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13,042 entries for
interpretation of a dream
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2426
Λύσις ὀνείρου
interpretation of a dream
From the
dream-interpretations,
in verse,
attributed
to
Astrampsychus
(alpha
4251).
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β
351
Λύσις ὀνείρου Νικηφόρου πατριάρχου ἰαμβικοί
dream-interpretation of Nikephoros the patriarch in iambics
Adler
notes (p. xvi) that the Suda in several places
attributes
dream-interpretations
to the patriarch Nicephorus (mentioned
at
iota 84),
although
in fact they
are
not found in the published works
of
Nicephorus but …
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κ
1882
Κνώδοντος
of a spear's tooth, of a sword
An
approximation
of
Sophocles,
Ajax
1024-1026 (from which the present headword, in the genitive case, is extracted: see web
address
1), with scholion. [1] Literally, knw/dontes
are
the teeth
of
a
hunting spear, which …
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η
39
Ἡγεμονία δικαστηρίου
presidency of a jurycourt
For the headword phrase, used in
Aeschines
3.14, see
also
eta 40. (Both entries present
a
static picture
of
the
administration
of
justice
and
the specific duties
of
the various magistrates
at
Athens;
in …
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α
2411
Ἂν ἡ λεοντῆ μὴ ἐξικνῆται
If you don't have the skin of a lion fasten on that of a fox
cf. Zenobius 1.93; Tosi (cited under
alpha
378) no.2223. [1] One version
of
Homer, Odyssey 11.119. [2] Homer, Odyssey 14.330.
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α
246
Ἄγκεινθ' Ἡφαίστοιο
are offered of Hephaistos
A
marginal
addition
in ms
A;
copied from rho 81, where this phrase from
a
line
of
an
epigram (Greek
Anthology
6.117.2,
attributed
to Pancrates) is quoted more
accurately
-- the
offerings
are
*to* …
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α
3763
Ἀργελόφους
scrag-ends, scraps, offcuts, offal
The headword,
accusative
plural, is extracted from the quotation given. [1]
Aristophanes,
Wasps 672 (web
address
1 below). Some
of
the scholia here give the word
a
very precise definition (the legs
and
feet …
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η
40
Ἡγεμονία δικαστηρίου
presidency of a jurycourt
From Harpokration s.v. Though prompted by
a
phrase in
Aeschines,
the implicit source
of
the entry
as
a
whole is
?Aristotle,
Athenaion
Politeia 56-59 (web
address
1).
And
see
already
eta 39. [1]
Aeschines
…
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κ
1335
Κέντορος
of a goader, of a driver
The headword noun does not
appear
in this form, the genitive singular, in extant literature. However, it does occur in the scholia vetera to Homer, Iliad 13.171 ("Imbrius, the son
of
Mentor, rich in …
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α
4096
Ἀρχὴ ἄνδρα δείκνυσιν
office exposes a man
The proverb -- Tosi [see under
alpha
378] no.181 -- is quoted in one
of
the Exordia (Proems)
of
Demosthenes (48.2). The present entry is
a
cut-down version
of
the one in Harpokration, where …
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α
4362
Ἀτιμαγέλου
of a maverick
Likewise in ps.-Zonaras. The headword, genitive masculine
(and
neuter) singular
of
this
adjective,
is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Greek
Anthology
6.255.1-2 (Erycius); cf. beta 445, kappa 1946, omicron 915. On this …
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γ
125
Γενάρχου
of a first ancestor, of a founder
… one evidently extracted from somewhere. For gena/rxhs, founder or first
ancestor
of
a
family, see generally LSJ s.v.
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γ
205
Γέρροιν
with a pair of wickers
The first part
of
this entry is
also
in Photius
and
elsewhere. The headword is genitive/dative dual
of
ge/rron; see further, next note. [1] Eupolis fr. 405 Kock (where however Kock emends the transmitted …
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δ
533
Διαγραφὴ δίκης
cancellation of a lawsuit
Likewise, variously, in other lexica. Nevertheless, this sense
of
diagrafh/ is not registered in LSJ (IV there, cancellation
of
a
debt, comes closest),
and
this headword phrase
as
a
whole is unattested in classical …
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κ
20
Καδμείωνος
of a Kadmeian, of a Cadmean
This genitive is presumably from
a
quotation, though it is
actually
attested
only in grammarians
and
lexicographers. *kadmeiw=nes occurs in epic for *kadmei=oi. cf. kappa 19.
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α
2013
Ἀναπηνίζω
I wind thread off a reel
This
active
form is
a
later development
of
a)naphni/zomai
("unwind, reel
off,
of
the thread
of
a
silk worm's cocoon": LSJ s.v.); both
are
related to the noun ph/nh (bobbin, spool, thread, woof). See …
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ε
472
Ἐκκλησίαν
church
As
in epsilon 471, the headword noun is in the
accusative
case (here determined by the material given). The main body
of
this entry comes from Theodoret (PG 80.1773) on Psalm 109.4 LXX (located …
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κ
2060
Κόπριος ἀνήρ
man of dung, Dungsman
[1] The
Attic
deme Kopros. See under
alpha
2437, from where this material is copied. [2] From the
dream-interpretations,
in verse,
attributed
to
Astrampsychus
(alpha
4251); cf. beta 392.
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ε
2787
Ἐπλημμέλησαν
they struck a false note, they were off-key
… presumably extracted from the quotation given, is third person plural,
aorist
indicative
active,
of
the verb plhmmele/w. It is probably extracted from the quotation given here (though other extant possibilities include four in the …
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χ
613
Χύτραις ἱδρυτέον
must be established with cooking-pots
[1]
Aristophanes,
Peace 923-924 (web
address
1), with scholion; see
also
the scholia to
Aristophanes,
Plutus [Wealth] 1197. [2]
Aristophanes
fr. 245 Kock, now 256 K.-A. [3]
Aristophanes,
Peace 1090-1091 (web
address
2).
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λ
28
Λαγῷ πεινῶντι καὶ πλακοῦντες εἰς σῦκα
for a starving hare even flatcakes [serve] as figs
[1] Though this iambic trimeter is classified here
as
a
proverb it does not
appear
in the paroemiographers; cf. generally nevertheless Tosi (cited under
alpha
378) no.1406. (For hares in proverbs cf. lambda 29, …
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κ
1086
Κατ' ὄναρ
in a dream
… is presumably quoted from somewhere, perhaps from the New Testament,
as
Theodoridis implies; see Matthew 1.20, 2.12, 2.13, 2.19, 2.22, 27.19. [1]
As
the Suda itself does (or its sources do), elsewhere: see e.g. …
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κ
376
Καρήατος
head's, of a head
The headword is
a
lengthened form
of
the genitive singular
of
ka/rh,
an
epic word for "head" (see LSJ s.v. ka/ra,
A).
We find virtually the same gloss in one
of
the scholia to …
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κ
155
Κακίονος
of a worse one
… from somewhere) is the masculine or neuter genitive singular form
of
kaki/wn, the comparative
of
kako/s. This particular form is preserved only here, once in Theognostos the Grammarian
(Anecdota
Graeca (Oxon.) 2.152.5),
and
once, …
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ε
1061
Ἐμοὶ δὲ τοιοῦτον ἔργον ἔστ' εἰργασμένον
such a deed have I accomplished as to stop the mouths of each and every one of my enemies as long as there is anything left of the shields from Pylos
Aristophanes,
Knights 844-46 (web
address
1), with comment from the scholia there. For Kleon see generally kappa 1731. For his military success
at
Pylos
and
Sphacteria, in the SW Peloponnese, see generally Thucydides 4.1-41 …
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κ
36
Κάθαρμα
offscouring, residue
For the headword
(a
neuter noun here in the singular but
often
plural: see LSJ) cf. generally kappa 35, kappa 37, kappa 38, kappa 39, kappa 40. [1]
Adler
suggested
Aelian
as
the source …
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κ
2242
Κωλοβάθρου
of a fetter, fetter's
… singular form must be quoted from somewhere, but not from
an
identifiable source.
Artemidorus
(3.15)
and
Hesychius (in definitions
at
kappa47
and
kapp641)
are
the only other
attestations
of
the word, none
of
them …
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λ
250
Λέοντα ξυρᾷς
you are shaving a lion
[1]
Also
in Photius
(and
the paroemiographers),
and
cf. the scholia to Plato, Republic 341C (where the phrase
'attempting
to shave
a
lion' occurs). See web
address
1. [2] From the
dream-interpretations,
in verse, …
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δ
1535
Δρόμοις
[in] races
… headword, which must be quoted from somewhere, is dative plural
of
dro/mos "race". For this glossing
(also
in Photius, Lexicon delta758), LSJ s.v. cites
a
Cretan inscription
of
the mid-third century BCE, in which …
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χ
308
Χιλιῶν δραχμῶν
of a thousand, of drachmas
In the
Attic
dialect the plural genitive
of
draxmh/ had
a
circumflex
accent
on the last syllable,
as
normal for
a
first-declension noun. The feminine genitive plural
of
xi/lios
also
received
a
circumflex on …
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