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- α2839Ἄξυνοςunshared, friendlessSame entry in Hesychius (with an odd second gloss, polu/cenos). The headword adjective is otherwise unattested, and according to Latte is an error for a)/cenos. The gloss here is the headword at alpha 1039, …Matched in noteshighshort
- δ1004Διήκειcame through, extended… model (as Adler notes) is Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 305-6 (polu\ ga\r, w)= ge/ron, to\ so\n o)/noma dih/kei pa/ntas).Matched in noteshighshort
- α3431Ἀπολύωνdestroying[1] Likewise in syntactical lexica. [2] A garbled quotation of Psalm 17.13-14 LXX. The commentary on it here is Theodoret's (PG 80, 969c, 972a). [3] i.e. reads a)p' o)li/gwn, "from few", in place of …Matched in noteshighshort
- χ399Χορηγίαexpenditure; supplies… the quotation with the neuter noun as follows: kai\ xorh/gion *polu/bios. See also chi 395, the last lines of which Küster in his edition transposed to the end of this entry.Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1708ΚλαύδιοςKlaudios, Claudius… 'amidst sickness and much fear' at 60.2.4. [10] Dio has polu\n me\n xro/non th=| th/qh| th=| *lioui/a| polu\n de\ kai\ th=| mhtri\ *)antwni/a| toi=s t' a)peleuqe/rois sundiaithqei/s, 'living for a long time with his …Matched in noteshighlong
- δ1194Διόπτηςable to look through [something]… (*mousa/wn qera/pontes o)trhrou/s) Peisetairos evidently interprets the word o)trhro\s as polu/trhtos, "full of holes". [4] pantepo/pths is a later word; panto/pths or pano/pths are more used in tragedy. Cf. Aeschylus, Suppliant Women 130 path\r …Matched in noteshighshort
- αι253Αἰόλοςundulating, wavelike, advancing in a winding or rolling fashion, agile in turning side to side; multicoloured, discoloured, black or chestnut with white markings; easily moved, changeable, wily, quick-witted, liable to metamorphosis, disturbed in mind; whirling; self-generating in movement, ever-turning; lively, flashing, shimmering… 22.300; cf. Apion (de glossis Hom., fr. 74.214.16, but with poluki/nhton), and, with taxu/s for eu)ki/nhtos, Hesychius alpha2020, Eustathius on Odyssey 10.2 and many Homeric scholia (see Mette under *sx). Modern dictionaries such as …Matched in noteshighshort
- γ388ΓοργίαςGorgias… [1] In Sicily. [2] [epsilon 1002] Empedocles. [3] [pi 2170] Polus. [4] [pi 1180] Pericles. [5] [iota 652] Isocrates. [6] [alpha 1283] Alcidamas. [7] 460-457 BC. (Porphyry fr. 209 Smith = FGrH 260 F23.) …Matched in noteshighmedium
- ε2801Ἐπολυώρησαςyou treated with great care… similar entry in other lexica. The headword is aorist of poluwre/w (cf. pi 1991), second person singular. It is quoted from Psalm 11.9 LXX.Matched in noteshighshort
- μ1276Μοσχίδια σύκωνyoung shootlets of figs… at alpha 279, but cf. alpha 280) is Vitex agnus-castus (Polunin no. 1087), a shrub native to the Mediterranean region whose fruit was used to season food. It was believed that Vitex had medicinal …Matched in noteshighshort
- β183Βαττολογίαbattology, empty repetition… mh\ battalogh/shte w(/sper oi( e)qnikoi/, dokou=sin ga\r o(/ti e)n th=| polulogi/a| au)tw=n ei)sakousqh/sontai)."Matched in noteshighshort
- ε1175Ἐνδιατρίψας τῇ πόλει ἡμερῶν τινῶνhaving stayed in the city for some days… under iota 401 (on Jovian: e)lqw\n de\ e)s *Ni/sibin po/lin polua/nqrwpon du/o mo/non h(merw=n e)ndiatri/yas au)th|=) and Leo the Deacon, Historia 138.17-18 (on John Tzimiskes: au)to\s de/, o)li/gwn h(merw=n e)ndiatri/yas th|= po/lei).Matched in noteshighshort
- δ1251Διώροφονtwo-storey… word is compared to such similar adjectives as a)nw/rofos, triw/rofos, poluw/rofos, o(mw/rofos; 241.3.Matched in noteshighshort
- ε2718Ἐπιτωθάζωνmocking, teasingThe headword is present active participle, masculine nominative singular, of the compound verb e)pitwqa/zw; cf. generally tau 855. It has the same glossing not only in Photius and other lexica but also in the …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ458ΚάσοςKasos, Casus… to northern Africa, southern Europe, and Asia (Tutin, p. 259; Polunin, no. 1801), but gets its common modern name from having propagated so invasively on the island of Bermuda. [2] Aelian fr. 120 Hercher …Matched in noteshighshort
- δ41ΔαμάστηςDamastes… pi 2170 this work was also attributed to the sophist Polus of Acragas, a contemporary of Damastes. [5] For whom see epsilon 739.Matched in noteshighshort
- α3069Ἄπεστινis away… here is probably Aconitum vulparia (wolfsbane) or A.lycotonum (northern wolfsbane) (Polunin, no. 208, p. 98; cf. Tutin, pp. 211-212).Matched in noteshighshort
- η350Ἡμίσεια Ἥμισυ παντόςhalf… that it should be a god, the usual provider of poluwri/a in Aelian and elsewhere (see e.g. pi 1991).Matched in noteshighmedium
- α4218ἈστάθμητονuncertainThe unglossed headword is presumably extracted from the first quotation given. [1] Quotation unidentifiable, but Adler (apparatus) suggested Polybius. It may be an aphorism or proverbial saying, also reflected in Leo the Deacon (History …Matched in noteshighmedium
- β490Βωμολόχοςaltar-ambusher… appear as "or who takes pleasure in ill-timed foolish loquaciousness, polulogi/ais flua/rois, i.e. acting the altar-ambusher." [2] Agathias [alpha 112], Histories p.26.24-25 Keydell (1.19 Niebuhr). This work is a continuation of Procopius (pi 2479) …Matched in noteshighmedium
- α979Ἀκριβήςaccurate, precise… the last sentence. The difference between "inquisitive" (filopra/gmwn) and "curious" (polupra/gmwn) in Greek is not as apparent to the modern reader as the difference between the terms used here in English. Both Greek terms …Matched in noteshighmedium