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1099
Ἀλγίστατον
most painful, very painful
… version, Adler suggests, of Aristophanes, Wasps '1116' (= 1117 in
most
modern editions), tou=to d' e)/st' a)/lgiston h(mi=n.
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1074
Ἐμφερίστατος
most closely resembling, very like
Aristophanes, Wasps 1103, which however has sfhcin e)mferesta/tous
"most
closely resembling wasps" (web address 1). The Suda mss, apparently, all give the noun as sfhgci/n, which Adler perversely prints as sfigci/n. cf. generally epsilon …
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3737
Εὐσέβιος
Eusebios, Eusebius
… this work, including the historiographical preface to the Canons, see
Mosshammer
[below], Introduction and Chapter 1, particularly pp. 15, 35-36. [6] In 262, Porphyry initiated his six-year study of Neoplatonism with Plotinus in Rome. …
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1082
Δικαιώματα
statutes
… the headword cf. delta 1080 (singular), delta 1081 (plural); for
Moses
see generally mu 1348.
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277
Ἐζεκίας
Ezekias, Hezekiah
Abbreviated from Georgius Syncellus, Ecloga chronographica p.236
Mosshammer.
[1] cf. generally George the Monk, Chronicon 222.2-8.
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118
Ἀγαθόν
good
See also alpha 119, likewise a neuter singular. This entry
mostly
reproduces Diogenes Laertius 7.94-98 (who supposedly is quoting an extract of Stoic ethics). The Suda text contains important omissions as well as different …
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488
Βωμολοχεύσαιτο
(if one) were to play the wit at the altar
… at least some of the fourth (here associated with Phrynis).
Most
take it for modulation between the new scales made possible by the new models of cithara (see West 194-96, Campbell 40 note 1, …
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1170
Διονύσιος ὁ Ἀρεωπαγίτης
Dionysios the Areiopagite, Dionysius the Areopagite
… (117-180; see alpha 3902), Greek rhetor and orator, among the
most
representative writers of the movement known as the Second Sophistic. At the age of 26 he had to quit his career as an …
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485
Χρημάτισις
operation
… Domingo-Forasté (186 Hercher); I have accepted Kuhn's emendation of pikrwde/staton
("most
bitter-seeming?"; not in LSJ) to frikwde/staton
("most
horrible"). [Note however [DW] that Hercher prints prepwde/staton,
"most
fitting" (ironic).]
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2627
Ἐπιστήμη
science, understanding
… our intellect (nous) with regard to the things which are
most
evident by nature. The point here is what Aristotle means by "the
most
evident things"; the specification "by nature" (which is not in …
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286
Αἵρεσις
school, sect
… The Megarics made significant contributions to modal logic. [5] The
most
representative philosopher of this school was Menedemus of Eretria (345-260; see Diogenes Laertius 1.19). [6] The Cyrenaic school was given its name by …
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1476
Δῶρος
Doros, Dorus
… and later Zintzen undertook to reconstitute it from these authors.
Most
recently Athanassiadi has taken a different approach (explained on pp.63-70 of her introduction), in issuing a Greek-English edition. [2] For the Neo-Platonic philosopher …
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4140
Ἀσέλγεια
licentiousness
… not from his Poikile Historia as transmitted. Domingo-Forasté reads lampro/tatos
"most
vigorous" instead of labro/tatos
"most
boisterous."
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425
Ἀδάμ
Adam
… scholar quite outside the type of neutral reticence which characterises
most
of the contributors to the Suda (although Küster suggests a comparison with the entry on Job at iota 471). His self-styled "essay" (logos), …
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4446
Αὖλος Ποστόμιος
Aulus Postumius
… elegance. "I am a Roman," he said, "and Greek is
most
foreign to me." For that reason, he demanded to be forgiven and excused for what errors remain. When Marcus Cato had read this, …
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1605
Δυσδιάλλακτον
hard to reconcile
… prosoi/sei dusdia/llakton ma/xhn), if interpreted 'and who will bring a
most
mournful battle', could be the only extant instance of dusdia/llaktos applied to the meaning of the gloss. In any event, a more likely …
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171
Χαιριδεῖς
Chairideis
[1] cf. ps.-Zonaras s.v. Chairis. [2] cf. pi 1302. [3] cf. chi 172. [4] Aristophanes, Peace 951-3 (web address 1); see also Acharnians 16 & 866 (web addresses 2 & 3) and Birds 858 …
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2500
Ἐπίορκον ἀνώμοσεν
swore a false oath
The headword phrase occurs in Homer, Iliad 10.332 (web address 1), except that Homer has e)pw/mosen ('swore to') instead of the otherwise unattested a)nw/mosen found here; a)pw/mosen, which would normally mean 'swore off' or …
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2424
Ἐπίκτητος
Epiktetos, Epictetus
… sw=ma a)sqenh\s he is recorded by Simplicius (see preceding note);
most
say that he was hit and bound during his slavery by his master (Gregory of Nazianzus, Oration I against Julian PG 35.592.14; Epistle …
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454
Ἡρακλέους ἄγαλμα
Herakles' statue, Heracles' statue
This entry
most
likely refers to the statue of Herakles, Weary Herakles or Herakles Trihesperus, which was cast in bronze by Lysippus (or those in his school at Athens) in late C4 BCE. It …
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340
Ἀγναπτότατος βάτος αὖος
stiffest dried skate
… context). In both places the adjective is given as a)gnapto/tatos,
most
unfulled (of cloth) or unwashed; for "stiffest", a)gnampto/tatos, which is surely correct, see Zenobius 1.16.
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449
Ἄδερ
Hadad, Ader, Aderos
Most
of this entry is quoted directly from Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 8.200-204; see web address 1 below for the text on Perseus. Information about Hadad is also to be found in I Kings 11:14-23. …
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574
Ἀετὸν κάνθαρος μαιεύσομαι
I a dung-beetle will hatch an eagle
… collections (e.g. Mantissa Proverbiorum 1.2). These entries stem in the
most
immediate sense from Aristophanes, Lysistrata 695 (ai)eto\n ti/ktona ka/nqaro/s se maieu/somai), but the Aesopic fable of the beetle avenging the loss of its …
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715
Ἀθέμιτον
lawless
… of this adjective are hard to see (a distinction between
"most
x" and "very x" is unlikely to be at issue). Probably, therefore, the point is that the stem of this adjective -- in …
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772
Ἀθύρωτον στόμα
doorless mouth
… 838 (where the mss offer both "gateless" and "doorless"; the
most
recent editor, K.J. Dover, prints the latter.)
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1054
Ἄλλαγμα
exchange, price, sale
… 29: although NT-oriented, Robinson presents LXX-OT Hebrew comparatives) nor the
most
recent (e.g. Lust Pt I, 18) address this occurrence. See Ezra 3:13 for מריעים merīʿīm ("those who shouted") (Kohlenberger, Vol 3, 193). The …
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1613
Ἀμνοκῶν
lamb-witted.
… BCE); OCD(4) p.332. He appears several times in the Suda,
most
significantly at kappa 1731.
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1981
Ἀναξαγόρας
Anaxagoras
… Laertius 2.6-15. [1] This first paragraph of the entry reproduces
most
of Harpocration (and Photius) s.v.; cf. nu 523. [2] Apparently quoted loosely from Philostratus, Life of Apollonius 1.2.22-26. See also kappa 2216 and …
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2293
Ἀνεπιεικές
unseemly
… but the Suda's quotation of it is garbled in a
most
intriguing way. In place of Arrian's tosou/tou e)de/hsen, "lacked so much", "was so far from", the Suda has tosou/ton a)nede/hsen, using a)nade/w as …
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2490
Ἀνθεμόκριτος
Anthemokritos, Anthemocritus
… Plutarch, Perikles 30. Following the lead of the ancient sources,
most
modern scholars date it to the 430s BCE, in the prelude to the Peloponnesian War. An alternative view holds is that it has …
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