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ε
2597
Ἐπισπέρχει
rushes
=Synagoge epsilon735; Photius, Lexicon epsilon1708; and
scholia
to Oppian, Halieutica 2.512, where the headword (third person singular, present indicative active, of the verb e)pispe/rxw) occurs. For this verb, see also epsilon 2085. Both Adler …
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αι
101
Αἰεί
alway
[1] From the
scholia
to Homer, Iliad 1.107, where the headword occurs. (The headword ai)ei/ is a poetic equivalent for the prosaic a)ei/, so I have chosen an archaic synonym of 'always' for the …
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ε
3215
Ἑστιᾶν
to feast
… similar glosses: epsilon6391, epsilon6394, epsilon6396, epsilon6399, epsilon6400. [2] From the
scholia
to Aristophanes, Clouds 1354, where ei(stiw/meq' occurs. [3] Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 942 (web address 1), with comments from the
scholia.
The form of the …
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ε
86
Ἐγκεκορδυλημένος
bundled up
From the
scholia
to Aristophanes, Clouds 10, paraphrased later in the entry; cf. kappa 2489 (end), nu 369, phi 28. The present headword (extracted from that line) is perfect middle/passive participle, masculine nominative singular, …
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ε
588
Ἐκποκιῶ
I will de-fleece
… Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 567 (web address 1), with comments from the
scholia
thereto. [2] This sentence on the author's comments seems to alternate abruptly between the family of words relating to 'fleece' (po/kos) and those …
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ε
1466
Ἐντετριμμένη
painted, powdered, rubbed-in
… Ecclesiazusae 732-3 (web address 1), interlarded with comment from the
scholia
there. The actual headword, extracted from the quotation, is perfect middle/passive participle, feminine (Chremes is addressing a sieve: see further n. 1 below) …
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ε
2057
Ἐπενήνοθεν
was flourishing upon
… nu-moveable at the end; cf. Iliad 10.134, Odyssey 8.365). The
scholiast
here seems to associate the headword with a)nqe/w ('bloom'), and he is followed tentatively in that respect by some modern authorities including LSJ …
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ε
3149
Ἐσκήνησαν
they tented
… in tents: Anabasis 4.2.22 (web address 1)). [2] From the
scholia
to Aristophanes, Acharnians 69 (web address 2), where the e- or a-contract form e)skhnhme/noi appears. The
scholiast
goes on to deny explicitly that …
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ε
3221
Ἐς τί ἔτι
to what point still
… Iliad 5.465 (web address 1) and the gloss from the
scholia
thereto. See also Synagoge epsilon874; Photius, Lexicon epsilon2029; and amid other
scholiastic
information, Etymologicum Magnum 382.11.
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κ
147
Κάκκη
caca
… instructions to his dung-beetle steed), with comments derived from the
scholia
thereto. [1] 'Also' because the
scholiast
has begun by asserting that ka/kkh stands for kaki/a (cf. kappa 146).
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κ
516
Καταδακτυλικός
sphincter-inclined (?)
From the
scholia
to Aristophanes, Knights 1381, where the headword adjective uniquely occurs (web address 1). Translation here follows the
scholiast's
interpretative lead, though it is not necessarily correct. Given an instance in Lucian, …
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ε
2712
Ἐπίττον
I was pitching-up
… in the derivative entry of ps.-Zonaras 847 and in the
scholia,
but this word and the variant offered by the Suda are unmetrical. The Aldine edition of Aristophanes printed u(pepi/ttoun ('I was pitching-up underneath') …
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ε
1885
Ἑωλοκρασία
leftover-mixture
… last night's wine that is poured over the sleepers: so
scholia
to Demosthenes 18.102; Hesychius epsilon7735; Lex.Seg. 258.12-14; Lexicon Patmense 151.8-14; the anonymous Lexeis Rhetoricae 48 Naoumides; Pardus, Commentarium in Hermogenis librum *peri\ meqo/dou …
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ε
2056
Ἐπενήνεον
were piling on, were piling up
… entry. The glossing verb sugkateti/qento is drawn from the Homeric
scholia,
but as a gloss for e)pih/|neon ('they were praising', 'they were agreeing to'), rather than for e)penh/neon ('were piling on/up'). See the
scholia
…
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α
1501
Ἀμαρυγάς
glimpses, glimmers
… from somewhere -- probably Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 3.1018; cf. the
scholia
there. [1] Same or similar material in other lexica; references at Photius alpha1133 and alpha1130 Theodoridis. [2] Aristophanes, Birds 924-5 (web address 1). …
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α
3438
Ἀπὸ μηχανῆς
from a machine
cf. Diogenianus 2.84 and other paroemiographers; also the
scholia
to Plato, Clitophon 470A (and other
scholia).
For the proverbiality of the phrase see also e.g. Demosthenes 40.59: "Timocrates alone, as if from a machine, …
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α
4461
Αὐσονίων
of Ausonians
… quoted from somewhere -- perhaps Oppian, Halieutica 2.676, where the
scholia
gloss 'Romans'. [2] This odd material is unparalleled elsewhere. [3] Strabo's preferred variant is *Au)so/nion pe/lagos [4] (Atlas and Kalypso, in other versions.) …
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β
137
Βασανίζειν
to test
cf. generally beta 139. [1] From the
scholia
to Aristophanes, Frogs 616, quoted below. [2] Polybius fr. 26 Büttner-Wobst. Here the noun ba/sanos is being used, rather than the verb basani/zw of the headword. …
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β
555
Βροτός
mortal
cf. the
scholia
to Homer, Iliad 2.248 and 7.425, where these two differently-accented words respectively occur; also in other lexica and
scholia.
[1] cf. beta 552, beta 553, beta 554. [2] cf. beta 551.
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β
593
Βυρσαίετος
hide-eagle
[1] From the
scholia
to Aristophanes, Knights 197, where the headword occurs; cf. mu 240. For Kleon see generally kappa 1731. [2] cf. sigma 724 & sigma 725. [3] From the
scholia
to Aristophanes, …
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γ
288
Γλίσχρον
sticky, greedy, stingy
… of gamma 289. [1] cf. lambda 608. [2] From the
scholia
to Plato, Republic 553C, where the cognate adverb occurs (cf. next note). [3] This is an effort to translate the adverb gli/sxrws, employed …
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γ
341
Γνώμην ἐμήν
my opinion
… Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 349 (web address 1). The gloss, from the
scholia
there, is explaining why 'my opinion' occurs without some preposition meaning 'according to' (as the kata/ of the gloss does). Phrynichus s.v. explains …
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γ
461
Γρῦ
grunt, ugh
… common source by Photius and the Suda. Cf. also the
scholia
to Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 17 (web address 1), about to be quoted, and to Knights 877 (where a personage with the name 'Gruttos' …
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γ
476
Γύλιος
pack-basket
Cobbled together from the
scholia
to Aristophanes, Peace 527 (web address 1) and to Peace 788 (web address 2), and other sources; cf. the
scholia
to Aristophanes, Acharnians 1097 (web address 3), Harpokration s.v. …
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δ
829
Διαφορηθῶ
I would be separated
[1] Perhaps, as Adler suggested, from
scholia
on Aristophanes, Birds 355, where the headword occurs (web address 1). [2] From
scholia
on Aristophanes, Birds 338, where this aorist passive infinitive occurs (web address 2; …
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δ
1696
Δύστηνος
wretched
See also delta 1697. [1] cf. the
scholia
to Homer, Iliad 6.127. [2] Sophokles, Elektra 121 (web address 1), with comments from the
scholia
thereto.
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ε
108
Ἐγκόνει
make haste!
… and, for a nominal derivative, epsilon 111. [1] From the
scholia
to Aristophanes, Acharnians 1088, where both the headword itself and the supplementary quoted phrase occur (web address 1). [2] Similarly in other lexica, …
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ε
569
Ἐκπήγνυσθαι
to be frozen stiff
… BCE: web address 1); and, probably on the basis of
scholia
to that passage, earlier lexicography (Moeris, citing 'Thucydides'; Hesychius epsilon1629) had presented entries very similar to this one, apart from the ekpl- headword. …
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ε
745
Ἐλασίβροντ' ἀναρρηγνὺς ἔπη
breaking forth thunder-driving words
… Aristophanes, Knights 626 (web address 1), with comments from the
scholia
thereto. Shorter entries drawn from similar material are to be found in Hesychius, Etymologicum Magnum 325.45; and cf. alpha 2044. [2] Supplementation of …
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ε
951
Ἐμβόλιμος
supposititious
… play Demes (fr. 103 Kock, 116 Edmonds, 112 Kassel-Austin), by
scholia
to Aristophanes, Clouds 1001. Information from the same
scholia
can be found in beta 336, tau 1135 and upsilon 125. The Hippokrates in …
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