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- β363Βοήνbattle-cry… for that.) For the transference of the word to battle itself see Theocritus, Idylls 16.97, quoted in LSJ s.v.
- α447Ἄδειαimpunity… An approximation -- the final participle should be a)ntipoli/zontos, "building itself up as an opposing city" -- of Josephus, Jewish War 5.72-3 (web address 1 below); cf. pi 1884.
- α4061Ἀρυπότατοςmost unsordid, very unsordidThis superlative form is unattested outside lexicography, and a)/rupos itself is extremely rare, but for the etymology see rho 301, rho 302.
- α2248Ἀνελεῖνto overturn; to take up… no/mon: "having overturned the law, [the Council] elected this man itself".
- α2376Ἀνείλιττεwas unravelingEvidently a quotation, but unidentifiable. The headword itself is imperfect (which might have the sense of try, or begin), third person singular, of a)neli/ttw,
- δ169Δεῆσανthere being a lackSame entry elsewhere. For the headword itself -- aorist active participle, neuter nominative/accusative singular, of dei= (delta 166) -- see e.g. Isocrates 12.180.
- β350ΒοανεργέςBoanerges… John, the sons of Zebedee, in Mark 3.17. The gospel itself adds the gloss.
- α1487ἉμαξείαhaulageThe headword (cognate with "wagon" itself: alpha 1486, and cf. alpha 1488, alpha 1489, alpha 1490) is attested only in lexicography and on inscriptions: see LSJ entry at web address 1).
- δ352Δεινοὶ πλέκειν τοι μηχανὰς ΑἰγύπτιοιEgyptians (are) clever at crafting machines[1] Zenobius 3.37. The headword phrase itself is Aeschylus fr. 373 Nauck (726 Mette). [2] Homer, Iliad 2.742, 15.626. The added comment comes from the scholia to the first of these passages. (The fame …
- α2547Ἀνόδοντονtoothless… nominative in the quotation (below) but accusative as the headword itself. [1] Pherecrates fr. 74 Kock, now 79 K.-A.
- α781Ἀκάκητοςguileless; of AkakesionThough the manuscript tradition is unproblematic in itself, the headword here should clearly be not a)ka/khtos but *)akakh/sios. See alpha 780 and the Pausanias passage cited there, in which Hermes Akakesios is mentioned; and …
- γ190Γέρδιοςgerdios… LSJ s.v. [2] Post-Suda, Etymologicum Magnum 228.40 has the headword itself as a feminine.
- γ385Γονυπετῆσαιto kneel [before]… ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon. The headword itself, aorist active infinitive of this verb, must be quoted from somewhere.
- α925Ἀκοντίinvoluntarily… the latter is by far the more common. The headword itself, in fact, is not attested until Plutarch (Life of Fabius Maximus 5.2.) and remains very rare thereafter.
- γ213ΓεφυρίςGephyraean (woman)[1] Herodotus 5.57 (web address 1 below). The present headword itself, however, is unattested outside lexicography.
- χ91Χαραδροῦταιis being gullied… quoted from somewhere but is not independently attested. The verb itself occurs first in Herodotus: see LSJ s.v. cf. generally chi 86, chi 87.
- α3056Ἀπέσβηκεhe had quenched… Statesman [Politicus] 269B (web address 1 below), the headword form itself is also attested in Xenophon, Cyropaedia 8.8.13.
- α1226Ἀλικροῦδαraw-food… of the Latin crudum. The first part of the headword itself comes from Latin alimentum "food" (information supplied by Dr Nick Nicholas).
- α1776Ἀμφίτρητονpierced-through… case). [2] Either the wife of Poseidon or the sea itself: see LSJ s.v.
- α1882Ἀναθρώσκειsprings up… of the headword verb appears. (Likewise Hesychius s.v.) The headword itself, however, must be quoted from somewher else -- perhaps Herodotus (3.64.2 or 7.18.1).
- β36Βαθυπέπλωνof long-robed [women]… helpfully explain that it refers to women. The headword adjective itself is characteristic of late epic (Nonnus, Quintus); see also epsilon 3574.
- α2307Ἀνεργήσειwill confine… not this kola/sei but kwlu/sei ("will prevent"). The headword verb itself must be quoted from somewhere but is not independently attested.
- γ408ΓούνδαςgoundasBoth the headword itself and the gloss's alternative are otherwise unattested. Nevertheless, both are evidently variants on what scholia to Lucian twice (on Gallus 22 and Dialogues of the Courtesans 14.2) call gonde, and …
- α1408Ἄλσηgroves, sacred groves… See also Iliad 20.8. For the present gloss (teme/nh) glossed itself, see tau 297.
- α2459Ἀνιέρειοςvictimless (offering)[1] Same glossing in Photius and elsewhere. The headword itself is unattested outside lexicography. [2] LSJ s.v. cites instances from tragedy.
- α4380Ἀτραπιτόςpath, walk… in ps.-Herodian 176, and similarly elsewhere. For the headword a)trapito/s itself see Homer, Odyssey 13.195 (plural) and generally LSJ s.v. [2] Here in fact accusative plural, presumably quoted from somewhere; there are numerous possibilities.
- δ100Δαφνίνην φορῶ βακτηρίανI am carrying a laurel staffZenobius 3.12, and other paroemiographers. The proverbial phrase itself is the bulk (minus the opening) of an iambic trimeter.
- α446Ἀδέψητονuntanned, undressed… Hesychius the same headword but with different glossing. The headword itself, neuter nominative/accusative singular of this adjective, is doubtless quoted from Homer, Odyssey 20.2 (cf. 142), of leather, though note that in Apollonius Rhodius, …
- α717Ἀθεωρητίunobservedly… and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon (785). The adverb itself is perhaps quoted from Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 1.9.2. [2] From Harpokration s.v., who cites Antiphon the Sophist (87 B67 Diels-Kranz) for the word.
- α2680Ἀντιλογιῶνdisputations… for this genitive plural (web address 1 below); the noun itself does occur in book 1, but in the accusative singular (1.31.4, 1.73.1). [2] Aristophanes, Clouds 321 (web address 2).