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δ244Δέονappropriate… is binding] because it constrains [people] within what is necessary." Procopius [writes]: "since there was a single spring, [it was] not appropriate for it to be dried up by them drinking out of it."Matched in translationhighshort
α3125Ἀπειπώνforbidding… (a) C. Theodoridis in his Photius edition (vol.II p.XVC) suggests Procopius, Secret History 16.17 (web address 1), where a)peipw\n mhdeni\ fra/zein occurs. (b) The present translator independently suggests Herodotus 3.153.1, where a)pei/pas toi=s i)dou=si …Matched in noteshighshort
β233ΒελισάριοςBelisarius, Belisarios… note below) the present material is taken nearly verbatim from Procopius of Caesarea, History of the Wars of Justinian 7.1.6-11 (web address 1). [1] Not in Procopius' account. Probably a summary of Procopius' closing …

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appropriate

[Meaning] that which is seemly. "[Good is binding] because it constrains [people] within what is necessary." Procopius [writes]: "since there was a single spring, [it was] not appropriate for it to be dried up by them…

Δέον· τὸ πρέπον. ὅτι συνέχει ἐν οἷς χρή. Προκόπιος· μίαν πηγὴν οὖσαν, οὐ δέον αὐτὴν ἐκπεπωκότων ἀποξηρανθῆναι.

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ε52Ἔγεσταegesta, agesta[1] An approximation and abridgment of Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 2.26.29-30 (web address 1); see further, next note. For Cilician goat-hair cf. kappa 1605, kappa 1607. During the siege of Edessa …Matched in noteshighshort

ε671Ἐκτόπωςextraordinarily… cf. alpha 3955. (On Babrius see generally beta 7.) [3] Procopius, Secret History 1.17 (web address 2), on Antonina and Theodosius; cf. Kaldellis (6-7). See also epsilon 1422 (and, again, alpha 3955). The part …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3125Ἐσεσήρεσανthey grimaced, they parted their lips to show the closed teeth… this verb occurs (web address 1). [2] Quotation unidentifiable. [3] Procopius, Secret History 1.13 (web address 2), on the empress Theodora's attitude towards Antonina, the wife of Belisarius; cf. Kaldellis (5-6). Procopius may be …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3927Ἐφίππειονsaddle… But the Byzantines did not exchange [it] for the prisoners." Procopius says [this].Matched in translationhighshort

α570Ἀετιδεῖςeaglets… Birds 1356 (accusative plural); Plutarch, Moralia 992B (dative plural); and Procopius, On the Wars of Justinian 3.4.33 (accusative plural).Matched in noteshighshort

α1067Ἀλλαντοπώληςsausage-seller… this material might come from scholia to Knights 141). [1] Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 2.18.26 (web address 1), on the Byzantine general Petros (quoted approximately); cf. PLRE II s.v. Petrus(27). At …Matched in noteshighshort

α2764Ἀντωπεῖfaces, meets face to face… from somewhere. (The only extant instance outside lexicography occurs in Procopius of Gaza's Commentaries on Isaiah: 'the eagle ... faces the flashes of the sun'.) [2] Quotation unidentifiable. [3] Quoted from somewhere, probably Oppian, …Matched in noteshighshort

α3313Ἄποθενaway, far from… omicron 971, rho 174, chi 207, and psi 75. [3] Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 1.22.9 (web address 1), again at alpha 3664; returning from Byzantion (cf. beta 588) in early 532 …Matched in noteshighshort

α3955Ἄρκοςbear… Babrius 14.1) and the first part of the gloss (from Procopius, Secret History 1.17) do not belong together; they have been copied as a unit from epsilon 671.Matched in noteshighshort

α4702ἌχθομαιI am sick [of], I am grieved by… Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 6.142 (web address 3). [6] Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 2.18.18 (web address 4). Outside the Persian-held city of Nisibis (cf. nu 426) in 541 CE, Roman …Matched in noteshighmedium

β241Βέρεδονpost-horse… The nominative be/redos is a transliteration of Latin veredus: see Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 2.20.20 (web address 1); cf. Kaldellis (116). The Etymologicum Gudianum glosses the dative plural of this noun …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1265Δίπυρος ἄρτοςtwice-baked bread, biscuit… For sisura, see sigma 486, sigma 487, sigma 488. [3] Procopius, Secret History 6.3 (web address 1), on the three young Illyrians Zimarchos, Ditybistos and the future emperor Justin, uncle of Justinian; quoted again …Matched in noteshighshort

η223Ἠλίθιοςfoolish, idle… and cf. also scholia on (e.g.) Lucian, Phalaris 1.5. [2] Procopius, Secret History 8.3 (web address 1), on Justin (see iota 449 generally); cf. Kaldellis (36). The source text has e(/pesqai "follow" rather than …Matched in noteshighshort

χ444Χωρὶς ἱππεῖςcavalry away!… is otherwise attested only once and with a different sense (Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 8.13.14). [1] cf. delta 89. [2] cf. mu 1067, mu 1068.Matched in noteshighshort