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κ305Κάνναιςreeds… part of the quotation given. Adler tentatively attributed it to Polybius, and it is in fact a light adaptation of Polybius 14.1.15. See also Livy 30.3 (comparison noted by Bernhardy).Matched in noteshighshort
ε3840Ἔφαμμαshirt[Meaning] the garment [of that name]. Polybius [writes]: "for some of them appeared wearing their trousers and light cloaks about them. But the others, from vanity, threw these away and stood before the military …Matched in translationhighshort
κ313Κανθήλιοςpack-ass… under great pressure, they bend upwards, just like pack-asses." And Polybius [writes]: "he ordered the infantry to take the panniers with the baggage tied upon them from the rear, and place them in front …Matched in translationhighshort
α836Ἀκέραιοςuncorrupted, intact, fresh, unblemished… drawn not from thorns but from serpents, upset the bowels." Polybius [writes]: "for they, being unconquered, had fought intact in body and spirit against them." Meaning confident. "[He] wishing to use fresh troops against …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε2745Ἐπίφασιςappearance… extracted from somewhere in this form the prime candidate is Polybius 4.77.3, e)pi/fasis basilikh\ kai\ du/namis. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. Adler suggested Aelian -- but perhaps, rather, from Polybius, who uses forms of the headword …Matched in noteshighshort
δ819Διαφερούσῃproviding[1] Feminine dative singular, from the quotation to follow. [2] Polybius 3.87.1 (Hannibal in NE Italy, 271 BCE).Matched in noteshighshort
β137Βασανίζεινto test… through words; from the goldsmith's touchstone [ba/sanos], used metaphorically. And Polybius [writes]: "then, thinking he had [applied] the test of fire he was relieved of his suspicion." Also [sc. attested is] basani/sas ["having tested"]; …Matched in translationhighmedium
μ245ΜασσανάσσηςMassanasses, MasinissaPolybius 36.16.1-8 (web address 1 below). For Mas(s)inissa see already mu 244. [1] (For Micipses/Micipsa, Masinissa's successor as king, see mu 1046.) The text of Polybius gives the son's name as "Sthembanus" rather than …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1527Κηπεύω Κηπεία ΚηπίονI garden… the word as "gardening"). The diminutive khpi/on occurs e.g. in Polybius 6.17.2. Though this kind of spelling distinction is a favourite of Greek lexicographers, this is the only attested instance.Matched in noteshighshort
β411Βοτρυοσταγῆ ἔρνηshoots dripping with grapes… remainder of the entry has no connection with it. [1] Polybius 12.13.1. (This refers to Timaeus' account of Demochares: see generally delta 472.) Here Botruos is the genitive of a writer's name, "Botrys".Matched in noteshighshort
κ1544Κηρύκειονherald's wandSee also kappa 1545, kappa 1546. [1] Slightly paraphrasing Polybius 3.52.4: natives of the Alps trying to trick Hannibal. In our accepted text e)/xontes is in the nominative: the barbarians doing the meeting are …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1123Ἐνάπτοντεςtying on… of the verb e)na/ptw; extracted from the quotation given. [2] Polybius 3.46.3 (describing the way Hannibal’s army let the elephants cross the Rhone); but the original has not 'the rafts' but 'the side facing …Matched in noteshighshort
α2545Ἀνοδίᾳroadlessly, without using roads[1] Polybius 3.19.7 (web address 1, cf. delta 818), which properly reads kata\ th=s nh/sou; only one island is concerned, Pharos (Pharus, Barrington Atlas map 20 grid D6) in Illyria (present-day Croatia). During the …Matched in noteshighshort
α3722Ἄπυρα σῖταfireless rations, unfired rations… [3] From Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.31C-D (1.57 Kaibel), citing Alcman and Polybius; cf. generally alpha 1482.Matched in noteshighshort
χ96Χάραξpalisade; stake[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica. [2] Polybius 18.18.6; again at pi 2243. [3] Timostratus [sic] fr. 2 Kock and K.-A. The Suda and other lexica (for which see below) have "Demostratus", but …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1434Κέστροςdart, dart-sling, kestros, cestrus, kestrosphendonePolybius 27.11, known only from this entry in the Suda; cf. Livy 42.65.9-10 (and a similar device in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 20.1.4). For commentary, beyond what is proffered here, see Walbank 3.308-310. …Matched in noteshighmedium

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