ALCAEUS

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γῆν denon Mawnum [on the werd οὐδείς * nobody}:
Tt should be noted that when it is equivalent to οὔτις there
are two parts of the word οὐδείς * nobedy. namely οὔ and
δείς : it is not a compound. If it were, it would have the
aeveut on the syllable before... The neuter of the actual
word δείς {ἀν man’) is fewnd used apart from the οὐ
(‘not’) in the 9th Book of Alcaeus :

and nothing will come of anything ;
Zenobius.

174

Cramer Jie ca (Faris) on the //im? [1 reofed ]: Let no one
blame us for writing εἰραφιώτης without due consideration :
for it is not Homer's word but Aleaeus’ τ compare

for the Lord Eirapheotes 3

175

Herodian Words awithavt Parallel: Disyllabic nenters
ending in τος, if they have alpha in the penultimate always
have it short, unless it be in dialect, as πᾶρος ὁ devrepitude *
in Alcaeus ; compare:

for woeful decrepitude is coming.”

176

Pollux Mvwebulury: Anacreon . . . says that he crowned
himself with anise, and so say Sappho and Aleaeus ; these
two poets also speak in this connexion of celery (or parsley).

Aero on Horace [* parsley for weaving garlands’]. . . or
else because Alvacus often speaks of his being crowned with

parsley.

of Bacchus was variously explained, ov. because after his
premature birth he was ‘stitched up” (ἐρράφθαι) in the thigh
of Zeus 5 metre 80

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