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κ2550Κοινὰ τὰ τῶν φίλωνthe property of friends is common propertyThey say that Pythagoras the philosopher persuaded those who associated with him as students to pool their property -- hence the proverb.Matched in translationhighshort
γ351Γνώριμοιacquaintances, pupils[Meaning] associates. "Pythagoras of Samos had more than 600 pupils."Matched in translationhighshort
α3872ἈριγνώτηArignote, ArignotaFemale student of the great Pythagoras and of Theano; Samian woman, Pythagorean philosopher. She composed the following: Bacchica; it is about the Mysteries of Demeter; it is also entitled Sacred Narrative. She also wrote …Matched in translationhighshort
ε3187ἝσπεροςEvening star, Hesperus… Morning star are the same. But some [say it was] Pythagoras.Matched in translationhighshort
η88Ἤδηby this time… join in friendship with the Romans is not hateful". Concerning Pythagoras: "for often before now I have seen clever men die in false report; then, when they return home, they are held in greater …Matched in translationhighmedium
μ1160ΜνήσαρχοςMnesarkhos, Mnesarchos, Mnesarchus… this name prompted this entry. See e.g. the father of Pythagoras (pi 3120).Matched in noteshighshort
ε1003ἘμπεδοκλῆςEmpedocles, Empedokles… say that the Agrigentian Empedokles followed in the steps of Pythagoras, as Apollonius of Tyana also did. For [they say that] he associated with the gods and learned from them what in men they …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε3605ΕὔξενοςEuxenos, Euxenus… he patterned himself on Epicurus. He knew the doctrines of Pythagoras, as birds [know] what they learn from humans. For "rejoice" and "do well" and "Zeus [is] propitious" and such [sayings] the birds declare …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε1002ἘμπεδοκλῆςEmpedokles, Empedocles… maintained that he was a disciple of Telauges, son of Pythagoras. From Akragas, [he was] a natural philosopher and epic poet. He flourished during the 77th Olympiad. With a gold crown on his head …Matched in translationhighmedium
α4523Αὐτὸς ἔφαhe himself said; ipse dixit"This proverbial [phrase], in reference to Pythagoras the philosopher, entered into [usage in everyday] life." For this man, glorifying his own word and life in his lectures, used to say "he said himself"; meaning …Matched in translationhighshort
χ529Χροῒ δῆλαclear in the skin… that Pherekydes the sage died after contracting lice; and when Pythagoras arrived and asked how he was, he pushed his finger through the doorway and said: "clear in the skin". And this led to …Matched in translationhighshort
α3041Ἀπερίβλεπτονlimitless, incomprehensible… from its only extant appearance outside lexicography: Iamblichus, Life of Pythagoras 29.162.Matched in noteshighshort
α3420ἈπολλώνιοςApollonios, Apollonius… Nerva's reign, during which he did indeed pass away. Following Pythagoras' example he kept absolute silence all through five years. He set out for Egypt, then went to Babylon to meet the Magi, and …Matched in translationhighlong
α114ἈγαθοεργίαbeneficenceDamascius [writes]: "to sum everything up in one statement, what Pythagoras said about man being very similar to the divine is something that he [Isidore] clearly demonstrated in his deeds: his beneficent zeal and …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2549Κοινὰ τὰ τῶν φίλωνthe property of friends is common property… this [proverb] originated in Magna Graecia, in the period when Pythagoras persuaded those settling there to hold property undistributed [to private owners]. Menander uses the proverb in Brothers. "Not, of course, referring to goods …Matched in translationhighshort
ε3504ΕὐθύδημοςEuthydemos, Euthydemus… works of Epicurus." And his teacher of the works of Pythagoras [was] Euxenus.Matched in translationhighmedium
δ1617Δυσέξοιστονhard to carry out… both of the instances extant outside lexicography: Porphyry, Life of Pythagoras 48; Cyril of Alexandria, Against Julian 1.25.Matched in noteshighshort
α3505Ἀποροῦντιpuzzling… more probably, according to John Burnet, from a Life of Pythagoras.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1007ἘμπεδότιμοςEmpedotimos, Empedotimus… Kronian: "for our part we [speak] trusting in Empedotimus and Pythagoras, both in what Heraclides of Pontus took from them when he said 'and a little earlier [...]' and our renowned soothsayer Iamblichus [sc. …Matched in translationhighshort
αι77ΑἴγυπτοςAigyptos, Aegyptus, Egypt… in Egypt lasted for 40 days. [Note] that Anaxagoras and Pythagoras arrrived in Egypt and conversed with the learned Egyptians and Hebrews there and acquired their knowledge about the things that exist, and later …Matched in translationhighmedium
α4716Ἄχρησταuseless (things), unprofitable (things)… dog, nor a chattering rower. See other [such injunctions] under Pythagoras. "Not to dart into (that is, burst into) [the house] of a dancing girl, lest, while gaping after such things, you are struck …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε575Ἔκπλεαcomplete (ones)… form, but perhaps a distant memory of Iamblichus, Life of Pythagoras 5.21: logisa/menos o(/ti eu)peiqh= e(/cei, ei) ta\ e)pith/deia e)/kplea/ tis au)tw=| a)merimnou=nti pare/xoi. [3] Aelian fr. 145 Domingo-Forasté (142 Hercher).Matched in noteshighshort
λ756Λοιμεύεταιis pestilent… [1] Tentatively attributed by Adler to an ancient Life of Pythagoras. For 'bad mixture' cf. under nu 495. For the term katastasis see kappa 788 -- but for the sense of it used here, …Matched in noteshighshort
ει143ΕἱμαρμένηfateFrom a Life of Pythagoras (in Photius, Bibliotheca 439b36-440a3). See also epsiloniota 142, epsiloniota 144.Matched in noteshighmedium
ε1567Ἐξάρτυσιςequipment… of Philo of Byzantium and later in Iamblichus, Life of Pythagoras 25.114; but it occurs again in Byzantine historians such as George Pachymeres and Theophanes the Confessor. For the equivalence with paraskeuh/, compare a …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1319Δογματίζειdogmatizes, sets forth dogma… some [consider it] ensouled, some without soul. When Anaxagoras and Pythagoras went to Egypt and conferred with the wise men of Egyptians and the Hebrews there, they acquired their knowledge about the things that …Matched in translationhighmedium
χ5Χάλαζαhail, hailstorm… the Lexica Segueriana, s.v. nifeto/s. Perhaps from a Life of Pythagoras (so Adler). [3] Aristophanes, Frogs 852 (Dionysus talking about Aeschylus), with comment from the scholia there. The negative ou)k is not in Aristophanes' …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3309ἘτησίαιEtesian [winds], yearly [winds]… what now follows appears, almost identically, in a Life of Pythagoras in Photius, Bibliotheca 441a34-b6. [3] cf. pi 1747.Matched in noteshighmedium
α2533ἌνθρωποςmanFrom an ancient Life of Pythagoras; cf. Photius, Bibliotheca 439a8-19. [1] Only three are explicitly flagged up; trei=s is also the figure in Photius; and Aemilius Portus emended to "three" here too. Nevertheless, a …Matched in noteshighmedium
α402Ἀγχίνουςtight-witted… see Louth (110, map). [3] From an ancient Life of Pythagoras (preserved in Photius' Bibliotheke); cf. mu 1155 (end), omicron 437.Matched in noteshighshort

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