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α4374Ἀτοπίας πλέων πρᾶγμαa matter full of absurdity… at nu 222). The phrase "full of absurdity" (without "a matter") comes from Aristophanes, Frogs 1372, where "of a marvel" is a scholiast's gloss. [2] Part of Menander Protector fr. 9.1 Blockley (102-103), on …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ515Διαγεγονότοςelapsed, gone through, surviving… the concept of “scientific precision”: see n.3), this may be material excerpted from a philosophic text of the early Byzantine period.Matched in noteshighshort
α314Ἄγοςpollution, leaderThe opening material here is also in Photius and other lexica. [1] The second gloss here is a mistake (perhaps by confusion with the following entry, where the same word, a)gkw/n, is translated 'embrace'). …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2657Ἐπιτακτικῶςperemptorily… Greek, the difference between headword and gloss is merely a matter of prepositional prefix (epi- or pros-). For the latter adverb cf. under alpha 2096, delta 1489, iota 683. [1] Diodorus Siculus 28.15.2 (via …Matched in noteshighshort
δ654Διαμησάμενοςhaving cut through… Photius edition, vol.II p.LXXXIX. Favuzzi (below) 219-221 takes up the matter more fully, seeking to determine how far Zonaras preserves Dio's ipsissima verba. [3] Polybius 3.55.6 (abridged and paraphrased), on Hannibal's crossing of the …Matched in noteshighshort
λ384Λειποναῦταιnavy-desertersThe unglossed headword is nominative plural of the noun leiponau/ths. It appears in the accusative plural in the quotation given. The word is otherwise unattested in this leip- form. Pollux 8.40, 42-43 suggests that …Matched in noteshighshort
δ818Διαφέρωνcarrying out; exceptional… site of modern Hvar, on the south coast, remains a matter of scholarly dispute (Walbank, p. 330).Matched in noteshighshort
δ1596Δυσαρεστούμενοςdispleased… wall (cf. Thucydides 1.10), but the hellenistic period was another matter: a rudimentary ditch-and-palisade was built in c.317 (Diodorus Siculus 18.75.2, 19.35.1), and the (authentic) circuit-wall referred to here had been built by Nabis …Matched in noteshighshort
ει132Εἵλωςhelot… Strabo 8.5.2, etc. The derivation of 'heilos' is still a matter of debate, as to whether it is from the place-name or from the root hel-, 'take', found in ei(=lon, the aorist of ai(re/w. …Matched in noteshighshort
α836Ἀκέραιοςuncorrupted, intact, fresh, unblemished… unaffected by wounds to body or spirit, unpolluted by extraneous matter' or 'in a state not affected by previous experiences or failures'. The adjective is not derived from the root of mixing seen in …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2174ΚούβρικοςKoubrikos, Cubricus, The Pious, Mani; Manichaean… not necessarily -– accepted today as the facts of the matter. See the the bibliography, together with the Gnostic Society Library site at web address 1 (which also contains translations of Augustine’s chief doctrinal …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1108Δίκροταdikrota, two-banked… the human pulse in all of Galen's treatises on this matter, and also in Byzantine medical literature. However, the connection with oared ships is already evident in Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 408, and in …Matched in noteshighshort
μ618ΜένωνMenon, Meno… illustrate the villainy (panourgi/a, willingness to undertake any act no matter how immoral) of Meno. The mss have "friendship" in the preceding subordinate clause in the dative of manner (fili/a|, 'in friendship/love'): 'When there …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε1158Ἐνδελεχισμόςpersistence… in other lexica. [2] (cf. e.g. Exodus 29.38 LXX.) This material comes from George the Monk, Chronicon 412.4-7. [3] An approximation and abridgement of Procopius, Secret History 6.2-3 (web address 1), Justin (cf. iota …Matched in noteshighshort
γ478ΓύλωνGylon… name.' Gylon, an Athenian of the deme Kerameis, was the maternal grandfather of the orator Demosthenes (delta 454), and the Suda's material here stems from anti-Demosthenes material in Aeschines 3.171-2 (web address 1). 'Kleoboulos' …Matched in noteshighshort
ν222Νεοχμόςnovel… 145 (q.v.). [3] Aristophanes, Frogs 1371-2 (web address 1), with material deriving from the scholia there. (The phrase "novel monster" had already appeared in Thesmophoriazusae 701, but with the adjective first.) For "full of …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1113ΚάτωνCatoThe entry brings together biographical material on two stages in the long life of Marcus Porcius Cato Censorinus (234-149; see generally OCD(4) pp.1188-9.) Passage 1 derives from Appian, Iberica 160; for passage 2, a …Matched in noteshighmedium
ι114Ἰδιόξενοςprivate guest-friend… pi 2539, pi 2540, delta 1399, xi 45. [1] This material is also in Photius (Lexicon iota25 Theodoridis), and is paralleled elsewhere. Agamemnon's (alpha 140) family originated in Lydia. [2] Appian, Basilica 6.1.Matched in noteshighmedium
ε1002ἘμπεδοκλῆςEmpedokles, Empedocles… also epsilon 1003, epsilon 1004, and under epsilon 1001. The material of the present entry is drawn largely from Diogenes Laertius. [1] Or "Exainetos": Inwood and others (from Satyrus ap. DL 8.53). Xenetos is …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1423ἈλυάττηςAlyattes… Be that as it may, is the source of this material still Nicolaus? Jacoby thought so; but Adler's paragraphing -- reproduced here -- signals a new source, and Paradiso [below] convincingly identifies it as …Matched in noteshighmedium
ω183ὨριγένηςOrigen… This Gnosticism taught its adherents to free their souls from material constraints so as to seek a union with God through a spiritual ascent. See the Catholic Encyclopedia entry on Marcionites at web address …Matched in noteshighlong
δ1585ΔυρράχιονDyrrachion, Dyrrachium, Durrachium… of this entry see delta 1586. [1] For this same material in reverse see epsilon 2277.Matched in noteshighshort
α2281Ἀνεξυνοῦτοused to consultFor this material see already alpha 1925. [1] Xenophon, Hellenica 1.1.30, on Hermocrates (where in fact the manuscripts have not the present headword but its gloss: see web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
δ461Δημοσίων πραγμάτων διοικητήςadministrator of public affairs… pragma/twn kai\ tw=n i)di/wn pa/ntwn; "I am curator of public matters and of all the private ones" (web address 1). The gloss develops the sycophant's thought; he is claiming to be a model volunteer …Matched in noteshighshort
αι333ΑἴσωποςAesop, Aisopos, AesopusC1 BCE; FGrH 187a. Material repeated at iota 783 and pi 148. [1] 'Mithridates/Mithradates' was the name of six kings of Pontus in Asia Minor: see OCD(4) s.v. Mithradates (pp.963-4), and mu 1044. This …Matched in noteshighshort
λ70ΛακρατίδηςLakratides, Lacratides; LakrateidesThe principal source of this material is a fragment of Philochorus (FGrH 328 F202) preserved in the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 220. Develin (below) 48 dates Lakrateides -- the most authentic version of his …Matched in noteshighshort
α321Ἀγωγήdeportment, carriage, upbringing[1] Same or similar material in other lexica; references at Photius alpha303 Theodoridis. [2] From the Commentary on Aristotle's Topica by Alexander of Aphrodisias (423.20-424.2); it continues the material begun under alpha 320. [3] …Matched in noteshighshort
δ80Δασμολογίαdasmos-collection, tribute-collectionSame material, variously, in other lexica. Both dasmo/s and fo/ros are Greek words for "tribute", i.e. money (or equivalent) paid to a superior power. The different overtones of each word are hard to convey …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1208ΔιοσκόριοςDioskorios, Dioscorius… (5). Brother of Nicolaus (nu 394 = nu 395). This material reappears under theta 530. [1] In Lycia (Barrington Atlas map 65 grid C5). [2] [lambda 267] Leon.Matched in noteshighshort
α82Ἁβροδιαίτῃwith luxurious living… e.g. alpha 70 and alpha 73. [2] Same or similar material in other lexica. [3] Menander Protector fr. 15.1 Blockley (148-149), from the emperor Justin II's letter to his generals, admonishing them for delaying …Matched in noteshighshort