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11 entries for perishable matter

δ1355ΔομνῖνοςDomninos, Domninus… the comets. Domninus maintained that the comets consist of dry matter in a powdery aspect, and the passage of the Earth through the tail of one of these heavenly bodies had brought about the …Matched in noteshighlong
ει84ΕἴκοσινtwentySame material, variously, in other lexica. [1] cf. generally under epsilon 285.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2627Ἐπιστήμηscience, understanding… John Philoponus, On Aristotle's de anima 23.17-34 Hayduck; then follows material from Diogenes Laertius (see note 4 below) and Alexander of Aphrodisias (see note 5 below). [1] The Suda text actually reads 'in the …Matched in noteshighmedium
α3880ἈριθμῶI count… syntactical lexica. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. [3] That is, 1+2+3+4=10. (This material comes from tau 394.)Matched in noteshighshort
γ338Γνώμηjudgement, opinionSame or similar material in other lexica. [1] For other meanings of the headword cf. gamma 337, gamma 339, gamma 340, gamma 341, gamma 342. [2] cf. gamma 346.Matched in noteshighshort
μ187ΜαργίτηςMargites… proverbial simpletons (mu 185), and at gamma 118 the present material attaches to someone called (apparently) Melitides.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3931Ἐφίππων ὀνόματαnames of mounted [units]For this material cf. Asclepiodotus 7; Aelian, Tactica 20.2; Arrian, Tactica 18.2-4. [1] cf. iota 297, iota 311. [2] 4, surely. In any event cf. tau 113. [3] 512 Kuster (and tarantinarchiai rather than …Matched in noteshighshort
γ118Γέλοιοςlaughable… and esp. (for a more explicit version of the present material) mu 187.Matched in noteshighmedium
μ801ΜέτωνMeton[1] His 19-year cycle. See epsilon 1331. [2] Material from the scholia to Aristophanes, Birds 997, where Meton appears and gives his name (web address 1). Sense can be made out of their confusing …Matched in noteshighmedium
ι521ἽππαρχοςHipparchus, Hipparchos… the text's katasthrigmou=, following Toomer. Hipparchus' star catalogue provided raw materials for Ptolemy's, despite their differences. [5] (For Eratosthenes see epsilon 2898.) This title is known from Strabo (1.1.12; 2.1.41) to belong to a …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3770ΕὐτόκιοςEutokios, EutociusMaterial attributed to Eunapius (1.273.18 - 274.5 Dindorf; fr.106 FHG (4.55)) by Kuster. This individual can scarcely be the celebrated Neoplatonist philosopher and mathematician Eutokios of Askalon (b. ca.480 CE; OCD(4) p.557), but perhaps …Matched in noteshighmedium