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2313
Ἐπιεικεστάτη
most decent, very decent, most suitable, very suitable
In Herodotus [meaning] moderate, prudent, in good condition.
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705
Ἐκφανεστάτας
most manifest, very manifest
[Meaning]
most/very
clear. Polybios [writes]: "for, of the things that are at hand, [it is] causing maximum distress [which] always holds the
most
manifest joys."
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2872
Ἀπαθέστατα
most impassive [things], very impassive [things]
… nor ever with a countenance arranged in anger, [but] quietly
most
content and optimistic.
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960
Ἐμβριθέστατος
most weighty, very weighty
"For [sc. besides] being very weighty and sufficiently learned in his discourses, he also engaged in poetry."
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1484
Ἐν τῷ φρονεῖν γὰρ μηδὲν ἥδιστος βίος
for the most pleasant life lies in understanding nothing
Sophocles [says this]. In [the sense of] not perceiving the evils, since it will be quite ridiculous [if it were] as though he is praising witlessness.
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3473
Εὐηνιώτατα
most docile, very docile
He who is gentle and moderate and not agitated is "docile". The metaphor [comes] from horses.
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432
Καρτερώτατος
most powerful, very powerful
[no gloss]
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3737
Εὐσέβιος
Eusebios, Eusebius
… on the 150 Psalms, and many other works. He flourished
most
notably in the reigns of the emperors Constantine and Constantius; and because of his friendship towards the martyr Pamphilus he was found worthy …
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2763
Ἀντώνιος
Antonios, Antonius
… in words was someone not altogether precise; but he became
most
dedicated to the truth and was very enthusiastic in soul for the service of god, both in a public and in a more …
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1535
Δρόμοις
[in] races
… deeds correspond with his nature, and came out holding the
most
glorious prize of victory". He is talking about Orestes, [who is] in effect not failing the ends [of the race], but he is …
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118
Ἀγαθόν
good
See also alpha 119, likewise a neuter singular. This entry
mostly
reproduces Diogenes Laertius 7.94-98 (who supposedly is quoting an extract of Stoic ethics). The Suda text contains important omissions as well as different …
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ε
1182
Ἔνδοξα
plausible things; reputable opinions
… those who are especially best known or acknowledged). And the
most
important and primary things would be those which are accepted by everyone or by
most
people. For to all people [it seems] that …
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δ
1170
Διονύσιος ὁ Ἀρεωπαγίτης
Dionysios the Areiopagite, Dionysius the Areopagite
Bishop of Athens, a
most
illustrious man, who reached the highest level in Greek culture. A disciple of Paul, who introduced him to the Christian faith, Dionysius was enthroned by him as the bishop …
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2627
Ἐπιστήμη
science, understanding
… in the same way. Certainly the divine things are the
most
evident, insofar as they are not subject to change at all in substance, in potentiality and in activity. Now this is why it …
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α
4361
Ἀττικός
Attikos, Atticus
… good taste, if the opportunity arose, he practiced on the
most
esteemed historians among the Greeks. Because he seemed to be an ordinary person, when he held discourse about these things, he often was …
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γ
450
Γρηγόριος
Gregorios, Gregorius, Gregory
… bishop of Nazianzus (this is a way-station in Cappadocia), a
most
famous man, and a close friend of Basil, bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia. This man was not only well-versed in the arts of …
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αι
286
Αἵρεσις
school, sect
… the one from Elis, or Dialectical. As to the Pyrrhonian,
most
people do not include it because of its obscurity. For if we understood an adherence to doctrines as a school, the Pyrrhonian would …
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δ
1476
Δῶρος
Doros, Dorus
… As Damascius says in his Philosophical History, he was a
most
remarkable investigator of the truth. Isidore the philosopher perceived initially that he was caught up in Aristotle’s propositions, seeing that from boyhood he …
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1026
Ἄκρων
Akron, Acron
… son of a lofty father, the lofty crag of his
most
lofty fatherland hides.' But some cite the second verse thus: 'a lofty tomb of the
most
lofty peak holds.' Some attribute this to …
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4174
Ἀσκληπιόδοτος
Asklepiodotos, Asclepiodotus
… from earliest childhood was agreed to be the keenest and
most
learned of his age-mates, to the extent that he did not stop busying himself with each of the things which he happened upon, …
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4373
Ἄτομα
atoms
[Meaning things that are]
most/very
subtle. Those things that cannot be cut because of their utmost subtlety. The Greeks also called bodies "atomic" and partless due to their imperviousness or extreme smallness, since they …
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γ
143
Γεννητική
procreative [power]
… nature, reaching which both animals and plants arrive at the
most
suitable fulfillment of nature, I mean the procreative power. For thus the
most
perfect aim of nature [is achieved] through the striving for …
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ε
2405
Ἐπίκουρος
Epicurus, Epikouros
… were three brothers [sc. of his], who died in the
most
pitiful way, struck down by countless diseases. As for Epicurus, although still young, he was not able to easily descend from his bed …
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κ
765
Κατασκευάζειν
to argue, to maintain, to prove
… For kataskeua/zein is applied especially to something being postulated positively.
"Most/very
lawless and
most/very
villainous when it came to the preparations of [ = for making] his friends".
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α
425
Ἀδάμ
Adam
… different names, such as "Kronos" and "Zeus", and -- the
most
wicked thing of all -- the Criminal even had the gall to drag down the blessed and ineffable nature [of God] and associate …
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ε
2500
Ἐπίορκον ἀνώμοσεν
swore a false oath
The headword phrase occurs in Homer, Iliad 10.332 (web address 1), except that Homer has e)pw/mosen ('swore to') instead of the otherwise unattested a)nw/mosen found here; a)pw/mosen, which would normally mean 'swore off' or …
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α
136
Ἀγαλματοφορούμενος
image-bearing, image-carrying, enshrined as an image
… sense, i.e. "enshrined". Adler and Theodoridis both cite De vita
Mosis
1.27; see also De mutatione nominum 21; and cf. De somnis 1.32, De vita
Mosis
2.11, 2.209.
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α
1988
Ἀναξιμένης
Anaximenes
… of Anaximenes with the fall of Sardis. See on this
Mosshammer
(1976) 296, and further in
Mosshammer
(1979) 276-7 with n.5: 'That Anaximenes' floruit was associated with the fall of Sardis is confirmed, at …
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ε
2172
Ἐπηλυγασάμενος
overshading
… e)phluga/zw) appears in Plato, Lysis 207b (web address 1), although
most
mss of Plato (and hence
most
modern editions) have the orthographic alternative e)phlugisa/menos. The word is glossed here with active participles, though in …
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ε
2424
Ἐπίκτητος
Epiktetos, Epictetus
… sw=ma a)sqenh\s he is recorded by Simplicius (see preceding note);
most
say that he was hit and bound during his slavery by his master (Gregory of Nazianzus, Oration I against Julian PG 35.592.14; Epistle …
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