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κ2198Κούφη γῆ τοῦτον καλύπτοιmay light earth cover him, may the earth covering him be lightMeaning hanging [sc. in space]. Earth is called "lighter than earth," not being light in a plain sense; and fire [is called] "heavier than fire," not being heavy in a plain sense; but that …Matched in translationhighmedium
χ5Χάλαζαhail, hailstorm… through the air by the wind and carried down to earth. But snow [is] moisture, frozen out of a cloud. Hailstorms: they are freezings of the moisture overhead in the air, above the earth; …Matched in translationhighmedium
χ84ΧάοςChaos… Chaos, Night, black Erebus, and broad Tartarus. There was neither earth, nor air, nor heaven. Black-winged Night begat the first wind-egg in the boundless bosom of Erebus. And after the cycles of the years, …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2558Κοινόνcommon, ordinary… application: (i) what is divisible into parts, such as the earth obtained by allotment; (ii) what is indivisible, [such as] what is taken for common usage; (iii) what is appropriated to oneself with anticipation …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ1504Δραπέτης κλῆροςrunaway lot… of Aristodemus: that Cresphontes wickedly threw a moist lump of earth into the water-pot when lots were cast for Messenia. Sophocles [writes]: "not tossing the lot as a runaway down in the middle [...], …Matched in translationhighmedium
α4509Αὐτομαχεῖνto fight one's own battle… au)tomaxh=sai: when someone lays claim to a house or a plot of land, and the seller is of sufficient means to appear [sc. to be able] to pay the penalty and to settle the …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ808ΛύκιςLykis… of being a frigid poet. Aristophanes [writes] : "why on earth should I have carried these bags, if I shall be doing none of the things Phrynichus created, and Lykis and Ameipsias". So these …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ467Ληρεῖςyou are babbling[Meaning] you are chattering. Aristophanes [writes]: "what on earth are you babbling about? It's as if you've fallen off a donkey!" They also say: "off the top of your head." And elsewhere: "you are …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε2978Ἐριβρεμέταςloud-thundering… indeed those [words] at the beginning of the Prometheus: "To earth's remotest limit we come, to the Scythian land, an untrodden solitude. And now, Hephaestus, yours is the charge to observe the mandates laid …Matched in translationhighmedium
α1183Ἀληλεσμένονground-up… change of life, previously wild and thorny, before tending the earth and seeds came about. Hence from this care came the saying a)lhlesme/non bi/on.Matched in translationhighmedium
ε55Ἔγγειονearthly, landed, terrestrial[Meaning] on land, dry. The Pisidian [writes]: "having traversed this route of exile, o most powerful one, like a terrestrial road." [sc. Another illustration of] e)/ggeion: "he allotted the territory, giving to each a …Matched in headwordhighmedium
δ1093Δίκηςof justice… For those who respect her - he says - the Earth and even their own family burst with goods, and the sea supplies to them, and very lavishly, all of the things it brings …Matched in translationhighmedium
ι446ἸουστινιανόςIoustinianos, Iustinianus, Justinian… has gained dominion over the world. The sphere [represents] the earth because of its spherical shape; faith [is represented by] the cross because of God who was nailed to it in the flesh. He …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε3605ΕὔξενοςEuxenos, Euxenus… especially when they see them gluttonous and flying towards the earth because of the smell of meat: so also Apollonios attended to Euxenos while he was still a child and was led by him …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε2406ἘπίκουροςEpicurus, Epikouros… strike each other and that, when they are separated, air, earth, and the sea are produced from them, and then minglings and conjunctions are dissolved and disappear completely into atoms. [These doctrines also maintain …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ267ΛέωνLeon, Leo… [to do it], and stockpiles the gold from all the earth to deposit only for his personal wealth, while causing the cities to be drained of the prosperous abundance which they had before so …Matched in translationhighmedium
α104Ἄβυσσονabyss… and small seas, David naturally called this [i.e., abyss] the earth's surrounding garment. Also, "abyss calls to abyss", the same prophet says, meaning figuratively military divisions and the excessive size of the multitude. "I …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2148Κόσμοςuniverse, world… 'universe' as well, or a structure composed out of heaven, earth, and the natures contained in them. Or a structure composed from elements and men, and from the things produced for the sake of …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2258Κώμηvillage, neighborhood… group of words including xw=ma, xo/w, xw/nnumi, involving piles of earth. [2] cf. kappa 2260, kappa 2263. [3] Third person singular, aorist, of kwma/zw "I carouse, I burst in on," extracted from the quotation …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε953Ἔμβολονwedge, wedge-formation… (98a Jacoby=68a-b Theiler), in reference to the shape of the earth. [3] i.e. the iron (or bronze) tip of a ram (epsilon 952, and cf. epsilon 949). [4] Diodorus Siculus 31.5.3 (via the Excerpta …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1205ΔιοσημείαZeus-omen, Zeus-sign… that [phenomenon] is called dioshmi/a". Some natural phenomena, such as earthquakes, thunders and storms, were held by the Athenians to be bad omens, so that they would interrupt an assembly and suspend a deliberation …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε760Ἐλάχιστοςthe least [thing]Thus Christ named earthly wealth. For He says: "he [who is] trustworthy in the least [thing]." That is, he who knows well how to live and spends his earthly wealth -- which [Christ] also …Matched in translationhighmedium
μ172ΜαξιμῖνοςMaximinus… conscience. He killed the majority of them through suspicion of plots against him. Ruling the east, he made excessive displays of his foul and unnatural acts and particularly a cruel and inhuman persecution against …Matched in translationhighmedium
α3909ἈρίστιπποςAristippos, Aristippus… cast off what's weighing you down." When he was being plotted against on a voyage he cast into the sea the things on account of which he was being conveyed. "For," he said, "the …Matched in translationhighmedium
η60ἩγίαςHegias… large fortune of which he was master and who were plotting [against him] with the support of the established order; for there was in Hegias something of Theagenes' magnanimous nature in his benefactions; but …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε3046ἙρμογένηςHermogenes… [2] Probably the Athenian Stoic mentioned in Porphyry, Life of Plotinus 20 (RE Musonios (17)). This and other details in the present article are discussed in Heath (1998). [3] Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists …Matched in noteshighmedium