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χ418ΧοσρόηςChosroes, Khosrau, Khosraw… teachings of Plato the son of Ariston; neither could the Timaeus elude him, even though it is very much embellished with geometrical speculation and investigates the movements of nature, nor could the Phaedo or …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ1535Δρόμοις[in] races… King Ptolemy II Euergetes (SIG 463.14). Note, nevertheless, that in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon the gloss is simply toi=s gumnasi/ois, suggesting a wider application. (Plato, Phaedrus 227A-B, perhaps lies behind Timaeus' entry.) [2] The quotation …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ368Δεισιδαιμονίαfear of the gods, piety, superstition… aiming at great things." And Polybius of Megalopolis says concerning Timaeus: "he demonstrated great cleverness and audacity in accusing his neighbors, but in his own denials he is full of dreams and marvels and …

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The Persians' king. "They praise him and they wonder at his merit -- not [only] the Persians, but even some of the Romans -- since (they say) he was a lover of literature and came to mastery of our philosophy, when the…

Χοσρόης· ὁ Περσῶν βασιλεύς. ὑμνοῦσιν αὐτὸν καὶ ἄγανται πέρα τῆς ἀξίας μὴ ὅτι οἱ Πέρσαι, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἔνιοι τῶν Ῥωμαίων, ὡς λόγων ἐραστὴν καὶ φιλοσοφίας τῆς παρ' ἡμῖν ἐς ἄκρον ἐλθόντα,…

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δ1319Δογματίζειdogmatizes, sets forth dogma… correct to him, he revealed them through four characters, Socrates, Timaeus, the Athenian stranger, [the Eleatic stranger]. And the strangers are not, as some have understood, Plato and Parmenides, but nameless creations. Concerning dogmas. …Matched in translationhighmedium

α1023Ἀκροχειρίζεσθαιto struggle at arms length… wrestling (pi 11). [2] Same material in other lexica, including Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon; also in the scholia to [Plato], Alcibiades 1 107E, from where the headword is evidently quoted. [3] Abbreviated from Pausanias 6.4.1-3. …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1150ἈλευάδαιAleuadai, Aleuadae, AleuadsSame entry in other lexica, including Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon. From the scholia to Plato, Meno 70B, where the headword occurs. cf. under epsilon 3952 and sigma 438, and see generally OCD(4) p.55.Matched in noteshighshort

α1267ἌλθαινοςAlthainos, Althaenus… Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon. Probably in Apulia (SE Italy). See Timaeus FGrH 566 F56a (from a scholion on Lycophron, Alexandra 1050) and b.Matched in noteshighshort

α1357Ἁλουργάsea-wrought… with the same or similar glossing in other lexica, including Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon; it is very probably quoted from Plato, Republic 429D. [2] Greek Anthology 6.292.1 (Hedylus); cf. lambda 63, mu 1136. On this …Matched in noteshighshort

α1735ἈμφικτυόνεςAmphiktyons, AmphictyonsSame entry in Photius and (with one minor difference) in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon; Hesychius has the same headword with a more specific gloss, referring to Delphi. See more fully under the next entry, alpha …Matched in noteshighshort

α2157Ἀνδραποδώδη τρίχαslavish hair[1] Same material in Photius, and in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon; prompted by Plato, Alcibiades 1.120B; see already under alpha 2156. [2] Quotation unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort

α3313Ἄποθενaway, far from… Kaldellis (57) and additional background at alpha 3380. [4] From Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon, where however (as Adler's apparatus notes) the first word is corrected to a)mo/qen. This is evidently because the Platonic phrase deemed …Matched in noteshighshort

α3586Ἀποτεθρίακενhas unpetalled… Haven 1975) 118, #37. [2] (cf. tau 237.) Likewise in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon, and similarly in Photius and elsewhere. This participle, transmitted here as a)poteqruwme/noi, is actually a)poteqrumme/noi, quoted from Plato, Republic 495E; see …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3775Ἀργιλλώδηςclayey, clay-like… Ambrosian Lexicon. [2] Likewise or similarly in other lexica, including Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon. Perhaps stemming from the Arabian and Syrian gh=n ... a)rgilwdeste/rhn in Herodotus 2.12.3. [3] Greek Anthology 7.194.3 (Mnasalces), an epitaph for …Matched in noteshighshort

α3790ἈργυρῖνοιArgurinoi, Argurini, ArguriniansOf Epeiros (NW Greece). See Stephanus of Byzantium s.v., citing Timaeus and others.Matched in noteshighshort

β104Βαρβαρίζειbehaves like a barbarian[1] Same gloss in Timaeus, Platonic Lexicon, and Photius, Lexicon beta63; cf. generally alpha 3728. On the concept of "barbarian" in Greek thought, see OCD(4) s.v. (p.223). [2] Plato, Alcibiades 1 120B, where the …Matched in noteshighshort

δ774Διασφάξcleft[1] Likewise in other lexica, including Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon. That work does not confine itself to Plato, however, so there is no call to doubt the assertion in (e.g.) Philoxenus and the Lexicon Vindobonense …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1229Διώκεινto prosecute, to pursue… For the sense of searching for something, investigating, see Plato, Timaeus 46E ta\s prw/tas ai)ti/as, "the primary causes". The meaning of the word in the passage about to be quoted in this entry is …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1355ΔομνῖνοςDomninos, Domninus… Asmus). For other sources on Domninos see Proclus, In Platonis Timaeum 78, 34b; Marinus, Vita Procli 36. [3] This parenthetical phrase recurs (faultily) at pi 2367. [4] cf. delta 520. [5] cf. pi 2648.Matched in noteshighlong

ε1408Ἐνωμοτίαenomotia… by a glossator to Herodotus 1.65.5.) [3] Etymology as in Timaeus, Platonic Lexicon epsilon985b10. See also e.g. Hesychius epsilon3464, ta/cis tis dia\ sfagi/wn e)nw/motos. [4] (For the lochos see lambda 706, lambda 718, lambda …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2171Ἐπηλυγάζονταιthey are being obfuscated… = Hesychius epsilon4553, possibly deriving from the scholia to Thucydides. Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon offers the same glosses in reverse order. This form of the headword does not occur in the received text of Plato …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2387Ἐπίκλητοςextraneous; far-fetched… 1.5). [2] Polybius 8.11.2, in one of his tirades against Timaeus (tau 602).Matched in noteshighshort

χ10Χαλαστραῖονchalastraion, Chalastra-sodaLikewise or similarly in other lexica, including Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon, and cf. also a scholion on Plato, Republic 4.430A, where the genitive case of the headword occurs. [1] Sodium carbonate. See LSJ s.v. ni/tron …Matched in noteshighshort