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- α3397ἈπολινάριοςApollinarios, Apollinarius… rhetor. He wrote in prose 30 volumes against the impious Porphyry, and the whole of the Hebrew scriptures in epic verse. He wrote letters, and also many commentaries on the Scriptures. Philostorgius mentions Apollinarius …Matched in translationhighmedium
- αι253Αἰόλοςundulating, wavelike, advancing in a winding or rolling fashion, agile in turning side to side; multicoloured, discoloured, black or chestnut with white markings; easily moved, changeable, wily, quick-witted, liable to metamorphosis, disturbed in mind; whirling; self-generating in movement, ever-turning; lively, flashing, shimmering… multicoloured' (cf. Page in bibliography). In the third century AD, Porphyry [OCD(4) s.v., pp.1190-1; pi 2098] had advanced the third definition. He rejected the meaning 'multicoloured' (hence the Suda's "or"), and explained all instances …Matched in noteshighshort