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148 entries for perishable matter

β555Βροτόςmortal[Meaning a] perishable human being. But bro/tos ["gore"] [is] blood [that comes] with a dust-cloud.Matched in translationhighshort
α1569Ἀμείλικτονmerciless, unsoftened, unyielding… [writes]: "So merciless were they both in truth, and the matter proceeded more notoriously."Matched in translationhighshort
μ1006Μητροπάτωρmaternal grandfather[Meaning a] grandfather on the mother's side.Matched in headwordhighshort
δ1240ΔίωνDion, Dio… him in the imperial chariot. He wrote Is the Cosmos Perishable?; Encomium of Heracles and Plato; In Defence of Homer against Plato, 4 [books]; On the Virtues of Alexander, 5 [books]. This man even …Matched in translationhighmedium
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
ε2498Ἐπὶ ξυροῦon a razor… the verge of danger, at the very climax of the matter. "He was obviously vexed at the prediction, and the danger he was in was on a razor's edge, as the saying goes; the …Matched in translationhighshort
μ1014Μήτρωςmaternal uncle[Meaning] uncle. And it is declined [with the genitive] mh/trw in Attic.Matched in headwordhighshort
α904Ἀκμήmoment, point, still… sharpness, the exact decisive moment of the intensity of the matter, and power, and youth. But "akme of opportunity" [means] good fortune. Thus Isocrates [writes]: "[it is best] to grasp the akme of the …Matched in translationhighmedium
ι178ἹεροκλῆςHierokles, Hierocles… Socrates' words were like cubes: they were everywhere 'no-fall', no matter how they landed. Of Hierokles' courage and high-mindedness the lot that befell him gave evidence. For when he went to Byzantium he gave …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ1579ΔύνωμαιI were able, I would be able… assignment received needs to be possible to fulfil and the matter itself has to be suitable for fulfillment.Matched in translationhighmedium
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
κ2594ΚυβήβηKubebe, Kybebe, Cybebe, Cybele, Great Mother… 1909, 118-151,169-204) installed in the temple of the Magna Deum Mater ('Great Mother of the Gods') on the Palatine, to which they attributed the victory over Hannibal.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2807Ἐποποῖepopoi (in hoopoe-ese)… citations from Aristophanes are more authoritative and are accompanied by material also found in the scholia. It has additional examples. A careful examination of the citations shows that the cries mimicked do not always …Matched in noteshighlong
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… colours and the wasp waist. To most it does not matter what colour the feet of Achilles' horse Xanthos [Myth, Place] (Iliad 19.404) were; the description po/das ai)o/los interacts with a)/ella and suggests that …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1113ΚάτωνCato… when someone asked Cato the Elder for his opinion about matters in Carthage and about Scipio, he said: "he alone can think, but the rest flit about like shadows".Matched in translationhighmedium
ε1002ἘμπεδοκλῆςEmpedokles, Empedocles… two thousand lines of verse. [He also wrote] On medical matters in prose, and many other works.Matched in translationhighmedium
α2119Ἀναφαίνειςyou display[Meaning] you make [matters] clear.Matched in translationhighshort
χ198ΧεράδοςshingleThe material with shards [and] stones.Matched in translationhighshort
α3951Ἀρκεῖνto assist, to be of assistance… but [was] able to be of assistance and to direct matters."Matched in translationhighshort
ει75ΕἴκελοςlikeSame or similar material, variously, in other lexica. [1] That is, ei)/kelos or i)/kelos, as the Etymologicum Gudianum shows.Matched in noteshighshort
χ56Χαλκῷwith a bronze [one][Meaning] with an iron [one]. The material itself [is] chalke. But [one says] chalkous statue, the derivative adjective. And the feminine [is] chalke, as with chrysous ["golden"] and chrysos ["gold"].Matched in translationhighshort
ε853Ἑλικῶπιςquick-glancing, rolling-eyedSame or similar material, variously, in other lexica. Epic and poetic epithet; cf. epsilon 855.Matched in noteshighshort
α1242Ἁλίπλοαsea-sailing… occurs (of walls submerged by torrential rain). Same or similar material in other lexica; references at Photius alpha957 Theodoridis.Matched in noteshighshort
δ880Διαίνεσθαιto be moistenedSame or similar material, variously, in other lexica. [1] cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 21.202, where di/aine occurs (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
χ294Χήτειfor a lack[Meaning] for a deprivation. "[...] not to dawdle in the [matters?] pressing, for a lack of both strangers and foreigners as fellow-workers."Matched in translationhighshort
α1472Ἄμαθοςsand… scholia to Homer, Iliad 5.587, where the headword occurs. (Similar material in other lexica.) See LSJ s.v. and cf. psi 18.Matched in noteshighshort
α4461Αὐσονίωνof Ausonians… Halieutica 2.676, where the scholia gloss 'Romans'. [2] This odd material is unparalleled elsewhere. [3] Strabo's preferred variant is *Au)so/nion pe/lagos [4] (Atlas and Kalypso, in other versions.) For this material cf. the scholia …Matched in noteshighshort
α1262ἈλιτρίαmischiefSame or similar material in other lexica. [1] Aristophanes, Acharnians 907. [2] From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 8.361, where the word occurs.Matched in noteshighshort
ι111Ἴδιονone's own, peculiar… And elsewhere: "they busied themselves with the detail of various matters including the peculiarities of the Pharos."Matched in translationhighshort
ι642Ἴσκενmade likeHomer, Odyssey 19.203 (web address 1), with scholion. Same material, variously, in other lexica.Matched in noteshighshort

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