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ε3363ΕὐαγόραςEuagoras, Evagoras… wrote a Life of Timagenes and of other learned men; Thucydidean Enquiries alphabetically arranged; Art of Rhetoric in 5 books; Questions in Thucydides arranged by word; and a history covering the queens of Egypt.Matched in translationhighshort
χ94Χαρακτῆρεςcharacters"[Characters] of expressive speeches [are] lofty, plain, [and] intermediate. Thucydides favoured the lofty, as suited to his own nature."Matched in translationhighshort
α2879Ἀπαλγήσανταςhaving stopped feeling painIn Thucydides, meaning [them] having ceased to grieve, just like a)polofura/menoi ["having indulged their sorrows to the full"].Matched in translationhighshort
α3107Ἀπεχρᾶτοwas satisfied… [sc. uses this word] to mean he/she/it thought sufficient. But Thucydides [sc. uses the plural] a)pexrw=nto to mean they destroyed.Matched in translationhighshort
γ323Γνάθουςjaws"But he seems to me to have experienced just what Thucydides did once when he was on trial: he became paralysed in the jaws."Matched in translationhighshort
α3150Ἀπήλαυσεenjoyed… have if the author were angered." Markellinos says [this] about Thucydides.Matched in translationhighshort
α3012Ἀπέλθῃwould departMeaning [he/she/it] would return. Thucydides [sc. uses the word]. But Demosthenes [sc. uses this verb] with the meaning to run away.Matched in translationhighshort
ε2237Ἐπιβόημαcall, cry, shoutThucydides [writes]: "but he, whether [because of] the cry or whether something else had suddenly occurred to him, led the army back." That is, an exclamation. Also [sc. attested is the related participle] e)pibow/menos …Matched in translationhighshort
α3799Ἀργυροῦνof silver and of gold… [are] Ionic [words], but xru/seion ["golden"] [is] a possessive adjective. Thucydides [in book] one [writes]: "he had the use of the golden mines". Just as he says a)rgu/reia ["silver [mines]"] in the second [book]. …Matched in translationhighshort
α1697Ἀμφηρικόνsculling"[He] is sending a sculling skiff". And Thucydides [writes]: "for a long time they had been in the habit of preparing the opening of the gates [by taking out] a light sculling boat, like …Matched in translationhighshort
κ598Κατάκραςutterly, from top to bottomAn adverb. Thucydides [writes]: "Brasidas turned to the heights of the city [of Torone], wishing to capture it utterly and securely". And elsewhere: "hoping to keep the city, they handed themselves over utterly". Meaning …Matched in translationhighshort
ε1558Ἐξαργυρῶσαιto turn [something] into silver [coinage][sc. One should say] e)cargurw=sai, not e)carguri/sai. Thucydides [in book] 8 [writes]: "not even if it were necessary finally to turn his own [silver] couch into silver".Matched in translationhighshort
ε2326Ἐπιθεραπεύωνnursing, tendingMeaning [he] putting right, using forethought for. Thucydides [writes]: "Alcibiades, nursing [sc. plans for] his own return to his native land [and] knowing, if he did not destroy it, that there would be a …Matched in translationhighshort
ε2329Ἐπιθειάσαςhaving appealed to the gods… marveled at, being open to the divine, being divinely inspired. Thucydides [writes]: "Archidamos, having appealed to the gods in certain ways, got his army ready for the war."Matched in translationhighshort
ε3558Εὔλαχαeulaka[Meaning] a plowshare, [a word used] in Thucydides in an oracle. The expression [is] Doric.Matched in translationhighshort
α3377Ἀπολαύεινto enjoy; to reap [the results of]… shall reap a bad reward." And Marcellinus says [this] about Thucydides: "neither Kleon nor Brasidas, the cause of the misfortune, enjoyed reproach, as [they] would [have had] if the author were angered."Matched in translationhighshort
ε1540Ἐξαναχωρεῖbacks out of, retreats from, repudiatesThucydides [sc. uses the word].Matched in translationhighshort
ι276Ἴκριονscaffold, post… a post stood on the tomb of the cenotaph" -- Thucydides -- "a local memorial and an Attic custom for those who have died by misfortune and have not been buried at Athens."Matched in translationhighshort
λ100Λαμπρῶςbrilliantly, brightly, clearly[Attested as meaning] "openly," not "famously." And in Thucydides: "and with the treaties clearly broken." Also in the other old-time writers. And elsewhere: "[...] and he was clearly breaking the so-called 'permanent' peace."Matched in translationhighshort
α2745ἈντιφῶνAntiphon… Gorgias. He is said to have been the teacher of Thucydides. He used to be called Nestor.Matched in translationhighshort
δ874ΔίδυμοςDidymus, DidymosSurnamed Claudius. Grammarian. [He wrote] On Violations of Analogy in Thucydides; On Analogy among Romans; Epitome of Heracleon; and certain other works.Matched in translationhighshort
ε2658Ἐπιτακτοίreserves… stationed to survey the battle and assist the hard-pressed part. Thucydides [writes]: "and the baggage-carriers they positioned inside these reserves". And elsewhere: "Socrates was chairman and neither cast a vote nor voted for condemnation".Matched in translationhighshort
α327Ἀγώνcontest, training, arena… term for] the actual place where the competition takes place. Thucydides in [book] 5 [writes]: "he came into the arena and garlanded the charioteer."Matched in translationhighshort
κ959Κατεπάλαισεwrestled down… of the verb there is Pericles' opponent, the by-now elderly Thucydides Melesiou (OCD(4) s.v. Thucydides(1)), probably the grandfather of the historian theta 414; he appears in other wrestling metaphors elsewhere, e.g. Plutarch, Pericles 8. …Matched in noteshighshort
α3593Ἀποτειχίζωνwalling off… cut off, closed off by a wall. So Antiphon and Thucydides [sc. use the word]. Also [sc. attested is the abstract noun] a)potei/xisis, depriving people of their walls.Matched in translationhighmedium
ε2206Ἐπήρειαinsolence[Meaning] harm/injury. Thucydides [writes]: "and they ordered them by way of insolence to take back the exiles." And elsewhere: "and he ordered them to keep watch so that no one who was present perchance …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε590Ἐκ πολλοῦfrom a great [time], from long ago… This idiom can also mean "for a long time" (e.g. Thucydides 1.68.3) and "from a great distance" (e.g. Thucydides 4.32.4).Matched in noteshighshort
λ636Λογάδηνpicked[Meaning] select. Thucydides [writes]: "not having stone-working tools of iron but carrying stones picked, they fitted each one at random." Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'picked stones'. "Created from picked stones." That is, …Matched in translationhighshort
ε2797Ἐπολιόρκει(he) was besieging… 534); if not, quoting one of the numerous instances from Thucydides onwards.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2488Κρωβύλοςtop-knot… speaking a top-knot is a kind of hairdo, according to Thucydides.Matched in translationhighshort