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αι364Αἰτήσασθαιto ask for, to requestThe [verb that means] to be furnished with. Menander in Nurse [writes]: "if any of you, sweetest gentlemen, asked for or been furnished with a child ...]" Also in Hymnis: "not asking for fire …Matched in translationhighshort
ε3256Ἐσχάτωςterminally[Meaning] extremely. Menander [writes]: "I fear you terminally."Matched in translationhighshort
α152Ἀγαπησμόςaffection… call friendliness "affection" and "lovingness". In Synaristosai [Ladies Who Lunch] Menander [writes]: "and the affection, such as it was, for each other that arose from difficulty."

αι364

Αἰτήσασθαι

to ask for, to request

The [verb that means] to be furnished with. Menander in Nurse [writes]: "if any of you, sweetest gentlemen, asked for or been furnished with a child ...]" Also in Hymnis: "not asking for fire or asking for a plate."

Αἰτήσασθαι· τὸ χρήσασθαι. Μένανδρος Τίτθῃ· ἢν ἄν τις ὑμῶν παιδίον ᾐτήσατο ἢ κέχρηκεν, ἄνδρες γλυκύτατοι. καὶ ἐν Ὕμνιδι· οὐ πῦρ γὰρ αἰτῶν οὐδὲ λοπάδα αἰτούμενος.

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Matched in translationhighshort

ε537Ἐκκορηθείηςmay you be swept out[Meaning] may you be annihilated completely. Menander [writes]: "you, for your part, may you be swept out."Matched in translationhighshort

ε1523Ἐξαλλάξαιto divertMeaning to delight. Menander [writes]: "we will divert the fellow, the one about to do you harm."Matched in translationhighshort

ε2031Ἐπεθείαζεwas putting on the god[Meaning he/she/it] was behaving maniacally, was becoming god-possessed. Menander [writes]: "the commander went up on one of the 7 hills, started putting on the god with foreign utterances and with his haughty mind started …Matched in translationhighshort

ε3713Εὐρωτιῶνmouldering… driven into poverty by the [comic] poets and reproached; as Menander says: "hunger settles on the clean."Matched in translationhighshort

ε3767Εὐτελήςthrifty… parsimonious in a virtuous manner, and who spends little. Thus Menander [sc. uses the word]: "myself, [I am] witless, thrifty to excess. And, the profligate is a spendthrift, extremely bold."Matched in translationhighshort

ει319Ἐς τὸ δέονfor the necessary… "just like Perikles I spent it 'for the necessary'. And Menander in The Summoned [sc.also uses the phrase]. It is also mentioned elsewhere.Matched in translationhighmedium

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 …Matched in noteshighshort

α3405ἈπολλόδωροςApollodoros, ApollodorusOf Gela; comic poet, contemporary of the comic poet Menander. His dramas: Hunger-Striker or Brotherly Lovers, Well Dyed Man, Priestess, Banquet of Letters, Liar, Sisyphos, Shameful Man.Matched in translationhighshort

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 …Matched in noteshighmedium

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. …Matched in noteshighmedium

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 …Matched in noteshighshort

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 …Matched in noteshighshort

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.Matched in noteshighmedium

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 …Matched in noteshighshort

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 …Matched in noteshighshort

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 …Matched in noteshighshort

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 …Matched in noteshighshort

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 …Matched in noteshighshort

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 …Matched in noteshighshort

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.)Matched in noteshighshort

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), …Matched in noteshighshort