Skip to content

Browse Topics Random About

Searching…

The Byzantine encyclopedia of the ancient world, in English and Greek.

Read

Browse Α–Ω
Topics
Random entry

Project

About & credits
Report an error
Original SOL ↗

Follow

@ReadSuda
@readsuda.org

A new reader for the Suda On Line translation, made by 200+ volunteer translators and editors. Greek text after Adler’s edition. Translations © their translators and SOL, licensed CC BY-NC-SA.

Free · non-commercial · no ads · no accounts[email protected]Maintained with ❤️ by Rick Lithan

⌕Search ΑLetters ⤨Random

Keyboard shortcuts

j: Next entry
k: Previous entry
g: Toggle Greek
/: Search
?: Show shortcuts

Search

Search the Suda

All Headwords Translation Greek Notes

Keyword

rhetoric231
definition210
dialects, grammar, and etymology159
ethics72
daily life65
biography62
historiography56
religion56
geography53
history51
philosophy47
imagery46

32 more

law46
military affairs35
economics34
comedy30
politics25
poetry24
Christianity23
zoology22
epic20
gender and sexuality16
medicine16
food15

Letter

Α alpha97
Ε epsilon69
Δ delta28
Η eta15
Β beta6
ΕΙ epsiloniota5
Γ gamma5
Ι iota3

2 more

ΑΙ alphaiota2
Χ chi1

Vetting status

high231

Length

Short198
Medium32
Long1

Translator

David Whitehead64
Jennifer Benedict54
Catharine Roth30
William Hutton29
Antonella Ippolito10
Stefano Sanfilippo6

23 more

Anne Mahoney3
Gregory Hays3
Ioannis Doukas3
Oliver Phillips ✝3
Robert Dyer3

Filters (1)

Keyword

rhetoric231
definition210
dialects, grammar, and etymology159
ethics72
daily life65
biography62
historiography56
religion56
geography53
history51
philosophy47
imagery46

32 more

law46
military affairs35
economics34
comedy30
politics25
poetry24
Christianity23
zoology22
epic20
gender and sexuality16
medicine16
food15

Letter

Α alpha97
Ε epsilon69
Δ delta28
Η eta15
Β beta6
ΕΙ epsiloniota5
Γ gamma5
Ι iota3

2 more

ΑΙ alphaiota2
Χ chi1

Vetting status

high231

Length

Short198
Medium32
Long1

Translator

David Whitehead64
Jennifer Benedict54
Catharine Roth30
William Hutton29
Antonella Ippolito10
Stefano Sanfilippo6

23 more

Anne Mahoney3
Gregory Hays3
Ioannis Doukas3
Oliver Phillips ✝3
Robert Dyer3

231 entries for Photius

Relevance Adler order Longest first

rhetoric ×
Clear all

ε1885Ἑωλοκρασίαleftover-mixture… The closest parallels to this entry in its entirety are: Photius, Lexicon pi2524 Theodoridis; Etymologicum Magnum 352.23-29; and Etymologicum Gudianum 577.3-8, with important differences to be noted below. [1] Up to this point the …Matched in noteshighshort
α1676Ἀμύνασθαιto ward off, to requite, to repay… The first paragraph of the entry (down to a)palech=sai) = Photius, Lexicon alpha1269 Theodoridis, with the exceptions that a) the headword in Photius is a)mu/nesqai, present middle infinitive, which conforms to the tense of …Matched in noteshighmedium
α4248Ἀστράβηmule, mule's saddle… Also in Hesychius (alpha7882), the Synagoge (codex B alpha2268, and Photius (Lexicon alpha3017); cf. Etymologicum Magnum 158.50. [4] Glossed o)nhla/ths "donkey-driver" in Synagoge alpha1015 and Photius, Lexicon alpha3016. Cf. omicron 368. [5] A continuation …

ε1885

Ἑωλοκρασία

leftover-mixture

[Meaning] yesterday's food, strictly speaking. It was a custom among young diners and overnight guests to take take possession, from the leftover dinners of those who were asleep, the juices mixed for such a prank. But…

Ἑωλοκρασία· τὸ χθιζὸν βρῶμα κυρίως. ἔθος ἦν τοῖς νέοις δειπνοῦσι καὶ νυκτερεύουσι κατασχεῖν τῶν κοιμωμένων τῶν ἑώλων δείπνων τοὺς ζωμούς, πρὸς τοιαύτην παιδιὰν κεκραμένους. ἐγὼ δὲ…

mythology

mythology

14

14

trade and manufacture14

trade and manufacture14

science and technology12

science and technology12

meter and music3

meter and music3

Alexandra Trachsel

Alexandra Trachsel

2

2

Carl Widstrand2

Carl Widstrand2

Nicholas Wilshere2

Nicholas Wilshere2

D. Graham J. Shipley1

D. Graham J. Shipley1

Dennis McHenry1

Dennis McHenry1

Elizabeth Vandiver1

Elizabeth Vandiver1

Kenneth Bumbaco1

Kenneth Bumbaco1

Ross Scaife ✝1

Ross Scaife ✝1

Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2424ἘπίκτητοςEpiktetos, Epictetus… exorcism. He is only known through Damascius' fragments quoted by Photius. According to Photius he wrote a commentary on Plato's Gorgias, which consisted of notes written down during Hierocles' lectures. See also iota 178. …Matched in noteshighmedium

α21Ἀβασάνιστοςuntested= Synagoge alpha4 (Lexica Segueriana 3.14); Photius, Lexicon alpha30 Theodoridis; perhaps ultimately derived in part from Phrynichus (Praeparatio rhetorica fr. 39 de Borries); cf. Hesychius alpha89 and a cluster of related entries: alpha 2276, …Matched in noteshighshort

α1500Ἀμαρτυρήτουςwitness-less… in the accusative plural here, but NB (homophonous) adverbs in Photius, Lexicon alpha1136 Theodoridis. Either way, a finer distinction in the Greek than it can readily be made to sound in translation. [2] Antiphanes …Matched in noteshighshort

α1920Ἀνακρουόμεθαwe strike up… alpha 1921. The present headword has the same gloss in Photius and ps.-Zonaras and also in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon. Theodoridis on Photius s.v. notes (without adopting) Reizenstein's attractive suggestion that it should actually be …Matched in noteshighshort

α2024Ἀναπλήσαςhaving filled up, having defiledSame entry in Photius (Lexicon alpha1605 Theodoridis), and previously in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon; similar ones elsewhere. The headword is aorist active participle, nominative accusative singular, of a)napi/mplhmi; the primary gloss is the corresponding form …Matched in noteshighshort

α2479ἌνισονunequalThe first part of this entry is also in Photius and other lexica. [1] See alpha 2444. [2] Barely attested outside lexicography, but Theodoridis on Photius s.v. suggests it may be quoted from Cyril …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2480Ἀνιστάμεναιbeing depopulatedSame entry in Photius and elsewhere. The headword is feminine nominative plural of this middle/passive participle (as too, necessarily, is the gloss), so the governing noun is likely to be "cities", "territories", etc. Theodoridis …Matched in noteshighshort

α2642Ἀντέχειholds out, withstands… [4] Thus far the entry (minus the grammatical point) = Photius, Lexicon alpha2073 Theodoridis. [5] Quotation unidentifiable. [6] Quotation unidentifiable. [7] Quotation not identified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as Josephus, Antiquities …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ470ΔημόφιλοςDemophilos, Demophilus… Philostorgius, vagueness in Christology was reprehensible even among fellow heterousians. Photius provides another item from Philostorgius' report of Demophilus' teachings: in a sermon at Constantinople he said that the Lord's body was swallowed up …Matched in noteshighlong

δ1090ΔίκηsuitLikewise in Photius. [1] Demosthenes 54.1 (web address 1), cited from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1235Διωμοσία καὶ ἀντωμοσίαdiomosia and antomosia, preliminary oath and counter-oath… two headwords at web addresses 1 & 2. [1] = Photius, Lexicon delta638; cf. Synagoge (Codex B) alpha1511, Hesychius delta2049; see also delta 1234. Before a trial in classical Athens, the oath at the …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1499Δραματουργήσαςhaving staged a drama, having fabricated… treated in a recognizably related fashion in Synagoge delta359 and Photius, Lexicon delta744. However, as glosses both lexica have participles from the verb sunti/qhmi ('put together, compose') rather than the participle of suni/hmi that …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1547Δρύοχοιstocks… Timaeus Sophista, Platonic Lexicon delta983b); see already above. Likewise in Photius, Lexicon delta767 (both the Suda and Photius use Timaeus Sophista as an additional source). [5] Quotation (via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti, in Adler's …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε1960Ἐπανένταςremitting= Synagoge epsilon575; Photius, Lexicon epsilon1352. Headword and gloss are aorist active participles in the masculine accusative plural; cf. Lexica Segueriana 226.14, where the same headword and gloss are presented in the nominative plural. …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2078Ἐπέσβηwent in upon= Synagoge epsilon615 (Lexica Segueriana 227.25), Photius epsilon1434 Theodoridis (although see note below). The transmitted headword e)pe/sbh is not attested (in pre-Byzantine writers) outside lexicography, although Thucydides twice employs a different form of the …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2691Ἐπιτήθηgreat-grandmother= Aelius Dionysius epsilon60, Etymologicum Genuinum s.v. Also basically = Photius, Lexicon epsilon1756, and Etymologicum Magnum 366.11, though Photius gives the final part as follows th\n de\ e)pithqh\n, th=s tou= patro\s mhte/ra kai\ th=s …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2701Ἐπίτιμονworthy, enfranchised… followed by two others (timwr/on, timhton). The Synagoge (epsilon760) and Photius (Lexicon epsilon1762) gloss exactly as here; and cf. also Etymologicum Magnum 366.33-35. [2] Lucian, Toxaris 26 (also in the Synagoge and Photius: see …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2786Ἐπλάττετοwas pretending= Synagoge epsilon782; Photius, Lexicon epsilon1817. The headword is Attic imperfect indicative middle/passive, third person singular. It must be quoted from somewhere; perhaps, as Theodoridis suggests in his Photius edition, from Demosthenes 18.231 (on …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3272Ἑταιρισάμενοςassociating one's self… 3271, epsilon 3275, epsilon 3276, etc. [1] = Synagoge epsilon887; Photius, Lexicon epsilon2067. Both headword and gloss are aorist active participles in the nominative singular masculine (middle for the former and active for the …Matched in noteshighshort

ει332Εἰσφρήσεινto let in… assertions may be true, the later one (here and in Photius) is prima facie an error; it presumably stems from the fact that Harpok. has first cited Antiphon and Demosthenes. In Harpokration both glossing …Matched in noteshighshort

α111Ἀγαθῆς Τύχης νεώςtemple of Good Fortune… the present one, without having the present gloss (also in Photius, Lexicon alpha69 Theodoridis) -- it was mentioned by Lycurgus (fr. 23 Conomis) "and others"; probably, therefore, it was in Athens.Matched in noteshighshort

α150Ἀγαπᾶνto love, to receive favorably, to be content with.The main part of this entry is also in Photius' Lexicon (as two consecutive ones: alpha118-119 Theodoridis) and elsewhere. [1] (A marginal addition in ms A.) An expression meaning "please...". There are classical Attic …Matched in noteshighshort

α162Ἀγγαρείαcompulsory labour, corvee… [2] Same or similar glossing in other lexica; references at Photius Lexicon alpha94 Theodoridis.Matched in noteshighshort

α166Ἀγάσαιτοmight be amazedLikewise or similarly in other lexica (references at Photius alpha124 Theodoridis), and cf. generally alpha 138, alpha 141, alpha 167. The headword -- third person singular, aorist optative middle -- is taken to be …Matched in noteshighshort

α187Ἀγελαῖοςordinary… Platonic Lexicon ascribed to Timaeus (971b.10); Synagoge (Codex B) alpha99; Photius, Lexicon alpha134 and alpha141 Theodoridis; none of these matches up precisely, however. Snippets evidently from the same source appear elsewhere, as noted below. …Matched in noteshighshort

α284Ἀγνωμόνωςsenselessly… see also alpha 283). [2] Plato, Republic 5.450D; likewise in Photius alpha217 Theodoridis. [3] Demosthenes 2.26. This paragraph of the entry comes from Harpokration s.v. [4] Gregory of Nazianzus, in Oration 38 (PG 36.329.13) …Matched in noteshighshort

α302Ἀγορανομίαςmarket-supervisorship, market-supervisorships… or accusative plurals. [1] Likewise in other lexica; references at Photius alpha228 Theodoridis. [2] From Harpokration s.v., commenting on Demosthenes 24.112 and also citing ?Aristotle, Ath.Pol. 51.1. [3] Aristophanes, Acharnians 723-4 (web address 1), …Matched in noteshighmedium

Page 1 of 8Next →