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δ1497ΔράκωνDrakon, Draco; dragon, snake[Drakon,] grandson of Hippocrates, the famous physician; son of Thessalos. He was the father of Hippocrates, who again had a son Drakon, also a physician, [the one] who healed Rhoxane while she was living …Matched in translationhighmedium
α1759Ἀμφιρύτηsea-girt… Epigrams: "sea-girt Cos, yet again you bear sorrow, as for Hippocrates."Matched in translationhighshort
α4705Ἄχναιfoam, down… the phrase] "fire's foam", [meaning] smoke. And "sleep's foam", [as] Hippocrates says, and "hunger's foam". It also indicates fine lint.

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Drakon, Draco; dragon, snake

[Drakon,] grandson of Hippocrates, the famous physician; son of Thessalos. He was the father of Hippocrates, who again had a son Drakon, also a physician, [the one] who healed Rhoxane while she was living with Alexander…

Δράκων, υἱιδοῦς Ἱπποκράτους, τοῦ διασήμου ἰατροῦ, ἀπὸ Θεσσαλοῦ· πατὴρ δὲ Ἱπποκράτους· οὗ πάλιν γέγονε Δράκων, ἰατρὸς καὶ αὐτός, ὃς Ῥωξάνην ἰάτρευσε, συνοικοῦσαν Ἀλεξάνδρῳ τῷ Μακε-…

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αι246Αἰόλλειturns, variegates… belongs to the medical verb ai)ola/omai, used only in the Hippocratic Corpus at De mulierum affectibus (On women’s disorders) 2.174b. The best-known use of the headword is the one cited above: Homer, Odyssey 20.27, …Matched in noteshighshort

αι255Αἰώνaion, eon, age, marrow… the Creation to the general Resurrection. (v) spinal marrow (citing Hippocrates). [3] Psalm 89.8 LXX.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1631Δυσηνίουςhard to bridle, hard to rein, refractory… is normally used, as indicated, of unbroken horses, although in Hippocrates and Galen it can mean a state of affliction in human beings. Also, it is used in many authors in figurative senses (intractable, …Matched in noteshighshort

ε513Ἐκνεφίαςcloud-produced… medical texts, is illustrated by Galen, Linguarum seu dictionum exoletarum Hippocratis explicatio, vol 19.96.5 Kuehn, where e)knefi/as o)/mbros is "the rain coming with sun" (evidently mentioned for its influence on human health: cf. Oribasius …Matched in noteshighshort