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- α3213Ἀπίκιος ΜάρκοςMarcus Apicius… additionally certain extra guests like shadows of oneself. And [so] Apicius had to spend his substance both for friends and strangers. I have heard that to this banquet came also one Isidore by name, …
- μ217ΜάρκοςMarcus [Apicius][Marcus] Apicius, a Roman: no one will deny that he attained the limit of prodigality, but he seems to have demonstrated some activity of magnanimity in himself. [Romans] used to entertain daily, and he …
- ε3945Ἐφολκίδαappendage, follower… additionally certain extra guests like shadows of oneself." See under Marcus Apicius.
- α3207ἈπίκιοςApiciusNicholas Purcell in OCD(4) p.117, s.v. Apicius: 'proverbial cognomen of several Roman connoisseurs of luxury, especially in food, in particular M. Gavius Apicius (PIR(2) G91 [...] in the Tiberian period, i.e. early 1st cent. …
- μ215ΜάρκοςMarcus, Marcus Aurelius[Marcus,] emperor of [the] Romans. It is easier to be astonished at him in silence than to praise him since no word could equal the man’s virtues—for already in his youth he displayed a …
- μ218ΜάρκοςMarcus[Marcus] Mallius, a patrician; when the Celts were attacking Rome, he saved that [city] and was deemed worthy of the greatest honors. Later, noticing an old man who had often served as a soldier …
- μ214ΜάρκοςMarcus[Marcus,] the one also [called] Antoninus; emperor of [the] Romans, the philosopher admirable in every respect. He attended the lectures of many different [instructors], but ultimately ended up as a student of Sextus, a …
- μ219ΜάρκοςMarcus, Markos, MarkBishop of [the] Arethusians, orderly in his speech and in his lifestyle; [it was he] whom in the time of Julian they subjected to many torments and throwing him into the sewers they then …
- μ216ΜάρκοςMarcus, Markos[Marcus,] emperor of [the] Romans, the one known as "Pious." This man, in addition to possessing all the other virtues, was the best ruler of all those who have held any position of power, …
- ε3571Εὔλυτοςeasily released, in a relaxed manner, with equanimityMarcus [Aurelius] Antoninus says: "awaiting within the summoning call out of life with equanimity, neither needing an oath nor any man as witness."
- α830Ἀκενόσπουδονshunning of vain pursuits… Diognetos I learned the shunning of vain pursuits, and incredulity." Marcus the philosopher emperor says [this].
- α1903Ἀνακλητικόνsummoning-call, clarion-call… tune on the trumpet that summons slackers to war. And Marcus [Aurelius] Antoninus says: "awaiting within the summoning-call out of life with equanimity, needing neither an oath nor any man as witness."
- ε567Ἐκπεφυσημένονpuffed-up[Meaning] filled with ambition. "Seeing Marcus puffed-up [...]."
- ε3574Εὐμάρειαconvenience[Meaning] agreeability. Also a term for orderliness in Marcus [Aurelius] Antoninus. And in the Epigrams: "a slipper not long-robed."
- ε3759Εὐσυνείδητοςconscientious, honest… means almost exactly what the gloss says, is used by Marcus Aurelius (Meditations 6.30.4) and Christian writers.
- κ1199ΚαῖσαρCaesar… ruler and emperor. The state continued free from faction until Marcus Antoninus was ruling the Romans; but when his son Commodus, who was not at all sound of mind by nature and became subject …
- κ2254Κωμάσαιto carouse"But Marcus, the general of the Romans, when he was released from the war, wanted to transfer the war to the Lusitanians and (as they say) having escaped the men's quarters to carouse his …
- α835ἈκέραιονuncorruptedFrom the writing of Marcus Antoninus: "even if you are going to live three thousand years and as many tens of thousands, remember nevertheless that no one loses a life other than the one …
- δ1057Δικαϊκόνinclined to justice… adjective, accusative singular, is extracted from the quotation given. [1] Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 9.22.1-2, here compressed.
- α4730Ἁψικάρδιοςheart-affecting[1] Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 9.3.2 (not Adler's '9.3.5'); cf. pi 410 (where the noun in question is correctly, unlike here, para/phgma)
- ι448ἸουστῖνοςIoustinos, Justinus, Justin… book, which he gave to the successors of Antoninus, namely Marcus Antoninus and Lucius Aurelius Commodus. There is also another book of his against the pagans, which he entitled Confutation, and another On the …
- ε3369Εὐανακλήτωςin an easy-to-reconcile manner… a rare adverb, presumably extracted from the quotation given. [2] Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 1.7.6.
- ε2424ἘπίκτητοςEpiktetos, Epictetus… New Epirus; and his life extended until the reign of Marcus Antoninus. He wrote many books. [sc. Damascius says that] the philosopher Theosebius drew much of his speeches' matter from Epictetus' Disputations, but others …
- α541Ἀδυσώπητονinexorable… if neuter; either way, evidently quoted from somewhere -- perhaps Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 1.16.9, though there are other possibilities.
- γ426Γράσων ἄνθρωποςgoat-stink… one given.) [1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica. [2] Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 5.28.1.
- κ1327Κενόσπουδοςzealous pursuit of frivolities… is used by Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Diogenes Laertius, the emperor Marcus Aurelius, and Clement of Alexandria. [2] Used, among others, by Cicero, Letters to Atticus 9.1.1 (web address 1).
- ε2431Ἐπιλαμβάνεσθαιto lambaste… from the quotation provided. [1] Similarly in syntactical lexica. [2] Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 1.10.2; cf. alpha 3189.
- μ742Μετάφερε σαυτόνchange yourself… as such. The closest extant parallel for it occurs in Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 8.41.1: pa/nta dh\ tau=ta e)pi\ seauto\n meta/fere "change all these things toward yourself".
- ε3960Ἐφ'on condition that[Meaning] on this [sc. condition]. Polybius [writes]: "Marcus gave them pledges of safety and persuaded them to leave [sc. Sicily] for Italy, on condition that they take pay from the Rhegians and sack Bruttium, …
- α4731Ἁψίκοροςreadily-sated, fickle… approximation of Polybius 14.1.4. [2] An even looser approximation of Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 1.16.2.