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ε2605ἘπίσταθμοςquartermasterIsocrates in [the] Panegyrikos [writes]: "Hekatomnos the quartermaster of Karia". [sc. This is a man] who was nothing short of master in the satrapy of Karia.Matched in translationhighshort
α2275ἈνεξάλειπτοςindelibleThe headword adjective is first attested in Isocrates 5.71. See also alpha 2034, tau 882.Matched in noteshighshort
α3383Ἀπολελοιπότεςhaving left behindThe headword (quoted from Isocrates: see below) is perfect active participle, masculine nominative plural, of a)polei/pw. The entry derives from Harpokration s.v. (virtually verbatim, though see note below). [1] Not "Socrates", as the transmitted …Matched in noteshighshort
λ506Λιγυρώτατονmost shrill, very shrill… singular or masculine accusative singular; evidently quoted from somewhere (perhaps Isocrates, Letters 4.4).Matched in noteshighshort
ε2301ἘπιδοκιμάζωI make trial of [someone or something on behalf of someone else]… here, it is attested only once, in a quotation from Isocrates 2 (To Nicocles) 28 in the Anthology of Joannes Stobaeus, with the present participle e)pidokima/zontas. The transmitted text of Isocrates, however, has there …Matched in noteshighshort
γ388ΓοργίαςGorgias… pupil of Empedocles, and teacher of Polus of Acragas, Pericles, Isocrates and Alcidamas of Elea, who succeeded him as head of his school. He was the brother of the doctor Herodicus. Porphyry places him …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε2354Ἐπικαρπίαςfruits, products… perhaps Attic oratory, where there are several instances: Andocides 1.92, Isocrates 8.125, Demosthenes 29.60.Matched in noteshighshort
α904Ἀκμήmoment, point, still… and youth. But "akme of opportunity" [means] good fortune. Thus Isocrates [writes]: "[it is best] to grasp the akme of the opportunities." It is also taken to mean e)/ti ["yet, still"]. Thus Hyperides [sc. …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε3653Εὐπλοῆσαιto have a good voyage… must be quoted somewhere -- perhaps the maxim preserved as Isocrates fr. 25: "to have a good voyage needs a [sc. good] steersman and wind, but to be happy needs [sc. good] reasoning and …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2864Ἐπρυτάνευσεpresided over… not have it, and there is another good candidate in Isocrates 4.121. [2] Though this quotation is otherwise unattested, the name Stryngaios (again sigma 1230) creates a link with Ctesias FGrH 688 F7 and …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1851ἘξωρχησάμηνI danced out, I expressed, I revealed… (epsilon 3047 etc.). For the metic Poulytion (sic) see e.g. Isocrates 16.6; Andocides 1.12 & 14; Plutarch, Alcibiades 19.2; Pausanias 1.2.5.Matched in noteshighshort
δ234Δεξιόςclever… himself to the situation. This Theramenes was a teacher of Isocrates; [he was the] son of Hagnon, of the deme of Steiria. He committed many crimes, but two are the greatest and most shocking: …Matched in translationhighmedium

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