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- ι654ἸσοκράτηςIsocrates, Isokrates… To Demonicus (1.35, imperfectly quoted: see web address 1) of Isocrates [iota 652].
- α4074Ἀρχαῖοςold-fashionedFrom Harpokration: see below. [1] cf. already alpha 4073. [2] Isocrates 4.8 (web address 1), which in fact uses a)rxai/ws, the adverb cognate with the present headword a)rxai=os. The Suda has attributed to Isocrates …
- α334ἈγωνιῶI am in a torment… he does note (p. 527) its acceptance by Dindorf. [5] Isocrates 4.91 (web address 3), cited from Harpokration s.v.
- δ454ΔημοσθένηςDemosthenes… Polykrates(7); OCD4 Polycrates(2). [8] [alpha 1283] Alcidamas. [9] [iota 652] Isocrates. [10] cf. alphaiota 322. [11] [theta 172] Theopompus. [12] The transmitted text says "Calabria" (in S Italy), but see kappa 188 and the …
- ι620ἸσαῖοςIsaeus, Isaios… here abridges Harpokration (and Photius) s.v. [1] See 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 …
- α441Ἀδελφειόςbrother… e.g. Herodotus 1.65 and 4.67); see LSJ s.v. a)delfidou=s. [2] Isocrates 19.30; Hecataeus FGrH 1 F8; Apollophanes fr.4 Kock and Kassel-Austin (but note that Harpokration, the Suda's source here, says "Strattis or Apollonophanes"). [3] …
- α766Ἀθυμότεροςmore dejected, rather dejected… quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities include Xenophon (Anabasis 1.4.9) and Isocrates (Letters 4.8).
- ε1669Ἐξεταζόμενοι πρὸς τοῖς βασιλείοιςoffering themselves for inspection at the royal palacesIsocrates 4.151 (web address 1: on the Persian aristocracy), with an uncomprehending gloss also in other lexica.
- ε2475Ἐπιμείνῃςyou would continue, you would remain… second person singular. It must be quoted from somewhere, perhaps Isocrates 5.24 (hoping that King Philip "would continue/remain calm" until the end of the discourse), though there are numerous later possibilities.
- ε403Ἔκδοτοςgiven-up… from anywhere. If not, possible sources include Euripides (Ion 1251), Isocrates (4.141) and Polybius (28.4.11).
- ε3953ἜφοροςEphoros, Ephorus… Theopompos (FGrH 115; OCD(4) 1461-2 'Theopompus[3]') see theta 172. [2] Isocrates: iota 652. [3] A memorable aphorism much echoed (by Cicero, Quintilian, et al.) but not necessarily reliable in this context: Plato is reported …
- α4426Αὐθέντηςperpetrator… present headword does not occur in the extant works of Isocrates, whereas the first glossing term au)to/xeir does (4.111, 5.150, 14.29, 19.19), its likeliest meaning would seem to be 'hence in Isocrates au)to/xeir is …
- α3394Ἀπόλιδαςcitiless, polis-less… so evidently quoted from somewhere; the possibilities include Lysias (20.35), Isocrates (8.44) and Xenophon (Hellenica 6.3.1). See also alpha 3395.
- ε758Ἐλαφροτάτουςmost gentle, very gentle… passage which occasioned the comment (as Harpokration s.v. shows) is Isocrates 12.31.
- ε3934Ἐφίστηplaced over… extracted from the quotation given (though there are alternatives in Isocrates, Plato and elsewhere). [2] Quotation (and individual) unidentifiable.
- ε3653Εὐπλοῆσαιto have a good voyage… must be quoted somewhere -- perhaps the maxim preserved as Isocrates fr. 25: "to have a good voyage needs a [sc. good] steersman and wind, but to be happy needs [sc. good] reasoning and …
- δ1620Δύσερινquarrelsome… du/seris and filo/neikos frequently occur together: e.g. Pindar, Olympians 6.19; Isocrates 1.31; Plutarch, Philopoemen 17.7. [2] As in Hesychius delta2563. See also Etymologicum Magnum: *du/serin: filo/neikon. para\ to\ *d*u*s mo/rion, kai\ th\n e)/rin; "quarrelsome: …
- α150Ἀγαπᾶνto love, to receive favorably, to be content with.… There are classical Attic instances in Plato (Meno 75C) and Isocrates (Letters 6.6); and see generally LSJ s.v. a)gapa/w, III.1.
- α3219Ἀπιστεῖνto distrust, to disobey… Harpokration s.v. [1] Harpok. cites Antiphon (fr. 22 Sauppe) and Isocrates (Epistle 2.12) for this. [2] Harpok. cites Demosthenes (9.38) 'and many others' for this. [3] Plato, Apology 26E, where a)/pistos seems to mean …
- α3483Ἀποπομπαῖοςevil-dismissing… LXX and elsewhere. [2] Abridged from Harpocration s.v. a)popompa/s (in Isocrates 5.117).
- κ2100Κοροπλάθοιfigurine-makers, modellers… 397. [2] From Harpokration s.v., commenting on the term in Isocrates 15.2 (web address 2).
- ε2853Ἐπράξατοexacted [for him/her/itself]… 511E: DW.] Extant possibilities, in truth, are numerous: Thucydides, Xenophon, Isocrates, Isaeus, et al. [2] Quotation (also in ps.-Zonaras) unidentifiable. [3] Again, quotation unidentifiable. (Adler suggests Aelian.)
- ε1851ἘξωρχησάμηνI danced out, I expressed, I revealed… (epsilon 3047 etc.). For the metic Poulytion (sic) see e.g. Isocrates 16.6; Andocides 1.12 & 14; Plutarch, Alcibiades 19.2; Pausanias 1.2.5.
- δ1402Δορυφορεῖattends (as a bodyguard)… can be traced back to the fourth century BCE, with Isocrates 10.37 (on Theseus: diete/lese to\n bi/on ... th|= tw=n politw=n eu)noi/a| doruforou/menos).
- γ356Γνωσιμαχῆσαιto challenge one's own opinion [on]… centuries BCE with the meaning given here (Herodotus, Euripides, Aristophanes, Isocrates) but took on in parallel, during the Christian era, a precisely opposite one: to stick argumentatively to one's own opinion. See in brief …
- κ1714ΚλέαρχοςKlearchos, Clearchus… already at epsilon 3955. [3] Clearchus was also associated with Isocrates. See Isocrates Letters 7.12. [4] At epsilon 1994 this ancedote is referred to Clearchus of Soli. [5] So the transmitted text, stratei/an. Adler …
- δ174Δεκάζεσθαιto be bribed in tens… Hercher). [3] The source now becomes Harpokration s.v., commenting on Isocrates 8.50 (web address 1). [4] Harpokration ascribes this explanation to the learned hellenistic scholar Eratosthenes. (Harvey [76-118 at 88-89] briefly discusses it.) See …
- αι293Αἱρετώτερονpreferable, more choiceworthy… is neuter), but there are many other possibilities, from Xenophon, Isocrates and Demosthenes onwards. [1] Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 220.14-20 and 219.10-11; cf. generally alphaiota 291.
- δ1230Διῳκίσατοdispersed, scattered… 1231; LSJ entry at web address 1. [1] See e.g. Isocrates 5.45 d. ta\s po/leis, "breaking cities up into villages"; Demosthenes 19.81 diwkisme/noi kata\ kw/mas, "dispersed into villages"; Polybius 4.27.6 diw/|kisen *mantinei=s e)k mia=s …
- α4446Αὖλος ΠοστόμιοςAulus Postumius… garrulity to be a feminine trait (31.26.10), describes the grammarian Isocrates with the same words (32.2.5). [4] Polybius identifies in a corrupted line Markos Porki[os Kat]on as the offended party (39.15-7): Marcus Porcius Cato …