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ε1228Ἐνέκειντοthey were persisting, they were pressing hard… e)/gkeimai see already epsilon 96. Its form here -- third person plural, imperfect -- is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [2] Quotation unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort
α2111Ἀνά τοί με πείθεις ἀλλ' ἐκεῖνο οὔπω λέγειςso you are persuading me; but that you do not yet say… (a)na/ ... pei/qeis) in the line. The verb a)napei/qein means "persuade" but can have connotations of bribery, misleading or seduction; see LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2618Ἐπιστέλλειsends a messageThe headword, extracted from the quotation immediately following, is third person singular, present indicative active, of the verb e)piste/llw. [1] Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 106-7 (web address 1), with glosses from the scholia. [2] An …Matched in noteshighshort
α3339ἈποκατέστηνI restored… manuscript ambiguity as whether the headword and gloss are third person singulars -- so that the headword is likely to be extracted from the quotation given -- or first persons; she prints the latter …Matched in noteshighshort
α2818ἈξιόςAxios, AxiusThough the name is attested amongst historical persons (e.g. five in Athens: see vol.2 of the Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, s.v.), its inclusion here probably stems from the personified River Axios in Homer, …Matched in noteshighshort
α2216Ἀνέγνωσανthey induced… refers to the reappearance of Cyrus, the heir of the Persian throne, in the Median palace, and the bad advice given by the Magi summoned to interpret Astyages' dream (120ff.).Matched in noteshighshort
λ734Λωποδύτηςcloak-stripper… Plutus [Wealth] 165, where this verb occurs (present indicative, third person singular). [4] Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 3.7.19, on Romanus's victory over Baram's Persian army (589 in Albania, south of the Caucasus Mountains); cf. de …Matched in noteshighshort
δ929Διεξιφίσωyou fought to the death… instance the famous Athenian (and Plataean) defeat of the invading Persian army at the Battle of Marathon, 490 BCE, immortalised in book 6 of Herodotus. For Marathon cf. mu 177; for Miltiades, mu 1067, …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ350ΜεγάβυζοςMegabyzos, Megabyzus… version, from Herodotus onwards, of the name of several prominent Persians; and cf. under zeta 9.Matched in noteshighshort
μ389Μέγας βασιλεύςGreat King… W.G. Rutherford recasts it as follows: "because the resources of Persia made him more than ordinarily powerful". [2] beta 144. [3] The other cases are formed from the stem megalo-; Aeschylus once uses the …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3601Εὔνουςwell-disposed, well-minded… as Marcelo Boeri has pointed out to me in a personal message, rather in the Nicomachean Ethics (1155b33ff and 1166b30ff), whence it was taken up by Alexander and from him by the Suda. Aristotle's …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3278Ἐτέθησανthey were disposedThe headword is aorist indicative passive, third person plural of ti/qhmi. It is probably, though not demonstrably, extracted from the quotation given here. [1] Quotation unidentifiable (but evidently from historiography of the Christian era). …Matched in noteshighshort
μ891ΜῆδοιMedesThe imperial predecessors of the Persians; later a synonym for them (cf. mu 889). From Old Persian Mada.Matched in noteshighshort
α3068Ἀπέστησενremoved… emendation due to Schweighäuser, Büttner-Wobst (p. 515) reads kaqi=kto (third person singular, pluperfect indicative middle-passive of the verb kaqikne/omai, I come down to, reach, touch) for the Suda's kaqh=sto (third person singular, pluperfect indicative …Matched in noteshighshort
δ181Δεκατεύεινto pay a tithe… (and delta 186). [2] The states that sided with the Persians against their fellow Greeks during the Persian invasion of 481-479 BCE. [3] Delphian Apollo. [4] A loose approximation of Diodorus Siculus 11.3.3. [5] …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3208ἜστειλαI sentAorist of ste/llw, first person singular (evidently quoted from somewhere: Aeschylus, Persae 609?), glossed with a compound of the same verb.Matched in noteshighshort
δ930Διεξοδικούςdetailed, discursive, elaborate… closely related to practical (legal or political) problems involving precise persons and situations. [3] The urgency of "shaping" the speech according to the Aristotelian perista/seis gained more and more emphasis in later rhetoric. The …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2197Ἐπῄρατεyou incited, you inducedAorist active of e)pai/rw, second person plural (which should not have an iota subscript). From a scholion on Aristophanes, Clouds 1457, where the imperfect e)ph/|rete occurs (web address 1). See also epsilon 1977, epsilon …Matched in noteshighshort
ι109Ἰδίῃςyou would sweat… headword (extracted from the quotation given) is present subjunctive, second person singular, of i)di/w; cf. iota 107, iota 108, iota 117. [2] A compression of Aristophanes, Peace 83-6 (web address 1), with scholion.Matched in noteshighshort
μ889ΜῆδοςMede… 891 (and for an instance of 'Mede' as, effectively, the Persian king see Thucydides 3.62.5). [2] cf. mu 888, mu 890.Matched in noteshighshort
α4127Ἄσατοwas sated… King Artaxerxes Ochus (ruled 359/8-338), who reconquered Egypt for the Persian Empire, see generally omega 284.Matched in noteshighshort
ει225Εἰσαγωγεύςintroducer[1] Or: who introduces [someone] to a particular person. [2] Procopius, Secret History 12.26 (web address 1), in a story about a monk seeing the emperor; cf. Kaldellis (60). The monk had come from …Matched in noteshighshort
μ147ΜάνηςManes, Mani… of Terebinthus. It perhaps represents a derogatory name of the Persians and Greeks for the Arsacid royal family from Parthia, to which Mani belonged, as uncivilised nomads. The Persian cities were under the Arsacids …Matched in noteshighlong
β490Βωμολόχοςaltar-ambusher… for deceitful words and acts that a politician or other person uses to ingratiate himself into the favor of others. [1] From Aristophanes, Frogs 358, cited more fully at theta 583 (web address 1). …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2195Ἐπῆραςyou stirred up, you inducedThe headword is aorist active of e)pai/rw, second person singular. It must be quoted from somewhere, perhaps Plato, Hippias minor 373A. Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon has the same entry (provided e)pa/ras is emended, as is …Matched in noteshighshort
ε233Ἐδίδαξενtaught… of dida/skw (cf. delta 856, delta 857, epsilon 232), third person singular. [2] Xenophon, Anabasis 3.4.32, web address 1 (with a singular 'village').Matched in noteshighshort
η45Ἦγενcelebrated, led… Julianus 'the Apostate', who ruled 360-363 (and died on this Persian campaign), see generally iota 437. For this quotation cf. gamma 484 and epsilon 322; Adler tentatively attributes it to Eunapius.Matched in noteshighshort
α2009Ἀναπείσητε[if] you convince… the quotation given, is aorist active subjunctive of a)napei/qw, second person plural. [1] Aristophanes, Knights 68 (web address 1), preceded by comment from the scholia there.Matched in noteshighshort
μ716Μετανεγνώσθηhad one's mind changed… extracted from the quotation given, is aorist indicative passive, third person singular, of the verb metanagignw/skw. [1] An approximation of Sophocles, Ajax 716-718, with the glosses of the scholia there.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2029Ἐπεδίκασεhe adjudicatedFrom Harpokration s.v., commenting on Demosthenes 48.26 & 27 (web address 1). In ch.26 the present headword (active voice) occurs; in ch. 27 it is the middle-voice e)pedika/santo, i.e. third-person plural. Harpok. reproduces this …Matched in noteshighshort

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