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α69ἈβραάμAbraham… part directly from George the Monk, in part indirectly from Philo of Alexandria; see further in the notes below. [1] cf. Matthew 27:25 (web address 1). [2] The Suda's attention to Chaldean astrology derives …Matched in noteshighlong
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
α4394Ἄτρυτοςunabating… Life of Isidore fr. 240 Zintzen (142 Asmus); the Suda's philologia should be philoponia "love of toil." [3] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 187 Zintzen (216 Asmus). [4] Aelian fr. 31 Domingo-Forasté (28 Hercher). …Matched in noteshighshort
η611Ἡσύχιος ΜιλήσιοςHesychius of Miletus, Hesychios of Miletos… in the first edition of the Suda. Another option is filoso/fou (Flach), i.e. Hesychius, 'a lawyer and philosopher' [2] Anastasius I, Byzantine emperior 491-518 CE. [3] It is unclear whether the Suda compilers epitomized …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1352ΔομετιανόςDomitian, Domitianus, Dometianos… delta 1351. [1] George the Monk, Chronicon 2.444.1-11. [2] cf. Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 8.8, where A. quotes Apollo's taunt to Achilles from Homer, Iliad 22.13. (On Apollonius see generally alpha 3420.) …Matched in noteshighlong
δ1080Δικαίωμαact of justice… context it is probably better to render the word by "philosophical school", insofar as Archelaus, after being a disciple of the natural philosopher Anaxagoras (Simplicius, In Phys., 27, 23-24), seems to have become a …Matched in noteshighshort
αι79ΑἰδεσίαAidesia, Aedesia… in reading e(/ws for w(s, "until they began to study philosophy". [4] pi 2473. [5] alpha 1639.Matched in noteshighlong
α1981ἈναξαγόραςAnaxagoras… Photius) s.v.; cf. nu 523. [2] Apparently quoted loosely from Philostratus, Life of Apollonius 1.2.22-26. See also kappa 2216 and note 9 there. [3] alpha 3420, Apollonius. See Philostratus, Life of Apollonius 1.2.13. Philostratus …Matched in noteshighmedium
α540Ἀδύνατοιincapables, handicappeds… Lysias 24. 13, 26 (web addresses 2 and 3). [4] Philochorus FGrH 328 F197a.Matched in noteshighshort
λ523Λίθος[the] stone… (web address 1). [2] ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 7.1 and 55.5; Philochorus FGrH 328 F21.Matched in noteshighshort
α3897ἈρίσταινοςAristainos, AristaenusFrom Polybius 24.11. See phi 409 for more on Philopoemen. [1] Here the name appears mistakenly as Aristaenetus. [2] To confirm that they were acting under duress.Matched in noteshighmedium
ν487Νομοφύλακεςlaw-guardians… Harpokration s.v., where Dinarchus (frs. VI.12 and XIV.3 Conomis) and Philochorus (FGrH 328 F64) are cited. Philochorus apparently claims that they were creations of Ephialtes, in 462/1, but otherwise they are not attested until …Matched in noteshighshort
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
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
ε1166Ἐνδεῖκταιcomplainants, informersFor this headword see also epsilon 1165. [1] cf. Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 2.29 (ai)tiwme/nwn de\ au)to\n tw=n kata\ th\n *)Asi/an e)ndeiktw=n ktl). [2] An approximation of Synesius, Epistles 119.12 (257a). See translation …Matched in noteshighshort
δ851Διαψήφισιςreview-ballot… Aeschines 1.77 (and also citing Atthidography: Androtion FGrH 324 F52, Philochorus FGrH 328 F129). cf. delta 850.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1929Κολάκρετονkolakretes, treasurerBdelykleon to his son Philokleon in Aristophanes, Wasps 722-724 (web address 1). For the office of kwlakre/ths (sic: it should be spelled with omega, and anyway has no form corresponding to the present headword), …Matched in noteshighshort
α1324Ἀλοκίζεινto trace a furrow… line -- not cited here -- saw its point. As Philokleon is a juror, his "place" is not the farm it might have been in another context but his voting-tablet (pinakion); a layer of …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1803Ἐξ ὄξους δίκηa lawsuit (prepared) from vinegar… fact an exchange of retorts (between Bdelykleon and his father Philokleon) in Aristophanes, Wasps 1366-7 (not Adler's '1396'): see web address 1. (The two verses are separated at kappa 730 and omega 231.) The …Matched in noteshighshort
χ140Χαρώνειος θύραCharon's door… On the nomophylakion as the Athenian prison see L. O'Sullivan, "Philochorus, Pollux, and the nomophylakes of Demetrius of Phalerum", Journal of Hellenic Studies 121 (2001) 51-62; and cf. omicroniota 124. [2] Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] …Matched in noteshighshort