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philosophy6
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Γ gamma1
Κ kappa1

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Translator

William Hutton36

36 entries for Sophocles

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α428Ἀδάμαστοςunmastered… For 'unyoked' see alpha 604. [2] An abbreviated quotation of Sophocles, Ajax 450-52 (web address 1 below), with the glosses of the scholia there. Oddly, the Suda here substitutes the first of them, parqe/nos, …Matched in noteshighshort
α1912Ἀνακωχεύειrefrains… s.v. a)nokwxeu/w (sic). The ana- form, here, is Ionic. [1] Sophocles, Electra 732 (web address 1), with scholion; similar material in Photius, Hesychius and elsewhere. [2] cf. alpha 2238. [3] This rather poetic expression …Matched in noteshighmedium
αι95Αἰένυπνοςever-sleeping… and gloss occur only in reference to the passage of Sophocles cited. [1] Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1578 (web address 1), where the mss have ai)enu/pnon (as here), ai)e\n a)/upnon or ai)e\n e)/nupnon. The …

α428

Ἀδάμαστος

unmastered

Maiden, unyoked. Sophocles [writes]: "but now Zeus' fierce-eyed maiden goddess [...] has ruined [me], planting in me a berserk illness."

Ἀδάμαστος· παρθένος, ἄζυξ. Σοφοκλῆς· νῦν δ' ἡ Διὸς γοργῶπις παρθένος θεὰ ἔσφηλεν ἐμβαλοῦσα λυσσώδη νόσῳ.

children

children

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2

meter and music2

meter and music2

trade and manufacture2

trade and manufacture2

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κ425Κάρταcertainlycf. generally kappa 423, kappa 424. [1] Sophocles, Ajax 554b-5 (web address 1). The first part of this quotation (to\ mh\ fronei=n...kako/n, line 554b) is also present in the mss of Sophocles, but is …Matched in noteshighshort

αι356Αἰσχρόνshamefulcf. under alphaiota 353. [1] Sophocles, Ajax 473-4 (where the third word should be a)/ndra, not the Suda's e)sti), with comment from the scholia there. [2] Not identified by Adler but identifiable via the …Matched in noteshighshort

γ277Γλάμωνbleary-eyed… has appeared earlier in the play, see chi 135.) [2] Sophocles fr. 396 Radt. The adjective in this quotation is not the gla/mwn of the headword, but the synonymous glamuro/s. It may be a …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε1484Ἐν τῷ φρονεῖν γὰρ μηδὲν ἥδιστος βίοςfor the most pleasant life lies in understanding nothingThe headword phrase is a quotation from Sophocles, Ajax 554 (web address 1), and the entry is derived from the scholia thereto. cf. zeta 61, kappa 425.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2580Ἐπίσκιονshading… sense; can also mean shaded -- see LSJ s.v.) [1] Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1650-52 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort

ε2655Ἐπισχώνholding back… as quoted from Homer, Iliad 9.489; cf. next note. [1] Sophocles, Ajax 845-849 (web address 1), in the scholia to which the initial gloss here is also attested. See also delta 1292, alphaiota 274.Matched in noteshighshort

α4120Ἄρχων χρότιοςruler in the flesh… xro/nios would at least connect it with the quotation from Sophocles. (Adler passes no comment.) [1] Sophocles, Ajax 934-935, with scholion. [2] Here begins Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 364 Zintzen (227 Asmus). [3] …Matched in noteshighmedium

αι91Αἲ αἴai ai!cf. alphaiota 1. [1] Sophocles, Ajax 430-431 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there; cf. delta 1701. [2] Sophocles, Ajax 432-433 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort

ε910ἘλώφησενrelaxedIn its entirety the entry resembles a scholion to Sophocles, Ajax 61, where the headword occurs (web address 1). See, however, n.3 below. [1] Up to this point the entry = Lexica Segueriana 217.9 …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2645Ἐπιστροφῆςtending-to… (533) that Schweighäuser attributed this fragment to Polybios. [3] Rather Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 536-7 (web address 2), with comments from the scholia. The texts of Sophocles read muri/wn instead of muri/ai, rendering the …Matched in noteshighshort

α145Ἄγανονfirewood, broken; good, gentle… occurs). [5] Greek Anthology 7.36.5 (Erucius), on the tomb of Sophocles; cf. Gow and Page (252-253), alpha 1421, beta 453, and sigma 569.Matched in noteshighmedium

α203Ἄγεσταagesta… Procopius). See also alpha 840, akessa. [1] According to E.A. Sophocles' lexicon (s.v.), agesta comes from Latin aggestum or aggestus; cf. alpha 840.Matched in noteshighshort

α215Ἀγηλατεῖνto banish as accursed… glossing in other lexica; references at Photius alpha161 Theodoridis. [2] Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 401-2 (web address 1), with scholion. [3] Herodotus 5.72.1 (web address 2) on king Cleomenes of Sparta in 510 BCE.Matched in noteshighshort

α439Ἀδελφάfraternal [things]… plural of this adjective, evidently quoted from somewhere -- probably Sophocles, Antigone 192 (which generated scholiastic comment), though there are other possibilities. cf. generally alpha 441, alpha 442.Matched in noteshighshort

α4423Αὔθαιμοιblood-mates… headword, nominative plural, as generated by the genitive plural in Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1078. [2] Greek Anthology 6.14.1 (Antipater of Sidon), already at alpha 3972, three brothers dedicate hunting implements to Pan; cf. …Matched in noteshighshort

α4430Αὖθιςback… in other lexica. [1] cf. in brief alpha 4480. [2] Sophocles, Philoctetes 952-3 (quoted again at psi 105).Matched in noteshighshort

α4488Αὐτοδαῆself-taught (things)… of this adjective, is extracted from the quotation given. [1] Sophocles, Ajax 700 (with word order reversed: see web address 1), with comment from the scholia there.Matched in noteshighshort

αι119Αἴθεινto set ablaze… 78. Other possibilities include line 823 of that play, and Sophocles, Philoctetes 1033. See also the next note. [2] A close approximation of Xenophon, Anabasis 4.7.20.Matched in noteshighshort

αι170Αἰκίζειmistreats… lexica. The headword must be quoted from somewhere -- probably Sophocles, Ajax 402: see in full at omicron 138. cf. generally alphaiota 167, alphaiota 168, alphaiota 169, alphaiota 171, alphaiota 172.Matched in noteshighshort

αι180Αἴλινονailinon, dirge, dirge-like… Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon and cf. the scholia to Sophocles, Ajax 627, where the headword occurs. Also attested in Aeschylus (Agamemnon 121) and Euripides (Orestes 1395). See also Pausanias 9.29.6-9, and lambda 570. …Matched in noteshighshort

δ786Διᾴττεινto dart through… [2] Perhaps in reference to a sharp pain; see e.g. Sophocles, Trachiniae 1083.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1695Δυστέκμαρτονhard to detect[1] Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 108-9 (web address 1), with comments from the scholia thereto. [2] This comparative (masculine accusative singular or neuter nominative/accusative singular), with the same glossing in other lexica, must also be …Matched in noteshighshort

ε724Ἐκφύςgrown out of… headword must be quoted from somewhere. Extant possibilities begin with Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 1084, the scholia to which gloss it with gennhqei/s. cf. generally epsilon 723, epsilon 725.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1486Ἐντρέπῃyou are turned… main part of this entry perhaps derives from scholia to Sophocles, Ajax 90 (web address 1), where the headword occurs, though no surviving scholion is notably similar. [1] Both the headword and this gloss …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1492ἜντροφοςfamiliarSophocles, Ajax 622-5, a lyric passage (web address 1), with scholia, from which the present entry is derived. Oddly, no explanatory periphrasis or synonym is substituted for the headword e)/ntrofos (some editions print Nauck's …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1999ἘπαυχῶI am confident… same verb, in a different sense, see epsilon 1998. [1] Sophocles, Elektra 65-6 (web address 1), with scholion.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2050Ἐπεμβαίνωνtrampling on… the quotation given here, though there are alternatives in e.g. Sophocles (with genitive: Oedipus at Colonus 924) and Demosthenes (with dative: 21.203). [1] Adler labels this an intrusive gloss and cites the Lexicon syntacticum …Matched in noteshighshort

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