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- ε3256Ἐσχάτωςterminally… uses the same gloss (alongside another) without quoting or citing Menander. [1] Menander fr. 912 Kock (542 Kassel-Austin; 729 Körte-Thierfelder).
- ε537Ἐκκορηθείηςmay you be swept out[1] Menander, Farmer 53, a passage also quoted at kappa 2079. The headword, from the verb e)kkore/w, also occurs in nu 227, q.v.
- α152ἈγαπησμόςaffectionSame entry in Photius (Lexicon alpha123 Theodoridis) and elsewhere. [1] Menander fr. 453 Kock, 387 K.-Th., 338 K.-A. [2] Or "to an evil end"?
- αι364Αἰτήσασθαιto ask for, to requestSame or similar entry in other lexica. [1] Menander fr. 461 Kock, 350 K.-A. [2] Menander fr. 476 Kock, 365 K.-A. (using the active as well as the middle participle); cf. alphaiota 377, upsilon …
- ε1523Ἐξαλλάξαιto divert… Philippides (phi 345) fr. 36 K.-A. (35 Kock), context-less. [2] Menander fr. 540 K.-A. (205 Meineke, 747 Kock, 799 K.-Th.).
- ε3767Εὐτελήςthriftycf. epsilon 3766. [1] Menander fr. 615 Kock (137 Meineke, 800 Körte-Thierfelder, 544 K.-A.). Editors have not agreed with Adler that only the first of these two lines is Menandrian, though Koerte suspected that …
- ε2031Ἐπεθείαζεwas putting on the god… there are earlier instances in Josephus, Appian and Philostratus). [2] Menander Protector fr. 36 Blockley (246-247), probably via a lost part of the Excerpta of Constantine Porphyrogenitus. The fragment is unplaced and lacks context …
- ε3713Εὐρωτιῶνmouldering… 3707, epsilon 3708 and epsilon 3711 for related words. [1] Menander fr. 841 Kock, 765 Koerte, now 646 K.-A, with Meineke's emendation kaqa/reia.
- ει319Ἐς τὸ δέονfor the necessary… here), twenty and fifty talents. [3] Aristophanes, Clouds 859. [4] Menander fr. 163 Kock (128 K.-A.).
- ε2452Ἐπίλυσινresponse… 2177, and especially epsilon 2178 (the last a fragment of Menander Protector). But e)pi/lusin is required by alphabetical order here in the Suda. [2] Attributed by Charles Burney (1757-1818) to Menander Protector, and accepted …
- ε2470Ἐπιμεμφόμενοςcasting blame upon… with two in Herodotus: 1.75.2, 3.1). [1] A fragment of Menander Protector in Constantine Porphyrogenitus, Excerpta de legationibus 195. (Adler had proposed attributing it to Aelian.)
- ε719Ἔκφυλονexotic… and "exotic" (e)/kfulon) are likewise paired in a passage from Menander Protector fr. 19.1 Blockley (174-175, = Excerpta Constantini de legationibus 205.23). Further excerpts from this fragment are at epsilon 659, epsiloniota 208, omicron …
- ε2058Ἐπεντρυφήσαντοςtreating with insolence… participle, masculine genitive singular, of the verb e)pentrufa/w. [2] From Menander Protector fr. 23.1 Blockley (198-199, = Excerpta de Legationibus of Constantine Porphyrogenitus 16.15 (p. 210.17-18)), on Mebod's treatment of Roman envoys Trajan and …
- α4443Αὔλειοςcourtyard [door]Abridged from Harpokration s.v., who cites Menander fr. 546.2 Sandbach. [1] cf. alpha 4436. [2] Aristophanes fr. 255 Kock (now 266 K.A.), here garbled: "head" should be accusative, not genitive, and what is buried …
- δ579Διακεχαραγμένοςhaving been riven apart… extracted from the quotation given. [1] Attributed by Bernhardy to Menander Protector (mu 591), and accepted as such by Blockley (fr. 30.2, 242-243); cf. Favuzzi [cited under alpha 1990] 56. For Narses see nu …
- κ2560Κοινὸς ἙρμῆςHermes [is] common… found items should be shared with others. See for instance Menander, Epitrepontes 284; Aristotle, Rhetoric 2.24.3 (1401a; web address 1). On the many possible senses of koino/s when applied to individuals see LSJ s.v., …
- κ2690Κυμοτόμοςwave-cutterAttributed by Bernhardy to Menander Protector (cf. Constantine Porphyrogenitus, Excerpta de Legationibus 473-475), and accepted as such by Blockley: his fr. 38 (246-247). See also Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 8.5.6-7. The fragment is unplaced. The …
- ε3875Ἐφεστρίςephestris, mantle… the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti; cf. epsilon 2385. [3] Part of Menander Protector fr. 12.5 Blockley (136-137, again preserved in the Excerpta); part of the reply to the Avar khan Baian (cf. alpha 209 note), …
- κ2654Κύκλοιzones, circles… paragraph reproduces Harpokration s.v., where Dinarchus (fr. XI.3 Conomis) and Menander (fr. 171 Koerte, now 150 Kassel-Austin) are cited for the usage.
- ε493Ἐκμαλθακῶσαιto soften… but this produces little difference in meaning. [3] Part of Menander Protector fr. 5.2 Blockley (50 - 51), as preserved among Constantine Porphyrogenitus' Excerpts on Legations 442.31 - 443.1. The emperor Justinian (cf. iota …
- ε498Ἐκμελέςcareless… which immediately follows. [2] Attributed by Angelo Mai (1782-1854) to Menander Protector, and accepted as such by Blockley (fr. 33.1, 244-245). Translation is difficult since the sentence as it stands seems to have two …
- α209Ἄγειν καὶ φέρεινto plunder and to pillage… see also alpha 293 and epsilon 427. [2] Part of Menander Protector fr. 21 Blockley (192-195). For the Slavs (Sklavenoi) see generally sigma 634. In 578 the Avar khan Baian (Baianos, ruled ?561-582/585; cf. …
- α402Ἀγχίνουςtight-witted… alpha 403. [1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica. [2] Menander Protector fr. 5.2 Blockley (48-49). In 558 (probably), Justinian (cf. iota 446 generally) presents a plan to the Senate in Byzantion to enlist …
- α112ἈγαθίαςAgathias… pi 2479. A's own work was in turn continued by Menander Protector (mu 591). [4] See beta 233. [5] See nu 42. [6] An alternative name for Colchis (kappa 1979); present-day Georgia, between the …
- ι575Ἱππόπορνεhorse-whore… The headword is taken by Theodoridis to be quoted from Menander, Theophoroumene 19; this supersedes Comica adespota fr. 1021 Kock (not in K.-A.), drawn from the present entry and the associated Aristophanic scholion: see …
- ε2425Ἐπικυδέστεροςmore glorious, rather glorious… the present glossing. [3] A close approximation of part of Menander Protector fr. 10.3 Blockley (122-123; via Constantine Porphyrogenitus, Excerpta de legationibus 194.31-195.1), on the 569-571 embassy of Zemarchus to the Turks. The original …
- β532Βρενθύεσθαιto be haughty, to take umbrage… context, see gamma 77, sigma 1513, and upsilon 317. [7] Menander Protector fr. 9.3 Blockley (106-107), on the Persian envoy Mebod (cf. alpha 3098), heading to Byzantion in late 567.