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α4374Ἀτοπίας πλέων πρᾶγμαa matter full of absurdity… at nu 222). The phrase "full of absurdity" (without "a matter") comes from Aristophanes, Frogs 1372, where "of a marvel" is a scholiast's gloss. [2] Part of Menander Protector fr. 9.1 Blockley (102-103), on …Matched in noteshighmedium
α2629Ἀντεπιχειρεῖνto make a counter-attack, to make a counter-argument… soul [is] not deathless, because its form is implicated in matter, and nothing which has a form implicated in matter is separable from that material: this was not an objection, but an attempt to …Matched in translationhighmedium
α2827Ἀξίωμαproposition… is that which is true or false or a self-contained matter deniable or affirmable in itself; for instance, "it is day", "Dion is walking". Among philosophers the term "proposition" (axioma) has taken its name …Matched in translationhighmedium
α3477Ἀπόπειραtrial… any rate it hindered, as it was a most difficult matter." Also [sc. attested is the related verb] a)popeirw=mai ["I make trial of"]; [used] with a genitive.Matched in translationhighmedium
α1763Ἀμφισβητεῖνto dispute… disputing with the others". "So it was no longer a matter of dispute but that this was the man who had died."Matched in translationhighmedium
α1764Ἀμφισβητεῖνto claim… with one side maintaining that the estate is [not] a matter for litigation, as there is a son of the deceased either by descent or by adoption, while the other side say that because …Matched in translationhighmedium
α2048Ἀνάριστοςunbreakfasted… the cithara straightway unbreakfasted." Timocles in Neaira [writes]: "secondly, the matter of being unbreakfasted on account of these things." But Menander [writes] a)na/riston. Also [sc. attested is the accusative plural] a)nari/stous, [meaning men] not …Matched in translationhighmedium
α3080Ἀπετάφρευονthey fenced off with a ditch… he had noticed that their idleness made necessary. For the matter had been one that the Romans did not want and it had sunk into oblivion. For labour [is] enemy to hesitation."Matched in translationhighmedium
α1458Ἅμαas soon as, at the same time… same meaning. For he says in Proems: "but if the matter seems better for me then, and at the same time I shall provide testimonies of excellence". And in Demosthenes in the [speech] On …Matched in translationhighmedium
α904Ἀκμήmoment, point, still… sharpness, the exact decisive moment of the intensity of the matter, and power, and youth. But "akme of opportunity" [means] good fortune. Thus Isocrates [writes]: "[it is best] to grasp the akme of the …Matched in translationhighmedium
α1981ἈναξαγόραςAnaxagoras… of Clazomenae. He was nicknamed 'Mind', since he said that matter and mind are the guardian of all things. This is the man who said that the sun is a red-hot mass. That is, …Matched in translationhighmedium
α836Ἀκέραιοςuncorrupted, intact, fresh, unblemished… unaffected by wounds to body or spirit, unpolluted by extraneous matter' or 'in a state not affected by previous experiences or failures'. The adjective is not derived from the root of mixing seen in …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1423ἈλυάττηςAlyattesKing of the Lydians, who was suited by birth to matters of war, but in all else without restraint; for he once dishonored his own sister. He was the father of Alyattes, who while …Matched in translationhighmedium
α383Ἀγυιαίhighways… in Krapataloi [writes]: "o master Aguieus, remember me in these matters."Matched in translationhighmedium
α979Ἀκριβήςaccurate, precise… for assumptions occur to the serious person even concerning contingent matters. By changing the [term] "accurate" into "clear" or into "true," we shall more easily show what is proposed: for every assumption of the …Matched in translationhighmedium
α344Ἀγραφίου δίκηdike agraphiou, lawsuit about erasure… a conviction, those in charge at the time about these matters write the debtors' names on notice-boards, appending how much the debt is [sc. in each case]. Whenever each one pays, the record is …Matched in translationhighmedium
α2149Ἄνδραman… man brash because of youth, ignorant because of inexperience of matters, and trustworthy to the masses on account of strength of body and [a habit of] rushing headlong into battle; for not even what …Matched in translationhighmedium
α114Ἀγαθοεργίαbeneficence… and moreover a third thing: he took care of external matters as much as he was able."Matched in translationhighmedium
α3432Ἀπομαγδαλίαcrumb, sop… [writes]: "but I think I will outdo you in these matters; or vainly did I grow so large feeding on sops."Matched in translationhighmedium
α4303Ἄσχολοςleisure-less… my relation to those with whom I live, citing the matters which occupy [me]." Also [sc. attested is the related verb] a)sxolou=mai ["I am busy with"]: [used] with an accusative. Also [attested are its …Matched in translationhighmedium
α81ἈβρογάστηςAbrogastes, Arbogast… the palace, not to do harm or wrong in any matters of the court.Matched in translationhighmedium
α905Ἀκμὴ καλεῖa moment is calling… was contemptuous of these things and ignorant of them and materialistic." "At the instant of the evil came some memory of the Samothracians: for that is where the two were initiates." Instead of u(ph=rxon …Matched in translationhighmedium
α4599Ἀφεὶς καὶ Ἀπαλλάξαςhaving let go and having set free… in Hyperides. In reference to those who ignore more important matters and waste time on trivialites. 'Braces' are ropes on a ship by which the yardarm is shifted. And 'to let one's self go …Matched in translationhighmedium
α1173Ἀληθέστερα τῶν ἐπὶ Σάγρᾳtruer things than those at Sagra… Hence the story became a proverb in reference to truthful matters.Matched in translationhighmedium
α3460Ἀπόνοιαsenselessness… to foresee what is possible and what is impossible in matters is a sign of the utmost senselessness."Matched in translationhighmedium
α2077ἈναστάσιοςAnastasios, Anastasius… at De imperatoribus Romanis: web address 1. The present entry's material is John of Antioch frs.215-216 FHG (4.621), now = frs. 312-313 Roberto, with additional material (for which see notes 2-5 below). [1] What …Matched in noteshighmedium
α485Ἀδικίαinjustice… alpha 484 (and cf. alpha 483, alpha 486). The present material derives from Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 173.27-174.1 and 186.5-7. [1] Plato, Sophist 228E (see also Republic 610C).Matched in noteshighmedium
α2683ἈντίμαχοςAntimachus, Antimachos, Antimakhos… Acharnians 1150 (web address 1); the scholia there provide the material here. [2] Probably in the sense of Olympic victor.Matched in noteshighmedium
α1912Ἀνακωχεύειrefrains… [1] Sophocles, Electra 732 (web address 1), with scholion; similar material in Photius, Hesychius and elsewhere. [2] cf. alpha 2238. [3] This rather poetic expression paraphrases that of the Sophocles passage.Matched in noteshighmedium
α3235ἉπλότηςsimplicityThe source of this material is unidentifiable. [1] Plato, Theaetetus 176A (web address 1).Matched in noteshighmedium