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- α2447Ἀνῆψενfastened up, dedicated… instance cited here; perhaps rather (e.g.) Homer, Odyssey 3.274. [2] Eunapius fr. 105 FHG (4.55).
- α2428Ἀνηρέθιζενwas stirring up[1] Eunapius fr.103 FHG (4.55); more fully at delta 809.
- β67ΒαλάντιονpurseSee also beta 68. [1] Eunapius fr.90 FHG (4.53).
- α1569Ἀμείλικτονmerciless, unsoftened, unyielding… headword occurs. [2] Similarly in Photius, Lexicon alpha1181 Theodoridis. [3] Eunapius fr. 64 FHG (4.43); Blockley, Eunapius fr. 62.3.
- ι311Ἴληtroop… 1), with scholion, reading e)k klisi/as instead of e)kklhsi/as. [3] Eunapius fr. 20 FHG (4.22), Blockley, Eunapius fr. 27.8.
- α2329Ἀνεστηκώςhaving grown up… perfect participle, is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Eunapius fr. 36 FHG (4.27), Blockley fr.35, on the general Aelian; cf. in full alphaiota 179, and sigma 1316. For "lofty" see LSJ s.v. …
- δ1026Διηυχενίζετοwas holding the neck erect… quotation given. For this verb cf. also delta 809. [1] Eunapius fr. 76 FHG (4.48).
- κ2285Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ μέγαςConstantine the Great, Constantine I, Constantinus I… Constantine see already kappa 2284. [1] The following note about Eunapius is abridged from the introduction to the translation of Eusebius' Life of Constantine in the on-line edition of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Ser. …
- α3609Ἀποτραχηλίζοντεςthrottling… participle is presumably extracted from the first quotation given. [1] Eunapius fr. 95 FHG (4.54); preserved only here. [2] A loose approximation of Aristophanes, Lysistrata 704-705 (using a different comound verb: web address 1 …
- κ570Κατακαίνεινto kill… the aorist infinitive, reckoned to be quoted from Xenophon). [2] Eunapius fr. 3 FHG (4.13).
- κ389Καρικὸν θῦμαCarian sacrifice, Karian sacrifice… Kuster that it has been mis-transferred from kappa 391 (concerning Eunapius fr.4 FHG (4.14)).
- ε740ἙλλανοδίκαιHellanodikai, Greek judges… e(llhnodi/kai, and the Elean is e(llanozi/kai. See LSJ s.v. [2] Eunapius fr.79 FHG (4.49); again eta 154; and for Gainas see also pi 1939, esp. the note on him there. Given who he was, …
- δ919Διενεγκεῖνto relate… infinitive of diafe/rw; cf. delta 918 and delta 1009. [1] Eunapius fr. 101 FHG (4.54). [2] Otherwise only extant in, and thus perhaps quoted from, Basil of Caesarea, Letters 302.1.
- κ11Καγχάζειjeers, mocks… be quoted from somewhere but is not independently attested. [2] Eunapius fr.41 FHG (4.31). For the idiom of laughing verbs with platu/ see LSJ s.v. platu/s, 5. [3] Sophocles, Ajax 199. This is the …
- δ653Διάμετροςdiameter[1] Eunapius fr. 100 FHG (= 272.19-20 Dindorf); but these words also appear in Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 2.6.2, as de Boor pointed out. Theophylact's story concerns a Roman soldier found still alive, but with …
- α3066Ἀπεστάτειwas far from[1] Eunapius fr.76 FHG (4.48). [2] Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 742-3 (with comment from the scholia there). The text has xnoa/zwn, ('sprinkling'), rather than the Suda's xhra/zwn ('bereaving'). See web address 1 below.
- γ264Γιγαντώδηςgiant-likeThe headword is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Eunapius fr.11 FHG (4.17); Dindorf, Historici Graeci Minores vol.1. p. 218; Blockley, Eunapius fr. 18.[3]. Apparently about Charietto(n) (chi 109).
- α4325Ἀτάσθαλαreckless (things)… 13.634, where this adjective occurs (web address 2 below). [4] Eunapius fr. 89 FHG (4.53).
- μ83Μακρῷfar beyond, by far… 1205 note, and see OCD(4) s.v. [2] Quoted approximately from Eunapius fr.4 FHG (4.14). [3] Aristophanes, Wasps 1303 (web address 1); cf. pi 735.
- μ1048Μικρολόγοςpetty-minded, reckoning within narrow margins… Bernhardy), chi 108, and pi 380 (Blockley, p. 138). [3] Eunapius fr. 34 FHG (4.27); Blockley, Eunapius fr. 34.8. A fragment of the same quotation appears again at mu 1056, without reference to Hormisdas. …
- α4332Ἀτέκμαρτονboundless; baffling, unsurmisable… say these things. See in full at tau 254. [4] Eunapius fr.37 FHG (4.28); continued at sigma 982.
- μ203ΜάρκελλοςMarkellos, MarcellusThis entry was proposed as a fragment of Eunapius by the Dutch scholar David Ruhnken (1723-1798) -- a suggestion latterly championed by Alan Cameron (below), q.v. for all details. [1] Reigned 395-408. [2] Cf. …
- μ369Μεγαλοπρεπήςmagnificent… quotation from Alexander of Aphrodisias: see n. 4 below. [3] Eunapius fr. 98 FHG (4.54). The fragment is unplaced (Blockley, p. 150). [4] Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 121.32-122.2 (cf. Van Ophuijsen, …
- γ484Γυμνικοὶ ἀγῶνεςgymnastic contests… 45, and cf. epsilon 322. Adler tentatively attributed it to Eunapius; now Blockley, Eunapius fr. 27.(4).
- ε2143Ἐπεισόδιονepisode, addition… s.v. epeisodion. [1] Same glossing in Photius and elsewhere. [2] Eunapius fr.43.3 Blockley (fr.45 FHG); cf. delta 1498 (and alpha 4641), and, for Musonius in general, mu 1306. [3] Greek Anthology 5.19.3-4 (Rufinus). [4] …
- ε936Ἐμβάλλουσιthey make inroads… epsilon 934, epsilon 935. [1] Bernhardy attributed this quotation to Eunapius (Blockley, Eunapius fr. 34.[7]). Be that as it may, it seems to relate to the events of 366 CE, when Valens (omicron 764) …
- κ67Καθείςputting down… 65). [1] For this second gloss cf. kappa 63. [2] Eunapius fr. 52 FHG (4.37); Blockley, Eunapius fr. 45.2 (pp. 70-71): see already under alpha 2202, and cf. also sigma 1019.
- α2395Ἀνεῖχενheld back[1] Eunapius fr.11 FHG; Blockley, Eunapius fr. 18.[5]. See again at chi 109. [2] Quotation unidentifiable.
- ε3448ΕὐετήριοςEueterios, EueteriusAttributed by Bernhardy to Eunapius (Blockley, Eunapius fr. 39.[3]. [1] iota 401, reigned 363-364; DIR entry by Thomas Banchich at web address 1.
- α2866Ἀπαγορεύειrenounces, denies… of Antioch: see Favuzzi [cited under alpha 1990] 53-54. [2] Eunapius fr. 97 FHG (4.54). [3] cf. generally Matthew 26.69-75, Mark 14.66-72, Luke 22.34-62, John 18.15-27. [4] From Harpokration s.v., citing the Erotikos of …