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- α3188Ἀπηυτομόλησενdeserted away… be quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities are no earlier than Cassius Dio.
- μ72Μακρὰ χαίρειν[to say] a long goodbye, to dismiss… Theodoridis. The expression is attested in Plutarch, Galen, Lucian, Athenaeus, Cassius Dio, Aelian, and Christian writers.
- ε984Ἐμηνίωνthey were wrathful… 983, mu 956). It must be quoted from somewhere, perhaps Cassius Dio (as epitomized) on the troops' hostility towards the praetorian prefect (and would-be emperor) Tigidius Perennis.
- η373Ἠνδρώθησανthey became men, they reached manhoodAorist passive of a)ndro/w, third person plural; from Cassius Dio 26.87.3. For other meanings of this verb see LSJ s.v. See also eta 374; also alpha 2187.
- α2338Ἀνετίμωνthey were setting a higher price… (unglossed) headword is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Cassius Dio 49.13.3.
- η631Ἠτρέμιζενwas keeping quiet… alpha 4384). It must be quoted from somewhere; perhaps from Cassius Dio 56.24.6, of Tiberius deciding not to cross the Rhine.
- α2603Ἀνταγωνιστήςcompetitor, opponent[1] Cassius Dio 67.6.1 on the C1 CE Dacian king Decebalus (OCD(4) s.v., p.419); more fully at delta 344.
- μ1358Μοιχίδιονlittle bastard… F369; Hyperides fr.42 Jensen. (Other attestations in e.g. Herodotus and Cassius Dio.)
- γ340Γνώμηjudgement, opinionCassius Dio 61.1.2, quoted from delta 1080. The present headword is not part of the quotation: it might simply flag up a "maxim".
- αι367ΑἰτηταίrequestersLikewise in ps.-Zonaras. [1] Cassius Dio 20.66.2. For King Perseus cf. pi 1370, pi 1371.
- μ899Μήθ' ὑπὸ νεότητος θρασύνεσθαι μήθ' ὑπὸ γήρως ἀμβλύνεσθαιso that he was neither made reckless by youth nor blunted by old ageCassius Dio 68.6.3 on Trajan; a marginal gloss inserted here in ms A from alpha 1528, q.v. The passage is also quoted at eta 176.
- ε1596Ἔξεδροςexotic… [2] Sophokles, Philoktetes 212. [3] Quotation unidentifiable (but cf. generally Cassius Dio 37.25.1).
- ι262Ἱκέτευμαsupplication[1] For this glossing cf. iota 266. [2] Cassius Dio 68.21.2. (Compare generally Thucydides 1.137.1.) On Abgar, King of Edessa, see alpha 177 and alpha 4409.
- αι329Αἰσθόμενοιhaving perceived[1] Cassius Dio 38.34.1. ('They' are the Gauls.) While forms of ai)sqa/nomai can govern the genitive (cf. alphaiota 323, alphaiota 324), here ai)sqo/menoi takes as its object a participial phrase in the accusative.
- η176Ἤκμαζενwas in [his] prime… imperfect, third person singular, of a)kma/zw; cf. alpha 901. [2] Cassius Dio 68.6.3; cf. alpha 1528, mu 899, pi 2036. (For the emperor Trajan, see generally tau 902.)
- α2385Ἀνεῖργενhindered… from somewhere. (There are possibilities in Josephus and elsewhere.) [3] Cassius Dio 71.11.
- ε1805Ἐξοργιεῖνto enrage… extracted from the quotation given. See also epsilon 1848. [2] Cassius Dio 38.34.6, on Julius Caesar and Ariovistus, king of the Suebi, in 58 BCE.
- ε2531Ἐπὶ πολλῷto a great extent… given (though it is common enough from Demosthenes onwards). [1] Cassius Dio 55.6.3 (which has the doubly compound verb a)ntape/dosan), on the Sugambri.
- κ575Κατακεχρημένηςmisusing… but is identifiable via the TLG as a phrase from Cassius Dio, quoted by both John of Antioch (fr.88 FHG, now 168 Roberto) and Constantine Porphyrogenitus (de virtutibus et vitiis). It describes Valeria Messalina, …
- α870Ἀκηρυκτείunheralded… "heralds", kerykes, as diplomatic intermediaries. See further, alpha 871. [1] Cassius Dio 8.36.8 ('them' are the Samnites); see also alpha 2821, omicron 984, pi 376.
- α527ἈδριανόςHadrianos, Hadrianus, Hadrian… (see n.8 below), draws on the epitome and excerpts of Cassius Dio book 69, sections 2ff. [2] Hadrian's father, Publius Aelius Hadrianus, surnamed Afer ("African"), died when Hadrian was 9; Hadrian then became the …
- α218Ἀγήλειενmight glorify… singular aorist optative form of the verb alpha 217. [1] Cassius Dio 66.2.4. (Mucianus is cross-referenced at mu 1285.)
- ει194Εἰρηνήσεινto be at peace… given, is its future active infinitive. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. [3] Cassius Dio 37.52.3. (The headword verb is a favourite of his.)
- α1124Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ ΜαμαίαςAlexander Mamaias, Alexander son of Mamaia… the city of Emesa (present-day Homs). The contemporary Roman senator, Cassius Dio, condemned him for being a tyrant; having multiple wives, including a Vestal Virgin; flaunting other Roman religious traditions; and generally leading a …
- ε3907Ἐφησθέντεςhaving exulted over [someone]… plural, of e)fh/domai. It must be quoted from somewhere, perhaps Cassius Dio 57.18.10b. [2] e)fhsqei=en is the third person plural, aorist optative passive. Same or similar glossing in other lexica; again, evidently quoted from …
- κ86Καθῄρειtook down… 62). [1] Roman emperor (reigned 98-117). See tau 902. [2] Cassius Dio 68.6.4.
- α4699Ἄχθεταιis vexed… not identified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as Cassius Dio 38.34.6. See on this Theodoridis' Photius edition, vol.II p.LXXXIX.
- ε1833Ἐξώλειαannihilation… [4] Tentatively attributed by Adler to Aelian. In fact from Cassius Dio; cf. alpha 527. See Favuzzi [cited under alpha 1990] 57.
- ε627Ἐκ συγκειμένουby agreement… [Polybius] fr. 133 Büttner-Wobst -- or rather a fragment of Cassius Dio, corresponding to his 65.11.5. See Favuzzi [cited under alpha 1990] 57. Casaubon attributed this fragment to Polybius (Büttner-Wobst, p. 532), but Büttner-Wobst …
- ε238Ἐδικαιώθησανthey were justified, they were adjudged… person plural; cf. delta 1078, epsilon 237, epsilon 239. [2] Cassius Dio 15.57.46a (phi 516 has a shorter extract). For 'the Campanians attempted to accuse Flaccus and the Syracusans Marcellus' cf. Livy 26.30.12: 'of …