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α69ἈβραάμAbraham… they were going to turn out in fact. In this, Philo, the Jewish philosopher, will be my confirmation via his work Life of the Statesman. About Philo it is said "Philo platonizes and Plato …Matched in translationhighlong
κ2554ΚοινοδήμιονcommunalThe headword is unattested outside grammars and lexica (though Philo Judaeus has the very similar koino/dhmos). cf. kappa 2553, Hesychius kappa3256.Matched in noteshighshort
ε517Ἐκνόμοιςoutlawed, unlawful… of this adjective. It must be quoted from somewhere; perhaps Philo Judaeus, who has two instances (and cf. under epsilon 516).Matched in noteshighshort
ε1411Ἐνωμότωςin a sworn manner… 1410. The earliest attested occurrence of the adverb is in Philo Judaeus, On special laws 2.14; it then becomes common in Byzantine Greek. Noted by Pollux 1.39, and cf. ps.-Zonaras epsilon754.22.Matched in noteshighshort
κ846Καταφάσκειaffirms… (without actively endorsing) Dindorf's suggestion that it is quoted from Philo Judaeus, Legum allegoriarum libri 3.85. cf. kappa 843, kappa 844, kappa 845.Matched in noteshighshort
η76Ἠγγύαwas giving as a pledge… was offering, was guaranteeing. Photius, Lexicon eta19 Theodoridis and Herennius Philo, De diversis verborum significationibus eta88 Palmieri (where perhaps the Photian entry is taken from) have the gloss w(molo/gei dw/sein, 'was agreeing to give'. …Matched in noteshighshort
αι285Αἵρεσιςcapture, taking… perhaps, "dear to God." [3] Tittman attributes this passage to Philo Judaeus, Adler to Damascius (now adopted as fr. 292 Zintzen).Matched in noteshighshort
ε3210Ἐστηλιτευμένονencolumned, enslabbed… somewhere. Outside lexicography, extant instances are confined to two in Philo Judaeus (Quis rerum divinarum heres sit 258, De congressu eruditionis gratia 58: both neuter), who has a fondness for this verb generally.Matched in noteshighshort
ι503ἸώσηποςJosephus… of the Greeks in order to bring a charge against Philo by some story, for they were prejudiced against the surrounding Jewish nation. There is also another book of his [called] About a complete …Matched in translationhighmedium
μ173ΜάξιμοςMaximus, Maximos[Maximus] of Tyre, philosopher; he lived in Rome during the reign of Commodus. [He wrote] Concerning Homer and what is the ancient philosophy in him; Whether Socrates did not give a fine defence of …Matched in translationhighshort
α4394Ἄτρυτοςunabating[Meaning someone/something] inexhaustible. "He was devoted to philology and unabating labors and overwhelmed the reputations of older and more clever men with his own name." And elsewhere: "during the daytime he gave himself over …Matched in translationhighshort
η611Ἡσύχιος ΜιλήσιοςHesychius of Miletus, Hesychios of MiletosSon of Hesychius the lawyer and of Philosophia. Lived during the reign of the emperor Anastasius. He wrote A biographical dictionary or Index of notable literary figures, of which this book [i.e. the Suda …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ1352ΔομετιανόςDomitian, Domitianus, Dometianos… shorn and brought into court in fetters. And when the philosopher did not relent in his ridicule of the things that had happened on account of him and in his criticism of the things …Matched in translationhighlong
δ1080Δικαίωμαact of justice… is said] that Archelaus, called "the physicist" due to his philosophical school, held the opinion that the just and the shameful did not exist by nature, but by convention.Matched in translationhighshort
αι79ΑἰδεσίαAidesia, Aedesia… especially took care for her sons in the area of philosophy, desiring to bequeath to them the wisdom of their father as though it were a sort of inheritence of paternal property. She saved …Matched in translationhighlong
α1981ἈναξαγόραςAnaxagoras… of Tyana said of him that he was more a philosopher for beasts than for human beings. Crates of Thebes threw his property into the sea, doing something of no advantage either to beasts …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε3036ἙρμείαςHermeiasThis philosopher [was] agreeable by nature and upright in his character. Having studied philosophy under the great Syrianus, in industry he was inferior to no one of his companions, nor even of his former …Matched in translationhighmedium
ι178ἹεροκλῆςHierokles, HieroclesA philosopher, from Alexandria. This man, along with his unchanging and magnificent breadth in thought to an outstanding degree and excelling in eloquence and abundance of the most beautiful nouns and verbs, used to …Matched in translationhighmedium
γ207ΓέσιοςGesios, Gesius… he was stately and eloquent; delving only a little in philosophy, but in medicine to the fullest. In this way he came to possess a large fortune and was granted imperial honors that were …Matched in translationhighmedium
α540Ἀδύνατοιincapables, handicappeds… say two obols a day, some say an obol. But Philochorus says nine drachmas a month.Matched in translationhighshort
λ523Λίθος[the] stone… have made oaths at a particular stone, as Aristotle and Philochorus show.Matched in translationhighshort
α3897ἈρίσταινοςAristainos, Aristaenus"The Achaeans Philopoemen and Aristaenus were alike in having neither a single nature nor a [single] political standpoint. For indeed Philopoemen was well-suited for the field of war both in body and in spirit, …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2451ΚρίτωνKriton, Criton, CritoAthenian, philosopher, pupil of Sokrates; he was warmly disposed towards Sokrates and gave him everything he needed. He wrote a Defence of Sokrates.Matched in translationhighshort
ε3947Ἐφορείαoversight… Lexicon epsilon2465, where Theodoridis identifies it as Christian, related to Philostorgius, Historia ecclesiastica 3.15.Matched in noteshighshort
γ298Γλῶσσα ταμιείουadvocacy of the treasurycf. [kappa 2765] Quirinus. Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 2.29, has a potted biography (this episode included) of Quirinus of Nicomedia.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2765ΚυρῖνοςQuirinus, Kyrinos[1] RE Quirinus(2); Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 2.29. [2] Quoted from gamma 298.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3548ΕὔκριτοςEukritos, Eucritus… (fr. 103 Sauppe, now 121a Carey OCT); a fourth-century-BCE Pythagorean philosopher in an anecdote in Polyaenus 5.2.22; and characters in Theocritus' 7th Idyll and Lucian's Symposium.]Matched in noteshighshort
μ498ΜέλητοιMeletos-es… of plurals (which occur the other way round in Lucian, Philostratus and elsewhere), their origin must lie in the fact that a Meletos and an Anytos were the two principal prosecutors of Socrates in …Matched in noteshighshort
ι439Ἰουλία ΑὐγούσταJulia Augusta… well-born women. Her response to this was to take up philosophy and spend her time with sophists.Matched in translationhighshort
ε341Ἐκκαλαμᾶταιfishes outAn abridgment of Aristophanes, Wasps 607-9 (web address 1), Philokleon speaking of himself and his daughter; cf. pi 261. For the three-obol piece, pay for jurors, see tau 998.Matched in noteshighshort