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δ113Δαίμοναdemon, spirit[Meaning an entity] causing derangement/excitement. "The philosophers say that there are certain spirits which have sympathy for humans."Matched in headwordhighshort
β328Βλεπεδαίμωνghostlooking… is contorted and [who seems] like one stricken by a demon.Matched in translationhighshort
δ475ΔημώναξDemonaxA proper name.Matched in headwordhighshort
η85Ἢ δεῖ χελώνης κρέα φαγεῖν ἢ μὴ φαγεῖνwhether one should eat a tortoise's flesh or not eat it… portions purge; hence the origin of the proverb according to Demon. But others apply it to those who have shed themselves of a concern but are on campaign. It is said to be one …Matched in translationhighshort
δ15Δαΐμονοςof a daimonGenitive singulars of the noun dai/mwn (spirit, god, demon); conventional -- i.e. trisyllabic -- in the gloss, but quadrisyllabic (by diaeresis) in the headword, which must be quoted from somewhere. Plato, Cratylus 398B, etymologizes …Matched in noteshighshort
δ354Δείξειςdemonstrations, displays, performances, showsArcesilaus was the first to appear at demonstrations involving money, [...] and he helped many people and collected subscriptions for them.Matched in translationhighshort
δ1170Διονύσιος ὁ ἈρεωπαγίτηςDionysios the Areiopagite, Dionysius the Areopagite… Dionysius narrated in his letter to the inspired Polycarp. A demonstration giving a precise idea of his wisdom and his eloquence is the style of the books he wrote, that could never be surpassed: …Matched in translationhighlong
α3289ἈπόδειξιςdemonstrationDemonstration differs from definition. First, we have to investigate definition, whether it is either one method in virtue of which the definitions of all existing things can be offered, or many. And if [it …Matched in translationhighlong
ε3835Εὔψυχοςof good courage, good-souled… courage' is he who possesses his soul well we shall demonstrate by comparison of the terms. For the person 'of good hope' is the one who hopes well, that is, who hopes for the …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε1114Ἐναντίαcontraries… anyone starting from these [principles] would not be able to demonstrate that one element is contrary only to one other, since one can take even many elements whose difference from each other is great, …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε3737ΕὐσέβιοςEusebios, Eusebius… [in Caesarea]. He published many volumes, among which are these: Demonstration of the Gospels in 20 books, Preparation of [= for] the Gospels in 15 books, Theophany in 5 books, Ecclesiastical History in 10 …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε2627Ἐπιστήμηscience, understanding… accurate than another in two ways. First, when one science demonstrates the principles of another one. For example, physiology is more accurate than medicine. In the same fashion, for the same reason, geometry also …Matched in translationhighmedium
ι654ἸσοκράτηςIsocrates, Isokrates[1] From the To Demonicus (1.35, imperfectly quoted: see web address 1) of Isocrates [iota 652].Matched in noteshighshort
κ765Κατασκευάζεινto argue, to maintain, to proveIn Aristotle [sc. this verb means] demonstrating [something] in its entirety, but not denying what is being postulated. For kataskeua/zein is applied especially to something being postulated positively. "Most/very lawless and most/very villainous when …Matched in translationhighshort
χ12Χαλδαϊκοῖς ἐπιτηδεύμασιChaldean rituals… voices and sounds sometimes during the Chaldean rituals, he himself demonstrated the way of imitation of the fluttering of other [birds including] sparrows and domestic fowl, how they make a noise with their wings …Matched in translationhighshort
κ2551Κοιναὶ ἔννοιαιcommon conceptions… everything we know more powerfully than [what is perceived] by demonstration, these we know in accordance with a common conception. But the conclusions of these things that require a proof to be known are …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ627Διαλεκτικήdialectic[Meaning] the demonstrative [art]. "[He] having grasped little of dialectic." Dialectic is knowledge of true things and of false things and of things which are neither [true nor false]. It is about signifiers and …Matched in translationhighmedium
α2828ἈξιώματαaxiomsThus Aristotle calls both the propositions requiring demonstration and the indemonstrable ones, as [is] his custom.Matched in translationhighshort
α114Ἀγαθοεργίαbeneficence… similar to the divine is something that he [Isidore] clearly demonstrated in his deeds: his beneficent zeal and the generosity that he extended to everybody, but especially the elevation of souls from the manifold …Matched in translationhighmedium
α2087Ἀνάστρῳstarless… headword, dative singular of this adjective, is probably (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given. [1] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 12 Habrich. (This poetic statement is a faint echo of Homer, Iliad 18.61.)Matched in noteshighshort
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
δ153Δεδιττόμενοςterrifying… Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon; that fact makes it likely (if not demonstrable) that the headword is quoted from Plato, Phaedrus 245B.Matched in noteshighshort
α2629Ἀντεπιχειρεῖνto make a counter-attack, to make a counter-argument… being shown [is] not true. For the argument against the demonstration that the soul [is] not deathless, because its form is implicated in matter, and nothing which has a form implicated in matter is …Matched in translationhighmedium
α2786Ἀνύπαρκτονnon-existent… truth do not exist. And Homer in one [verse] has demonstrated this sufficiently: "earth nourishes nothing weaker than man."Matched in translationhighmedium
ι631ἸσίδωροςIsidore, Isidoros… an age-mate of his, who was 18 years old, having demonstrated already in youth a miraculous natural force, fell from the roof and died instantly. When great mourning for him ensued, he came in …Matched in translationhighmedium
α333Ἀγωνιούμενοιabout to be contenders… It is perhaps extracted from the quotation given, though not demonstrably so, and there are plenty of alternatives (beginning with Thucydides, Xenophon and Plato). [1] Quotation unidentifiable, but evidently from (or connected with) a …Matched in noteshighshort
α2528Ἀνθρώπινονhumanity… nominative/accusative singular or masculine accusative singular, is perhaps (though not demonstrably) generated by the neuter genitive singular in the quotation given. [1] From Diogenes Laertius 4.7 (on Xenocrates and Phryne). [2] See e.g. Lucian, …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3570Εὐλόφωςstrongly, patiently[Meaning] nobly. "Contending strongly against his opponents, he demonstrated that the word was true which, according to Xenophon, Socrates spoke to Ischomachos, that it is possible for the good man to be benefited even …Matched in translationhighshort
ε2859Ἐπρέσβευενused to put first in rank[1] The headword (perhaps, though not demonstrably, extracted from the quotation given here) is third person singular, imperfect, of the verb presbeu/w, in sense I.2 at LSJ s.v. See again -- in another context …Matched in noteshighshort
α1178Ἀληθινὸς ἔρωςtrue desireThe headword phrase is probably (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given. For "true" cf. alpha 1177. [1] No equivalent glossing in other lexica. [2] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 153 Zintzen.Matched in noteshighshort

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