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4096
Ἀρχὴ ἄνδρα δείκνυσιν
office exposes a man
… say that this a dictum of Solon's, though Aristotle and
Theophrastus
[says it is] Bias's.
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429
Δημήτριος
Demetrius, Demetrios
… history, rhetoric and politics, and about poets. He studied with
Theophrastus,
and was a demagogue in Athens. He composed numerous books. He was so handsome that the slander arose that he had been the …
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416
Ἄγχουσα
alkanet, bugloss, rouge
… Besides what follows here (and in epsilon 3093) see e.g.
Theophrastus,
Enquiry into Plants 7.9.3. [1] This was also used as a facial cosmetic: see psi 108. [2] Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 928-9, telescoped (see web …
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3165
Ἀπήνεια
discourtesy, rudeness
… The headword (a gloss at theta 355) occurs in e.g.
Theophrastus,
Characters 15.1 (in his definition of au)qa/deia: alpha 4422). From a)phnh/s (alpha 3170, and cf. alpha 3163, alpha 3164).
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3610
Ἀποτραχύνεται
is hardened off
… lexica. The headword must be quoted from somewhere (probably not
Theophrastus,
History of Plants 6.4.2, where it is used literally).
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4084
Ἀρχέλαος
Archelaos, Archelaus
… was a mentor of Socrates is asserted by Aristoxenus and
Theophrastus
as well as by DL. The association of Archelaos, Anaxagoras, and/or Socrates with the education of Euripides, however, strains chronology perhaps too much. …
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4101
Ἀρχὴ Σκυρία
Skyrian empire, Scyrian empire
… believed to be those of Theseus; cf. theta 367. [4]
Theophrastus
638 FHS&G (fr.131 Wimmer). For ostracism see omicron 716, omicron 717; as a formal procedure it dates back no earlier than the late …
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4570
Ἀφαιρεῖν κροκύδας
to pluck off threads
… now part of 689 K.-A. For a better-known instance see
Theophrastus,
Characters 2.3 (the Flatterer does this, and plucking grey hairs out of the beard, to the object of his attentions); and cf. Valeria …
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664
Διαμυλλαίνῃ
you grimace
… unattested. [2] Aristophanes, Wasps 1315; said by Xanthias of one
Theophrastus.
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1141
Διογένης
Diogenes
… For Xenocrates see xi 42; for Aristotle alpha 3929; for
Theophrastus
theta 199 (55 FHS&G); for Zeno zeta 79; for Plato pi 1707; for Polemo pi 1887. The Greek idiom uses a double negative, …
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1615
Δυσέντευκτος
hard to deal with
… headword adjective is first attested in the fourth century BCE
(Theophrastus,
Characters 19.3); also used by Polybius, Josephus, Plutarch, Philo Judaeus, and Patristic writers.
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569
Ἐκπήγνυσθαι
to be frozen stiff
… independent occurrences of the transmitted headword verb e)kph/gnusqai (predominantly in
Theophrastus,
in reference to plants); almost certainly this is a mistake on the part of the Suda or its immediate source(s). In any event …
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456
Χρεμψιθέατρον
theater-cougher, theatre-cougher
… chi 455). For bad manners in the theatre see e.g.
Theophrastus,
Characters 11.3 and 14.4, and generally -- though not on the present topic -- Pickard-Cambridge/Gould/Lewis, The Dramatic Festivals of Athens 272-3.
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478
Χρήματα χρήματ' ἀνήρ
money money (is the) man
… is said to be attributed to Solon, though Aristotle and
Theophrastus
give it to Bias. [3] This proverb first appears at Callimachus, Epigrams 1.12 Pfeiffer, where a man, under the prompting of Pittacus, overhears …
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