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ε79Ἐγκαταζεύξαςhaving yoked in together… further below) is extracted from the quotation given. [1] Sophocles, Ajax 736 (the messenger to the chorus: web address 1), with the glossing of the scholia there. The word picked out for comment is …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1003ἘμπεδοκλῆςEmpedocles, EmpedoklesFrom Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 1.1; cf. pi 3121. For Empedokles cf. (epsilon 1001), epsilon 1002, epsilon 1004. [1] Plural in Philostratus. [2] Influenced by his first teacher, Parmenides, who speaks as …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε78Ἐγκατῳκοδόμησεν

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Ἐγκαταζεύξας

having yoked in together

[Meaning he] having attached, having fitted together. "[Aias] having yoked in together new plans to his new ways." Sophocles [says this].

Ἐγκαταζεύξας· συνθείς, συναρμόσας. νέας βουλὰς νέοις ἐγκαταζεύξας τρόποις. Σοφοκλῆς.

meter and music1

meter and music1

immured, walled in

Entry lacking, Adler reports, in mss ATFV. The headword (extracted from the quotation) is aorist indicative active, third person singular, of the verb e)gkatoikodome/w. The story is abridged from alpha 1842 (q.v.), but with …

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ε1002ἘμπεδοκλῆςEmpedokles, EmpedoclesC5 BCE; OCD(4) s.v. Empedocles. See also epsilon 1003, epsilon 1004, and under epsilon 1001. The material of the present entry is drawn largely from Diogenes Laertius. [1] Or "Exainetos": Inwood and others (from …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε1007ἘμπεδότιμοςEmpedotimos, EmpedotimusThis is Julian fr. 161 Bidez, quoted again at iota 437. Empedotimos is also mentioned in one of Julian's Letters (89b, line 186: 'Socrates and Dio [Chrysostom] and the great Empedotimos'), and by other …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1004Ἐμπεδοκλέους ἔχθραEmpedokles' hatred, Empedocles' hatred… [1] Lysias fr. 261 Sauppe, now 459 Carey OCT; from a letter. (It underlines its point with wordplay: Empedokles/e)mpodw\n "impede".) The phrase sounds proverbial already by this time, and it certainly became so later: …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1103Δίκοροςtwin-pupiled, two-pupiledThis is Anastasios I, Byzantine emperor from 491 until his death in 518: see generally alpha 2077. Greek sources give him the epithet Dikoros (for the Suda itself cf. kappa 1648, mu 1317, tau …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1104Δίκορσονtwo-headedcf. generally delta 1105 for a similar headword plus gloss. (Eustathius, in fact, has all four words together.) In the present instance too, it seems, the headword is neuter nominative/accusative, though here it might …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1006Ἐμπεδορκεῖνto abide by an oath[1] Substantively similar glossing already in Hesychius epsilon2426, citing (a contextless fragment of) Aristophanes; and cf. generally epsilon 1000, epsilon 1005, epsilon 1008, epsilon 1009. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler notes the attribution to Aelian …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1102Δικορραφεῖνto lawsuit-stitchThe (pejorative) headword infinitive occurs in Aristophanes, Clouds 1483 and Birds 1435. (For the etymology cf. generally rho 66.) Same glossing in other lexica (e.g. Photius delta608, and ps.-Zonaras), and see also the scholia …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1106Δίκραναpitchforks… neuter nominative plural, is presumably extracted from the quotation given, an unidentifiable siege-narrative (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti). The noun dikranon appears in contexts of comedy/satire (Aristophanes, Lucian) and medicine …Matched in noteshighshort

ε76Ἔγκασινbowels, entrails… Dative plurals, likewise in other lexica. The headword occurs in (and is quoted here from) Homer, Iliad 11.438 (web address 1); see further, next note. It does lack, there, the final n; this was …Matched in noteshighshort

ε418Ἐκεύθαινονthey were concealingA version of Homer, Iliad 3.453, with scholion. The Suda and ps.-Zonaras mis-present this headword as e)keu/qainon, as if it were the imperfect of a verb keuqai/nw. However, that form would not fit the …Matched in noteshighshort

ε75Ἐγκάρσιονathwart, obliqueSame entry in Hesychius epsilon194 and other lexica. The headword -- masculine accusative singular or neuter nominative/accusative singular of the adjective e)gka/rsios (LSJ entry at web address 1) -- must be quoted from somewhere; …Matched in noteshighshort

ε77Ἐγκατελέγησαν λίθοιstones were laid in… the description of the Themistoclean rebuilding of the walls of Athens in 479 BCE; cf. delta 625. [2] Homer Odyssey 18.359. For the verb in this sense, "picking out stones for building walls", see …Matched in noteshighshort

ε488Ἔκλυενharkened to, heardSame or similar entry in other lexica, and cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.43. The headword is third person singular, imperfect active ('with aorist sense': LSJ), of klu/w (kappa 1844). It occurs frequently …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1000Ἔμπεδαsteadfast, strongSame or similar entry in other lexica. From a scholium to Homer, Iliad 9.335, where the neuter plural headword occurs (web address 1). cf. epsilon 1005, epsilon 1008, epsilon 1009.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1001ἘμπεδοκλῆςEmpedokles, EmpedoclesDiogenes Laertius 8.58 cites authorities (i) for a different number -- 43 -- of these tragedies and more importantly (ii) for an ancient academic dispute as to their authorship; the majority view was that …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1005ἜμπεδονgroundedFrom a scholium on Homer, Odyssey 8.30, where the headword -- neuter nominative/accusative singular of this two-termination adjective -- occurs (web address 1). Same or similar material in other lexica and grammars. cf. epsilon …Matched in noteshighshort