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ε2916Ἔρρεgo (to hell)… at xi 46, Diagoras at delta 523 & delta 524, Epicurus at epsilon 2404, epsilon 2405, epsilon 2406.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3070Ἔρωςlove[1] There is no passage where Epicurus says exactly this; however, in arguing that sexual intercourse (sunousi/h) never helped anyone, he recommends that the sage person must not fall in love. Probably his point …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε715Ἐκφρησθέντωνof those ordered out… epsilon 2405; attributed to Aelian (fr. 39 Hercher, 42a Domingo-Forasté). "Epicuruses" (*)epikou/rwn) is not in the original quotation, and is probably a mistake for "Epicureans" (*)epikourei/wn), unless the paraphraser was under the impression that …

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Ἔρρε

go (to hell)

[Meaning] perish. "Go, bad cub, bad lot, go to Hades, go: I did not bear the one [who was] unworthy of Sparta." "O Xenophaneses and Diagorases and Hippons and Epicuruses and all the rest of the [catalogue] of those…

Ἔρρε· φθείρου. ἔρρε, κακὸν σκυλάκευμα, κακὰ μερίς, ἔρρε πόθ' ᾅδαν· ἔρρε· τὸν οὐ Σπάρτας ἄξιον, ὧν ἔτεκον. ὦ Ξενοφάνεις καὶ Διαγόραι καὶ Ἵππωνες Ἐπίκουροι καὶ πᾶς ὁ λοιπὸς τῶν…

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η98Ἡδονήpleasure… The source of the present entry's material is indeterminable. [1] Epicurus: epsilon 2404, epsilon 2405, epsilon 2406.Matched in noteshighshort

αι286Αἵρεσιςschool, sect… alpha 3908, alpha 3909. He probably was a forerunner of Epicurus to some extent; however, in distinguishing katastematic pleasure from the kinetic one, Epicurus disagrees with Aristippus, and in general with the Cyrenaics, who …Matched in noteshighmedium

η97Ἡδοναίpleasures… be achieved by seeking pleasure, pleasure being bodily pleasure (what Epicurus called "kynematic pleasure", i.e. pleasure in movement). For them the end is particular pleasure and happiness is the "systematic structure" consisting of particular …Matched in noteshighlong

α763Ἄθροισμαaggregate, assemblage, gathering… II (web address 1), this is a technical term in Epicurus (epsilon 2404) to designate the composite or the whole structure of soul and body (see the significant passage of Letter to Herodotus 64-66 …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1405ΔοσίθεοςDositheos, Dositheus… in Esther 10.3.L LXX - one of the correspondents of Epicurus - D. (a.k.a. Nathaniel) the Samaritan and Gnostic, reputedly the teacher of Simon Magus - St Dositheos of Gaza, a monk of the …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2403Ἐπικούρειος ἝρμωνHermon the Epicurean… zeta 76. For 'Epicureans' cf. under alpha 425, and for Epicurus himself see epsilon 2404.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2548Ἐπίρρητονinfamous… Hesychius epsilon5125. [2] Aelian fr. 42b Domingo-Forasté (39 Hercher), on Epicurus (epsilon 2404). [3] See epsilon 2571 [4] Aelian fr. 115b D-F (112 Hercher), on L. Antonius Saturninus; see under alpha 2762.Matched in noteshighshort

ε3261Ἐσχολάρχησεwas a school-headSame entry in ps.-Zonaras. cf. generally sigma 1798 (Epicurus) -- but the present entry perhaps relates to Speusippus (Diogenes Laertius 4.1).Matched in noteshighshort