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William Hutton130
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α4368ἌτλαςAtlas… LSJ entry at web address 1. [2] Greek Anthology 6.256.1-2 (Zonas or Antipater); cf. alpha 4390 and sigma 376. On this epigram, a tribute to a champion boxer, see Gow and Page vol. I …Matched in noteshighshort
α4390ἈτρόμητοςAtrometos, Atrometus; untrembling… Aeschines: see alphaiota 347, alphaiota 348. [2] Greek Anthology 6.256.1-5 (Zonas or Antipater); cf. alpha 4368, sigma 376, tau 316. On this epigram, a tribute to Nicophon, a champion Milesian boxer, see Gow and …Matched in noteshighshort
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 noteshigh

α4368

Ἄτλας

Atlas

He of whom myth tells that he holds up earth and heaven. "And iron shoulders of Atlas." And a proverb [sc. is attested]: "Atlas the heaven." It omits "you lifted up." In reference to those undertaking great matters and…

Ἄτλας· ὁ μυθευόμενος τὴν γῆν καὶ τὸν οὐρανὸν βαστάζειν. καὶ σιδηρέους Ἄτλαντος ὤμους. καὶ παροιμία· Ἄτλας τὸν οὐρανόν. λείπει ὑπεδέξω. ἐπὶ τῶν μεγάλοις πράγμασιν ὑποβαλλομένων καὶ…

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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 noteshighshort

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

ε3302Ἐτετρήχειhad been disturbedSame entry in ps.-Zonaras. The headword is pluperfect indicative, third person singular, of the verb tara/ssw (tau 116). It is quoted from Homer, Iliad 2.95, where it appears without augment (web address 1); see …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3331Ἐτώθαζονthey were mockingSame entry, minus the quotation, taken over by ps.-Zonaras. The primary headword -- presumably extracted from the quotation -- is imperfect, third person plural, of twqa/zw (tau 855). [1] Procopius, History of the Wars …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3536Εὔκηλοςat easeThe headword adjective is a lengthened form of e(/khlos (for which see epsilon 435). It is probably quoted from Homer, Iliad 1.554 (web address 1); see the corresponding scholia. Also in Homer, Odyssey 3.263 …Matched in noteshighshort

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