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ε308Ἐθελοντήνwillingly… the quotations given. (It is indeed a particular favourite of Polybius, but occurs first in Herodotus, Xenophon, Lysias and Isaeus.) [1] For related ones see epsilon 307, epsilon 310. [2] Polybius fr. 129 Büttner-Wobst. …Matched in noteshighshort
α334ἈγωνιῶI am in a torment[1] Likewise in other lexica. [2] Polybius 1.20.6 (web address 1). [3] Polybius 3.78.2 (web address 2); again at alpha 722. [4] Polybius fr.(?) 94 Büttner-Wobst; Although Büttner-Wobst is reluctant to accept the attribution …Matched in noteshighmedium
α3546Ἀπόστασιςdistance[1] Polybius 8.37.12. [2] Quotation (and personnel) unidentifiable. (Adler suggests Aelian.) [3] The source for this paragraph about classical Athens is Harpokration s.v. a)postasi/ou, which cites oratory (Lysias fr.32 Sauppe [now 37 Carey OCT], …

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Ἐθελοντήν

willingly

An adverb. "Willingly enduring the perilous dangers." Polybius [writes]: "for those wishing to endure every danger willingly." And elsewhere: "out of the whole army he picked [as marines] the best men [who] willingly…

Ἐθελοντήν· ἐπίρρημα. τοὺς παραβόλους κινδύνους ἐθελοντὴν ἀναδεδεγμένος. καὶ Πολύβιος· τοῖς βουλομένοις πάντα κίνδυνον ἐθελοντὴν ὑπομένειν. καὶ αὖθις· ἐκ παντὸς ἐπέλεξε τοῦ…

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β137Βασανίζεινto test… From the scholia to Aristophanes, Frogs 616, quoted below. [2] Polybius fr. 26 Büttner-Wobst. Here the noun ba/sanos is being used, rather than the verb basani/zw of the headword. [3] Paraphrased from Harpokration s.v., …Matched in noteshighmedium

β561ΒροῦτοςBrutus… 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 (but the Brutus there is a much earlier …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2907Ἐργολάβοςcontractor; profit-maker… cf. generally epsilon 2909, epsilon 2911. [8] An approximation of Polybius 8.3.3 -- perhaps via an epitome: the original is much longer, and does not contain the phrase 'had a hard time'. (Archimedes, surprisingly, …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3677Εὑρεσιλόγοςskilled at finding words, ingenious in argument, sophistical… than the spelling with epsilon (see web address 1). [2] Polybius fr. 50 Büttner-Wobst, using the infinitive of the related verb eu(resiloge/w (or eu(rhsiloge/w).Matched in noteshighshort

ει80Εἰκοβολεῖνto talk at random, to shoot missiles at random… venture'. [1] Likewise or similarly, variously, in other lexica. [2] Polybius fr. 35 Büttner-Wobst.Matched in noteshighshort

χ395Χόρδευεmince; make sausages… Aristophanes, Knights 216 (web address 2 below), with scholia. [3] Polybius 11.8.5 (web address 3); cf. epsilon 3195 and upsilon 274. It is not clear how this quotation is meant to relate to the …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1082Ἀλάστωρalastor… alpha privative and the root of lanqa/nw, aorist e)/laqon. [2] [Polybius] fr. 98 Büttner-Wobst, of uncertain location (and application); cf. pi 444 (end). This fragment was once attributed to Polybius by Casaubon, and subsequently …Matched in noteshighshort

α2202Ἀναιρεθείςhaving been taken up… [7] Cassius Dio, Historiae Romanae 17.82 (web address 2). [8] Polybius fr. 99 Büttner-Wobst; cf. already alpha 1678 and again epsilon 941, pi 933. Büttner-Wobst notes that Ursinus (Fulvio Orsini, 1529-1600) attributed this fragment …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4218Ἀστάθμητονuncertain… first quotation given. [1] Quotation unidentifiable, but Adler (apparatus) suggested Polybius. It may be an aphorism or proverbial saying, also reflected in Leo the Deacon (History p.41.16), to\ ga\r a)sta/qmhton th=s tuxh=s kai\ a)/dhlon… …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4434Αὐλαίαcurtain… stoa, partly shut off from it by a curtain". [2] Polybius fr. 22 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (p. 517) that as an alternative Hultsch suggested the third person singular aorist indicative active form of the …Matched in noteshighshort

δ337ΔεινοκράτηςDeinokrates, DeinocratesPolybius 23.5.4-14, on the year 184/3 BCE (when this Deinokrates went on an embassy to Rome). Compare Livy 39.51, and consult F.W. Walbank, A Historical Commentary on Polybius, iii (Oxford 1979) 220-222. [1] cf. …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2448Ἐπιλογισάμενοςhaving reckoned in addition… though note earlier instances in [Demosthenes] (44.34 & 54). [1] Polybius fr. 147 Büttner-Wobst, probably via a lost part of the Excerpta of Constantine Porphyrogenitus. Büttner-Wobst notes (533) that Casaubon attributed this fragment to …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2718Ἐπιτωθάζωνmocking, teasing… CE) is a conjecture by Casaubon in a passage in Polybius for a)poloidore/w, which does not appear elsewhere either (Polybius 15.33.4).Matched in noteshighshort

ε2751Ἐπιφοραῖςby inflictions… epsilon5389 has a similar entry but with accusative plurals. [2] Polybius fr. 152 Büttner-Wobst. Here the headword appears in the accusative singular and in the sense of 'onslaught' rather than 'infliction'. Büttner-Wobst accepts Casaubon's …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3834Εὐψυχίαstout-heartedness… generally epsilon 3835, epsilon 3836, epsilon 3837, epsilon 3838a. [2] Polybius fr. 159 Büttner-Wobst, recalling prominent figures (two Theban, two Spartan) of the classical age. For Epam(e)inondas (d. 371 BCE) and Pelopidas (d. 364) …Matched in noteshighshort

α770Ἀθυρογλωττίαimpudent loquacity… term -- literally playfulness of the tongue -- see e.g. Polybius 8.10.1 (criticizing this in Theopompus). The related adjective appears under alpha 1306 = tau 52. For the gloss cf. pi 2560.Matched in noteshighshort

α3013Ἀπελογίζετοgave an account of… there are also instances in (e.g.) Xenophon and Aeschines. [1] Polybius 13.5.2, on Herakleides of Tarentum (in southern Italy, cf. tau 112). On him, and this epsiode, see also Polyaenus 5.17.2.Matched in noteshighshort

α3896ἈρισταίνετοςAristainetos, Aristaenetus… Lucian. (Its appearance in the body of alpha 3897, from Polybius, is a slip.)Matched in noteshighshort

αι224ΑἴνιονAinion, Aenium… were Ainioi/Aenii: see alphaiota 225. [2] Quoted from alpha 3451: Polybius 22.6.7 (preserved only in the Suda), on events in Thrace in the 180s BCE.Matched in noteshighshort

δ963ΔιεσπευσάμηνI worked zealouslyLSJ s.v. diaspeu/dw notes instances of this verb in Isaeus, Polybius, and Cassius Dio. The present headword is its aorist indicative middle, in the first person singular. For this with the same glosses see …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1547Δρύοχοιstocks… druo/xwn aut sim. "from the stocks", used literally in e.g. Polybius 1.38.5 [...], could also mean figuratively "from scratch" (e.g. Plato, Timaeus 81B)'. [1] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 52, quoted below. [2] …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1596Δυσαρεστούμενοςdispleased… middle participle, masculine nominative singular, of dusareste/w. Perhaps taken from Polybius, who uses forms of this participle more often than other authors (and this particular form at 3.112.2, 9.3.4, 9.29.8). The quotations in the …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1674Δυσωπεῖσθαιto look askance at… to be ashamed) are mainly not Attic writers: Chariton, Heliodorus, Polybius, Philo, Plutarch, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Dio Chrysostom, the emperor Julian, Libanius (see Francisco Adrados, 2002 s.v.) [6] This definition refers to the active …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε403Ἔκδοτοςgiven-up… not, possible sources include Euripides (Ion 1251), Isocrates (4.141) and Polybius (28.4.11).Matched in noteshighshort

ε438Ἐκκήρυκτονbanished, ordered-out… from somewhere; extant possibilities include instances in Herodotus, Aeschines and Polybius. For the verb a)poskoraki/zw "send to the crows," see alpha 3531 and references there.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1220Ἐνεδέχοντοthey accepted… from the quotation given. [2] Valckenaer attributed this quotation to Polybius; Mai, to Cassius Dio; Gaisford associated it with delta 1478 (Aelian fr. 6 Hercher). With the aid of the TLG it can in …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1615Ἐξέλεξεcollected… comes from elsewhere, extant instances include two in Demosthenes; also Polybius and the Septuagint). [1] Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort

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