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κ882Καταψήσαςcaressing, having caressed… includes the corresponding infinitive.) cf. kappa 885, kappa 1030. [1] Polybius 10.18.3, on Scipio. [2] Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 2.11.Matched in noteshighshort
α3571Ἀποσφαλμήσαςhaving jumped away… (The entry then moves on to the uncompound sfalma/w.) [1] Polybius fr. 18 Büttner-Wobst; cf. upsilon 219. Büttner-Wobst notes (p. 516) that from these two entries Bernhardy rendered the fragment as follows: o( de\ …Matched in noteshighshort
χ130Χάρμαdelight… This is not among the extant works or fragments of Polybius, and not otherwise identifiable -- except, seemingly, as a parody or imitation of Homer, Odyssey 19.471 (web address 1), which uses the feminine …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2703Κυνηγόςhuntsman, hunter… word huntsman does not actually appear) in a passage of Polybius.Matched in noteshighshort
δ158Δεδοξοποιημένονwith a reputation for judgmentAn abridged version of Polybius 18.15.16 -- from the end of his celebrated digression on treachery (18.13-15). Besides the abridgement, this version does not, when quoting the relevant extract, repeat the headword participle dedocopoihme/non …Matched in noteshighshort
χ399Χορηγίαexpenditure; supplies… is the accusative plural of the neuter noun xorh/gion. [2] Polybius fr. 88 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes that Schweighäuser, evidently aware of the headword's ambiguity, prefaced the quotation with the neuter noun as follows: kai\ …Matched in noteshighshort
ν104Νεαλήςfresh… [2] Likewise Hesychius nu174. [3] Appian, Celtica fr. 9. [4] Polybius fr. 62 Büttner-Wobst (p. 523) (contextless).Matched in noteshighshort
κ313Κανθήλιοςpack-ass… Xenophon, Cyropaedia 7.5.11 (web address 1); cf. pi 1720. [4] Polybius 8.38.1 (web address 2).Matched in noteshighshort
α836Ἀκέραιοςuncorrupted, intact, fresh, unblemished… Lexicon. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. [3] Iamblichus fr. 16 Habrich. [4] Polybius 15.11.11 (web address 2; cf. 6.24.9, 9.31.1,6: a common phrase for the mental state, particularly of fresh troops, that has not yet been …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ632Μερίτηςpartaker… allotted me; see generally LSJ s.v. [2] An approximation of Polybius 8.29.6 (web address 1). It explains the deception by which the young hunter Philemenos, a native of Tarentum (*ta/ras; present-day Taranto in Puglia, …Matched in noteshighshort
μ631Μερίτηνpartaker… the noun summeristh/s, -ou=, o(; see generally LSJ s.v. [2] Polybius 4.29.6 (web address 1), concerning the attack on the Achaean city of Kynaitha (also Cynaetha; Barrington Atlas map 58 grid C1; cf. delta …Matched in noteshighshort
χ395Χόρδευεmince; make sausages… Aristophanes, Knights 216 (web address 2 below), with scholia. [3] Polybius 11.8.5 (web address 3); cf. epsilon 3195 and upsilon 274. It is not clear how this quotation is meant to relate to the …Matched in noteshighmedium
ει99Εἰλάρχαςeilarchs, ilarchs, decurions, leaders of cavalary squadrons… this noun, normally in the i-form. It is attested in Polybius 6.25.1 (on the Roman army) and several times in Arrian. See also iota 297.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3851Ἔφεδροςreserve, in reserve[1] cf. epsilon 3850. [2] Polybius fr. 160 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (p. 534) that Ursinus (Fulvio Orsini, 1529-1600) attributed this fragment to Polybius. [3] From Aelian or Iamblichus, according to Adler [accepted as Iamblichus, …Matched in noteshighshort
μ1430Μύωψhorse-fly; goad, spur… (accusative case there), with comment from the scholia there. [4] Polybius fr. 61 Büttner-Wobst. An example of the headword's sense as a spur also occurs at Polybius 11.18.4 (web address 2): prosqe/nta tou\s mu/wpas …Matched in noteshighmedium
ν198Νέονταςswimming… plurals, the headword presumably extracted from the quotation given. [2] Polybius 3.43.4, on Hannibal's troops crossing the river Rhone (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
μ245ΜασσανάσσηςMassanasses, MasinissaPolybius 36.16.1-8 (web address 1 below). For Mas(s)inissa see already mu 244. [1] (For Micipses/Micipsa, Masinissa's successor as king, see mu 1046.) The text of Polybius gives the son's name as "Sthembanus" rather than …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε505Ἐκμηρυομένουςdefiling, moving out in a single line… participle of the compound verb e)kmhru/omai; cf. epsilon 506. [1] Polybius 3.51.2 (not Adler's '3.53.5'), on Hannibal's cavalry beginning its crossing of the Alps.Matched in noteshighshort
λ558ΛιμόψωροςscurvyPolybius 3.87.2, abridged (on the ill-effects of a cold Gallic winter on Hannibal's army). See web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort
α4133ἈσδρούβαςHasdrubal… and again alpha 4134. For Golosses see gamma 369. [1] Polybius 38.7.1-5. [2] Polybius 38.8.7. [3] Polybius 38.8.10.Matched in noteshighmedium
ι112Ἴδιονone's own, characteristic… see chi 607; for honeyed wine, see alpha 3928. [2] Polybius fr. 163 Büttner-Wobst; again more briefly at kappa 1306. Büttner-Wobst notes (535) that Valesius (Henri de Valois 1603-1676) attributed this fragment to Polybius. …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1306ΚελτίβηρεςCeltiberians, KeltiberiansPolybius fr.163; more fully and intelligibly at iota 112. For the 'Celtiberians' of E. Spain cf. mu 302, pi 1109, pi 3220, and see generally OCD(4) s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
α3167Ἀπήνηmule-cartPolybius 31.26.4, more fully at alphaiota 198. For this headword see already alpha 3166.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2203Κοχλίαςspiral, snail… koxli/as, though they do not include this precise one. [2] Polybius 12.13.11, citing Demochares [FGrH 75 F4] on the vulgar ostentation of Demetrius of Phaleron (delta 429); cf. sigma 352. For real snails cf. …Matched in noteshighshort
ε540Ἐκορωνίαwas arching the neck… person singular, of korwnia/w, from the quotation which follows. [2] Polybius 27.15.6 (probably via Constantine Porphyrogenitus Excerpts on Virtues 2.177.6-8); in reference to Charops (the Younger) of Epeiros.Matched in noteshighshort
λ819Λυκόστομοςwolf-mouth… History of Animals 8.18, 13.2; and cf. alpha 4660. [2] Polybius 7.13.7 -- abridged: he attributes 'the Arcadian story' to Plato (Republic 565D) -- on Philip V of Macedon (phi 355).Matched in noteshighshort
ι297Ἴλαςtroops… 311. [2] Another accusative plural, probably quoted from Arrian or Polybius. (Thus far the entry is also in other lexica; see the references at Photius iota101 Theodoridis.) [3] From a gloss on Herodotus 1.73.3, …Matched in noteshighshort
α1938ἈνάληψιςrecoverySame entry in ps.-Zonaras [1] Polybius 3.87.1 (web address 1). In early July 216 BCE (Walbank, p. 421), during the Second Punic War (218-201 BCE), Hannibal (cf. alpha 2452) withdrew eastward following his stunning …Matched in noteshighshort
ε438Ἐκκήρυκτονbanished, ordered-out… from somewhere; extant possibilities include instances in Herodotus, Aeschines and Polybius. For the verb a)poskoraki/zw "send to the crows," see alpha 3531 and references there.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1123Ἐνάπτοντεςtying on… of the verb e)na/ptw; extracted from the quotation given. [2] Polybius 3.46.3 (describing the way Hannibal’s army let the elephants cross the Rhone); but the original has not 'the rafts' but 'the side facing …Matched in noteshighshort