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ethics41
philosophy40
dialects, grammar, and etymology38
biography37
religion34
geography27
historiography23
history22
zoology21
daily life19
science and technology18

32 more

imagery17
chronology16
medicine16
military affairs16
poetry16
comedy15
law13
rhetoric13
aetiology12
food12
women12
trade and manufacture11

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Α alpha29
Ε epsilon15
Κ kappa10
Δ delta8
Β beta6
Λ lambda6
ΕΙ epsiloniota3
Χ chi2

3 more

Ι iota2
Η eta1

Vetting status

high83

Length

Medium83

Translator

Jennifer Benedict20
Marcelo Boeri18
William Hutton10
Catharine Roth7
David Whitehead3
Nick Nicholas3

18 more

Nathan Greenberg ✝2
Robert Dyer2
Ross Scaife ✝2
Tony Natoli2
Andrea Consogno1

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δ810Διαφανέςtransparent… things pass through. When light is not present this thing itself is transparent in potentiality, but becomes transparent in actuality when light is present. Not only are the air and water transparent, but also …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ930Διεξοδικούςdetailed, discursive, elaborate… more common. Rhetoric, on the other hand, does not concern itself with every sort of subject matter in the fashion of dialectic (for the orator is chiefly concerned with politics) and for the most …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ1579ΔύνωμαιI were able, I would be able… received needs to be possible to fulfil and the matter itself has to be suitable for fulfillment.

δ810

Διαφανές

transparent

They say that [something] transparent is a nature present in many [substances] that lets things pass through. When light is not present this thing itself is transparent in potentiality, but becomes transparent in…

Διαφανές· διαφανές φασιν εἶναι φύσιν τινὰ ἐν πλείοσιν ὑπάρχουσαν, διαπορθμευτικὴν τῶν χρωμάτων, ἥτις φωτὸς μὲν μὴ παρόντος δυνάμει ἐστὶν αὐτὸ τοῦτο διαφανές, ἐνεργείᾳ δὲ γίνεται…

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gender and sexuality8

gender and sexuality8

meter and music6

meter and music6

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Anne Mahoney

Anne Mahoney

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Antonella Ippolito1

Antonella Ippolito1

D. Graham J. Shipley1

D. Graham J. Shipley1

Elizabeth Vandiver1

Elizabeth Vandiver1

Ioannis Doukas1

Ioannis Doukas1

James Vradelis1

James Vradelis1

Joseph McAlhany1

Joseph McAlhany1

Oliver Phillips ✝1

Oliver Phillips ✝1

Stefano Sanfilippo1

Stefano Sanfilippo1

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Wm. Blake Tyrrell1

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ε1468Ἔντευξιςconversation… him whether or not it seems [likely] that the good itself makes good people, just as what is white also [makes] people white, and what is warm makes people warm, and then, when this …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε2627Ἐπιστήμηscience, understanding… logic, ethics and metaphysics. But the understanding of the thing itself [is] also science.Matched in translationhighmedium

ε3036ἙρμείαςHermeias… which denied the nature of the body and turned into itself and already at once perceived the separation [sc. of body and soul] and the immortality [of the soul]. For he was more deficient …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε3051Ἑρμῶν Ἑρμοὶof hermai, of hermae, of herms… whereas falsity is manifold and divided and extremely discordant with itself.Matched in translationhighmedium

ε3070Ἔρωςlove… vehement is unclear, then again we will bring the thing itself into argument." "They say that love is the attempt at doing good on account of an internally manifest beauty and not an [attempt] …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε3074Ἐρώτησις ἔνδοξοςprobable question… white or black, and what good thing is choiceworthy in itself, and who is [the person] seated. And there is another kind of question [which is] about substance; for instance, when [we are investigating …Matched in translationhighmedium

ει83Εἰκόςprobable… And Herodotus [writes]: "as I myself think and probability allies itself with me, [Demaratos] was not favorably disposed to the Lacedaemonians. "The blows of the machines being borne towards probability were nullified."Matched in translationhighmedium

ει222Εἰσαγγελίαimpeachment, eisangelia… loses his citizen rights. However, Isaeus [in] On the estate itself named the same procedure "impeachment" and "public prosecution". "This affair [is] plainly in accordance with the decree of Kannonos: I must fuck you …Matched in translationhighmedium

η611Ἡσύχιος ΜιλήσιοςHesychius of Miletus, Hesychios of Miletos… notable literary figures, of which this book [i.e. the Suda itself] is an epitome. Also a Chronicle of history, which work he divided into 6 diastemata; for such is the name given to each …Matched in translationhighmedium

ι159Ἱερατικὴpriest-craft, religion… from somewhere among the causes within the cosmos, and concerns itself with these matters, of souls concerning immortality, because the same things are also stated in Egyptian philosophy; both of their innumerable diverse allotments …Matched in translationhighmedium

ι573ἹππομένηςHippomenes… hunger, attacked the girl and ate her; and the horse itself later died. Subsequently the building was dug over and the spot named, from this [episode], horse's and girl's.Matched in translationhighmedium

κ171Κακοῦ κόρακος κακὸν ᾠόνbad crow's bad egg… winged creature [of this name], because it is not edible itself, and nor is the egg which it lays. But others say it comes from Corax [Crow] the Syracusan, who was the first to …Matched in translationhighmedium

κ396ΚαρκίνοςCarcinus, Karkinos… being short. Because a part of something small is small itself or even less than small. And “inventers of artifices” from a part; because Xenocles, the son of Carcinus, is supposed to have introduced …Matched in translationhighmedium

κ2147Κόσμοςcosmos, kosmos; order, ornament, decorum, universe… of nature, that each natural thing beget another such as itself. And since we require engendering, but genetic ability occurs in limited power, on account of this we require increase. Since increase occurs because …Matched in translationhighmedium

κ2148Κόσμοςuniverse, world… of himself. (2) They also call 'universe' the cosmic organization itself of the stars, and (3) thirdly what is composed out of both things. And the creator of particular things from the substance of …Matched in translationhighmedium

κ2318Κράμβηcabbage… cabbage is the only thing a vine will not wrap itself around. Matched in translationhighmedium

κ2558Κοινόνcommon, ordinary… moon, and all the chorus of stars and the air itself are totalities thoroughly common and indivisible. Earth and water, gold and silver, and every metallic natural reality and woody matter are common, but, …Matched in translationhighmedium

λ25ΛάγοςLagos, Lagus… to visit [him] and, stretching down its wings while raising itself, protected him both from the direct ray of the sun and, whenever it rained, from heavy rain. It would terrify the ordinary birds, …Matched in translationhighmedium

χ342Χλίδοςslime, sludge… the result of which was that he made the road itself higher and narrower". Slime is the word for a whole mass. And it is a sort of pile, particularly that of dross and …Matched in translationhighmedium

α104Ἄβυσσονabyss… uses the phrase to\ a)rgu/rion to\ a)/busson in that line itself. [6] Psalm 103:6 LXX. See again under pi 1083. [7] Psalm 41:8 LXX. [8] Referring to the continuation of Psalm 41:8 LXX, "all …Matched in noteshighmedium

α238Ἅγιος ἅγιος ἅγιος κύριοςholy, holy, holy LordThe headword phrase itself comes from Isaiah 6.3 LXX (the cry of the seraphim at the death of King Uzziah); the main part of the gloss from George the Monk, Chronicon (528.16-24, 529.6-9). [1] …Matched in noteshighmedium

α470ἈδιαβηνήAdiabene… [1] The two Zab rivers as well as the Tigris itself. [2] nu 415. [3] For the same name applied to a different place see alpha 2849.Matched in noteshighmedium

α2101Ἀνατεινάμενοςhaving held out as a threat… Similarly in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon and in Photius. The phrase itself must be quoted from somewhere but is unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighmedium

α2670ἈντικείμεναoppositesAlexander of Aphrodisias, Commentary on Aristotle's Topica 190.27-191.7. The headword itself is a present middle participle in the neuter plural. [1] Alexander has kalo\n "good": if the good is sweet, it follows that what …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2719Ἀντιποιηθένταhaving been contentious… the second; cf. generally LSJ s.v. a)ntipoie/w, II.) The headword itself is in fact extracted from the Synesius quotation given; when giving it, the Suda wrongly converts the participle from singular to plural (and …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3816Ἀραῖοςaccursed… address 2). [3] cf. alpha 3814, alpha 3836. (The headword itself is properispomenon: a)rai=os.) [4] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 24 Habrich.Matched in noteshighmedium

α3886ἈρίωνArion… but incorporated by Bekker. The Suda frequently uses fula/ttei by itself to mean "keeps omega in the oblique cases."Matched in noteshighmedium

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