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δ655Διαμείνῃςyou were to persist, you would persistAorist subjunctive.Matched in headwordhighshort
β185ΒάττοςBattos, BattusA person's name. [It means] stuttering and lisping. There was a Cretan city named Oaxos, in which Etearchos [was] king, who for his motherless daughter, whose name was Phronime [...]. Providing badly for her …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε2922Ἔρρεεwas flowing[1] Imperfect of r(e/w, third person singular (headword uncontracted, gloss contracted): the double rho comes from an Aeolic treatment of *-sr-. See also rho 108. [2] Imperfect of the epic verb e)re/w "I ask", …

δ655

Διαμείνῃς

you were to persist, you would persist

Aorist subjunctive.

Διαμείνῃς· αὐθυπότακτον.

trade and manufacture

trade and manufacture

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δ682Διαπαρατριβαίconstant wranglings[Meaning] persistencies.Matched in translationhighshort

δ732Διαρκῶςquite sufficiently… for the better regarding present circumstances and even more sufficiently persisted in the siege."Matched in translationhighshort

β174Βασταχθείηmight be lifted[1] Aorist passive optative of basta/zw, third person singular. [2] Sceptic philosopher, head of the Middle Academy from 241/0 to c. 224/3; see lambda 72. [3] cf. Diogenes Laertius 4.59: "A most amusing story …Matched in noteshighshort

β192Βαΰζωνyelping… 173 (web address 1), with a scholion. An older first person singular imperfect of ei)mi/, h)=n, is glossed with the koine form h)/mhn; cf. eta 366.Matched in noteshighshort

β217Βέβηκενstands… other lexica. The headword -- perfect active of bai/nw, third person singular -- must be quoted from somewhere but is too commonplace to track down. See also beta 251, epsilon 18.Matched in noteshighshort

β221Βέβριθεis weighed down… other lexica, incliding Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon. The headword -- third person singular, perfect, of the verb bri/qw -- is quoted from Homer, Iliad 16.384. See also beta 222.Matched in noteshighshort

β223Βέβρυχενhas roared, has bellowed… entry in other lexica. The headword -- epic perfect, third person singular, of the verb bruxa/omai -- is quoted from Homer, Odyssey 5.412, where it describes a wave; see the scholia there.Matched in noteshighshort

β266Βησᾶς ἕστηκεν οἷον ἀχανήςBesas stands as if gaping… 387, no. 54), where the verb is in the second person singular, and the post-Suda Michael Apostolius (4.90). Common to the non-Suda versions is that the proverb itself is confined to the first two …Matched in noteshighshort

β272Βιβάζειcauses to mount… The headword (which must be quoted from somewhere) is third person singular, present indicative active, of biba/zw. See also Hesychius beta595. [1] Maas (below) condemned suzeu/ei as an Unwort; he suggests that it is …Matched in noteshighshort

δ610Διακυκῶσιjumble, mix one with another… in other lexica. The headword is either present indicative (third person plural) or present participle (masculine/neuter dative plural) of the compound verb diakuka/w. Apart from its occurrence in Demosthenes 18.111 (diakukw=n, applied by Demosthenes …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2921Ἐρεβοδιφοῦντεςgroping about in Erebos, groping about in the murk… [2] Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 2.7.6; on the Roman siege of Persian-held Chlomaron (cf. chi 348, summer 586); cf. de Boor (82) and Whitby (52); quoted more fully in alpha 3032 and chi 348. Find …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2924ἘρεείνωI inquire… Homer, Iliad 10.558 (where the verb occurs in the second person singular).Matched in noteshighshort

ε2925Ἐρεθίζεινto inflame, to provoke… [2] Similar glossing, post-Suda, in ps.-Zonaras, but of the third person singular e)reqi/zei.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2927Ἐρέμβοντοthey were roamingThe very rare headword is imperfect, third person plural, of r(e/mbomai (cf. under alpha 1083, lambda 118). It is presumably extracted from the quotation given here (though Plutarch has another instance). [1] Quotation (transmitted, …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2943ἘρεχθείδηςErechtheides… 357 and passim, and generally Emily Kearns in OCD(4) s.v.; Perseus Encyclopedia entry at web address 1. Since he was the notional ancestor of all Athenians, the present phrase need not refer to any …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2944Ἔρρεψεinclined… from the quotation given, is aorist active of r(e/pw, third person singular. [1] Josephus, Jewish Wars 1.366, where the reading is kaq' *(hrw/dhn: web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2947Ἔρρειwas flowing[1] Imperfect of r(e/w, third person singular (cf. epsilon 2922); presumably extracted from the quotation immediately following. [2] Aelian fr. 350 Domingo-Forasté (354 Hercher), quoted also in alpha 1661. [3] Likewise in Photius, Lexicon …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2958Ἐρήθηwas saidThe headword is third person singular, aorist passive, from the root *wer-, which supplies various tenses of the verb "to say." The earlier form is e)rrh/qh; later e)re/qh, as at epsilon 2923. See LSJ …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2969Ἐρηρέδαταιhave been leaned (on something)Notably in Homer, Iliad 23.284 and 329. Epic third person plural perfect middle/passive from e)rei/dw. More conventional entry (with gloss e)rhreisme/nai ei)si/) in Hesychius epsilon5783. cf. epsilon 2970.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2971Ἐρήριπτοhas fallen in ruins… or similar entry in other lexica. The headword, a third person singular pluperfect middle-passive of e)rei/pw, must be quoted from somewhere; there are instances in historians (Josephus, Arrian, Plutarch, Agathias).Matched in noteshighshort

ε2974Ἐρήτυθενthey were prevented, they were restrained… 1) or 2.211, is an old form of the third person plural aorist passive. Glossed appropriately in Hesychius epsilon5798 (and Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon), but the present gloss, as transmitted, is singular and active. For …Matched in noteshighshort

η481Ἥρας δὲ δεσμοὺς ὑπὸ υἱέοςHera's bindings by (her) son… Clement, kappa 1778, may or may not be the same person.) [5] For the fragments with additional bibliography, see Kassel-Austin p.50 (Kaibel p.106).Matched in noteshighshort