Skip to content

Browse Topics Random About

Searching…

The Byzantine encyclopedia of the ancient world, in English and Greek.

Read

Browse Α–Ω
Topics
Random entry

Project

About & credits
Report an error
Original SOL ↗

Follow

@ReadSuda
@readsuda.org

A new reader for the Suda On Line translation, made by 200+ volunteer translators and editors. Greek text after Adler’s edition. Translations © their translators and SOL, licensed CC BY-NC-SA.

Free · non-commercial · no ads · no accounts[email protected]Maintained with ❤️ by Rick Lithan

⌕Search ΑLetters ⤨Random

Keyboard shortcuts

j: Next entry
k: Previous entry
g: Toggle Greek
/: Search
?: Show shortcuts

Search

Search the Suda

All Headwords Translation Greek Notes

Keyword

definition163
dialects, grammar, and etymology109
comedy93
daily life54
ethics54
epic53
biography45
geography41
military affairs40
history39
historiography34
law33

32 more

imagery32
economics30
religion30
rhetoric29
zoology28
science and technology25
trade and manufacture25
women24
food23
gender and sexuality23
tragedy21

Letter

Ε epsilon107
Χ chi36
Δ delta30
Α alpha12
Β beta12
ΑΙ alphaiota2

Vetting status

high199

Length

Short186
Medium13

Translator

David Whitehead199

Filters (1)

Keyword

definition163
dialects, grammar, and etymology109
comedy93
daily life54
ethics54
epic53
biography45
geography41
military affairs40
history39
historiography34
law33

32 more

imagery32
economics30
religion30
rhetoric29
zoology28
science and technology25
trade and manufacture25
women24
food23
gender and sexuality23
tragedy21

Letter

Ε epsilon107
Χ chi36
Δ delta30
Α alpha12
Β beta12
ΑΙ alphaiota2

Vetting status

high199

Length

Short186
Medium13

Translator

David Whitehead199

199 entries for scholia

Relevance Adler order Longest first

Translator: David Whitehead ×
Clear all

δ420Δήμαρχοςdemarchos, demarch, mayor… Lysias fr. 184 Sauppe, now 237 Carey OCT); cf. the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 37 (web address 1). See also delta 419 and the latter part of delta 421. [1] Harpok. and the scholiast …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1061Ἐμοὶ δὲ τοιοῦτον ἔργον ἔστ' εἰργασμένονsuch 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 PylosAristophanes, 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 …Matched in noteshighshort
χ164

δ420

Δήμαρχος

demarchos, demarch, mayor

Each deme in Athens had an official called a demarch. These men used to make the inventories of the estates belonging to each deme. They were also the custodians of the deme registers [lexiarchika grammateia].…

Δήμαρχος· ἑκάστου δήμου τῶν ἐν Ἀθήναις ὁ κατάρχων δήμαρχος ἐλέγετο. οὗτοι δὲ τὰς ἀπογραφὰς ἐποιοῦντο τῶν προσόντων ἑκάστῳ δήμῳ χωρίων. ἔτι δὲ καὶ τὰ ληξιαρχικὰ γραμματεῖα παρ'…

medicine

medicine

20

20

meter and music6

meter and music6

Χαίρειν

greetings

From the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 609 (web address 1), where this form -- an infinitive of the verb meaning 'to be happy' -- occurs. The claim that Kleon (kappa 1731) was the first …

Matched in noteshighshort

χ370ΧόεςPitchers, Choes… on Demosthenes 39.16: web address 1) and half from the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 961 (web address 2); note, however, that Jacoby, for FGrH 244 F33, regarded all of this material as deriving from …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε361ἙκάτειονHekateion[1] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Wasps 804 (web address 1), where the headword occurs. For Hekate cf. epsilon 363, epsilon 364, epsilon 365. [2] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 63-4 (web address …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2024Ἐπεγράφουyou were enlisted under, you had (something) inscribed upon… Acharnians 1095 (web address 1), with comment from the (uncomprehending) scholia there. The scholia focus on the literal level (Lamachos has had a gorgon inscribed on his shield), while the wordplay (cf. LSJ: web …Matched in noteshighshort

δ300Δεῖγμαdisplay, Deigma… Aristophanes, Knights 978-80 (web address 2), with comment from the scholia there. [4] Aristophanes, Acharnians 989 (web address 3), with comment from the scholia there.Matched in noteshighmedium

ε1034Ἐμποδώνin the way… [2] Aristophanes, Peace 315 (web address 1), with scholion. The scholiast is discussing the normal use of 'not' in clauses of prevention. The 'not' has been retained in the translation of the quotation and …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε1382Ἐν λόγῳat (the) story… a scholion (not, Adler notes, in White's edition of the scholia). (See also the scholia to a similar use of logos at Clouds 372.)Matched in noteshighshort

ε2384Ἐπίκληροςepikleros, heiress… present Suda entry (also in other lexica) derives from the scholia on Plato, Laws 630E, where the terms kleros and epikleros occur; and the main section of the parallel epsilon 2385 (q.v.) comes from …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2895ἘρασινάδηςErasinades, Erasinides… Hornblower 554.) Adler suggested that the entry comes from the scholia to Aristophanes, Frogs 1196, where he is mentioned (epsilon 3234). Alternatively [DW], from scholia to one of his several mentions in book 1 …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2919Ἐρέβινθοςchickpea, garbanzoSee also epsilon 2920. [1] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 801, where the headword occurs. See generally J. Henderson, The Maculate Muse (New Haven 1975) 119, #42. [2] Aristophanes, Clouds 1395-6 (web address …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3721ΕὐρυκλῆςEurykles, EuryclesFrom the scholia to Aristophanes, Wasps 1019 (and cf. the scholia to Plato, Sophist 252C). See under epsilon 45.Matched in noteshighshort

χ283Χηναλώπηξgoose-fox[1] Perhaps from scholia to Aristophanes, Birds 1295, where the headword appears (web address 1). If a real species of bird is in question, it has been variously identified as the Egyptian goose Alopochen …Matched in noteshighshort

χ289Χηραμοίburrows, holes… other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, and cf. also the scholia to Homer, Iliad 21.495 (where the singular appears: web address 1). This plural is probably quoted from Oppian, Halieutica 1.604; cf. the scholia …Matched in noteshighshort

χ435Χώραregion, territory[1] Likewise in ps.-Herodian 152, and cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 6.516 (where the phrase e)k xw/rhs occurs). [2] cf. the scholia to Thucydides 4.76.5 (though there the word Thuc. uses is chorion, …Matched in noteshighshort

χ462Χρεῶν ἀποκοπαίcancellations of debtsLikewise or similarly in other lexica. From the scholia to Plato, Laws 684E (web address 1), where the headword phrase occurs. "Taken" (a)faireqe/nta), in the Suda mss, is obviously incorrect; read "owed" (o)flhqe/nta), as …Matched in noteshighshort

χ535Χρόνου πόδαtime's foot… 100 (see under pi 356), with comment deriving from the scholia. The first of the two phrases has been identified as a (comic?) version of Euripides fr. 487 (from the Melanippe), ai)qe/r' oi)/khsin *dio/s …Matched in noteshighshort

α2155Ἀνδραποδοκάπηλοςslave-dealer, slave-seller… also alpha 2154, alpha 2156, alpha 2157. [1] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 521, where the word andrapodistes (see under alpha 2154) occurs. [2] Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 7.16.19 …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2184Ἀνδροληψίαabduction, seizure… this point the entry, which had begun by drawing on scholia to Demosthenes 23.84, incorporates the equivalent one in Harpokration.Matched in noteshighmedium

α2416Ἀνημιωβολιαῖαhalf-obol-portions… portions of meat: web address 1), with comment from the scholia there. cf. theta 181, kappa 251. [1] Better dative plural: qeoi=s.Matched in noteshighshort

α3269Ἀπόγνοιαdespair[1] Same glossing in the scholia to Thucydides (see next note). [2] An appoximation of Thucydides 3.85.3 (web address 1 below): the aorist participle e)mprh/santes ('having burned') becomes the finite e)neprh/santo ('they burned') here, …Matched in noteshighshort

α3778ἈργίννουσαArginnousa, Arginousai, Arginusae… -nn- version of the name is confined to lexica and scholia.Matched in noteshighshort

α3797Ἀργυρόπεζαsilver-footed… are Aphrodite and Artemis. [2] This sentence is from the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.538 (web address 2), where the epithet is applied to Thetis; cf. pi 909. [3] The source now becomes Harpokration …Matched in noteshighshort

α3959Ἀρκτεῦσαιto be a bear… transitive, "to make (someone into) a bear"; nevertheless, lexicographers and scholiasts seem confident that the active voice as well as the middle - also used here - was intransitive. [1] Lysias fr. 249 Sauppe, …Matched in noteshighshort

α4109Ἀρχίδιονpetty office, minor post… 1111 (web address 1), preceded by the gloss in the scholia there. cf. Demosthenes 18.261.Matched in noteshighshort

α4143Ἀσήμανταunmarked… on to cite Hyperides fr. 4 Jensen.) [2] cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 10.485, where the word occurs.Matched in noteshighshort

α4365Ἄτιμοςdishonored… lines 788-9 (abridged: web address 1), with comment from the scholia there. [2] The source now becomes Harpokration s.v., here abridged. [3] Demosthenes 9.42 (web address 2).Matched in noteshighshort

α4590Ἀφ' Ἑστίαςfrom Hearth, from Hestia… Likewise or similarly in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to Plato, Euthyphro 3A, where the headword phrase occurs. [2] This part of the entry is (over-)abridged from Harpokration s.v., where Isaeus fr. …Matched in noteshighshort

α4679ἈχαίαAchaia, Achaea… (web address 1), with attempts at explanatory comment from the scholia there. For the 'bridge' in question here, see under gamma 212.Matched in noteshighshort

Page 1 of 7Next →