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α836Ἀκέραιοςuncorrupted, intact, fresh, unblemished… Lexicon. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. [3] Iamblichus fr. 16 Habrich. [4] Polybius 15.11.11 (web address 2; cf. 6.24.9, 9.31.1,6: a common phrase for the mental state, particularly of fresh troops, that has not yet been …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2564Ἐπισημήνασθαιto have signified, to have sanctioned, to have validated, to have remarked upon… epsilon 2562). It is presumably quoted from somewhere -- perhaps Polybius (9.8.1, 10.41.6, 28.12.9), given his prominence in the rest of the entry. [1] The gloss is the aorist active infinitive of the verb …Matched in noteshighshort
α3068Ἀπέστησενremoved

α836

Ἀκέραιος

uncorrupted, intact, fresh, unblemished

[Meaning] complete. "Succeeding [sc. those who were] uncorrupted and not expecting, they controlled the land." And elsewhere: "but the honey, inasmuch as [it was] impure and drawn not from thorns but from serpents,…

Ἀκέραιος· ὁ ὁλόκληρος. ἀκεραίοις τε καὶ οὐ προσδεχομένοις ἐπιγενόμενοι τῆς γῆς ἐκράτουν. καὶ αὖθις· τὸ δὲ μέλι ἅτε οὐκ ἀκέραιον οὔτε ἀπὸ ἀκάνθων ἀλλ' ἀπὸ ἑρπετῶν συμπεπορισμένον…

gender and sexuality9

gender and sexuality9

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meter and music6

Ross Scaife ✝3

Ross Scaife ✝3

James Vradelis2

James Vradelis2

Matthew Farmer2

Matthew Farmer2

Oliver Phillips ✝2

Oliver Phillips ✝2

Alexander Tulin1

Alexander Tulin1

Alexandra Trachsel1

Alexandra Trachsel1

Braden Studhalter1

Braden Studhalter1

Carl Widstrand1

Carl Widstrand1

Chad Schroeder1

Chad Schroeder1

D. Graham J. Shipley1

D. Graham J. Shipley1

Ioannis Doukas1

Ioannis Doukas1

Konstantinos Kopanias1

Konstantinos Kopanias1

Nicholas Wilshere1

Nicholas Wilshere1

Richard Rodriguez1

Richard Rodriguez1

Valentini Kalfadopoulou Mellas1

Valentini Kalfadopoulou Mellas1

… (though not necessarily) extracted from the first quotation given. [1] Polybius fr. 12 Büttner-Wobst. Adopting an emendation due to Schweighäuser, Büttner-Wobst (p. 515) reads kaqi=kto (third person singular, pluperfect indicative middle-passive of the verb …

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α3571Ἀποσφαλμήσαςhaving jumped away… (The entry then moves on to the uncompound sfalma/w.) [1] Polybius fr. 18 Büttner-Wobst; cf. upsilon 219. Büttner-Wobst notes (p. 516) that from these two entries Bernhardy rendered the fragment as follows: o( de\ …Matched in noteshighshort

α334ἈγωνιῶI am in a torment[1] Likewise in other lexica. [2] Polybius 1.20.6 (web address 1). [3] Polybius 3.78.2 (web address 2); again at alpha 722. [4] Polybius fr.(?) 94 Büttner-Wobst; Although Büttner-Wobst is reluctant to accept the attribution …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1868Ἀναζυγαῖςwithdrawals… 40.38), though perhaps [DW] there is a likelier instance in Polybius (5.52.3). [2] Polybius 5.110.5. Kephallenia (Cephalonia, Kephalonia, Cephallania; cf. kappa 1448; Barrington Atlas map 54 grid C5) is the largest Ionian island off …Matched in noteshighshort

α2098Ἀνατάσειςthreats… (if not demonstrably) extracted from the first quotation given. [1] Polybius fr. 108 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes that Casaubon attributed this fragment to Polybius (p. 529). Bernhardy emended the fragment, deleting kai\ a)peilh/seis, and intimidations, …Matched in noteshighshort

α3605Ἀπὸ τοῦ κρατίστουin all good faithThe phrase is a favourite one in Polybius: besides the two instances given here, see 6.56.3, 8.17.4, 8.24.10. [1] Polybius fr. 118 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (530) that Dindorf deemed this fragment to be genuinely …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3174Ἐσωματοποίειwas giving body to… the same form); presumably extracted from the quotation given. [2] Polybius fr. 47 Büttner-Wobst. (LSJ s.v. III.2 obscures its root sense here with 'exalt, magnify'.) See also sigma 842, noted already, for another fr. …Matched in noteshighshort

α691Ἀΐσσουσινthey dart… (web address 1 below); cf. alpha 4349, eta 147. [2] Polybius 36.8.7. The syntax of the sentence that follows is confused and may not represent Polybius's original wording. See F.W. Walbank, A Historical Commentary …Matched in noteshighshort

α722Ἀθεσίανfickleness… given here, which the other lexica do not have. [2] Polybius 3.78.2 (imperfectly quoted; for a better version see under alpha 334). [3] Polybius 2.32.8 (again approximated rather than quoted). [4] Polybius 15.24.6 (considerably …Matched in noteshighshort

α918Ἀκόλουθονconsequent, following on, in conformity… adjective, is presumably extracted from the first quotation given. [1] Polybius fr. 97 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes that Schweighäuser attributed this fragment to Polybius (p. 527). [2] Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 15.1.3 (web address …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1847Ἀναδέξασθαιto await… quotation given. [1] Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler tentatively suggested Aelian.) [2] Polybius 1.52.8. [3] Polybius fr. 100 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (p. 528) that Casaubon attributed the fragment to Polybius.Matched in noteshighshort

α1848Ἀναδέξασθαιto endure… (though not demonstrably) extracted from the Polybian quotation given. [1] Polybius 13.5.3; again, in part, at alpha 3018. [2] Likewise in Photius. [3] cf. generally alpha 2218. The phrase glossed here may also be …Matched in noteshighshort

α2273Ἀνεννόητονinconceivable, without conception… though not demonstrably, extracted from the first quotation given. [1] Polybius fr. 6 Büttner-Wobst; see already under alpha 1312; cf. also kappa 2591, kappa 2602 and note 7. Büttner-Wobst compares (p. 514) this fragment …Matched in noteshighshort

α4515Αὐτοπαθῶςcandidly, from one's own experience… is illustrated by all three of the quotations given. [1] Polybius 8.17.7-8, initially abridged. [2] Adler tentatively asssigned this quotation to Appian, but on no discernible basis. In fact [DW] the phraseology is uncannily …Matched in noteshighshort

δ444Δημοκοπεῖνto court the mob[1] Polybius 25.3.1, omitting the adverb "immediately." See again kappa 566 and pi 1370, which include it; also epsilon 840. (For this verb in Polybius in another sense -- to play the noble Greek …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2239Ἐπιβολήplan, project… quotation (also at epsilon 3141) is from the end of Polybius’s account (15.9-16) of Hannibal’s defeat at Zama (OCD(4) 1586-7) in 202 BC by Scipio Africanus. The accidental event (tau)to/maton) is one that happens …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2608Ἐπίστασιςattention, pause for reflection, observation… his army in May 218 BCE. [2] An approximation of Polybius 11.2.4 (web address 1). [3] Polybius fr. 149 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (p. 533) that this fragment was attributed to Polybius by Ursinus (Fulvio …Matched in noteshighshort

α1312Ἀλογιστίαthoughtlessness… cast" in military situations see alpha 2310, epsilon 3013. [3] Polybius fr. 6 Büttner-Wobst; see also kappa 894. [4] Polybius 18.15.16 (abridged, web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort

α2797Ἀνυστικωτέραmore effective… The headword is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Polybius 8.3.3, on the celebrated Roman siege of Syracuse (Sicily) in 213-211 BCE. Walbank (below) ad loc. calls this "a favourite theme" in Polybius; …Matched in noteshighshort

α2914Ἀπαραγγέλτωςwithout orders… from the quotation given (though it also occurs elsewhere in Polybius: 16.3.1, of a sea-battle, web address 1). [1] Polybius fr. 11 Büttner-Wobst.Matched in noteshighshort

α2974Ἀπεδειλίαturned tail… quotation given. (It also occurs in two other passages of Polybius, 3.46.9 and 5.84.5.) [1] Polybius 29.17.3, on the battle of Pydna (decisively ending the Third Macedonian War (168 BCE) between Rome and Macedon …Matched in noteshighshort

α3178Ἀπηρείσατοrested upon, fixed on… lexica. It must be quoted from somewhere -- perhaps the Polybius passage quoted, though there are other possibilities. (This first glossing verb, a)koumbi/zw, comes from Latin accumbo. See already alpha 3039, and again epsilon …Matched in noteshighshort

α3239ἉπλῶςsimplyLikewise in ps.-Zonaras. [1] Polybius 36.7.1-2 (preserved only here); again at omicron 730. [2] So already alpha 3238. [3] Polybius fr. 15 Büttner-Wobst; again at alpha 4661.Matched in noteshighshort

α3357Ἀπόκλητοιselect-men, apokletoi, apocleti… by the oblique cases in the two quotations given. [1] Polybius 4.5.9-10 (here abridged). [2] Polybius 20.1.1 (cf. Livy 35.45.9-46.1). These two quotations in the Suda comprise the whole of the passage. In the …Matched in noteshighshort

α3465Ἀποξυστροῦνταιthey are bent awry… headword verb is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Polybius 2.33.3. The note on this in F.W. Walbank, A Historical Commentary on Polybius, i (Oxford 1957) 209 adds, to necessary reference material on …Matched in noteshighshort

β131Βαρυνόμενοςweighed-down… middle/passive participle, is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Polybius 23.12.1, on the last days of Philopoimen (phi 409), which entailed a hurried journey from Argos [Myth, Place] to Megalopolis - see delta …Matched in noteshighshort

δ987Διεψευσμένοιdeceived… is perfect passive participle, masculine nominative plural, of diayeu/dw. [2] Polybius fr. 30 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst inserted (p. 518) oi( *ai)twloi/ (the Aetolians), into the fragment, which Adler here transmits. [3] Polybius 3.16.5; cf. kappa …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1069Ἔμφασινimpression… but not necessarily from the first quotation given here. [2] Polybius 5.110.6 (the first part of it paraphrased), on Philip V of Macedon in 217/16. [3] Polybius 12.13.2; cf. delta 472, epsilon 1070.Matched in noteshighshort

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