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- α2424Ἀνὴρ ἀνδρὸς διαφέρειone man differs from another.As Adler notes, this is Cassius Dio 36.16.3, albeit here rearranged (with the proverb first) and reworded. (See again, from "For..." onwards, at omicron 485.) Cn. Pompeius Magnus took over the command of the …
- α3268ἈπογινώσκωI despair of[1] Cassius Dio 21.71.2 (where we see that "Phaidon" should be Phameas; cf. phi 62). [2] Quotation unidentifiable. [3] There are several possibilities for the source of this quotation, the likeliest of which is …
- ε459Ἐκλεκτόςchosen, selected… 1.113.22. The form e)/klektos occurs as a proper name in Cassius Dio and Herodian; as an adjective, it can be found in two alchemic texts (Fragm. Alch. 2.334.17; Moses 2.314.9 Berthelot-Ruelle). But cf. in …
- δ1189Διοπομπεῖσθαιto escort [evil] away… tou\s filoso/fous e)k th=s po/lews) or "chase away" a pollution (Cassius Dio 37.46.1 mi/asma, a damage (Iamblicus, On the Mysteries 1.13.21 bla/bhn, every kind of negative, ill-omened events or things (scholion on Pindar, Nemean …