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κ2198Κούφη γῆ τοῦτον καλύπτοιmay light earth cover him, may the earth covering him be lightMeaning hanging [sc. in space]. Earth is called "lighter than earth," not being light in a plain sense; and fire [is called] "heavier than fire," not being heavy in a plain sense; but that …Matched in translationhighmedium
χ328Χθονίας βροντάςearth-shaking thunderclaps"Celebrate [his] earth-shaking thunderclaps". Meaning sing a hymn. "Earth-shaking" [meaning] frightening. For they trace the genealogy of all terrible things to the earth. But others [see this as thunderclaps] that bring about a loud …Matched in translationhighmedium
μ1071Μίλτοςmiltos, ruddle, red ochre, red earth, red leadA kind of red color. And Homer [says]: "red-cheeked ships".. And in Epigrams: "and a red-daubed rope plucked by a rod's tip". And elsewhere: "and they twisted a cord with ruddle and beat the …Matched in headwordhighmedium
χ5Χάλαζαhail, hailstorm… through the air by the wind and carried down to earth. But snow [is] moisture, frozen out of a cloud. Hailstorms: they are freezings of the moisture overhead in the air, above the earth; …Matched in translationhighmedium
ν439Νιφετόςsnowstorm… congealments of watery moisture in the air. Up above the earth, the lesser kind is snow, and the greater kind is hail. Down below on the earth, the lesser is hoar-frost, and the greater …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2558Κοινόνcommon, ordinary… application: (i) what is divisible into parts, such as the earth obtained by allotment; (ii) what is indivisible, [such as] what is taken for common usage; (iii) what is appropriated to oneself with anticipation …Matched in translationhighmedium
χ342Χλίδοςslime, sludgeDemosthenes in the [speech] Against Kallikles on Damage to a Plot [writes]: "and then throwing out the slime into the road, the result of which was that he made the road itself higher and …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε3253Ἐσχατιάνextremity, farthest part[Meaning an] ultimate place of earth/land. Or those regions which have pasturages, as Aristotle also says in [book] 8 of Politics. [Note] that the [nouns] meaning collection and property are all oxytone: a)xurmia/ ['chaff'], …Matched in translationhighmedium
γ7ΓάδειραGadeira, Gades, Cadiz… was rough and dark. Gadeira [takes its name] from "ga" [earth] and "deira" [neck]. When Heracles had come as far as this and could not sail through, he acquired some slabs from the natives …Matched in translationhighmedium
α4452Αὔξηincrease… the whole by means of the natural power in the earth. Thus 'to be increased' is employed in the case of things that have souls and have parts.Matched in translationhighmedium
α3242Ἄπνουςnot breathing… stop the [strength] of restless winds, which arising on the earth lay waste to the fields with their blasts; and again, if you wish, you shall bring back winds in requital. You shall make …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε2406ἘπίκουροςEpicurus, Epikouros… strike each other and that, when they are separated, air, earth, and the sea are produced from them, and then minglings and conjunctions are dissolved and disappear completely into atoms. [These doctrines also maintain …Matched in translationhighmedium
ο68ὈζίαςOzias, Uzziah… livestock. Being a farmer, he took great care of the earth. Of chosen soldiery he had 370 thousand, 2 thousand taxiarchs [and chiliarchs] and all kinds of armaments. Coming into such an array and …Matched in translationhighmedium
α1827Ἀναγκαῖονnecessary… whole [universe] and thus engendering all compounds: fire, water, air, earth. For these things are certain composites of atoms and which are unaffected and unchangeable on account of their firmness. Everything occurs by necessity, …Matched in translationhighmedium
α4084ἈρχέλαοςArchelaos, Archelaus… one fragment, "coldness is the connection" (presumably which holds the Earth in a solid state); see Diels and Kranz, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 60B1a. From surviving testimonia (principally Hippolytus), he would seem to have …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε953Ἔμβολονwedge, wedge-formation… (98a Jacoby=68a-b Theiler), in reference to the shape of the earth. [3] i.e. the iron (or bronze) tip of a ram (epsilon 952, and cf. epsilon 949). [4] Diodorus Siculus 31.5.3 (via the Excerpta …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1054Διιτρέφης πυτιναῖα ἔχων πτεράDiitrephes with wicker-flask wings… if [Aristophanes] said: with nothing other than wine-jar feet and earthenware knobs. This man [Dieitrephes] was nouveau riche and grasping and wicked. Plato in Festivals [writes]: "and a foreigner, the madman, the Cretan, the …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ320ΚάνωποςCanopus, Kanopos… crafty. In parts of Egypt it is customary to build earthen pots which have small continuous holes, in order to distil turbid water through these holes and render it pure. The priest of Canopus …Matched in translationhighmedium
α2130ἈνάχαρσιςAnacharsis… died performing Greek rites in Scythia, when his brother was plotting against him: according to some he [lived] into extreme old age and almost up to one hundred years old.Matched in translationhighmedium
η60ἩγίαςHegias… large fortune of which he was master and who were plotting [against him] with the support of the established order; for there was in Hegias something of Theagenes' magnanimous nature in his benefactions; but …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ1156ΔιοκλητιανόςDiocletian… Christ-hating man, angry in his memory of those who had plotted trouble concerning the empire, did not seek to rule in Egypt moderately or gently, but rather he went there defiling [the land] with …Matched in translationhighmedium