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α1056Ἀλαζονείαboastfulness[Meaning] arrogance. Polybius [writes]: "for most of them displayed an unfortunate emulation of the boastfulness and bad timing of the others." But in the Apostle a)lazo/nas should be understood as "those who boast in …Matched in translationhighshort
α2422Ἀνήνυτονendless[Meaning something] immeasurable, great. Polybius [writes]: "when great difficulty was coming to light concerning the rations, and insofar as the journey was seeming endless in its length." Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "of …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ368Δεισιδαιμονίαfear of the gods, piety, superstition… deceit and magic are already aiming at great things." And Polybius of Megalopolis says concerning Timaeus: "he demonstrated great cleverness and audacity in accusing his neighbors, but in his own denials he is full …

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Ἀλαζονεία

boastfulness

[Meaning] arrogance. Polybius [writes]: "for most of them displayed an unfortunate emulation of the boastfulness and bad timing of the others." But in the Apostle a)lazo/nas should be understood as "those who boast in…

Ἀλαζονεία· ὑπερηφανία. Πολύβιος· τοῖς γὰρ πλείστοις ὑπεγεγόνει τις ζῆλος οὐκ εὐτυχὴς ἐκ τῆς τῶν ἄλλων ἀλαζονείας καὶ ἀκαι- ρίας. παρὰ δὲ τῷ Ἀποστόλῳ τοὺς ἐφ' οἷς οὐκ ἔχουσιν…

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α2517Ἀνθομολογησόμεθαwe will make a covenant… with the commentary of Theodoret (PG 80, 1509ab). [2] From Polybius 29.17.1; more fully at phi 34. [3] Quotation unidentifiable. [4] A version of Diogenes Laertius 2.40, which purports to quote the beginning of …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2693ἈντίοχοςAntiochus, Antiochos… Antiochus III ("the Great"), c.242-187. See generally OCD(4) p.105. [2] Polybius 15.37; abridged at mu 356. [3] This long central paragraph of the entry consists of excerpts from the Chronicon of George the Monk; …Matched in noteshighlong

α3306Ἀποδυσπετεῖgives up… from somewhere; there are instances in several Christian writers. [2] Polybius 33.17.2 (on those impatient to see the results of their medical treatment); cf. delta 1640.Matched in noteshighshort

α3335Ἀποκαραδοκίαanxiety… [2] Quotation unidentifiable. (As Adler noted, attributed by Tittman to Polybius, who does use this verb -- but so do others.)Matched in noteshighshort

δ157Δεδοκιμασμέναapproved (ones), tested (ones)… in e.g. Xenophon (Oeconomicus 6.14, later quoted by Stobaeus) and Polybius (9.32.8). [2] Eusebius of Caesarea: see epsilon 3737, from which this phrase comes. Eusebius' Commentaries on the Psalms were highly regarded by patristic …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1230Διῳκίσατοdispersed, scattered… into villages"; Demosthenes 19.81 diwkisme/noi kata\ kw/mas, "dispersed into villages"; Polybius 4.27.6 diw/|kisen *mantinei=s e)k mia=s po/lews ei)s plei/ous, "scattered the Mantineans from one community into many" (cf. Xenophon, Hellenica 5.2.7 diw|ki/sqh h( *manti/neia …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1615Δυσέντευκτοςhard to deal with… the fourth century BCE (Theophrastus, Characters 19.3); also used by Polybius, Josephus, Plutarch, Philo Judaeus, and Patristic writers.Matched in noteshighshort

ε480Ἐκλογιστίανreckoning… is a present participle -- of e)klogi/zomai.) Quotation unidentifiable. [3] Polybius 3.33.8. [4] Perhaps from Symeon Metaphrastes, Adler suggests.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1867Ἐξ ὑπερδεξίωνfrom above on the right… 5 (PG 36.1249d). The headword phrase is used by Xenophon, Polybius, Diodorus, Arrian and others; and cf. upsilon 254. [2] Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 9.20.2. See on this identification Theodoridis' Photius edition, vol.II …Matched in noteshighshort