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Aside from the state motto of New Mexico, crescit eundo , there is the motto of Millfield School in Somerset : molire molendo ' (Loosely...

s.v. ἐπιφάνεια <(A)>, , LSJ reports: 2. esp. of deities appearing to a worshipper, manifestation, D.H.2.68, Plu. Them .30; advent ,...

According to LSJ s.v . ἀπο-λούω, Hesychius glossed ἀπολουσέμεναι· κολ [ λ ] οβώσειν ( Cypr. ). That would involve a (1) Lesbian infinitive ...

'It is commonly admitted that the parent language possessed an adjectival suffix *- es - which served to create compound adjectives from...

"In general LSJ has hitherto been somewhat loath to draw attention to varieties of register (a notable exception of their willingness t...

The inscription known as  IG I³ 1281 ( = IG I² 1051 ) reads ΧΑΡΤΟ and no more. Since it is from Attica and dated to c. 450 BC...

To begin with...  μίνονσαι = μένουσαι (Buck, no. 22 = Schwyzer 657): (1) *ntya- > nsya (Buck, sect. 77.3), (2) -ns- preserved, and (3)...

BMI 952 (= Schwyzer 430, IG IX,1 649 , and CEG I 391: LSAG ) features: (1) a masc. a-stem, without final sigma, of a unique personal na...

The Loeb blurb comments, "and Tryphiodorus (papyri reveal the correct spelling to be “Triphiodorus”) deals with The Taking of Troy i...

Phrynichus wrote: (127q)  Ἡρακλέα, Περικλέα, Θεμιστοκλέα ἐπεκτείνων *τὴν τελευταίαν συλλαβὴν (*τὴν ἐσχάτην) λέγε, ἀλλὰ μὴ Ἡρακλῆν, Περικλ...

In addition to ἐλύμνιαι , Hesychius contains the following gloss: λυκίσκος · ἡ μὴ ἔχουσα ἀξονίσκον τροχιλία , τρῆμα δὲ μόνον h ἢ ἄν...

ὑ-φορβός (Hom.), συ- ( Od .) and thematised συ-ο- (prose); Εὔ-φορβος in Il .16.808, 850, 17.59, and 81. ξεν- and -απάτης E. Tr .866, fr.66...

The gen.pl. πατέρων 6.7, 339, 371, 394 and nom.sg. (2x) and gen.sg.in 130.20. 339 ὠς λόγος ἐκ πατέρων ὄρωρε is of particular interest (cf....

The Lobel-Page edition of Alcaeus consists of 4,888 words, while that of Sappho consists of 3,459 words (these figures are from the TLG). Th...

John Chadwick wrote in the 'Case for Replacing LSJ' ( BICS 11 (1994): 2): "One of the worst features of the 9th edition was c...

In addition to the legend(s) of Bucephalus , a form of the Alexander Romance also names another of Alexander's horses: Πετάσιος (recens...

There are places in which τίθημι (better ἔ-θηκ-α) has the sense of its Latin cognate faciō (better fēcῑ ). As LSJ s.v . B puts it 'pu...

Sometimes, authors explain after whom or what a place or people was named and thus illustrate derivation to form an adjective, with various ...

"Its [that is, The Greek Language 's] completion was put off for over twenty years by the decipherment of the Linear B script, whic...

One lecturer used to end each instalment of his lectures on Modern Greek with a simple ἀυτά! There follow some comparanda with a different...

Ἐτεο-κλῆς or -κλέης, the name of the 'defender' of Thebes against the 'Theban (or Argive) Seven', is found: (a) in Mycene...

The form was restored on a sword, excavated in 2003, discussed by PhDiva and Gary Devore , but is explicit on the Cista Ficoroni (text at ...

Herodotus, famously, says (that the Athenians said...): Πολλά τε γὰρ καὶ μεγάλα ἐστὶ τὰ διακωλύοντα ταῦτα μὴ ποιέειν μηδ’ ἢν ἐθέλωμεν· πρῶ...

From LSJ s.v.v. : ἀνδρό-παις , αιδος , ὁ , man-boy , i. e. boy with a man's mind , of Parthenopaeus, A. Th . 533 ; of Troilus, S. ...

So Lucretius 1.832 and 3.260. Horace, Ars Poetica , also addressed this point and others of lexical interest (ll. 47-72). dixeris egregie...