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μ708Μεταμέλειit is a matter of regret… too late, becomes regretful. "If already these things are a matter of regret to Antonius and he confesses that it is not from his heart to join in friendship and alliance with the Romans …Matched in translationhighshort
α4425Αὐθέκασταmatter-of-fact things[Meaning] just the things that happen, that is indiscriminately, and abruptly, and precipitously. Or simple things and true things, with the epitome of precision. Also [sc. attested is the masculine nominative singular] authekastos, a …Matched in headwordhighshort
χ474Χρῆμαthing; matter… cows." The phrase [is] about barbarian troop-marshalling. Herodotus [writes]: "the matter of the storm was unbearable." Aristophanes [writes]: "how long the matter of nights is!" [This means] the length, the stretch. It was customary …Matched in translationhighmedium
χ473Χρῆμαmatter; thing… And Eunapius [writes]: "he mustered his strength, urging on the matter of passage and forcing himself even though he did not have a body [to match] his good spirit."Matched in translationhighmedium
α4374Ἀτοπίας πλέων πρᾶγμαa matter full of absurdity… at nu 222). The phrase "full of absurdity" (without "a matter") comes from Aristophanes, Frogs 1372, where "of a marvel" is a scholiast's gloss. [2] Part of Menander Protector fr. 9.1 Blockley (102-103), on …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε601Ἔκπυστα(matters) ascertained, (matters) of common knowledge… genitive singular] e)kpu/stou, [meaning] widely-reported, heard of everywhere. "When the matter had become common knowledge he/she/it appeared". And elsewhere: "having ordered, by the exchange of living, that the matter was not to be made …Matched in translationhighshort
μ533Μέλονbeing of concern[Meaning] being a matter of care. Aristophanes [writes]: "being of no concern about me, so much as to find out any little jibe I might throw out while being crushed." "[...] that, although he …Matched in translationhighshort
ε3251Ἐσχάτη ἀμαθίαutmost ignorance"That is [a matter] of the utmost ignorance; concerning which, since/although I have much to say, I let it go for now."Matched in translationhighshort
δ762Διασπεύσαςhaving incited… the soldiers, and having exhorted the chiliarchs to take the matter in hand [...]."Matched in translationhighshort
κ1028Κατέχρῳζενwas coloring, was staining… diatribes he was not only staining the goodness of the matter and publicizing it excessively to random people, but was also bitterly rebuking [them?]."Matched in translationhighshort
μ286ΜατρέαςMatreas… which ate itself; and what Matreas' animal was is a matter of debate. This man also created Dilemmas modeled on those of Aristotle; [e.g.] why does the sun sink but not dive?Matched in translationhighshort
ε1454Ἐντελέχειαactuality, complete reality, entelechy… the substrate; that is, the form that comes upon the matter out of a particular composition of elements; or [it is] the form [that is] inseparable from the body. For actuality is the form …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε1528Ἔξαλλοςexceptional… exceptionally, and then again to destroy these things is [a matter] of madness."Matched in translationhighshort
ε2017Ἐπαισχέςshameful[sc. Something] incurring shame. "And for me the matter is shameful and injurious, and for him much more shaming and injurious". "The waiting [or: blockading] being laborious, but the withdrawal shameful [...]."Matched in translationhighshort
χ338Χλευασίαscoffing… that which is a type of hybris. And in the matter of what it is that is the predicate of [scoffing]: the type of hybris that comes about through ridicule is called "scoffing", but …Matched in translationhighshort
χ247Χείρισταbasest [things]… plot and begged him to become a manager of the matter." Meaning fulfiller, completer.Matched in translationhighshort
ει57Εἰκάζωνconjecturing, comparing… a small apparitions[sic], intended to make her shape more a matter of conjecture than precise observation". And elsewhere: "he was regarded as the cleverest of his contemporaries, in being most competent at conjecturing [about] …Matched in translationhighshort
α3477Ἀπόπειραtrial… any rate it hindered, as it was a most difficult matter." Also [sc. attested is the related verb] a)popeirw=mai ["I make trial of"]; [used] with a genitive.Matched in translationhighmedium
ε133Ἐγκύκλιονeveryday; general… says concerning Carinus: "but it was an everyday and easy matter with him to sin that way." Meaning to violate [his] children. Those aspiring to office used to be taught a general education. The …Matched in translationhighshort
α1763Ἀμφισβητεῖνto dispute… disputing with the others". "So it was no longer a matter of dispute but that this was the man who had died."Matched in translationhighmedium
μ534Μελλονικιᾶνto dither like Nikias… his departure for Sicily. For he was slow in the matter of his expeditions, and, according to his detractors, not a cautious man but a procrastinator. Rather, it is [sc. sometimes] necessary to do …Matched in translationhighshort
ε1360Ἔνθεσιςmouthful… discrimination of the labourer; but "to find" is simply a matter of contingent good luck, and not an instance of the judgement of the finder. Thus [the phrase is used] not of someone who …Matched in translationhighmedium
η448Ἤραloved… Hipparchia loved the discourses of Crates, not favoring any other matter. When she went into a symposium with Crates, she tested Theodoros the atheist by proposing a sophism like this: "that which if Theodoros …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ833Διάφοροιdifferers… in their opinions. One can also speak of a 'different matter;' [that is,] a valuable one. "They tortured many of them, since they suspected them of having hidden some different [thing] or furniture or …Matched in translationhighshort
δ1240ΔίωνDion, Dio… him in the imperial chariot. He wrote Is the Cosmos Perishable?; Encomium of Heracles and Plato; In Defence of Homer against Plato, 4 [books]; On the Virtues of Alexander, 5 [books]. This man even …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ1149ΔιόδωροςDiodoros, Diodorus, Diodore… Against Plato on God and the Gods, On Nature and Matter, in which is "What is the Just," Concerning God and the Falsely Imagined Matter of the Greeks, That the Unseen Natures are not …Matched in translationhighmedium
α2048Ἀνάριστοςunbreakfasted… the cithara straightway unbreakfasted." Timocles in Neaira [writes]: "secondly, the matter of being unbreakfasted on account of these things." But Menander [writes] a)na/riston. Also [sc. attested is the accusative plural] a)nari/stous, [meaning men] not …Matched in translationhighmedium
β384Βοώνηςox-buyer… for it for the sacrifices. To become ox-buyer was [a matter of] celebrity, since they say that generals were very likely to be elected ox-buyers.Matched in translationhighshort
α314Ἄγοςpollution, leaderThe opening material here is also in Photius and other lexica. [1] The second gloss here is a mistake (perhaps by confusion with the following entry, where the same word, a)gkw/n, is translated 'embrace'). …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1368Δόξανopinion… effect, you are able to perceive these things as a matter of opinion, but I have exact knowledge [through experience].Matched in translationhighshort