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584
Ἔκπλυτον
washed-out
… to dying. Adler also classifies the entry as a gl[ossa]
Platonica'
(repeated by Theodoridis at his Photius, Lexicon epsilon478), evidently because it appears as a totality in Timaeus'
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1547
Δρύοχοι
stocks
… lay one in the sea, and one [secured] by stocks".
Plato
in Timaeus calls 'stocks' the supports of the ship under construction. "When a fleet is being built out of stocks all at the …
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1546
Ἐξάντη
danger-free, out of danger
… interjection. "Being safe I see another man having my misfortune."
Plato
[writes this] in Phaedrus.
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340
Χλιδή
luxury
… (according to Adler) the Ambrosian Lexicon. [2] Likewise in Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon (and similarly elsewhere). Though Timaeus does not in fact confine himself to
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695
Ἀΐστωρ
unknowing, unaware
… (web address 1 below); in the singular (and absolutely) in
Plato,
Laws 8.845B (web address 2 below). The latter passage, surely, has given rise to the present entry, which is also in other lexica, …
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2167
Ἀνδρηλατεῖν
to banish
Same entry in Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon (perhaps, therefore, prompted by a)ndrhlath=| in
Plato,
Republic 565E); similar (longer) one in Photius. See e.g. Aeschylus, Eumenides 221, and generally LSJ s.v.
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2769
Ἄντυγες
rails, rims
… where the headword occurs. Also in other lexica, including Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon (perhaps, though not necessarily, generated by
Plato,
Theaetetus 207A). [2] Sophocles, Ajax 1029-31 (web address 1); cf. pi 2299, tau 1233.
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4393
Ἄτρωτος
unwounded, invulnerable
… two glossing synonyms being in the opposite order) in Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon. The quotation, otherwise unattested in this precise form, is surely an approximation of
Plato,
Symposium 219E "[Socrates] was far more invulnerable to …
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1535
Δρόμοις
[in] races
… Ptolemy II Euergetes (SIG 463.14). Note, nevertheless, that in Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon the gloss is simply toi=s gumnasi/ois, suggesting a wider application.
(Plato,
Phaedrus 227A-B, perhaps lies behind Timaeus' entry.) [2] The quotation is …
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765
Ἄθυμος
dejected, fainthearted
Meaning despondent.
Plato
[in] Republic [book] 5 [sc. uses the word]. That is, one who is distressed. "The soldiers, despite seeming fainthearted and with their bodies worn out in the earlier battle, took their …
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4075
Ἀρχαῖος
simple
Meaning naive.
Plato
[sc. uses the word in this sense]. Or [talking?] nonsense. But [the related adverb] a)rxai/ws [means] carelessly, unobservantly; or even foolishly, naively. "[They] humming tunes simple-honeyed-Sidon-Phrynichus-lovely."
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δ
340
Δεινόν
terrible
… [is called] pe/panos. [They say] o)/mfakas in the feminine. And
Plato
the comic poet in his play Festivals [writes]: "relax your eyebrows and your grapes." Bringing equal to equal means just and fair, from …
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δ
1451
Δῶρα θεοὺς πείθει καὶ αἰδοίους βασιλῆας
gifts sway gods and revered kings
… consider the line Hesiodic, and it is also uttered by
Plato
in the third [book of the] Republic.
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45
Ἐγγαστρίμυθος
ventriloquist
… a Python, but Sophocles [calls] a chest-diviner, and the philosopher
Plato
[calls] a Eurycles, from a diviner of such a kind [named] Eurycles. Aristophanes in Wasps [writes]: "mimicing the oracle and device of Eurycles." …
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955
Ἔμβραχυ
in short; in the least
… similar glossing in other lexica, and in the scholia to
Plato,
Gorgias 457A and
[Plato]
Theages 127C. [2] Aelian fr. 63c Domingo-Forasté (60 Hercher), on the Arcadian Eutelidas; cf. alpha 916, kappa 1004. [3] …
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124
Ἀγάθων
Agathon
… the dinner table. They say also that the Symposium of
Plato
was set at a dinner party of his, with many philosophers introduced all together. A comic poet [sic] of the school of Socrates. …
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425
Ἀδάμ
Adam
… Thales and the glorious Pythagoras and Socrates the wise and
Plato,
the much-ballyhooed pride of the Academy of the Athenians. Hence the Parmenideses and the Protagorases and the Zenos. Hence the Stoas, and the …
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731
Ἀθήναιος
Athenaios, Athenaeus
… Life of Luxury [Hedypatheia]. [It is on record] that in
Plato's
symposium there were 28 diners.
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2825
Ἀξίωμα
purpose, axiom, reputation
… to reject paternal authority, nor to dishonour the axiom of
Plato".
That is, intent. "Arkesilaos was very axiomatic, and concise".
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3909
Ἀρίστιππος
Aristippos, Aristippus
… dance for the others and put on purple clothes. But
Plato,
when the robe was brought to him, said some iambics of Euripides: "I would not put on feminine clothes, having been born male, …
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4556
Ἀφαρεύς
Aphareus
… the 95th Olympiad, at the same time as the philosopher
Plato.
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173
Ἀγαστός
admirable
… quoted from Euripides, Hecuba 169, but there are alternatives in
Plato
and elsewhere.) See further under alpha 174.
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328
Ἀγωνάρχαι
contest-judges
… not guarantee this. See further, next note. [3] Used in
Plato,
Cratylus 421D (where a scholiast cited Aristophanes fr. 321 Kock as an earlier attestation of it) and Laws 751D. Also in the paroemiographers, …
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405
Ἀγχίσποροι
near-seeded
… (references at Photius alpha297 Theodoridis) and in the scholia to
Plato,
Republic 3.391E, where this nominative plural occurs in a quotation (oi( qew=n a)gxi/sporoi: part of Aeschylus fr. 162). [2] Damascius fr.87 Zintzen (40 …
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1033
Ἀκταίνειν
to lift up, to raise
… on Hesychius s.v., where the gloss is metewri/zein). See however
Plato,
Laws 672C (on the behaviour of young animals: web address 3) and the scholia there.
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1172
Ἄληθες
truly
… Life of Isidore fr. 69a Zintzen); cf. in any event
Plato,
Laws 730B-C, "Truth heads the list of all things good, for gods and men alike" (tr. T.J. Saunders). Zintzen suggests that Isidore or …
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2379
Ἀνειμέναι
laid open, let loose
… [2] Sophocles, Electra 516-517 (web address 1), with scholion. [3]
Plato,
Laws 761C (web address 2). [4] Perhaps Polybius (so Bernhardy). [5] Again at pi 3067.
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2771
Ἄνοια
ignorance
… The term anoia can also mean lack of intelligence, as
Plato
uses it at the end of Timaeus (92C).
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2819
Ἄξιος λαβεῖν ὁ μισθός
the wage [is] worth taking
… In any event, "worth not even a single" comes from
Plato,
Theaetetus 162E. [8] Zenobius 2.2. Perhaps because metal skewers were used as currency in archaic times.
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3224
Ἄπλαστος
unfashioned, unfeigned
[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius alpha2434 Theodoridis. The headword is taken to be quoted from the Septuagint (Genesis 25.27). [2] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 80 Zintzen = Photius, …
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