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α2530Ἀνθρωποδαίμονεςhuman-demons"Being demons they took on a human body and, having become human-demons in this way, they shook the entire inhabited world."Matched in translationhighshort
χ574Ἐπιστολὴ Ἀναστασίας τῆς μάρτυρος πρὸς ΧρυσόγονονEpistle of Anastasia the martyr to Chrysogonos… servants of God, that despicable man dispenses for worship of demons; and what I vowed to give to the servants of God, he gives to shameful and unholy men. And for this reason I …Matched in translationhighlong
α2629Ἀντεπιχειρεῖνto make a counter-attack, to make a counter-argument… being shown [is] not true. For the argument against the demonstration that the soul [is] not deathless, because its form is implicated in matter, and nothing which has a form implicated in matter is …

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Ἀνθρωποδαίμονες

human-demons

"Being demons they took on a human body and, having become human-demons in this way, they shook the entire inhabited world."

Ἀνθρωποδαίμονες· δαίμονες ὄντες ἀνθρώπειόν τε ἠμπέσχοντο σῶμα, καὶ ἀνθρωποδαίμονες γεγενημένοι τῷ τρόπῳ τούτῳ ξύμπασαν κατέσεισαν τὴν οἰκουμένην.

gender and sexuality3

gender and sexuality3

meter and music2

meter and music2

trade and manufacture1

trade and manufacture1

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β328Βλεπεδαίμωνghostlooking… is contorted and [who seems] like one stricken by a demon.Matched in translationhighshort

β444Βουλυτόςox-loosening [time]… and shook his crest, just like a exultant hoplite, and demonstrated his consideration of foolish things."Matched in translationhighshort

ε2171Ἐπηλυγάζονταιthey are being obfuscated… a cloak, said 'It is clear in the skin,' and demonstrated the malady with his finger. We identify a lascivious youth by his hair."Matched in translationhighmedium

ε3570Εὐλόφωςstrongly, patiently[Meaning] nobly. "Contending strongly against his opponents, he demonstrated that the word was true which, according to Xenophon, Socrates spoke to Ischomachos, that it is possible for the good man to be benefited even …Matched in translationhighshort

ε3718ΕὐρύβατοςEurybatos, Eurybatus… guards got drunk and untied him, they urged him to demonstrate how to clamber up on top of buildings. At first he refused, but they kept asking, though he was not willing, and when …Matched in translationhighmedium

α333Ἀγωνιούμενοιabout to be contenders… It is perhaps extracted from the quotation given, though not demonstrably so, and there are plenty of alternatives (beginning with Thucydides, Xenophon and Plato). [1] Quotation unidentifiable, but evidently from (or connected with) a …Matched in noteshighshort

α655Ἄημαblast… Lexicon. The headword, a neuter noun, is probably (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given. [2] Sophocles, Ajax 674-683 (web address 1 below), here reproduced with several errors; cf. epsilon 4016, lambda 545.Matched in noteshighmedium

α663Ἀήσυρονlight-as-air… adjective. It must be quoted from somewhere; possibly, though not demonstrably, the quotation given here. [1] These glosses also occur, in various permutations, in Hesychius and elsewhere, including Apollonius's Homeric Lexicon. (But no instance …Matched in noteshighshort

α896Ἀκληρίαςmisfortunes… feminine noun; if the latter, it is perhaps (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given. [1] Quotation (and individual) unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort

α1578Ἀμησάμενοςhaving shovelled up… more generally alpha 1574, and delta 654). Perhaps, though not demonstrably, extracted from the first quotation given. (Ostensibly, the headword occurs also in Homer, Odyssey 9.247, but there it is from the LSJ's a)ma/w …Matched in noteshighshort

α2087Ἀνάστρῳstarless… headword, dative singular of this adjective, is probably (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given. [1] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 12 Habrich. (This poetic statement is a faint echo of Homer, Iliad 18.61.)Matched in noteshighshort

α2209Ἀνεβάλλετοwas striking up, was starting up… other lexica and scholia. The headword is perhaps (though not demonstrably) extracted from the first quotation given. [1] Arrian, History of Alexander's Successors fr. 21 Roos-Wirth (FGrH 156 F124). [2] See already alpha 1810.Matched in noteshighshort

δ289Δεύσαςhaving steeped… participle, masculine nominative singular, of deu/w) is presumably, if not demonstrably, extracted from the quotation given. cf. generally delta 290, delta 291. [1] Aelian fr. 275 Domingo-Forasté (277 Hercher) -- but latterly Iamblichus, Babyloniaca …Matched in noteshighshort

δ806Δίαυλοςdouble-stretch… (web address 1). As part of his commentary on the demonic nature of Justinian (cf. iota 446), Procopius describes an eyewitness report of the emperor's head vanishing while his body continued to wander to …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1326Δοκίδεςbeams, meteors… 31.1472.25 Migne; and cf. also Aristotle, De mundo 392b4; Eusebius, Demonstratio evangelica 9.1.14; Anna Comnena, Alexias 12.4.1. See also kappa 1996. The noun doki/s is also used in mathematical contexts, as one of the …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1560Δοῖδυξpestle… where Kleon and Brasidas are the "pestles" used by the demon War to destroy Greece.) Aristophanes, however, did not mention the a)letri/banos; the second implement in the phrase is a stirring implement, toru/nh (tau …Matched in noteshighshort

ε22Ἐβάστασενweighed… (cf. beta 172, beta 173). It is presumably, though not demonstrably, extracted from the quotation given. [2] Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 438-440 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort

ε374ἘκβακχευθείςfrenziedThe headword, perhaps (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given, is aorist passive participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb e)kbakxeu/w. (For the use of this verb, which literally means to drive into …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3235Ἐστρέβλουwas racking… entry taken over by ps.-Zonaras. The headword, probably (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given, is imperfect, third person singular, of the verb streblo/w (cf. sigma 1191). [1] Aelian fr. 96 Domingo-Forasté (93 …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3254Ἔσχατος Μυσῶν πλεῖνto sail last of the Mysians… first explanation given here and ascribes it to the Attodographer Demon (FGrH 327 F17). A fragment of different, but broadly similar, material appears in Hesychius epsilon6456 (where the headword phrase, as again in Photius, …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3391Εὐγενέστερος Κόδρουnobler than Kodros, nobler than Codrus… told by Photius, who gives the source as the Attidographer Demon (see under phi 441): FGrH 327 F22, classified by Jacoby as dubious. For Eudemos see epsilon 3411. [2] cf. Zenobius 4.3.Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3556Εὐλαβοῦbeware… (cf. epsilon 3553, epsilon 3554). It is perhaps, though not demonstrably, extracted from the Aristophanic quotation which follows here; there are other instances in (e.g.) Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides. [2] Aristophanes, Knights 253-254 (web …Matched in noteshighshort

χ252Χειροήθηςsubmissive… masculine/feminine nominative singular and masculine/feminine genitive singular of the adjective, demonstrating the paradigm.Matched in noteshighshort