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α691Ἀΐσσουσινthey dart[Meaning] they rush, they flit. Polybius [writes]: "for in Rome Marcus Porcius when he heard of the prowess of Scipio, when another man said to him "what have you heard?" said "he alone has …Matched in translationhighshort
ε1572Ἐξαυτῆςat once… occurs. (For the difference see LSJ ss.vv.) In the two Polybius fragments the present headword becomes the two-word phrase e)c au)th=s. [2] Polybius fr. 138 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (532) that Ursinus (Fulvio Orsini, 1529-1600) …Matched in noteshighshort
α1277Ἀλκήmight… of Amythaon, and wealth to the sons of Atreus." And Polybius [writes]: "for the might of words also knows [how] to disdain death."

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Ἀΐσσουσιν

they dart

[Meaning] they rush, they flit. Polybius [writes]: "for in Rome Marcus Porcius when he heard of the prowess of Scipio, when another man said to him "what have you heard?" said "he alone has his wits about him, the…

Ἀΐσσουσιν· ὁρμῶσι, φοιτῶσι. Πολύβιος· ἐν γὰρ τῇ Ῥώμῃ Μάρκον Πόρκιον ἀκούσαντα τὰς ἀριστείας Σκιπίωνος εἰπεῖν πάλιν ἄλλον πρὸς ἐκεῖνον· τί ἀκήκοας; εἰπεῖν οἶος πέπνυται, τοὶ δὲ…

comedy

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α2241Ἀνεκτάtolerable, sustainable… consider [them] to be tolerable." Meaning worthy of indulgence. And Polybius [writes]: "hence neither to go unobserved nor for the Romans to make incursions into Macedonia at this time was tolerable." Meaning possible. And …Matched in translationhighshort

α3018Ἀπέλυσενfreed[Meaning he/she/it] ransomed. Polybius [writes]: "by which means also he freed Heracleides from suspicion."Matched in translationhighshort

χ130Χάρμαdelight[Meaning] joy, pleasure. Polybius [writes]: "delight and grief came over his heart at the same time."Matched in translationhighshort

ι354ἹμείρωI long [for]… tragedy, but not in Attic prose (see LSJ s.v.). [2] Polybius fr. 164 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (535) that Toup attributed this fragment to Polybius; for an analogous Polybian passage (ibid.) characterizing an obsessive instinct …Matched in noteshighshort

α1678Ἀμυνόμενοιrevenging themselves… a)mu/nw, see also alpha 1676, alpha 1679, alpha 1680.) [2] Polybius fr. 99 Büttner-Wobst; cf. alpha 2202, epsilon 941, pi 933. Büttner-Wobst notes (p. 528) that this fragment was attributed to Polybius by Ursinus …Matched in noteshighshort

β302Βιῶνταιthey would press hard… Cynegetica 2.510, where a scholiast glossed it with bia/zontai). [1] [Polybius] fr. 121 Büttner-Wobst. For this verb, otherwise characteristic of epic poetry, see LSJ s.v. Büttner-Wobst notes that Schweighäuser attributed the fragment to Polybius, …Matched in noteshighshort

δ132Δαιτρόςapportioner, carver, distributor… Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) the Hellenistic historian Polybius' quotation of the harshly judgmental Sicilian historian Timaeus, and follows with Polybius' own harsh judgment of Timaeus (12.24.1-4). Timaeus' extensive writings survive only …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4218Ἀστάθμητονuncertain… first quotation given. [1] Quotation unidentifiable, but Adler (apparatus) suggested Polybius. It may be an aphorism or proverbial saying, also reflected in Leo the Deacon (History p.41.16), to\ ga\r a)sta/qmhton th=s tuxh=s kai\ a)/dhlon… …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3344Ἔτυχονhit (the target), succeeded (through preparation) in obtaining, achieving or winning, met; coincided, happened (to hit), chanced… adjust. Its place in military strategy remains a commonplace in Polybius and Plutarch (tau 1234, cf. alpha 537, alpha 2310, epsilon 695 and cross-references) and was immortalised in Caesar's "Let the die be cast" …Matched in noteshighshort

α1448ἈλφειόςAlpheios, Alpheus… [3] For "the territory of Megalopolis" see mu 368. [4] Polybius 16.17.5-7 (loosely quoted; cf. web address 2). As often, he is engaging in polemic against predecessors, on this occasion Zeno and Antisthenes. After …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4261ἈστυάνασσαAstyanassa… and bibliography collected in F.W. Walbank, A Historical Commentary on Polybius, ii (Oxford 1967) 356-7.Matched in noteshighshort

αι87Αἰδοῖ εἴκωνyielding to shame… of respect to the dead M. Claudius Marcellus -- is Polybius (Mor. Mueller); cf., along the same lines, Favuzzi's suggested attribution to Aelian (see under epsilon 3944).Matched in noteshighshort

αι224ΑἴνιονAinion, Aenium… were Ainioi/Aenii: see alphaiota 225. [2] Quoted from alpha 3451: Polybius 22.6.7 (preserved only in the Suda), on events in Thrace in the 180s BCE.Matched in noteshighshort

δ126Δαῖταςfeasts… extracts at alphaiota 274, beta 527, and omicron 158. [3] Polybius 5.2.6, quoting Hesiod fr.206 Merkelbach-West (77 Rzach).Matched in noteshighshort

δ1192Διοπτῆραscout… to assess the height of fortifications: for similar instances cf. Polybius 8.37.2 and 10.45.6.Matched in noteshighshort

ε782Ἐλεεινῶςpitiably… (where e)leeina/ occurs). The adverb itself is not extant before Polybius (14.5.10).Matched in noteshighshort

ε933Ἐμβαδόνby land, on foot; interior… perimeter), but an historiographical instance like this is closer to Polybius 6.27.2, where he is writing about a specific area (for the commander's tent, the praetorium) in a Roman military camp.Matched in noteshighshort

ε3141Ἐσθλά[things] good [of their kind]… collection ascribed to Theognis) see epsilon 2239, note 2. [2] Polybius 15.16.6, here applying the proverb to Hannibal after his defeat by Scipio Africanus at Zama. It exemplifies the Suda's headword, for he was …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3995Ἔχετονyou two have; they two have; let the two have (?)… by Alexander the Great) unidentifiable. Adler tentatively attributed it to Polybius, while also noting FGrH 72 F39, where (under Anaximenes: alpha 1989) Jacoby classified this sentence as 'of uncertain status'. (Adler also cited FGrH …Matched in noteshighshort

ι111Ἴδιονone's own, peculiar… Odyssey 4.314; there are of course numerous other possibilities. [2] Polybius 3.55.1. [3] Diodorus Siculus 33.28a (28b in Loeb edition); cf. beta 121. For the Pharos see phi 114.Matched in noteshighshort

κ1113ΚάτωνCato… Appian, Iberica 160; for passage 2, a famous anecdote, cf. Polybius 36.6.7; Diodorus Siculus 32.9a.2; Livy Epitome 49, etc. [1] delta 454, delta 455, delta 456. [2] An approximation of Homer, Odyssey 10.495, on …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ2185Κουρίδιονlawfully-wedded… unidentifiable, though Jonathan Toup (1713 – 1785) attributed it to Polybius; cf. gamma 47.Matched in noteshighshort

κ2228Κωθωνίσαιto make drunken… kwqwni/zw (cf. generally epsilon 547, kappa 2225, kappa 2226). [2] Polybius 23.5.9 (using a middle-voice participle of the headword verb), on Deinocrates of Messene; more fully at delta 337. [3] Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.10A & …Matched in noteshighshort