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ε320Ἐθείρειtends… from e)/qos ("habit") or from the rare participle e)/qwn, "habitually, persistently" (Iliad 9.540, 16.260) and offered glosses similar to the Suda's (with the exception of Hesychius epsilon634, who glosses "thinks worthy of being cared …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1465ΚεχήνηI was open-mouthed… Ionic form. It is not actually attested, but other 1st person singular pluperfects of similar formation are, e.g. h)/|dea "I knew" (Homer, Iliad 14.71; Herodotos 2.150)Matched in noteshighshort
λ853Λυσανίας πατρῴων μεγάλων κακῶνgrief-dispeller of his father's great troubles… "that ends all grief" - which is likewise a common personal name, and may carry an allusion to the Spartan regent Pausanias, the victor of Plataia (for another possible implicit comparison between Agamemnon and …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2413Κρίβανονbaking-oven… Aristophanes, Acharnians 85-7 (telescoped, see below). [3] The King of Persia; the speaker is the leader of an Athenian embassy to him, reporting back to the Assembly on his mission. [4] In the Aristophanic …Matched in noteshighshort