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16 entries for Polus

ε2531Ἐπὶ πολλῷto a great extentMeaning many times [sc. as much]. "They kept peace for some time; then to a great extent they paid back to the Romans their own suffering."Matched in headwordhighshort
ε590Ἐκ πολλοῦfrom a great [time], from long ago[Meaning] from ancient times. "There was a statue honored by him from long ago."Matched in headwordhighshort
α2839Ἄξυνοςunshared, friendlessSame entry in Hesychius (with an odd second gloss, polu/cenos). The headword adjective is otherwise unattested, and according to Latte is an error for a)/cenos. The gloss here is the headword at alpha 1039, …Matched in noteshighshort
μ997Μητιέταcounsellor… the same]. mhtie/ta *zeu= ["[o] counsellor Zeus"]. And in composition polu/mhtis ["of great counsel"]. But [sc. do not confuse this with] mh=tin e)lafroi/ ["those light in counsel"], [meaning] the foolish, those who do not …Matched in translationhighshort
δ1004Διήκειcame through, extended… model (as Adler notes) is Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 305-6 (polu\ ga\r, w)= ge/ron, to\ so\n o)/noma dih/kei pa/ntas).Matched in noteshighshort
ε205Ἐδέκαζε πολλούςwas ten-bribing many[Meaning he/she/it] was bribing many.Matched in headwordhighshort
κ1708ΚλαύδιοςKlaudios, Claudius… 'amidst sickness and much fear' at 60.2.4. [10] Dio has polu\n me\n xro/non th=| th/qh| th=| *lioui/a| polu\n de\ kai\ th=| mhtri\ *)antwni/a| toi=s t' a)peleuqe/rois sundiaithqei/s, 'living for a long time with his …Matched in noteshighlong
δ1267Δὶς ἑπτὰ πληγαῖς πολύπους πιλούμενοςan octopus pounded with twice seven blows[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who deserve punishment, inasmuch as when the octopus has been caught it is beaten many times to make it tender. And [there is] another proverb: "twice …Matched in headwordhighmedium
α2879Ἀπαλγήσανταςhaving stopped feeling painIn Thucydides, meaning [them] having ceased to grieve, just like a)polofura/menoi ["having indulged their sorrows to the full"].Matched in translationhighshort
ν205Νέος ἐστὶ καὶ ὀξύςhe is young and sharp… phrase comes from Plato, Gorgias 463E (not Adler's '316E'), describing Polos (pi 2170). See web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2718Ἐπιτωθάζωνmocking, teasingThe headword is present active participle, masculine nominative singular, of the compound verb e)pitwqa/zw; cf. generally tau 855. It has the same glossing not only in Photius and other lexica but also in the …Matched in noteshighshort
α3069Ἄπεστινis away… here is probably Aconitum vulparia (wolfsbane) or A.lycotonum (northern wolfsbane) (Polunin, no. 208, p. 98; cf. Tutin, pp. 211-212).Matched in noteshighshort
η350Ἡμίσεια Ἥμισυ παντόςhalf… that it should be a god, the usual provider of poluwri/a in Aelian and elsewhere (see e.g. pi 1991).Matched in noteshighmedium
α4218ἈστάθμητονuncertainThe unglossed headword is presumably extracted from the first quotation given. [1] Quotation unidentifiable, but Adler (apparatus) suggested Polybius. It may be an aphorism or proverbial saying, also reflected in Leo the Deacon (History …Matched in noteshighmedium
β490Βωμολόχοςaltar-ambusher… appear as "or who takes pleasure in ill-timed foolish loquaciousness, polulogi/ais flua/rois, i.e. acting the altar-ambusher." [2] Agathias [alpha 112], Histories p.26.24-25 Keydell (1.19 Niebuhr). This work is a continuation of Procopius (pi 2479) …Matched in noteshighmedium
ω182ὨριγένηςOrigen… tau=ta from the rest of the phrase -- up to polupeiri/as, where a contrastive kai/ picks up. The result is a strident tone lacking in the Vorlage -- a technique consistent with the Suda's …Matched in noteshighlong

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