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Ἡγεμονεύω
I rule
… Though rarely, h(gemone/w is found in Plato: see Laws 631C,
Timaeus
41C h(gemonou=n,
Timaeus
70C h(gemonei=n. For other misinterpretations of verbal forms in the Suda see under alphaiota 323, delta 1250, epsilon 1849, epsilon …
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136
Ἠΐθεος
unmarried youth
… (a single word in the Greek) is glossed thus in
Timaeus'
Platonic Lexicon. Its entry there might be generated by the fact that Plato uses the word three times in his Laws, but
Timaeus
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1675
Ἄμυνα
self-defence, warding-off
Same entry in Photius and also in
Timaeus'
Platonic Lexicon (though there is nothing of obvious relevance in Plato). The headword is a feminine noun: see generally LSJ s.v.
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1735
Ἀμφικτυόνες
Amphiktyons, Amphictyons
Same entry in Photius and (with one minor difference) in
Timaeus'
Platonic Lexicon; Hesychius has the same headword with a more specific gloss, referring to Delphi. See more fully under the next entry, alpha …
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1907
Ἀνακογχυλιάσαι
to gurgle
Same entry in other lexica, including
Timaeus'
Platonic Lexicon; and cf. the scholia to Plato, Symposium 185D, where the imperative a)nakogxuli/ason ('gargle with water') occurs. For this verb see also Aristophanes, Wasps 589: an …
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2157
Ἀνδραποδώδη τρίχα
slavish hair
[1] Same material in Photius, and in
Timaeus'
Platonic Lexicon; prompted by Plato, Alcibiades 1.120B; see already under alpha 2156. [2] Quotation unidentifiable.
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2167
Ἀνδρηλατεῖν
to banish
Same entry in
Timaeus'
Platonic Lexicon (perhaps, therefore, prompted by a)ndrhlath=| in Plato, Republic 565E); similar (longer) one in Photius. See e.g. Aeschylus, Eumenides 221, and generally LSJ s.v.
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2758
Ἀντωμοσία
affidavit
The main part of this entry is also in
Timaeus'
Platonic Lexicon (perhaps, though not necessarily, because the headword appears twice in Plato: Apology 19B, 24B) and elsewhere. See also alpha 2759 and alpha …
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3642
Ἀποφράδες ἡμέραι
taboo days, unmentionable days
[1] So too in other lexica, including
Timaeus'
Platonic Lexicon; from the scholia to Plato, Laws 800D, where the phrase occurs. [2] Appian, Italica fr. 6; again, with variants, at epsilon 781. [3] Likewise …
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1077
Δικαιούμενος
being judged, being sentenced
Same entry in Photius, Lexicon delta605 Theodoridis;
Timaeus'
Platonic Lexicon has the lemma and the first gloss; and cf. Hesychius delta1800 (= Pollux 8.25). The lemma converts to the masculine nominative singular a present …
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1086
Δικαιωτήρια
houses of punishment, places of judgment
… referring to places of correction in the underworld. Similarly in
Timaeus'
Platonic Lexicon, Hesychius delta1804, Pollux 8.25.
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1229
Διώκειν
to prosecute, to pursue
… For the sense of searching for something, investigating, see Plato,
Timaeus
46E ta\s prw/tas ai)ti/as, "the primary causes". The meaning of the word in the passage about to be quoted in this entry is …
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1234
Διωμοσία
oath-taking
From
Timaeus,
Platonic Lexicon, which is significantly different from Harpokration s.v. The terminology here is inexact. The di-omosia (diwmosi/a) formed part of homicide proceedings; its all-purpose counterpart in other kinds of trial was the …
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503
Ἑκμήνου
six-month
… e(/kmhnos (cf. epsilon 504). Same glossing in other lexica, including
Timaeus'
Platonic Lexicon s.v., which suggests that it is extracted not from the quotation which follows (see next note) but rather from Plato, Laws …
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1456
Ἐντελεῖς
complete
… those in office and those who have held office. From
Timaeus'
Platonic Lexicon. This sense of the adjective comes from the expression oi( e)n te/lei: cf. epsilon 1455, epsilon 1457. [2] Quotation unidentifiable, but …
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1711
Ἐξηγηταί
expounders
… kinds. [2] For this opening section of the entry cf.
Timaeus,
Platonic Lexicon, and the scholia to Plato, Laws 916C. [3] Herodotus 5.31.4 (Artaphrenes to Aristagoras). [4] So the transmitted text, o)nomazo/mena; but -- …
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1841
Ἐξωμοσία
denial-on-oath, exomosia
… under epsilon 1840. The present, two-part entry draws first on
Timaeus'
Platonic Lexicon (the verb cognate with the headword occurs in Laws 949A) and then on a lexicon of Athenian legal terminology. [1] For …
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1917
Ἐπαγγελίαι
proclamations
… epsiloniota 220, epsiloniota 221, epsiloniota 222), the term for which
Timaeus'
Platonic Lexicon supplies the present definition. It is very probably quoted from Plato, Republic 8.565C; cf. the scholia there. [1] Adler notes that …
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2504
Ἐπιώψατο
chose, oversaw
[1] So far, the entry =
Timaeus,
Platonic Lexicon 987a10 (who also adds 'Plato in Laws'); cf. [Didymos], De dubiis apud Platonem lectionibus 246.13. Adler also cites Lexicon Ambrosianum 1647. [2] In Plato, Laws …
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3511
Εὔθυνα
audit, euthyna
… part of the entry is also in other lexica, including
Timaeus'
Platonic Lexicon, and the scholia to Plato, Laws 945D. [3] From phi 246; see also delta 243.
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3981
Ἐχέγγυος
secure, security-providing, trustworthy
… elements also in Photius, Lexicon epsilon2482; second one (only) in
Timaeus'
Platonic Lexicon. [3] Thucydides 3.46.1 (web address 1): Diodotus exhorts the Athenians not to trust in the death penalty 'as if it could …
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