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ε123Ἐγκράτειαcontinence, control, self-control… he gave, changed 'he gave' into 'he gave back'. And Thucydides, since he wanted to rouse the Athenians against the Mytileneans, changed their 'secession' into an 'insurrection'. And customary usage is full of this …Matched in translationhighmedium
α537Ἀδύνατα εἶναιto be impossiblesInstead of impossible. For often Thucydides has used plurals instead of singulars, especially for this expression. Impossible is that which is not capable of being true; such as, the earth flies. 'With the general …Matched in translationhighshort
α3561Ἀποστοματίζεινto recite, to dictate… will tell you the rest orally; for I remember well." Thucydides in [book] 7 [writes]: "and those from Nicias came into Athens and they reported orally as many things as he told them." Plato …

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continence, control, self-control

[Meaning] an insuperable attitude regarding rational matters or a disposition unconquerable by pleasures. "It is possible to show that sometimes the serious man is not sound-minded, by changing the sound-minded man into…

Ἐγκράτεια· διάθεσις ἀνυπέρβατος τῶν κατ' ὀρθὸν λόγον ἢ ἕξις ἀήττητος ἡδονῶν. ὅτι ἔστι δεικνύναι μεταλαβόντας, ὡς ποτὲ μὲν ὁ σπουδαῖος οὐ σώφρων, μεταλαβόντα τὸν σώφρονα εἰς τὸν…

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α3831Ἀρετήarete, virtue, excellenceAndocides and Thucydides [sc. use this term] to mean good reputation. Virtue can be lost due to drunkenness or melancholy but it cannot be lost because of a firm apprehension; and they maintain that …Matched in translationhighmedium

α4493Αὐτόθενfrom this very place, from that very place… were already hoping to capture the encampment." Meaning 'immediately.' And Thucydides [writes]: "It was winter, and the Athenians from that very place [in time] did not yet think it was a good idea to …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε1032Ἐμποδώνin the wayThucydides in [book] 8 [uses this word] to mean at hand. For he says: "only to examine the causes at hand, but to strive after nothing further with [one's?] intentions." Lycurgus in the [speech] …Matched in translationhighmedium

χ181Χέδροπαςlegumes… the [nominative] singular [it is] "legume" (xe/droy), a pulse. Thus Thucydides [sc. uses this word].Matched in translationhighshort

χ483Χρηματισάμενοιhaving made a gain… [but middle-voice] xrhmati/sasqai [is] to profit. [The word occurs] in Thucydides.Matched in translationhighshort

ε2171Ἐπηλυγάζονταιthey are being obfuscated… [1] = Hesychius epsilon4553, possibly deriving from the scholia to Thucydides. Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon offers the same glosses in reverse order. This form of the headword does not occur in the received text of …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3344Ἔτυχονhit (the target), succeeded (through preparation) in obtaining, achieving or winning, met; coincided, happened (to hit), chanced… constant in all later uses. In an important note on Thucydides' use of the verb for the arrival of Demosthenes and the Messenians at Pylos during the Peloponnesian War, Gomme observed that the historian …Matched in noteshighshort

χ418ΧοσρόηςChosroes, Khosrau, Khosraw… 977). [2] That is, Demosthenes (delta 454, delta 455) and Thucydides (theta 414). The influence of Thucydides' style on Demosthenes is readily apparent. [3] For Plato see pi 1707. [4] Plato's dialogues generally take …Matched in noteshighmedium

α333Ἀγωνιούμενοιabout to be contenders… demonstrably so, and there are plenty of alternatives (beginning with Thucydides, Xenophon and Plato). [1] Quotation unidentifiable, but evidently from (or connected with) a war narrative. This brings out the point that the verb …Matched in noteshighshort

α1280ἈλκιβιάδηςAlcibiades, Alkibiades… [10] In the four-horse chariot-race of the 416 games, as Thucydides and others describe.Matched in noteshighmedium

α2024Ἀναπλήσαςhaving filled up, having defiled… and "affect detrimentally" (Phaedo 67A: see web address 3); and Thucydides uses the verb to describe the process by which the plague of Athens was passed from one person to another (2.51: see web …Matched in noteshighshort

α2242Ἀνέλεγκτονirrefutable… must be quoted from somewhere; there are numerous possibilities, from Thucydides and Plato onwards.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1078Δικαιοῦνto think just, to exact justice… unidentifiable. Adler suggests Dexippus (and cites a similar passage at Thucydides 2.47.4: web address 3). [3] Nowhere in the extant portions of Appian's text. Conventionally assigned to Book I as Fragment 8. [4] Josephus, …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1229Διώκεινto prosecute, to pursue… "pursue unattainable goals"; Sophocles, Ajax 997 so\n mo/ron "his doom"; Thucydides 2.63 tima/s "honors". The reference to moral values or virtue (cf. Plato, Gorgias 480C to\ a)gaqo\n kai\ kalo/n, 482E a)lh/qeian) is common in …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1512Δραστήριονeffective… see delta 1513 and delta 1514; and cf. delta 1488. Thucydides 2.63.3 (speech of Pericles) offers a famous instance of the neuter singular of this adjective -- there, as again here, with a definite …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1469Ἐντευξόμενοςabout to meet, about to run into… on the meaning of e)/tuxe in his Historical Commentary on Thucydides, vol. 3, pp. 488-89.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2043Ἐπ' ἐλάχιστονvery little, to a very little extent… given (though there are many alternatives, beginning with three in Thucydides). [1] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 112 Zintzen (61 Asmus, 48A Athanassiadi); quoted more fully at alpha 4304.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2600Ἐπισπόμενοςcoming after… appears: web address 1. (Other instances in Odyssey 24.338, Herodotus, Thucydides, and elsewhere.) Hesychius epsilon5211 glosses the feminine form of the headword (probably [DW] quoted from Plato, Republic 611E) with the corresponding form of …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2853Ἐπράξατοexacted [for him/her/itself]… [and again 511E: DW.] Extant possibilities, in truth, are numerous: Thucydides, Xenophon, Isocrates, Isaeus, et al. [2] Quotation (also in ps.-Zonaras) unidentifiable. [3] Again, quotation unidentifiable. (Adler suggests Aelian.)Matched in noteshighshort

ε3051Ἑρμῶν Ἑρμοὶof hermai, of hermae, of herms… must be extracted either from alpha 1280 or directly from Thucydides 6.27ff (at 28.1 & 2), on the mutilation of the Herms by, allegedly, Alkibiades and others. (For more information about the episode see …Matched in noteshighmedium