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8 entries for attention, pause for reflection, observation

γ18Γαλαξίαςgalaxy, the Milky Way… meaning significantly from the rather opaque statement found here: "a reflection of the light of the stars that are not being shined on by the sun." This reading is confirmed by reflections of the …Matched in noteshighshort
α3243Ἀπνευστίwithout breathing, without stopping for breath… 18.308 (a)pneustei/), referring to Aeschines stringing words together without a pause (web address 1); also Plato, Symposium 185D; etc.etc. See also alpha 1687, epsilon 1537, kappa 365, mu 1279, sigma 728.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2592Κυβείαdice-playing… entry in Photius (Lexicon kappa1142 Theodoridis), where the editor draws attention to the conjunction of the present headword and glossing word in the New Testament (Ephesians 4.14). Kybeia applied in antiquity both to dicing …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3781Εὐτυχεῖsucceeds… in its usage 'mark you', "with a proverb or general reflection [...] to point the applicability of a universal truth to the special matter in hand" (J.D. Denniston, The Greek Particles, 2nd. corr. edn., …Matched in noteshighshort
α3831Ἀρετήarete, virtue, excellence… 3.71-72), where the author points out that if one pays attention to the organization, discipline or "good order" of the Roman army, it will be recognized that the Roman power is like a prize …Matched in noteshighmedium
α2733Ἀντιτυπῆσαιto resist, to strike against… in Photius and other lexica. [1] In the sense of "reflection". [2] That is, flint: Greek Anthology 6.27.4 (Theaetetus Scholasticus). Find further extracts from this epigram, wherein a retiring fisherman dedicates his equipment, at …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε1418Ἕνωσιςunion, unification… (I am indebted to Oliver Phillips for having drawn my attention to this passage.) For this conception of fate as linking individual objects, see also Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights 7.2.3; Stobaeus, Eclogues 1.78.4-6. [2] …Matched in noteshighmedium
ι521ἽππαρχοςHipparchus, HipparchosSecond half of the second century BCE. (His recorded observations are datable to the years 147-127.) See generally OCD(4) s.v. Hipparchus(3); also web address 1 and web address 2. Although the frequency and respect …Matched in noteshighshort

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