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α122Ἀγαθοῦ Δαίμονοςof the Good Spirit… others say that the first drinking vessel was called this. Aristotle composed a book On the Good in which he delineated the unwritten doctrines of Plato. Aristotle mentions the composition in the first [book] …Matched in translationhighmedium
α1298Ἀλκυονίδες ἡμέραιAlcyon days, Halcyon days, kingfisher days… For Simonides in Pentathla says they are 11, as does Aristotle in [his book] Concerning Animals, but Demagoras of Samos [says] 7, and Philochorus 9. Hegesander tells the myth about them in his Memoirs …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ181Δεκατεύεινto pay a tithe… mother on the tenth day after your birth named you?" Aristotle says that on the seventh day [after birth] they give the names. He writes as follows: "most babies are ‘taken up’ on the …

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Ἀγαθοῦ Δαίμονος

of the Good Spirit

The ancients had a custom after dinner of drinking 'of the Good Spirit', by taking an extra quaff of unmixed [wine]; and they call this 'of the Good Spirit', but when they are ready to depart, 'of Zeus the Savior'. And…

Ἀγαθοῦ Δαίμονος· ἔθος εἶχον οἱ παλαιοὶ μετὰ τὸ δεῖπνον πίνειν Ἀγαθοῦ Δαίμονος, ἐπιρροφοῦντες ἄκρατον, καὶ τοῦτο λέγειν Ἀγαθοῦ Δαίμονος, χωρίζεσθαι δὲ μέλλοντες, Διὸς Σωτῆρος. καὶ…

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α788Ἀκαλήφηstinging nettle, sea-anemone… the same length of time". As to the maritime nettles, Aristotle [mentions] them in the first [book] of Concerning Animals and [so does] Theophrastus in the seventh [book] of Plants.Matched in translationhighmedium

α2707Ἀντιπελαργεῖνto cherish in turn… favours. Also [sc. attested is the related noun] a)ntipela/rgwsis ["cherishing-in-turn"]. Aristotle says that the story about storks is true; he says that bee-eaters also act similarly. Hence they carve on their staffs a stork …Matched in translationhighmedium

α3238Ἁπλῷ λόγῳin a simple statement[Meaning] without qualification. Also Aristotle says a(plw=s "simply," that which is true when said without any qualification. For the Ethiopian being in some respect white -- for he is white in respect to the …Matched in translationhighmedium

α4348Ἀτέχνοιςfor unskilled ones, to unskilled ones, with unskilled ones… utterly. So Plato [sc. uses it]. "Being absolutely happy with Aristotle's happiness." And elsewhere: "he simply would not discuss with the others, not even if he met them face-to-face." Or artlessly, meaning wholly, and …Matched in translationhighmedium

α4671Ἀχάνηachane… the artabe amongst Egyptians. It measured 45 Attic medimnoi, as Aristotle attests. But others say that it is a box, into which those preparing for pilgrimages used to put their provisions.Matched in translationhighshort

δ1445Δωδωναῖον χαλκεῖονDodonian bronze… sound continues to go around for a long time. But Aristotle, refuting this story as a fiction, says that there are two pillars, and on one of them a cauldron and on the other …Matched in translationhighmedium

α3977Ἁρμονίανharmony… accusative case, as again here). [2] John Philoponus, Commentary on Aristotle's de Anima 142.6-16. [3] John Philoponus, Commentary on Aristotle's de Anima 145.1-4. [4] The transmitted text actually says "first" again. [5] John Philoponus, …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3402Ἀπόλογος ἈλκίνουAlkino(o)s' story, Alkino(o)s' tale… Adespota fr. 743b Kock (not in K.-A.); Plato, Republic 614B; Aristotle, Poetics 1455a2; Aristotle, Rhetoric 1417a13-14 ("the tale of Alkinos ... is reduced to sixty lines in the presence of Penelope [book 23]"). For …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1029Διθυραμβοδιδάσκαλοιdithyramb-directors… Alexandra 879 p.2846 Scheer; PC2 52; PMG fr.837; Campbell 198-203; Aristotle, Poetics 1455a6; RE 21.1659-61 'Polyidos 9'), and Cleomenes of Rhegium (kappa 2647 and n. 6, only as an associate of Cinesias and Philoxenus; …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1205ΔιοσημείαZeus-omen, Zeus-sign… later Greek; see Hesychius delta1918 dioshmei/a: tera/stion shmei=on; Simplicius on Aristotle, Physics 221b23; John Lydus, De ostentis 1; 15b; 37; 38; [John Lydus] De mensibus 2. However, I doubt that we should read here …Matched in noteshighmedium

α302Ἀγορανομίαςmarket-supervisorship, market-supervisorships… From Harpokration s.v., commenting on Demosthenes 24.112 and also citing ?Aristotle, Ath.Pol. 51.1. [3] Aristophanes, Acharnians 723-4 (web address 1), followed here by comment from the scholia there; cf. lambda 291. [4] Callimachus, Hymn …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2512ἈνθίαςanthiasMaritime. Mentioned in comedy and by Aristotle (Historia Animalium). See LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshighshort

α3350Ἀποκήρυκτονdisenfranchised, disinherited, renounced… proclamation of a herald." [2] Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentary on Aristotle's Topica 179.23-27 Wallies. [3] From Harpokration s.v., who cites Demosthenes 23.201 and quotes Plato Comicus fr. 121 Kock (139 K-A). [4] Quoted from …Matched in noteshighmedium

αι165Αἴ κε πάθοι τά κ' ἔρεξε δίκη δ' ἰθεῖα γένοιτοif he should endure the sufferings which he has inflicted, the punishment would be just… this 'oracle' is an approximation of a dictum quoted in Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1132b27 (read ta/ t' e)/rece, di/kh k'), and attributed to Rhadamanthys (rho 12, rho 13); proverbial in Appendix Proverbiorum 2.12. An …Matched in noteshighshort

δ645Διαμάρτῃthat he would fail; that he would miss the opportunity… also mentioned at omicron 736 (cf. phi 769; also in Aristotle fr.604 Rose, and Diodorus Siculus 16.55), and serves to correct an error in modern interpretations. The comic poet Satyrus (perhaps the xoreu/ths, ‘chorus-dancer’, …Matched in noteshighshort

δ796Διατρέχοντεςmeteors… way home from the feast with a lantern"). "Spark-emitters" (cf. Aristotle, Meteorologica 341b30) may suggest specifically "fireballs," very bright meteors with a visual magnitude brighter than -3, similar to that of the planet Venus …Matched in noteshighshort

δ997Διειρωνόξενοιfalsely-hospitable, guest-dissembling… in the same line of Aristophanes; cf. alphaiota 355. [3] Aristotle fr. 544 Rose (from Zenobius 2.24 and other paroemiographers; see generally Tosi [cited under alpha 378] no.1790).Matched in noteshighshort

δ1168ΔιονύσιαDionysia… wine-skin. Dramatic contests could also be included, since according to Aristotle (Poetics 1449a) the Rural Dionysia were the cradle of comedy. Other (lesser) festivals of Dionysos were: the Anthesteria, held on the eleventh day …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1228Διώκεινto prosecute… in the sense of avenging a murder (Euripides, Orestes 1534; Aristotle, Politics 1269a2); the idiom di/khn diw/kein is a synonym for pursuing one’s own right in a court (Demosthenes 54.41). Note also the verb …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1491Δραγμὴ χαλαζῶσαa drachma falling as hail; a handful falling as hail… 390s -- as opposed to payments for e.g. assembly attendance (?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 41.3, etc.) -- is hard to come by, some have identified this Diophantus as the well-attested Sphettian politician of a later …Matched in noteshighshort

ε11Ἔαρος χρῄζειis in want of spring… Cratinus fr. 33 Kock, now 35 K.-A., is quoted by Aristotle at Nicomachean Ethics 1098a16 (web address 2); cf. mu 1030, and see generally Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.705.Matched in noteshighshort

ε470Ἐκκλησία κυρίαprincipal assembly… case). [1] cf. epsilon 471. On the ekklesiai see generally ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 43.3-5, with P.J. Rhodes, A Commentary on the Aristotelian Athenaion Politeia (Oxford, 1981) ad loc. Also M.H. Hansen, The Athenian Democracy …Matched in noteshighshort

ε471Ἐκκλησίανassembly… Athens were paid to attend meetings of the ekklesia (see ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 41.3, with M.H. Hansen, The Athenian Democracy in the Age of Demosthenes (Oxford 1991) 150); however, this ancient comment seems to …Matched in noteshighshort

ε513Ἐκνεφίαςcloud-produced… Mundo 384b18; Problemata 940b30; cf. Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentary on Aristotle's Meteorologica 113.15 passim. See also Chrysippus in the scholia to Hesiod, Theogony 148. A detailed definition of this kind of winds is provided …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1020Ἐμπίςgnat… [2] In a discussion of its larva (askaris, the bloodworm), Aristotle identifies this as the gnat Chironomus: History of Animals 551b27. Elsewhere in the same work (601a4) the word seems to refer to the …Matched in noteshighshort

χ6Χαλαζᾷis hailing… immediately below (so LSJ). [2] i.e. tubercles or pimples. [3] Aristotle, History of Animals 603b16-23, reports that these pimples appeared primarily on the underside of the tongue; numerous pimples indicated a watery and loose …Matched in noteshighshort

χ215ΧερρόνησοςCherronesos, Chersonesos, Chersonese… under Chersonesus(1), and Barrington Atlas map 51 grid G4. [1] Aristotle, Rhetoric 3.10.7; cf. R. Körpe and M.F. Yavuz, 'The Harbors of the Thracian Chersonese', Archaeological Institute of America 108th Annual Meeting Abstracts, San …Matched in noteshighshort