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200 entries for Polybius

  1. κ2047ΚόννουςtrinketsThe headword, evidently extracted from the quotation carelessly given (Polybius 10.18.6, web address 1), is accusative plural of the noun ko/nnos (in Polybius ko/nos). [1] (Carthaginian) girls in Polybius. [2] A word otherwise unattested; …Matched in noteshighshort
  2. α2008Ἀναπείραιςwith exercises… the quotation given, is dative plural of alpha 2006. [1] Polybius 10.20.6, on P. Cornelius Scipio Africanus in Spain.Matched in noteshighshort
  3. ε1782Ἐξοδίαexpedition… headword see also epsilon 1783. [1] Also spelled e)codei/a. [2] Polybius 8.24.4, abridged: web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort
  4. δ1565Δυεῖνtwo… du/o, instead of duoi=n (for which see delta 1584). [1] Polybius fr. 32 Büttner-Wobst. [2] Polybius fr. 33 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (p. 518) that Dindorf, followed by Schweighäuser, rejected this fragment.Matched in noteshighshort
  5. β131Βαρυνόμενοςweighed-down… middle/passive participle, is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Polybius 23.12.1, on the last days of Philopoimen (phi 409), which entailed a hurried journey from Argos [Myth, Place] to Megalopolis - see delta …Matched in noteshighshort
  6. κ638Κατάλυσιςlodgings[1] Polybius 8.31.5, on Hannibal in Tarentum (213/12 BCE). Tarentum (Taras) is present-day Taranto, in Puglia, southern Italy; cf. tau 112 and tau 113.Matched in noteshighshort
  7. ε2903Ἐργαστήριονworkshop[1] No equivalent glossing in other lexica. [3] Polybius 10.20.7. The phrase invoked comes from Xenophon, Agesilaus 1.26 (web address 1 -- itself an echo of Hellenica 3.4.17), and it became quasi-proverbial; besides Polybius, …Matched in noteshighshort
  8. α2797Ἀνυστικωτέραmore effective… The headword is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Polybius 8.3.3, on the celebrated Roman siege of Syracuse (Sicily) in 213-211 BCE. Walbank (below) ad loc. calls this "a favourite theme" in Polybius; …Matched in noteshighshort
  9. β421ΒουκάραςBoukaras, Bucaras[1] An approximation of Polybius 1.75.8-9; quoted from tau 305. This river, at the isthmus connecting Carthage to the rest of Libya, is better known as the Bagradas (or Macaras, Barrington Atlas map 32 …Matched in noteshighshort
  10. δ958Διεσκευασμένηνprepared… singular, of the verb diaskeua/zw; see also delta 756. [1] Polybius 7.14.1b, a fragment preserved via the Excerpta Constantiniana; cf. Livy 24.31.6.Matched in noteshighshort
  11. α1868Ἀναζυγαῖςwithdrawals… 40.38), though perhaps [DW] there is a likelier instance in Polybius (5.52.3). [2] Polybius 5.110.5. Kephallenia (Cephalonia, Kephalonia, Cephallania; cf. kappa 1448; Barrington Atlas map 54 grid C5) is the largest Ionian island off …Matched in noteshighshort
  12. α1847Ἀναδέξασθαιto await… quotation given. [1] Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler tentatively suggested Aelian.) [2] Polybius 1.52.8. [3] Polybius fr. 100 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (p. 528) that Casaubon attributed the fragment to Polybius.Matched in noteshighshort
  13. α3625Ἀπουρώσανταςhaving followed a foul wind… of a)pouro/w -- is extracted from the quotation given. [1] Polybius 16.15.4. The Loeb translator, W.R. Paton, misunderstands the sense of the verb here ("favoured by the wind"); see rather LSJ s.v. (web address …Matched in noteshighshort
  14. ε389Ἐκδέχῃyou take… quotation given. cf. epsilon 386, epsilon 387, epsilon 388. [1] Polybius 10.18.12 (old woman to Scipio Africanus, after his capture of New Carthage in 209 BCE). [2] Likewise in syntactical lexica.Matched in noteshighshort
  15. δ987Διεψευσμένοιdeceived… is perfect passive participle, masculine nominative plural, of diayeu/dw. [2] Polybius fr. 30 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst inserted (p. 518) oi( *ai)twloi/ (the Aetolians), into the fragment, which Adler here transmits. [3] Polybius 3.16.5; cf. kappa …Matched in noteshighshort
  16. ε2564Ἐπισημήνασθαιto have signified, to have sanctioned, to have validated, to have remarked upon… epsilon 2562). It is presumably quoted from somewhere -- perhaps Polybius (9.8.1, 10.41.6, 28.12.9), given his prominence in the rest of the entry. [1] The gloss is the aorist active infinitive of the verb …Matched in noteshighshort
  17. α2098Ἀνατάσειςthreats… (if not demonstrably) extracted from the first quotation given. [1] Polybius fr. 108 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes that Casaubon attributed this fragment to Polybius (p. 529). Bernhardy emended the fragment, deleting kai\ a)peilh/seis, and intimidations, …Matched in noteshighshort
  18. δ735Δίαρσιςraising-up… given, where it occurs in the phrase e)k dia/rsews. [1] Polybius 2.33.5 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
  19. κ812Καταταχήσωνintending to speed away… For this verb see also kappa 811, kappa 814. [2] Polybius 1.47.8-9 (abridged and, in the final phrase, modified), on Hannibal "the Rhodian" at Lilybaion during the First Punic War.Matched in noteshighshort
  20. α691Ἀΐσσουσινthey dart… (web address 1 below); cf. alpha 4349, eta 147. [2] Polybius 36.8.7. The syntax of the sentence that follows is confused and may not represent Polybius's original wording. See F.W. Walbank, A Historical Commentary …Matched in noteshighshort
  21. α2298Ἀνεπισταθμεύτουςbilleting-exempt… masculine accusative plural, is extracted from the quotation given. [1] Polybius 15.24.3, with the name "Philip" [= Philip V of Macedon, on whom see generally OCD(4) p.1129] added here for clarity. There is a …Matched in noteshighshort
  22. ε2608Ἐπίστασιςattention, pause for reflection, observation… his army in May 218 BCE. [2] An approximation of Polybius 11.2.4 (web address 1). [3] Polybius fr. 149 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (p. 533) that this fragment was attributed to Polybius by Ursinus (Fulvio …Matched in noteshighshort
  23. α2910Ἀπαξίωσιςcontempt… presumably generated by its dative in the quotation given. [1] Polybius fr. 10 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst (p. 515), citing Niese (p. 468 and p. 779), notes that this fragment seems to pertain to the campaign …Matched in noteshighshort
  24. α2080Ἀνάστασιςdestruction… the source appears, rather, to be Appian (Punica 106). For Polybius (36.16) see mu 245, and the next note. [3] As the mu 244 entry (where this sentence reappears) shows, this is a textually …Matched in noteshighshort
  25. δ513Διαβιασάμενοςhaving overcome by force… thus an odd match with the aorist middle headword. [2] Polybius 23.12.2, on Philopoemen (cf. beta 131, phi 409); text at web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort
  26. ε3102Ἐρύκεινto curb, to keep away… in Hesychius and the second in Etymologicum Magnum 378.22. [3] Polybius fr. 45 Büttner-Wobst; cf. kappa 2759 (end).Matched in noteshighshort
  27. δ733Δίαρμαpassage by sea[1] Polybius 10.8.2, on New Carthage (web address 1). [2] Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler mentions Toup's attribution of the passage to Polybius, but it does not appear in the standard texts.) [3] Or "blocked," as …Matched in noteshighmedium
  28. δ1691Δυσποτμότερονmore ill-fated, rather ill-fated… cf. the scholia to Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1211. [3] Polybius 33.17.1 (of the Rhodians in the mid C2 BCE).Matched in noteshighshort
  29. μ243ΜασαισύλιονMasaisylian, MasaesylianOf north Africa. See e.g. Polybius 3.33.15, 16.23.6; Strabo 2.5.33, 17.3.15; mentioned also in Plutarch and Polyaenus. This entry is repeated as mu 246. Perhaps [NF] because, besides the Masaisylioi, there was also a …Matched in noteshighshort
  30. α3465Ἀποξυστροῦνταιthey are bent awry… headword verb is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Polybius 2.33.3. The note on this in F.W. Walbank, A Historical Commentary on Polybius, i (Oxford 1957) 209 adds, to necessary reference material on …Matched in noteshighshort

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