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- αι253Αἰόλοςundulating, wavelike, advancing in a winding or rolling fashion, agile in turning side to side; multicoloured, discoloured, black or chestnut with white markings; easily moved, changeable, wily, quick-witted, liable to metamorphosis, disturbed in mind; whirling; self-generating in movement, ever-turning; lively, flashing, shimmering… multicoloured' (cf. Page in bibliography). In the third century AD, Porphyry [OCD(4) s.v., pp.1190-1; pi 2098] had advanced the third definition. He rejected the meaning 'multicoloured' (hence the Suda's "or"), and explained all instances …Matched in noteshighshort
- δ1617Δυσέξοιστονhard to carry out… would fit with both of the instances extant outside lexicography: Porphyry, Life of Pythagoras 48; Cyril of Alexandria, Against Julian 1.25.Matched in noteshighshort