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α2900Ἀπαντᾶνto meet and to come together… (Carthago Nova, Barrington Atlas map 27 grid E4), an attempt to escalade the city walls (web address 1). The battle took place in early 209 BCE, during the Second Punic War.Matched in noteshighmedium
α3715Ἀποίμωξόν με τοῦ τριωβόλου τὸν ζῶντα μᾶλλονweep for me who am alive rather than for the triobol -- for I am undone[1] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 392-3, where the lengthy headword phrase occurs (web address 1 below). [2] Aeschylus fr. 138 Nauck = 227 Mette (with Antilochos in the vocative, not, as here, …Matched in noteshighshort
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Ἀπαντᾶν

to meet and to come together

They say either [of these words], for gathering in some place. Also [sc. attested is the aorist participle] a)panth/santos, [meaning] having arrived first. Aelian [writes]: "the besieger was impaled; and at this point…

Ἀπαντᾶν καὶ συναντᾶν· λέγουσιν ἑκατέρως, τὸ παραγίνεσθαι εἴς τινα τόπον. καὶ Ἀπαντήσαντος, γενέσθαι φθάσαντος. Αἰλιανός· ἀνεσταύρωτο δὲ ὁ πολιορκῶν· καὶ ἐς τοῦτό οἱ τὸ τοῦ…

science and technology128

science and technology128

meter and music89

meter and music89

Ἀνείλλεσθαι

to pack in together

… 206D. [2] cf. Hesychius s.v. a)nei/lato (sic), reckoned by Latte to be quoted from the New Testament (Acts of the Apostles 7.21).

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α2901Ἅπαντα γάρ τοι βρωτὰ πολιορκουμένοιςfor all things are food to the besieged… a line of hexameter iambic verse. [1] An oblique reference to cannibalism.Matched in noteshighshort

α1173Ἀληθέστερα τῶν ἐπὶ Σάγρᾳtruer things than those at Sagra… clear that we are dealing with Lokroi (sic) in the "toe" of Italy. [3] cf. Zenobius 2.17.Matched in noteshighmedium

α3708Ἅπτεσθαιto touch[1] Likewise in other lexica; from the scholia to Homer, Iliad 2.152, where the middle-voice headword infinitive occurs. [2] But see e.g. Plato, Ion 535A (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort

α2248Ἀνελεῖνto overturn; to take up… rather than quoted) on one of the grievances that led to the Peloponnesian War (431-404); cf. Thucydides 1.139. [2] cf. alpha 2202 and alpha 2371. [3] Demosthenes 22.20 (web address 1).. To understand the …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2435Ἀνῃρῆσθαιto have been destroyedSame entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. The headword infinitive is presumably quoted from somewhere; there are numerous possibilities.Matched in noteshighshort

α2371Ἀνεῖλενprophesied, took up, took away, killed[1] From the scholia to Plato, Laws 856E, where the headword verb appears. This material resumes in the third paragraph, below. See also Photius, Lexicon alpha1808. [2] This story derives from Herodotus, and the …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1392Ἀλώπηξ τὸν βοῦν ἐλαύνειa fox drives the ox[1] So too in Photius, Lexicon alpha1089 Theodoridis, and cf. Diogenianus 1.75; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1886. [2] A line of iambic verse, apparently oracular. (Adler cites Astrampsychus, ed. Opsopoeus in Oraculis metricis …Matched in noteshighshort

α4525Αὐτός τι νῦν δρῶν εἶτα τοὺς θεοὺς κάλειdo something now (and) then call upon the gods… Euripides fr. 432 Nauck (which has dai/monas, not the Suda's tou\s qeou/s). Cf. "God helps those who help themselves." Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1290.Matched in noteshighshort

α3262Ἀπὸ γὰρ ὀλοῦμαιfor I destroyed will be… a prepositional prefix is separated from its verb. Hyperbaton refers to the separation of two words which naturally belong together. [2] Aristophanes, Clouds 792 (web address 1 below); cf. gamma 305.Matched in noteshighshort

α3039Ἀπερείδομαι τὸν πόκονI put forward the fleece… 2.642 (web address 1 below). [4] Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler notes Toup's suggestion that it might be Polybius.)Matched in noteshighmedium

α2762ἈντωνῖνοςAntoninus, Antoninos… 214 Roberto. [5] Cassius Dio 77.11. [6] The subject switches to the emperor Antoninus Pius, who ruled 138-161 (De Imperatoribus Romanis entry, by Richard Weigel, at web address 3); and the source becomes John …Matched in noteshighlong

α760Ἀθροίζειgathers together… possibilities. [2] Josephus, Jewish Wars 5.75 (web address 1): "Gathering together, with these words they encouraged one another" (reading tou/tois instead of tou/tous). Again at pi 529.Matched in noteshighshort

α4511Αὐτὸν κέκρουκας τὸν βατῆρα τῆς θύραςyou have hit the very threshold of the doorRoughly equivalent to "You have hit the nail on the head". Again at beta 181. Taken to be, in origin, from comedy (Comica adespota fr. 570c Kock, but now Amipsias fr. 25 Kassel-Austin), and …Matched in noteshighshort

α643Ἀεὶ τοῖς ἐρῶσιν σύνεσμενalways we associate with love(r)s… [below] 447. (For this sense of dexios, with particular reference to birds, see LSJ s.v., II.) [3] Poetae Lyrici Graeci 3.695. (The scholiast's version is somewhat different, e.g. the addressee is male: Leukippos.)Matched in noteshighshort

α2241Ἀνεκτάtolerable, sustainable… amalgamation of two quite distinct episodes concerning Theudebert. Upon succeeding to his father's throne in 534 CE, Theudebert did subdue a number of neighboring tribes. What he found intolerable later on were Justinian's edicts …Matched in noteshighshort

α3575Ἀποσχεδιάζεινto speak off the cuff, to speak impromptu… somewhere. [2] Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 1.13.11-12; the Roman army advances toward Theodosiopolis (cf. epsilon 1676 and pi 1267 notes) in the summer of 584, but suffers from a severe water shortage and resolves to …Matched in noteshighshort

α2364ἈνέχομαιI despise, I support, I tolerate… [1] cf. eta 381. [2] Everything in the entry up to this point appears only in certain manuscripts. [3] Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 948 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there. [4] The entry …Matched in noteshighmedium

χ191Χελώνη μυιῶνa tortoise [uncaring] of flies… blow from Odysseus. See theta 257.) [3] An apocryphal tale about the death of Aeschylus; from alphaiota 357.Matched in noteshighmedium

α334ἈγωνιῶI am in a torment… 722. [4] Polybius fr.(?) 94 Büttner-Wobst; Although Büttner-Wobst is reluctant to accept the attribution by Schweighäuser of this fragment to Polybius, he does note (p. 527) its acceptance by Dindorf. [5] Isocrates 4.91 (web …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2799Ἀνύειν Ἀνύτεινto accomplish… grammars; references at Photius alpha2151 Theodoridis. [2] From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 11.580 and/or 15.459, where the word appears; again at alphaiota 234.Matched in noteshighshort

χ254Χειρόμακτρονhand-wipe, napkin, towel… is from manus ("hand") and telum, perhaps cognate with tergeo ("to wipe"), cf. Umbrian mandraclo ("towel"), and therefore semantically similar to the Greek etymology, although using different IE roots.Matched in noteshighshort

β341Βλιμάζεινto handle, to squeeze; to attempt… alpha 3319, delta 566, theta 390. [1] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Birds 530, where "handling" appears. [2] From Harpokration (and Photius) s.v. [3] Evidently quoted from somewhere but attested only in lexica. [4] …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3519Ἀποσημήνασθαιto announce, to explain, to indicate… [2] Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 5.309 (web address 1 below), referring to Delilah. [3] Quoted from pi 64. The spelling with iota is more common than that with eta.Matched in noteshighshort

α4725Ἀψαύστωςuntouchingly, without being touched… and scholia.) [2] Appian, Celtica fr.14 (using a verb related to the headword); again at kappa 1615. For the Cimbri, a Germanic tribe from northern Jutland, see generally OCD(4) s.v. (pp.317-8).Matched in noteshighshort

α1023Ἀκροχειρίζεσθαιto struggle at arms length[1] More exactly, to engage in the pankration, a no-holds-barred combination of boxing and wrestling (pi 11). [2] Same material in other lexica, including Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon; also in the scholia to [Plato], Alcibiades …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1143Ἀλλ' ἔσθι' ἐλθὼν τοὺς Μεγακλέους κίοναςbut go and eat the pillars of Megacles… as a pun on "pillars of Heracles" see the note to mu 354.Matched in noteshighshort

γ296Γλῶσσα ποῖ πορεύῃ;o tongue where are you going?Tragica Adespota fr. 578; Zenobius 2.99, etc.; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.2054. Again at pi 1904, pi 3100.Matched in noteshighshort

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