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α984Ἀκρισίαlack of judgment… cannot be in doubt; cf. LSJ s.v. [4] From Lucian, Demonax 47. The humor lies in the possibility of interpreting "Acrisius" as "the man of bad judgment" or "the man who is not judged." …Matched in noteshighshort
α3150ἈπήλαυσεenjoyedThe headword (aorist of a)polau/w) is perhaps, though not demonstrably, extracted from the quotation given. [1] Marcellinus, Life of Thucydides 26; see again under alpha 3377. The "misfortune" was the loss (from an Athenian …Matched in noteshighshort
α3430Ἀπολυόμενοςdismissing… The headword, a present middle-voice participle, is probably (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given. For this verb cf. alpha 3431 (active). [1] Quotation unidentifiable. (Attributed to Polybius by Valckenaer.)

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Ἀκρισία

lack of judgment

[Meaning] misjudgment; bad judgment. And Libanius [says]: "accordingly, there is bad judgment in both our approaches, but mine has a certain benevolence." And another by way of humor. "When a certain woman named Danae…

Ἀκρισία· ἡ ἀδιακρισία· ἡ κακὴ κρίσις. καὶ Λιβάνιος· οὐκοῦν ἀκρισία μὲν ἐν ἀμφοῖν· ἔχει δέ τινα τοὐμὸν φιλανθρωπίαν. καὶ ἄλλο κατὰ μετριασμόν. γυναικός τινος, Δανάης ὄνομα,…

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δ57ΔανάηDanaë[1] Lucian, Demonax 47. The joke is that Akrisios can literally mean "man with bad judgment" or "man who is unjudged"; from alpha 984. [2] Greek Anthology 5.217.7 (Paul the Silentiary), quoted from epsilon …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1232Διώκω σεI am pursuing you… read tou= yhfi/smatos.) At the beginning of chapter 56, Demosthenes demonstrates the legal fitness of the yh/fisma by a partitio, reviewing point by point the reasons alleged by Aeschines to impeach the decree: that …Matched in noteshighshort

ε399Ἐκδίκουςavenging; lawless… this adjective, must be quoted from somewhere (perhaps, though not demonstrably, the first Sophocles passage below). For the adjective see already epsilon 398, and cf. also epsilon 400; and for the twin meanings of …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1370Ἐνθύμημαenthymeme, enthymema… through them" (Topica 100a25-27). But this is the scientific or demonstrative syllogism, i.e the one which starts from what is primary and true (Topica 100a27-29). By contrast, the enthymeme is related to what Aristotle …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2752ἘπίφοροςinclinedThe headword adjective, masculine nominative singular, is presumably (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given. For this sense of it see LSJ s.v. e)pi/foros, II. [1] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 278 Zintzen …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3278Ἐτέθησανthey were disposed… third person plural of ti/qhmi. It is probably, though not demonstrably, extracted from the quotation given here. [1] Quotation unidentifiable (but evidently from historiography of the Christian era). Shorter version in ps.-Zonaras.Matched in noteshighshort