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2981
Ἀπέδοξεν
it seemed good not, it was resolved not
… ou)k; the gloss should read 'Meaning: it did not seem
good'.
The headword must be quoted from somewhere: there are instances in Herodotus, Xenophon, Pausanias and Philostratus. Impersonal a)pe/docen is the opposite of e)/docen …
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563
Ἐκ περιουσίας
superfluously, advantageously
… would be catastrophic for him, Demosthenes, to lose the people's
goodwill
(whereas Aeschines has no such position to forfeit).
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1170
Διονύσιος ὁ Ἀρεωπαγίτης
Dionysios the Areiopagite, Dionysius the Areopagite
… This applies to God the particular predicates of created beings
(good,
beauty, life etc.), but denies that any intelligible name could properly denote God, for it is beyond every created being. According to Dionysius, …
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555
Ἐκ παντὸς ξύλου
out of every timber
… here in particular a statue of Hermes, should be of
good
quality. Apuleius is discussing the possibility of children being possessed by a divinity and telling the future, and he argues that such a …
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3831
Ἀρετή
arete, virtue, excellence
… that if one pays attention to the organization, discipline or
"good
order" of the Roman army, it will be recognized that the Roman power is like a prize or acquisition of virtue, not like …
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163
Χαίρειν
to say 'hello'
… xai=re in the gloss ("hello!"). It was also used for
"Good-bye".
See also chi 162. [1]
"Good
luck!" is a translation of eu)= pra/ttois ("may you do well"; see epsilon 3605).
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3504
Εὐθύδημος
Euthydemos, Euthydemus
… that he was from Phoenicia and that he was a
good
rhetorician. [3] A significant compression of the original. After the comparison of the populace to water-birds, Philostratus states that Apollonius chided them in …
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2686
Ἀντινομῶ
I disobey
… text is correct (LSJ s.v. question it), there is a
good
example in Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 6.20: qeoi=s d' a)ntinomei=n mani/a "It is madness to disobey the gods."
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150
Βασίλειος
Basil, Basilius, Basileios
… passage also at alpha 3397 and gamma 450. [8] A
good
introduction to the christological controversies of the fourth century is R.P.C. Hanson, The Search for the Christian Doctrine of God: the Arian Controversy …
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427
Βουλεύοντι
[to him] taking counsel
… (web address 1 below); Diodotus outlines the duties of a
good
citizen.
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349
Δείνωσις
exacerbation, exaggeration; frowning
… to hit a target at which one is aiming. The
goodness
or badness of cleverness depends on the quality of the target (skopo/s) the agent has set before him: if it is fine or …
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461
Δημοσίων πραγμάτων διοικητής
administrator of public affairs
… comedy’s protagonist, for violating Athens’ ban on the import of
goods
from hostile states. In his Birds (414 BC), Aristophanes introduces a hyperactive sycophant who makes his living by harassing members of Athens’ subject …
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1069
Δίκαιον πρᾶγμα
a just action
… 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.
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1547
Δρύοχοι
stocks
… defines Agathon as a)gaqo\s poihth\s kai= poqeino\s toi=s fi/lois, "a
good
poet and missed by friends" (see under alpha 124). On Agathon see also mu 1445, pi 1165, chi 403. [3] Greek Anthology 6.16.5-6 …
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431
Ἑκηβόλιος
Hekebolios, Hecebolius
… its savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth
good
for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under the foot of men' (Matthew 5:13, cf. Mark 9:50, Luke 14:34).
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2864
Ἐπρυτάνευσε
presided over
… earlier lexica do not have it, and there is another
good
candidate in Isocrates 4.121. [2] Though this quotation is otherwise unattested, the name Stryngaios (again sigma 1230) creates a link with Ctesias FGrH …
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3032
Ἑρμαῖόν
Hermes-gift, godsend
… is that the wicked enrich themselves by taking advantage of
good
people. See A. Fitzgerald's translation at web address 1.
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