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- α788Ἀκαλήφηstinging nettle, sea-anemone… first of all plants to grow were the rugged stinging-nettles". Pherekrates in Deserters [writes]: "by Demeter, it was annoying to hear him singing so badly. For I would prefer to be crowned with stinging-nettles …
- α2074Ἀνασπᾷtears down… a)naspa=n, [meaning] to draw up water. "Drawing up jugs", says Pherekrates. Also [sc. attested is] a)naspw=n, neuter, [spelled] with an omega.
- α729ἈθηναίαςAthenaiai, Athenaeae, Athenian women… upon the unmarried one by this name." But notice that Pherekrates in Old Women says: "to the Athenaiai themselves and to their allies". And Kantharos in Tereus [writes]: "an Athenaia woman, both beautiful and …
- α2131Ἀναχάσκειis gaping wide… the Suda) have an entry for a)/gxaske, attributing it to Pherekrates the comic poet (phi 212), and glossing it with a)na/xaske (imperative); perhaps the Suda has followed Photius in confusing two entries.