[1] cf. omega 115 (and Hesychius omega242, omega243) Here the headword is masculine accusative plural. It must be extracted from somewhere (but not any of the quotations given here); there are numerous possibilities.
[2] Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 2.12.1 (web address 1), on the ransom demanded by Chosroes (cf. chi 418) from the citizens of Chalkis [Myth, Place] [Myth, Place] (Chalcis ad Belum, in northern Syria; cf. alpha 3485 note); cf. Kaldellis (98). For additional background on the Persian army's invasion of the Roman east in 540 CE, see alpha 465 note.
[3] Aelian fr. 171b Domingo-Forasté (168 Hercher).
[4] Part of Menander Protector fr. 10.1 Blockley (114-115), Sogdian ruler Maniakh's advice to Turkish khan Sizabul (probably in 568). On Sogdia, see alpha 2962 note. On Maniakh, see PLRE IIIb s.v. Maniach. On Sizabul, see epsilon 2425 note. On raw silk, see sigma 336 and sigma 337. Find further excerpts from this fragment at theta 509, pi 88, and pi 120.