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α425ἈδάμAdamThe first human, he who was shaped by the hand of God and formed in the image and likeness of the Creator and Founder; he was also deemed worthy of a dwelling in Paradise. …highlong
α527ἈδριανόςHadrianos, Hadrianus, HadrianEmperor of the Romans. He was of senatorial descent, his father having been the general Afer -- for thus he was [sur]named; he was by nature fluent in each language; and he left behind …highlong
α3420ἈπολλώνιοςApollonios, ApolloniusOf Tyana, philosopher, son of Apollonios and a mother from that town, members of the gentry. With him in her womb, his mother saw a genius standing near saying that he himself was the …highlong
δ1352ΔομετιανόςDomitian, Domitianus, DometianosEmperor of [the] Romans, brother of Titus, whose successor he became. He emulated not his father's or his brother's habit of good government, but, on the contrary, the appetite for iniquity of Tiberius and …highlong
ε2807Ἐποποῖepopoi (in hoopoe-ese)An adverb, for 'in hoopoe fashion [or: language]'. But if it has an acute accent on the antepenultimate syllable, it obviously comes from the nominative epopos. "epopoi, poi, popoi, popoi, popoi." "io, io, ito, …highlong
ι437ἸουλιανόςIoulianos, Iulianus, Julian[Julian,] the transgressor and the apostate, emperor of [the] Romans, cousin of the emperor Constantine the Great, born of his brother Dalmatus and a mother named Galla. He wrote the so-called Caesars, which dealt …highlong
ι471ἸώβJobThe really great and note-worthy struggler for truth, the first one who opened that universal gymnastic stadium, the man who overthrew the adversary in every round, the man who received the blows and bruises …highlong
λ254ΛεόντιοςLeontios, Leontius[Leontios,] bishop of Tripolis in Lydia; in origin a Mysian of those who live by the Ister, whom Homer calls hand-to-hand fighters. The heretical Philostorgius associates this Leontios with himself in his book as …highlong