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Ἀγγείδιον
potlet
… the Ambrosian Lexicon. Not a common diminutive, but see e.g.
Theophrastus,
Enquiry into Plants 9.6.4. LSJ also notes an instance of this word meaning gall-bladder.
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416
Ἄγχουσα
alkanet, bugloss, rouge
… Besides what follows here (and in epsilon 3093) see e.g.
Theophrastus,
Enquiry into Plants 7.9.3. [1] This was also used as a facial cosmetic: see psi 108. [2] Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 928-9, telescoped (see web …
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4101
Ἀρχὴ Σκυρία
Skyrian empire, Scyrian empire
… believed to be those of Theseus; cf. theta 367. [4]
Theophrastus
638 FHS&G (fr.131 Wimmer). For ostracism see omicron 716, omicron 717; as a formal procedure it dates back no earlier than the late …
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Αἰθέριον ὕψος
etherial height
… one of them recurrent: a philosophical passage (variously credited to
Theophrastus,
Zeno and Posidonius) which includes the phrase ai( pro\s ai)qe/rion u(/yos u(perbolai (of mountains).
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569
Ἐκπήγνυσθαι
to be frozen stiff
… independent occurrences of the transmitted headword verb e)kph/gnusqai (predominantly in
Theophrastus,
in reference to plants); almost certainly this is a mistake on the part of the Suda or its immediate source(s). In any event …
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1600
Ἐξεθύσαντο
they performed propitiatory sacrifices
… the process of divination (e.g. Zosimus, Historia nova 2.12.2; cf.
Theophrastus,
Historia plantarum 5.9.8), and more frequently to sacrifices performed by seers as a result of their divination. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler assigns it …
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2337
Ἐπιθιγγάνει
touches upon
… are rare prior to the first century CE ([Skylax] 62.8;
Theophrastus
fr. 4.11).
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Ἐπιλήψει με
will seize me
… headword phrase must be quoted from somewhere; perhaps Aristotle or
Theophrastus
(see Aristotle fr. 266 Rose), in which case the subject is time. Its future indicative verb (from e)pilamba/nw) is glossed here with an …
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3816
Εὐφυᾶ
well-formed
… the headword.) See also epsilon 3817. [2] Diogenes Laertius 4.30
(Theophrastus
speaking about Arcesilaus, web address 1). [3] An approximation of Polybios 13.5.7 (on the spy Damocles, web address 2), via the Excerpta de …
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