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- β276Βίβλοι θεοῦbooks of God[Meaning] knowledge itself and the memory which does not fail. David [says]: "and in your book all will be recorded."
- η9ἀγάπη οὐ περπερεύεταιlove is not boastfulMeaning does not thrust itself forward. See under perpereia.
- μ13Μαγικήmagic, Magian [lore]… discovered this. It differs from goeteia [sorcery] and pharmakeia [witchcraft] itself.
- κ1992Κόμηhair, tail (of a comet)… [is so called]: "and will you lead the evening star itself toward its tail?" He is calling the superabundance and majesty of shining the tail of a comet.
- β350ΒοανεργέςBoanerges… John, the sons of Zebedee, in Mark 3.17. The gospel itself adds the gloss.
- ε3947Ἐφορείαoversight… 3946 (and epsilon 3948 for another sense of the headword itself). Similar entry in Photius, Lexicon epsilon2465, where Theodoridis identifies it as Christian, related to Philostorgius, Historia ecclesiastica 3.15.
- αι288Αἱρεσιῶτις πολιτείαheretical polity, heretical way of life… No equivalent entry in other lexica; and the headword phrase itself is unparalleled. [2] alpha 3834, alpha 3835.
- κ491ΚαταγγέλλωI denounce, I announce… with a dative: "a day of mirth and joy announces [itself?] to one's own people after the fasts".
- κ1060Κατηρτίσωyou equipped, you furnished… singular. Without doubt it is quoted from Psalms 8.3 LXX (itself quoted by Jesus in Matthew 21.16): "out of the mouths of babes and sucklings you furnished praise". cf. kappa 757 (for verb and …
- δ223Δεξαμενήreceptacle… sanctuary of Wisdom and sat unexpectedly in the sacred receptacle itself [...] But even from there [Theodora] was able to drag her off." That is, the table which receives the sacred articles.
- α4070Ἀρχαϊκόνarchaic"Since they understood the simplicity and archaic [nature] of Spyridon's share of piety and moreover his utter ignorance of Greek education, they used to prevent him from going out in public and contending with …
- α4373Ἄτομαatoms… ones] which, thrown in through its enlightenings, the sun in itself shows swaying upwards and downwards.
- κ2351Κραυγὴ Σοδόμωνcry of Sodom… punishment, saying, 'the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah has propagated itself in my presence'.
- δ1319Δογματίζειdogmatizes, sets forth dogma… name for two things: the thing opined and the opinion itself. Of these the thing opined is a proposition [protasis], and the opinion itself a conception [hypolepsis]. Now Plato ‘revealed’ things he understood; he …
- ε1618Ἐξέλιπε φυσητήρ ἐξέλιπε μόλιβδοςthe blower gave out (and) the lead gave out… burns together it evaporates and takes up the impurity into itself.
- α4154ᾈσθήσεταιit will be sungThe headword, not in itself glossed, must be quoted from somewhere. The extant possibilities are two: Gregory of Nyssa, In sanctum pascha 9.246.16 Gebhardt; Libanius, Epistles 1517.4.4. For ya/llw (literally, I sing to a …
- ει164Εἴξασανhaving yielded… (web address 1); also Hesychius epsilon981 (ei)/canta). The present headword itself must be quoted from somewhere else; perhaps Gregory of Nazianzus' Apologetica (PG 35.425.25). For this verb, see also epsiloniota 91, epsiloniota 166.
- α837Ἀκεραιοσύνηunblemishedness… centres on a difference of spelling and/or punctuation. The headword itself (with which cf. generally alpha 833, alpha 834, alpha 836) occurs twice in the so-called Epistle of Barnabas (C1-2 AD). The variant, otherwise …
- α1075Ἀλλαρίοις(with) victuals… the particular Makedonios cannot be identified, and the headword noun itself is attested only here and in the parallel entry in ps.-Zonaras.
- δ505ΔιαβηνόςDiabenos… in Mesopotamia; see under alpha 470 (and note that Adiabene itself is occasionally found in the acephalous form Diabene). Note, nevertheless, the Orthodox Calendar observance, on 9th September, of 'the Venerable Theophanes the Confessor …
- λ251Λεοντεία δοράlion's hide… the phrase 'leo/nteios (sic) dora/' with 'its skin'. The adjective itself can mean anything pertaining to a lion or more specifically (as in the quotation here) its skin. [1] Quotation unidentifiable. Adler suggests Symeon …
- ε700<20Ἐκυλινδεῖτο πρὸ τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ[he] was rolling before his feet… e.g. Socrates, Historia ecclesiastica 2.28 (Vetranio and Constantius). The idiom itself is at least as old as Plato, Republic 432D. For the verb cf. kappa 2663.
- κ1013Κατευνάζεταιis lulled to sleep… where the aorist passive occurs (web address 1). The headword itself must be quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities include Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 2.10.3, and again (see kappa 1012) Cyril of Alexandria (Commentary on John …
- μ23ΜαγνῆτιςMagnesian, magnetic… so-called, which has a natural power to draw iron to itself. In Egyptian Alexandria in the Serapeion there was a mechanism of deceit and wickedness of this kind: having made a statue of bronze …
- δ1051ΔιίσχωI have power over… the genitive case. [2] (Contrast iota 724.) The verb diisxu/w itself occurs in Philo Judaeus, Cyril of Alexandria, and elsewhere.
- α3944Ἀρθρέμβολαarthrembola… speech In praise of the Maccabees; and indeed the headword itself is surely quoted from 4 Maccabees 8.13 LXX. LSJ s.v. gives references both for this meaning and for a more benign, medical one …
- ε3430Εὔδραvigorous(?)Besides lacking a gloss, the headword itself, transmitted as eu)/dra, has been deemed faulty: other lexica have it as the (rare) adjective eu)dranh/s. Theodoridis on Photius s.v. suggests that this may be quoted from …
- β227ΒεζέκBezekMore briefly -- i.e. without the quotation itself -- already in Hesychius (beta455). [1] Ezekiel 1:14 LXX (not in all manuscripts). Theodoret's commentary on the passage attributes this exegesis of the word to Symmachus. …
- ε2623Ἐπίστηθιstand upon… (singular) of e)fi/sthmi, glossed with aorist passive imperatives. The headword itself must be quoted from somewhere, perhaps the New Testament (2 Timothy 4.2). [1] The second of these glosses is e)pikei/sqhti elsewhere. Theodoridis on …
- α1000Ἀκροβυστίαuncircumcision, having a foreskin… recognise three related applications of this headword: to the foreskin itself (in e.g. Genesis 17.11 LXX, Acts 11.3), to the condition of having one (in e.g. Romans 2.25), and, collectively, to the uncircumcised (in …