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demon
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475
Δημώναξ
Demonax
A proper name.
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2786
Ἀνύπαρκτον
non-existent
… truth do not exist. And Homer in one [verse] has
demonstrated
this sufficiently: "earth nourishes nothing weaker than man."
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δ
1145
Διογένης
Diogenes
… in nature. This, too, the tragic hero Haemon, Sophocles’ [character],
demonstrated,
when he was in love with Antigone and quarreled with his father Creon [Author, Myth]; for you see he likewise charged with a …
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ε
2171
Ἐπηλυγάζονται
they are being obfuscated
… a cloak, said 'It is clear in the skin,' and
demonstrated
the malady with his finger. We identify a lascivious youth by his hair."
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655
Ἄημα
blast
… Lexicon. The headword, a neuter noun, is probably (though not
demonstrably)
extracted from the quotation given. [2] Sophocles, Ajax 674-683 (web address 1 below), here reproduced with several errors; cf. epsilon 4016, lambda 545.
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663
Ἀήσυρον
light-as-air
… adjective. It must be quoted from somewhere; possibly, though not
demonstrably,
the quotation given here. [1] These glosses also occur, in various permutations, in Hesychius and elsewhere, including Apollonius's Homeric Lexicon. (But no instance …
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α
3616
Ἀποτροπιαζόμενοι
averting
… alpha 3615. [1] The headword participle is probably (though not
demonstrably)
extracted from the quotation given. [2] From the scholia to Sophocles, Electra 445; cf. mu 274. [3] Same material in other lexica.
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δ
1368
Δόξαν
opinion
… 1367). It must be extracted from somewhere; perhaps, though not
demonstrably,
the quotation which immediately follows. [2] Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. Adler tentatively suggests Polybius (cf. next …
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ε
374
Ἐκβακχευθείς
frenzied
The headword, perhaps (though not
demonstrably)
extracted from the quotation given, is aorist passive participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb e)kbakxeu/w. (For the use of this verb, which literally means to drive into …
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ε
399
Ἐκδίκους
avenging; lawless
… this adjective, must be quoted from somewhere (perhaps, though not
demonstrably,
the first Sophocles passage below). For the adjective see already epsilon 398, and cf. also epsilon 400; and for the twin meanings of …
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ε
1073
Ἐμφερεῖς
resembling (ones)
… Suda's accusative plurals. The Suda's headword is perhaps (though not
demonstrably)
extracted from the quotation given. [2] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 92 Habrich.
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ε
2896
Ἐρασίστρατος
Erasistratos, Erasistratus
… story may well have its origin in propaganda designed to
demonstrate
the harmonious working relationship between father and son, concealing Seleukos' true purpose in sharing the kingship with his son to ensure a smooth …
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ε
3254
Ἔσχατος Μυσῶν πλεῖν
to sail last of the Mysians
… first explanation given here and ascribes it to the Attodographer
Demon
(FGrH 327 F17). A fragment of different, but broadly similar, material appears in Hesychius epsilon6456 (where the headword phrase, as again in Photius, …
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