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Βιβάζει
causes to mount
= Aelius Dionysius beta14 Erbse, Synagoge beta14,
Photius
beta138 Theodoridis, apart from some discrepancy in the reading of the first gloss (see note 1 below). The headword (which must be quoted from somewhere) is …
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589
Διακόνιον
diakonion, flat-cake
Same entry in
Photius,
Lexicon delta344. The headword occurs in Pherecrates fr. 156 Kock (now 167 Kassel-Austin), preserved by Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 14.645A (14.53 Kaibel). [1] FGrH 270: Menecles of Barca, an historian of the …
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739
Διαρτίζεται
whizzes through (?)
Same or similar entry in other lexica; references at
Photius
delta421 Theodoridis, where, for the headword, the editor champions Dindorf's diarroizei= over any of the transmitted versions (including
Photius'
diaroi/zetai and the Suda's diarti/etai). …
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193
Βαυκαλᾶν
to sing a lullaby
Same entry in ps.-Zonaras; Hesychius and
Photius
have this definition plus "to lull to sleep", katakoimi/zein; the latter is also in Moeris. Not much attested outside lexicography; LSJ s.v. has some instances, and registers …
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204
Βδελυρός
disgusting
[1] Likewise in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon (and again in
Photius).
Perhaps generated by the occurrence of the headword adjective in Plato, Republic 338D (where Thrasymachus applies it to Socrates), though not necessarily so; Timaeus' …
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234
Βέλος
arrow, dart, missile
… foreshortened to simply 'a wound' in other lexica: Synagoge beta42,
Photius
beta124; combined with other glosses in Hesychius beta497).
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611
Διαλαβών
having taken (individually)
… from somewhere, see also delta 612. [1] Same glossing in
Photius
and other lexica. For this sense of dialamba/nw see generally LSJ s.v., I. [2] Or: divided out. [3] Quotation unidentifiable. [4] Quotation (transmitted, …
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654
Διαμησάμενος
having cut through
… I p.297.11-12 Boissevain). See in brief C. Theodoridis in his
Photius
edition, vol.II p.LXXXIX. Favuzzi (below) 219-221 takes up the matter more fully, seeking to determine how far Zonaras preserves Dio's ipsissima verba. [3] …
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684
Διαπατταλευθήσῃ χαμαί
you will be pegged out on the ground
Likewise in
Photius
and ps.-Zonaras. The headword phrase comes from Aristophanes, Knights 371 (said by Cleon to the sausage-seller). See also delta 685.
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743
Διασαλακωνίσαι
to swagger
… aorist imperative in the quotation given. [1] Same gloss in
Photius
-- using the active voice of this verb, it seems, in a sense which LSJ s.v. registers for the middle. [2] Aristophanes, Wasps …
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2930
Ἐρέσσειν
to fall to
… contaminated by the second part of the gloss; see rather
Photius
s.v. e)rei/dein (and Hesychius s.v. e)/reide).
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2947
Ἔρρει
was flowing
… (354 Hercher), quoted also in alpha 1661. [3] Likewise in
Photius,
Lexicon epsilon1952. [4] Aristophanes, Lysistrata 336-37 (web address 1), with scholia. The infinitive e)/rrein here is from e)/rrw "go slowly, go to one's …
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2950
Ἐρείκη
heath; rent
[1] Heath, Erica arborea. Same gloss in
Photius
and elsewhere. [2] Besides the verb, about to be cited, cf. epsilon 2952, epsilon 2953. [3] cf. eta 498.
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2965
Ἔρημον ἐμβλέπειν
to look at vacantly
Same entry in
Photius
(Lexicon pi1912 Theodoridis), and similarly elsewhere. [1] e)rhmi/an, an etymological explanation for "vacantly". [2] Aristophanes fr. 456 Kock, 473 K.-A. (For this play cf. alpha 2048.)
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2990
Ἔριθος
hireling, spinster
Abbreviated slightly from
Photius
s.v. ('she who is working wool for a wage'). See generally LSJ s.v. e)/riqos, a noun which can be either masculine or feminine. In the present instance, as the gloss …
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2991
Ἐρικνωμένον
being shriveled, being crooked
… attested only here and in other lexica (including the gloss-less
Photius
s.v.). The same glossing is given for a compound form of the verb at kappa 980.
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481
Ἥρας δὲ δεσμοὺς ὑπὸ υἱέος
Hera's bindings by (her) son
Also in
Photius.
[1] In (as here) a generic accusative plural: Plato, Republic 378D (one of the unedifying mythological episodes which will be excluded from the curriculum in the ideal state). [2] Pindar fr. …
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