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189 entries for a plot [against someone]

μ690Μεταδιδάξαιto teach something new, to change someone's mind… of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 9.3.5 (referring to Roman soldiers mutinying against Kaeso Fabius Vibulanus).Matched in noteshighshort
ε3191Ἐσπείσατοmade libations [with someone]… possibilities.) The middle voice is used for pouring libations with someone, as a way of making a treaty or agreement; cf. epsilon 3192, sigma 191, sigma 920. [2] Aorist active of the same verb, …Matched in noteshighshort
λ326Λευκή τις ἀνεπήδησ' ὅμοιος Νικίᾳsomeone white like Nikias sprang upA misquotation of Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 428 (where the "someone" is not feminine, as here, but masculine, after the noun "youth"; see web address 1). Comment from the scholia on the line follows. This early-fourth-century …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2426ἘπικύδηςEpikydes, Epicydes… he returned to Syracuse and urged the city to war against Rome. When Syracuse was besieged by Marcellus’ legions, he crossed to the Punic side, seeking to disrupt the Roman siege; but he died …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1723ΚλεομένηςKleomenes, Cleomenes… to Alexandria, meeting his death in 219 after a failed plot against the Macedonian king of Egypt, Ptolemy IV Philopator, named here. [1] alpha 2345.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2387Ἐπίκλητοςextraneous; far-fetched… (Amos 1.5). [2] Polybius 8.11.2, in one of his tirades against Timaeus (tau 602).Matched in noteshighshort
μ1170Μνήστοραmindful [of]… present quotation unidentifiable. For the nominative plural see Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 180 (web address 2). The scholia to that passage gloss it variously: mnh/mones; mnei/an kai\ e)nqu/mhsin e)/xontes; ei)dh/mones. "mindful; having rememberance and …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3139ἘσθήρEsther… in its sources with the main story of the edict against the Jews (cf. note 6), and actually preceding this one in the Book of Esther. At 2.19 ff. Mordechai, while "at the king’s …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2701Ἐπίτιμονworthy, enfranchised… be from that era (the closest surviving parallel is Lycurgus, Against Leocrates 41), but it could equally well be from a sophistic reworking of the argument (cf. Valerius Apsines 342, Rhetores Graeci (Walz) 4.707-8, …Matched in noteshighshort
λ344Λευστήρstone-thrower, oppressor… execution by stoning with mob rule, so a leusth/r is someone who takes the law into his own hands. [3] Aelian fr. 118b Domingo-Forasté (part of 115 Hercher), referring to Cleander, Commodus' protégé; cf. …Matched in noteshighshort
χ191Χελώνη μυιῶνa tortoise [uncaring] of flies… Iliad 2, as an ugly Greek soldier who speaks out against Agamemnon and is quickly silenced with a blow from Odysseus. See theta 257.) [3] An apocryphal tale about the death of Aeschylus; from …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ428Καρτερόςmighty… phrases like karterw/teros ma/xh|, 'more mighty in battle' (Aeschylus Seven against Thebes 517: web address 2).Matched in noteshighshort
ε2201Ἐπῇρενexcited, incited, stirred up, urged on… tyrant Phalaris is told by Aelian, Varia Historia 2.4. The plot failed, but Phalaris displayed clemency by allowing the lovers to live in exile. Phalaris ruled Akragas c.570-554 BCE. See alpha 1812, alpha 2634, …Matched in noteshighshort
γ21ΓαλάταιGauls, Galatai, Galatians… (4.530, apparatus). Nevertheless, the Polybian account of the Roman campaign against the Gauls in 189 is probably the ultimate source of the bulk of this entry. Livy's account of that campaign (38.12 - 27) …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ210ΜάρκιοςMarkios, Marcius… the Volscian general Tullus Attius, who brought charges of treason against Coriolanus (Dion.Hal. 8.57.3-4; cf. tau 243). The trial became a lynching, and, before he could commence his defense, Tullus' supporters rushed him and …Matched in noteshighlong
ω156Ὥραseason, hour… Belisarius begs Antonina's son Photios to join in a vengeance plot against Theodosius; cf. Kaldellis (10). On Belisarius, husband of Antonina, see beta 233 generally. On Antonina and Theodosius see epsilon 671 note. On …Matched in noteshighshort
ι464ἸωάννηςIoannes, John… 490-570s. See generally RE Ioannes(21); OCD4 Philoponus. [1] The work against Proclus is the treatise Against Proclus on the Eternity of the World; the work against Severus is unidentified.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1573Δύναμιςcapability, capacity, ability, potentiality, power… the siegecraft of the Byzantine emperor Heraclius in his war against the Persian king Chosroes II (628 CE). See Bekker (below) col. 1742 note to lines 74-76. Together with lines 9-10 of the Pisidian's …Matched in noteshighlong
κ1202ΚαισάριοςKaisarios, Caesarius… Gregory of Nazianzus (gamma 450). [2] That is to say, against the pagans.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2776ΚῦροςKuros, Kyros, Cyrus… been characterized as 'the focal point of pagan intellectual reaction against Christianity' (Browne 177, 192). Nevertheless, Christianity undoubtedly exercised a strong influence on Panopolis - witness its proximity to the White Monastery – and …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1038Κατηγορευκόταhaving accused… from its only extant occurrence outside lexica (Cyril of Alexandria, Against Julian, prologue 5). cf. kappa 509 (and, for headword and gloss reversed, kappa 1034 and kappa 1035).Matched in noteshighshort
ε2494ἘπίνικοςEpinikos, Epinicus… the wife of Leo I, he organized with her a plot against Emperor Zeno in 415 AD. After the latter fled from Rome, Basiliscus (DIR entry by Hugh Elton at web address 2) was …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2736Ἐπιτυχοῦσινto just any people; to those who happen to be there; to people of no consequence; to those who happen to succeed… 1234, eta 286 and refs.). It may be used of someone accurately hitting a target (with a bit of luck), all the way to the sort of person you happen to run into on …Matched in noteshighshort
α2179ἈνδρόκλειοςAndrokleian, AndrocleanAdjective (also in the grammarian Herodian) pertaining to someone called Androkles/Androcles.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1084Κατομνύςhaving sworn… (and individual) unidentifiable. The idiom of swearing by something or someone in the genitive case, as opposed to the accusative, is striking enough to be noted by LSJ s.v. kato/mnumi.Matched in noteshighshort
ν376ΝικάνωρNikanor, NicanorFrom Harpokration s.v.; also in Photius (nu223 Theodoridis). [1] Hyperides, Against Demosthenes 18. He was son-in-law of Aristotle. See generally Whitehead (below) 413-414 with bibliography. For Stag(e)ira cf. sigma 977.Matched in noteshighshort
κ826Κατατομήscarp… by a failure to distinguish between the two. [1] Hyperides, Against Demosthenes 9, referring to D. himself. [2] Philochorus FGrH 328 F58 (another context altogether).Matched in noteshighshort
ν307Νηΐτηςnaval, of ships… 12.13, and Constantine Porphyrogenitus, On Themes Europe 6. On campaigns against the Vandals, see chi 245. [2] Aelian fr. 164 Domingo-Forasté (161 Hercher).Matched in noteshighshort
κ2174ΚούβρικοςKoubrikos, Cubricus, The Pious, Mani; Manichaean… 'crows' (of a cock); it is here apparently used of someone who follows Mani’s teachings, i.e. a Manichaean. The Christian sources used such names to belittle Mani as a foreigner, to dismiss his claim …Matched in noteshighshort
α4446Αὖλος ΠοστόμιοςAulus Postumius… it not?" Since he omitted the third option, the forces against release and those in favor of postponement joined in defeating what would have been the majority for release (Polybius 33.1.5). During his praetorship, …Matched in noteshighmedium