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δ733Δίαρμαpassage by seaPolybius [writes]: "at the same time, in regard to the sailing voyage from Libya and the passage by sea, the city was very favorably situated for the Carthaginians". And elsewhere: "for from the palisade …Matched in translationhighmedium
α2797Ἀνυστικωτέραmore effectiveMeaning very productive. Polybius [writes]: "a single soul [can be] more effective in some instances than a whole multitude of hands". [Meaning] that Archimedes in Syracuse by himself [was more effective than] many Romans.Matched in translationhighshort
α3465Ἀποξυστροῦνταιthey are bent awry[Meaning] they turn at an angle, they turn back. Polybius [writes]: "For the swords of the Gauls, because of their manufacture, make only one effective cut, the first; after this they are immediately bent …

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Polybius [writes]: "at the same time, in regard to the sailing voyage from Libya and the passage by sea, the city was very favorably situated for the Carthaginians". And elsewhere: "for from the palisade to [the] sea…

Δίαρμα· Πολύβιος· ἅμα δὲ πρὸς τὸν ἀπὸ Λιβύης πλοῦν καὶ πελάγιον δίαρμα λίαν εὐφυῶς ἔκειτο τοῖς Καρχηδονίοις ἡ πόλις. καὶ αὖθις· ἦν μὲν γὰρ ἀπὸ τοῦ χάρακος ἐπὶ θάλατταν ρκʹ στάδια·…

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ε2903Ἐργαστήριονworkshop[Meaning a place] in which certain things are manufactured. Polybius [writes]: "there was no possibility -- as Xenophon puts it -- that someone could have seen that city and not called it a workshop …Matched in translationhighshort

α2298Ἀνεπισταθμεύτουςbilleting-exempt… not having soldiers billeted on them or [subject to] conscription. Polybius [writes]: "king Philip agreed that the Thasians be ungarrisoned, tribute-exempt, and billeting-exempt". Alternatively, [those] not receiving weights, that is, at equilibrium.Matched in translationhighshort

α2422Ἀνήνυτονendless[Meaning something] immeasurable, great. Polybius [writes]: "when great difficulty was coming to light concerning the rations, and insofar as the journey was seeming endless in its length." Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "of …Matched in translationhighmedium

β137Βασανίζεινto test… through words; from the goldsmith's touchstone [ba/sanos], used metaphorically. And Polybius [writes]: "then, thinking he had [applied] the test of fire he was relieved of his suspicion." Also [sc. attested is] basani/sas ["having tested"]; …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ103ΔαψίδωνamplePolybius [writes]: "for if the height of the wall is ten of a certain measure, then it is necessary that the ladders be of an ample 12 of such a measure." That is [...].Matched in translationhighshort

δ735Δίαρσιςraising-up[Meaning] lifting-up to a height. Polybius [writes]: "the Romans running together against [their] hands made the Celts ineffectual, robbing [them] of a battle resulting from [their] raising-up [sc. their hands]; this is peculiar to …Matched in translationhighshort

ε284Ἐζυγοστατεῖτοwas hanging in the balance[Meaning] was weighted in the scales on both side. Polybius [writes]: "the war was hanging in the balance for the Romans".Matched in translationhighshort

ε2907Ἐργολάβοςcontractor; profit-maker… [sc. attested is] e)/rgon, in reference to what is difficult. Polybius [writes]: "during their siege of Syracuse the Romans had a hard time, since they had not taken into due consideration Archimedes' ability".Matched in translationhighmedium

ε3020Ἕρμαballast… For this headword see also epsilon 3021, epsilon 3022. [2] Polybius fr. 154 Büttner-Wobst (individual and context uncertain). Büttner-Wobst notes (534) that Mauritius (Moritz) Müller (48) attributed the fragment to Polybius. Müller also cited …Matched in noteshighshort

α1936Ἀνάλημμαembankment… the Septuagint: 2 Paralipomenon 32.5. (See also Ecclesiasticus/Siracides 50.2.) [2] Polybius fr. 105 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (p. 529) that only Valesius (Henri de Valois 1603-1676) attributed this fragment to Polybius.Matched in noteshighshort

α3562Ἀποστομοῦνto stop up… mouth [of]") is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Polybius fr. 117 Büttner-Wobst (contextless). Büttner-Wobst notes (p. 530) that Gronovius (Jakob Gronow, 1645-1716) attributed this fragment to Polybius. While agreeing that this fragment …Matched in noteshighshort

δ654Διαμησάμενοςhaving cut through… quotations given. [1] cf. alpha 1578. [2] Adler misplaces her Polybius reference -- see next note -- here. In fact this quotation, not identified by her, is identifiable via the TLG as a version …Matched in noteshighshort

δ818Διαφέρωνcarrying out; exceptional… 879) and the Goths in Italy; cf. Kaldellis (522-523). [2] Polybius 3.18.8 (web address 2, L.Aemilius Paullus at Pharos during the Second Illyrian War, 219 BCE). The city of Pharos (Pharus) is on the …Matched in noteshighshort

ε953Ἔμβολονwedge, wedge-formation… these was also used by Alexander the Great at Gaugamela. Polybius (1.26.13-16) also mentions a naval wedge, taken up by the Roman ships during the battle at Cape Ecnomus (256 BCE). A reference to …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε1066Ἐμφαλκωμένοιςribbed-in (ones)… [2] Quotation (also in ps.-Zonaras) unidentifiable. This fragment is also Polybius fr. 136 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (532) that Valesius (Henri de Valois 1603-1676) attributed the fragment to Polybius. However, Schweighäuser rejected it, and Büttner-Wobst …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1594Ἐξέδραexedra, seating area[1] [Polybius] fr. 140 Büttner-Wobst. In fact, as a TLG search shows, a clumsy abridgement of Josephus, Jewish War 6.150. Büttner-Wobst notes (532) that Valesius (Henri de Valois 1603-1676) attributed this fragment to Polybius. …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2276Ἐπιγύοιςcables, hawsers… of the quotations which follow. [1] Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler suggests Polybius.) For 'junction', meaning in effect bridge, cf. zeta 33, sigma 1771. [2] Polybius 3.46.3 (Hannibal's elephants cross the Rhone on rafts); cf. epsilon …Matched in noteshighshort

α1438Ἁλυσείδιονchain-mail… Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. For chain-mail corslets see e.g. Polybius 6.23.15, Diodorus Siculus 5.30.3, Strabo 3.3.6. There and in general the adjective and its cognate headword are more usually a(lusi-.Matched in noteshighshort

α3548Ἀποσταυροῦντεςpalisading… extracted from the quotation given. [1] cf. alpha 3067. [2] Polybius 4.56.8 (approximated), of the efforts of the people of Sinope to keep out King Mithridates II of Pontus in c.220 BCE.Matched in noteshighshort

α3919ἈριστοκράτηςAristokrates, AristocratesFrom Polybius 33.4. Time: mid C2 BCE. See also under sigma 1527.Matched in noteshighshort

β64Βαλανειομφάλουςacorn-bossed… 1308. [3] Outside lexicography this noun is attested only in Polybius 30.29.4. [4] Artemidorus 1.64; cf. the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 838. [5] From alpha 4123.Matched in noteshighshort

β173Βαστάσαςhaving raised up… fr. 303 Kock, now 326 Kassel-Austin. [3] Quotation unidentifiable. [4] Polybius 36.6.7 (preserved only here), on the surrender of Carthage. [5] Again at delta 750.Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1047Διισθμήσανταhaving di-isthmusized… diisqmi/zw (sic) -- is extracted from the quotation given. [1] Polybius 4.19.7, on Taurion (Macedonian governor of the Peloponnese) and the dynast Demetrios (Demetrius, cf. OCD(4) s.v. Demetrius(7)) of Pharos (Pharus, Barrington Atlas map …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1108Δίκροταdikrota, two-banked… h(mioli/a: h( di/krotos nau=s. As a substantive, to\ di/kroton (e.g. Polybius 5.62.3) is used especially in imperial prose: Plutarch, Lucullus 2.4; Appian, Mithridatica 17. Appian also (Illyrica 7) identifies the di/krota with the Roman …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1192Διοπτῆραscout… to assess the height of fortifications: for similar instances cf. Polybius 8.37.2 and 10.45.6.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1346ΔόλωνεςjibsBesides the passages quoted here see e.g. Polybius 16.15.2, Diodorus Siculus 20.61; and generally Lionel Casson, Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World (Baltimore 1995) 237-238. [1] Similarly in Hesychius (delta2174). [2] An approximation …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

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