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high29

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Jennifer Benedict13
Catharine Roth3
Robert Dyer3
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Anne Mahoney1

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Antonella Ippolito1
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29 entries for Theocritus

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α3220Ἁ πίτυςthe pine-tree[a( pi/tus is the equivalent of ] h( pi/tus. Theocritus [writes]: "sweet is the whispered music and that pine tree, goatherd."Matched in translationhighshort
α536Ἁδύsweet[Doric form for] h(du/. Theocritus [writes]: "sweet is the whisper and that pinetree, goatherd."Matched in translationhighshort
β513ΒράβηλαsloesWhat are called Damaskenes. Theocritus [writes]: "...shoots weighed down to the ground with sloes." Athenaeus in Book 2 of the Deipnosophists says that Seleucus uses the words 'plums' and 'sloes' and ba/drua. It has …Matched in translationhighmedium
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Αἰολομίτρης

agile with a waistband [or: having a multicoloured or twisted or flashing waistband]; having a multicoloured diadem

… adjective, is found twice in extant classical literature: Homer and Theocritus. (i) In Homer, Iliad 5.707, it refers to the waistband of the Boeotian Oresbius (mentioned only at the time of his death). Its …

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δ1242ΔιωναίαDionaia, Dionaea… any rate in Homer, Iliad 5.370). For the epithet see Theocritus, Idylls 15.106; and on Dione see generally OCD(4) s.v. [2] e.g. Theocritus, Idylls 7.116.Matched in noteshighshort

α245Ἄγκεσι[in] forests… not demonstrably so; there are other extant possibilities in e.g. Theocritus and Oppian. [1] For this glossing cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 18.321, where a)/gke' occurs. [2] Greek Anthology 6.186.4 (Diocles), dedications to …Matched in noteshighshort

α641Ἀείτηςbeloved youth… LSJ under a)i/tas, the Doric form (as in Hesychius alpha2162); Theocritus, Idylls 12.14, etc.Matched in noteshighshort

α961Ἀκράτισταbreakfast… former, is neuter plural of the adjective a)kra/tistos ("breakfast-less"; cf. Theocritus 1.51); but either version is one letter away from what is probably the authentic headword, which can be found, with this same gloss, …Matched in noteshighshort

α1049Ἅλαsalt… 1). Apparently a proverbial expression for a minimal gift; compare Theocritus, Idylls 27.61.Matched in noteshighshort

α1421Ἅλοιτοmight spring… quotation given. but see next note. (Other possibilities in Xenophon, Theocritus, etc.) [1] A version (again at sigma 569) of Greek Anthology 7.36.1-2 which has the headword a(/loito rather than a)/roito. On this epigram, …Matched in noteshighshort

α1791Ἀμφῶεςtwo-eared… a neuter singular and a nominative plural, a)mfw=es (probably from Theocritus, Idylls 1.28 -- cf. Orion [Author, Myth] s.v. a)mfwreu/s) and a)mfwti/des. The genitive plural a)mfwti/dwn is presumably extracted from the proverb quoted, though …Matched in noteshighshort

α2375Ἀνήλιποςunshoed, barefootFrom the scholia to Theocritus, Idylls 4.56, where nh/lipos appears. See again alpha 2412.Matched in noteshighshort

α3724Ἀπφάappha, sib… to Eustathius, amongst lovers as well as siblings. [2] See Theocritus, Idylls 15.14, with scholion. Eustathius explained the word as o( a)f' ou(= e)/fu, "he from whom one was born".Matched in noteshighshort

α3931Ἀριστοτόκειαbearing the best children… web address 1); used at, and probably quoted here from, Theocritus (Idylls 24.73, vocative). Compare dusaristoto/keia at Homer, Iliad 18.54, where Thetis, mother of Achilles calls herself this (the prefix not questioning his excellence …Matched in noteshighshort

α4043Ἄρτι μῦς πίττης γεύεταιfinally the mouse is tasting pitch… occurrence of this proverb is in [Demosthenes] 50.26; see also Theocritus, Idylls 14.51.Matched in noteshighshort

α4712Ἄχραντονimmaculate… entry in other lexica; and see also the scholia to Theocritus, Idylls 1.60, where the headword -- neuter nominative/accusative singular of this adjective -- occurs. The word becomes especially common in Christian writers.Matched in noteshighshort

αι49Αἴγιλλοςaigillos, aegillus, haver-grass… The word (spelled with single or double lambda) occurs in Theocritus, Babrius, etc.Matched in noteshighshort

αι251Αἰολόπωλοςwith piebald ponies; with swift-circling ponies… and the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite 137. (Of Castor in Theocritus, Idylls 22.34; contextless in Cercidas fr. 8.1.) They were famous for their horses, as was, of course, the Trojan plain, where they were …Matched in noteshighshort

β212Βαίτηskin-coat, skin-tent… glossing in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to Theocritus, Idylls 3.25 and 5.15 (where the Doric accusative form bai/tan is used). [2] This proverb is not in the standard collections in quite …Matched in noteshighshort

β363Βοήνbattle-cry… For the transference of the word to battle itself see Theocritus, Idylls 16.97, quoted in LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshighshort

δ21Δάκῃςyou would bite… da/knw (cf. delta 22, epsilon 228); probably quoted here from Theocritus, Idylls 12.25 (web address 1). [1] Similarly in syntactical lexica.Matched in noteshighshort

δ55ΔαμοίτηςDamoites, DamoetesIonic version of the name Damoitas (in Theocritus and elsewhere).Matched in noteshighshort

δ569Διαθρύπτεταιis smashed apart, is broken down, is enervated, gives himself/herself airs… equivalence in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to Theocritus, Idylls 6.15, from where the headword is quoted (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort

δ1205ΔιοσημείαZeus-omen, Zeus-sign… which explains the word: ei)s tri/thn h(me/ran). Cf. Antiphon 6.21; Theocritus, Idylls 18.14; Hesychius epsilon1116 and epsilon2996; epsilon 1292. The old adjective e(/nos (cf. Latin senex), normally with rough aspiration in Attic, meaning “belonging …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1490Δράγματαhandfuls of uncut corn, trusses… given, though there are numerous alternatives (in e.g. Homer, Callimachus, Theocritus and the Septuagint). Same headword but different glossing in Hesychius, Photius, and elsewhere. In any event the noun, from the same root as …Matched in noteshighshort

ε10Ἔαρspring, springtime; blood… a TLG search reveals) by one in a scholion on Theocritus and a letter of John Chrysostom. [2] From the scholia on Nicander, Alexipharmaca 314, where spring is mentioned. See also Hesychius (s.v. h)=ar) …Matched in noteshighshort

ε579Ἐκπλήγδηνastoundingly… headword one (very rare) must be quoted from somewhere, probably Theocritus, Idylls 24.56.Matched in noteshighshort

χ18Χαλεπὸν χορίου κύνα γεύειν[it is] dangerous when a dog tastes [the] afterbirth… became proverbial (see Diogenianus 3.94 and other paroemiographers), comes from Theocritus, Idylls 10.11.Matched in noteshighshort

χ312Χίμαροςbilly-goat… (according to Adler); see also Hesychius, and the scholia to Theocritus, Idyll 1.5 (web address 1), where the headword appears. [2] This portion of the entry is taken from the A scholia to Homer, …Matched in noteshighshort