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- μ618ΜένωνMenon, Meno… superior to them and supported by an extract in Stobaeus. Meno was a mercenary general of Aristippus the Aleuad of Larisa (PW 1.1372-74; Gehrke pp. 189-90), who belonged to the pro-Persian faction in that …
- μ624ΜενοινῷοςdesirousApparently an adjective (or a proper name) related to menoinh/ (mu 623); attested only here.
- μ625ΜενοίτιοςMenoitios, Menoetius… Argonauts; father of Patroclus (pi 796). See generally OCD(4) s.v. Menoetius.
- ει278Εἰς καλόνfor goodSee e.g. Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 78; Plato, Meno 89E, Symposium 174E. cf. generically epsiloniota 279.
- ε1140Ἐναύλισμαabode, quartersNeuter noun related to the verb epsilon 1139 and epsilon 1324. Same gloss in some lexica, but Hesychius epsilon2698 has a fuller one: newsti\ geno/meno/n ti oi)/khma, "recently built". Instances in Artemidorus, Theophylact Simocatta, …
- η33Ἦ γάρn'est-ce pas? no?… confirmation, very common in Plato; Theodoridis on Photius s.v. offers Meno 97A and Theaetetus 160E exempli gratia.
- α1150ἈλευάδαιAleuadai, Aleuadae, Aleuads… lexica, including Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon. From the scholia to Plato, Meno 70B, where the headword occurs. cf. under epsilon 3952 and sigma 438, and see generally OCD(4) p.55.
- α150Ἀγαπᾶνto love, to receive favorably, to be content with.… expression meaning "please...". There are classical Attic instances in Plato (Meno 75C) and Isocrates (Letters 6.6); and see generally LSJ s.v. a)gapa/w, III.1.
- η470ἩράκλειςHerakles!, Heracles!… eta14). See also eta 469. [1] cf. scholion on Plato, Meno 91C. [2] The vocative is *(hra/kleis as at eta 469. [3] The Attic nominative is *dhmh/thr; Doric, Arcadian, and Boeotian is *dama/thr; *dwma/thr …
- η223Ἠλίθιοςfoolish, idle… pei/qesqai "obey." [3] Xenophon, Anabasis 2.6.22 (web address 2), concerning Meno; cf. mu 618.
- ε3792Εὐφήμειspeak well… epsilon1009; Photius, Lexicon epsilon2361; scholia to Plato, Gorgias 469A and Meno 91C.
- ει57Εἰκάζωνconjecturing, comparing… always a certainty with Timaeus -- the likely context is Meno 98B. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler suggests Aelian.) The transmitted plural fa/smata may be corrected either to the singular fa/sma or better (as suggested …
- δ110Δαιδάλου ποιήματαDaidalos' creations, Daedalus' creationsThe phrase "Daidalou poiemata" occurs in Plato, Meno 97D-E, and this material derives from ancient comment on that passage. For Daidalos/Daedalus cf. already delta 106, delta 107, delta 108, delta 109; and see generally …
- κ150Κακίαvice, evil… belong to ignorance or, rather, they are ignorance) see Plato, Meno 77B-78B; Gorgias 460B-D, 488A; Protagoras 352C, 355A-358A, 360D, and the Diogenes Laertius and Stobaeus passages quoted above. [3] alpha 3830. [4] From commentary …
- ε1796Ἐξομόργνυνταιthey wipe off (from themselves)The headword is third person plural present middle of e)como/rgnumi. It must be quoted from somewhere: same or similar glossing in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to Plato, Laws 775D, where the …
- κ2324Κράνειοςdog-wood[1] cf. kappa 2322. [2] Near Corinth: Diogenes Laertius 6.77, etc. [3] cf. kappa 2323. [4] i.e. cranium, skull. For Kranion as Calvary/Golgotha (gamma 366) see Luke 23:33 (to\n to/pon to\n kalou/menon *krani/on), Matthew …
- δ62ΔαξισμόςirritationThe headword noun, nominative case, purports to be generated by its genitive in the quotation given -- but see next note [1] A faulty approximation of a dream-scenario in Artemidorus 5.69: read nominative i(pta/menos …
- δ76Δάσασθαιto divide out, distribute[1] The headword is aorist infinitive of date/omai. Same or similar glossing in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 3.66 (where dassa/menoi occurs). [2] Herodotus 7.121.2, with the aorist participle …
- δ856Διδαξάμενοςhaving [someone] taughtSame entry in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon, compiled at some time between the first and the fourth centuries CE. Similar one, later, in Photius, Lexicon delta520, though the glossing there is corrupted into tele/sas ti …
- κ2303Κωτίληbabbling, chattering, prattlingThe headword is feminine, and glossed accordingly. It must be quoted from somewhere -- perhaps a fragment of Anacreon, where it is applied to a swallow. (The glossing in other lexica fits better with …
- κ1644Κινόμενοςbeing moved, being set in motionThe headword is non-contract present middle/passive participle (in the masculine nominative singular) cited as a variant of the usual contract form from the verb kine/w. Compare a scholion on Homer, Iliad 10.280 (web address …
- α326ἈγώμενοςenvyingSame material, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (344-345). The primary headword a)gw/menos, a participle in the middle voice, occurs in Hesiod, Theogony 619 (of Ouranos and his offspring). The entry is concerned …
- ε699Ἐκκυκλεῖwheels outcf. epsilon 132, epsilon 1612. [1] Same glossing in Hesychius and other lexica; evidently quoted from somewhere. [2] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 96, where Agathon is ou(kkuklou/menos.
- χ471Χρήit is necessary[1] See the A scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.216 (web address 1), where the form xrh/ appears; see also Etymologicum Magnum 814.50. [2] Eupolis fr. 4 Kock, now 11 K.-A. [3] See chi 493 …
- ι141Ἰαινόμενοιto be warmed[1] The primary headword is present middle/passive infinitive of i)ai/nw (cf. iota 35). Already, though with different glossing, in Hesychius iota16; cf. iota18 and analogous entries for i)ai/nei in other lexica (see the references …
- δ1243Διώνυμονwell-knownThe headword is either masculine accusative singular or neuter nominative/accusative singular of the adjective diw/numos, for which see also delta 1244. There, as also here, the adjective is used in the second of the …
- μ410Μεθαρμοζόμενοςcorrecting oneself, adapting (?)The same entry is given in e.g. Hesychius (mu525) and Photius mu179 Theodoridis, where the editor (following Dobree) obelizes the transmitted headword meqarmozo/menos as an error for meqormizo/menos "changing anchorage". Thus the present entry …
- ε1889Ἐωνημένοιhaving purchased[1] The headword is the perfect middle participle, masculine nominative plural, of w)ne/omai. Same or similar glossing in other lexica; evidently quoted from somewhere (perhaps Plato, Republic 563B, though there are other possibilities). As …
- δ1375Δοξούμενοι(they) credited with being, (they) having the characterIn ms M only, Adler reports. The unglossed headword is apparently the present participle, masculine nominative plural, of the verb doco/omai (found only in the passive in classical writers: see LSJ s.v. at web …
- ε3142ἘσθόμενοςeatingSame entry in ps.-Zonaras. [1] The primary headword e)sqo/menos is a middle-voice participle in the masculine nominative singular. Like the secondary one (on which see next note) it stems from a byform of e)sqi/w, …