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μ115Μᾶλλον μᾶλλονmore and more… positively and negatively, as when we say 'virtue does more good than harm'. For [by that] we mean that virtue does good, but does not do harm.Matched in translationhighmedium
μ581ΜεμύρωμαιI have anointed myself… a most blissful woman, to have anointed my head with good perfumes; but the little amphoras [of wine] from Thasos exceed them by far." "Little amphoras" [are] jars; and "ceasing to flower" [means] dried …Matched in translationhighshort
λ584Λιπαρίαperseverance, importuning… importuning. He used to jeer at the attendants of the god, saying that they had got anything out of such protracted importuning."Matched in translationhighshort
κ1757ΚλεισθένηςKleisthenes, Clisthenes… "and how might it become a well-ordered polis, where a god born as a woman stands in full body armour -- and Kleisthenes [stands] with a weaver's shuttle?" For Kleisthenes was attacked as effeminate.Matched in translationhighshort
κ2299ΚωρυκαῖοςKorykaian, man from KorykosThe comics introduce a certain god [from Korykos] as listening, from a proverb. For Korykos [is] a cape in Pamphylia, next to which [is] the city of Attaleia. The townspeople there wanted to suffer …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ1597Κίκινοςringlet, curl of hair, lock of hair"Yes, by the lock of Timo's hair -- good at love, and inclined to love." And Aristophanes [writes]: "as I think for my part, old age is preferable than many young people's curls, fashion …Matched in translationhighshort
κ1632Κινδυνεύειis in danger, is at risk… being against the opponents." "Without [him] claiming that the common good could be at risk through a noble man's soul."Matched in translationhighshort
κ2213Κωδείαpoppy-capsule… [sc. does so] and Aristophanes in Farmers [says]: 'and a good poppy capsule'." The texts, which have not otherwise survived, are Aristophanes fr. 117 Kock (114 K.-A.) and Hyperides fr. 253 Jensen.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1226Κεδνόςdiligent… ou)/pw ti kedno\n e)/sxon *)argei/wn pa/ra "I have gotten no good [nothing kednon] from the Greeks."Matched in noteshighshort
κ1800Κλίβανοςoven… lit, or in a hearth or an oven, it is good, and it means childbirth. For a hearth and an oven are like a woman in that they take in things that are useful …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2025Κομψόνelegant, subtle, pleasant… talkative, cunning, sophistical, persuasive, artful. At times it also means good and impressive. "As he could not tolerate the subtlety of the misfortunes, he rubbished Bahram with insults in women's clothing". Aristophanes in Clouds …Matched in translationhighmedium
μ440Μεθύουσανdrenched, steeped… syntactical lexicon edited by Cramer (see Bibliography). There is no good classical precedent for this, other than Alexis fr. 301 Kock, now 304 Kassel-Austin: ou) mequ/w th\n fro/nhsin, "I do not thirst for knowledge".Matched in noteshighshort
κ1502Κῆλαarrows, arrow-shafts… to die thick and fast, and the shafts of the god ranged everywhere", and the latter with Iliad 12.280 "when Zeus the counsellor moves himself to snow, exhibiting to men these arrows of his". …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1940Κόλιξcoarse-bread… "Arise and take in your hand for the man of God loaves of bread, and kollu/ria for his children"). The sense survives in Modern Greek koullou/ri "bagel". See also epsilon 2428. However, the sense …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2030Κόνδυλονknuckle… interpret it as "applying to those who ask for something good, and get back something evil", with Apostolius connecting it with the Cyclops.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1584Κιγκλίζειwags one's tail… from "wag" to "change constantly": "one should not 'wag' a good life, but be unwavering". The infinitive used, kigkli/zein, which is also the form cited by Herodian and Hesychius, may have led to Photius' …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1654Κινυρομένηwailing… 2) 'Hephaistos' became a regular synonym for fire. Furthermore, the god Hephaistos fathered Erichthonius, who in turn fathered Pandion I, King of Athens (Apollodorus, Library 3.14.6, web address 3). Pandion then fathered two daughters, …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2016Κόμπαροςpartner… into Modern Greek from Venetian compare as koumpa/ros, "compadre" (i.e. godparent of my child, Mediaeval English "godsib") (web address 1) (Kriaras, *leciko\ th=s mesaiwnikh/s e(llhnikh/s dhmw/dous grammatei/as s.v.) DuCagne's 1688 dictionary of vernacular Greek …Matched in noteshighshort
μ447Μελάμβωλοςblack-soiled[Meaning] black-earthed. "O black-soiled guardian of Egypt, linen-robed goddess".Matched in translationhighshort
μ532Μελόμενοιcaring"And they believed [sc. themselves] to be dear to the gods, by caring for this deity."Matched in translationhighshort
μ398Μέγηρονmost lovable (?)… megh/riton. The phrase megh/rita te/kna qea/wn "much contended-for children of goddesses" (Hesiod, Theogony 240) has the textual variant megh/rata te/kna qea/wn "most lovable children of goddesses" (LSJ s.v. megh/ritos, from e)rato/s); and megh/ratos is …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2236Κωλήham, thigh… is bony. So he is mocking [them] as offering the gods [sc. only] bones.Matched in translationhighshort
κ1787Κληρουχήσαντεςhaving divided by lot, having inherited land… somewhere: perhaps Plato, Critias 109C ("Now in other regions other gods had their allotments and ordered affairs") or Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 6.55.2.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1952Κόλουραstump-tailed… unblemished and healthy, it would not be sacrificed to the gods. Aristophanes [writes]: "but nor is it sacrificable her: [...] it has no tail."Matched in translationhighshort
μ275Μασχαλίσματαarmpittings, mutilations… placed on the thighs in sacrifices of [= to] the gods.Matched in translationhighshort
κ1507Κηλητήρια ᾄσματαcharming songs, enchanting songs… strains. "[...] that those who have written for the 12 gods ought to sing these, like charming songs against present misfortunes."Matched in translationhighshort
κ1424Κερτομῶνtaunting… quoted from, Sophocles, Philoctetes 1235 (web address 1): "By the gods, is it to taunt me that you say these things?" See also kappa 1422, kappa 1423, which share glosses with this entry.Matched in noteshighshort
μ239ΜάρτυροιwitnessesEpic variant of ma/rtus (often referring to what the gods witness). The nominative plural headword ma/rturoi occurs five times in the Iliad (e.g. 1.338) and twice in the Odyssey; see also Hesiod, Shield 20. …Matched in noteshighshort
λ465Λῆξιςallotment, cessation… buries the dead man, having already rendered to the infernal gods their allotment." And elsewhere: "on the cessation of that period (a cessation which, by Zeus, was hardly fortunate), he hurled himself like a …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ1626Κινάβραgoat-stench[1] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 293, i.e. the line before the one quoted as the headword to the next entry, kappa 1627 (q.v.). In the scholion the term 'dog-feed' is accented …Matched in noteshighshort