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λ587Λιπαρῶςpersistently[Meaning] insistently. "Again he hearkened to them generously as they [persistently] urged him."Matched in translationhighshort
λ583Λιπαρήςimportunate, persistent… And elsewhere: "but the inscriptions [or: the letters] were a persistent reminder of the treaty."Matched in translationhighshort
λ584Λιπαρίαperseverance, importuning[Meaning] sitting in wait. "He used to mock them, for not getting anything out of such protracted importuning. He used to jeer at the attendants of the god, saying that they had got anything …Matched in headwordhighshort
λ157Λαφύξαςhaving gulped down… the elephants' innards, he showing the banners." "And when the Persians happen across some wells, they gulp water down all the more greedily, and veer into a great evil: with the sudden injection of …Matched in translationhighshort
λ582Λιπαρεῖ χειρίwith an importunate handMeaning one [sc. used] persistently, and continuously. Also [sc. attested is liparei= ["persistent"], [meaning] with abundant wealth. Sophocles [writes]: "Apollo! [hear me] who have come forward with an importunate hand, with much of what …Matched in translationhighshort
κ1111ΚατώλισθονI slipped down, they slipped down… katolisqa/nw (LSJ at web address 1), here in the first person singular or third person plural. Either way, it must be quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities begin with Aelian, and include many in Cyril …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1245Κεκλίαταιthey have leaned… twice in Homer (Iliad 16.68, Odyssey 4.608). [2] This first person singular of the perfect active is likely to be paradigmatic; third person singulars are first attested in the idiom of the day ending, …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1943ΚολοκτρυώνkoloktryônIt is a Persian breed similar to locusts.Matched in translationhighshort
μ265Μάστιεscourge!The headword is present imperative, second person singular, of masti/w (an epic variant of masti/zw); it is taken to be quoted from Homer, Iliad 17.622, where it is applied to chariot horses. Same glossing …Matched in noteshighshort
μ581ΜεμύρωμαιI have anointed myselfAristophanes [writes]: "personally I am a most blissful woman, to have anointed my head with good perfumes; but the little amphoras [of wine] from Thasos exceed them by far." "Little amphoras" [are] jars; and …Matched in translationhighshort
κ1128Καττύειstitches together… (204) and Whitby (144). Baram (cf. beta 103) was a Persian general (and later rebel) who fought the Byzantines during the reign of Maurice (see also kappa 2025). Ms V reads *)abraa\m: cf. eta …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1242Κεκλήατοthey had calledEpic pluperfect of kale/w, third person plural; cf. scholion on Homer, Iliad 10.195, where it occurs: "all that had been called to the council" (web address 1). [1] kappa 261.Matched in noteshighshort
λ624ΛιτοίμηνI might pray… Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. The headword -- optative, first person singular, of li/tomai -- occurs in Homer, Odyssey 14.406 (web address 1), where a scholion glosses it with i(keteu/saimi "I might supplicate". cf. …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1653Κινυρόμεθαwe wail… see kappa 1654 (and cf. generally kappa 1652). This first person plural form occurs in Aristophanes Knights 11 (web address 1) ti/ kinuro/meq' a)/llws; "Why are we wailing anyway?" The gloss given here appears …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1471Κεχρησμῳδημένωνof the prophesied, of the divined[Meaning] of the [sc. persons or things] foretold.Matched in translationhighshort
μ690Μεταδιδάξαιto teach something new, to change someone's mind… opinion and to arrive at another. "And they were not persuaded when the commander was trying to change their mind; nor were they affected by his entreaties, though he pleaded and begged them."Matched in translationhighshort
κ1152Καχεξίαill-health… badly (kakw=s), they being sick. Polybius [writes]: "the courage of Perseus was exhausted by toil and time, just like that of athletes in ill-health. For when the danger approached, and it was his duty …Matched in translationhighshort
μ533Μέλονbeing of concern… crushed." "[...] that, although he was a king and a Persian, concerned with so many peoples and matters, yet he nevertheless desired to enjoy literature somehow or other, and to be exalted in his …Matched in translationhighshort
κ1231Κεκαδησόμεθαwe will have been concernedThe future perfect, first person plural, of the epic verb kh/dw is glossed with the regular future of the more common fronti/zw. See also the scholia to Homer, Iliad 8.353 (where the headword occurs: …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1696Κιχρᾷlends… the references at Photius kappa752 Theodoridis. The headword is third person singular, present indicative active, of kixra/w, koine form of ki/xrhmi. It is quoted, as Naber first realised, from Proverbs 13:11 LXX (not in …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2082Κορήσατεsweep outThe headword is aorist imperative, second person plural, of kore/w (kore/w (A) in LSJ), very probably quoted from Homer, Odyssey 20.149: "come, let some of you busily sweep out the hall". The Suda is …Matched in noteshighshort
λ676Λοπᾶσιdishes, plates; cloak-stealers… lwpa/si (likewise glossed as kle/ptais) in a Lucianic scholion; Dindorf persuasively suggested this to be a corruption of lwpodu/tais (cf. lambda 734).Matched in noteshighshort
κ1129Κάττυμαstitched-leather… deceit, trickery. Aristophanes [writes]: "[Kleon,] whom one day I shall personally flay to make sandals for the knights." But kattymata are strong and hard pieces of leather, which are placed under sandals and other …Matched in translationhighshort
μ750Μεταίτιονaccessory, joint cause… neuter singular. [1] Herodotus 4.200.1 (web address 1), on the Persians' demand to the townspeople of Barce [beta 117] to surrender the murderers of Arcesilaus.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1468Κεχολώσεταιwill have been angeredThe headword is future perfect, third person singular, of the verb xolo/w (chi 386). The form occurs four times in Homer (Iliad 1.139, 20.301; Odyssey 15.214, 24.544), and it is frequently commented on by …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1795Κλητῆρεςsummoners, witnesses to summons[Meaning] witnesses. "Summoner" is the name for the person who calls everyone into court. The word also means a witness. Aristophanes in Birds [writes]: "I am an islander summoner." That is, someone who libels …Matched in translationhighshort
λ579Λιπαρεῖimportunes… the references at Photius lambda333 Theodoridis. The headword is third person singular, present indicative active, of lipare/w (cf. lambda 580, lambda 581). It must be quoted from somewhere, perhaps a Christian author. [2] Loose …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1814Κλισιάδεςfront-doors, street-doors… figurative usage in Herodotus 9.9.2: if the Athenians side with Persia against Sparta in 480, this will open great klisia/des into the Peloponnese. Moeris' Attic Lexicon defines klisia/des as "two-door gates in Attic"; the …Matched in noteshighshort
μ183ΜαργαίνειragesThe headword is third person singular, present indicative active, of the verb margai/nw. Same entry in other lexica (see the references at Photius mu107 Theodoridis), beginning with Hesychius mu260, and cf. also the scholia …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1420Κέρσειwill crop… (Attic). Though the form is given here in the third person singular, it has not necessarily been quoted from anywhere in that form; it might simply be used to match the Homeric aorist Choeroboscus …Matched in noteshighshort

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