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1675
Ἄμυνα
self-defence, warding-off
Same entry in Photius and also in
Timaeus'
Platonic Lexicon (though there is nothing of obvious relevance in Plato). The headword is a feminine noun: see generally LSJ s.v.
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3787
Ἀργυραμοιβός
money-changer
Same material, variously, in other lexica, including
Timaeus'
Platonic Lexicon. (The headword occurs in the accusative plural in Plato, Politicus 289E.) [1] The word for "cashier" here, kollektarios, is the Greek version of the …
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4161
Ἄσκαντος
pallet
[1] Similarly in Hesychius and other lexica (including
Timaeus'
Platonic Lexicon) -- though glossing a)ska/nths, not the Suda's a)/skantos (which occurs only here). [2] cf. kappa 307. [3] From the scholia to a line …
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4393
Ἄτρωτος
unwounded, invulnerable
… the two glossing synonyms being in the opposite order) in
Timaeus'
Platonic Lexicon. The quotation, otherwise unattested in this precise form, is surely an approximation of Plato, Symposium 219E "[Socrates] was far more invulnerable …
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93
Βάναυσος
vulgar, mechanical, banausic, plebeian
… of the word. [1] Polybius 12.13.9-10, on the critique of
Timaeus
(tau 602) of the complaints made by Demochares (delta 472) against Demetrius of Phaleron (delta 429), benign dictator of Athens 317-307 BCE.
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503
Ἑκμήνου
six-month
… e(/kmhnos (cf. epsilon 504). Same glossing in other lexica, including
Timaeus'
Platonic Lexicon s.v., which suggests that it is extracted not from the quotation which follows (see next note) but rather from Plato, Laws …
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1032
Ἐμποδών
in the way
… author). [2] Lycurgus fr. 66 Conomis (71 B-S). [3] Plato,
Timaeus
25D. [4] Isaeus fr. 68 B-S. [5] Hierocles fr. 1 von Arnim. [6] Plato, Gorgias 459B. [7] So the transmitted text; Kuster emended …
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1037
Ἐμπολέμια
war-equipment
Same entry in
Timaeus'
Platonic Lexicon; very similar one in Hesychius, where Latte identifies the neuter plural headword as quoted from Plato, Laws 943A.
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1977
Ἐπάρας
urging
… (masculine nominative singular) of e)pai/rw, probably (though not necessarily: cf.
Timaeus,
Platonic Lexicon s.v., where the gloss is a)napei/sas) extracted from one of the passages which follow; cf. epsilon 2195, epsilon 2197, epsilon 2201 …
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2096
Ἐπετίμα
was raising the price
cf. generally epsilon 672, epsilon 2703. [1] Likewise in
Timaeus'
Platonic Lexicon. The headword must be quoted from somewhere, but is not extant in Plato. Arguably the best-known instance of the headword, in the …
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3481
Εὐήτριον
well-threaded
… it describes a u(/fasma (upsilon 702); see the scholia there,
Timaeus'
Platonic Lexicon, and Photius s.v.
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3511
Εὔθυνα
audit, euthyna
… part of the entry is also in other lexica, including
Timaeus'
Platonic Lexicon, and the scholia to Plato, Laws 945D. [3] From phi 246; see also delta 243.
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3981
Ἐχέγγυος
secure, security-providing, trustworthy
… elements also in Photius, Lexicon epsilon2482; second one (only) in
Timaeus'
Platonic Lexicon. [3] Thucydides 3.46.1 (web address 1): Diodotus exhorts the Athenians not to trust in the death penalty 'as if it could …
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