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α4374Ἀτοπίας πλέων πρᾶγμαa matter full of absurdity… at nu 222). The phrase "full of absurdity" (without "a matter") comes from Aristophanes, Frogs 1372, where "of a marvel" is a scholiast's gloss. [2] Part of Menander Protector fr. 9.1 Blockley (102-103), on …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2144Ἐπεισόδιονepisode, additionSame material in several other lexica; and see already epsilon 2143. [1] By a misuse of language (an adverb employed 35 times in the Suda). For the broader sense see e.g. Polybius 2.35.5 with …Matched in noteshighshort
η470ἩράκλειςHerakles!, Heracles!= Photius, Lexicon eta222 Theodoridis (Aelius Dionysius eta14). See also eta 469. [1] cf. scholion on Plato, Meno 91C. [2] The vocative is *(hra/kleis as at eta 469. [3] The Attic nominative is *dhmh/thr; …Matched in noteshighshort
λ575Λιπαράoily, sleek… *)aqa=nai, daimo/nion ptoli/eqron. [3] Aristophanes, Birds 826, with scholia. "The matter of the city" is an idiomatic periphrasis for, simply, "the city": see generally LSJ s.v. xrh=ma, II.3.Matched in noteshighshort
α4092Ἀρχήprinciple… goes on growing until it becomes coextensive with the whole matter. The permanent world restoration is always preceded by a conflagration (ekpurosis), a sort of cosmic burning in which all things, except god (a …Matched in noteshighshort
α2827Ἀξίωμαproposition… not be understood as meaning a physical thing. As a matter of fact, for the Stoics it is an incorporeal (cf. Sextus Empiricus, Adv.Math. 10.218). For a comprehensive discussion of the Stoic axioma see …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ321Λευκὴ ἀκτήWhite HeadlandAbridged from Harpokration s.v., which states the matter more cautiously. [1] Lysias fr. 9 Sauppe (still 9 Carey OCT).Matched in noteshighshort
ε3165Ἔσοπτρονlooking-glass… Greek, the difference between headword and gloss is simply a matter of prepositional prefix.) Latte regards the headword as quoted from the Septuagint (Ecclesiasticus 12.11). cf. under theta 289 and phi 671.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1454Ἐντελέχειαactuality, complete reality, entelechy… [1] In Aristotle’s model of change the substratum is the matter, that which underlies the process of change and out of which something comes to be. Aristotle’s scheme of change involves three factors: (1) …Matched in noteshighmedium
αι370Αἴτιονcause… typical example, the causes of a house: bricks and planks (matter); the layout or blueprint (form); sheltering goods and people (end); the architect and builders (maker). The subsequent distinctions are not Aristotelian; they are …Matched in noteshighshort
ι159Ἱερατικὴpriest-craft, religion… of being from the One down to the level of matter. The sentence seems incomplete. [2] Greek and Egyptian philosophy evidently cannot be reconciled. [3] Greek religion has borrowed some beliefs from Egypt, including …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ515Διαγεγονότοςelapsed, gone through, surviving… the concept of “scientific precision”: see n.3), this may be material excerpted from a philosophic text of the early Byzantine period.Matched in noteshighshort
μ681Μεταβολήchange; about-turn… the substratum or what underlies any change (which identified with matter), (2) privation, the negative determination the 'thing' in process of change has before acquiring the positive determination or (3) form, which turns out …Matched in noteshighmedium
χ477υνκνοων—Χρήματα χρήματ' ἀνήρ πενιχρὸς δ' οὐδέποτ' ἐσθλόςmoney money (is the) man but a pauper (is) never noble… no.1783. [2] A summary of Alcaeus fr. 360 Lobel-Page. The material from the beginning of the entry to this point is taken from the scholia to Pindar, Isthmians 2.17 (cf. above). [3] Aristophanes, Wasps …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ435Δημιουργεῖcrafts, creates, works at… whether the universe was created from nothing or from pre-existing matter.) Likewise in other lexica; the headword must be quoted from somewhere.Matched in noteshighshort
α314Ἄγοςpollution, leaderThe opening material here is also in Photius and other lexica. [1] The second gloss here is a mistake (perhaps by confusion with the following entry, where the same word, a)gkw/n, is translated 'embrace'). …Matched in noteshighshort
μ353Μεγακήτηςfull of hollows, full of sea-monsters… on this epic adjective, the etymology of which was a matter of dispute amongst ancient scholars: either "great in respect of hollows" (from the adjective khtw/eis, itself less than self-evident in meaning but best-known …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2657Ἐπιτακτικῶςperemptorily… Greek, the difference between headword and gloss is merely a matter of prepositional prefix (epi- or pros-). For the latter adverb cf. under alpha 2096, delta 1489, iota 683. [1] Diodorus Siculus 28.15.2 (via …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2398Ἐπικνίζεταιis scratched… texts, in reference to the grating or crushing of vegetable matter; see, e.g., Theophrastus On the Causes of Plants 5.2.4; Dioscorides 1.127.1. For the more common un-prefixed form of this verb, along with a …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2745Κύρβειςkyrbeis, kurbeis, crested stelae, crested tablets… 'cryptic'). The Latin translation in the Gaisford-Bernhardy edition evades the matter by leaving the word in Greek. [2] For Asclepiades (of Tragilus, C4 BCE: OCD(4) s.v. 'Asclepiades(1)') see alpha 3407 and (esp.) alpha 4173, …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε595Ἐκπορποῦσθαιto pin… occurs outside lexicography. How we should translate it is a matter of some doubt. Hesychius (epsilon1644) glosses the same headword with fiblou=sqai rather than e)kfiblou=sqai. This suggests that the prefix ek- is merely intensive …Matched in noteshighshort
α715Ἀθέμιτονlawless… -- can be either athemit- or athemist-. Alternatively, it is matter of omicron (as here) or omega as the fourth syllable in the comparative and superlative degrees.Matched in noteshighshort
α3660Ἀποψώμενονwiping off… sounds reasonable to modern sensibilities. Using stones may be another matter, but cf. e.g. Aristophanes, Peace 1230; Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 13.578E (13.41 Kaibel) and 13.584C (13.47 Kaibel). In the present Aristophanes passage, using leaves rather …Matched in noteshighshort
δ846Διάψαλμαinterlude… Commentarii in Psalmos I-L 3.5, considers the dia/yalma only a matter of music and rhythm, not a tool of the text: "now, diapsalma is a musical change and a rhythm variation, not a change …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2832Ἐπωβελίαobol-fine… is cited. [2] Plato, Laws 921D (on a quite different matter: anyone in Magnesia who takes delivery of a piece of work from a craftsman but fails to pay him for it within a …Matched in noteshighshort
α708Ἀθάραgruel, porridge… address 1 below), with scholion. [2] The issue is a matter of accent: paroxytone, not oxytone [3] So too in Photius and other lexica, quoting Crates fr.9 Kock (11 K.-A.).Matched in noteshighshort
δ654Διαμησάμενοςhaving cut through… Photius edition, vol.II p.LXXXIX. Favuzzi (below) 219-221 takes up the matter more fully, seeking to determine how far Zonaras preserves Dio's ipsissima verba. [3] Polybius 3.55.6 (abridged and paraphrased), on Hannibal's crossing of the …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3781Εὐτυχεῖsucceeds… point the applicability of a universal truth to the special matter in hand" (J.D. Denniston, The Greek Particles, 2nd. corr. edn., Oxford, 1966, 542-543). The concept of eu)tuxi/a, as happiness or fortune gained partly …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1505Κηληθμόςrapture… "delight, joy". No other lexicon offers this interpretation. For that matter, the meaning of the stem is more accurately reflected in kappa 1506 and kappa 1514. The interpretation here may be a moralising condemnation …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1995Κομήσῃςyou would grow your hair long… "But it will be no less = it does not matter." [3] Aristophanes, Clouds 835-836 (web address 2).Matched in noteshighmedium