Search

Filters (1)

Keyword

31 more

Letter

5 more

Vetting status

Length

Translator

13 more

67 entries for hero

  1. η542Ἥρωαςheroes… plural phrase, quoted from Diogenes Laertius 7.151 (Stoic doctrine). For 'hero' cf. eta 556.Matched in noteshighshort
  2. η535ἩρόδικοςHerodikos, HerodicusPerhaps intended to refer to the Hellenistic writer/philosopher Herodicus of Babylon (on whom see OCD(4) s.v.); but see also gamma 388 for H. the brother of Gorgias; and under omicron 654.Matched in noteshighshort
  3. μ469ΜελέαγροςMeleager, Meleagros… For the two best-known bearers of it see OCD4 s.v.(1) [hero of the Calydonian Boar hunt; cf. under omicron 849, and see also mu 468] and (2) [philosopher and poet, author of the Garland …Matched in noteshighshort
  4. κ2482Κρότωνος ὑγιέστεροςsounder than a tick; sounder than Croton… to make sense. Both sources ignore the distinction made by Herodian (On the declension of nouns 3.2.733.4-5,29-30 = Lentz's edition 1.36) between *kro/twn, the S Italian city (and its eponymous hero) and krotw=n, the …Matched in noteshighshort
  5. ε3070Ἔρωςlove… 143.30-144.3. [6] This is presumably again a Stoic issue. The erotic person, it is said, is so called in two senses: (i) the one who, in being excellent or good (spoudaios), is qualified in …Matched in noteshighmedium
  6. δ1029Διθυραμβοδιδάσκαλοιdithyramb-directors… of the scholia, seems a likely lectio difficilior, for "air-roaming" (h)ero/foitos, h)ero/foitis) is elsewhere attested of the moon (web address 4). The word usually means 'month' (see LSJ I 2 and II mei/s, web …Matched in noteshighmedium
  7. η88Ἤδηby this time… of course, was not concerned with Pythagoras.) [7] A Trojan hero. [8] More probably Pyrrhus, as in Diogenes Laertius and elsewhere (see next note). [9] For the basic story of Pythagoras' disappearance/reappearance see also …Matched in noteshighmedium
  8. ε360ἙκαταῖοςHekataios, Hecataeus… Perseus Encyclopedia entry at web address 1, with links to Herodotus and Pausanias. [1] 520-516 BCE. For this Dionysios see delta 1180. [2] This explanatory phrase is lacking, Adler reports in mss VM. [3] …Matched in noteshighmedium
  9. ε2313Ἐπιεικεστάτηmost decent, very decent, most suitable, very suitable… cf. epsilon 2315), feminine nominative singular. From a gloss on Herodotus 2.22.1, where it refers to a plausible (allegedly erroneous, but in fact true) opinion about the source of the Nile: see web address …Matched in noteshighshort
  10. κ1325ΚενοῦμαιI am emptied [of something]LSJ s.v. cites instances from Empedocles and Herodotus.Matched in noteshighshort
  11. α2026Ἀναποδίζεινto cross-examine[1] Herodotus 5.92.zeta; 2.116. (In neither passage, however, is the hostile sense suggested here in evidence.) Same or similar material in Photius and other lexica. [2] The second part of the entry derives from …Matched in noteshighshort
  12. λ691ΛούπερκοςLupercus… of authorities in the Suda's preface. [4] cf. eta 546: Herodian.Matched in noteshighshort
  13. ε1013ἘμπειρίαexperienceLikewise, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (798); similarly in ps.-Herodian. cf. generally epsilon 1012, and see also e.g. iota 579, sigma 807.Matched in noteshighshort
  14. α528ἈδριανόςHadrian, Adrianos, Adrian, Hadrianos, Hadrianus, Adrianus… H4; Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 2.10. [1] [eta 545] Herodes. [2] a.k.a. Marcus Aurelius [mu 214]. [3] [alpha 3902] Aristides. [4] [kappa 2007] Commodus.Matched in noteshighshort
  15. ε1711Ἐξηγηταίexpounders… Platonic Lexicon, and the scholia to Plato, Laws 916C. [3] Herodotus 5.31.4 (Artaphrenes to Aristagoras). [4] So the transmitted text, o)nomazo/mena; but -- as is clear from the Suda's source for this paragraph (Harpokration …Matched in noteshighshort
  16. λ438Λήκυθονlekythos, oil-flask… mu 1450, mu 1452. [1] Likewise in Photius lambda255 Theodoridis; Herodotus 3.20.1. [2] Aristophanes, Plutus 810 (web address 1). [3] Aristophanes, Birds 1592 (web address 2). [4] The founder of Stoicism; see generally zeta …Matched in noteshighmedium
  17. α2929Ἀπαρτίανchattels, household utensils, moveables… Carey), from the lost speech In Reply to Aresandros. [6] Herodotus 7.29.2. The noun a)partilogi/h occurs in the clause following the one quoted here. See web address 1.Matched in noteshighmedium
  18. α937Ἀκούει καλῶςhas a fine hearing… lexica. In fact this exact phrase does not occur in Herodotus, but for close equivalents see 2.173.2, 6.86.a2, 7.16.a2, 8.93.1. [2] Philoponus, Commentary on Aristotle's de anima 367.7-13 Hayduck. [3] mu 952.Matched in noteshighmedium
  19. α3902ἈριστείδηςAristeides, Aristides, Aelius Aristides… au)tou= to ou) to\n pate/ra a)ll' au)to/n. [4] [eta 545] Herodes. [5] [alpha 3918] Aristocles. [6] The sense of the last sentence is obscure; the text may be corrupt.Matched in noteshighmedium
  20. μ1158ΜνήμονοςmindfulThe headword is genitive singular of the adjective mnh/mwn. (For this as a proper name see under alpha 1987.) Similarly glossed in ps.-Herodian and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon; evidently quoted from somewhere …Matched in noteshighshort
  21. η517ἨρικαπαῖοςErikapaios, Erikepaios, Ericapaeus, Ericepaeus… several names given by Night to her son (and father!) Eros; see also phi 72. Alexander of Aphrodisias quotes verses on Erikapaios in his Commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics (821 Hayduck).Matched in noteshighshort
  22. λ309Λέσχηlounging, lounge; conversation… other lexica: see the references at Photius lambda210 Theodoridis. [2] Herodotus 9.71.3, on brave Spartans in Persian-War battles (web address 1). [3] From Callimachus' famous epitaph for the elegiac poet Heraclitus of Halicarnassus: Greek …Matched in noteshighmedium
  23. ει83Εἰκόςprobable… likely to suffer" should be read (web address 2). [6] Herodotus 7.239.2 (web address 3). [7] Quotation not identified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as a close approximation of Josephus, Jewish War …Matched in noteshighmedium
  24. α463Ἄδηνenough, to excess… to that passage; see also Photius and other lexica. [2] Herodotus 9.39.2 (web address 2 below). [3] Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. [4] Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, …Matched in noteshighmedium
  25. λ441Λῆμαwill… 602-3, with scholion. Modern texts generally have "pare/cw 'mauto\n." [7] Herodotus 7.99.1 (abbreviated). [8] Aristophanes, Frogs 899-904; cf. alpha 1233, alpha 4234, alpha 4516, kappa 981. The lexicographer has inserted the names of Aeschylus …Matched in noteshighmedium
  26. η72Ἡγούμενοςleading, leader, abbot… the headword h(goume/nou (genitive case) occurs in a phrase about Eros quoted from Plato, Republic 573E, and prohgoume/nou is part of the phrase which glosses it.Matched in noteshighshort
  27. κ1997Κόμμιgum… fr.51 Linke. Tree sap is frequently termed "tears", starting with Herodotus 2.96: "its sap is gum". The headword itself, ko/mmi, is a non-Greek word, perhaps Egyptian (LSJ s.v.).Matched in noteshighshort
  28. α1762Ἀμφισβατεῖνto dispute… from this.) The unglossed headword a)mfisbatei=n is perhaps quoted from Herodotus 4.14.2 (web address 1). For a)mfisbhtei=n cf. alpha 1763, alpha 1764, alpha 1765. [1] Heraclitus fr. 122 Diels-Kranz.Matched in noteshighshort
  29. ε1768Ἕξιςdispositional state, state of character, conditionSame entry in ps.-Zonaras. [1] ps.-Herodian 35; and cf. epsilon 1767 and delta 559. [2] cf. the scholia to Gregory of Nazianus PG 36,1232c.Matched in noteshighshort
  30. ι187Ἱερόν τι νεωκορήσαςhaving cleaned out some shrineThe headword phrase is quoted from Plato, Republic 574D -- where, contrary to what this gloss (first in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon) supposes, 'clean out' is ironic: plunder, strip. (See web address 1.) Theodoridis on …Matched in noteshighshort

Keyboard shortcuts

j
Next entry
k
Previous entry
g
Toggle Greek
/
Search
?
Show shortcuts