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κ902Κατεάγηwas broken… times (kappa 903, omega 258, tau 100), but that passage itself surely derives from a boxing metaphor used by Plato (Gorgias 515E and 524C, Protagoras 342B).Matched in noteshighshort
κ1152Καχεξίαill-healthThe headword itself is unglossed. See also kappa 1151. [1] The lexicographer gives the correct etymology: kak- + hexis "bad condition" > "illness". [2] Polybius 29.17.4, a fragment preserved only in the Suda (web …Matched in noteshighshort
α21Ἀβασάνιστοςuntested… alpha589, Photius alpha1845. [1] *ba/sanos can mean both the touchstone itself and the testing process. See beta 139, and cf. beta 137. [2] Aelian fr.9 Hercher (= 9 Domingo-Forasté). The version of the entry …Matched in noteshighshort
α327Ἀγώνcontest, training, arena… for 'competitions' here is the (accusative) plural of the headword itself. The Suda seems therefore to be saying, indirectly, that the word denotes both competition and the training for it. [2] i.e. the arena. …Matched in noteshighshort
α4446Αὖλος ΠοστόμιοςAulus Postumius… pleasure and shunned toil. This is clear from what happened itself. When he was present in Greece for the first time, about the time of the battle in Phocis, he feigned sickness and retreated …Matched in noteshighmedium