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δ1139ΔιογενειανόςDiogenianus, DiogenianosC2 AD. See generally RE Diogenianos(4); NP Diogenianos(2); OCD4 Diogenianus(2). For further bibliography see [delta 1140] Diogenianus, who is probably identical (despite the doubt raised there). [1] OCD4 Heraclea(3).Matched in noteshighshort
δ1140ΔιογενειανόςDiogenianus, DiogenianusProbably identical (despite the compiler's doubts) with [delta 1139] Diogenianus, q.v. [1] For Pontic Heraclea see [delta 1139] Diogenianus (and elsewhere). Stephanus of Byzantium lists more than twenty "other" cities of this name, but …Matched in noteshighmedium
α2723ἈντισθένηςAntisthenes

δ1139

Διογενειανός

Diogenianus, Diogenianos

Of Heraclea in Pontus. Grammarian. He lived under the emperor Hadrian.

Διογενειανός, Ἡρακλείας Πόντου, γραμματικός, γεγονὼς ἐπὶ Ἀδριανοῦ βασιλέως.

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William Hutton1

William Hutton1

… this information is taken from the biography of A. in Diogenes Laertius (6.1, 13, 15), with an additional paragraph -- see n.2 below -- from Julian, Oration 6 (181b Hertlein. On Antisthenes (mid C5 …

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α3831Ἀρετήarete, virtue, excellence… both cited from Harpokration s.v. [2] The source now becomes Diogenes Laertius 7.127-128. [3] That virtue can be lost is said by Chrysippus; that it cannot be lost, by Cleanthes (Diogenes Laertius 7.127). Probably …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ627Διαλεκτικήdialectic… Zintzen (223 Asmus); cf. alpha 278, epsilon 1929. [3] cf. Diogenes Laertius 7.42-43. This definition of dialectic (in its shorter version “the knowledge of what is true and false”: Cicero, Academica 2.91) is frequently …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε1923Ἐπαγωγήinduction; sequence-formation… part of the present tripartite entry reproduces (with slight variations) Diogenes Laertius 3.53-55. [1] Presumably, "true premises". [2] There is apparently something missing here. In DL the second point of this mode is the …Matched in noteshighlong

ε2110Ἔπεχεhold back… (1 Timothy 4.16) but there are numerous other possibilities. [2] Diogenes Laertius 3.52. [3] See next note. [4] A careless version of Diogenes Laertius 4.32: 'while promenading' (peripatw=n) should be 'about everything' (peri\ pa/ntwn). …Matched in noteshighshort

α1400Ἄλλως ἀναλίσκεις ὕδωρyou are using up water for nothing[1] cf., more generally, alpha 1399. Diogenianus 2.61. [2] That is, within a fixed time-limit measured by a waterclock (klepsydra). See in brief S.C. Todd, The Shape of Athenian Law (Oxford 1993) 130-2.Matched in noteshighshort

α1706Ἀμφιβολίαambiguity, amphibolyA version (with an odd ending) of Posidonius ap. Diogenes Laertius 7.62. [1] See again alpha 4435. The single word au)lhtri/s means a female piper; but if it is split into two words, au)lh/ …Matched in noteshighshort

α2260Ἀνέμου παιδίονwind's childIn Diogenianus (1.47) and other paroemiographers; also casually mentioned -- apparently as proverbial -- in Libanius, Letters 1196.2.Matched in noteshighshort

α2929Ἀπαρτίανchattels, household utensils, moveables… Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 43.1 Wallies. [3] Diogenes Laertius 7.60, quoting Antipater's first book On Terms; cf. alpha 1951, omicron 627. [4] The remainder of the entry is abridged from Harpokration …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3029Ἀπέπαρδεfarted… the uneducated Cynics (chs. 15 and 19) when referring to Diogenes (delta 1141 etc.). [1] e.g. Comica adespota fr. 50 Kock (not in K.-A.). See LSJ at web address 1. [2] See again epsilon …Matched in noteshighshort

α3438Ἀπὸ μηχανῆςfrom a machinecf. Diogenianus 2.84 and other paroemiographers; also the scholia to Plato, Clitophon 470A (and other scholia). For the proverbiality of the phrase see also e.g. Demosthenes 40.59: "Timocrates alone, as if from a machine, …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3915ἈριστόδημοςAristodemus, Aristodemos… [eta 546] Herodian. [2] Suggested emendations of this name are Diogenianus and Dardanus.Matched in noteshighshort

α4322ἈταρνεύςAtarneus… Atarneus. So e.g. in the epigram of Callimachus quoted by Diogenes Laertius 1.80.Matched in noteshighshort

β78Βάλλειν μήλοιςto hit with apples[1] Diogenianus 3.63; and cf. mu 938, mu 942. [2] Quotation not identified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as a passage from Gregory of Nazianus' Funeral speech for Basil of Caesarea. [3] …Matched in noteshighshort

β104Βαρβαρίζειbehaves like a barbarian… the participle barbari/zontes occurs (see web address 1 below). [3] Diogenes Laertius 7.59; again (including the added example) at sigma 782. [4] Even worse in the Greek than it sounds in translation; "the wall" …Matched in noteshighshort

δ354Δείξειςdemonstrations, displays, performances, showsDiogenes Laertius 4.38, here abridged. (For Arcesilaus see generally alpha 3950.) The headword, accusative plural, is extracted from the passage. [1] i.e. 'where seats were paid for' (Loeb translation).Matched in noteshighshort

δ429ΔημήτριοςDemetrius, Demetrios… typical slave's name, which ties in with other allegations (in Diogenes Laertius 5.76 and elsewhere) that the family was of servile origin [3] [theta 199] Theophrastus = 18.5 FHS&G. [4] Differently in Diog.Laert. 5.76: …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ471ΔημοφῶνDemophon… uncles (see under delta 456); and Alexander the Great's butler (Diogenes Laertius 9.80).Matched in noteshighshort

δ1069Δίκαιον πρᾶγμαa just action… the gloss reveals that the entire entry in generated by Diogenes Laertius 7.99 (on Stoic doctrine): every good (pa=n a)gaqo/n) is ... just (di/kaion) "because etc.". See on this Theodoridis' Photius edition, vol.II p.LXXIII.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1095Δίκης δικαιότερος(someone) more just than justiceDiogenianus 6.13, etc.Matched in noteshighshort

ε123Ἐγκράτειαcontinence, control, self-control… epsilon 122 and epsilon 126. [1] A Stoic definition, from Diogenes Laertius 7.93 (Life of Zeno). [2] Starting here the entry has been adapted from the Commentary on Aristotle's Topica by Alexander of Aphrodisias …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε807Ἐλεύθεροςfree[1] Diogenes Laertius 7.121; cf. delta 1424. [2] cf. Etymologicum Magnum 329.42. On the verb e)leu/qw see LSJ s.v. and epsilon 836. [3] From gamma 4, q.v. The quotation here has to\n where gamma …Matched in noteshighshort

ε960Ἐμβριθέστατοςmost weighty, very weighty… cf. epsilon 958, epsilon 959, epsilon 961, epsilon 962. [1] Diogenes Laertius 4.30, glossing the praise of Arcesilaus (alpha 3950) by his former teacher Theophrastus (theta 199).Matched in noteshighshort

ε1002ἘμπεδοκλῆςEmpedokles, Empedocles… The material of the present entry is drawn largely from Diogenes Laertius. [1] Or "Exainetos": Inwood and others (from Satyrus ap. DL 8.53). Xenetos is cross-referenced at xi 24. [2] Again at kappa 224. …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε1004Ἐμπεδοκλέους ἔχθραEmpedokles' hatred, Empedocles' hatred… by this time, and it certainly became so later: see Diogenianus 4.77 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1922Ἐπαγωγήinduction… unglossed, see also epsilon 1921 and (esp.) epsilon 1923. [1] Diogenes Laertius 3.47.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2299Ἐπιδικάζεταιclaims at law, sues for… 32 Thalheim (now 91 Carey OCT), from the Reply to Diogenes on behalf of Archestratus about a plot of land. cf. generally alpha 1764, epsilon 2298.Matched in noteshighshort

χ5Χάλαζαhail, hailstorm[1] Stoic definitions from Diogenes Laertius 7.153. [2] Similar material, more briefly, in the Lexica Segueriana, s.v. nifeto/s. Perhaps from a Life of Pythagoras (so Adler). [3] Aristophanes, Frogs 852 (Dionysus talking about Aeschylus), …Matched in noteshighmedium

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