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δ1319Δογματίζειdogmatizes, sets forth dogma… that exist, and later Plato did so as well, as Plutarch says in his Parallel Lives. Indeed, Egyptians were the first to name the sun and the moon gods: they called the sun Osiris, …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε157Ἐγγώνιος τράπεζαright-angled table… at such sheer flattery, as was likely, laughter broke out. Plutarch [sc. says this]."Matched in translationhighmedium
ι423ἸόρτιοςIortios, Hirtius… broke out. For Maecenas' table was right-angled and not round. Plutarch [says this]."Matched in translation

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Δογματίζει

dogmatizes, sets forth dogma

[Meaning he/she/it] theologizes, is puffed up. To dogmatize is to set forth dogma, just as to legislate is to set forth laws. Dogmas are the name for two things: the thing opined and the opinion itself. Of these the…

Δογματίζει· θεολογεῖ, φυσιοῦται. Δογματίζειν ἐστὶ τὸ δόξαν τιθέναι, ὡς τὸ νομοθετεῖν νόμους τιθέναι. δόγματα δὲ ἑκατέρως καλεῖται, τό τε δοξαζόμενον καὶ ἡ δόξα αὐτή. τούτων δὲ τὸ…

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δ1161ΔιόμειαDiomeia… Hesychius alpha1701; Hyperides, For Euxenippos 12; Photius, cod. 261 (cf. [Plutarch], Vitae X oratorum 835b3; Scholia on Aeschylus 1, 125; Duris FGrHist 76 FF 67 and 68); Plutarch, Alcibiades 21.3, Nicias 13.3; scholion on …Matched in noteshighshort

δ451Δημοποίητοςnaturalized citizen… on Aelian fr. 71 Domingo-Forasté, 68 Hercher (which itself reflects Plutarch, Perikles 37). [1] For Perikles see pi 1179, pi 1180, pi 1181. [2] Perikles' sons by his first wife, Paralos and Xanthippos, died …Matched in noteshighmedium

α109ἈγάθαρχοςAgatharkhos, Agatharchos, Agatharchus… other primary sources on A. (translated in Pollitt, below) are Plutarch, Life of Pericles 13.2 (web address 2); Plutarch, Life of Alcibiades 16.4 (web address 3); Vitruvius, On Architecture 7, praef. 1l (web address …Matched in noteshighshort

α833Ἀκέραιονunblemished… blemishes', associated with a(marti/ai ('character flaws, unpremeditated crimes, sins') by Plutarch, Cimon 2.5 (LSJ entry at web address 2). This latter usage is particularly common in discussions of moral frailty in Plutarch (Moralia 464B, …Matched in noteshighshort

β9ΒαβύλαςBabylas… in their lower courses, it may be worth noting that Plutarch, Lycurgus 6.2 (cf. Pelopidas 13.3), records Babyka as the name of a stream near central Sparta (cf. Hesychius beta18, where Babyka is glossed …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1188ΔιοπείθηςDiopeithes… no.3), on whom see e.g. P.A. Stadter, A Commentary on Plutarch's Pericles (Chapel Hill 1989) 298. But even if this is so, nothing further is known of this law, and Diopeithes would seem to …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1189Διοπομπεῖσθαιto escort [evil] away… fleece seems to be the originary one; hence "conjure away" (Plutarch, Cato Maior 22 met' eu)prepei/as tou\s filoso/fous e)k th=s po/lews) or "chase away" a pollution (Cassius Dio 37.46.1 mi/asma, a damage (Iamblicus, On …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1483ΔώσωνDoson… as the future participle of the verb di/dwmi ("I give"); Plutarch, Life of Aemilius Paulus 8.3, states that this was intended to designate him a man of promises which he failed to keep; so …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1559Δοιδυκοποιόςpestle-maker… itself occurs only in (and is therefore probably generated by) Plutarch, Phocion 4.2, quoting the historian Idomeneus of Lampsacus (FGrH 338 F15); Idomeneus claims that Phocion's father plied this trade; Plutarch disagrees.Matched in noteshighshort

ε3569Εὔλογον ἀξίωμαprobable assumption, reasonable proposition… Sphaerus himself, D.L. twice calls him 'of Bosporus', though in Plutarch, Cleomenes 2.2-3 he is 'of Borysthenes' (a.k.a. Olbia, in the present-day Ukraine). The second of these designations might simply be a more precise …Matched in noteshighmedium

α49Ἀβίωτονunlivable… Euripides, Alcestis 242.) [2] Quotation unidentifiable -- but perhaps from Plutarch, who has several instances of the idiom a)biw/tws e)/xein. [3] For this word see also alpha 50.Matched in noteshighshort

α62Ἀβούλητον κακόνinvoluntary evil, undesired evil… (or -tes), satrap of Susiana under Alexander the Great, see Plutarch, Alexander 68; Arrian, Anabasis 3.8.5, etc.Matched in noteshighshort

α80ἈβριόρηξAbriorex, Abriorix… Caesar in 54-53 BCE. The spelling *)ambio/ric appears once in Plutarch and frequently in Cassius Dio.Matched in noteshighshort

α165Ἄγγαροιmessengers… Commentaries on Homer's Odyssey vol. 2 p. 189.6; Hesychius alpha7814; Plutarch, Alexander 18 (bis); De Alex. fort. virt. 326E; 340C. [3] Aeschylus, Agamemnon 282f. (web address 4), where the mss have a)gge/lou, an obvious …Matched in noteshighmedium

α260Ἀγκυρηβόλιονanchor-weight… a)gkurhbo/lion occurs in a fragment of Democritus quoted twice by Plutarch (Moralia 317A, 495E), and, as LSJ s.v. note, is the equivalent there of a)gkurobo/lion, "place of anchorage". On ancient anchors see generally Lionel …Matched in noteshighshort

α384ἈγύλαιοςAgylaios, AgylaeusThat of a Spartan ephor mentioned in Plutarch, Cleomenes 8.Matched in noteshighshort

α422Ἄδακρυς πόλεμοςtearless war, war without tears… war for the Spartans against the Arkadians in 368 BCE); Plutarch, Agesilaos 33 (with "battle" rather than "war") on the same event. cf. alpha 423.Matched in noteshighshort

α534Ἅδρησιςmaturity… makes life impossible by leading the agent towards inactivity. See Plutarch, Against Colotes 1108D, 1122A; Sextus Empiricus, Outlines of Pyrrhonism 1.23-24.Matched in noteshighshort

α537Ἀδύνατα εἶναιto be impossibles… toss the die", ku/bos, as a metaphor in Polybius and Plutarch for taking the risk of battle or war see also alpha 2310, epsilon 3013 (Julius Caesar's 'The die is cast'), kappa 2591 and …Matched in noteshighshort

α570Ἀετιδεῖςeaglets… The three extant possibilities are: Aristophanes, Birds 1356 (accusative plural); Plutarch, Moralia 992B (dative plural); and Procopius, On the Wars of Justinian 3.4.33 (accusative plural).Matched in noteshighshort

α621Ἄεικεςunalike… Athens after his victory, c.476 BCE, at Eion (Aeschines 3.185; Plutarch, Kimon 7). Eion is at the mouth of the River Strymon, where it empties into the Aegean Sea from Thrace (Barrington Atlas map …Matched in noteshighshort

α659ἈηνόβαρβοςAhenobarbus… in the Ambrosian Lexicon. The Greek here (examples in Appian, Plutarch, Strabo and Cassius Dio) transliterates the Latin Ahenobarbus, the cognomen of one branch of the plebeian-noble Roman family of the Domitii. (For six …Matched in noteshighshort

α691Ἀΐσσουσινthey dart… is also attested at Diodorus Siculus 32.9a.2; Livy, epitome 49; Plutarch, Moralia 200A; 804f-805A; and cf. kappa 1113.Matched in noteshighshort

α737Ἄθηρονbeast-less, game-less… is used of particular places or terrains by (e.g.) Herodotus, Plutarch and Aelian.Matched in noteshighshort

α845Ἀκέσιμονconcerned with healing… from somewhere -- is rare, but is used by e.g. Plutarch, Moralia 956F (neuter plural, of healing waters). cf. generally alpha 847, alpha 850, alpha 854, alpha 856.Matched in noteshighshort

α925Ἀκοντίinvoluntarily… common. The headword itself, in fact, is not attested until Plutarch (Life of Fabius Maximus 5.2.) and remains very rare thereafter.Matched in noteshighshort

α945ἌκουφιςAkouphis, Acuphis… the Great, 326 BCE, mentioned by Arrian (Anabasis 5.1-2) and Plutarch (Life of Alexander 58). Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon.Matched in noteshighshort

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