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α29Ἀβέβηλαinviolable [places]The closest parallel to the entry as a whole is Photius, Lexicon alpha34 Theodoridis. Various parts of it appear in other lexica, as noted below. [1] This part is a paraphrase of what appears …Matched in noteshighshort
α17Ἄβαπτοςuntempered… outside lexicography. [1] Similar glossing in other lexica (references at Photius alpha28 Theodoridis), except that the original form of the gloss, in Cyril, seems simply to be a)sto/mwtos ('unsharpened'), not this superlative of a …Matched in noteshighshort
α21Ἀβασάνιστοςuntested= Synagoge alpha4 (Lexica Segueriana 3.14); Photius, Lexicon alpha30 Theodoridis; perhaps ultimately derived in part from Phrynichus (Praeparatio rhetorica fr. 39 de Borries); cf. Hesychius alpha89 and a cluster of related entries: alpha 2276, …

α29

Ἀβέβηλα

inviolable [places]

[Meaning] places that must not be walked on, holy and sacred places. For be/bhla meant what is not holy or sacred, where anyone may walk. Also [sc. attested is] be/bhloi, [meaning] those who do not have a share in…

Ἀβέβηλα· τὰ μὴ βάσιμα χωρία, ἱερὰ δὲ καὶ ὅσια. βέβηλα γὰρ ἐλέγετο τὰ μὴ ὅσια μηδὲ ἱερὰ, παντὶ δὲ βάσιμα. καὶ Βέβηλοι, οἱ μὴ κεκοινωνηκότες ἱερῶν. καὶ Λόγοι ἀβέβηλοι, οἱ ἀπόρρητοι.…

food

food

4

4

meter and music3

meter and music3

trade and manufacture1

trade and manufacture1

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α69ἈβραάμAbraham… ("Either Plato philonizes or Philo platonizes.") Cf. phi 448 and Photius, Bibliotheca 86b 25. [13] Abraham's grandfather (Genesis 11:22). Seruch in the LXX, שרוג śerūḡ in Hebrew. See also sigma 253. [14] Abraham's father …Matched in noteshighlong

α70Ἁβρὰ βαίνωνwalking delicately… the same or similar glossing in other lexica; references at Photius alpha49 Theodoridis. It could be extracted from the quotation given, but is more likely to be quoted from Euripides, Trojan Women 820. (So …Matched in noteshighshort

α82Ἁβροδιαίτῃwith luxurious living… phrase are transmitted in the dative case here, but at Photius, Lexicon alpha52 Theodoridis, the editor prints them as nominatives. For a(bro-, see e.g. alpha 70 and alpha 73. [2] Same or similar material …Matched in noteshighshort

α389Ἀγύρτηςmendicant… alpha 387). [1] Same material in other lexica; references at Photius alpha281 Theodoridis. [2] Damascius [cf. alpha 388] fr. 215 Zintzen. [3] Same glossing of this neuter plural in other lexica; references at Photius …Matched in noteshighshort

β4Βαβάκτηςreveller… 9, 10 epsilon1287 (cf. Latte 1.501-2); Lexica Segueriana 223.31 Bekker; Photius, Lexicon beta5, 6, 8; Etymologicum Magnum 183.45. Its only appearance outside lexicography is in the Doric vocative form baba/kta in a fragment of …Matched in noteshighshort

γ8Γάζαriches… as Gaza, a toponym. [1] cf. Hesychius gamma36, Synagoge gamma1, Photius gamma6; Etymologicum Genuinum s.v. gazofulakei=on; Lexica Segueriana 229.10; perhaps from commentary to the New Testament, Mark 12:43. [2] Quotation not identified by Adler …Matched in noteshighshort

α2Ἀαγέςunbroken, unbreakable= Apollonius Sophistes, Lexicon Homericum 2.4. Likewise in Hesychius alpha7; Photius, Lexicon alpha4 Theodoridis; Etymologicum Gudianum 1.12. This form of the adjective is the neuter nominative/accusative singular, as at Homer, Odyssey 11.575 (web address …Matched in noteshighshort

α3Ἀαδεῖνto disturb… entry in other lexica: Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon (2.14), Hesychius alpha10, Photius alpha5 Theodoridis, and cf. Etymologicum Gudianum 1.15. The headword is otherwise unattested -- and the range of active and passive meanings suggests that …Matched in noteshighshort

α4Ἀάλιονundisciplined… point the entry = Apollonius Sophistes, Homeric Lexicon 2.14, and Photius, Lexicon alpha6 Theodoridis; cf. also Hesychius alpha17. The headword is unattested outside lexica and grammars (and attested there only in this neuter singular …Matched in noteshighshort

α8Ἀάσαιto harm, to infatuate… aorist active infinitive, glossed with four others. The entry = Photius, Lexicon alpha9 Theodoridis, and similar material can be found in Synagoge (Codex B) alpha4 (Lexica Segueriana 3.5-7). Compare also Etymologicum Gudianum 1.8. This …Matched in noteshighshort

α11Ἀβάκησανthey kept quiet… it. Of those the most similar to this entry are Photius, Lexicon alpha22 Theodoridis, and Etymologicum Magnum 2.30-31. Compare also Apollonius Sophistes, Homeric Lexicon 2.16; Hesychius alpha54. The glosses offered here and elsewhere probably …Matched in noteshighshort

α13Ἀβάλεwould that… see LSJ s.v. a)/bale (web address 1). The entry = Photius, Lexicon alpha26 Theodoridis, and, with the exception of the repetition of the headword within the entry (see note 2), also Synagoge alpha1 (Lexica …Matched in noteshighshort

α14ἌβαλενthrewLikewise in other lexica; see the references at Photius alpha27 Theodoridis. The headword variant -- for the aorist indicative active of ba/llw, third person singular -- is otherwise unattested.Matched in noteshighshort

α23Ἄβατονinaccessible… Up to this point the entry = Synagoge alpha5, and Photius, Lexicon alpha31 Theodoridis; cf. Hesychius alpha91 (where Latte confidently asserts that the headword is quoted from Euripides, Bacchae 10).Matched in noteshighshort

α25Ἀβδέλυκταunhateful [things]… beta 198, beta 199, beta 200, beta 201, etc. = Photius, Lexicon alpha33 Theodoridis (Phrynichus, Praeparatio Sophistica fr. 40), and very similar to Synagoge (Codex B) alpha12; cf. Hesychius alpha94. [1] cf. tau 659. …Matched in noteshighshort

α32Ἀβέλτεροςthoughtless… of the glossing words, not the headword) unidentifiable; also in Photius and Aelius Dionysius. [3] Menander fr. 393 Kock. [4] Anaxandrides [see generally alpha 1982] fr. 12 Kock (and K.-A.). But note that Adler …Matched in noteshighmedium

α49Ἀβίωτονunlivable[1] Same material in other lexica; references at Photius alpha39 Theodoridis. The headword -- shown by the glossing to be neuter nominative/accusative singular rather than masculine accusative singular -- is evidently quoted from somewhere. …Matched in noteshighshort

α53ἌβιτοςAbitos, Abitus… Historia religiosa, Vita 3.12 (lightly abridged). See on this Theodoridis' Photius edition, vol.II p.LXXXI.Matched in noteshighshort

α55Ἀβλεπτήματιby an oversight… -- and gloss also appear in other lexica; references at Photius alpha40 Theodoridis. The first quotation illustrates this same noun but in the accusative plural. [1] Polybius fr. 90 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes that this …Matched in noteshighshort

α58Ἀβληχρήνfeeble… [1] Same or similar glossing in other lexica (references at Photius alpha42 Theodoridis); and cf. beta 340. This seems to be an error, however: blhxro/s is well attested as meaning "weak" by itself: see …Matched in noteshighshort

α61Ἀβουλεῖνto be unwillingSame entry in other lexica; references at Photius alpha45 Theodoridis. [1] Plato, Republic 4.437C (web address 1 below). Plato may have coined the verb for this passage.Matched in noteshighshort

α62Ἀβούλητον κακόνinvoluntary evil, undesired evil… the same or similar glossing in other lexica (references at Photius alpha46 Theodoridis), and is presumably quoted from somewhere. [2] For Aboulitos (or -tes), satrap of Susiana under Alexander the Great, see Plutarch, Alexander …Matched in noteshighshort

α63Ἀβουλίαill-advisedness[1] Same glossing in the Synagoge and Photius (Lexicon alpha47 Theodoridis); they add prope/teia "rashness". [2] Same glossing in Hesychius alpha171, where Latte claims the headword as quoted from Euripides, Medea 882 (accusative case …Matched in noteshighshort

α64Ἀβούλωςill-advisedly[1] Same glossing in other lexica (references at Photius alpha48 Theodoridis); and cf. generally alpha 60, alpha 63. [2] An unidentifiable iambic trimeter, perhaps from tragedy.Matched in noteshighshort

α68ἌβραfavoriteThe main part of this entry is also in Photius, Lexicon alpha50 Theodoridis (where the headword is plural); similar material in other lexica. LSJ uses the rough breathing (a(/bra) for the word it defines …Matched in noteshighmedium

α83ἉβροκόμαςAbrokomas, Habrokomas, AbrocomasFrom Harpokration (and Photius) s.v. The name has a smooth breathing (Abrokomas) there, as in Xenophon before them (below); in the Suda it is rough (Habrokomas). [1] Provincial governor; see sigma 153 (and generally …Matched in noteshighshort

α87Ἁβρόςdelicate… alpha 88. [1] Same glossing in other lexica; references at Photius alpha55 Theodoridis. [2] Greek Anthology 6.54.7 (Paulus Silentiarius). Find further extracts from this epigram, in which a cicada sustains the note from a …Matched in noteshighmedium

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