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778
Ἀκάθεκτος
ungovernable
Same entry in ps.-Zonaras; see further below. [1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica (references at Photius alpha700 Theodoridis); and cf. alpha 4458, where the headword is used of the emperor Aurelian. [2] In …
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289
Αἱρετίζω
I am a heretic, I make a [heretical] choice
Similarly in ps.-Zonaras. [1] Likewise in syntactical lexica; and cf. eta 494. [2] (Addendum lacking, Adler reports, in two of the mss, as well as in ps.-Zonaras.) Perhaps quoted from the Septuagint: Psalms 24.12 …
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157
Δεδοκιμασμένα
approved (ones), tested (ones)
[1] Likewise in ps.-Zonaras. The headword is perfect middle/passive participle, neuter nominative/accusative plural, of dokima/zw; cf. generally delta 1327, delta 1328. It might be extracted from the quotation given here, though ps.-Zonaras does not …
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534
Ἅδρησις
maturity
Same entry in ps.-Zonaras; and Adler reports a comparable one in the Ambrosian Lexicon (452). Otherwise, the sole occurrence of the headword is in one of Basil of Caesarea's Homilies on the Hexaemeron (6.8: …
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782
Ἀκακία
guilelessness
Same entry in ps.-Zonaras. The headword noun is found in classical literature (e.g. [Demosthenes] and Aristotle) as well as ecclesiastical; the glossing one belongs to the vocabulary of the latter only.
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797
Ἄκανθα
thorn
Theodoret (PG 80, 1088d-89a) on Psalm 31.4 LXX. Same entry in ps.-Zonaras.
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1075
Ἀλλαρίοις
(with) victuals
[1] Headword and gloss are in the dative case, as determined by the quotation now to follow. [2] Quotation unidentifiable -- and enigmatic: the particular Makedonios cannot be identified, and the headword noun itself …
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1366
Ἀλόχευτος
not produced by childbirth
Referring to Christ. See Lampe, Patristic Greek Lexicon s.v. [1] Same or similar entries in other lexica. [2] In this quotation (also in ps.-Zonaras) from an unidentifiable patristic source, alokheutos refers to Mary as …
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1576
Ἀμήν
verily, amen
Same entry in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, similar one (the second synonym only) in the Ambrosian Lexicon. In Hebrew, אמן ʾāmēn is not an adverb but an exclamation, given as a response. Both …
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1820
Ἀναγγελήσεται
will be announced
Same entry in ps.-Zonaras. The headword is very probably quoted from Psalm 21.31 LXX, where it occurs in a phrase that generated copious comment.
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3189
Ἀπηχές
discordant
The headword is neuter nominative/accusative singular of this adjective. It must be quoted from somewhere -- perhaps the first quotation given below, though there are numerous other possibilities. cf. generally alpha 3190, alpha 3191, …
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3692
Ἀπρόϊτος
not going out, unproceeding
Same entry in ps.-Zonaras; similar one, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. At Hesychius s.v., where the headword is glossed with a)ne/codos, Latte cites John Chrysostom. The LSJ entry notes attestations in Damascius …
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4116
Ἀρχισυναγωγός
synagogue-head
Same entry in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon. The headword occurs frequently, in this sense, in the Gospels and elsewhere in the New Testament. (The term is used also, without religious …
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4152
Ἀσιχίνη
Asichine
Same entry in ps-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon. If this feminine name is that of a woman (rather than of a place), a possible candidate is queen Askhen or Arshken, wife …
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4191
Ἀσώματον
incorporeal, bodiless
Same entry in ps.-Zonaras. The term a)sw/maton could refer to any incorporeal being. As such, it formed an important element in early patristic arguments against Docetism (on which see web address 1). A liturgical …
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4241
Ἀστικῶς
astutely; urbanely
[1] Likewise in ps.-Zonaras. The headword adverb (presumably extracted from the quotation which follows here) is not otherwise attested. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. [3] i.e. Gregory of Nazianzus: In theophania (Oratio 38) (= PG 36.317).
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4333
Ἀτεκνία
barrenness
Likewise in ps.-Zonaras. Psalm 34.12 LXX, with Theodoret's commentary thereon (PG 80, 1112cd).
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Αἰβιωναῖος
Aibionaios, Aebionaeus
Attested in this form also in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon -- nevertheless, as Dr Nick Nicholas suggests, surely a mistake for (or variant of) *)ebiwnai=os "Ebionite" (adherent of a heresy …
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Βαβύλας
Babylas
… entrance to Philip and his wife. Others favoring Decius are
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(3.132) and George the Monk (Chronicon 110.552). Cedrenus wavers between Philip (1.451) and Numerianus (1.464). The likeliest explanation is that Babylas died in …
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515
Διαγεγονότος
elapsed, gone through, surviving
This entry begins with the verb diagi/gnomai but later switches to diaginw/skw. [1] Same equivalence in ps.-Zonaras. The headword is the perfect participle, masculine/neuter genitive singular, of diagi/gnomai, evidently quoted from somewhere. Excerption from …
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912
Διέκυψαν
they bent over, they looked out
Same entry in ps.-Zonaras. The headword -- third person plural, aorist indicative active, of diaku/ptw -- is quoted from the Psalm 91.8 LXX (92.7 RSV: "though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers …
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1229
Διώκειν
to prosecute, to pursue
See also delta 1227 and delta 1228. [1] See n.1 at delta 1228. [2] For the meaning of "desire" see delta 1227 and cf. Synagoge delta325. *diw/kein is said of a lover by Sappho, …
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1251
Διώροφον
two-storey
Briefer entry on the same lines in ps.-Zonaras delta527: diw/rofon: to\ di/stegon. The headword adjective is here neuter singular and must be quoted from somewhere, probably Appian, Libyca 450, diw/rofon d' h)=n e(ka/stou tei/xous …
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1259
Διπλόη
duplicity
Likewise in ps.-Zonaras (but with more material added there, which the Suda has as a separate entry: delta 1260). The headword, feminine nominative singular, is derived from the adjective diplo/os "double" (delta 1258, delta …
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1283
Διοίσομαι
I will be carried different ways
[1] The headword is future middle, first person singular, of diafe/rw (cf. delta 1280, delta 1281, delta 1282). Same headword but different glossing in ps.-Zonaras. [2] Quotation unidentifiable (though Gregory of Nazianzus twice has …
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1307
Διψῶ
I thirst [after]
cf. generally epsilon 242. [1] LSJ s.v. describes the use with accusative as 'later', and indeed this Suda entry itself illustrates others. [2] cf. Artemidorus 1.66: to\ me\n ga\r diyh=n ou)de\n a)/llo e)sti\n h)\ …
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1369
Δοξάριον
petty-glory, petty-reputation
The headword is indeed a (neuter) diminutive of the (feminine) noun do/ca (for which see web address 1, and cf. delta 1362, delta 1364, delta 1365). The same entry occurs in other lexica (Synagoge …
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1375
Δοξούμενοι
(they) credited with being, (they) having the character
In ms M only, Adler reports. The unglossed headword is apparently the present participle, masculine nominative plural, of the verb doco/omai (found only in the passive in classical writers: see LSJ s.v. at web …
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1385
Δορκαλίδες
claws, hooks
Same entry in ps.-Zonaras. From scholia on Gregory of Nazianzus, Speech against the emperor Julian, PG 35.717, where the dative plural occurs. See also PG 36.1256e, and Lampe s.v. For dorka/s, see delta 1386, …
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1590
Δυσανάγωγος
hard to convince
This meaning of the adjective dusana/gwgos seems to be confined to writers of late antiquity and the Byzantine age. See e.g. John Chrysostom, Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt 7.1, where this term occurs together …
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