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α83ἉβροκόμαςAbrokomas, Habrokomas, Abrocomas… sigma 153 (and generally OCD(4) p.1321). [2] There were several Persian kings of this name (see generally OCD(4) p.175), but probably Artaxerxes II (405/4-359/8) is meant; he had a general called Abrokomas, mentioned by …Matched in noteshighshort
ει2Εἴwould that, if only… events before Heraclius's (cf. eta 465 generally) attack on the Persians at Nineveh (early December 627); cf. epsilon 1141. (Adler's addenda notes the attempts of several scholars to make it more metrically regular.)Matched in noteshighshort
α24Ἀβαχθανῆabakhthani… Driver, and Briggs, 736ff. For šaḇaqtani (from שבק šeḇaq), see Perschbacher, 364; Danker, 909. The Suda item has a circumflex accent on the final syllable. In the Hebrew עזבתני ʿazaḇtani, the accent falls on …Matched in noteshighshort
β10ΒαβύλαςBabylas… (1.464). The likeliest explanation is that Babylas died in the persecutions under Decius, and that at some point local legend-makers (represented in the surviving record by Leontius of Antioch) connected his story with that …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε1Ἔαallow!Same entry in ps.-Zonaras. The headword, second person singular imperative of e)a/w, is glossed as in the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.276, where it occurs (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
β4Βαβάκτηςreveller… perhaps o)rgiasth/s (DW)?] On the other hand, the meaning 'raging person' would not be foreign to the orgiastic context: maniw/dhs ('maniacal') is also used as a gloss in the lexica cited above). Adler notes …Matched in noteshighshort
α14Ἄβαλενthrew… variant -- for the aorist indicative active of ba/llw, third person singular -- is otherwise unattested.Matched in noteshighshort
α65ἈβωνοτειχίτηςAbonoteichites, Abonoteichos-manRather than a personal name, this headword is probably an ethnic: that of someone from Abono(u)teichos, a city on the southern coast of the Black Sea (ancient Paphlagonia); Barrington Atlas map 86 grid D2.Matched in noteshighshort
α399Ἀγχίθυροςnext-door, near the door… the Romans inadvertently making camp in close proximity to defending Persian forces during the aborted siege of Chlomaron in the summer of 586; cf. de Boor (85) and Whitby (54). Chlomaron (cf. chi 348) …Matched in noteshighshort
α96Ἁβροχίτωνdelicate-tunic'd… Anthology 9.538; however, the word is first attested in Aeschylus, Persians 543, of beds (accusative plural: web address 1 below).Matched in noteshighshort
ε2Ἐάγηwas smashedThird person singular, aorist indicative passive, of the verb a)/gnumi. (Because the root originally began with *w-, the augment is not contracted with the alpha.) Same or similar glossing in other lexica, and cf. …Matched in noteshighshort
ει5Εἴαwas allowing… but is too common to track down) is imperfect, third person singular, of e)a/w. Augmented forms with ei occur in epic and Attic: see LSJ s.v. at web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort
α90ἈβροτάζωI miss (someone on the way)… here (and in some other lexica) in the paradigmatic first person singular, present indicative, its only appearance outside lexica etc. is in Homer, Iliad 10.65 (web address 1), where it is in the first …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1ΚαβάδηςKabades, Kavades; Kaveh, Kavad, Kavadh… address 1 below -- and elsewhere) was Sassanid King of Persia between 488 and 531. He is copiously mentioned (as a military opponent of Rome) in Procopius and elsewhere. A military garment was named …Matched in noteshighshort
αι9ΑἴαξAiax, Aias, Ajax… the son of Telamon and the son of Oileus. See Perseus Encyclopedia entry at web address 1, and OCD(4) p.46, under 'Aias'. These lexicographers' 'Aiax', otherwise unattested, is a transliteration from Latin.Matched in noteshighshort
α7ἈασάμηνI was addledThe headword is the first person singular, aorist indicative middle/passive, of a)a/w (LSJ entry at web address 1). It is found frequently in epic poetry, e.g. Homer Iliad 9.116 (web address 2). [1] Up …Matched in noteshighshort
β3Βαβάκινοςbabakinos, bakinon… vessel (similar to a patera) in Late Latin, and (allegedly) persisting in the Italian bacino ('basin').Matched in noteshighshort
β5Βαβαίbabai!… ironic effect, expressing amazement at, for instance, the luxury of Persian dress or at the odor of Megarian garlic. In late/Byzantine Greek, however, it is employed copiously to express genuine amazement or indignation. LSJ …Matched in noteshighshort
β8ΒαβοῦςBabo's, Baubo's… e.g. PMG IV.2714-83, where, however, Baubo is identified as a Persian deity (cf. Faraone 1997).Matched in noteshighshort
α11Ἀβάκησανthey kept quietThe headword is the third person plural, aorist indicative active, of a)bake/w. This form is found only in Homer, Odyssey 4.249 (web address 1), and the many lexicographical notices generated by it. Of those …Matched in noteshighshort
α381Ἄγοιmay holdAbridged from Harpokration s.v. The headword is present optative, third person singular, of the verb a)/gw, presumably quoted from Antiphon (see below); but other material intervenes. [1] Isaeus fr. 67 Sauppe. On the legal …Matched in noteshighshort
α15ἈβάντειοςAbanteios, Abantius, Abantian… and in the sense of a more distant descendant (4.673 (Perseus, great-grandson of Abas; cf. pi 1372): web address 4).Matched in noteshighshort
αι7Αἰανὴς κύκλοςdread circle… sees instances where the term has unequivocal connotations of "everlasting", "persistent" or "wearisome" as secondary usages based on folk etymology. Fairly early examples occur, however, e.g. Aeschylus, Eumenides 672. [1] Sophocles, Ajax 672 (text …Matched in noteshighshort
α45ἈβιμέλεχAbimelechSource for the main paragraph (after the initial gloss): George the Monk, Chronicon 148.2-149.20. [1] Hebrew: אבימלך "my father is king." Used derogatorily and incessantly (31 times) throughout the Abimelech episode in Judges 9 …Matched in noteshighlong
α69ἈβραάμAbraham… in the entry. [6] Christological imagery links Isaac to the personage of Jesus (Matthew 1:1-2 at web address 3 below). See also delta 94, notes 1 and 14. [7] The Suda underscores the magnitude …Matched in noteshighlong

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