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ε1301Ἐνῆγενwas urging[Meaning he/she/it] was setting in motion, was persuading. Procopius [writes]: "and an assertion of the Christians was urging him to this and was vexing his heart, because they were insisting that Edessa was impregnable." …Matched in translationhighshort
ε2306Ἐπίδοξοςlikely, glorious… "For he was likely to become an absolute ruler." And Procopius says: "providing a thousand pounds of silver, she was likely to buy back her grandson." And elsewhere: "he reported that the Persians were …Matched in translationhighshort
γ438Γράφειν ἐς τάχοςto write at speedThus it is said [i.e.] by separation. Procopius [writes]: "the speed-writing section."Matched in translationhighshort
α410Ἀγχίστροφοιchangeable[Those] gathered together, or quickly turning about. Procopius [writes]: "the battle had become fierce and at close range, and both sides were making quick-turning pursuits against each other." And elsewhere: "then you, deploying the …Matched in translationhighshort
α3151Ἀπήλγησανthey grieved at… "put away sorrow:" see LSJ s.v. (web address 1). [1] Procopius, Secret History 16.20 (web address 2); again, more briefly, at omicron 935. Procopius describes the protests that arose in Byzantion after the empress …Matched in noteshighshort
α198Ἀγεννῶςignobly… Here neuter singular; again, quoted from somewhere. [3] Attributed to Procopius, Adler notes, in the Lexicon Vindobonense. For the Huns (and Procopius), cf. under alpha 3460.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2394Ἐπικλοπώτεροςmore thievish, rather thievish… in the neuter, in Plato (Laws 781a4) and twice in Procopius.Matched in noteshighshort
ι718Ἰσχιάζεινto move the hips… similarly in other lexica. Examples (of its present participle) in Procopius. cf. generally iota 719.Matched in noteshighshort
λ693Λοῦτρονwash-water… "And he will drink the wash-water out of the baths." Procopius [writes]: "he bade the bath to be ready, for he wanted to take a bath there on the next day." [It is said …Matched in translationhighshort
ε988Ἔμμισθοιhired [men], mercenaries… Adler but identifiable via the TLG as an approximation of Procopius, Secret History 11.7 (web address 1). Procopius describes how Justinian (cf. iota 446 generally) paid bounties to Hun chieftains to secure peace, but …Matched in noteshighshort
β94Βάνδονensign… a transliteration of the Latin bandum. For this gloss cf. Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 4.2.1 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
ι618ἸσδιγέρδηςIsdigerdes, Isdigerd, Izdikerti, Yazdegerd… first half of the fifth century CE; mentioned by Agathias, Procopius et al. See entry in the Encyclopædia Iranica at web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort
α43ἈβίγαςAbigas… Algeria. Barrington Atlas Map 34 grid F2. Mentioned in (e.g.) Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 4.19.7 (web address 1). See again under rho 270.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2782ΚύρτωμαvaultAn approximation of Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 6.27.7 (web address 1); during their siege of Auximum (Auximus, modern-day Osimo, Italy) in 539 CE, Roman soldiers attempt to destroy a vaulted cistern …Matched in noteshighshort
η490Ἠραιωμένῳrarified… epsilon 3640, where it is part of a quotation from Procopius (Secret History 7.13) on the clothing of the Huns.Matched in noteshighshort
β245ΒεροιαίοιςBeroiaians, Beroeaeans… perhaps excerpted from iota 726, one of two instances in Procopius. Adler reports two similar entries in the Ambrosian Lexicon. Beroia was in Syria (renamed by the Seleucids after the original Beroia in Macedonia); …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1455Δωρησάμενος χρήμασι μεγάλοιςhaving been presented with great sums of money… identified by Adler but is identifiable via the TLG as Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 4.13.30 (web address 1). See on this Theodoridis' Photius edition, vol.II p.XCIII. The middle voice of dwre/w …Matched in noteshighshort
μ765Μετεωρίσαντεςhaving raised up… mu 766), masculine nominative plural. Evidently quoted from somewhere: perhaps Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 8.35.30 (so Toup, noted by Adler), but there are other possibilities, including Arrian, Anabasis 2.21.7.Matched in noteshighshort
β428Βουλεύσαςhaving made a decision… not identified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as Procopius, Secret History 26.40 (web address 1). See on this Theodoridis' Photius edition, vol.II p.XCII. Procopius describes the scheme by which Hephaistos, prefect in …Matched in noteshighshort
δ806Δίαυλοςdouble-stretch… approximation (the verb should be active poiei=n, not poiei=sqai) of Procopius, Secret History 12.21 (web address 1). As part of his commentary on the demonic nature of Justinian (cf. iota 446), Procopius describes an …Matched in noteshighshort
α2349Ἀνέφαπτονunaffected… Aelian, but identifiable via the TLG as an approximation of Procopius, Secret History 6.23 (web address 1); cf. Kaldellis (31). See on this Theodoridis' Photius edition, vol.II p.XCII. In the text, the verb e)a/w …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1859Ἐξκουβίτωρexcubitor… a guard or sentinel (literally: one sleeping outdoors). See e.g. Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 4.12.17, who pauses to comment on the word.Matched in noteshighshort
μ911Μηκώμενοςbleating… nominative singular, evidently extracted from somewhere but attested only here. (Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 1.3.13, has the dative case, and cf. 6.17.8 for the feminine nominative -- of goats, in both …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2409Ἐπίκωμοςreveller… to happen uselessly, as an excessive reveller [sc. might do]." Procopius says [this] about the emperor Theodosius.Matched in translationhighshort
χ577ΧρυσομαλλώChrysomallo… Golden-Fleece (cf. delta 250, mu 878), or Goldilocks. Mentioned in Procopius, Secret History 17.33-34 (web address 1); cf. Kaldellis (79).Matched in noteshighshort
κ1413ΚέρμαcoinThis material, substantially repeated in omicron 8, is taken from Procopius, Secret History 25.12 (web address 1). Procopius attributes the change to the emperors, rather than just Justinian. Procopius' maths is sounder than the …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3760Εὐσυνθετεῖνto be on good terms… headword infinitive is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 4.2.3 (web address 1); prior to the Battle of Tricamarum (location uncertain; about 50 km. west of …Matched in noteshighshort
α3664Ἄπωθενaway, away from[1] Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 1.22.9; already at alpha 3313.Matched in noteshighshort
β126Βαρσύμης ΠέτροςBarsumes Petros[1] delta 233 (from Procopius). Petros Barsumes was praetorian prefect under Justinian (cf. iota 446) and Theodora (cf. alpha 956 note) 543-546 and again 555-562; cf. Kaldellis (96-98) and PLRE IIIb s.v. Petrus(9).Matched in noteshighshort
δ3ΔαγίσθαιοςDagisthaios, DagisthaeusA military commander in Procopius' account of the Lazic War (549-556), History of the Wars of Justinian 2.29-30 (also in book 8 passim); Adler reports an identical entry in the Ambrosian Lexicon. See PLRE …Matched in noteshighshort