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- η33Ἦ γάρn'est-ce pas? no?Meaning, [is it] not so?
- η37ἩγεμονεύωI rule[Meaning] I administer. Also [sc. attested is] h(gemo/nei, ["[he] was ruling"], pluperfect.
- η41Ἡγεμονικόνauthoritative [part][Meaning] the mind. Or "the principal part of the soul, where the images and impulses are produced, and from where thought is transmitted; which [they say] is precisely located in the heart."
- η48Ἡγέτηςleader, guide[Meaning] the one who leads. "O guide double chases!"
- η60ἩγίαςHegiasThis man was better than his father as regards the things that lead to virtue and the things that lead to eloquence. When still a young man he had hopes in himself and presented …
- η64Ἀγωγήin a guided manner, with guidance[Meaning] in an educated manner. Also [sc. attested is the related noun] a)gwgh/ ["guidance"], education.
- η65Ἠγμένοςbrought, led, taken; brought up[Meaning] trapped, and obeying in everything. "He felt such admiration for the youth that, since he also had a daughter, she too brought up in philosophy, he pledged her to him".
- η72Ἡγούμενοςleading, leader, abbot[Meaning one who is] going first and leading the way.
- η75ἨγροικισάμηνI was boorish[Meaning] I spoke badly.
- η85Ἢ δεῖ χελώνης κρέα φαγεῖν ἢ μὴ φαγεῖνwhether one should eat a tortoise's flesh or not eat itA few portions of tortoise flesh, when eaten, produce colic but many portions purge; hence the origin of the proverb according to Demon. But others apply it to those who have shed themselves of …
- η87Ἤδηsoon, just now[Meaning] before this, remaining, near the present indivisible now. A part of time, either of the future or of the past; for we say that [someone] is already taking a walk, and [so we …
- η88Ἤδηby this timeMeaning in future, speedily. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "you might shun the wicked by this time". And Iamblichus [writes]: "for already I pity you, because I am unlucky in the same things as you". …
- η97ἩδοναίpleasuresFrom the writings of Plotinus. [Pleasures,] pains, recklessness, fears, desires, aversions, and feeling pain of mind, to what do they belong? For they belong either to the soul or the soul making use of …
- η98Ἡδονήpleasure[sc. There is pleasure which is] impure and [pleasure which is] the natural state, about which Epicurus used to express his opinion, positing that pleasure is the end of all things. That is, the …
- η99Ἡδονῆς ἀκρότηςsummit of pleasure[Meaning] what is unmixed with regard to pain.
- η101Ἦ δ' ὅςquoth he[Meaning] he declared. They use this form also for the plural and for feminine and masculine. And [there is] a saying: "quoth he [h)= d'o(s]", not only meaning e)/fh ["he/she/it said"] but also in …
- η114Ἡδύςsweet[Meaning] simple. They also used to call rather stupid people this.
- η136Ἠΐθεοςunmarried youth[Meaning one] uncorrupted in regard to women. And in the Epigrams: "unmarried youths do not have as much distress as [falls upon] us soft-hearted [girls]." Also [it can mean] one equal to the gods.
- η174Ἥκισταleast, very little[Meaning] not at all, not less. And Libanius says: "if in some other way, in which the passenger on the bowl was least seen going [...]." "One would have seen him very little ever …
- η201ἨλέκτωρbeamingThe sun. The sun is a star shining during daytime. The word is h)le/ktwr because it is never-ceasing [a)/lhktos] and never-tiring. However, the basic meaning is "wholly spherical". Some derive it from the brightness …
- η226Ἡλικιῶταιage-mates[Meaning] companions.
- η227Ἡλικιώτηςage-mate[Meaning someone] belonging to the same age-group. It is also said in the feminine with an iota [i.e. h(likiw=tis]. "An age-mate of Isidoros the philosopher, being 18 years old."
- η231Ἥλιξ ἥλικα τέρπειage-mate delights age-mate"He alone of men whom we know by hearsay refuted the old proverb in deed; for his age-mates' company did not give give him pleasure, young men did not please him though he was …
- η233Ἥλιον κρύπτεσθαι ἄστρα δείκνυσθαιthe sun being hidden (but) the stars being revealedThe rhetoricians call these [rhetorical figures] vehement, but grammarians [call them] rhyming, and philosophers [call them] balanced.
- η239Ἥλιοςsun[sc. The sun is called h(/lios] from being gathered together [a)olli/zesqai] in the daytime. And at Athens there was a lawcourt [called] Heliaia, from the gathering of men. But the sun [is called h(/lios] …
- η241Ἡλιοτρόπιονsundial[Meaning a] clock. A gnomon is what is fixed in sun-dials; [it is] what Anaximander invented and set up on the shadow-clocks.
- η258Ἥλωwas caught[Meaning he/she/it] was taken, was detected, was sacked. Interpretation of a dream: when mastering nails, see the goads of your enemies.
- η295ἩμέραdaySee under a)xi/wma ["proposition"].
- η320Ἦ μήνindeed[Meaning] truly. Also [meaning] but therefore, and but nevertheless. "I swear by the royal gods, indeed I will save you."
- η341Ἡμιολιασμόςmultiplying by one-and-a-halfAntiphon [uses this term] in the sense of giving one-and-a-half times [as much].