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Jennifer Benedict15
Catharine Roth10
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James Hicks1
Nathan Greenberg ✝1
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39 entries for Oppian

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α4294ἈσφάλιοςSecurer… below." This [is from book] 5 of the Halieutica of Oppian.Matched in translationhighshort
α2764Ἀντωπεῖfaces, meets face to face… the sun'.) [2] Quotation unidentifiable. [3] Quoted from somewhere, probably Oppian, Halieutica 5.7; cf. the scholia there. [4] Agathias, Histories 1.15. This passage describes the futile battle of the Heruli (cf. epsilon 901, epsilon …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2755Ἐπιφροσύνῃwith thoughtfulness… epsilon1789, which omits the second. See also the scholia to Oppian, Halieutica 4.437; Hesychius epsilon5403 (where the nominative case is glossed); and scholia to Homer, Odyssey 5.437, where the accusative is glossed. The headword …Matched in noteshighshort

α4294

Ἀσφάλιος

Securer

[An epithet of] Poseidon. "Securer guarding the supporting foundations below." This [is from book] 5 of the Halieutica of Oppian.

Ἀσφάλιος· Ποσειδῶν. Ἀσφάλιος ῥιζοῦχα θεμείλια νέρθε φυλάσσων. τελευταῖος οὗτος τοῦ εʹ τῶν Ἁλιευτικῶν Ὀππιανοῦ.

meter and music1

meter and music1

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trade and manufacture1

α245Ἄγκεσι[in] forests… so; there are other extant possibilities in e.g. Theocritus and Oppian. [1] For this glossing cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 18.321, where a)/gke' occurs. [2] Greek Anthology 6.186.4 (Diocles), dedications to Pan by …Matched in noteshighshort

α356Ἀγριόθυμοςsavage-minded, wild-minded… at Photius alpha258 Theodoridis. The headword adjective is poetic (e.g. Oppian, Cynegetica 2.103 & 446), by and large.Matched in noteshighshort

α496Ἄδμωνι τῷ Μιτυληναίῳto Admon of Mytilene… or a)/dmwes were a kind of sea-fish mentioned twice by Oppian, Halieutica: 3.371 and 380.) The rho 211 entry shows the present phrase in context: "[Rhodopis] was enslaved, with Aesop, to Admon of Mytilene". …Matched in noteshighshort

α1296Ἀλκτῆρεςprotectors… note below. Perhaps, therefore, quoted from Homer, Iliad 18.213 (or Oppian, Halieutica 4.72). cf. generally alpha 1297. [1] Identified by D. Ruhnken as part of an oracle of Apollo quoted also by (e.g.) Athenaeus, …Matched in noteshighshort

α1622Ἁμορβόςattendant, shepherd… headword is attested in Hellenistic and later poetry (Callimachus, Nicander, Oppian). Despite the etymology suggested here, the headword itself and several other words related to it all have a smooth breathing: see LSJ (web …Matched in noteshighshort

α2254Ἀνέμβατοςinaccessible… also occur -- and in a literal sense -- in Oppian, Halieutica 2.526, and generated scholiastic comment there. [1] Greek Anthology 5.234.3 (Paulus Silentiarius), now much older, the poet has succumbed to love.Matched in noteshighshort

α2738Ἀντιφέρονταιthey are set against… similar entry in other lexica. The headword is quoted from Oppian, Halieutica 1.175, 1.504 or 2.553; see the scholia to all three passages.Matched in noteshighshort

α2753Ἀντομένηmeeting… or 11.237. [2] Likewise in other lexica. Probably quoted from Oppian, Halieutica 2.361, which generated scholiastic comment.Matched in noteshighshort

α2962Ἀπαίσιονill-omened… of this adjective. It must be quoted from somewhere, probably Oppian, Halieutica 1.372; cf. the scholia there. [2] Likewise in the Synagoge and Photius. [3] Menander Protector fr. 10.3 Blockley (118-119), using the genitive …Matched in noteshighshort

α4461Αὐσονίωνof Ausonians… headword, genitive plural, must be quoted from somewhere -- perhaps Oppian, Halieutica 2.676, where the scholia gloss 'Romans'. [2] This odd material is unparalleled elsewhere. [3] Strabo's preferred variant is *Au)so/nion pe/lagos [4] (Atlas …Matched in noteshighshort

α4566Ἀφαυροτέροιςmore feeble (ones), rather feeble (ones)… must be quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities include Pindar and Oppian. [2] Greek Anthology 6.267.3-4 (Diotimus), a dedication to Artemis on a landowner's estate; again at iota 238, with (correctly) the adverb "feebly"; cf. …Matched in noteshighshort

α4658ἈφοιτῶI avoid, I do not consort with… common verb foita/w. cf. the adjective a)foi/thtos "untrodden, inaccessible" in Oppian's Halieutica 2.527; this would be derived from the headword verb.Matched in noteshighshort

αι16Αἴγαγροςwild-goat… in the Greek) is mentioned in (e.g.) Babrius 102.8 and Oppian, Cynegetica 1.71.Matched in noteshighshort

β302Βιῶνταιthey would press hard… extracted from the quotation given (though it also occurs in Oppian, Cynegetica 2.510, where a scholiast glossed it with bia/zontai). [1] [Polybius] fr. 121 Büttner-Wobst. For this verb, otherwise characteristic of epic poetry, see …Matched in noteshighshort

β398Βόσινsustenance… 1), is here in the accusative singular, probably quoted from Oppian, Halieutica 3.243; see the scholia there.Matched in noteshighshort

δ129Δαιτυμόνεςfeasters, those being feasted… in fact the scholia both to that passage and to Oppian, Halieutica 1.489 and 3.232, are similar. [1] cf. epsilon 3219.Matched in noteshighshort

δ136Δεδαϊγμένοςslain… twice in Homer (Iliad 19.211 and 319) and later in Oppian and Nonnus.Matched in noteshighshort

δ376Δηθάκιςmostly… without the final sigma were much used by Nicander and Oppian.Matched in noteshighshort

δ480Δηναιόνlong-lived… pair also occurs in Hesychius and in the scholia to Oppian, Halieutica 4.154, where dhnaio/n appears; the first element, 'year-long', is mysterious.) See also under omicron 796 and chi 208. For the noun dh/neon …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1315Δνοπαλίξειςshakings… to uses of forms of the verb (e.g. scholia to Oppian, Halieutica 2.295). The translation given here for the headword and the glosses (which could likewise be mistaken for deverbative nouns) reflects this misinterpretation. …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1436Δόχμιονaslant… or neuter nominative/accusative singular; same glossing in the scholia to Oppian, Halieutica 3.348, from where it is probably quoted. See also the scholia on Homer, Iliad 23.116, where the neuter plural occurs (web address …Matched in noteshighshort

ε834Ἐλήλαταιhas been driven… particular form is difficult to document in that sense; cf. Oppian, Halieutica 4.82.Matched in noteshighshort

ε859Ἔλινοςvine… as e(/linos, i.e. with a rough breathing. Perhaps quoted from Oppian, Cynegetica 4.262. In any event it means properly 'vine' or 'tendril' (cognate with the verb e)li/ssw: epsilon 871, epsilon 872) but can stand …Matched in noteshighshort

ε993Ἐμπάζεταιbusies oneself about… similar glossing in other lexica, and in the scholia to Oppian, Halieutica 1.231, where it occurs.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1100Ἐνναέταιinhabitants… apparently (to judge from scholia) Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.1048, or Oppian, Halieutica 3.628. [2] Greek Anthology 6.168.2 (Paul the Silentiary), Xenophilus kills the boar and dedicates its hide to Pan. Find further excerpts from …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1172Ἐνδιάειresides… Aelian, On the nature of animals 10.49; Greek Anthology 4.3.143; Oppian, Cynegetica 4.81). [1] Greek Anthology 5.270.9-10 (Paulus Silentiarius), on the many charms of the poet's lover. See the other quotes from this epigram …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1303Ἐνηέοςkind… numerous, from Homer and Hesiod through to Apollonius Rhodius and Oppian (and on to the poems of Gregory of Nazianzus). Same glossing in other lexica, and likewise or similarly in the scholia to these …Matched in noteshighshort

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