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Αἰαιοί
brothers-in-law
… way, no attestations outside lexicography. For the glossing term see
Pollux
3.32, etc.
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418
Γραμματεύς
clerk, secretary
… already in gamma 417). See (?)Aristotle, Ath.Pol. 54.3-4; and cf.
Pollux
8.98 and Harpokration s.v.
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799
Διατοιχεῖ
rolls side-to-side
… 51 Kock, now 50 K.-A.), is preferred by Phrynichus and
Pollux
over a)natoixei=; see LSJ s.v. (web address 1). For the toichoi, literally walls, of a boat cf. e.g. Homer, Odyssey 12.420 and see …
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857
Ἐλλιμενίζω
I exact harbor tax
… dekateu/eis ('you exact a tithe': delta 181, delta 182), although
Pollux
9.31 interprets this same passage as referring to the payment rather than the levying of taxes (contrast Hesychius epsilon3173, with the alternative orthography …
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874
Ἑλίχρυσος
gold-twist, helichrysum
… were often woven (like ivy) into crowns and garlands; cf.
Pollux
6.106; Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 15.680E (15.27 Kaibel). The confusion might have arisen from the similarity of use and from passages such as Theocritus, Idylls …
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1462
Ἐντερόνεια
inner-timbering
… commentary on the Aristophanes passage (Herodian, On Orthography 3.2 507.28,
Pollux
2.212, Hesychius epsilon3349; cf. epsilon 1460, tau 282), perhaps as a result of someone's speculation about whether this word should be read in …
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1491
Ἐντροπίας
turnable
A similar entry occurs in Hesychius epsilon3409 (cf.
Pollux
6.180 -- and 1.248 on e)ktropi/as, also applied to vinegary wine). The headword adjective is unattested outside lexicography.
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2138
Ἐπεισήρρησεν
blundered in
… e)peise/rrw, 'rush in with ill luck to [someone]' (LSJ s.v.).
Pollux
9.158 notes the perfect e)peish/rrhken.
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2507
Ἐπίπαστα
sprinklings
… this entry up to this point, prefer 'porridge'; and cf.
Pollux
6.61. (Thus there is really no need for K. Zacher's emendation to zwmw=|, noted by Adler.) [2] Aristophanes, Knights 103 (web address 1), …
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2516
Ἐπίπληξις
castigation
… epsilon 1349) and the gloss are mentioned as synonyms at
Pollux
9.140.
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2578
Ἐπίσκηψις
denunciation
… 1). Likewise Lexica Segueriana 255.27 and Photius, Lexicon epsilon1698; cf.
Pollux
8.31, and epsilon 2083. Though used in the context of Plato's imaginary polis Magnesia, it is an item of vocabulary well-attested in classical …
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2595
Ἐπισπαστῆρες
door-pulls
… plural form of the headword noun is attested only in
Pollux
10.23. Thus, if it is quoted from somewhere in that form, the source is indeterminable. But perhaps the entry is generated by the …
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2750
Ἐπιφορήματα
desserts, additional desserts
… which use the word (Archippus, Philyllius); and other lexica --
Pollux
6.79; Hesychius epsilon5390; Photius, Lexicon s.v. tragh/mata (sic) -- give a generalized citation of Aristophanes on the subject. (The source behind Hesychius epsilon5390 …
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2772
Ἐπιχειρημάτων
of attempts
= Synagoge epsilon777; Photius, Lexicon epsilon1804; and cf.
Pollux
2.154, 9.150. The headword is genitive plural of the neuter noun e)pixei/rhma (for which see already under epsilon 2770). It must be extracted from somewhere; …
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3201
Ἐς τάχος γράφει
writes with speed
… awkward as the jury-rigged English compound used here: 'beauty-writes'. (In
Pollux
5.102, we may note, kalligrafei= is perfectly acceptable.) The implication would seem to be that a writer striving for good Attic style should …
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3799
Εὐφορία
prosperity, productivity
… according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (2521); and cf.
Pollux
1.51, Hesychius epsilon7276. For the headword see also under mu 391 (end); for the glossing word see epsilon 3494.
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