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α4140Ἀσέλγειαlicentiousness… not from his Poikile Historia as transmitted. Domingo-Forasté reads lampro/tatos "most vigorous" instead of labro/tatos "most boisterous."Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3348Ἐοίκασι τοῖς ἐκ Πύλου ληφθεῖσι τοῖς Λακωνικοῖςthey look like those taken out of Pylos -- the Lakonians… Clouds 186, where (with the addition here of 'they look like') the headword phrase occurs. It is spoken by Strepsiades on seeing the sun-starved inmates of Sokrates' Wisdom Factory. (In the preceding line the …Matched in noteshighmedium
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Ἀσέλγεια

licentiousness

Meaning extravagance. Thus Aeschines [sc. uses this word]. Or a)se/lgeia, [meaning] prostitution, impurity. Defilement. It is derived, so they say, from this reason. Selgê is a city of Pisidia, where the people used to…

Ἀσέλγεια· ἀντὶ τοῦ πολυτέλεια. οὕτως Αἰσχίνης. ἢ Ἀσέλγεια, πορνεία, ἀκαθαρσία. μιαρία. παρῆκται δὲ, ὥς φασιν, ἐξ αἰτίας τοιαύτης. Σέλγη πόλις ἐστὶ τῆς Πισιδίας, ὅπου κακῶς ἔζων οἱ…

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trade and manufacture28

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… Deaths of the Persecutors ch.33 (web address 5), for a very similar account of the awful disease and his final groan. According to DiMaio (web address 2), Daia actually died at Tarsus after suffering …

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δ1351ΔομετιανόςDomitianos, Domitianus, Domitian… with the Greek text here because the sense wants something like an "h)/" before "e)k xrusou=". [7] Suetonius implies that Domitian had his brother Titus killed (Dom. 2) and records that he had his …Matched in noteshighmedium

α118ἈγαθόνgoodSee also alpha 119, likewise a neuter singular. This entry mostly reproduces Diogenes Laertius 7.94-98 (who supposedly is quoting an extract of Stoic ethics). The Suda text contains important omissions as well as different …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1093Δίκηςof justice… as "justice", but it denotes justice as a virtue, emphasizing, like many others -su/nh-words, one's "ability" to be just and upright. Hence "righteousness" in the translation here. For the gloss timwri/as ('vengeance') cf. Etymologicum …Matched in noteshighmedium

μ352Μέγαbig… Commentary on Aristotle's de anima 409.4-22; 28-410.1. The translator would like to thank David Morgan for his help with this passage. [1] Or: continuity. [2] Or: material objects. [3] Or: intensifying or making sharper, …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1475ἈμαλασούνθαAmalasountha, Amalasuntha… PLRE II s.v. Amalasuintha. After the introductory phrase, the entry closely follows Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 5.2.3-18 (web address 1); cf. Kaldellis (255). Where the Suda transmits e)n tw=| koinw=| (in …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3460Ἀπόνοιαsenselessness[1] Likewise in other lexica. [2] Procopius, Secret History 7.5 (web address 1), on the hooliganism and criminality prevalent among the Blue and Green factions; cf. Kaldellis (32). The clause that follows is not …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ2745Κύρβειςkyrbeis, kurbeis, crested stelae, crested tablets… of a single letter it can become qusi/as 'sacrifices'. [8] Likewise in Zenobius (4.77), a compiler of proverbs in the second century CE, and doubtless the Suda's source here. [9] In mythology the Corybantes …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4446Αὖλος ΠοστόμιοςAulus Postumius… history and then to ask for pardon, if he sounded like a foreigner, was a mark of sheer folly and just about as useless as a man. . . . Walbank (727) suggests Cato's …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ2147Κόσμοςcosmos, kosmos; order, ornament, decorum, universeSee also kappa 2148. [1] Likewise in Etymologicum Magnum 532.14. [2] John Philoponus, Commentary on Aristotle's de anima 7.11-27 Hayduck. Rather than "wittily" (a)stei/ws), Philoponus says "very divinely" (pa/nu qei/ws). The reference seems to …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3477Ἀπόπειραtrial… second part of alpha 735 (Damascius fr. 145 Zintzen). [3] Likewise in syntactical lexica.Matched in noteshighmedium

λ685ΛουκιανὸςLoukianos, Lucianus, Lucian… addendum from Hieronymus (Jerome), De viris inlustribus (ed. Gebhardt). [1] Like his earlier namesake lambda 683; cf. sigma 82. [2] cf. nu 447. [3] Early C4 AD.Matched in noteshighmedium

κ2161Κοτίνου στεφάνῳwith a wreath of wild olive… "It was black in the root, but a flower white like milk. The gods call it moly. It is difficult to dig up for mortal men, but the gods can do all things (Homer, …Matched in noteshighmedium

ι575Ἱππόπορνεhorse-whore[1] Likewise in Photius, Lexicon iota186. (Headword and gloss are vocative singulars.) The headword is taken by Theodoridis to be quoted from Menander, Theophoroumene 19; this supersedes Comica adespota fr. 1021 Kock (not in …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ699Καταπέλτηςcatapult[1] Likewise in other lexica; see the references at Photius kappa325 Theodoridis. The headword is used in this sense at e.g. Diodorus Siculus 20.71.2 (on Agathocles); and cf. below at n. 5. [2] Aristophanes, …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ2702ΚυνήγιονHunting-ground, Kynegion, Cynegium… here on out, however, this account resembles the Parastaseis more closely than the Patria. [2] This superfluous 'he said', which clouds the issue of who is speaking, is absent from the other versions. [3] …Matched in noteshighmedium

β437Βούλησιςwish, rational desire… 1315, pi 2376. [1] Wish (bou/lhsis) and choice (proai/resis) are closely related each other. These terms had a crucial importance in Greek moral philosophy, especially from Aristotle onwards. According to Aristotle, a wish is …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1029Διθυραμβοδιδάσκαλοιdithyramb-directors… the image of Ion and others hovering in the air like stars, web address 2; 421 BC) and Birds 1373-1409 (web address 3; 414 BC). Their compositions were in competition with comedy as entertainment …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3831Ἀρετήarete, virtue, excellence… you cannot cease being a virtuous person. The point is very controversial and apparently there was debate within the school (see Diogenes Laertius 7.91). In this context "melancholy" means "excess of black bile". [4] …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1476ΔῶροςDoros, Dorus… and later Zintzen undertook to reconstitute it from these authors. Most recently Athanassiadi has taken a different approach (explained on pp.63-70 of her introduction), in issuing a Greek-English edition. [2] For the Neo-Platonic philosopher …Matched in noteshighmedium

α207Ἄγευστος θοίνηςwithout a taste of the feast… and 18.25 de Borries). [1] This gloss does not seem very apt for the headword phrase. Adler reports no manuscript variations for the Suda iself, but, in the equivalent entry in Photius, Theodoridis obelizes …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3161Ἀπήμοναunhurt… 'bind'. [6] Certain adjectives in -mwn, such as a)ph/mwn, are closely related to nouns in -ma (E. Risch, Wortbildung der homerische Sprache §22a(a), p.47).Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2627Ἐπιστήμηscience, understanding… the single contributions can be highly significant. The truth is like a door, which no one can fail to hit (in this sense the investigation of the truth is easy). However, the fact that …Matched in noteshighmedium

α651Ἀηδών καὶ ἀηδοῦςnightingale, songstress… and quoted below) as 'looking small and dark, and exactly like a nightingale with misshapen wings enfolding a tiny body'. [2] Sophocles, Ajax 629-634 (web address 1 below), with comment from the scholia there. …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4398Ἀτυφίαlack of delusion, modesty… Praeparatio Sophistica fr. 277; cf. theta 547, theta 624. [3] Likewise in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon, commenting on this phrase in Plato's Phaedrus (see above). [4] Stoic doctrine from Diogenes Laertius 7.117. [5] Aelian fr. …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε238Ἐδικαιώθησανthey were justified, they were adjudgedLikewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius epsilon130 Theodoridis. [1] The headword is aorist passive of dikaio/w, third person plural; cf. delta 1078, epsilon 237, epsilon 239. [2] Cassius Dio 15.57.46a (phi …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε1462Ἐντερόνειαinner-timbering… discuss the present word (or passage) but does mention a very similar one, e)ntornei/a, possibly the parapet around a trireme's foredeck. [1] Herodian, De prosod. cathol. 3.1 273.29. [2] That is, the final alpha …Matched in noteshighmedium

ι577Ἵπποςhorse… beta 453, and cf. sigma 1733, end. These words form most (only a connecting ga/r is missing) of a hexameter in Greek: Nicander, Theriaca 741 = Greek Anthology, epigrams 9.503b. For the same notion …Matched in noteshighmedium

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