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ε3317ἘτιμησάμηνI (would have) estimated the penalty… the 40s BC. That Antony (cf. under iota 399) 'killed Cicero' (kappa 1594), in December 43, is an over-simplification. After Antony had marked him down for proscription, Cicero was tracked down and killed by …Matched in noteshighshort
α1044ἈκύλλιοςAquillius, Aquilius… put to death by Mithridates; Gaius Aquil(l)ius Gallus, praetor with Cicero in 66 BCE, lawyer.Matched in noteshighshort
α2424Ἀνὴρ ἀνδρὸς διαφέρειone man differs from another.… 67 BCE on the basis of the legislation proposed by Cicero in the De lege manilia, his maiden voyage as an orator ad populum.

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I (would have) estimated the penalty

"As I personally would have estimated the penalty as total, for Antony to survive after he had killed Cicero."

Ἐτιμησάμην· ὡς ἔγωγ' ἐτιμησάμην ἂν τοῦ παντός, Ἀντώνιον τὸν ἀποκτείναντα Κικέρωνα περιεῖναι.

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α4148Ἀσίννιος ΠωλίωνAsinnios Polion, Asinius Pollio… and its course down at least to the death of Cicero (for whom he had profound contempt throughout his life), and probably the battle of Philippi. If he covered Greek history it can only …Matched in noteshighshort

α4184Ἀσκώνιος ΠαιδιανόςAskonios Paidianos, Asconius Pedianus… 3213. Quintus Asconius Pedianus (3-88 CE) wrote a commentary on Cicero's speeches; OCD(4) 181-2, under Asconius.Matched in noteshighshort

αι370Αἴτιονcause… to the "perfect" (perfectae) kind of cause also mentioned by Cicero, On Fate 41, in connection with "principal" causes in opposition to auxiliary causes.Matched in noteshighshort

β561ΒροῦτοςBrutus… letters (lost Greek ones, not the Latin ones included in Cicero's Ad M. Brutum) and the epitome of Polybius must come ultimately from Plutarch's Brutus 2 and 4. [2] A cross-reference to delta 421 …Matched in noteshighshort

δ870Δίδυμον ξύλονtwo-pronged timber, gallows… slave (cf. furcifer) (as by Plautus, Persa 5,2,71, Casina 2,6,37; Cicero, On divination 1.26.55; Livy 2.36.1; etc.); and the gallows, corresponding to Greek di/dumon cu/lon. This meaning is common in juridical sources: see Digest …Matched in noteshighshort

δ962Διεσπαθηκόταhaving squandered away… see Hesychius delta1325, with the gloss a)selgw=s a)nali/skein; cf. Plutarch, Cicero 27.6 (polla\ th=s ou)si/as diaspaqh/sas). The form diaspaqi/zw is attested in Johannes Laurentius Lydus, De magistratibus populi Romani 2.19 (passive at 1.36). cf. …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1109Δικροῖςbifurcated, forked, two-pronged… -ois e)cwqei=n (cf. in Latin, Catullus 105, 2 furcillis eicere, Cicero, ad Atticum 16.2.4 furcilla extrudere, Horace, Epistles 1.10.24 furca expellere). A different meaning is attested by Hesychius (dikro/ous: ta\s trio/dous). [2] Aristophanes, Peace …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1607Δυσδιόρθωτοςhard to be set right… extensively used from the first century BCE onwards. See also Cicero, Letters to Atticus 13.21a.1: "not yet revised" (of a book).Matched in noteshighshort

ε2767Ἐπιχαιρεκακίαspite, Schadenfreude[1] Diogenes Laertius 7.114. Compare Cicero's definition of malevolentia in Tusculan Disputations 4.9.20: 'voluptas ex malo alterius sine emolumento suo'. See also in the discussion of pleasures at eta 97; and for the cognate …Matched in noteshighshort

η308Ἡμερόλεγδονby count of days… also e.g. Aristotle, History of Animals 575a27; Lucian, Lexiphanes 9; Cicero, Letters to Atticus 4.15.3 -- web address 2.) The Suda lacks the gloss (to\ kaq' e(ka/sthn h(me/ran e)cariqmei=n "to count day by day") …Matched in noteshighshort

χ573ΧρυσόγονοςChrysogonos, Chrysogonus… see e.g. Plutarch, Alkibiades 32.2 (athlete/musician; web address 1) and Cicero 3.4 (a freedman of Sulla; web address 2).Matched in noteshighshort