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615
Χυτρέα
potter
Headword and gloss are accusative case, just as in Timaeus,
Platonic
Lexicon. (The headword is nominative in
Plato,
Republic 4.421D: web address 1.) See also chi 616 (and more generally chi 617, chi 618).
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486
Δήπουθεν
doubtless, presumably
… -- repeated, oddly, at its end -- derives from Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon s.v. (which has itself probably been generated by either
Plato,
Ion 534A or Philebus 62E). [1] This alternative gloss, repeated at the …
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1655
Δυσμαῖς βίου
at life's settings
Same entry in Hesychius (delta2605) and elsewhere, including Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon. The headword phrase is probably quoted from
Plato,
Laws 770A (even though 'life' has the definite article there); other instances and parallels in …
3
3
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3
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3
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3
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3
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3
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3
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3
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3
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2
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2
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2
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2
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2
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2
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
clothing
1
stagecraft
1
stagecraft
1
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1711
Ἐξηγηταί
expounders
… [2] For this opening section of the entry cf. Timaeus,
Platonic
Lexicon, and the scholia to
Plato,
Laws 916C. [3] Herodotus 5.31.4 (Artaphrenes to Aristagoras). [4] So the transmitted text, o)nomazo/mena; but -- as …
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χ
10
Χαλαστραῖον
chalastraion, Chalastra-soda
Likewise or similarly in other lexica, including Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon, and cf. also a scholion on
Plato,
Republic 4.430A, where the genitive case of the headword occurs. [1] Sodium carbonate. See LSJ s.v. ni/tron …
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1032
Ἐμποδών
in the way
… any author). [2] Lycurgus fr. 66 Conomis (71 B-S). [3]
Plato,
Timaeus 25D. [4] Isaeus fr. 68 B-S. [5] Hierocles fr. 1 von Arnim. [6]
Plato,
Gorgias 459B. [7] So the transmitted text; Kuster …
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2661
Ἀντιγραφεύς
antigrapheus, copy-clerk
… unconnected one immediately after it, on the a)ntigrafh/ ('counter-plea'). [4]
Plato,
Apology 27C (web address 3). On the a)ntwmosi/a see A.R.W. Harrison, The Law of Athens vol.2 (Oxford 1971) 99-100.
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652
Διὰ μέσου τείχους
of the wall through the middle
… Sauppe) and to Aristophanes fr. 556 Kock (569 K-A). [1]
Plato,
Gorgias 455E (web address 1).
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1054
Διιτρέφης πυτιναῖα ἔχων πτερά
Diitrephes with wicker-flask wings
… themselves, quoted below) states the correct relationship between them. [2]
Plato
Comicus fr. 31 Kock, now 30 K.-A.
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1451
Δῶρα θεοὺς πείθει καὶ αἰδοίους βασιλῆας
gifts sway gods and revered kings
Hesiod fr.361 Merkelbach-West, preferring
Plato's
version of this hexameter line (Republic 390E: dw=ra qeou\s pei/qei, dw=r' ai)doi/ous basilh=as). The Suda's version with 'and' for the second 'gifts' occurs also in Apostolius 6.42; and see …
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ε
877
Ἔλθῃ
[nor] should he come
… negative command (prohibitive subjunctive, Smyth §1800, web address 1). [1]
Plato,
Laws 881E (web address 2).
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985
Ἐμὴν χάριν
for my sake
Lightly expanded from Photius s.v. (= Phrynichus fr. 307). [1]
Plato,
Phaedrus 234E, Sophist 242B, Republic 5.472E. (LSJ s.v. xa/ris VI.1 has instances from other authors.)
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423
Χωλή
lame
See also chi 424, chi 425. [1]
Plato,
Phaedo 71E (web address 1), here misquoted (omit 'if' - and construe as a question). For On the soul as a title for the Phaedo, cf. …
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χ
586
Χρυσοχοεῖον
goldsmithy
… in the quoted passages. [1] Dinarchus fr. VI.14 Conomis. [2]
Plato,
Republic 5.450B (web address 1), here abridged. [3] For the idea of gold-digging ants (in India) cf. Herodotus 3.102 (web address 2). [4] …
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346
Αἰσχίνης
Aischines, Aeschines
… That he belonged to the Socratic circle is attested by
Plato,
who mentions him at Apology 33E. In D.L. 2.60 it is he who is said to have urged Socrates to escape from prison …
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δ
1052
Διισχυρίζομαι
I strongly affirm
… referred to the headword accompanied by a negative, as at
Plato,
Phaedo 100d7 (web address 1): "I make no positive statement about this (presence of or participation in the good)." Cf. Proclus' Commentary on …
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ε
955
Ἔμβραχυ
in short; in the least
… similar glossing in other lexica, and in the scholia to
Plato,
Gorgias 457A and
[Plato]
Theages 127C. [2] Aelian fr. 63c Domingo-Forasté (60 Hercher), on the Arcadian Eutelidas; cf. alpha 916, kappa 1004. [3] …
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4590
Ἀφ' Ἑστίας
from Hearth, from Hestia
… similarly in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to
Plato,
Euthyphro 3A, where the headword phrase occurs. [2] This part of the entry is (over-)abridged from Harpokration s.v., where Isaeus fr. 84 Sauppe …
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αι
239
Αἰξωνεύεσθαι
to be an Aixonian, to play the Aixonian
cf. the scholia on
Plato,
Laches 197C, where the phrase "to be an Aixonian" occurs; Hesychius s.v.; Etymologicum Magnum 36.57. [1] cf. alphaiota 240, alphaiota 241. [2] See alphaiota 242.
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δ
110
Δαιδάλου ποιήματα
Daidalos' creations, Daedalus' creations
The phrase "Daidalou poiemata" occurs in
Plato,
Meno 97D-E, and this material derives from ancient comment on that passage. For Daidalos/Daedalus cf. already delta 106, delta 107, delta 108, delta 109; and see generally …
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δ
291
Δευσοποιός
deep-dyed
… From Harpokration s.v., citing the appearance of the word in
Plato
(Republic 4.429E [web address 1]) and Diphilus (fr. 72 Kock, now 73 K-A.). [2] Same or similar material in other lexica. The phrase …
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887
Διαιτηταί
arbitrators
… (delta1032) and other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to
Plato,
Laws 920D, where (Magnesian) arbitration is mentioned. See also delta 888.
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1019
Διήρκεσε
endured, sufficed
… not necessarily, extracted from the quotation given; other possibilities include
Plato,
Timaeus 21D. [1] Same or similar glossing in other lexica. [2] Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable.
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δ
1207
Διὸς Κόρινθος
Zeus' [son] Korinthos
cf. the scholia to Aristophanes, Frogs 439, and
Plato,
Euthydemus 292E (both of which passages mention the proverb); and Zenobius 3.21. For an alternative explanation to the one given here see omicron 40. [1] …
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1234
Διωμοσία
oath-taking
From Timaeus,
Platonic
Lexicon, which is significantly different from Harpokration s.v. The terminology here is inexact. The di-omosia (diwmosi/a) formed part of homicide proceedings; its all-purpose counterpart in other kinds of trial was the …
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δ
1241
Διώνασσα
Dionassa
… citing Dieuchidas of Megara (FGrH 485 F5); cf. scholia to
Plato,
Republic 599D, where L. is mentioned.
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δ
1429
Δούρειος
planked, wooden
[1] So in e.g. Euripides, Trojan Women 14 (if authentic);
Plato,
Theaetetus 184D. The Homeric form was doura/teos (Odyssey 8.493 etc.); delta 1428. For the phrase see again under delta 1541. [2] Aristophanes, Birds …
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1540
Δρωπίδης
Dropides
… times in the families of Solon (sigma 776), Critias and
Plato
in Athens: eponymous archon 645/4 BCE; eponymous archon ?593/2 (Solon's brother); envoy to Alexander the Great 330 (Arrian, Anabasis 3.24.4).
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ε
347
Ἑκαμήδη
Hekamede, Hecamede
… 11.624, 14.6 (web addresses 1 and 2). See also e.g.
Plato,
Ion 538B. [2] Likewise in etymological lexica.
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633
Ἐκτεθνεῶτα
dying, moribund
… headword, a perfect participle in the accusative case, comes from
Plato,
Laws 12.959A (web address 1).
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