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- κ1160Καίandps.-Herodian 63; Etymologicum Magnum 497.36.
- κ414Κάρπιμος τόποςfruitful placeThe headword phrase is presumably quoted from somewhere; cf. Etymologicum Magnum 12.36-7.
- μ514Μελισσοκόμοςbee-keeperRare poetic word (Apollonius Rhodius, Oppian). cf. Etymologicum Magnum 577.41-43.
- η171ἨκήpointSame entry, later, in Etymologicum Magnum 424.18. Ionic: Attic a)kh/, epic a)kwkh/ (alpha 948).
- κ1759Κλείσιονlock-up, outhouse, shedSimilarly in Etymologicum Magnum 520.17-18. (But cf. also kappa 1815?)
- λ400Λείψανονremainder, remainscf. ps.-Herodian 78, Etymologicum Magnum 563.5. For the headword see already under alpha 1732. Same glossing word at lambda 362.
- αι140ΑἴθωI blazeLikewise in ps.-Herodian, the Etymologicum Magnum (33.19), and elsewhere. cf. alphaiota 119, alphaiota 131, alphaiota 135, alphaiota 139.
- ε1108Ἐναλίγκιοςlike, resembling… Same gloss in Hesychius epsilon2629, followed by e)oikw/s. See Etymologicum Magnum 337.20 and the scholia to Homer, Iliad 5.5.
- κ1666ΚίρροςKirros, Kiros, Cirrus, Cirus… (and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon), Kiros in Etymologicum Magnum 475.25.
- α2409Ἀνήλατοςintractable, stubbornSame entry, post-Suda, in Etymologicum Magnum 106.45. For this adjective cf. under iota 471.
- α3839ἈρήγωI aidEpic/poetic verb. cf. Etymologicum Magnum 141.5, Hesychius alpha7147 (glossing a)rh/gwn with bohqw=n), and already alpha 1108.
- κ1320ΚενθίππηKenthippeCallimachus, Hecale fr.279. According to Etymologicum Magnum 503.34-35, it was a 'place of Argos [Myth, Place]', named from Bellerophon having spurred on [kentei=n] Pegasus there.
- λ459Ληνίςlenis[1] cf. Etymologicum Magnum 564.4 (also lambda 565 and sigma 273).
- μ531Μελίχλωροςhoney-yellow… in e.g. Plato, Republic 474E, and Theocritus, Idylls 10.27. Etymologicum Magnum 577.45 calls it 'the colour of fear'.'
- ε456Ἔκλαγξανthey made a sharp noise… (where it describes the sharp sound of arrows). cf. Etymologicum Magnum 516.30, and see Hesychius epsilon1469; a sound compared to the cry of an eagle, according to the additional Hesychian gloss a)etou= tro/pon e)bo/hsan. …
- ε2643Ἐπιστροφάδηνevery which way… Synagoge epsilon744; Photius, Lexicon epsilon1732; cf. 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 …
- κ1646Κινώπεταvenomous creaturesNeuter plural; similarly glossed in the Etymologicum Magnum and in a scholion on Nicander, Theriaca 27; cf. kappa 1881.
- μ835ΜειδύλοςMeidylos, MeidulosAccording to Etymologicum Magnum 582.20-21, that of the father of the poet Bacchylides (though beta 59 gives it as Medon; and see also under mu 834).
- λ122Λαρινόςfat, fatted… according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (65). (Contrast Etymologicum Magnum 557.10, deriving the word from rhinos, skin, with the intensifier la.) cf. lambda 121 (and lambda 120).
- χ433Χὠξυμπότηςchôxumpotês, and the fellow-drinkerSee already chi 432, and Etymologicum Magnum 816.32-38: crasis for kai\ oi( sumpo/tai ("and the fellow-drinkers") -- here, for no obvious reason, changed from plural to singular.
- β291Βίολαbiola… plural) headword is otherwise unattested in this form, but Etymologicum Magnum 196.34-35 cites the form bai/ola from Panyassis (pi 248).
- χ253Χειρόκμηταhand-wrought [things]… somewhere; cf. zeta 168, lambda 692. This entry = Etymologicum Magnum 810.45. See also ps.-Herodian and Hesychius.
- ε2270Ἐπίγραμμαepigram, inscriptioncf. Etymologicum Magnum 258.24 (the same point expressed in different words).
- κ1538Κηροφορεῖνto carry candles… related noun khrofo/ros occurs in the Etymologicum Gudianum and Etymologicum Magnum).
- α1394Ἁλωρῆταιsalt-watchers… in entries in the Etymologicum Genuinum (alpha566) and the Etymologicum Magnum (74.28-30), where it is said to be Lycian.
- 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 …
- κ2179Κουρεώτηςbarber… in the Ambrosian Lexicon. [2] Likewise (the festival) in Etymologicum Magnum 533.41. [3] Similarly Etymologicum Magnum 533.51. [4] alpha 2940.
- γ217Γειοτόμονearth-cleaving… same phrase occurs also in Oppian, Cynegetica 1.137. cf. Etymologicum Magnum 229.47, and ps.-Zonaras s.v.
- ε3064Ἐρωήσαςforcing back… fr. 258 Pfeiffer, referring to the Marathonian Bull; cf. Etymologicum Magnum s.v. e)rwh/. [3] Homer, Iliad 1.303(= Odyssey 16.441; web address 2 and web address 3); cf. Hesychius and Etymologicum Gudianum s.v. e)rwh/sei and …
- α1156ἈλείπηςAleipes, Non-LackingMore fully in Etymologicum Magnum 60.48-50: "a spring in Ephesos, so called from its never providing too little or too much, whether in winter or summer. Methodios [sc. says this]". For Ephesos cf. epsilon …