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152 entries for good speech

ω183ὨριγένηςOrigen… theology instructed that Jesus was the son of the Ultimate God, the Good, and not the son of the Hebrew God of the Old Testament. Valentinus (d. c.161) developed an elaborate religious and philosophical …Matched in noteshighlong
δ94ΔαυίδDavid… Acts) of Jesus as prophet. Moreover, the "prophetic expectation that God would raise up an ideal Davidic ruler" (Perkins, 630) is partially transferred in the Christian context to the progenitor, or as in the …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ1470Μυσάχνηdefiled woman, polluted woman… source in Pamphilus of Alexandria. Pausanias' entry mentions several insults specifically addressed to prostitutes by several poets. In the following notes I will mention some conjectures I consider more plausible than Adler's text. [2] …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1109Δικροῖςbifurcated, forked, two-pronged… the Athenians not to make peace -- personified as a goddess, Eirene, in the play -- with the Spartans in spring 421 BCE. However, there is the possibility of recognizing in the image a …Matched in noteshighshort
μ1430Μύωψhorse-fly; goad, spur… It has three meanings according to LSJ s.v.: (1) a species of biting fly, probably from the genus Tabanus, that pesters livestock; (2) a spur; and (3) metaphorically, an incentive; cf. Chantraine s.v. (1). …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3653Εὐπλοῆσαιto have a good voyage… 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 skill"). cf. epsilon 3654, nu 604.Matched in noteshighshort
α2601Ἀντ' ἀγαθῶν ἀγαθίδεςskeins of good things… the addition of a)nt' affects the translation somewhat: 'instead of good things, skeins'.)Matched in noteshighshort
ε3660Εὐποτμίαgood fortune… Same glossing in the scholia to Lucian, Dialogues of the gods 17.1; and cf. generally epsilon 3661. [2] Quotation (also in ps.-Zonaras s.v.) unidentifiable. [3] Adler notes Valckenaer's attribution of this quotation to Aelian. …Matched in noteshighshort
α3598Ἀπότιμοςdishonoured… scholia to Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 215, where the phrase "the god dishonoured amongst gods" occurs.Matched in noteshighshort
χ238Χεῖραhand, handwriting[1] A word-one fragment from Hyperides' partially preserved speech In Defence of Lykophron. See D. Whitehead, Hypereides: the forensic speeches (Oxford 2000) 106. [2] Theodoret (PG 80, 1080a) on Psalm 30:6 LXX. [3] From …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3504ΕὐθύδημοςEuthydemos, Euthydemus… that he was from Phoenicia and that he was a good rhetorician. [3] A significant compression of the original. After the comparison of the populace to water-birds, Philostratus states that Apollonius chided them in …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ323Λευκὴ ἡμέραwhite day, brilliant day… here: all the present infinitives stand for imperfect in direct speech, hence the general statements are in past time. [3] cf. Zenobius 6.13; and see again at tau 868 (also epsilon 2040, lambda 322).Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1307ΔιψῶI thirst [after]… some other lexica do use it, when referencing either this speech of Libanius or others.)Matched in noteshighshort
α3930ἈριστοτέληςAristotle, Aristoteles… variant on "scholar", grammatiko/s, but in context there is no good reason to think so.)Matched in noteshighmedium
ε1366Ἐνθουσιασμόςinspiration, possession… epsilon 1363, epsilon 1364, epsilon 1365, epsilon 1367. [1] or "God".Matched in noteshighshort
ε3032ἙρμαῖόνHermes-gift, godsend… is that the wicked enrich themselves by taking advantage of good people. See A. Fitzgerald's translation at web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort
μ1450Μύρον ἐπὶ κεφαλῆςsweet oil on the head… and again mu 1452. [1] Theodoret uses the word eu)kosmi/a "good order," echoing the earlier eu)osmi/a "good aroma."Matched in noteshighshort
ε3620Εὐόφθαλμονfine-eyed… For the glossing term cf. already epsilon 3619. [2] Or "speciously". Antiphon fr. 60 Sauppe, from Harpokration s.v. eu)ofqa/lmws.Matched in noteshighshort
λ318Λευκαὶ φρένεςclear wits, light wits, pale witsA repertory of attempts to understand the headword phrase (and specifically its adjective) -- a problem noted in LSJ s.v. leuko/s, II.d. It is used in the dative by Pindar, Pythian Odes 4.109 (of …Matched in noteshighshort
ν485Νόμοςlaw… in its context reads: "I delight in the law of God after the inward man. But I am aware that another law in my members fights against the law of my mind, and makes …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ1030Μία χελιδώνone swallow… derives from its appearance in Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1098a18ff.: "human good turns out to be activity of soul in accordance with virtue, and if there are more than one virtue, in accordance with the …Matched in noteshighshort
α1241Ἁλίπλαγκτοςsea-roaming… and these explanations are provided by scholiasts thereto. On the god Pan, see generally pi 147, and OCD(4) s.v. (p.1072). [1] Salamis (480 BCE), evidently. [2] Typhon: see OCD(4) s.v. (p.1522).Matched in noteshighshort
ε3254Ἔσχατος Μυσῶν πλεῖνto sail last of the Mysians… a physical impossibility. [3] Here commences a series of etymological speculations on the origin of e)/sxatos ('last') and words that are semantically similar. Very similar material appears, post-Suda, in Etymologicum Magnum 384.21-25; see Adler's …Matched in noteshighmedium
αι285Αἵρεσιςcapture, taking… is discussed at alphaiota 286. [2] Or perhaps, "dear to God." [3] Tittman attributes this passage to Philo Judaeus, Adler to Damascius (now adopted as fr. 292 Zintzen).Matched in noteshighshort
κ1629Κίναδοςbeast, monster… Harpok.'s u(pe\r *kthsifw=ntos into kata\ *kthsifw=ntos, thereby creating a non-existent speech and a false connection with Aeschines 3.167 (web address 3). The scholiast to Aristophanes has the correct reference.Matched in noteshighshort
κ721Καταποντωθῆναιto be drowned, to be thrown into the sea… highly likely to be quoted from Plato, Gorgias 511E (on good steersmanship preventing this: see web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
ε4028Ἐχθρῶν ἄδωρα δῶρα κοὐκ ὀνήσιμαenemies' charities are uncharitable and not helpful… of Sophocles, Ajax 654-70, part of Ajax's famous Trugrede (Deception Speech) delivered before his suicide (web address 1); cf. alpha 519, alpha 1144, epsiloniota 152, epsiloniota 296, mu 1234, nu 441. For this as …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1658Δύσμηνιςwrathful… outside grammars and lexica, but see Pollux 1.39 (a 'wrathful god') and Greek Anthology 9.69.1.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2658Κυκώμενοςbeing mixed up= Synagoge; Photius, Lexicon kappa1186 Theodoridis. From commentary to Homer Iliad 21.235 (web address 1) where the headword participle occurs, as here, in the masculine nominative singular (of the river[-god] Scamander). For the verb …Matched in noteshighshort
α1004Ἀκροκελαινιόωνgrowing black at the topLikewise, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 21.249, where the headword -- present participle, masculine nominative singular, of a)krokelainia/w -- occurs (of the river-god Scamander in his …Matched in noteshighshort