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κ1043Κατηδολέσχησά σουI wearied you with my prattling… 32 (p.40.9 Bidez-Cumont). For a similar phrase, again in a philosophical context, see Plutarch, Moralia 503B (from the de Garrulitate), an anecdote about Aristotle wearied with the talk of an interlocutor. As in Julian's …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3501Εὐθυβόλῳstraight-throwing, accurate… in the masculine/neuter dative singular, evidently quoted from somewhere (perhaps Philo Judaeus, for whom this adjective in all forms was a great favourite).Matched in noteshighshort
ε519Ἐκνοσηλεύωνcuring completely… verb e)knoshleu/w. It must be quoted from somewhere -- perhaps Philo Judaeus, who uses it figuratively. cf. generally nu 491.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3617Εὐορκίαfidelity to an oath… attested in a variety of authors including Demosthenes, Appian and Philo Judaeus. cf. epsilon 3618, lambda 164, mu 277, rho 13.Matched in noteshighshort
ε209Ἕδεσινin shrines… must be quoted from somewhere. (There are extant instances in Philo Judaeus and Libanius.) [2] cf. epsilon 222, epsilon 248, epsilon 249.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1224Διῴδειused to swell with anger… be quoted from somewhere, perhaps (as Latte on Hesychius suggests) Philo Judaeus, Legatio ad Gaium 254. LSJ entry at web address 1; and cf delta 1225, delta 1274, delta 1275.Matched in noteshighshort
ε118Ἔγκοτονspite, spiteful… may be that this primary headword too is extracted from Philo Judaeus (Legatio in Gaium 260), though Theodoridis opts for Herodotus 3.59.4. [2] Likewise in Hesychius (epsilon253) and elsewhere. Latte claims it as quoted …Matched in noteshighshort
α2302Ἀνεπόλειhe was repeating… somewhere. (Its only extant attestation outside the Suda is in Philo Judaeus, Legatio ad Gaium 310, but the subject there is feminine.)Matched in noteshighshort
κ1258Κεκωφῆσθαιto be deafened… The verb kwfa/w occurs five times in the passive in Philo Judaeus, including kekwfh=sqai in De congressu eruditionis gratia 65.7 (in a figurative sense) and kekwfw=sqai in Quod deterius potiori insidiari soleat 175.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1120Ἐναποματτόμενοιbeing imaged, receiving an impression… It must be quoted from somewhere; the extant instances include Philo Judaeus and John Chrysostom. See also Hesychius epsilon2652 (aorist infinitive, with gloss to\n tu/pon a)nalabei=n, epsilon2653 (future, with gloss e)napotupw/sei) and epsilon2654 (present …Matched in noteshighshort
η76Ἠγγύαwas giving as a pledge… was offering, was guaranteeing. Photius, Lexicon eta19 Theodoridis and Herennius Philo, De diversis verborum significationibus eta88 Palmieri (where perhaps the Photian entry is taken from) have the gloss w(molo/gei dw/sein, 'was agreeing to give'. …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3210Ἐστηλιτευμένονencolumned, enslabbed… somewhere. Outside lexicography, extant instances are confined to two in Philo Judaeus (Quis rerum divinarum heres sit 258, De congressu eruditionis gratia 58: both neuter), who has a fondness for this verb generally.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1231Διῳκισμένοςdispersed, scattered… verb dioiki/zw (cf. delta 1230). Evidently quoted from somewhere (perhaps Philo Judaeus, Quis rerum divinarum heres sit 83). The headword and gloss, without the syntactical comment, occur in Synagoge delta326, Photius delta682, and (in …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1170Διονύσιος ὁ ἈρεωπαγίτηςDionysios the Areiopagite, Dionysius the Areopagite… Dionysius the Pseudo-Areopagite at web address 1; Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry by Mark Lamarre at web address 2; Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry by Kevin Corrigan and Michael Harrington at web address 3. …Matched in noteshighlong
δ1674Δυσωπεῖσθαιto look askance at… 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 form, …Matched in noteshighmedium
η462ἩρακλείδηςHerakleides, Heracleides, Heraclides… logos, which leaves us little the wiser. [3] Ptolemy VI Philometor, reigned 180-145 BC. [4] See generally RE Herakleides(44); PIR2 H87. [5] This proverbial phrase (from Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 1.19) is quoted …Matched in noteshighshort
α858ἈκήAke, Acre… *)Akh=s for e(ca/kis; and for the same in another genre Philo Mechanicus, Poliorketika B53 Diels-Schramm [90.16 Th.], with Buecheler's *)/Akhs for a)kti/s.] [2] The hellenistic antiquarian Demetrius of Scepsis (on whom see generally OCD(4) …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2342ΚράτηςCrates, Krates… Crates and the Kritikoi/, as revealed through their influence on Philodemus, see R. Janko's edition 128-34. [3] alpha 3892. [4] Ptolemy VI (reigned 180-145). [5] See Pfeiffer 238-9 on the nature and scope of …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3504ΕὐθύδημοςEuthydemos, Euthydemus… opening sentence, the entry is an ever-increasingly loose approximation of Philostratus, Life of Apollonius 1.7 (cf. web address 1). See also alpha 3193, kappa 2613, omicron 80, sigma 689. [1] Barrington Atlas map 66 …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2424ἘπίκτητοςEpiktetos, Epictetus… epigram written by a certain Leontianus in praise of the philosopher, found in an inscription in Pisidia. [3] For this man see OCD(4) s.v. Epaphroditus(1). The Greek text suggests that Epaphroditus would have been …Matched in noteshighmedium
γ450ΓρηγόριοςGregorios, Gregorius, Gregory… For Caesarius see kappa 1202. [4] cf. pi 1889. [5] Philostorgius pp. 111-113 Bidez-Winkelmann; quoted also at alpha 3397 and beta 150.Matched in noteshighlong
ι464ἸωάννηςIoannes, Johnc. AD 490-570s. See generally RE Ioannes(21); OCD4 Philoponus. [1] The work against Proclus is the treatise Against Proclus on the Eternity of the World; the work against Severus is unidentified.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1476ΔῶροςDoros, Dorus… Though Adler cites Damascius’ Life of Isidore (perhaps more properly Philosophical History) as the source of this entry, as a matter of fact the Philosophical History is in the main reconstructed from the Suda …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ297Λεπτολογίαsubtle argument[1] Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 1.17; see also delta 519, kappa 912. [2] Hermippus fr. 22 Kock, now 21 K.-A.; also in other lexica. [3] Aristophanes, Clouds 320 (web address 1), with …Matched in noteshighshort
α979Ἀκριβήςaccurate, precise… of Aphrodisias' Commentary on Aristotle's Topica 111a8-13 [157.1-17], where the philosopher explains that a change of terms can make an argument more intelligible, whether we support a proposition or oppose it. The Suda's quotation …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ802ΛύκειονLykeion, Lyceum… fact not mentioned here: being the chosen location for the philosophical school founded by Aristotle in the C4 BCE. See generally OCD(4) pp.160 (under 'Aristotle') and 1108 (under 'Peripatetic school'). [1] Theopompus FGrH 115 …Matched in noteshighshort
α2657ἈντιγενίδηςAntigenides, Antigenidas… aulode -- no doubt a mistake for "aulete" -- of Philoxenos [the dithyrambist Ph. of Kythera, c.435-c.380 BC: see phi 393]; perhaps it was he [= Antigenidas] who had to accompany the chorus through …Matched in noteshighshort
ι543ἹππίαςHippiasC5 BC. See generally Diels-Kranz 86; Philostratus Lives of the Sophists 1.11; RE Hippias(13); W.K.C. Guthrie, The Sophists (Cambridge 1971) 280-5; OCD4 Hippias(2). [1] Mentioned only here. Guthrie 283 compares the story in Plato, …Matched in noteshighshort
μ214ΜάρκοςMarcus… 215 and mu 216. [2] The anecdote is drawn from Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 2.9. This "Alexander" is Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), and Lucius calls him "my" king simply on the basis …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1128Ἀλέξανδρος ΑἰγαῖοςAlexandros Aigaios, Alexandrus Aegaeus, Alexander of Aegae… Eusebius. [9] [iota 435] Julian. [10] RE Alexandros(98); NP Alexandros(28); Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 2.5.Matched in noteshighmedium

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