"; Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon has "make pretty".Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1473ΚεῖμαιI am laid, I am situated, I lie… here without a gloss. Of other lexica, only the Etymologicum Magnum has kei=mai as a headword (508.56). (The Etymologicum Gudianum has ke/atai and kei/mena.) cf. kappa 1474 (and kappa 1482).Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1513Κηλόνειονswipe, swing-beam… ps.-Zonaras, Gennadius Scholarius' Grammar, the Etymologicum Gudianum and the Etymologicum Magnum. In ps.-Zonaras: "But khlo/neion is a crane: Spelled with a short (omicron) and a diphthong (ei). ... a piece of wood tilting backwards …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1503Κηλέῳin burning [fire]… of the adjective). Also in Hesychius kappa2495 and the Etymologicum Magnum; plus the scholia to Hesiod, Theogony 865, and to Homer, Iliad 8.217, and Odyssey 18.309.Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1468Κεχολώσεταιwill have been angered… the definition as o)rgisqh/setai also occurs in Hesychius kappa2430, Etymologicum Magnum 507.47, and the D scholia to Iliad 1.139 (above).Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1987Κόμβοςband… e)gko/mbwma is similarly glossed in the Etymologicum Gudianum and Etymologicum Magnum. The noun is otherwise attested only as "fringe" (or "molar") in Hesychius; but it is clearly related to kombi/on "buckle". See also kappa …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1895Κοβαλεύεινto carry as a porterLikewise in the Etymologicum Gudianum and Etymologicum Magnum s.v. ko/balos, with the more correct verb metafe/rein "to transport". The association of the noun ko/balos with porters is given in kappa 1897; see also kappa …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1954Κολλούριαloaves, pessariesSame entry in Etymologicum Magnum 526.27-29. On the ambiguity between "loaf" and "pessary" see already epsilon 2428 and kappa 1940. The similarity to "stump-tailed" (kappa 1952) mentioned in the gloss is presumably coincidental; stump-tailed …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1584Κιγκλίζειwags one's tail… (Herodian, Schematismi Homerici 114 and Hesychius give both, the Etymologicum Magnum just "tempt"). Ps.-Zonaras and the Etymologicum Magnum also give "safeguard", deriving the verb instead from kigkli/s "lattice gate" (kappa 1582). Outside the lexica, …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2318Κράμβηcabbage… below, at n.5); also in the Etymologicum Gudianum and Etymologicum Magnum; kora/mbh and kora/mblh are made up from ko/rh "pupil" and a)mblu/nw "make (something) dull". See the LSJ entry for kra/mbh at web address …Matched in noteshighmedium
- κ2076Κορεῖνto sweep out… sigma 144), Hesychius s.v. a)ko/rhtos, newko/ros, shkoko/ros, Photius and Etymologicum Magnum s.v. za/koros, and recommended by Phrynichus 55 over sarou=n. The full gloss given here also occurs elsewhere (see the references at Photius kappa961 …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1260Κέκραθιscream!, shriek!… cf. discussions in ps.-Herodian, the Etymologicum Gudianum, and the Etymologicum Magnum.Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1339Κεντρηνεκέεςspurred-on… Lexicon, Pausanias the Atticist, Hesychius, Orion [Author, Myth], the Etymologicum Magnum, and scholiasts. The wording of the present gloss (for the corresponding nominative singular) is unique to the Suda.Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1865Κνήμηshank, shin… have identified this body-part with the calf (i)gnu/a) instead (Etymologicum Magnum "the back of the leg"; scholia to Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 784), and there is confusion as to whether the a)ntiknh/mion is the shin …Matched in noteshighshort
- μ327Μαιμῶσαbeing eager… in Photius (Lexicon mu32 Theodoridis), the Lexica Segueriana, the Etymologicum Magnum and the Etymologicum Gudianum. The epic form is spelled in literature (including in Aristotle) only as maimw/wsa, referring to Homer loc.cit. (and 5.661); …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1329Κένσαιto spur on… glossed, including Hesychius kappa2222, the Lexicon Artis Grammaticae, the Etymologicum Magnum, and the Homeric scholia ad loc. The Suda's gloss is unique, however, and apparently arises from confusion over the D scholion on the …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2213Κωδείαpoppy-capsule[1] Similarly in Etymologicum Magnum 549.57 and a scholion on Homer, Iliad 14.499. [2] Abridged from Harpocration s.v. kw/deia (which is the more normal accentuation): "this is what they call the head of the …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1340Κέντριονgoad… claimed for the word in the Etymologicum Gudianum; the Etymologicum Magnum simply derives the word from ke/ntw and ke/ntron. With accent shift, the word survived into Byzantine and Modern Greek as kentri/[on], "bee sting".Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1224ΚεδάζωI disperse… late skorpi/zw. Same entry in the Etymologicum Gudianum, the Etymologicum Magnum, and a scholion on Homer, Iliad 15.328 (where the aorist passive participle occurs: web address 1). Eustathius comments on the verb in his …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1592Κιθαρόςflatfish; chest… referring to the fish. The Etymologicum Gudianum and the Etymologicum Magnum attempt to derive the meaning "chest" from the kithara (kappa 1590), "because of the similarity of the bones to the strings". The word …Matched in noteshighshort