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ι503ἸώσηποςJosephus… web address 2). [3] alpha 3215. [4] phi 448. [5] Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 18.63-4 (see web address 3).Matched in noteshighmedium
χ154ΧαιρέαςChaireas, Chaereas… from epsilon 1094 (which mentions someone of this name in Josephus), but a common enough name anyway, in fact and fiction.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3258Ἐσχεδίαζονthey were improvising… with the alternative sense provided in the second gloss. [2] Josephus, Jewish War 2.650 (web address 1). [3] Polybios fr. 46 Büttner-Wobst; cf. sigma 1773. Here the verb is perfect middle/passive infinitive (e)sxedia/sqai).Matched in noteshighshort
ε327Ἔθνοςnation, people, tribe… most probably, an error or else from a work of Josephus (iota 503, iota 504) on, in whole or part, the Maccabees which has not survived. (For the Maccabees see generally under alpha 2693, …Matched in noteshighshort
α3122Ἀπειλημμένοςthreatened… from somewhere. There are instances in Attic oratory (Antiphon, Aeschines), Josephus, and elsewhere. cf. generally alpha 3121, alpha 3123.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3526Εὐκαρδίωςstout-heartedly… the quotation given (but also occurs in e.g. Euripides and Josephus). [1] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 57 Habrich.Matched in noteshighshort
μ478Μελέτηstudy, military drill… wording in the definition of meleta=| in Hesychius mu680. [2] Josephus, Jewish War 3.75, comparing the Romans' approach to military drills and actual battles (see web address 1). For 'battle-stations' see generally pi 457.Matched in noteshighshort
κ869Καταχλευάζω σεI jeer at you, I scoff at you… but identifiable via the TLG as a close approximation of Josephus, Jewish War 2.493 (web address 1); cf. Favuzzi [cited under alpha 1518] 57.Matched in noteshighshort
ε564Ἐκ περιτροπῆςin alternation… preserved only in literature of the Roman imperial period (from Josephus onwards), seems confined largely to the sense given in the translation of the headword, rather than that of either of the two glosses. …Matched in noteshighshort
α4569Ἀφαίρεμαextract… LSJ s.v. (web address 1), citing the Old Testament and Josephus. LSJ give a)fai/rhma as from Hesychius, but Latte reads a)fai/rema, as here and in the sources and other lexica. [2] Hyperides fr. 23 …Matched in noteshighshort
β591Βυκάνηbugle… "trumpet" (salpinx: sigma 66, sigma 68, cf. sigma 68). [2] Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 3.291-2.Matched in noteshighshort
γ11Γάϊος ΚαῖσαρGaius Caesar… rhetoric is commented on by Suetonius (Life of Gaius 53), Josephus (Jewish Antiquities 19.208) and Tacitus (Annales 13.3.5). Confusion with a different Gaius is not to be excluded; perhaps [DW] even gamma 10 (q.v.).Matched in noteshighshort
κ1034Κατεῖπεspoke against… cf. kappa 1035. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. [3] Quotation unidentifiable (but Josephus twice mentions an Ophellios).Matched in noteshighshort
ε2135Ἐπειρωνευόμενοςmaking an ironic remark… quotation given, its only independent occurrence. [1] An approximation of Josephus, Jewish War 5.531.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2718Ἐπιτωθάζωνmocking, teasing… uncommon verb. Its only putative attestation, before the Byzantine period (Josephus Genesius, Basileia 3.9.20: tenth century CE) is a conjecture by Casaubon in a passage in Polybius for a)poloidore/w, which does not appear elsewhere …Matched in noteshighshort
α2642Ἀντέχειholds out, withstands… not identified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 12.203. [8] Diodorus Siculus 29.9, on events of 189 BCE. [9] Likewise (minus the grammatical point) in other lexica; …Matched in noteshighmedium
α3831Ἀρετήarete, virtue, excellence… on). [7] This addendum cites (very summarily) a passage of Josephus (Jewish War 3.71-72), where the author points out that if one pays attention to the organization, discipline or "good order" of the Roman …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2424ἘπίκτητοςEpiktetos, Epictetus… Some scholars think this is the Epaphroditus to whom Flavius Josephus dedicated his writings. [4] The tradition provides many accounts of Epictetus' disabled leg. As xwlo/s or to\ sw=ma a)sqenh\s he is recorded by …Matched in noteshighmedium