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ε3845Ἐφαύλιζονthey were disparaging… imperfect of the verb fauli/zw (cf. phi 139), either first person singular or third person plural; the latter if extracted from the quotation given here (though earlier lexica do not have it), or if …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3636Εὐπαράγωγοςeasily led-astray[Meaning] easily-persuaded. Aristophanes [writes]: "but you [Demos] are easily led-astray, rejoicing in being flattered and deceived, always listening with mouth gaping to the one speaking. Your mind is abroad while here." And elsewhere: "he …Matched in translationhighshort
ε3850Ἔφεδροςreserve, in reserve… the victors. Sophocles calls Ajax a 'reserve', because, the uttermost person and like a reservist, Ajax had been left [sc. to stray] into evil. As if to say, in addition to the first evils …

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Ἐφαύλιζον

they were disparaging

[Meaning] they were belittling. "They were disparaging him, as being in no way excellent; for he was small of body."

Ἐφαύλιζον· εὐτέλιζον. οἱ δὲ ἐφαύλιζον αὐτόν, οὐδαμῆ σπουδαῖον ὄντα· μικρὸς γὰρ ἦν τὸ σῶμα.

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ε3884Ἐφεῖναιto admit, to allow[Meaning] to concede, to order. "But she was not persuaded, before either [sc. it had been decided] to admit the taking of the relatives [or ...].Matched in translationhighshort

ε3431Εὖ δρῶσιto those performing well… are alike ambiguous: possibly present indicative actives in the third person plural, but more probably dative plurals of present participles, given the incidence of the phrase 'to those performing well and to those badly'. …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3624Εὐωδοῦτοwas prosperingImperfect middle/passive and aorist passive forms, in the third person singular, of the verb eu)odo/w; each is glossed with the corresponding form of the compound kateuodo/w. Both of the forms of the simple verb …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3847Ἐφεδρεύειlies in wait… lexica, and cf. also Pollux 1.209. The headword is third person singular, present indicative active, of e)fedreu/w. It must be quoted from somewhere; there are numerous possibilities. [3] Adler tentatively attributed this quotation to …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3882Ἐφείλιξανthey twistedThe headword verb (aorist, third person plural, of e)feli/ssw) is extracted from the quotation given. [1] Aelian fr. 62e Domingo-Forasté (59 Hercher); see also epsilon 3791 and esp. mu 1071 (with explanatory note there).Matched in noteshighshort

ε3886Ἐφεῖτοadvised… other lexica. The headword is aorist middle of e)fi/hmi, third person singular (see epsilon 3887 for comparison). It might be extracted from the quotation given here, but there are numerous alternatives. [2] Quotation (and …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3887Ἐφεῖτοadvised… (and elsewhere). The headword is aorist middle of e)fi/hmi, third person singular. It is possibly, though not necessarily, extracted from the quotation added here; cf. epsilon 3886. [2] Aristophanes, Wasps 242 (web address 1). …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3926ἘφίλατοcherishedSame entry in ps.-Zonaras. [1] The headword is third person singular, aorist middle, of file/w. It might be extracted from the quotation given here, though there are extant alternatives beginning with Homer, Iliad 5.61 …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3946Ἐφορεύεινto oversee… ephors in Sparta'; and cf. also the scholia on Aeschylus, Persians 7, where this present active infinitive occurs. cf. generally epsilon 3947.Matched in noteshighshort

ε4003Ἐχεῖτοwas being pouredThe headword (third person singular, imperfect middle/passive, of xe/w) must be quoted from somewhere; cf. in any event under epsilon 134.Matched in noteshighshort

ε4004Ἐχηρώθησανthey were made desolate… quoted from somewhere but is not independently attested) is third person plural, aorist indicative passive, of xhro/w (cf. epsilon 4005, chi 292). For the second gloss cf. chi 290.Matched in noteshighshort

ε4005Ἐχήρωσενmade bereft… verb see already epsilon 4004. Here its aorist active, third person singular, form is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Quotation (and individual) unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort