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- ι504ἸώσηποςJosephusFor Josephus see already iota 503. The present entry derives from his Jewish War 3.8.9 = 3.398-403, 405, 408 (web address 1). The passage is a generally faithful reproduction of the original Greek; the …
- ι503ἸώσηποςJosephus… web address 2). [3] alpha 3215. [4] phi 448. [5] Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 18.63-4 (see web address 3).
- ε260Ἐδωρεῖτοbegan to present (somebody with something)[1] Josephus, Jewish War 3.408; more fully at iota 504.
- μ1350Μοῖραportion… (it is the Suda which inserts the proper name) of Josephus, Jewish War 3.340 (web address 2).
- ε2944Ἔρρεψεinclined… given, is aorist active of r(e/pw, third person singular. [1] Josephus, Jewish Wars 1.366, where the reading is kaq' *(hrw/dhn: web address 1.
- ι475ἸώεσδροςIoesdrosIn Josephus, Jewish War 2.628.
- ι450ἸοῦστοςJustus, IustusC1 CE: OCD(4) s.v. Iustus; FGrH 734. For Josephus see generally iota 503, iota 504. He deals with Justus in his self-justificatory Autobiography (Vita).
- κ651Καταμησάμενοςheaping on… participle of katama/w, masculine nominative singular. [2] An approximation of Josephus, Jewish War 2.601 (where the first aorist participle is middle, not active as here, and the second -- the relevant one here -- …
- ε3303Ἐτεχνίτευεwas contriving… third person singular, of the verb texniteu/w, attested only in Josephus (see below); identically glossed in ps.-Zonaras and the Lexicon Vindobonense. [1] Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 5.307 (web address 1), on Delilah (delta 31, end) …
- κ919Κατέδειwas binding… given. (Its sense is perhaps conative: sought to bind.) [1] Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 5.309 (web address 1); cf. generally sigma 87.
- ε3179Ἐσπάρασσενwas provoking, was tearing up… (cf. sigma 904); presumably extracted from the quotation given. [2] Josephus, Jewish War 2.589 (web address 1); again at mu 772.
- δ226Δεξιάςhandshakes… champions Euripides, Medea 21. [1] Likewise in other lexica. [2] Josephus, Jewish War 3.344 (web address 1 below). (Chiliarch = tribunus militum.)
- ε1527Ἐξαλλομένουςjumping out… plural, of e)ca/llomai; presumably extracted from the quotation given. [2] Josephus, Jewish War 6.230 (Titus expressing contempt for Jewish deserters: web address 1). The headword is sometimes used in the context of abandoning a …
- κ807ΚατασχεδιάσωI speak rashly about… first person singular; presumably extracted from the quotation given. [2] Josephus, Jewish War 3.402 (web address 1); quoted more fully at iota 504.
- λ466ΛηουΐαςLeviJewish proper name, extracted from somewhere; Josephus has similar spellings, *lhoui/s or *leui/s.
- ε1430Ἐνράσσειdashes against… compound verb e)nra/ssw; presumably extracted from the quotation given. [2] Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 5.305 (web address 1). The quotation continues at kappa 1112; see also epsilon 1432.
- ε2529Ἐπιπολαίωςsuperficially… though other extant possibilities (from Aristotle onwards) are numerous. [1] Josephus, Jewish War 3.236 (web address 1).
- ε875ἜλθεμοςElthemos, ElthemusJosephus, Jewish War 1.381 (an Arabian general): text at web address 1.
- ε1799Ἐξόνbeing allowed.… It is frequently used as accusative absolute, as in the Josephus passage quoted here (from which the headword is perhaps, but not necessarily, extracted). cf. epsilon 1800 and see generally LSJ s.v. [1] Same …
- ε2380Ἐπικλάσωσινthey would bend… unglossed and otherwise unattested headword) unidentifiable. [2] An approximation of Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 18.314 (web address 1). The reference was not given by Adler, whose apparatus instead questioned the attribution ('Josephus?'). Nevertheless she did …
- α3519Ἀποσημήνασθαιto announce, to explain, to indicate[1] Same glossing in other lexica. [2] Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 5.309 (web address 1 below), referring to Delilah. [3] Quoted from pi 64. The spelling with iota is more common than that with eta.
- κ2150ΚοστόβαροςKostobaros, Costobaros, CostobarusHusband of Salome (sigma 65), in Josephus, Jewish War 1.486 (web address 1).
- α2905Ἅπαξall at once, once only… given. [1] Quotation unidentifiable. [2] Adler declared this attribution to Josephus mistaken, but the mistake was hers: this is Jewish Antiquities 5.226 (with the singular 'confusion'); see Favuzzi [cited under alpha 1990] 54. [3] …
- ι730Ἰσχυρόςstrong[1] cf. iota 725, iota 729, iota 731. [2] Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 5.308 (web address 1). 'The woman' is of course Delilah: see under sigma 87. For Samson, besides sigma 87 see …
- ν155Νεμεσηθείςresented, regarded with indignation… translation above, see there under the cognate verb katorxe/omai.) [3] Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 10.12 (web address 1). [4] Josephus, Jewish War 6.57 (web address 2).
- κ1313ΚενδεβαῖοςKendebaios, Cendebaeus… of Antiochus VII Sidetes of Syria (C2 BCE), mentioned by Josephus and others.
- κ1112Κατωμαδόνfrom the shoulders, on the shoulders… 15.352 (where the headword adverb occurs: web address 1). [2] Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 5.305 (web address 2); cf. epsilon 1430. For Sampson see generally sigma 87, sigma 88.
- ι610ἼσακοςIsakos[1] cf. iota 606. [2] Thus in Josephus and later authors.
- χ417ΧοσβίαςChosbia, CozbiSee phi 466, from Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 4.152-6 (web address 1); cf. also also zeta 14. The Suda has made a mistake about gender: in Josephus, Cozbi (introduced at 4.141) is a woman. [1] …
- δ97ΔαυίδηςDauides, DavidesThe headword is a hellenization (most common in Josephus) of the name David; cf. delta 94, delta 95, delta 96.