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χ322Χθαμαλάhumble [things]; flat [things]The headword adjective is related to obsolete *xama/ ("earth") and so its meaning can be literal or metaphorical; cf. Latin humilis from humus ("earth"). [1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica, and cf. the …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1504Δραπέτης κλῆροςrunaway lot… Cresphontes wanted Messenia, so he placed a lot of moist earth in the pot, knowing it would never jump out of the hydria (either because it dissolved in water in the pot or because …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1723ΚλεομένηςKleomenes, Cleomenes… to Alexandria, meeting his death in 219 after a failed plot against the Macedonian king of Egypt, Ptolemy IV Philopator, named here. [1] alpha 2345.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2147Κόσμοςcosmos, kosmos; order, ornament, decorum, universe… "very divinely" (pa/nu qei/ws). The reference seems to be to Plotinus, Enneads 3.4.2, where the verb is dendrwqh=nai without the prefix. [3] The phrase 'in Scripture', though placed last, should possibly be understood with …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1093Δίκηςof justice… the idea that justice is rewarded by the fertility of earth see Homer, Odyssey 19.109ff.; further parallels are Aeschylus, Supplices 627-29, Eumenides 937-87; Sophocles, Oedipus Rex 269-71. The notion is also to be seen …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ335Καπηλίςhuckstress, landlady… vine here hinges upon the fact that phlo/s means both "earth, mud" and "wine dregs, lees". [2] For the otherwise unattested e)/mpelos read e)/mphlos ("muddy").Matched in noteshighshort
λ658Λόγοςdiscourse; language… [5] Aristophanes, Peace 146-147, with comment from the scholia there. "Plot" is the conventional translation of logos in dramatic contexts, i.e. the main story in the narrative or drama. [6] chi 569.Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2731Ἐπιτρῖψαιto crush, to wear out… church is carried away by the rivers as the eroded earth.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3139ἘσθήρEsther… 2.19 ff. Mordechai, while "at the king’s gate", discovers the plot against the king organized by two of his eunuchs. It is not Mordechai who reveals to the king the details of the conspiracy, …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1355ΔομνῖνοςDomninos, Domninus… matter in a powdery aspect, and the passage of the Earth through the tail of one of these heavenly bodies had brought about the inflammation of the powder in the part lightened by the …Matched in noteshighlong
κ2258Κώμηvillage, neighborhood… group of words including xw=ma, xo/w, xw/nnumi, involving piles of earth. [2] cf. kappa 2260, kappa 2263. [3] Third person singular, aorist, of kwma/zw "I carouse, I burst in on," extracted from the quotation …Matched in noteshighmedium
α4084ἈρχέλαοςArchelaos, Archelaus… one fragment, "coldness is the connection" (presumably which holds the Earth in a solid state); see Diels and Kranz, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 60B1a. From surviving testimonia (principally Hippolytus), he would seem to have …Matched in noteshighmedium
γ4ΓάγγηςGanges… and were therefore driven from their home by the angry earth, which refused to produce crops for them, as well as by the ghost of Ganges. [5] That is Briseis, taken away by king …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε1182Ἔνδοξαplausible things; reputable opinions… elements of the traditional Greek physics: fire, air, water and earth). See de Caelo 1.3, 270b23-25, where Aristotle gives the following etymology of the word: the name aether is given to the upermost place …Matched in noteshighlong
ε2494ἘπίνικοςEpinikos, Epinicus… the wife of Leo I, he organized with her a plot against Emperor Zeno in 415 AD. After the latter fled from Rome, Basiliscus (DIR entry by Hugh Elton at web address 2) was …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2426ἘπικύδηςEpikydes, Epicydes… that destroyed the Punic troops. See Polybius 7.2: "after the plot against king Hieronymos of Syracuse [iota 200] ... Zoippos and Andranodoros persuaded Hieronymos to lose no time in sending ambassadors to Hannibal. He …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2006Κόμοδαrewards, pay, advantage… at one and the same time, oddly specific (why only earthquake and not e.g. flood?) and frustratingly vague (does the gift go to the earthquake's victims, or to placate the gods?).Matched in noteshighshort
δ1205ΔιοσημείαZeus-omen, Zeus-sign… that [phenomenon] is called dioshmi/a". Some natural phenomena, such as earthquakes, thunders and storms, were held by the Athenians to be bad omens, so that they would interrupt an assembly and suspend a deliberation …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε1932Ἐπακτόνacquired… Latte on Hesychius epsilon4119 says Euripides, Phoenician Women 343). [2] Plotinus, Enneads 1.2.1 (abridged); read nominative mimhsame/nh for the Suda's accusative mimhsame/nhn. Plotinus offers this as an argument that one might make, not as …Matched in noteshighshort
η97ἩδοναίpleasuresIn Adler's typography the phrase 'From the writings of Plotinus' appears before the actual headword; SOL follows this. [1] Plotinus, the founder of Neoplatonism (pi 1811). The passage is taken from Enneads 1.1. [2] …Matched in noteshighlong
μ172ΜαξιμῖνοςMaximinus… and 5. [2] The first half of the entry, until 'plots against him', is John of Antioch fr.142 FHG (4.594), now 221 Roberto, which is found at Constantine VII Porphyrogenitius, De Virtutibus et Vitiis …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3737ΕὐσέβιοςEusebios, Eusebius… In 262, Porphyry initiated his six-year study of Neoplatonism with Plotinus in Rome. Exhausted from his apprenticeship, Porphyry then retreated to Sicily for five years, returning to Rome as Plotinus' successor. [7] Pamphilus and …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1124Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ ΜαμαίαςAlexander Mamaias, Alexander son of Mamaia… Nevertheless, Elagabalus lost the support of the Senate and began plotting against his cousin Alexander, whom he recognized to be broadly supported by the Praetorian Guard. At the age of eighteen, along with his …Matched in noteshighmedium
α118Ἀγαθόνgood… Aristotle, Topica 1094a2-3, with Alexander of Aphrodisias's commentary 93.8. [6] Plotinus, Enneads 1.7.1, 21-22 (identified by Henry [below] 157 n.2, as noted in Adler's addenda).Matched in noteshighmedium
α3830Ἀρετήarete, excellence, virtue… Aristotle's Topics 139.19-21 Wallies. [13] Diogenes Laertius 7.127. [14] cf. Plotinus, Enneads 1.2.3.8 (Henry [below] p.157 n.2). [15] Diogenes Laertius 7.126.Matched in noteshighlong
δ1170Διονύσιος ὁ ἈρεωπαγίτηςDionysios the Areiopagite, Dionysius the Areopagite… is very similar to the union with the One, which Plotinus experienced four times in his life, and Porphyry only once. Even the doctrine concerning evil can be understood on the ground of a …Matched in noteshighlong