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β82Βαλίανdappled… winds of dappled breezes". That is, those blowing excessively. From Synesius the Cyrenaean. And elsewhere: "hunting its dappled fellows in a wood's pasturage; for you withdrew at the last into the way of Acheron."Matched in translationhighshort
ε713Ἔκφοροςcarried-away[1] Synesius, Epistle 130. In a similar entry the Lexicon Vindobonense (epsilon183) attributes this quotation explicitly to Synesius. A. Fitzgerald translates: "I feel that I am not master of my grief ..." (web address …Matched in noteshighshort
ε425Ἐκκείμεθαwe lie exposed[1] Synesius, Epistle 95 (233B), which contains the headword (first-person plural, present indicative, of e)/kkeimai). In the translation of A. Fitzgerald (web address 1): "... you [my brother] are the only person in the …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3032ἙρμαῖόνHermes-gift, godsend… by Adler, but identifiable via the TLG as one from Synesius, Letter 131 (p.226.7-9 Garzya). See on this Theodoridis' Photius edition, vol.II p.XCVI. Synesius' point is that the wicked enrich themselves by taking advantage …Matched in noteshighshort
κ597Κατακώχιμοιpossessed… quotation. cf. generally kappa 594, kappa 595, kappa 596. [1] Synesius, Dio 18 (PG 66.1161c).Matched in noteshighshort
ε1851ἘξωρχησάμηνI danced out, I expressed, I revealed[1] Synesius, Epistle 137.273b. The headword is aorist of e)corxe/omai, first person singular. Contrary to his usual reticence, Synesius spoke freely about philosophy when he had only just met Herculian, the addressee of this …Matched in noteshighshort
α2110Ἀνατρητοὺς ἐμβάδαςworn-through shoesThe headword phrase, accusative plural, comes from Synesius' Letter 52 (where it may mean shoes with holes for laces). See web address 1. [1] Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 847 (a line split between Chremes and …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1539Δρῶπαξpitch-plaster, depilatory… the headword. For such a condition cf. sigma 1109. [2] Synesius, Praise of Baldness PG 66.1188cd.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1165Ἐνδεῖκταιcomplainants, informers… e.g. Aristotle, History of Animals 605a3; also in Galen). [2] Synesius, Letter 118.9 (256b). See translation at web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort
ε383Ἐκ γειτόνωνfrom neighbors, in the neighborhood[1] Synesius, Letters 142.278D Hercher, on one who avoids arrogance. See translation at web address 1. See generally alpha 1056 for a)lazonei/a "arrogance, boastfulness" and mu 371 for megalofrosu/nh "pride, high-mindedness." For the idiom …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3371Εὐανθὴς γλῶσσαflowery tongue… used to gloss it here. Bernhardy attributed the gloss to Synesius or Damascius; Adler suggests a scholion on Gregory of Nazianzus.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2768Ἐπιχειλέςrim-full… must be quoted from somewhere else. An extant possibility is Synesius, Dion 14.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1830Κλῴζεταιis hooted atSynesius, Egyptians or On Providence 1.13 (PG 66.1244a); cf. "all the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players." *klw/zein (no iota subscript) is properly the sound made by jackdaws; figuratively …Matched in noteshighshort
ε946Ἔμβιονlife-giving… of Antiphon (87 F15 D-K) is quoted and glossed. [2] Synesius, Letter 146 (282D Hercher). A. Fitzgerald translates: "... [your letter] bore some vital affection of the soul which it has instilled into me …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1122Ἐναπομόργνυνταιthey are imparted… virginity 71; Porphyry, Sententiae 29.12; Proclus, Eclogae fr.3.24; Stobaeus 1.49.55; Synesius, On insomnia 7.24, 19.17.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1531ΚῆραςKeres, deities of death… is accusative plural, presumably extracted from the quotation given. [2] Synesius, Dio 1 (PG 66.1117c-d); see already beta 86.Matched in noteshighshort
α3388Ἀπὸ λεπτοῦ μίτου τὸ ζῆν ἠρτῆσθαιlife has hung by a fragile thread… extracted from the quotation given, is a perfect infinitive. [1] Synesius, Letter 4 (p.162a Hercher), narrative of a shipwreck: translation by A. Fitzgerald at web address 1 (see paragraph 14).Matched in noteshighshort
ι690Ἱστίον σαπρόνa ragged sail… also iota 689, iota 691, iota 692, iota 693. [2] Synesius, Dio PG 66.1117b.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1996Κομῆταιcomets… to a man with long hair; cf. psi 72. [5] Synesius, Encomium on Baldness 22 Terzaghi. The distasteful word he will not utter could be perai/netai ("being buggered"), and appears as such at omicron …Matched in noteshighmedium
α2061Ἀνασεσυρμένηνexposed… of pulling up clothing and revealing what is underneath. [2] Synesius, Letter 67 (213C): see translation at web address 1. [3] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 312 Zintzen (176 Asmus); cf. alpha 4462 (end), …Matched in noteshighshort
α3535Ἀποσμιλεύουσιparing down… a scholium on Aristophanes, Frogs 819, where smileu/mata occurs. [3] Synesius, Letter 101 (p.240d Hercher); repeated more fully at pi 170, where it is clear that the verb is not third person plural, as …Matched in noteshighshort
α2562Ἀνοργίαςun-ritedness… must be quoted from somewhere; there are extant possibilities in Synesius and elsewhere. [2] Aristophanes, Lysistrata 898 (web address 1), with scholion. Using the euphemistic language of cult (see Henderson [below] 179 with 174), …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1062Ἐμοί τε ἐπιστολαίI have letters… Toup's attribution of it to either the emperor Julian or Synesius.) [1] A byword for superior pride, Capaneus, one of mythology's Seven Against Thebes, boasted that not even Zeus could stop him scaling the …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1461ΔώριοςDorian… instead of the manuscripts' tu/xhs. [3] Apostolius 3.61. [4] From Synesius, Praise of Baldness 4, PG 66.1173c; cf. lambda 638.Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2171Ἐπηλυγάζονταιthey are being obfuscated… Aelian fr. 246 Hercher, 244a Domingo-Forasté (cf. epsilon 1137). [4] Synesius, Encomium on Baldness 21.5 (PG 66.1204b), with minor textual divergences.Matched in noteshighmedium