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history6
science and technology6

24 more

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β189Βατράχειονfrog-green[1] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 522, where the headword occurs; cf. mu 20. [2] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 1406, where the word occurs. [3] This (proverbial?) phrase is not otherwise …Matched in noteshighshort
β287Βινεῖνto fuckSee also beta 288. [1] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Frogs 740, where the headword occurs. [2] Sense uncertain (the verb pip(p)izein normally means "to chirp like a young bird" or, according to some …Matched in noteshighshort
β167Βασκανίαprejudice, slander… Plutus [Wealth] 571 (addressing Penury), preceded by comment from the scholia there.

β189

Βατράχειον

frog-green

A type of color. From this also [comes] the frog-green coat. They used to color their faces with frog-green before masks were invented. Also [sc. attested is] 'frog-green [coat]', a type of brightly-colored clothing,…

Βατράχειον· εἶδος χρώματος. ἀπὸ τούτου καὶ βατραχὶς ἱμάτιον. ἐχρίοντο δὲ τῷ βατραχείῳ τὰ πρόσωπα πρὶν ἐπινοηθῆναι τὰ προσωπεῖα. καὶ Βατραχίς, εἶδος ἐσθῆτος ἀνθίνης, ὅμοιον τῷ…

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β182Βατίςskate, rayFrom the scholia to Aristophanes, Peace 811, where the word batidoskopoi occurs; cf. mu 457.Matched in noteshighshort

β187Βάττου σίλφιονBattos' silphium, Battus' silphium… [1] Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 925 (web address 1). [2] From scholia on Aristophanes, Birds 533, and Wealth [Plutus] 925.Matched in noteshighshort

β194Βαῦνοςfurnace[1] Likewise in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 86. [2] Lit. "furnace men": cf. beta 92. The derivation of banausos from baunos is given in the Etymologicum Magnum 187.38. …Matched in noteshighshort

β197ΒδέλλαleechProverbs 30:15 and scholia.Matched in noteshighshort

β206Βδελύττεσθαιto feel loathing at… 2674. [4] Aristophanes, Birds 150-151, preceded by comment from the scholia there. The phrase to\n *Le/preon refers not to an individual but to a city in the Peloponnese: cf. lambda 288 (correct) and lambda …Matched in noteshighmedium

β208Βδύλλετεyou are in deadly fear of… the women to the men's leader), with comment from the scholia there. For the verb see also beta 209. [1] This "synonym" does not seem to be in keeping with the other two, but …Matched in noteshighshort

β209Βδύλλειis in deadly fear ofAristophanes, Knights 224, with comment from the scholia there; "him" is Kleon (kappa 1731). For the verb see already beta 208.Matched in noteshighshort

β212Βαίτηskin-coat, skin-tent… or similar glossing in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to Theocritus, Idylls 3.25 and 5.15 (where the Doric accusative form bai/tan is used). [2] This proverb is not in the standard collections …Matched in noteshighshort

β214Βεβαλανωμένονconstipated… to Eilythyia, the goddess of childbirth), with comment from the scholia there. The headword participle (accusative case, from the quotation) literally means "fastened with a bolt (balanos);" it has been used in this literal …Matched in noteshighshort

β218Βέβηλος τόποςprofane placeSimilar material in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to Sopocles, Oedipus at Colonus 10, where the dative plural of the headword adjective occurs. [1] Euripides fr. 648. [2] Orphica fr. 334 Kern. …Matched in noteshighshort

β222Βεβριθυῖαweighed-down… Iliad 21.385 (where it refers to a quarrel); cf. the scholia there.. See also beta 221.Matched in noteshighshort

β223Βέβρυχενhas roared, has bellowed… Homer, Odyssey 5.412, where it describes a wave; see the scholia there.Matched in noteshighshort

β224Βεβυσμέναstuffed-full (ones)… preceding note (and beta 225). [3] Aristophanes, Acharnians 463, with scholia; cf. sigma 952.Matched in noteshighmedium

β230Βέλεμναdarts… entry in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon. From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 15.484, where this neuter plural occurs.Matched in noteshighshort

β234Βέλοςarrow, dart, missile… Homer, Iliad 8.513 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there (comments foreshortened to simply 'a wound' in other lexica: Synagoge beta42, Photius beta124; combined with other glosses in Hesychius beta497).Matched in noteshighshort

β235Βελονοπώληςneedle-sellerFrom the scholia to Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 175, where the headword occurs (web address 1); cf. pi 433. The individual's name must have been known to the audience, but cannot now be determined.Matched in noteshighshort

β256Βηλόςthreshold… other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, and cf. also the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.591, where the headword occurs. [2] Likewise in other lexica. An example of this sense occurs in the late epic …Matched in noteshighshort

β292Βίοςlife… one's habit of life, and the time necessary for learning. Scholia on Euripides and Aristophanes give the number as five and six respectively. [2] (Same spelling but accented on the final syllable.) For this …Matched in noteshighshort

δ587Διακναισθήσεταιwill be worn awayFrom the scholia to Aristophanes, Peace 251, where the headword occurs (of the Athenian campaigning in Sicily a few years earlier). For this verb cf. delta 572, delta 586. For cheese-knives see tau 1197.Matched in noteshighshort

δ600ΔιακωδωνίσωI will prove by ringing… Frogs 79 (see next note), cf. 723. [2] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Frogs 79. [3] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 91 Habrich.Matched in noteshighmedium

δ601ΔιακωχήcessationLikewise in other lexica. From the scholia to Thucydides 3.87.1 (web address 1), where the headword occurs (of the respite between the first and second outbreaks of plague in Athens in the 420s BCE). …Matched in noteshighshort

δ604Διακριδόνdistinctly, eminently… entry in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon. From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 15.108, where the headword adverb occurs (in the phrase diakrido\n ei)=nai a)/ristos). For the glossing adverb cf. delta 575.Matched in noteshighshort

δ606Διακρίνεταιis in dispute… generally delta 605. [1] Same glossing elsewhere, and cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 3.98 (where diakrinqh/menai occurs) and 3.102 (where diakrinqei=te occurs). The more commonplace headword itself, diakri/netai, must be quoted from somewhere …Matched in noteshighshort

δ608Διάκτωρminister… in other lexica. [1] For the 'messenger' gloss cf. the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 1.84, where the genitive dia/ktoros occurs.Matched in noteshighshort

δ656Διαμῆσαιto cut through… in other lexica, and cf. also Hesychius delta1160 and the scholia to Homer, Iliad 3.359, where dia/mhse occurs. The present headword, aorist infinitive of that verb (diama/w), must be quoted from somewhere else but …Matched in noteshighshort

δ657Διαμώμενοςcutting through… make a good fit with this gloss. [2] cf. the scholia to Thucydides 4.26.1 (sic, but see next note). [3] Thucydides 4.26.2 (web address 1) [4] Cited at Arrian, Parthica p.27 Roos, but not …Matched in noteshighshort

δ661Διαμπερέςthrough and through… other lexica, including Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon, and cf. also the scholia to Homer, Iliad 5.284, where this neuter nominative/accusative singular occurs. [2] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 11 Habrich.Matched in noteshighshort

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