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- ε374Ἐκβακχευθείςfrenzied[Meaning he who was] driven mad. "Frenzied, Valens announced a massed expedition against the enemy."
- ε375Ἐκβεβόλβισταιhas been uprooted[Meaning he/she/it] has been dug out of the ground.
- ε376Ἐκβιαστήςexactor"For they are both exactors of justice, they urge us to the goal of justice." He is speaking about Gregory and Basil.
- ε377ἘκβαίνωI exceed, I go beyond, I overstep[Used] with an accusative. Also [sc. attested is] "you would exceed", [meaning] you would go out.
- ε378Ἐκβιβάσαςbringing out[Meaning one who is] leading out. "Bringing out the nightingale which sings as sweetly as the muse, leave [her] here for us, so that we may play with her". ['So that we may play'] …
- ε379Ἐκβρασθῇwould be washed ashore[Meaning he/she/it] would be taken out, would be thrown out. It is also said of those who are being thrown out by the sea. Also said is "[he/she/it] was ‘spat out’ by the sea".
- ε2257Ἐπιβύσαςhaving stopped up[Meaning] having filled full, having freighted. As Homer [says]: "stopped-up with adorned thread". Aristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "having stopped up the mouth [sic] of the orators with coins".
- ε2411Ἐπίκωποςto the hilt, through and through[Meaning] armed with a sword. Because the hilt (kw/ph) [is] the handle of the sword. Or meaning by ship, [kw/ph] being also a naval term ['oar-handle']. And Homer [says]: "for I do not have …
- ε2519Ἐπιπλώσαςhaving sailed upon[Meaning he] having floated on. Also [sc. attested is] e)piplw/s, in Homer. [It comes] from the [verb] ple/w, [Ionic] plw/w, [future], plw/sw, [aorist participle] plw/sas, by syncope plw/s, and [compound] e)piplw/s. It is indeclinable, …
- ε2714Ἐπίτονοςrope, stayAristophanes [says] "on a rope/stay". A joke [meaning] on a hide. And Homer [says]: "the back-stay had been flung".
- ε2834Ἐπ' ὠκεανοῖο ῥοάωνon ocean's streamsHomer [sc. uses the phrase]. Meaning as at ocean's streams. And elsewhere: "but come, shoot [an arrow] on Menelaus". Meaning at Menelaus.
- ε3038Ἑρμῆς ὁ ΤρισμέγιστοςHermes the TrismegistosThis man was an Egyptian sage; he flourished before the Pharaoh. He was called Trismegistos ['thrice-great'], because he made a statement about the triad, saying [that] a single deity exists in triadic form thus: …
- ε3064Ἐρωήσαςforcing backMeaning [he] bringing down, busting. "Forcing back the destructive horn". Callimachus [sc. writes this]. Aalso, "[your dark blood] will flow about [my] spear". Homer [sc. writes this].
- ε3236Ἔστυγενglowered[Meaning he/she/it] was gloomy. [The term arises] from the gloominess [stugno/ths] of the face. Homer [says]: "[he] glowered at hearing the tale".
- ε3277Ἔτεαyears[e)/tea means the same as] e)/th in Homer.
- ε3292Ἕτερονone thing, one of two thingsHomer [writes]: "[he] who hides one thing (e(/teron) in his mind and says something else (a)/llo)". Here it seems that there is a confusion about the two. For it should have been "says another", …
- ε3302Ἐτετρήχειhad been disturbed[Meaning he/she/it] had become rough.
- ε3303Ἐτεχνίτευεwas contriving[Meaning he/she/it] enquired with cunning and craft. Josephus [writes]: "[she] was contriving to learn in what way he excels so much in virtue.”
- ε3304Ἔτειονyearly[Meaning] annual. But [sc. note also] e)pe/teion, [meaning] something that is not lasting, but flourishes for a year. Also [sc. attested are the phrases] 'yearly fruit' and '[yearly] season'.
- ε3305Ἔτειρενwas wearing out[Meaning he/she/it] subdued.
- ε3306Ἐτειχηροῦντοthey were being enwalled[Meaning] they were being surrounded with walls, they were being confined. "They were being enwalled within the trench and the bulwark".
- ε3307Ἐτήρειwas reserving[Meaning he/she/it] was stewarding. "[He] was reserving the younger men for the triumph".
- ε3308Ἔτηςtownsman[Meaning] a citizen; from the [word] e)/qos ['custom']. Like [the word] ce/nos ['foreigner'], he who is outside [e)/cw] the community [e(no/ths], or from being outside [e)/cw ei)=nai].
- ε3318Ἐτιμήσατοestimated[Meaning he/she/it] counted out. "Captured from the barbarians and negotiating for the release of the king/emperor, the barbarian estimated [sc. the value of] his life at 300 pounds."
- ε3319Ἐτιμήσαντοthey condemned[Meaning] they punished, they gave judgement against [someone]. "They condemned Socrates to death." For a timema [is] the penalty and the condemnation.
- ε3320Ἐτιμήσασθεyou estimated, you valuedMeaning you bought. Thucydides [writes]: "[the power] which you estimated/valued at a lot of money".
- ε3321ἘτισάμηνI took vengeance[Meaning] I punished.
- ε3322Ἔτισανthey paid[Meaning] they gave. Aelian [writes]: "in return for which the Phocians paid very heavy penalties."
- ε3323Ἔτισεpaid[Meaning he/she/it] has given. "He paid penalties for the things he did. For he did not end his life in some swift and early way, but he was punished over time."
- ε3325Ἐτνήρυσιςsoup-ladle[sc. Soup is] gruel with milk. Also [sc. attested is] 'soup-ladle', the broth-server, in which they draw the soup; exactly as oi)nh/rusis ['wine-drawer'] [is] anything used for stirring. *)/etnos is what they used to …