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  1. α4006Ἅρπεζον>20 ὅτι τὸ ἐκ χαλίκων ᾠκοδομημένον τειχίον ἄνευ πηλοῦ παρὰ Ἡροδότῳ τινὲς ἅρπεζον καλοῦσινhedgingQuoted from alphaiota 189. The Herodotus passage is 1.180.2, on the fortifications of Babylon.Matched in noteshighshort
  2. κ197ΚαλαμίτηςKalamites, Calamites; reed-like… below). There is some debate over the identity of "the hero Kalamites" (tw=| Kalami/th| h(/rwi). This may be a physician or bone-setter (one who uses splints, ka/lamoi) named Heros who is mentioned in Demosthenes …Matched in noteshighshort
  3. χ303Χιλήfodder… 811.47. [1] Xenophon, Anabasis 4.5.25 (web address 1 below). [2] Herodotus 4.140.3 (web address 2). The text of Herodotus reads sfete/rhs for the Suda's e(te/rhs ("other"). [3] Quotation and context unidentifiable. [4] cf. Etymologicum …Matched in noteshighmedium
  4. α4160ἈσκανίαAskania, Ascania… des frühgriechischen Epos I (fasc.8) 1403-04). In the Aeneid the hero's son is named Ascanius. The name is probably Thraco-Phrygian.Matched in noteshighshort
  5. α826Ἄκαιναakaina… in akainai are especially common in the technical treatises of Hero [Author, Myth](n), but see also e.g. Diodorus Siculus 20.91.4 (as conventionally restored) for square akainai. For the Pelasgians see pi 934, and generally …Matched in noteshighshort
  6. ε3070Ἔρωςlove… 143.30-144.3. [6] This is presumably again a Stoic issue. The erotic person, it is said, is so called in two senses: (i) the one who, in being excellent or good (spoudaios), is qualified in …Matched in noteshighmedium
  7. α2707Ἀντιπελαργεῖνto cherish in turnBoth the primary headword (a verb) and the secondary one (a noun; see n.2 below) have an untranslatable etymological component referring to storks. [1] cf. Zenobius 1.94. [2] Literally, "acting reciprocally like storks." See …Matched in noteshighmedium
  8. α3838Ἄρειος πάγοςAres' hill; Areiopagos, Areopagus… is plural. [2] Hellanicus FGrH 4 F38. For the Attic hero Halirrhothios, son of Poseidon, see already alpha 1243. [3] For the latter see already alpha 3824. (The former could well be an error …Matched in noteshighmedium
  9. α2210Ἀνέβησενcaused to mountSame entry in Photius and elsewhere. [1] Herodotus 1.80.2, where Cyrus orders his men to mount camels.Matched in noteshighshort
  10. α1251Ἁλισμένοιmustered… alpha 1245, alpha 1248, alpha 1249, eta 247. [1] A Herodotean gloss, suggests Adler. In any event the passage in question is not the one given later in the entry, but 7.172.1. [2] Herodotus …Matched in noteshighshort
  11. α2238Ἀνεκώχευονthey were holding back… quotation given, though other instances are known (including another in Herodotus: 7.100.3). [2] Herodotus 7.168.2 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
  12. γ73Γαῦλοςparasite, stooge, merchant-ship, bucket, pail… Odyssey 9.223, and to Aristophanes, Birds 598, and glosses on Herodotus 3.136.1 and 6.119.3. [1] Herodotos 6.17, on Dionysios of Phokaia (web address 2). [2] cf. mu 2. [3] Greek Anthology 6.35.5 (Leonidas of …Matched in noteshighshort
  13. α4562Ἁφὰς λύχνωνat lamps' lightings[1] Herodotus 7.215 (web address 1 below). See also lambda 882 and pi 1200.Matched in noteshighshort
  14. α3994ἈρρωδίαterrorLikewise in ps.-Zonaras. [1] Herodotus 7.173.4 (web address 1 below).Matched in noteshighshort
  15. β310ΒίτινναBitinna[1] This feminine name occurs earliest in Herodas, Mimiambs 5 (where B. has been to bed with her slave Gastron). Its formation is discussed by ps.-Herodian and Theognostus. [2] Greek Anthology 6.206.1-2 (Antipater of …Matched in noteshighshort
  16. γ356Γνωσιμαχῆσαιto challenge one's own opinion [on]… fifth and fourth centuries BCE with the meaning given here (Herodotus, Euripides, Aristophanes, Isocrates) but took on in parallel, during the Christian era, a precisely opposite one: to stick argumentatively to one's own opinion. …Matched in noteshighshort
  17. α3809ἌρδινbarbThe headword noun is in the accusative case, as in Herodotus: see next note. [1] Herodotus 4.81.5 (web address 1), with gloss. [2] Herodotus 1.215.1 (web address 2), with gloss.Matched in noteshighshort
  18. η583ἩσίοδοςHesiod… 5th cent. BC on (Xenophanes in Gellius, Attic Nights 3.11.2; Herodotus 2.53; Ephorus FGrH 60 F101; etc.): Homer's priority was carefully argued by Aristarchus, and generally accepted in later antiquity. Hesiod's absolute date is …Matched in noteshighmedium
  19. α1531Ἀμβολάδηνbubbling up… headword adverb occurs (in a simile of melting pig-fat). [2] Herodotus 4.181.4 (of a flow of water): web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort
  20. α1714ἈμφιδέαςbraceletsFrom glosses on this accusative plural in Herodotus 2.69.2 (web address 1), where however the chains are ornaments for sacred crocodiles. See already alpha 1713, and cf. alpha 1715.Matched in noteshighshort
  21. β299Βιοῦταιhas means to live[1] Herodotus 2.177.2 (on the law of Amasis that every Egyptian, every year, should declare the source of his livelihood): web address 1 below.Matched in noteshighshort
  22. γ213ΓεφυρίςGephyraean (woman)[1] Herodotus 5.57 (web address 1 below). The present headword itself, however, is unattested outside lexicography.Matched in noteshighshort
  23. α2224Ἀνέδραμενshot up… Iliad 18.56, where the headword occurs: web address 1. [1] Herodotus 1.66.1 (which actually has the plural, of the early Spartans): web address 2.Matched in noteshighshort
  24. α4584ἈφέωκαI have sent away… Attic form is the headword. (Neither, in fact, is in Herodotus.)Matched in noteshighshort
  25. α1972Ἀνανέμεινto review, to rehearse… ps.-Zonaras. [1] Epicharmus fr. 224 Kaibel, now 232 K.-A. [2] Herodotus 1.173.5 (web address 1 below).Matched in noteshighshort
  26. α2163Ἀνδρεώνmen's quartersLikewise in ps.-Zonaras. From glosses on Herodotus 1.34.3 (web address 1), where the headword a)ndrew/n occurs in the genitive plural. The Attic form is a)ndrw/n. For its feminine counterpart in gender-segregation of ancient living-quarters …Matched in noteshighshort
  27. γ167Γεωπεῖναιland-paupers… the Platonic Lexicon of Timaeus. [2] From a gloss on Herodotus 2.6.2 (web address 1 below), where the word occurs (in reference to Egypt).Matched in noteshighshort
  28. α3943Ἄρθμιαamicable relations[1] From a gloss on Herodotus 6.83.2, where the headword, neuter plural of this adjective, occurs (web address 1 below). [2] Herodotus 9.9.2 (web address 2). [3] Evidently quoted from somewhere -- perhaps Eunapius, …Matched in noteshighshort
  29. α4078Ἀρχαιρεσίαmagistrate-electionLikewise in ps.-Zonaras. [1] Herodotus 6.58.3 (web address 1 below), on the ten-day suspension of elections in Sparta whenever a king dies. The Herodotus passage, in other words, illustrates the first rather than the …Matched in noteshighshort
  30. α1497Ἁμαρτίανsin, missing the mark… the noun a(marti/a (alpha 1496). An example of a(marta/s in Herodotus is 1.91.1 (web address 1). See also alpha 1492.Matched in noteshighshort

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