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44 entries for simplicity itself

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.Matched in translationhighshort
α447Ἄδειαimpunity… on their breathing and with the war making war on itself with impunity?"Matched in translationhighshort
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.Matched in noteshighshort
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."Matched in translationhighshort
χ517Χρηστῶςdecently, well… if it kept the ancient law and did not busy itself and bring on new constitutions.Matched in translationhighshort
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.Matched in translationhighshort
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 …Matched in noteshighshort
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.Matched in noteshighshort
α925Ἀκοντίinvoluntarily… the latter is by far the more common. The headword itself, in fact, is not attested until Plutarch (Life of Fabius Maximus 5.2.) and remains very rare thereafter.Matched in noteshighshort
α2459Ἀνιέρειοςvictimless (offering)[1] Same glossing in Photius and elsewhere. The headword itself is unattested outside lexicography. [2] LSJ s.v. cites instances from tragedy.Matched in noteshighshort
α3311Ἀποθανεῖνto die"If someone should know the thing itself and by division of the concept resolve its associated ideas, no longer will it be supposed to be anything other than a process of nature. But if …Matched in translationhighshort
α4530Αὐτοτελήςself-sufficient… no appeal to another [suit]. And [it is] absolutely authoritative itself.Matched in translationhighshort
α4070Ἀρχαϊκόνarchaic"Since they understood the simplicity and archaic [nature] of Spyridon's share of piety and moreover his utter ignorance of Greek education, they used to prevent him from going out in public and contending with …Matched in translationhighshort
α3477Ἀπόπειραtrial… fire. Unless it satisfies the test, through which the thing itself is a test, this eagerness only pretends to exist and lies in wait for flighty youthful whims. Me at any rate it hindered, …Matched in translationhighmedium
α1075Ἀλλαρίοις(with) victuals… the particular Makedonios cannot be identified, and the headword noun itself is attested only here and in the parallel entry in ps.-Zonaras.Matched in noteshighshort
α2885Ἁπαλοὶ θερμολουσίαις ἁβροὶ μαλθακευνίαιςsoft men in hot baths [and] delicate men in soft beds… mu 107.) Same entry in other lexica. The headword phrase itself is Comica adespota fr. 56 Kock, now 555 K.-A.; proverbial in the paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort
α3659Ἀποψοφιεῖνto break wind… diapnei=n and a)popnei=n usually mean "to exhale". For farting, pe/rdesqai, itself see alpha 385, alpha 3029, and generally J. Henderson, The Maculate Muse (New Haven 1975) 195-9.Matched in noteshighshort
α2385Ἀνεῖργενhindered… lexica. [2] Same glossing in Photius and elsewhere. The headword itself must be quoted from somewhere. (There are possibilities in Josephus and elsewhere.) [3] Cassius Dio 71.11.Matched in noteshighshort
α1000Ἀκροβυστίαuncircumcision, having a foreskin… recognise three related applications of this headword: to the foreskin itself (in e.g. Genesis 17.11 LXX, Acts 11.3), to the condition of having one (in e.g. Romans 2.25), and, collectively, to the uncircumcised (in …Matched in noteshighshort
α776Ἀκάθαρτοςimpure, unclean, uncleansed[1] While the headword itself could be either masculine or feminine (singular) in gender, this glossing word is feminine. Perhaps, therefore, the origin of the entry -- also in ps.-Zonaras -- was a comment …Matched in noteshighshort
γ499Γυναικὸς ὄλεθροςa woman's ruination[1] cf. Apostolius 5.78 (where the proverb itself is couched in plurals). [2] Appendix Proverbiorum 1.87.Matched in noteshighshort
α2533Ἄνθρωποςman… body in life of the animal, it becomes better than itself, and it becomes prophetic in sleeps, by dreams, and in delirium during illnesses, much more is it improved when it is completely separated …Matched in translationhighmedium
γ112Γελλοῦς παιδοφιλωτέραmore overfond of children than Gello… to Lesbos, and specifically to Sappho; hence the headword phrase itself is regarded as a fragment of Sappho (178 Lobel-Page). Hesychius has two consecutive 'Gello' entries (gamma307-308) of a darker nature: there she is …Matched in noteshighshort
α2235Ἀν' ἑκάστηνon each, on every… alpha 1596 and the note there. As to the quotation itself, Adler cites it as Polybius 36.8.1, but that passage is significantly different. Unidentifiable, rather.Matched in noteshighshort
χ131Χάρμηeagerness for battle, joy in battle… in Homer. Then, by metonymy, xa/rmh could substitute for "battle" itself (ma/xh). Latacz, followed by Chantraine, DELG s.v. xai/rw, insists that the original meaning is 'eagerness for battle' rather than 'enjoyment of' vel sim.Matched in noteshighshort
α1751ἈμφίωνAmphion… man discovered not only the scales but also the lyre itself with them, either by using a rather marvellous intelligence or some divine gift, through an unassisted success? And most of the ancients, especially …Matched in translationhighmedium
γ291Γλίχεταιlongs for… similar in Hesychius, where Latte reasonably suggests that the headword itself is quoted from Demosthenes 18.207 (on Aeschines). [2] Same gloss in Hesychius; Latte there suggests that the participle is quoted from Plato, Phaedo …Matched in noteshighshort
α2640Ἀντεφιλοτιμοῦντοthey were mutual rivals… textual corruption in it, and also suggests that the headword itself is quoted from Gregory of Nazianzus' 4th oration, Against the emperor Julian (4.25 = PG 25,552c). See also Aelian, Varia Historia 7.2, on …Matched in noteshighshort
α4214Ἀσπονδείwithout libation, without a truce… 'enemies' is taken to be part of the glossing. 'Implacable' itself is taken to be quoted from the New Testament (2 Timothy 3.3). [2] Presumably Thucydides 2.22.2 (web address 1 below). [3] Quoted from …Matched in noteshighshort
α765Ἄθυμοςdejected, fainthearted… Thus the glossing here, o( leluphme/nos, indicates that the headword itself has been quoted from somewhere else; and in fact that gloss occurs in the scholia to Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 319, where masculine a)/qumos …Matched in noteshighshort