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ε
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
… 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] Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 52-57 (web address 1 below), where the mss …
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1546
Ἐξάντη
danger-free, out of danger
… to be explained. For the entry so far, cf. Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon, Zenobius 3.95, Hesychius, and other lexica. [4] Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 2.18.22; a Roman soldier makes three attempts to scale the wall and …
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ε
2171
Ἐπηλυγάζονται
they are being obfuscated
… 2172. Adler cites scholia to Lucian (25.5 Rabe) and to
Plato,
Lysis 207B, Lexica Segueriana 243.8 and Photius s.v. h)lu/gh, but these passages share little in common with the present entry aside from a …
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4022
Ἐχθοδοπόν
hostility-inducing
Same entry in Photius and in Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon; and cf. the scholia to
Plato,
Laws 810D, where the headword occurs in the masculine/feminine genitive singular. Here, by contrast, it is either masculine/feminine accusative …
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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
Plato,
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α
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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α
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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α
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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δ
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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3544
Εὐκράς
temperate
… 197, from the lost Antiope), the headword is extracted from
Plato,
Critias 112D (where it describes a spring: web address 1). See also Hesychius (epsilon6939), Timaeus'
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22
Εἰδέα
idea, form, aspect, figure
… 141. For the headword see also epsiloniota 23. [1] For
Plato’s
identification of Forms with genus, paradigm, and cause see Sophist (253D-E; 254D; 256D; 259A: web address 1), Republic (472C-D, web address 2; 500E, …
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α
765
Ἄθυμος
dejected, fainthearted
… also in Photius (Lexicon alpha488 Theodoridis). cf. alpha 766. [1]
Plato,
Republic 1.456A (web address 1 below) -- feminine there, because referring to a woman's capacity to be a Guardian. Thus the glossing here, …
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α
4075
Ἀρχαῖος
simple
… alpha 4072 (end), pi 54. [2] cf. the scholia to
Plato,
Hippias Minor 371D, where it occurs. [3] Aristophanes, Wasps 219-220 (web address 1 below); again at mu 1103. The final, outlandish word is …
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δ
340
Δεινόν
terrible
… Pfeiffer. [3] Aristophanes, Acharnians 352-354 (web address 2) with scholion;
Plato
Comicus fr. 32 Kock, now 31 K.-A. Again at omicron 315. [4] Aelian fr.111a Domingo-Forasté (108 Hercher), quoted more fully at kappa 1762 …
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δ
1451
Δῶρα θεοὺς πείθει καὶ αἰδοίους βασιλῆας
gifts sway gods and revered kings
Hesiod fr.361 Merkelbach-West, preferring
Plato's
version of this hexameter line (Republic 390E: dw=ra qeou\s pei/qei, dw=r' ai)doi/ous basilh=as). The Suda's version with 'and' for the second 'gifts' occurs also in Apostolius 6.42; and see …
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45
Ἐγγαστρίμυθος
ventriloquist
… 3140; also tau 266. [2] Sophocles fr. 59 Radt. [3]
Plato,
Sophist 252C. [4] Aristophanes, Wasps 1019. MacDowell (see Bibliography) has a useful note there (p.264). [5] Philochorus FGrH 328 F78. [6] For this …
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η
36
Ἡγέλοχος
Hegelokhos, Hegelochos, Hegelochus
… 2). See LSJ s.v. [3] See generally sigma 1434. [4]
Plato
Comicus fr. 215 Kock, now 235 K.-A. [5] cf. generally epsilon 1049.
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ε
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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α
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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α
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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α
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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α
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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α
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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α
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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α
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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α
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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α
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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3438
Ἀπὸ μηχανῆς
from a machine
cf. Diogenianus 2.84 and other paroemiographers; also the scholia to
Plato,
Clitophon 470A (and other scholia). For the proverbiality of the phrase see also e.g. Demosthenes 40.59: "Timocrates alone, as if from a machine, …
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