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2981
Ἀπέδοξεν
it seemed good not, it was resolved not
… ou)k; the gloss should read 'Meaning: it did not seem
good'.
The headword must be quoted from somewhere: there are instances in Herodotus, Xenophon, Pausanias and Philostratus. Impersonal a)pe/docen is the opposite of e)/docen …
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3797
Εὐφημία ἔστω
let there be good speech
… from scholia thereto, and refers to the specialized use of
'good
speech' to mean 'ritual/respectful silence'; cf. epsilon 3794, epsilon 3795 (and epsilon 3792).
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147
Βασιλεία
kingship
… Citium, Stoic philosopher); he has "the wise", rather than "the
good",
throughout; cf. delta 1424. [2] The source of what follows is unclear. [3] i.e. Philip II of Macedon (reigned 359-336 BCE) and the …
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4389
Ἄτριψ
unaccustomed
… Papirii, but Favuzzi [see under alpha 1518] 47-49 makes a
good
case for regarding this one as the boy Papirius, from an anecdote of Cato's preserved in Aulus Gellius (Attic Nights 1.23); he precociously …
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461
Δημοσίων πραγμάτων διοικητής
administrator of public affairs
… comedy’s protagonist, for violating Athens’ ban on the import of
goods
from hostile states. In his Birds (414 BC), Aristophanes introduces a hyperactive sycophant who makes his living by harassing members of Athens’ subject …
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1205
Διοσημεία
Zeus-omen, Zeus-sign
… drop of rain, interpreted as a portent, to find a
good
excuse to break up the meeting as inauspicious and have it adjourned to another day. He is tired of war and is disagreeing …
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1491
Δραγμὴ χαλαζῶσα
a drachma falling as hail; a handful falling as hail
… institution (chiefly J.J. Buchanan, Theorika (1962) 29-34, 48-60). However, since
good
evidence for theoric payments proper in the 390s -- as opposed to payments for e.g. assembly attendance (?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 41.3, etc.) -- …
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1295
Ἔνη
the day after tomorrow, the second day after
… used by Praxagora and the Second Man for surrendering one's
goods
to the state (602, 607, 769, 795). The use of the future of tugxa/nw or katatugxa/nw would be, however, fully appropriate, indeed perhaps …
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2467
Ἐπιμεληταὶ
overseers, superintendents
… 354) alludes to 'the superintendents appointed by lot to ensure
good
order in the theatre'. [3] cf. epsilon 2465.
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