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κ1594ΚικέρωνCicero[1] M. Tullius Cicero, consul 63 BCE; see generally OCD(4) s.v. Tullius Cicero, Marcus. [2] Phi 567 (on the alleged atrocities perpetrated by Fulvia on the head of the dead Cicero).Matched in noteshighshort
ε3317ἘτιμησάμηνI (would have) estimated the penalty… the 40s BC. That Antony (cf. under iota 399) 'killed Cicero' (kappa 1594), in December 43, is an over-simplification. After Antony had marked him down for proscription, Cicero was tracked down and killed by …Matched in noteshighshort
α4184Ἀσκώνιος ΠαιδιανόςAskonios Paidianos, Asconius Pedianus… 3213. Quintus Asconius Pedianus (3-88 CE) wrote a commentary on Cicero's speeches; OCD(4) 181-2, under Asconius.

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Cicero

The orator. There is material on him under the letter phi, in connection with Fulvia the wife of Antony. See under Fulvia.

Κικέρων· ὁ ῥήτωρ· περὶ οὗ γέγραπται ἐν τῷ φ στοιχείῳ περὶ Φολουίας τῆς Ἀντωνίου γυναικός. ζήτει ἐν τῷ Φολουία.

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β561ΒροῦτοςBrutus… letters (lost Greek ones, not the Latin ones included in Cicero's Ad M. Brutum) and the epitome of Polybius must come ultimately from Plutarch's Brutus 2 and 4. [2] A cross-reference to delta 421 …Matched in noteshighshort

γ457Γρῖφοςriddle, conundrum… allegory (8.6.44-59) continued passages of changed meaning (modern 'allegory', cf. Cicero, de Oratore 2.65.261-7; 3.41.106) and irony (within which he includes paroemia, with sarcasm, urbane witticism and antiphrasis, as one of its four types), …Matched in noteshighshort

δ627Διαλεκτικήdialectic… shorter version “the knowledge of what is true and false”: Cicero, Academica 2.91) is frequently ascribed to the Stoic Posidonius (Diogenes Laertius 7.62). The distinction between “signifiers” (or "utterances"; see Diogenes Laertius 7.43) and …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ930Διεξοδικούςdetailed, discursive, elaborate… A detailed account by Aelius Theon, Progymnasmata, 78-79. See also Cicero, De inventione 1.24ff. [4] diecw|dhko/s and the headword had become homonyms by time of the Suda, although they would not have been so …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1109Δικροῖςbifurcated, forked, two-pronged… -ois e)cwqei=n (cf. in Latin, Catullus 105, 2 furcillis eicere, Cicero, ad Atticum 16.2.4 furcilla extrudere, Horace, Epistles 1.10.24 furca expellere). A different meaning is attested by Hesychius (dikro/ous: ta\s trio/dous). [2] Aristophanes, Peace …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1607Δυσδιόρθωτοςhard to be set right… extensively used from the first century BCE onwards. See also Cicero, Letters to Atticus 13.21a.1: "not yet revised" (of a book).Matched in noteshighshort

ε1370Ἐνθύμημαenthymeme, enthymema… (below) 77-85. See also Burnyeat (below). In the practice of Cicero and other orators, enthymeme is particularly applied to arguments that avoid spelling out a socially or politically unacceptable belief by suppressing as if …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3953ἜφοροςEphoros, Ephorus… Isocrates: iota 652. [3] A memorable aphorism much echoed (by Cicero, Quintilian, et al.) but not necessarily reliable in this context: Plato is reported to have said the same about Aristotle and Xenocrates (Diogenes …Matched in noteshighmedium

ι314Ἰλιὰς κακῶνIliad of evils, Iliad of woes… Lexicon iota108 Theodoridis; Zenobius 4.43; etc. (In Latin Ilias malorum: Cicero and others.) cf. iota 313.Matched in noteshighshort

κ469ΚάστωρCastor, Kastor… with the Galatian ruler Castor, on whom see Strabo 12.5.3; Cicero, Pro Rege Deiotaro. (On Deiotarus himself see OCD4 s.v.) [3] delta 1209.Matched in noteshighmedium