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α1515Ἄμαχοςunbattled… alpha1150 Theodoridis). For this adjective see already alpha 1514. [1] Xenophon, Hellenica 4.4.9 [web address 1 below] and Cyropaedia 4.1.16 [web address 2 below]. [2] This nominative plural must be quoted from somewhere -- …Matched in noteshighshort
α1532Ἀμβολὰς γῆthrown-up earth, raised earth… by genitive th=s a)mbola/dos gh=s in the quotation given. [1] Xenophon, Cyropaedia 7.5.12 (web address 1). Pollux 7.100 registers this phrase in Xenophon. [2] delta 22; and see also under iota 577 and omicroniota …Matched in noteshighshort
α1816Ἀναγαγώνhaving led up

α1515

Ἄμαχος

unbattled

Meaning he who is not in a battle. Xenophon [sc. uses the word]. Also [sc. attested is] a)ma/xhtoi, [meaning] those who have not yet been in a battle.

Ἄμαχος· ἀντὶ τοῦ μὴ μαχόμενος. Ξενοφῶν. καὶ Ἀμάχητοι, οἱ μήπω μεμαχημένοι.

gender and sexuality

gender and sexuality

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science and technology4

science and technology4

meter and music1

meter and music1

… Aorist active participle of a)na/gw, masculine nominative singular, from the Xenophon passage cited. For the verb, cf. alpha 1822. [2] Xenophon, Cyropaedia 7.1.45. See web address 1.

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α1925Ἀνακοινώσασθαιto communicate… and the aorist active infinitive of the verb a)nakoino/w. [2] Xenophon, Hellenica 1.1.30 (web address 1 below); again at alpha 2281. This addendum is relevant here because, for a)necunou=to, some Xenophon mss have a)nekoinou=to.Matched in noteshighshort

α1111Ἀλεεινόςwarm… or similar glossing in other lexica. [2] An approximation of Xenophon, Anabasis 4.4.11.Matched in noteshighshort

α1130Ἀλέξασθαιto ward off… 1139, alpha 1140. [1] Similar entry in Hesychius (alpha2871). [2] Xenophon, Anabasis 3.4.33 (with minor differences).Matched in noteshighshort

α1456ἈλφιτοσιτῶI eat barley-bread[1] Xenophon, Cyropaedia 6.2.28 (web address 1). For the continuation of the quotation with respect to wheaten bread, see alpha 4053 (and for both, see mu 34). In both instances Cyrus, king of Persia, …Matched in noteshighshort

α1586Ἀμηχάνητοιunmanageable[1] This has been taken to refer to Xenophon, Cyropaedia 7.5.38 (web address 1), where, as transmitted, a)mh/xanoi (not the a)mhxa/nhtoi here and in Phrynichus and ps.-Zonaras) describes a crowd.Matched in noteshighshort

α1741Ἀμφιλεξάντωνdisputing… of a)mfile/gw. [1] Likewise in Phrynichus, Praeparatio sophistica 49.4. [2] Xenophon, Anabasis 1.5.11 (which ends tw=n tou= Klea/rxou). See web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort

α1803Ἀναβεβαμένοιmounted [ones]… entry in Photius (= Phrynichus, Praeparatio sophistica fr. 177). [1] Xenophon, Hipparchicus 1.4 (web address 1 below).Matched in noteshighshort

α1840ἈναγώνιστοςuncontendingSame entry in Photius. [1] Xenophon, Cyropaedia 1.5.10, in a simile about athletes (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort

α1870Ἀναθένταςputting up… only in its prepositional prefix.) Same entry in Photius. [1] Xenophon, Anabasis 3.1.30 (web address 1 below).Matched in noteshighshort

α1992Ἀνάξοιτοshould put out to sea… is third person singular, future optative middle of a)na/gw. [1] Xenophon, Hellenica 2.1.22 (in a proclamation of Lysander before the battle of Aigospotamoi; the syntax makes this optative) See web address 1 below.Matched in noteshighshort

α2065Ἀνάup to… comment in Hesychius and in Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon (30.16). [2] Xenophon, Anabasis 1.8.1 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort

α2129Ἀναχάζοντεςretreating… cf. the scholia on a)naxazome/noio in Homer, Iliad 17.47. [2] Xenophon, Anabasis 4.1.16 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort

α2137Ἀναχωρίζειforces into retreatSame entry in Photius (and ps.-Zonaras). [1] Xenophon, Anabasis 5.2.10 (which in fact has the aorist participle); see web address 1. See also Cyropaedia 7.1.41 (aorist active).Matched in noteshighshort

α2207Ἀνέβαλλενused to mount… alpha 2208) is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Xenophon, Anabasis 4.4.4 (web address 1). The quotation is twice repeated, at tau 532 and tau 652.Matched in noteshighshort

α2281Ἀνεξυνοῦτοused to consultFor this material see already alpha 1925. [1] Xenophon, Hellenica 1.1.30, on Hermocrates (where in fact the manuscripts have not the present headword but its gloss: see web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort

α2382Ἀνεῖνto winnow[1] The passage is Xenophon, Cyropaedia 5.4.17 (web address 1), but "and to winnow" does not appear in the manuscripts there. For the verb a)ne/w see generally LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshighshort

α2508Ἀνθηράflowering, fresh… adjective, is presumably extracted from the first quotation given. [1] Xenophon, Cyropaedia 1.6.38 (web address 1). [2] From the explanatory scholion to the lines of Aristophanes about to be quoted. [3] Aristophanes, Acharnians 971-5 …Matched in noteshighshort

α2543Ἀνὰ κράτος ἐλαύνονταriding hardXenophon, Art of Horsemanship 8.10 (web address 1); Anabasis 1.8.1; see already under alpha 250.Matched in noteshighshort

α2546Ἄνοδονimpassable… so, it is neuter (rather than masculine) accusative singular. [1] Xenophon, Anabasis 4.8.10 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort

α2550Ἀνόκαιονupper floor… a)nw/gewn. cf. already alpha 1819, and again alpha 2582. [1] Xenophon, Anabasis 5.4.29 (web address 1); Antiphanes fr. 312 Kock, now 302 K.-A.Matched in noteshighshort

α2625Ἀντεμπλήσαντεςhaving filled in compensation… the quotation given, its only attestation outside this entry. [1] Xenophon, Anabasis 4.5.28 (where the opening verbs, however, are singular: web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort

α2719Ἀντιποιηθένταhaving been contentious… replaced accusative singular to\n ei)rhme/non basile/a. [4] A paraphrase of Xenophon, Anabasis 2.3.23. See web address 2. [5] Quotation unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighmedium

α2877Ἀπαλλάξαςhaving put aside, having put off, having abandoned… of the latter.) Same material in Photius and elsewhere. [2] Xenophon, Anabasis 3.2.28 (web address 2). [3] Perhaps Aelian (so Adler, appealing to pi 1029 and pi 2771, where the same may be true); …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2945Ἀπαυθημερίζεινto return the same day… headword infinitive is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Xenophon, Anabasis 5.2.1 (which has "no longer" possible, and a different noun for "camp"). See web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort

α2975Ἀπέδειξενdesignated… headword is aorist active of a)podei/knumi, third person singular. [1] Xenophon, Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 15.3 (of the Spartan lawgiver Lycurgus). See web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort

α2987Ἀπεκάλειwas calling away, was recalling… a)pokalw=. [1] Same glossing in other lexica. [2] Adler cites Xenophon, Cyropaedia 1.4.25 and 4.5.12 (web addresses 1 and 2). See also Memorabilia 1.2.6 and 1.2.57.Matched in noteshighshort

α2995Ἀπεκόπησανthey were beaten off… headword is aorist passive of a)poko/ptw, third person plural. [1] Xenophon, Anabasis 4.2.17 (web address 1); cf. generally 3.4.39, 4.2.10.Matched in noteshighshort

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