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γ388ΓοργίαςGorgias… [1] In Sicily. [2] [epsilon 1002] Empedocles. [3] [pi 2170] Polus. [4] [pi 1180] Pericles. [5] [iota 652] Isocrates. [6] [alpha 1283] Alcidamas. [7] 460-457 BC. (Porphyry fr. 209 Smith = FGrH 260 F23.) …Matched in noteshighmedium
η350Ἡμίσεια Ἥμισυ παντόςhalf… that it should be a god, the usual provider of poluwri/a in Aelian and elsewhere (see e.g. pi 1991).Matched in noteshighmedium
α4218ἈστάθμητονuncertainThe unglossed headword is presumably extracted from the first quotation given. [1] Quotation unidentifiable, but Adler (apparatus) suggested Polybius. It may be an aphorism or proverbial saying, also reflected in Leo the Deacon (History …Matched in noteshighmedium
β490Βωμολόχοςaltar-ambusher… appear as "or who takes pleasure in ill-timed foolish loquaciousness, polulogi/ais flua/rois, i.e. acting the altar-ambusher." [2] Agathias [alpha 112], Histories p.26.24-25 Keydell (1.19 Niebuhr). This work is a continuation of Procopius (pi 2479) …Matched in noteshighmedium
α979Ἀκριβήςaccurate, precise… the last sentence. The difference between "inquisitive" (filopra/gmwn) and "curious" (polupra/gmwn) in Greek is not as apparent to the modern reader as the difference between the terms used here in English. Both Greek terms …Matched in noteshighmedium