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α918Ἀκόλουθονconsequent, following on, in conformity… adjective, is presumably extracted from the first quotation given. [1] Polybius fr. 97 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes that Schweighäuser attributed this fragment to Polybius (p. 527). [2] Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 15.1.3 (web address …Matched in noteshighmedium
β121Βάροςweight, influence, gravitas, dignity… the kind found in music in the Dorian mode". [2] Polybius fr. 25 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst follows (p. 517) Dindorf in opting for the alternative spelling filo/nikon instead of the Suda's filo/neikon. [3] Polybius 30.10.4. …Matched in noteshighmedium
α321Ἀγωγή

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Ἀκόλουθον

consequent, following on, in conformity

[Meaning] similar. "The outcome results [sc. in a manner] following on from the first operations". Also [sc. attested is the related aorist participle] a)kolouqh/sas ["he having followed up"], [meaning] he having…

Ἀκόλουθον· ὅμοιον. ἀκόλουθον ἀπέβη τὸ τέλος ταῖς προτέραις ἐνεργείαις. καὶ Ἀκολουθήσας, ὁμοίως διαπραξάμενος. ὁ δὲ Ῥωμαῖος, ἔτι μετεωρίζοντος τοῦ Κελτοῦ τὸ ὅπλον, ἀκολουθήσας…

meter and music2

meter and music2

science and technology2

science and technology2

trade and manufacture1

trade and manufacture1

deportment, carriage, upbringing

… (423.20-424.2); it continues the material begun under alpha 320. [3] Polybius 1.32.1 (abridged). On the public educational/disciplinary regime in Sparta, to which the term agoge came especially to apply, see generally OCD(4) s.v. (p.40).

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α1015Ἀκρόπολιςacropolis… Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 302 Zintzen (308 Asmus), citing Polybius fr. 4.Matched in noteshighshort

α4464Αὐτάρκειαself-sufficiency[1] Though attributed here to Polybius, this material on Publicola (pi 2052) -- again at pi 2057 -- actually comes from Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 5.12.3. [2] Of the commodity or property in …Matched in noteshighshort

δ158Δεδοξοποιημένονwith a reputation for judgmentAn abridged version of Polybius 18.15.16 -- from the end of his celebrated digression on treachery (18.13-15). Besides the abridgement, this version does not, when quoting the relevant extract, repeat the headword participle dedocopoihme/non …Matched in noteshighshort

δ368Δεισιδαιμονίαfear of the gods, piety, superstition… Acts of the Apostles 17.22. [3] FGrH 200 F7. [4] Polybius 12.24. [5] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr.202 Zintzen (119 Asmus). [6] Quotation not identified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as Didymus …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2261Ἐπιγενήματαconsequences, after-symptoms… by the quotation given (which contains the genitive plural). [1] Polybius fr. 41 Büttner-Wobst (but spelled with -nn- there); cf. generally omicron 601 (Stoic doctrine via Diogenes Laertius).Matched in noteshighshort

δ849Διαψεύδονταιthey are cheated, they are deceived, they are disappointed… here is from Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, rather than from Polybius; see further, next note. [5] The quotation is related to Polybius 15.24.5, as in Constantine Porphyrogenitus, De Sententiis 171.7-17 (which it follows). The …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1594Ἐξέδραexedra, seating area[1] [Polybius] fr. 140 Büttner-Wobst. In fact, as a TLG search shows, a clumsy abridgement of Josephus, Jewish War 6.150. Büttner-Wobst notes (532) that Valesius (Henri de Valois 1603-1676) attributed this fragment to Polybius. …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2718Ἐπιτωθάζωνmocking, teasing… CE) is a conjecture by Casaubon in a passage in Polybius for a)poloidore/w, which does not appear elsewhere either (Polybius 15.33.4).Matched in noteshighshort

ε3344Ἔτυχονhit (the target), succeeded (through preparation) in obtaining, achieving or winning, met; coincided, happened (to hit), chanced… adjust. Its place in military strategy remains a commonplace in Polybius and Plutarch (tau 1234, cf. alpha 537, alpha 2310, epsilon 695 and cross-references) and was immortalised in Caesar's "Let the die be cast" …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3834Εὐψυχίαstout-heartedness… generally epsilon 3835, epsilon 3836, epsilon 3837, epsilon 3838a. [2] Polybius fr. 159 Büttner-Wobst, recalling prominent figures (two Theban, two Spartan) of the classical age. For Epam(e)inondas (d. 371 BCE) and Pelopidas (d. 364) …Matched in noteshighshort

α116Ἀγαθοθέλειαdesire for the good… the parallel entry in ps.-Zonaras. [2] 'Anon.': LSJ s.v. Perhaps Polybius, according to Adler. But suggested as a fragment of Damascius by Asmus (fr. 20), and accepted as such by Zintzen (fr. 25) and …Matched in noteshighshort

α537Ἀδύνατα εἶναιto be impossibles… phrase "to toss the die", ku/bos, as a metaphor in Polybius and Plutarch for taking the risk of battle or war see also alpha 2310, epsilon 3013 (Julius Caesar's 'The die is cast'), kappa …Matched in noteshighshort

α718Ἀθεραπευσίαneglect… headword in Plato's Republic (443A, nominative plural) is cited. [2] Polybius 3.60.3, with the dative plural of the headword.Matched in noteshighshort

α2379Ἀνειμέναιlaid open, let loose… scholion. [3] Plato, Laws 761C (web address 2). [4] Perhaps Polybius (so Bernhardy). [5] Again at pi 3067.Matched in noteshighmedium

α2517Ἀνθομολογησόμεθαwe will make a covenant… with the commentary of Theodoret (PG 80, 1509ab). [2] From Polybius 29.17.1; more fully at phi 34. [3] Quotation unidentifiable. [4] A version of Diogenes Laertius 2.40, which purports to quote the beginning of …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3896ἈρισταίνετοςAristainetos, Aristaenetus… Lucian. (Its appearance in the body of alpha 3897, from Polybius, is a slip.)Matched in noteshighshort

α4493Αὐτόθενfrom this very place, from that very place… Antiquities 12.199. [5] Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler notes the attribution to Polybius by 'Dr.' = A.B. Drachmann, 1860-1935.) [6] Thucydides 6.71.2.Matched in noteshighmedium

α4731Ἁψίκοροςreadily-sated, fickle[1] An approximation of Polybius 14.1.4. [2] An even looser approximation of Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 1.16.2.Matched in noteshighshort

γ41ΓάλλοςGallus… Mount Tmolus is in western Turkey; cf. tau 719. [3] Polybius 21.37.4-7; cf. gamma 325 and (esp.) sigma 14. [4] Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable; cf. tau 1175. …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ469ΔημοφάνηςDemophanes… D. of Megalopolis (C3 BCE), a politically active philosopher: see Polybius 10.22.2, Plutarch Philopoimen 1 ('Megalophanes' there) and generally R.M. Errington in OCD(4) s.v.; cf. phi 409.Matched in noteshighshort

δ588Διακομισθείςhaving been conveyed across… quoted from Plato, Laws 905B; it also occurs in e.g. Polybius and the Septuagint.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1547Δρύοχοιstocks… druo/xwn aut sim. "from the stocks", used literally in e.g. Polybius 1.38.5 [...], could also mean figuratively "from scratch" (e.g. Plato, Timaeus 81B)'. [1] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 52, quoted below. [2] …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε1093Ἐναγίζωνoffering sacrifice… confined to two in Porphyrius, On philosophy from oracles. [2] Polybius 23.10.17 (web address 1). Valesius [Henri de Valois, 1603-1676] emended *canqw=| to *canqikw=| mhni/ ("in the month Xandikos"; cf. xi 6); *makedo/nes is …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1889Ἐωνημένοιhaving purchased… nominal forms of the participle. [5] For w)nhsa/menoi see e.g. Polybius 4.50.3. *pria/menoi [LSJ s.v. pri/amai] is standard in the Attic orators, Xenophon, et al.Matched in noteshighshort

ε3604Εὐνοῦχοςeunuch… quoted also at iota 195 and mu 381. [5] From Polybius 22.22; also at alpha 3925 (q.v.). [6] alpha 3822. [7] i.e. Theodosius II (408-450) theta 145; De Imperatoribus Romanis entry (Geoffrey Nathan) at …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3831Εὐχρηστίαutility… and (hellenistic and later) historiography; for this last see e.g. Polybius 1.48.7, and especially commonly in Diodorus Siculus.Matched in noteshighshort

ε3985ἘχεκρατίδαςEchekratidas… see Diogenes Laertius 8.46 (a Pythagorean) and the Thessalian in Polybius 5.63ff.Matched in noteshighshort

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