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α478Ἀδιαφορίαindifference… main body of the entry quotes, with only minor variations, Diogenes Laertius 7.104-107 (on Stoic doctrine). [2] Not the headword itself, a feminine noun, but the equivalent idiom using the neuter adjective. [3] This …Matched in noteshighlong
α517Ἀδώνιδος κῆποιAdonis' gardens… Hesychius. [2] From the scholia to Plato, Phaedrus 276B; cf. Diogenianus 1.14.Matched in noteshighshort
α774ἈκαδημίαAcademy… and generally OCD(4) pp.2 ('Academy') and 638 ('gymnasium'). [1] From Diogenes Laertius 3.7-8 (= schol. Demosth. 24.114); cf. epsilon 338. See also (e.g.) Pausanias 1.29.2, 1.30.1-3. [2] Aristophanes, Clouds 1005-1008; cf. alpha 3682, mu …

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Ἀδιαφορία

indifference

[Meaning] negligence without close observation. "Indifference means two things. One is that which contributes neither to happiness nor to misery, as is the case with wealth, reputation, health, strength and suchlike;…

Ἀδιαφορία· ἀμέλεια χωρὶς παρατηρήσεως. τὸ δὲ ἀδιάφορον διχῶς λέγεται· ἅπαξ μὲν τὸ μήτε πρὸς εὐδαιμονίαν μήτε πρὸς κακοδαιμονίαν συνεργοῦν, ὡς ἔχει πλοῦτος, δόξα, ὑγεία, ἰσχὺς καὶ…

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α924Ἀκόνιτονaconite… glossing, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (1039). [2] Diogenes Laertius 5.8: the third line of a short poem of his own (= Greek Anthology 7.107.3) on the supposed suicide of Aristotle (ib. …Matched in noteshighshort

α1194Ἄλλην δρῦν βαλάνιζεshake acorns from another oakSame entry in ps.-Zonaras. [1] Diogenianus 1.19. [2] Macarius 1.88.Matched in noteshighshort

α1683Ἀμύξειςyou will scratch, you will tear… scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.243, where the headword occurs. [2] Diogenianus 6.69; cf. mu 865. [3] Greek Anthology 7.218.11 (Antipater of Sidon), epitaph for the famous Corinthian courtesan Lais; cf. Gow and Page (vol. …Matched in noteshighshort

α2190Ἀνδρὸς γέροντος ἀσταφὶς τὸ κρανίονan old man's head is a dried grape[1] Zenobius 1.96. This proverb recurs at alpha 4223. [2] Diogenianus 1.78 & 86. [3] Zenobius 1.90. This proverb (Euripides fr.799a Snell) recurs at epsilon 586, omicroniota 72, and upsilon 300. See generally Tosi …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3600Ἀποτίσεις χοῖρε γίγαρταyou, pig, will give back grape-pipsDiogenianus 3.32 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort

α3722Ἄπυρα σῖταfireless rations, unfired rations… Siculus 19.96.4; Antigonos Monophthalmos campaigns in Nabataea, 312 BCE. [2] Diogenes Laertius 7.26. [3] From Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.31C-D (1.57 Kaibel), citing Alcman and Polybius; cf. generally alpha 1482.Matched in noteshighshort

αι76Αἰγυπτία κληματίςEgyptian vine-branch.This material is drawn from the opening chapters of Diogenes Laertius' Life of Zeno: briefly 7.1 (on the present headword phrase, for which 'Chrysippus [chi 568] in the first book of his Proverbs' is …Matched in noteshighshort

αι101Αἰείalway… both in the headword and in the examples.) [2] cf. Diogenianus 1.70; and see alpha 629. [3] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 855: see next note. The issue addressed is which case of …Matched in noteshighshort

αι176Αἱ λαχάνων προσθῆκαιthe additions of herbsSimilarly in several of the paroemiographers, e.g. Diogenianus 2.52, where the analogous 'Daedalus' wings' (delta 109) is adduced.Matched in noteshighshort

β78Βάλλειν μήλοιςto hit with apples[1] Diogenianus 3.63; and cf. mu 938, mu 942. [2] Quotation not identified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as a passage from Gregory of Nazianus' Funeral speech for Basil of Caesarea. [3] …Matched in noteshighshort

β236Βέμβηξtop… Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. [2] Greek Anthology 7.89.9-10 (in Diogenes Laertius 1.80), a man seeks advice from the sage Pittacus; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 70-71), (vol. II, 205-207), and another excerpt …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ32Δαλόςfirebrand[1] Same glossing in other lexica. [2] cf. Diogenianus 7.82.Matched in noteshighshort

δ209Δελφὸς ἀνὴρ στέφανον μὲν ἔχει δίψει δὲ ἀπόλλυταιa Delphian man has a crown but dies of thirst.cf. Diogenianus 4.26 and other paroemiographers, where the explanation is clearer. For Delphi see delta 210.Matched in noteshighshort

δ908Διεκπατῆσαιto go off trackFrom Diogenes Laertius 1.112 (which has the singly compound e)kpath=sai). For Epimenides see generally epsilon 2471.Matched in noteshighshort

ε859Ἔλινοςvine… in this sense, in the text of Eustathius, Commentary on Diogenes the Periegete 1153.11, 43, and with a smooth breathing and oxytone accent in Etymologicum Magnum 330.40. [1] In fact Adler's punctuation suggests that …Matched in noteshighshort