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ε306Ἐθελονταίvolunteers… see Livy 22.57.11 (saying that they numbered 8000); Paulus ex Festo s.v.; Lewis & Short s.v. On the battle of Cannae (in Apulia), a crushing defeat of the Romans by Hannibal in 216 BCE, …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3996ἜχετοςEchetus, Echetos… your nose and ears with pitiless bronze". And another [passage?]: "Festus sends out, to demonstrate that the poetical and legendary Echetus, and any other such [tyrant] from Sicily or Thessaly, were gold and a …Matched in translationhighshort
γ301Γλωσσόκομονcase, casket, chest[Meaning a] wooden repository of [= for] remains. "Festus the proconsul was sent into Asia, he to whom the imperial [treasure] chest was entrusted. He flourished in the time of Valens."Matched in translationhighshort
μ1328Μῶμαρreproach… 88 and (according to Adler) the Ambrosian Lexicon. [2] cf. Festus: momar Siculi stultum appellant "Sicilians call a stupid man momar". See web address 1. [3] This equivalence is unintelligible as it stands. (No …Matched in noteshighshort