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μ23ΜαγνῆτιςMagnesian, magneticGeorge the Monk, Chronicon 2.584.18-2.585.6. On Magnesian (magnetic) stone, cf. eta 459.Matched in noteshighmedium
μ21ΜάγνηςMagnes[Magnes], a man from Smyrna, beautiful in appearance -- none more so -- and expert in both poetry and music; he also kept his body appropriately adorned, clothed in purple and wearing his hair …Matched in translationhighmedium
η459Ἡρακλεία λίθοςHerakleian stone, Heraclean stone[Meaning] Magnesian [stone], which attracts iron. The Pisidian [writes]: "attracting everyone, like the Magnesian stone, or rather what we should call the Heraclean stone: for he [Heraclius] himself has a rather attractive nature." Some …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2098ΚορνοῦτοςCornutus… Cassius Dio 62.29; Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. *Te/rgis; Etymologicum Magnum s.v. *Zeu/s and omega 182. The first and principal paragraph of the present entry is Aelian fr. 86 Domingo-Forasté (83 Hercher). [1] Titus …Matched in noteshighmedium
α3235Ἁπλότηςsimplicity… between the ancient evils and the new, and not in magnitude only of greater and lesser, but also in quality of kinds.Matched in translationhighmedium
μ217ΜάρκοςMarcus [Apicius]… prodigality, but he seems to have demonstrated some activity of magnanimity in himself. [Romans] used to entertain daily, and he lived, he says, for his stomach and for those parts which are more intemperate …Matched in translationhighmedium
α3361Ἀποκναίεινto wear out… man -- I mean Herakles of course -- with the magnitude of the virtue [of Herakleios] by putting him in second place, if we leave them side by side." Theophylactus Simocatta [sc. writes this]. …Matched in translationhighmedium
α3741Ἄρασθαιto lift up, to raise up… to take, to pack away. By as much as the magnitude of the succession was increased in argument, by so much rather this man reduced it by persuasion, since it was at any rate …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε459Ἐκλεκτόςchosen, selected… 2437, and at Etymologicum Gudianum 358.2ff. De Stefani and Etymologicum Magnum 269.9ff.; cf. also Etymologicum Magnum 569.22, Anecdota Oxoniensia 1.113.22. The form e)/klektos occurs as a proper name in Cassius Dio and Herodian; as …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ294ΜαυρίκιοςMaurikios, Mauricius, Maurice… "They say about Maurice that he was generous about the magnificence of speeches, and quite brilliantly honoured those who strove in that best of the fields of study. It is also mentioned that Maurice …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε3040ἙρμίαςHermias… from Harpokration s.v.; similar entries in Photius (and, post-Suda, Etymologicum Magnum). Hermias' daughter was Pythias: see below, and alpha 3929. [6] That is, not Hermeias (as in epsilon 3036 and alpha 3929). See Choeroboscus …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ249ΛεοννάτοςLeonnatos, Leonnatus… rank, remarkable in their ornamentation. Attached to him also were magnificent tents and arms of exceptional beauty, and the corps of the companions was in attendance.Matched in translationhighmedium
αι198ΑἰμιλίαAemilia, Aimilia… the women's processions with a show of pomp that was magnificent, since she reached her peak at the same time that the career and the fortune of Scipio did; for apart from the adorment …Matched in translationhighmedium
ι178ἹεροκλῆςHierokles, Hierocles… philosopher, from Alexandria. This man, along with his unchanging and magnificent breadth in thought to an outstanding degree and excelling in eloquence and abundance of the most beautiful nouns and verbs, used to astound …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ634Λοβόςlobe… Nicander, Theriaca 536. [5] cf. Orion [Author, Myth] ap. Etymologicum Magnum 570.37.Matched in noteshighmedium
α4450ΑὐξέντιοςAuxentios, Auxentius… water fountain and on it a statue of Dionysos; a magnificent vine grew all around it and made the whole place pleasantly shady and sheltered. Here Licinius arrived on the pretext of resting, with …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε3601Εὔνουςwell-disposed, well-minded… have handsome hands, but rather the boxer, nor is the magnanimous person the one having a great soul. Nor on this account is the good person divinely blessed in the sense of having the …Matched in translationhighmedium
α119Ἀγαθόνgood… as it is said to be something of such a magnitude. And qua substance, what [is] the good? [Something] like a god, [or] intellect. And the good also is said to be something relative, …Matched in translationhighmedium
η60ἩγίαςHegias… established order; for there was in Hegias something of Theagenes' magnanimous nature in his benefactions; but [it was] more frugal than his to the extent of what he spent on friends and suppliants.Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2335ΚρατερόςKrateros, Craterus… And he tended his body with honour and with fitting magnificence. While, therefore, these things, too, bring good repute to Krateros, he is also believed to have been most wise and most gentle and …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ1429Κεστρᾶν τεμάχηmullets' slices… mullets referred to, is namely [a slice] of prized and magnificent fish. The [word] "slice" is also said of flat cakes, never of wheat. And [there is] a proverb: "the mullet fasts"; in reference …Matched in translationhighmedium
ι620ἸσαῖοςIsaeus, Isaios… iota 652 (Isocrates). [2] See delta 454 (Demosthenes). [3] Demetrius Magnes (RE Demetrios[80]; NP Demetrios[57]; OCD4 Demetrius[16]) fr. 6b Mejer (Hermes 109 [1981] 456). [4] This anecdote (from Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 1.20; …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε885Ἐλλώβιαlobe-ornaments… Similar etymological explanations are found in Aelius Dionysius epsilon33, Etymologicum Magnum 332.39. Less similar are the scholia (46.7-10, 22.29 and 52.7) to various passages of Lucian where the headword occurs. [3] Ascribed to Arrian …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1738Κλέπτηςthief… 1.132 (web address 1); cf. n.2. [2] Similarly elsewhere: Etymologicum Magnum 517.39, scholion on Sophocles, Electra 56, scholion on Homer, Iliad 1.132, Hesychius, Erotian 54.2. [3] Aelian fr. 281 Domingo-Forasté (283 Hercher). [4] cf. …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1199ΚαῖσαρCaesar… 1. [2] See gamma 10, kappa 1196. [3] cf. Etymologicum Magnum 498.27-30 for the material of this first paragraph of the entry. The Suda's own source for it is indeterminable. [4] a.k.a. Marcus Aurelius, …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1575Κίβδηλονcounterfeit, adulterated… phrase a)po\ i(stori/as "[taken] from history" appears in the Etymologicum Magnum s.v. ki/bdhlon. [5] Aelian fr. 70h Domingo-Forasté (67 Hercher). [6] Aelian fr. 61 Domingo-Forasté (58 Hercher).Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2171Ἐπηλυγάζονταιthey are being obfuscated… offers the other). Compare also Erotian 127-11-12 and, post-Suda, Etymologicum Magnum 356.2-3. [2] At this point Adler cites the unedited Ambrosian Lexicon (1569). [3] Aelian fr. 246 Hercher, 244a Domingo-Forasté (cf. epsilon 1137). [4] …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2592Ἐπισμῇbesmears… smw=dic is posited elsewere in the grammatical literature (e.g. Etmologicum Magnum 721.20-28). [3] Because the things being smeared are made of some objectionable substance which it would offend or injure the person smeared to …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2341ΚράτηςKrates, Crates… Philostratus and elsewhere. [1] See D.L. 6.88 (citing Demetrius of Magnesia). The point was not to punish the sons but to recognize that, if philosophers, they would have no need of money. [2] That …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2315Ἐπιεικῶςproperly… epsilon665 (with the omission of 'and sufficiently'); Photius epsilon1543; Etymologicum Magnum 359.35-8. For other comparanda and sources see the apparatus to Theodoridis' edition of Photius. [4] Procopius, De bellis [History of the Wars of …Matched in noteshighmedium