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- ε2516Ἐπίπληξιςcastigation… epsilon 1349) and the gloss are mentioned as synonyms at Pollux 9.140.Matched in noteshighshort
- ε3799Εὐφορίαprosperity, 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.Matched in noteshighshort
- ε2772Ἐπιχειρημάτωνof 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; …Matched in noteshighshort
- ε2138Ἐπεισήρρησενblundered in… e)peise/rrw, 'rush in with ill luck to [someone]' (LSJ s.v.). Pollux 9.158 notes the perfect e)peish/rrhken.Matched in noteshighshort
- ε1491ἘντροπίαςturnableA 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.Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2799Κυφόςstooping… to Athena's olive tree on the Acropolis of Athens) see Pollux 9.17, alongside Hesychius alpha7851, pi23; Pollux 6.163. [4] Greek Anthology 5.185.3 (Asclepiades). The subject is a fishmonger.Matched in noteshighshort
- αι93Αἰαιοίbrothers-in-law… way, no attestations outside lexicography. For the glossing term see Pollux 3.32, etc.Matched in noteshighshort
- ε2578Ἐπίσκηψιςdenunciation… 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 …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2599Κυβίστησιςtumbling… singular. This particular form is attested only in lexicography; cf. Pollux 4.105. [1] Future active infinitive of the verb kubista/w ('to tumble': kappa 2598), from which the headword is a nominal derivative. This particular …Matched in noteshighshort
- δ799Διατοιχεῖrolls 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 …Matched in noteshighshort
- ε857ἘλλιμενίζωI 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 …Matched in noteshighshort
- ε2595Ἐπισπαστῆρεςdoor-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 …Matched in noteshighshort
- ε2750Ἐπιφορήματαdesserts, 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 …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2570Κοῖτιςbedlet… Oxoniensia 2.456.7); scholia to Lucian 61.21 Rabe; cf. Hesychius kappa3275, Pollux 7.160. At Photius, Lexicon lambda159 (s.v. lekani/s) the term is defined somewhat differently as referring to the container in which fathers would send …Matched in noteshighshort
- γ418Γραμματεύςclerk, secretary… already in gamma 417). See (?)Aristotle, Ath.Pol. 54.3-4; and cf. Pollux 8.98 and Harpokration s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2725Κυνοῦχοςdog-hold… word. Contrast Xenophon, Kynegetikos [On Hunting] 2.9 (web address 1); Pollux 5.31, 10.64; Pausanias the Atticist kappa57 (= Hesychius kappa4618); Photius, Lexicon kappa1222 Theodoridis. [2] Greek Anthology 6.298.3 (Leonidas of Tarentum); Sochares the Cynic …Matched in noteshighshort
- ε874Ἑλίχρυσοςgold-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 …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2561Κοινῶναςparticipants… latter is particularly associated in late-antique scholarship with Xenophon (see Pollux 8.134), and apart from the second quotation given here (see n. 3 below), all literary attestations are found in Xenophon's Cyropaedia: in addition …Matched in noteshighshort
- ε3201Ἐς τάχος γράφειwrites 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 …Matched in noteshighshort
- ε2507Ἐπίπασταsprinklings… 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), …Matched in noteshighmedium
- κ2648ΚυκλοβόροςKykloboros, Cycloborus… to Kleon (kappa 1731). See already at kappa 1261; cf. Pollux 6.146, 10.85; Hesychius kappa4476. No non-lexicographical reference to this supposed river is made outside Aristophanes (here and at fr. 636 Kock). One of …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2786Κύτταροςcell… = Photius kappa1267 Theodoridis (see also kappa1268, kappa1269, kappa1270); cf. Pollux 7.147, Hesychius kappa4747. Concerning 'the blossom-end of the pomegranate', Hesychius kappa4745 ascribes this definition to the word ku/tinoi (cf. Photius kappa1271). Perhaps some …Matched in noteshighshort
- ε1462Ἐντερόνειαinner-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 …Matched in noteshighmedium