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historiography246
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military affairs179
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imagery127
daily life108

32 more

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zoology87
science and technology75
comedy72
food70
philosophy69
Christianity61
law59
medicine56
rhetoric52
trade and manufacture48
women43

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Χ chi23

Vetting status

high901

Length

Short878
Medium22
Long1

Translator

Jennifer Benedict272
Catharine Roth239
William Hutton129
David Whitehead68
Antonella Ippolito44
Anne Mahoney15

38 more

Stefano Sanfilippo15
Craig Gibson13
Ioannis Doukas11
Oliver Phillips ✝9
Robert Dyer8

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α15ἈβάντειοςAbanteios, Abantius, AbantianAdler cites as a comparandum Lexicon Ambrosianum 22, 23, 28. [1] This suppletion is suggested by the corresponding entry in the Lexicon of pseudo-Zonaras 5.1, which is identical to this entry apart from the …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1638Ἐξέπλευσενsailed outSimilarly in ps.-Zonaras. The headword is aorist of e)kple/w (cf. epsilon 1639), third person singular. If it is extracted from the quotation given, it is used in a figurative sense (LSJ s.v. I.A.2), but …Matched in noteshighshort
α201Ἀγέροπτοςunseen(?)A problematic entry. The headword itself is a)ge/roptos in most Suda mss and also in Hesychius, but a)ge/ropos in ms T and also in ps.-Zonaras. (Both versions are otherwise unattested, and not in LSJ.) …Matched in noteshigh

α15

Ἀβάντειος

Abanteios, Abantius, Abantian

The [house] of Abas. Also [attested is] Abantiades.

Ἀβάντειος· ὁ τοῦ Ἄβαντος. καὶ Ἀβαντιάδης.

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Carl Widstrand6

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James Vradelis6

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Gabriel Bodard3

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Giorgos Akrivas3

Nicholas Wilshere3

Nicholas Wilshere3

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Frederick Williams2

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Konstantinos Kopanias2

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Richard Rodriguez2

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Amelia Mathias1

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Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝1

Clayton Lehmann1

Clayton Lehmann1

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Elizabeth Vandiver1

Joseph McAlhany1

Joseph McAlhany1

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Nathan Greenberg ✝1

Sean M. Redmond1

Sean M. Redmond1

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α778ἈκάθεκτοςungovernableSame entry in ps.-Zonaras; see further below. [1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica (references at Photius alpha700 Theodoridis); and cf. alpha 4458, where the headword is used of the emperor Aurelian. [2] In …Matched in noteshighshort

α1108Ἀλέγοιςmight you have a care forThe headword might be extracted from the first quotation given, though ps.-Zonaras (see n. 1) does not give it, and in any event see n. 2. [1] Similar glossing (second synonym only) in ps.-Zonaras. …Matched in noteshighshort

α1281Ἀλκιμάχηmighty in battleThe headword is perhaps generated by the epigram quoted, though not demonstrably so; ps.-Zonaras (next note) does not have it, and in any case the epigram has a Doric-dialect version. [1] Likewise in ps.-Zonaras. …Matched in noteshighshort

αι289ΑἱρετίζωI am a heretic, I make a [heretical] choiceSimilarly in ps.-Zonaras. [1] Likewise in syntactical lexica; and cf. eta 494. [2] (Addendum lacking, Adler reports, in two of the mss, as well as in ps.-Zonaras.) Perhaps quoted from the Septuagint: Psalms 24.12 …Matched in noteshighshort

β273Βιβλιαφόροςbook-carrierAlmost identical similar entry in ps.-Zonaras, but see n. 2 below. See also epsilon 1572. [1] Favuzzi [cited under alpha 1990] 55-56 points out the similarities between this and Diodorus Siculus 21.4.1, on Agathocles; …Matched in noteshighshort

δ157Δεδοκιμασμέναapproved (ones), tested (ones)[1] Likewise in ps.-Zonaras. The headword is perfect middle/passive participle, neuter nominative/accusative plural, of dokima/zw; cf. generally delta 1327, delta 1328. It might be extracted from the quotation given here, though ps.-Zonaras does not …Matched in noteshighshort

δ654Διαμησάμενοςhaving cut through… via the TLG as a version of a sentence in Zonaras' epitome of Cassius Dio (vol. I p.297.11-12 Boissevain). See in brief C. Theodoridis in his Photius edition, vol.II p.LXXXIX. Favuzzi (below) 219-221 takes …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1253ΔιωρυχήpassageFor diwruxh/ see generally web address 1. [1] = Synagoge delta328, Photius, Lexicon delta688, except these two lexica also offer a third alternative for the location of the opening: "of [in this case, probably …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1705ΔύστροςDustros, Dystros, DystrusSimilarly in ps.-Zonaras, but see n. 1 below. cf. (e.g.) Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 11.107 & 286; Hesychius s.v.; and see generally N.G.L. Hammond and G.T.Griffith, A History of Macedonia 2 (Oxford 1979) 48. [1] …Matched in noteshighshort

ε210Ἐδεστὰ κρέαταedible meatsSame entry in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon. The headword phrase, neuter plural, must be quoted from somewhere -- if it is correct. In ps.-Zonaras the lemma is just e)desta/. For …Matched in noteshighshort

ε261Ἐδωρήσατοdonated[1] Likewise in ps.-Zonaras. The headword is third person singular, aorist middle, of dwre/w (cf. epsilon 260, delta 1477). It might be extracted from the quotation which follows, though ps.-Zonaras does not have it, …Matched in noteshighshort

ε314ἘθέμηνI put, I established[1] Likewise in ps.-Zonaras. The headword is first person singular, aorist middle, of ti/qhmi (cf. epsilon 315). It is probably extracted from the quotation given, though ps.-Zonaras does not have it, and there are …Matched in noteshighshort

ε353Ἐκαρπώσαντοthey reaped the benefit ofSame entry in ps.-Zonaras (on which see further below). The headword is presumably extracted from the quotation given. For the verb cf. kappa 419. [1] Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini …Matched in noteshighshort

ε413Ἐκκεκυμασμένουςhaving been washed out[1] Likewise in ps.-Zonaras. The headword is perfect middle/passive participle of e)kkumai/nw, masculine accusative plural. It is presumably extracted from the quotation given (though ps.-Zonaras does not have it). [2] Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler suggests …Matched in noteshighshort

ε462Ἐκκλείουσιthey close outSame entry (but with the quotation foreshortened) in ps.-Zonaras. [1] The headword is present indicative active, third person plural, of the verb e)kklei/w (cf. epsilon 461); presumably extracted from the quotation given. [2] Polybius …Matched in noteshighshort

ε590Ἐκ πολλοῦfrom a great [time], from long ago[1] Likewise in ps.-Zonaras. The headword phrase is probably extracted from the quotation given (though ps.-Zonaras does not have it). [2] Aelian fr. 348 Domingo-Forasté (352 Hercher). This idiom can also mean "for a …Matched in noteshighshort

ε794ἘλεοῦνταElaious[1] (At the southern tip of the present-day Gallipoli peninsula; Barrington Atlas map 51 grid G4.) Very similarly in ps.-Zonaras. The Suda's source for this glossing is Harpokration s.v. (epsilon31 Keaney), but NB: the …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1560Ἔξαρνοςobstinately denying, obstinate in denying[1] Same gloss at Etymologicum Magnum 346.50; cf. ps.-Zonaras, epsilon755, with gloss a)rnou/menos (Hesychius epsilon3604, Scholia recentiora on Aristophanes, Clouds 1230a). See also ps.-Zonaras iota1124 [ = iota 728], where the same explanation occurs …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2108Ἐπεφύκειhad grown, had sprung upSimilar entry in ps.-Zonaras (see further below). The headword is third person singular, pluperfect, of the verb fu/w. It must be quoted from somewhere, but the number of extant possibilities (beginning with Xenophon and …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2162Ἐπηγκυλημένα ξύλαthong-fitted timbersSimilarly in ps.-Zonaras (see further below). The headword phrase, in the neuter plural, must be quoted from somewhere. One might think, from this attempt at glossing it, that its meaning was particularly obscure, but …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2557Ἐπίσαλοςsea-tossedThe headword adjective is in the masculine nominative singular; this is presumably generated by the genitive plural in the quotation given. [1] Likewise (twice over) in ps.-Zonaras. [2] Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 6.5.5-6; on the …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2914Ἐραῖαeraia, wool-decorated branchLSJ has no entry for this headword, e)rai=a. (For 'branch' cf. epsilon 1384, kappa 1699. For 'refuse' cf. sigma 698.) Assuming the headword is correctly transmitted, then the meaning given is a 'branch' or …Matched in noteshighshort

χ398Χορείανchoral dance[1] The headword (a single word in the Greek) is in the accusative case, evidently quoted from somewhere; there are numerous possibilities. [2] What follows is also in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.14D [1.25 Kaibel]; cf. …Matched in noteshighshort

α40ἈβιαδηνόςAbiadenianNo such city is attested, so surely the name in question here is Adiabene (see alpha 470, and generally OCD(4) p.12), even though that is consistently classified as a "territory" (in present-day Iraq) rather …Matched in noteshighshort

α72ἈβρανῖτιςAbranitisThe term is attested only here and in the equivalent entry in ps.-Zonaras. Perhaps the territory of (or otherwise connected with) Abra in southern Spain: Barrington Atlas map 27 grid A4.Matched in noteshighshort

α77Ἀβρικέστερονmore precise, rather precise.Adler's textual conservatism led to her printing this a)brike/steron (as indeed the alphabetical order requires; also in ps.-Zonaras). However, she notes that ms S has the correct a)kribe/steron (the comparative of alpha 979/alpha 980).Matched in noteshighshort

α79Ἀβρίξαιto drop off, to nod offLikewise in ps.-Zonaras. The headword, presumably quoted from somewhere, is an aorist active infinitive. LSJ proffers no suitable verb for it under alpha, but see the entry on bri/zw, 'to be sleepy, nod'. (Adler …Matched in noteshighshort

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