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250
Αἰολομίτρης
agile with a waistband [or: having a multicoloured or twisted or flashing waistband]; having a multicoloured diadem
The headword here,
a
compound
adjective,
is found twice in extant classical literature: Homer
and
Theocritus. (i) In Homer, Iliad 5.707, it refers to the waistband of the Boeotian Oresbius (mentioned only
at
the …
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αι
253
Αἰόλος
undulating, wavelike, advancing in a winding or rolling fashion, agile in turning side to side; multicoloured, discoloured, black or chestnut with white markings; easily moved, changeable, wily, quick-witted, liable to metamorphosis, disturbed in mind; whirling; self-generating in movement, ever-turning; lively, flashing, shimmering
None of the etymologies
advanced
is
adequate
on its own to explain the many diverse uses
and
translations of this
adjective
(see LSJ entry
at
web
address
1; cf.
alphaiota
244,
alphaiota
245,
alphaiota
…
gender and sexuality
11
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11
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10
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10
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10
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8
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6
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6
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1
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1
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1
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Ι
iota
Ι
iota
1
1
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ε
3442
Εὐερμία
good fortune, a stroke of luck from Hermes
cf. Photius, Lexicon epsilon2153 (without the quotations),
and,
more briefly under eu)ermh/s, Hesychius epsilon6804. Photius records
a
related verb eu)ernw= (epsilon2156), unattested
and
probably in error for eu)erme/w, for which see Pollux 5.135. [Theodoridis …
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δ
1492
Δράκαυλος
drakaulos; living with a snake
… similar one in Hesychius delta2305. Sophocles' (lost) play was named
apparently
from its chorus of drummers or tympanum-beaters (usually of the kettledrum
associated
with the cults of Dionysus
and
the Great Mother,
and
beaten …
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κ
953
Κατεντευχθέντα
things prepared (as evidence) to present as a formal accusation
This headword
and
gloss
are
found only in lexicography, e.g.: Hesychius kappa1640; Photius kappa430 Theodoridis,
and
found by
Adler
in Boysen's Lexicon Seguerianum. The headword presents no real problem. It is the neuter plural …
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ε
2807
Ἐποποῖ
epopoi (in hoopoe-ese)
This delightful collection of shouts
and
'mimic words' (bird cries
and
onomatopoeic words: cf. Eustathius on Homer, Iliad 11.251 = vol.3.230.12) from the extant plays of
Aristophanes,
meticulously ordered
and
unusually well preserved, throws …
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δ
1499
Δραματουργήσας
having staged a drama, having fabricated
The headword,
aorist
active
participle, masculine singular nominative, of the verb dramatourge/w is treated in
a
recognizably related fashion in Synagoge delta359
and
Photius, Lexicon delta744. However,
as
glosses both lexica have participles from …
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ε
2736
Ἐπιτυχοῦσιν
to just any people; to those who happen to be there; to people of no consequence; to those who happen to succeed
The headword, here in the dative plural, is the
aorist
active
participle of
a
compound of tugxa/nw (tau 1147, epsilon 3344), e)pitugxa/nw, used in
a
variety of senses (cf. epsilon 2738, epsilon 2674, epsilon …
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α
836
Ἀκέραιος
uncorrupted, intact, fresh, unblemished
These examples illustrate the meaning of the word
as
'undamaged, unaffected by wounds to body or spirit, unpolluted by extraneous matter' or 'in
a
state not
affected
by previous experiences or failures'. The
adjective
…
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ε
3141
Ἐσθλά
[things] good [of their kind]
… to Homer, Iliad 2.272, where Odysseus’ good services to the
army
are
described. See
also
Apion,
de glossis Homericis fr.74.238.3; Photius, Lexicon epsilon1994; Hesychius epsilon6206;
Anecdota
graeca, ed. L. Bachmann 1.237.5
and
Anecdota
Oxoniensia …
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χ
296
Χιάζειν
to play the Chian
… derived from the letter chi in the two meanings 'make
a
cross, use the rhetorical figure chiasmus', could
also
be derived from the island of Chios (chi 316) in the meaning 'play (music) in …
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ε
1469
Ἐντευξόμενος
about to meet, about to run into
… headword -- masculine nominative singular of the future participle (middle,
as
always)
of e)ntugxa/nw -- must be quoted from somewhere. (Extant possibilities
are
all
post-classical.) This verb has many meanings, but
a
specific one …
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α
842
Ἀκεσίας ἰάσατο
Akesias healed
This proverb (for which cf. Zenobius 1.52
and
other paroemiographers) comes from the fourth book of the lost Prose Works of
Aristophanes,
the comic playwright (fr. 903 Kock, now 934 Kassel-Austin),
"Akesias
healed the …
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α
4250
Ἀστράγαλος
knucklebone, astragal
… for the four-sided knucklebone (Latin: talus) used in children's games
and
in dicing (OCD(4) 447-8). It was originally the ball of the
ankle
joint from the foot of
a
deer, sheep, horse, or similar …
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ε
2239
Ἐπιβολή
plan, project
[1]
Also,
according
to
Adler,
in the
Ambrosian
Lexicon (1448). The two primary definitions
are
apparently
extracted from
a
longer set. For the diverse meanings of the headword see LSJ
(at
web
address
1), …
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ι
320
Ἴλιον
Ilion, Ilium, Troy
… bipartite entry confounds the city of Ilion -- built on
a
spur of Mt. Ida overlooking
a
fertile horse-breeding plain (called the Troad), whose great walls protected the citadel Pergama
and
the palace of …
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α
831
Ἀκέων
wordless(ly), in silence, speechless, (?)attentive(ly)
This word may be used either
as
an
adjective,
agreeing
in gender
and
case, or
as
an
indeclinable
(adverb):
LSJ entry
at
web
address
1. The Suda
accepts
the meaning 'peacefully' (see
also
alpha
…
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ε
3864
Ἐφέσια γράμματα
Ephesian letters
This entry is virtually identical with those of
Aelius
Dionysius,
*)attika\
o)no/mata epsilon79,
and
Photius, Lexicon epsilon2403 (cf. 2405). See
also,
post-Suda, Etymologicum Magnum 402.23 (Kallierges), the paroemiographer
Apostolius
(11.29),
and
Eustathius, Commentary on …
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κ
952
Κατεντευκτήν
accuser
See
also
Hesychius kappa1638; Photius, Lexicon kappa429 Theodoridis. [1] The headword is the
accusative
singular of the masculine noun in -ths that follows shortly. The headword's gloss, however, is the feminine
accusative
singular of …
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αι
251
Αἰολόπωλος
with piebald ponies; with swift-circling ponies
Same entry,
according
to
Adler,
in the
Ambrosian
Lexicon (298); differently -- highlighting the speed of the horses -- in other lexica. See further below. This epithet is used principally of the Phrygians: Homer, …
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κ
1288
Κελαινώπαν
black-faced.
The headword
adjective,
in the
accusative
case, comes from Sophocles,
Ajax
955; it
appears
in context
at
the end of the entry, where lines 955-6
are
inaccurately quoted;
and
before that we have
a
…
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δ
645
Διαμάρτῃ
that he would fail; that he would miss the opportunity
An
extract from the
Ambrosian
Lexicon (837). For the verb see
also
delta 642, delta 641, eta 286,
alpha
1493,
alpha
1494,
alpha
1499. The present headword itself must be quoted from somewhere,
and
…
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δ
1077
Δικαιούμενος
being judged, being sentenced
… Photius, Lexicon delta605 Theodoridis; Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon has the lemma
and
the first gloss;
and
cf. Hesychius delta1800 (= Pollux 8.25). The lemma converts to the masculine nominative singular
a
present passive participle which …
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αι
245
Αἰόλαν
darkening, discolouring
As
with
alphaiota
244 (q.v.), the headword is feminine
accusative
singular of this
adjective,
but in the sense glossed here it comes not from Frogs but from
an
earlier
Aristophanic
comedy: Thesmophoriazusae 1054-55; there …
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α
854
Ἀκειόμενος
healing
Same entry,
according
to
Adler,
in the
Ambrosian
Lexicon. The headword is
an
epic present participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb
a)ke/omai.
If it has been quoted in this precise form, the only …
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ε
1767
Ἕξις
dispositional state
This entry represents
a
synthesis of certain philosophical ideas of John of Damascus,
and
cites two excerpts from his Philosophical Fragments 16 (5ff., placed in quotation marks
above,
with italics for
a
modification). The …
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δ
1029
Διθυραμβοδιδάσκαλοι
dithyramb-directors
This entry draws on material in several
Aristiophanic
scholia,
and
ultimately on
Aristophanes'
own mockery of the new school of writers
and
producers of dithyrambs
at
Clouds 328-340 (web
address
1; 423 BC), Peace …
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κ
912
Κατεγλωττισμένον
tongued-down (?tongue-engaged); (sunk) under too many glosses (far-fetched).
… first paragraph of this entry comes from the scholia on
Aristophanes,
Thesmophoriazusae 131; the second from Philostratus (see n. 3 below). The headword was used in Patristic Greek to mean 'composed in elaborate language' …
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δ
1498
Δρᾶμα
act, drama
This entry reminds us,
as
it no doubt reminded its first readers, that the word drama properly meant
a
'(decisive)
act',
deriving
as
a
"concrete" verbal noun in -ma from the verb dra/w
'act,
…
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α
860
Ἀκηδής
uncared-for, uncaring
For the twin senses of the headword
a)khdh/s
glossed
and
illustrated here, see generally LSJ s.v. [1] Similar glossing in Photius
and
elsewhere. [2] Quotation
(also
in ps.-Zonaras) unidentifiable. [3]
Aelian
fr. 241b Domingo-Forasté …
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