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ε3569Εὔλογον ἀξίωμαprobable assumption, reasonable proposition… be alive tomorrow." "A discussion once occurred between Kleanthes the philosopher and Ptolemy the king about the wise man's judgment. Someone said that he would not have good judgment. Wanting to test him, the …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε3605ΕὔξενοςEuxenos, Euxenus[sc. was someone] not at all serious nor practicing philosophy energetically. For he was subject to his stomach and to sexual desires, and he patterned himself on Epicurus. He knew the doctrines of Pythagoras, …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ1548Δρύππαripe olive… ps.-Zonaras 571, e)fioulke/s), which is an hapax legomenon. Boissonade's conjecture filouli/s (fi/los + ou)=lis), based on the comparison with Dioscorides 1.139, seems quite plausible and explains the first word a(/t', which is otherwise unsatisfactory. …

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Εὔλογον ἀξίωμα

probable assumption, reasonable proposition

[Meaning] one which has more ways of being true [than not]; like "I will be alive tomorrow." "A discussion once occurred between Kleanthes the philosopher and Ptolemy the king about the wise man's judgment. Someone said…

Εὔλογον ἀξίωμα· τὸ πλείονας ἀφορμὰς ἔχον εἰς τὸ ἀληθὲς εἶναι· οἷον, βιώσομαι αὔριον. λόγου ποτὲ γενομένου πρὸς Κλεάνθην τὸν φιλόσοφον καὶ Πτολεμαῖον τὸν βασιλέα περὶ τοῦ δοξάσειν…

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α4174ἈσκληπιόδοτοςAsklepiodotos, Asclepiodotus… hope that leads to the divine; however, he was more philosophical than that man and was equipped with other preparatory education. Accordingly, the city of Aphrodite ascended in his time toward greater holiness. Already …Matched in translationhighlong

β481ΒῶλοςBôlos, BolusDemocritean, philosopher. [He wrote works called] Inquiry and Medical Art. [The latter] has natural medical remedies from some resources of nature.Matched in translationhighshort

α836Ἀκέραιοςuncorrupted, intact, fresh, unblemished… B4) when the latter offered a bribe to Seleucus (IV Philopator, c.218-175 BCE (assassinated), cf. OCD(4) s.v. Seleucus(4)) so as to draw Seleucid troops into the conflict. Although Seleucus might have acquiesced, per the …Matched in noteshighmedium

α904Ἀκμήmoment, point, still… [1] Isocrates 2.33. [2] Hyperides fr. 116 Jensen. [3] Sophocles, Philoctetes 12-14 (web address 1 below), with scholion. [4] Greek Anthology 6.252.1, 3-4 (Antiphilus), on the gift of a quince, preserved in winter, to …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3928ἈριστόξενοςAristoxenus, Aristoxenus… Deipnosophists 1.7C (1.12 Kaibel). Aristoxenus of Cyrene was a hedonist philosopher, not to be confused with his namesake alpha 3297.Matched in noteshighshort

α4450ΑὐξέντιοςAuxentios, AuxentiusFrom Philostorgius, Historia ecclesiastica 5.2, p. 67-68 Bidez-Winkelmann. Auxentius, bishop of Mopsuestia (not to be confused with several homonyms, cf. upsilon 448), died in 360 CE. [1] In Cilicia; see under theta 154. [2] …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4452Αὔξηincrease… already alpha 4451 [1] cf. Hesychius s.v. au)=cis. [2] John Philoponus, Commentary on Aristotle's de anima 234.11-16 Hayduck. [3] ib. 275.21-25.Matched in noteshighmedium

αι245Αἰόλανdarkening, discolouring… black and blue discoloration) of a potentially mortal wound (Sophocles, Philoctetes 1157, with scholia); cf. alphaiota 247 (of night). For the idea of a shadowy journey to shadowy Hades cf. the scholia to Aeschylus, …Matched in noteshighshort