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- λ321Λευκὴ ἀκτήWhite HeadlandAbridged from Harpokration s.v., which states the matter more cautiously. [1] Lysias fr. 9 Sauppe (still 9 Carey OCT).
- ε2398Ἐπικνίζεταιis scratched… texts, in reference to the grating or crushing of vegetable matter; see, e.g., Theophrastus On the Causes of Plants 5.2.4; Dioscorides 1.127.1. For the more common un-prefixed form of this verb, along with a …
- κ1764ΚλείταρχοςKleitarchos, Cleitarchus, Clitarchus… under epsilon 3995. When Cleitarchus lived and wrote is a matter of dispute. Orthodoxy assigns him a "high" (a.k.a. early) date, in the last years of the fourth century BCE or early in the …
- ε2832Ἐπωβελίαobol-fine… is cited. [2] Plato, Laws 921D (on a quite different matter: anyone in Magnesia who takes delivery of a piece of work from a craftsman but fails to pay him for it within a …
- μ618ΜένωνMenon, Meno… illustrate the villainy (panourgi/a, willingness to undertake any act no matter how immoral) of Meno. The mss have "friendship" in the preceding subordinate clause in the dative of manner (fili/a|, 'in friendship/love'): 'When there …
- ε3505Εὐθυδικίαdirect trial… part of this entry is also in Photius, with similar material elsewhere (esp. the scholia to Demosthenes 34.4). The headword (a single word in the Greek) occurs in e.g. Isaeus and Demosthenes. See generally …
- α2026Ἀναποδίζεινto cross-examine… the hostile sense suggested here in evidence.) Same or similar material in Photius and other lexica. [2] The second part of the entry derives from the equivalent one in Harpokration, where Antiphon the sophist …
- γ478ΓύλωνGylon… name.' Gylon, an Athenian of the deme Kerameis, was the maternal grandfather of the orator Demosthenes (delta 454), and the Suda's material here stems from anti-Demosthenes material in Aeschines 3.171-2 (web address 1). 'Kleoboulos' …
- μ607Μενετοὶ θεοὶ καὶ μὴ ἀποδιδῶσι μισητίᾳlong-suffering are the gods and (if) he does not pay back out of insatiabilityAn approximation of Aristophanes, Birds 1620 (web address 1), with material from the scholia there. According to one of the scholia, the first half of the line is the first half of a proverb …
- κ1113ΚάτωνCatoThe entry brings together biographical material on two stages in the long life of Marcus Porcius Cato Censorinus (234-149; see generally OCD(4) pp.1188-9.) Passage 1 derives from Appian, Iberica 160; for passage 2, a …
- κ2721ΚυνόσαργεςKynosarges, Cynosarges… Journal of Hellenic Studies 94 (1974) 88-95. For the present material cf. the scholia to Demosthenes 24.114. [1] Thus the name as transmitted, but it should be Diomos; cf. generally delta 1161. [2] Presumably …
- ει84ΕἴκοσινtwentySame material, variously, in other lexica. [1] cf. generally under epsilon 285.
- ι489ἼωνIon… generated by Isocrates 15.268 and goes on to cite other material).
- μ285Μάτιονmation… mation: 'Egyptian measure of capacity' (papyri and ostraca cited, present material ignored).
- δ1585ΔυρράχιονDyrrachion, Dyrrachium, Durrachium… of this entry see delta 1586. [1] For this same material in reverse see epsilon 2277.
- ε293Ἐθαγενήςfamiliar-born, familiar-bredSame material, variously, in other lexica; the headword is otherwise unattested. cf. epsilon 294 for the etymology. [1] Or else: '...in a particular place'.
- κ2796Κυφανισμόςbeing pilloried… [Plutus] 476, where pillories are mentioned (web address 1). The material reappears in the middle of kappa 2800, with the gloss attributed to Archilochus.
- μ90Μαλακίζεσθαιto be softPhotius mu58 Theodoridis gives this same material under the lemma malaki/zetai. [1] Untrue: see LSJ s.v. at web address 1.
- χ287ΧήραwidowSame material, variously, in other lexica. For the (unglossed) primary headword see e.g. under chi 208; and note Menander's play Widow. [1] For this verb see chi 290.
- ε1824Ἔξω Γλαῦκεaway o Grey one… at Apostolius 7.58. For the glaukos see the dossier of material in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 7.295B-F (7.45-46 Kaibel).
- ε2562Ἐπισημαινόμενοςdistinguishing, signifying, approvingA corrupt gloss, as Adler notes (ms A repeats material for epsilon 2561); nevertheless Polybius does, twice (1.35.1, 16.28.3), use this present middle participle, masculine nominative singular, of e)pishmai/nw.
- λ70ΛακρατίδηςLakratides, Lacratides; LakrateidesThe principal source of this material is a fragment of Philochorus (FGrH 328 F202) preserved in the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 220. Develin (below) 48 dates Lakrateides -- the most authentic version of his …
- α378Ἀγροίκου μὴ καταφρόνει ῥήτοροςdon't despise a rustic rhetor… now 947 K.-A.; Zenobius 1.15; Tosi (below) no.2104, with later material. For "rustic" cf. alpha 375, alpha 376, alpha 377, alpha 380.
- κ1357ΚεραμεικοίKerameikoi, Ceramici… 1. See already kappa 1356, and further cross-references there. [1] Material seems to be missing (unless the phrase means 'In one of them').
- ε1938Ἐπακτροκέληςepaktrokeles, skiff-speedyMentioned in Aeschines 1.191, scholia to which furnish the present material. See also Harpokration s.v., which also cites Dinarchus fr. I.4 Conomis. For the 'skiff' see epsilon 1937; for the 'speedy' (keles) see kappa …
- δ1272Δὶς κράμβη θάνατοςtwice-cooked cabbage (is) death… For kra/mbh see kappa 2318, and generally the dossier of material in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 9.369E-370F (9.9-10 Kaibel).
- δ80Δασμολογίαdasmos-collection, tribute-collectionSame material, variously, in other lexica. Both dasmo/s and fo/ros are Greek words for "tribute", i.e. money (or equivalent) paid to a superior power. The different overtones of each word are hard to convey …
- χ73Χαμαιτυπεῖονfloor-bangerySame material, variously, in other lexica. On the typ- part of the compound see J. Henderson, The Maculate Muse (New Haven 1975) 172 #314. [1] Already under epsilon 2807; cf. also chi 74.
- κ2624ΚυηρῖνοςQuirinusSee generally OCD(4) s.v. Quirinus. The material of the present entry is paralleled in John of Antioch fr.32 FHG (4.553), now 59 Roberto; and the story of Proclus and the apotheosis of Romulus (rho …
- κ2734Κύπασσιςkypassis, cypassis… Carey OCT) and going on to cite or quote other material, from comedy and historiography.