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- ε3950ἘφόρμουςanchoragesThe headword is accusative plural, from the quotation given. [1] Thucydides 3.6.1, here abridged, on the Athenians at Mytilene in 428 BCE. See the note in Charles F. Smith, Commentary on Thucydides Book 3 …
- ε3460Εὔηθεςsimplicity… noun. [1] That is, implying "goodness" rather than "foolishness": see Thucydides 3.83.1 (web address 1) and Plato, Republic 4.425B (web address 2).
- κ260Καλῶςwell, cleverlyFrom the scholia to Thucydides 1.5.2, quoted here, where this adverb (again kappa 262) occurs. The sense of the explanation seems to be that humane piracy is a credit because it is done openly …
- κ255Καλῴδιονsmall cord… the same gloss, is attested from classical Athens (Eupolis, Aristophanes, Thucydides) onwards. [2] cf. already under kappa 247.
- ε3488Εὖ θέσθαιto place well… in other lexica, and similar material in several scholia to Thucydides (on 1.25.1, 1.75.5, 4.17.4, 4.59.4). Theodoridis on Photius s.v. suggests that the headword phrase itself comes from Thuc. 4.61.6. Alternatively, perhaps relating to …
- ε3637Εὖ παρασχόνfurnishing wellThe headword phrase is quoted from the Corinthians' speech in Thucydides 1.120.3 (web address 1), and the explanation comes from the scholia there; likewise in other lexica. The point being made (hard to reproduce …
- ε3461Εὐηθείαςof guilelessness, of gullibility, of innocence… quotation given here, though there are numerous extant alternatives, from Thucydides onwards. The Lexicon in orationes Gregorii Nazianzeni has this same glossing, so the actual source might be that author. (For the accusative singular …