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499
Καταγινέων
bringing back, recalling
[Meaning someone] releasing.
Herodotus
[sc. uses the word thus].
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ε
3445
Εὐεστοῖ
well-being
… possibilities include Aeschylus (Seven against Thebes 187, Agamemnon 929) and
Herodotus
(1.85).
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ε
3624
Εὐωδοῦτο
was prospering
Imperfect middle/passive and aorist passive forms, in the third person singular, of the verb eu)odo/w; each is glossed with the corresponding form of the compound kateuodo/w. Both of the forms of the simple verb …
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ε
3848
Ἐφεδρεία
reserve, succession
… for ephedros is o( u(f' h(mw=n e)pi/klhros) and glosses on
Herodotus
5.41.1 (the wife of king Anaxandridas of Sparts gives birth to Cleomenes, the king in waiting/heir apparent, e)/fedron basile/a). Yet even so the …
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κ
101
Καθιείς
initiating
… "The business among the Lydians..." is evidently a reference to
Herodotus
1.48 (web address 1), where King Croesus of Lydia (kappa 2497, kappa 2498, kappa 2499, kappa 2500) tests the oracles of the world …
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κ
247
Κᾶλον
spar, wood
… an idiosyncratic form frequently commented on by the grammarians (e.g.
[Herodian]
3.2.713; cf. again kappa 255). The translation here reflects this possibility. The ultimate source may be commentary on Aristophanes; see kappa 259 for …
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κ
298
Καννάβη
hemp
More usually ka/nnabis; Cannabis sativa. According to
Herodotus
4.75, the Scythians burned cannabis seeds and used them to medicate vapor baths (web address 1).
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κ
326
Καπανῆται
cords? charioteers?
… is also a likely etymology of the name of the
hero
Kapaneus. Also possible is a connection with skapanh/ths ('digger'); cf. ps.-Zonaras 1650.
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κ
424
Κάρτα ἐπαφρόδιτος
extremely charming
… it comes -- as noted in Adler's addenda -- from
Herodotus
2.135.2 (description of Rhodopis, rho 210): web address 1.
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κ
545
Καταΐξ
squall
[1] The headword is a poetic form, glossed with the more usual form. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr.238 (line 29), with scholion. [3] Merisos is independently attested only in ps.-Herodian.
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