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- α4483Αὐτοαπλότηςsimplicity itself"But in character the king/emperor was simplicity itself, and a certain muted reasonableness [was a feature of his character], and [he was] pliant and agreeable when it came to beneficences, and serious and intense …
- ε1300Ἐνηβρύνετοused to pride (himself/herself/itself) on[Meaning he/she/it] used to make false pretensions [of].
- α4587ἈφέλειαsimplicityAnd Damascius says that Isidore, besides simplicity, loved truthfulness especially, and undertook to be straight-talking beyond what was necessary, and had no pretence in himself whatsoever.
- α4494Αὐτοκακὸν ἔοικε τῷδεhe seemed evil itself to him[Meaning] extremely and to the point of excess he seemed to him well-disposed.
- ε3460ΕὔηθεςsimplicityThucydides in [book] 3 and the philosopher [sc. use the word] in reference to [something] better.
- α3235Ἁπλότηςsimplicity[Simplicity is] of two kinds. The one [is] intelligent and just, the other foolish and unjust. After all, the contemporary multiplicity also develops in some with justice and good sense, but in others with …
- ε2853Ἐπράξατοexacted [for him/her/itself][Meaning he/she/it] demanded. "They made exactions on the Byzantines and some others." Meaning they demanded money. And elsewhere: "but since, when he sought justice from the Athenians for the boy, he did not obtain …
- ε1349Ἐνιπήrebuke, reproof[Meaning] dishonour [expressing itself] through words, castigation.
- λ622Λιτότηςplainness[Meaning] simplicity.
- α447Ἄδειαimpunity… on their breathing and with the war making war on itself with impunity?"
- αι110Αἰθαλοκομπίαιςwith sooty boastingsFrom the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 696 (which itself has yolokompi/ais: see psi 123).
- κ2696Κυναῖοςdog-likePerhaps a variant of ku/neos, itself a variant of ku/neios. cf. in any event kappa 2693.
- α485Ἀδικίαinjustice… [it is] harmful. For injustice does injustice even to nature itself, to the extent that it itself is appropriated. It is also destructive, partly of the civic community, partly of all exchange; to humans …
- η9ἀγάπη οὐ περπερεύεταιlove is not boastfulMeaning does not thrust itself forward. See under perpereia.
- α4061Ἀρυπότατοςmost unsordid, very unsordidThis superlative form is unattested outside lexicography, and a)/rupos itself is extremely rare, but for the etymology see rho 301, rho 302.
- χ539Χρῶμαcolor… same color. [...] He says that the visible, what by itself exists in the domain of the visible, is color, and says that surface is what is visible by itself. Surface is visible by …
- κ41Καθ' αὑτοῦ ΒελλεροφόντηςBellerophon against himself… to those who bring evils on themselves. kaq' au(to/ ["for itself"] ....... di' au(to/ ["because of itself"] e(te/rou e(/neken ["for the sake of another"] ..... di' a)/llo ["because of something else"]. The first antithesis …
- β437Βούλησιςwish, rational desire… practical faculties of the soul. [...] And wish belongs by itself to the rational soul itself, while choice belongs to the part [of the soul] which is involved with lack of reason. For when …
- μ286ΜατρέαςMatreas… a charlatan. He used to keep an animal, which ate itself; and what Matreas' animal was is a matter of debate. This man also created Dilemmas modeled on those of Aristotle; [e.g.] why does …
- χ194Χελύνηlip[Meaning specifically] the upper lip. "A Median arrow planted itself in his upper lip." And elsewhere: "... man standing by man, biting his [sc. upper] lip in anger."
- χ517Χρηστῶςdecently, well… if it kept the ancient law and did not busy itself and bring on new constitutions.
- ε3448ΕὐετήριοςEueterios, Eueterius… superiority of his nature, but through weakness of spirit and simplicity he arrested and brought to trial many who were not guilty.
- ε2662Ἐπιτάφιονfuneral"The blow itself was also a funeral encomium of his virtue".
- δ1462ΔώριοςDorios, Dorius… attested is the phrase] Dorian economy: "Polemon had assumed the simplicity and squalor of Xenocrates and his gravity, as if a kind of Dorian economy." Also [sc. attested is the phrase] Dorian song.
- αι288Αἱρεσιῶτις πολιτείαheretical polity, heretical way of life… No equivalent entry in other lexica; and the headword phrase itself is unparalleled. [2] alpha 3834, alpha 3835.
- α4511Αὐτὸν κέκρουκας τὸν βατῆρα τῆς θύραςyou have hit the very threshold of the door… speaking truthfully; in effect, you have come to the truth itself.
- δ352Δεινοὶ πλέκειν τοι μηχανὰς ΑἰγύπτιοιEgyptians (are) clever at crafting machines[1] Zenobius 3.37. The headword phrase itself is Aeschylus fr. 373 Nauck (726 Mette). [2] Homer, Iliad 2.742, 15.626. The added comment comes from the scholia to the first of these passages. (The fame …
- ε782Ἐλεεινῶςpitiably… scholion on Homer, Iliad 2.314 (where e)leeina/ occurs). The adverb itself is not extant before Polybius (14.5.10).
- ε2547Ἐπίρρησιςrebuke, reproach… first of these glosses; and Latte there regards the headword itself as extracted from Archilochus (fr. 14: accusative case there). cf. epsilon 2548.
- γ385Γονυπετῆσαιto kneel [before]… ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon. The headword itself, aorist active infinitive of this verb, must be quoted from somewhere.