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1
Ἂ ἄ
ah! ah!
[1]
Aristophanes,
Plutus [Wealth] 1052 (web
address
1). The first sentence is derived from scholia to this passage,
and
this may
also
be true of the rest of the entry. [2] That is, it …
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α
88
Ἁβρὸς λειμὼν καὶ νοτερὸς καὶ εὐθαλής
a meadow delicate and moist and flourishing
The precise relationship between the headword phrase --
a
re-arranged version of part of
Aelian
fr. 126a Domingo-Forasté (123 Hercher), quoted in epsilon 3095 --
and
the quotation which serves
as
its gloss is …
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α
90
11
11
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10
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10
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9
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9
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9
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9
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8
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8
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7
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7
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7
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7
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7
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7
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7
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7
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6
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6
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6
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6
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5
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5
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5
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5
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4
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4
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3
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3
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2
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2
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2
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2
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2
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2
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1
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1
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1
athletics
1
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1
dreams
1
mathematics
1
mathematics
1
Ἀβροτάζω
I miss (someone on the way)
Though the headword verb is presented here
(and
in some other lexica) in the paradigmatic first person singular, present indicative, its only
appearance
outside lexica etc. is in Homer, Iliad 10.65 (web
address
1), …
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β
10
Βαβύλας
Babylas
… differences) John of Damascus, The Passion of the Great Martyr
Artemius
54-5,
adapting
the
account
of Philostorgius (7 fr. 8, pp. 89-92 Bidez-Winkelmann), which is paraphrased somewhat differently by Photius. Babylas does not begin …
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α
69
Ἀβραάμ
Abraham
… from George the Monk, in part indirectly from Philo of
Alexandria;
see further in the notes below. [1] cf. Matthew 27:25 (web
address
1). [2] The Suda's
attention
to Chaldean
astrology
derives from Philo, …
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α
5
Ἄαπτος
irresistable, invulnerable
… forms occur frequently in hexameter poetry, in the formula xei=res
a)/aptoi
or xei=ras
a)a/ptous
(usually interpreted
as
'irresistable hands'); e.g. Homer, Iliad 8.450 (web
address
1). [1] The etymological comments that follow occur only …
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α
82
Ἁβροδιαίτῃ
with luxurious living
[1] The primary headword --
a
single word in the Greek (but described in LSJ s.v.
as
'a
faulty compound') --
and
its glossing phrase
are
transmitted in the dative case here, but
at
…
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α
350
Ἀγρεία ἀοιδή
rustic song
… The headword phrase is presumably quoted from somewhere. [2] Greek
Anthology
6.35.2 (Leonidas of Tarentum),
a
rustic dedication to Pan; cf. Gow
and
Page, vol. I (122)
and
vol. II (356-357); cf. further extracts …
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short
α
29
Ἀβέβηλα
inviolable [places]
The closest parallel to the entry
as
a
whole is Photius, Lexicon
alpha34
Theodoridis. Various parts of it
appear
in other lexica,
as
noted below. [1] This part is
a
paraphrase of what
appears
…
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α
100
Ἀβυδηνὸν ἐπιφόρημα
Abydene dessert
[1]
A
city on the
Asiatic
shore of the Hellespont: see
alpha
101. [2] See
also
Zenobius 1.1
and
other paroemiographers. For
a
different explanation (involving taxes
and
harbor dues) see
Athenaeus,
Deipnosophists 14.641A …
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short
α
361
Ἀγριότης
wildness
cf. generally
alpha
358,
alpha
359,
alpha
360,
alpha
362. [1] Polybius fr. 93 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes that this fragment was
accepted
as
Polybian by Toup (p. 527). In her critical
apparatus,
Adler
notes …
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short
γ
7
Γάδειρα
Gadeira, Gades, Cadiz
On the city (present-day Cadiz; Barrington
Atlas
map 26, grid D5), see generally OCD(4) 597, s.v. Gades. The main paragraph of the present entry resembles
a
scholion to Gregory of Nazianzus PG 36.1055-6;
Adler
…
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α
9
Ἀάσχετος
irresistible
A
word from epic poetry, e.g. Homer, Iliad 5.892 (web
address
1), with metrical reduplication of the initial
alpha
(cf. LSJ s.v.
a)/sxetos
at
web
address
2). The headword
and
the gloss
are
both …
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α
26
Ἄβδηρα
Abdera
[1]
Actually,
as
Stephanus of Byzantium
and
others noted, there were two cities called
Abdera:
one, the present-day
Avdira,
in northern Greece (Barrington
Atlas
map 51 grid D3; RE I.22-23; OCD(4) s.v.); the other, …
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short
α
65
Ἀβωνοτειχίτης
Abonoteichites, Abonoteichos-man
Rather than
a
personal name, this headword is probably
an
ethnic: that of
someone
from
Abono(u)teichos,
a
city on the southern coast of the Black Sea
(ancient
Paphlagonia); Barrington
Atlas
map 86 grid D2.
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α
22
Ἀβάσκανος
unprejudiced
For the etymology of the (rare) headword
adjective
cf. beta 167, beta 168, beta 169. [1] Josephus, Jewish War 1.192 (see web
address
1 below). For
Antipater,
father of Herod the Great, see OCD(4) …
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short
α
38
Ἀβής
stupid
(Entry lacking,
Adler
reports, in ms S.) The headword is found only in lexicographers, who seem unsure of its meaning(s): besides the
above,
cf.
a)nai/sxuntos
'shameless' (Hesychius)
and
a)no/sios
'unholy' (Hesychius
and
the Etymologicum …
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short
α
80
Ἀβριόρηξ
Abriorex, Abriorix
Attested
only here
and,
according
to
Adler,
in the
Ambrosian
Lexicon in this form ending eta-xi; nevertheless this is surely
Abriorix
(a.k.a.
Ambiorix),
leader of the Gallic Eburones
against
Julius Caesar in 54-53 BCE. …
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α
21
Ἀβασάνιστος
untested
= Synagoge
alpha4
(Lexica Segueriana 3.14); Photius, Lexicon
alpha30
Theodoridis; perhaps ultimately derived in part from Phrynichus (Praeparatio rhetorica fr. 39 de Borries); cf. Hesychius
alpha89
and
a
cluster of related entries:
alpha
2276, …
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short
α
42
Ἀβίας
Abijah, Abias
2 Chronicles 13; cf. 1 Kings 1-8. See
also
alpha
39,
*)abia/,
a
different transliteration of the name, but clearly the same figure.
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short
α
70
Ἁβρὰ βαίνων
walking delicately
See generally LSJ s.v.
a(bro/s
(web
address
1),
and
cf.
alpha
73. [1] The headword phrase has the same or similar glossing in other lexica; references
at
Photius
alpha49
Theodoridis. It could be extracted …
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α
45
Ἀβιμέλεχ
Abimelech
Source for the main paragraph
(after
the initial gloss): George the Monk, Chronicon 148.2-149.20. [1] Hebrew: אבימלך "my father is king." Used derogatorily
and
incessantly (31 times) throughout the
Abimelech
episode in Judges 9 …
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α
32
Ἀβέλτερος
thoughtless
On this headword,
a
comic formation literally meaning non-superior, see generally LSJ s.v. (web
address
1 below);
and
cf.
alpha
31,
alpha
33. [1] These glosses
are
paralleled in
a
variety of other lexica …
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α
388
Ἀγύρτης
mendicant
See
also
alpha
389
(and
cf.
already
alpha
387). [1] From the scholia to Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 388, where the
accusative
case of the headword occurs; quoted below. [2] Same or similar glossing in …
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α
68
Ἄβρα
favorite
The main part of this entry is
also
in Photius, Lexicon
alpha50
Theodoridis (where the headword is plural); similar material in other lexica. LSJ uses the rough breathing
(a(/bra)
for the word it defines …
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α
18
Ἄβαρις
Abaris, Avars
See generally
A.H.
Griffiths in OCD(4) p.1: "legendary devotee of
Apollo
from the far north,
a
shamanistic missionary
and
saviour-figure like
Aristeas
[alpha
3900]".
Adler
credits this part of the entry to the Epitome …
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η
5
Ἦ
I was, he was
[1] See Smyth sections 768 & 771 (web
address
1),
and
cf. eta 366. [2]
Aristophanes,
Wealth [Plutus] 77 (web
address
2), with scholion. [3] Homer, Iliad 11.762 (web
address
3). [4] Homer, Iliad …
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α
369
Ἀγρότας
countrymen, rurals
The headword is
a
masculine noun in the
accusative
plural, evidently quoted from somewhere. Here, the first two quotations provide, respectively, instances of the nominative singular
and
of the genitive singular (the latter in …
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γ
4
Γάγγης
Ganges
… bulk of the entry, from "10 cubits tall.." on, is
a
quotation from Philostratus, Life of
Apollonius
of Tyana 3.20.2-3, in
a
story
about
how the Ethiopians supposedly came to leave their original homeland …
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β
9
Βαβύλας
Babylas
Babylas is
a
proper name, copied mistakenly from the headword of beta 10. Probably the original word written here was babu/as, the reading of the headword in Hesychius beta16 (babu/as: bo/rboros, phlo/s (babyas: mire, …
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