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α3361Ἀποκναίεινto wear out… Whitby (70). It reappears in context at sigma 100. [3] Procopius, Secret History 12.13 (web address 1), on the expropriations of Byzantine senators under Justinian I (cf. iota 446); cf. Kaldellis (58).Matched in noteshighmedium
α3682Ἀπραγμοσύνηindifference, idleness, quietudecf. generally alpha 3683. [1] Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 8.18.18 (web address 1); cf. kappa 2197 and Kaldellis (503). The emperor Justinian (cf. iota 446) in 551 CE reproaches the Utigur …Matched in noteshighshort
β126Βαρσύμης ΠέτροςBarsumes Petros[1] delta 233 (from Procopius). Petros Barsumes was praetorian prefect under Justinian (cf. iota 446) and Theodora (cf. alpha 956 note) 543-546 and again 555-562; cf. Kaldellis (96-98) and PLRE IIIb s.v. Petrus(9).

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Ἀποκναίειν

to wear out

[Meaning] to annoy, to wear thin. "Why don't you sleep? You're wearing me out with your walking around." Menander in Hated Man [sc. writes this]. "For I do not wear out the man -- I mean Herakles of course -- with the…

Ἀποκναίειν· ἐνοχλεῖν, παρεκτείνειν. τί οὐ καθεύδεις; σύ μ' ἀποκναίεις περιπατῶν. Μένανδρος Μισουμένῳ. οὐ γὰρ ἀποκναίω τῷ μεγέθει τῆς ἀρετῆς τὸν ἄνδρα, λέγω δὴ τὸν Ἡρακλέα, ἐν…

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β490Βωμολόχοςaltar-ambusher… p.26.24-25 Keydell (1.19 Niebuhr). This work is a continuation of Procopius (pi 2479) and covers the years 553-59 AD, during which Narses (nu 42), the Persian-Armenian eunuch, was reconquering Italy. The passage describes the …Matched in noteshighmedium

β554Βροτολοιγόςmortal-bane… is an epithet of Ares in Homer and elsewhere. [1] Procopius, Secret History 12.14 (web address 1), referring to the emperor Justinian and his wife Theodora; cf. Kaldellis (58). (The precise phrase used is …Matched in noteshighshort

γ422Γραμματιστήςgrammarian… [2] Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 462.5. [3] Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 2.6.23 (web address 1, here with the words rearranged). In 540 CE Paulos (cf. PLRE IIIb s.v. …Matched in noteshighshort

δ118Δαιμονίωςmarvelously, miraculously… headword adverb but a phrase with the same sense). [3] Procopius, Secret History 12.27.3 (web address 1), on Justinian (see iota 446 generally); cf. Kaldellis (60). On the emperor's habits and lifestyle, see also …Matched in noteshighshort

δ351Δεινοίclever (ones), terrible (ones)… 424C, where deinoi/ (in the sense of clever) occurs. [2] Procopius, Secret History 2.13 (web address 1), on Belisarius and his stepson (and adopted son) Photius. [NB: Adler spoils the sense by printing 'all' …Matched in noteshighshort

δ367Δείσαντεςfrightened… [2] Herodotus 7.163.1. [3] Appian, Celtica fr. 20 Viereck-Roos-Gabba. [4] Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 2.20.2 (web address 1), on the distress of Candidus, priest of Sergioupolis (Sergiopolis, Resafa; nowadays an archaeological …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1330Δοκιμαστῆρεςscrutineers… a rare, prefix-less variant of e)cetastai/ (cf. epsilon 1668). [2] Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 7.16.6 (Excerpta Constantini, De legationibus 112.12-14), on Pelagius (cf. alpha 1585, delta 590). The quotation is not …Matched in noteshighshort

ε532Ἑκόντων εἶναιas far as it depended on their will… quoted. [2] Dexippus FGrH 100 F6; cf. iota 432. [3] Procopius, Secret History 1.18 (web address 1), on Belisarius' unwillingness to believe the evidence pointing to an affair between his wife Antonina and the …Matched in noteshighshort

ε902ἜλουσενwashedThe headword is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Procopius, Secret History 1.16 (web address 1); on the adopted son of Belisarios, the young Thracian Theodosius; repeated at epsilon 3596, and see also …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1106Ἐναλλάξcontrariwise, crosswise… also used as a synonym of the headword e)na/llac by Procopius of Gaza, p.163 B. See also epsilon 1104.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1158Ἐνδελεχισμόςpersistence… the Monk, Chronicon 412.4-7. [3] An approximation and abridgement of Procopius, Secret History 6.2-3 (web address 1), Justin (cf. iota 449) and his companions set out from their Illyrian homeland; cf. Kaldellis (28) and …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1163Ἐνδέχεσθαιto accept… verb e)nde/xomai (for which cf. epsilon 1160, epsilon 1220). [1] Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 6.20.14 (web address 1), with the words ou)k e)w=n – *belisari/ou added here as an explanation. For …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1471Ἐντείνας ἑαυτόνextending himself… not identified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 1.25.3 (the participle, though, should be singular; cf. web address 1), on John the Cappadocian, more fully …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1564Ἐξαρτήσαςhaving hung on… Peace 470-1 (Trygaeus speaking: web address 1), with scholion. [2] Procopius, Secret History 18.29 (web address 2), on Justinian (cf. iota 446 generally and Kaldellis (84)); the source reads e)n me\n ei)rh/nh| kai\ sps …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1912Ἐπαγαγέσθαιto attract, to win over… as fragment 344, Athanassiadi as part of fragment 139. [3] Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 6.28.24 (where the participle 'going' is singular, applying to Vitalius; cf. web address 1). In early 540 …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1997Ἐπ' αὐτοφώρῳin the very act (of theft), red-handed… scholion on Plato, Laws 942A; see also epsilon 1996. [2] Procopius, Secret History 1.18 (web address 1); cf. Kaldellis (7). On Antonina's affair with Theodosius, the adopted son of Belisarius, see also alpha 1492, …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2030Ἐπέθεντοthey set themselves to… not identified by Adler, but identifiable via the TLG as Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 3.3.7 (web address 1), concerning John the usurper; cf. upsilon 399, iota 468, and Kaldellis (149). See …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2206Ἐπήρειαinsolence… not identified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 7.22.11 (web address 2) = Excerpta de legationibus of Constantine Porphyrogenitus 155.34-116.1. See on this Theodoridis' Photius …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2228Ἐπιβατεῦσαιto take a stand on, to occupy… de legationibus of Constantine Porphyrogenitus 119.5-6, itself a quotation of Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 8.24.11 (web address 1). The same abridgment is also found at omicron 811. The emperor Justinian (cf. …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2238Ἐπιβολήthought, principle, impost, penalty, fine… LSJ s.v. recognises no sense of this precise kind. [3] Procopius, Secret History 23.15-16, imperfectly quoted (translation at web address 1, Greek text at web address 2); cf. Kaldellis (103). On oppressive taxation under …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2577Ἐπισκήπτειcomes down upon… Extant possibilities begin with Aeschines 1.146. [2] An abridgement of Procopius, Secret History 6.22 (web address 1), probably via the Excerpta of Constantine Porphyrogenitus; cf. Kaldellis (31). [3] = Syntacticum Gudianum 590. This part …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2856Ἔπρασσονthey were trying to bring about… See generally LSJ s.v. III.1., and cf. epsilon 2858. [2] Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 1.11.26 (web address 1). In 525 CE, peace negotiations between the Romans and the Persians take place, …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3248Ἔσχατα ἐσχάτων κακὰ διαπέπρακταιevils ultimate of ultimates have been perpetrated… e)sxa/twn pra/ttontas), which generated scholiastic comment. For the latter see Procopius, On the wars of Justinian 8.14.13 (e)/sxata e)sxa/twn kaka\ pa/sxousi). [1] (Deinias and Kunton, if they are real, are unidentifiable.) The similarity noted …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3331Ἐτώθαζονthey were mocking… is imperfect, third person plural, of twqa/zw (tau 855). [1] Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 2.8.6 (web address 1); the Persian king threatens to attack Antioch (cf. alpha 2692), fails to exact …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3596ΕὐνομιανόςEunomianos… reports, in mss FV and placed later in A. [1] Procopius, Secret History 1.16 (here incorporating an explanatory gloss). See already epsilon 902, and again eta 423.Matched in noteshighshort

ε3640Εὐπάρυφαfinely-bordered… Diogenes of Sinope, see also delta 1141, delta 1143. [3] Procopius, Secret History 7.11-13 (web address 2), on the ostentatious garments favored among supporters of the Byzantine circus guilds; cf. alpha 3460, eta 490, …Matched in noteshighmedium

η223Ἠλίθιοςfoolish, idle… and cf. also scholia on (e.g.) Lucian, Phalaris 1.5. [2] Procopius, Secret History 8.3 (web address 1), on Justin (see iota 449 generally); cf. Kaldellis (36). The source text has e(/pesqai "follow" rather than …Matched in noteshighshort

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