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κ122Καθοσίωσιςtreason; holiness… and see again below. [2] cf. Socrates, Historia Ecclesiastica 5.14. "Maximus" here is Magnus Maximus or Maximianus, who usurped control over the Western Roman Empire and on whom Quintus Aurelius Symmachus delivered a panegyric. …Matched in noteshighshort
α925Ἀκοντίinvoluntarily… in fact, is not attested until Plutarch (Life of Fabius Maximus 5.2.) and remains very rare thereafter.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2196Ἐπηράσαντοthey called down cursesThe headword is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Maximus of Tyre, Lectures 6.6c; again under epsilon 3584. The 'him' is Alkibiades (alpha 1280); cf. generally Plutarch, Alcibiades 22 and 33 (and Nepos …Matched in noteshighshort
ε567Ἐκπεφυσημένονpuffed-up… independent attestation). [2] An approximation of Polybius 3.103.7 (Q. Fabius Maximus Verrucosus [chi 240] on his colleague M. Minucius Rufus).Matched in noteshighshort
κ329ΚαπετωλεῖονCapitolium, Capitol… as the site of the great temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Juno and Minerva. See generally J.R. Patterson in OCD(4) s.v. 'Capitol, Capitolium'.Matched in noteshighshort
αι94Αἱ ἐμαὶ πόλειςcities mine… before the Suda. (There is a solitary post-Suda instance, in Maximus Planudes' [C13] Greek version of Ovid's Metamorphoses 10.304.) In any event, it uses the possessive adjective e)mai/, a classical form, which is glossed …Matched in noteshighshort
α838Ἄκερως βοῦςhornless ox… similarly paradoxical ones (including cowardly lion and wingless bird) in Maximus of Tyre, Lectures 11.5.e6; cf. Lexicon Vindobonense alpha32 [1] Same glossing, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. The more usual adjective is …Matched in noteshighshort
α3249Ἀποβαλομένηthrowing off… must be quoted from somewhere -- perhaps the Christian writer Maximus the Confessor (C6-7), who has the only instances otherwise attested; he refers sometimes to a woman, sometimes to the soul.Matched in noteshighshort
α466Ἀδήριτοςundisputed… inter alia has the related adverb) on Fabius (Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus 'Cunctator', the 'Delayer'; cf. OCD(4) p. 564 and epsilon 695; great-grandson of the Fabius of phi 3). [2] Perhaps extracted from Polybius …Matched in noteshighshort
η228Ἡλίκονas great as… singular). [2] Polybius 3.94.9 (web address 1). On Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus "Cunctator" see alpha 971, chi 240.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1000Διῆγεdrew out… The unnamed subject of the sentence is presumably Q. Fabius Maximus 'Cunctator'; cf. alpha 971, chi 240. On Hannibal, see generally alpha 2452.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1372Δόξηςglory… the only Fabius mentioned otherwise in DH is Q. Fabius Maximus Rullianus (phi 3: cos. 322, 310, 308, 297, 295), but of course there are other possibilities. For me/ga e)kboh/santes cf. Josephus, Antiquities of …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1629Δυσηλεγήςgrief-bringing, cruel, pain-inducing, ruthless… is rare, generally referring to Homeric and Hesiodic passages; only Maximus Astrologus and Nonnus seem to use it in a original way.) As to the glosses, they seem to have a double source: (i) …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1794Ἐξ ὁμολόγουby agreement… 11.32.7 (web address 1). [2] Polybius 3.90.5 (on Q. Fabius Maximus in relation to Hannibal in 217 BCE).Matched in noteshighshort
δ1599Δυσαχθέςburdensome, grievous, hard to endure… the second century AD -- when we find it in Maximus Astrologus (in reference to illness), in Aretaeus (medical literature), Tryphiodorus (poetry) and Cyranides (magic); also that Hesychius' sources, through Diogenianus and others, are …Matched in noteshighshort
α971Ἀκραιφνέςinviolate… Eutropius, Breviarium 3.10.1. The Fabius in question is Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus "Cunctator," the "Delayer," of the Second Punic War, dictator 217 BCE; OCD(4) p.564.Matched in noteshighshort
χ263Χειροτονίαvote, show of hands… the TLG as Herodian, Ab excessu divi Marci 7.10.5, on Maximus and Balbinus, two of the cast of characters in 238 CE, the Year of the Six Emperors. [Though Adler did not make this …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1901Κογχύλαιsmall cockles, small mussels… Lewis & Short s.v. (and attested in Celsus and Valerius Maximus) is conchula. [1] John Philoponus, Commentary on Aristotle's de anima 391.3-8 Hayduck (here abridged).Matched in noteshighshort
ε695Ἐκκυβεύεινto gamble (everything) on dice… of Polybius 3.94.4, on the Punic Wars, where Q. Fabius Maximus Cunctator, the Roman general, ("he" in the first citation) falls for the ruse of the Carthaginian general Hannibal and allows the Carthaginian army …Matched in noteshighshort
μ105ΜάλλιοςMallius, Manlius… not to leave camp. The wording is from Plutarch, Fabius Maximus 9.2 (a)risteu/santos kai\ stefanwqe/ntos a)poko/yas pele/kei to\n tra/xhlon; Dionysius has "excelling" and "wreathed", but not the axe). The introduction to the story of …Matched in noteshighshort
λ325Λευκὴ στάθμηwhite measuring-line… ambiguous to the incautious reader (this seems to have led Maximus of Tyre, for one, astray (18.4)); accordingly a passage is dredged up from one of Sophocles' obscurer plays employing the phrase in a …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1141Ἔναυλονfresh in the memory… with musical practice, literally meaning "in the pipe" (au)lo/s; cf. Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis 1.7.a5-6; Hesychius epsilon2700); hence the metaphor lo/gos e)/. "ringing in the ears", then "fresh in memory". See e.g. Plato, Menexenus …Matched in noteshighshort
α3435Ἀπόμαχοςbattle-free, disabled, unfit to fight… 216 BCE during the Second Punic War, when Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus "Cunctator," the "Delayer" (cf. OCD(4), p. 564) urges caution against Hannibal and relinquishes his command to Lucius Aemilius and Publius Terentius Varro; …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2732Κύντιος Κικιννάτος δικτάτωρQuinctius Cincinnatus the dictator… Senectute 56, de Finibus 2.12; Columella 1.pr.13; Livy 3.26; Valerius Maximus 2.7.7, 4.1.4, 4.4.7. See OCD(4) under 'dictator' and on 'Quinctius Cincinnatus, Lucius'. Also for a good article on the office of dictator, see …Matched in noteshighmedium