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- α1840ἈναγώνιστοςuncontendingSame entry in Photius. [1] Xenophon, Cyropaedia 1.5.10, in a simile about athletes (web address 1).
- γ463ΓρύλλοςGryllos, Gryllus… Harpokration s.v., itself prompted by Hyperides fr. 101 Jensen. For Xenophon see generally xi 47, xi 48. His sons were almost certainly born sometime after 399 BCE. Gryllos, who bore the same name as …
- α4674Ἀχαριστεῖνto be ungrateful… perhaps quoted from Plato, Symposium 186C. [2] An approximation of Xenophon, Anabasis 2.3.18 (web address 1 below). For the adverb, see also alpha 4676.
- χ159ΧαιρεφῶνChairephon, Chaerephon… scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 144, where he is mentioned. [1] Xenophon, Memorabilia 2.3.1-19, esp.18-19. This is Xenophon's account of a dispute between Chairephon and his brother Chairecrates. The reference to eyes, hands, and feet …
- κ764Κατασκεδάζεινto sprinkle… see Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 4.150F-151D [4.35 Kaibel] and 10.432A [10.39]. [1] Xenophon, Anabasis 7.3.32 (a brief sprinkling episode rather than explicit comment on it). [2] Plato, Laws 637E. [3] The adverb eu)qu/s - but it …
- ε2535Ἐπίπροσθενin front of, at the forefront of… a gloss on Dionysius the Areopagite at PG 4.25. [2] Xenophon, Cyropaedia 1.4.24 (web address 1). [3] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr.80 Asmus, 134 Zintzen, 59E Athanassiadi. On Proclus, see pi 2473.
- α3868ἈρριανόςArrianos, Arrianus, Arrian… Indika; On Hunting. (Both of these titles, and subjects, take Xenophon as a model.) Partially surviving or lost: Affairs after Alexander; Bithyniaka, 8 books; Parthika, 17 books; Periplous; On Tactics; Order of Battle against …
- β316Βλακεύεταιgets lazy, is lazy… 21 Zintzen (237 Asmus, 16A Athanassiadi). [3] An approximation of Xenophon, Anabasis 2.3.11 (web address 1 below), on the disciplinary methods of Klearchos. Again, even looser, at epsilon 2687.
- κ313Κανθήλιοςpack-ass… the scholia to Aristophanes, Wasps 170. [3] An approximation of Xenophon, Cyropaedia 7.5.11 (web address 1); cf. pi 1720. [4] Polybius 8.38.1 (web address 2).
- ε3682Εὕρημαfind[1] Quotation unidentifiable. [2] Xenophon, Anabasis 2.3.18 (web address 1). Here, as often elsewhere, the headword has religious overtones: godsend or the like; see LSJ s.v. [3] Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 1.18.5. …
- ε3570Εὐλόφωςstrongly, patiently… is Agapius (alpha 157, alpha 158). In any event the Xenophon passage alluded to is Oeconomicus 1.15. (It was also cited, twice, in Plutarch's treatise How to profit by one's enemies: see Moralia 86C-E.) …
- α153Ἀγαπητὰ ἤθηdesirable habits… elsewhere. The headword phrase, in the neuter plural, occurs in Xenophon, Memorabilia 3.10.5 (web address 1 below).
- ε2762Ἐπίχαριcharm… used -- with the definite article, missing here -- in Xenophon (Anabasis 2.6.12), Plato (Republic 528D) and elsewhere as an abstract noun.
- α3530Ἀπὸ σκοποῦfar from the aim, off-target… 11.344) but also occurs several times in Plato; cf. also Xenophon, Symposium 2.10.
- α3056Ἀπέσβηκεhe had quenched… 1 below), the headword form itself is also attested in Xenophon, Cyropaedia 8.8.13.
- ει62Εἴκασενcompared… It must be quoted from somewhere. (Extant instances begin with Xenophon, Defence-speech of Socrates 15.) For this verb see also epsiloniota 57, epsiloniota 61, epsiloniota 64, epsiloniota 65.
- χ340Χλιδήluxury… with trufh=s and other synonyms) in Plato, Symposium 197D. [3] Xenophon, Cyropaedia 4.5.54 (web address 1 below). This sentence is spoken by Cyrus, referring to his group of hardy Persians, remarkable given that the …
- α2005ἈναπέφηναI have appeared… here, but there are attested instances of a)nape/fhna in (e.g.) Xenophon, Apology 24.
- λ832Λυμαντικόςdestroyer… In Classical Greek the primary headword lumanth/r occurs only in Xenophon, Hiero 3.3 (accusative plural, of seducers). [2] Attested in Empedocles fr.84 Diels/Kranz, and Hermarchus fr.34 Longo Auricchio; also in (e.g.) Philo Judaeus and …
- χ199ΧερεκράτηςCherekrates… Chairekrates was a student of Sokrates (sigma 829), mentioned throughout Xenophon's Memorabilia. Chairondas was the Athenian eponymous archon (mentioned for dating purposes by Aeschines and Demosthenes) of the momentous year 338/7.
- ε3484Εὖ ἴσθιknow well… is too commonplace to identify; Theodoridis on Photius s.v. proffers Xenophon, Cyropaedia 8.3.44 and Plato, Republic 336E exempli gratia.
- ε2784Ἐπιψηφιζόμενοςvoting… in the first instance on Demosthenes 22.9 and citing also Xenophon, Memorabilia 1.1.18 (which has the aorist active infinitive e)piyhfi/sai).
- ε1221Ἐνέδειwas in need… one of the quotations given here. (Extant instances begin with Xenophon and Plato.) [2] Quotation unidentifiable. [3] Quotation unidentifiable.
- γ495Γυναικεία φύσις Γυναικίαςfemale nature, women's nature… unglossed headword phrase is presumably quoted from somewhere -- perhaps Xenophon, Symposium 2.9. [1] i.e. by contrast with the diphthong in the adjective in the headword phrase. For gunaiki/as cf. kappa 1721, repeated kappa …
- ε2187Ἐπῄνειwas praising, was approving… from the quotation given, but earlier instances are numerous (Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, Demosthenes, Aeschines). [2] Aelian fr. 234 Domingo-Forasté (235 Hercher).
- ε2108Ἐπεφύκειhad grown, had sprung up… from somewhere, but the number of extant possibilities (beginning with Xenophon and Plato) make it impossible to guess where. For other instances see under alpha 3925, epsilon 2424, epsilon 3100, tau 898. As happens …
- α333Ἀγωνιούμενοιabout to be contenders… 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 in …
- μ618ΜένωνMenon, Meno… fourth word of the Greek entry (see above) is from Xenophon, Anabasis 2.6.21-27, but its text shows numerous departures from the two families of Xenophon mss known to us (see web address 1). In …
- α3132ἈπείρηκαI have renounced… somewhere (rather than simply being paradigmatic), there are instances in Xenophon, Plato, and elsewhere. [2] Agathias, Histories 5.14 (p.306 Niebuhr), on Justinian I (Eastern Roman emperor 527-565); cf. Frendo (149). The time frame of …
- ι185Ἱερόνsacred… Aristophanes fr. 33 Kock, now 32 K.A., and also in Xenophon, Plato and elsewhere; cf. Zenobius 4.40 and other paroemiographers; Tosi [cited under alpha 378] no.473.