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definition30
dialects, grammar, and etymology29
religion20
ethics17
geography17
biography15
Christianity11
historiography8
history8
poetry8
epic7
gender and sexuality7

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Ε epsilon18
Ι iota7
Κ kappa4
Α alpha3
ΑΙ alphaiota3
Δ delta3
Η eta3
ΕΙ epsiloniota2

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definition30
dialects, grammar, and etymology29
religion20
ethics17
geography17
biography15
Christianity11
historiography8
history8
poetry8
epic7
gender and sexuality7

29 more

philosophy7
women7
imagery6
law6
chronology5
daily life5
military affairs5
zoology5
art history4
economics4
trade and manufacture4
tragedy

Letter

Ε epsilon18
Ι iota7
Κ kappa4
Α alpha3
ΑΙ alphaiota3
Δ delta3
Η eta3
ΕΙ epsiloniota2

Vetting status

high43

Length

Short37
Medium5
Long1

Translator

Catharine Roth43

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ε2379Ἐπικινδυνότατοςmost dangerous, very dangerous… at epsilon 2357, kappa 1188. The word seems to be most at home in medical contexts.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3737ΕὐσέβιοςEusebios, Eusebius… this work, including the historiographical preface to the Canons, see Mosshammer [below], Introduction and Chapter 1, particularly pp. 15, 35-36. [6] In 262, Porphyry initiated his six-year study of Neoplatonism with Plotinus in Rome. …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1082Δικαιώματαstatutes… the headword cf. delta 1080 (singular), delta 1081 (plural); for Moses see generally mu 1348.

ε2379

Ἐπικινδυνότατος

most dangerous, very dangerous

[no gloss]

Ἐπικινδυνότατος.

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science and technology2

science and technology2

meter and music1

meter and music1

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ι507ἸωσίαςIosias, Josiah… this man see already iota 506. [1] Greek idiom says 'most just'.Matched in noteshighmedium

ι589Ἵπταταιflies… 3670, chi 186). "*(/iptamai is first found in late writers, Moschus 3.43, Babrius 65.4, etc. (mostly in compounds ...), and is censured by Lucian, Lexiphanes 25, Soloecista 7": LSJ s.v. pe/tomai.Matched in noteshighshort

ι176Ἱερογραμματεῖςsacred scribes[1] Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 2.205. For Moses see generally mu 1348. [2] Or Senues: see also sigma 233. [3] Aelian fr.108a Domingo-Forasté (105 Hercher); cf. iota 73, sigma 284.Matched in noteshighmedium

ι105Ἰδιαίτατοςvery much alone… seem to be connected with monasticism; the usual sense is "most characteristic (of), most distinctive (of)." Cf. Lampe s.v. i)/dios.Matched in noteshighshort

α1043ἈκυληΐαAquileia… 1). Excavations of the basilica have revealed remarkable 4th-century floor mosaics (see UNESCO World Heritage Site page at web address 2). [2] Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. gives the ethnikon as *\Akulh/ios, but the Suda's …Matched in noteshighshort

α1044ἈκύλλιοςAquillius, AquiliusPlebeian gentile name in Rome. Among the most notable individuals of this name are: Manius Aquillius, consul 129 BCE, who organized the province of Asia; his son, also Manius Aquillius, consul 101 BCE, who …Matched in noteshighshort

α1054Ἄλλαγμαexchange, price, sale… 29: although NT-oriented, Robinson presents LXX-OT Hebrew comparatives) nor the most recent (e.g. Lust Pt I, 18) address this occurrence. See Ezra 3:13 for מריעים merīʿīm ("those who shouted") (Kohlenberger, Vol 3, 193). The …Matched in noteshighshort

αι211Αἱμύλαwheedling… and the masculine nominative singular of this poetic adjective, which most often refers to words. [1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica. [2] Aelian fr. 37 Domingo-Forasté (34 Hercher). [3] Copied from here to …Matched in noteshighshort

αι218Αἰνήdire… and elsewhere. The headword is feminine nominative singular of this (mostly) epic/poetic adjective. It is quoted, in Latte's view, from Homer, Iliad 5.379 (cf. the scholia there), where it refers to a battle-cry (a …Matched in noteshighshort

αι268ΑἴπειαAipeia… in 'Lakonike', Cyprus and Crete. The first of them is most likely to have generated this Suda entry and its counterparts (Hesychius alpha2045; Ambrosian Lexicon 320, according to Adler; and Etymologicum Magnum 37.38), given …Matched in noteshighshort

δ425Δημηγόροςpopular orator[1] LSJ s.v. glosses the headword as a noun used 'mostly in a bad sense' but goes on to provide counter-examples. Author (esp. Plato for bad) and/or context is the determinant. [2] (Likewise in …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1357ΔόμορdomorComparable entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (920). This enigmatic unglossed headword is otherwise unattested, but compare Hesychius delta2182, do/mortis: gunh/, and especially ps.-Herodian, do/mortis: gunh/ tis. The latter suggests (to DW) …Matched in noteshighshort

ε116Ἐγκώμιονin the village[1] Headword and gloss alike are single-word adjectives (hard to render into English except by these phrases), here in the masculine accusative singular or neuter nominative/accusative singular; neuter nominative if it quoted from Hesiod …Matched in noteshighshort

ε749Ἐλάτειρανcharioteeress, (female) driver… singular of e)lath/r (epsilon 750, epsilon 751), quoted from somewhere most likely to be Pindar fr.89a Snell-Maehler (qoa=n i(/ppwn e)la/teiran, a phrase apparently referring to Artemis). On the other hand: (a) This same accusative …Matched in noteshighshort

ε765Ἐλαιόδευστοςoil-drenchedThe headword adjective, transmitted in most mss as e)laio/deustos, should almost certainly be e)laio/deutos, as it is, Adler reports, in ms V (and consistently in Cyril of Alexandria: see further, next note). Note also …Matched in noteshighshort

ε779Ἐλεδανόςband [for binding corn-sheaves]… also Homeric Hymn to Demeter 456 and Hesiod, Shield 291. Most of the lexica do give the word with double lambda; exceptions like the present entry (and iota 304) give variants that are not …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1099Ἐναέριονaerial (being)… singular) cf. under alpha 2313. The Suda's glossing phrase is most familiar from Mark 3.30 and 7.25 (the latter in an exorcism Christ performs).Matched in noteshighshort

ε1812Ἐξότουsince, since when… does not merit its own entry in LSJ; contrast e)co/te.) Most of the extant instances are late, with the signal exception of Sophocles, Philoctetes 493.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2234Ἐπίβλημαcovering, mantle, patch… is applied to bedspreads, hangings, patches, mantles, decorative embroidery -- most famously in the synoptic Gospels: "no man sews a patch onto an old garment" (Matthew 9.16, Mark 2.21, Luke 5.36). See generally LSJ …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2434Ἐπιλαχόνταhaving obtained by lot… nominative/accusative plural. Either way, it must be quoted from somewhere. Most of the (few) extant instances outside lexicography come from Philo Judaeus.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2691Ἐπιτήθηgreat-grandmother… th=s mhtro\s mhte/ra. Of these, the Etym.Magn. text seems the most legible and logical, and is the basis for the suppletions in the translation above. Yet the odd deployment of definite articles and the …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2743ἘπιφάνιοςEpiphanios, Epiphanius… Adler not to favour the manuscripts which give -- as most of them do -- Sely(m)bria (sigma 307).Matched in noteshighshort

ε2809Ἐποπτεύεινto behold (the mysteries)… In the Greek, 'is' different; cf. e.g. under alpha 956. (Most of the entries of this kind, however, have the second noun in the genitive: 'x differs from y'.)Matched in noteshighshort

ε2897Ἐρατεινόςlovely, welcomeThe headword adjective is used in Homer, mostly of places. Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon; and cf. a scholion on Iliad 2.532, where the headword occurs in the feminine accusative …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2960Ἐρημαῖοςdesolate, solitarySame entry in ps.-Zonaras; similar one, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. The headword (again under epsilon 2961 and kappa 1050) is a poetic variant of e)rh=mos: see LSJ s.v. The glossing here …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3166Ἐς ὅτιto which[1] cf. epsilon 3167. [2] Literally, strong to which most. Quotation (and individual) unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort

ε3398Εὔγνωτοςwell-known… where in some manuscripts the headword occurs (referring to Apollo). Most modern editors, however, print the variant eu)/gnwstos.Matched in noteshighshort

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