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ε
904
Ἐλόχησεν
platooned
[sc. This word occurs] in Herodotus meaning [he] organized into
platoons.
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ε
2504
Ἐπιώψατο
chose, oversaw
… king oversaw [the] arrhephoroi." That is, designated [them], selected [them].
Plato
in Laws [sc. uses the word].
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ε
584
Ἔκπλυτον
washed-out
… to dying. Adler also classifies the entry as a gl[ossa]
Platonica'
(repeated by Theodoridis at his Photius, Lexicon epsilon478), evidently because it appears as a totality in Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon. Thus the source of …
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37
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37
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33
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33
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33
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33
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27
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24
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24
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4
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δ
1238
Δίων
Dion, Dio
Son of Hipparinos; a Syracusan, a
Platonic
philosopher. [He was] the brother of Aristomache, the wife of the older Dionysius, tyrant of Sicily. He also ruled over Sicily as tyrant, expelling Dionysius, the son …
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α
4011
Ἁρποκρατίων
Harpokration, Harpocration
Of Argos [Myth, Place].
Platonic
philosopher. Companion/confidant of a Caesar. He wrote a Commentary on
Plato
(24 books); Lexicon to
Plato
(2 books).
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η
481
Ἥρας δὲ δεσμοὺς ὑπὸ υἱέος
Hera's bindings by (her) son
Plato
[in book] 2 of Republic [uses the phrase]. It should be written thus; for in Pindar [it is written] "she is bound by Hephaestus in the chair built by him"; which some ignorantly …
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α
2156
Ἀνδραποδώδεις
slavish
… qri/c ["slavish hair"], [a saying] in reference to the foolish.
Plato
says: "having the slavish hair in their soul, through lack of education."
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ε
2172
Ἐπηλυγασάμενος
overshading
= Timaeus,
Platonic
Lexicon 986b.3-4. The headword (aorist middle participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb e)phluga/zw) appears in
Plato,
Lysis 207b (web address 1), although most mss of
Plato
(and hence most modern …
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α
1467
Ἀμαθέστερος
more ignorant, rather ignorant
Also [sc. attested] is a)maqh/s; meaning uneducated and unprepared;
Plato
[sc. uses the word]. It is also applied to one who is poorly educated and to someone not educated who understands by instinct.
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α
2024
Ἀναπλήσας
having filled up, having defiled
[Meaning he] having made full. But
Plato
[uses it] to mean he having polluted.
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α
2829
Ἀξιῶν
deeming
Meaning [he] considering, supposing. Lysias and
Plato
[sc. use the word]. Also meaning [he] beseeching, entreating. Or also/even meaning [he] considering.
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α
3056
Ἀπέσβηκε
he had quenched
Amongst those who use the [verb] to quench is
Plato
in Statesman.
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β
104
Βαρβαρίζει
behaves like a barbarian
Meaning [he/she/it] thinks barbarian thoughts. Thus
Plato
[sc. uses the word]. "But barbarism is pronunciation with defects contrary to the custom of the Greeks of good repute; solecism is an expression constructed ungrammatically;" such …
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ε
138
Ἐγκύρτια
fish-trap entrances, weel entrances
[Meaning] the woven parts in fish-traps. But
Plato
uses the term in Timaeus in reference to the throat.
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ει
165
Εἴξασι
they are like
Plato
says [ei)/casi] and ei)/kasi instead of e)oi/kasi. And Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "so they are like fleeces spread out." He is speaking about the clouds.
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κ
146
Κάκη
badness
[Meaning] evil.
Plato
[sc. uses this word] this way. Aelian [writes]: "whoever left his station, the lawgiver condemned him to death, for betraying by cowardice the post in which he was stationed." Aelian in …
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χ
615
Χυτρέα
potter
… worker in clay, and a craftsman of such products. And
Plato
in Republic [uses the word].
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λ
325
Λευκὴ στάθμη
white measuring-line
= Pausanias the Atticist lambda14; cf. Timaeus,
Platonic
Lexicon 994a17; a scholion to
Plato,
Charmides 154B [see below]; Aelius Dionysius lambda8, Hesychius lambda789, Photius lambda220 Theodoridis, Zenobius 4.89, [Diogenianus] 6.8, Gregorius 2.67 Apostolius 10.64. …
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κ
1514
Κηλούμενος
being charmed
[1] Taken from Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon s.v., and repeated in other lexica: see the references at Photius kappa663 Theodoridis, noting the nineteenth-century (Baiter-Sauppe, Naber) attribution of the headword participle to
Plato,
Menexenus 235A; see …
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χ
110
Χαρίζεσθαι
to indulge, to please, to pleasure
The first part of this entry reproduces one in Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon. See also Etymologicum Genuinum, Etymologicum Magnum 807.19, and the scholia to
Plato,
Phaedrus 227C (web address 1 below). [1]
Plato,
Parmenides 137A, …
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α
2143
Ἀναψῦχον
refreshing
Same entry in Photius, and in Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon. For this verb see already alpha 2142. [1] The primary headword is quoted from
Plato,
Cratylus 399D. [2] This secondary headword is surely also quoted …
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α
2727
Ἀντιστρόφους
counterparts
… plural of this adjective, must be quoted from somewhere (perhaps
Plato:
see next note). [1] Likewise in other lexica, including Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon; this suggests (without guaranteeing) that the headword is quoted from
Plato,
…
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α
2795
Ἀνυσίμως
effectually
Same entry in Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon; similar ones elsewhere. The primary headword is quoted from
Plato,
Theaetetus 144B. cf. generally alpha 2783, alpha 2794, alpha 2797, alpha 2798, alpha 2799. [1]
Plato,
again, has …
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β
204
Βδελυρός
disgusting
[1] Likewise in Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon (and again in Photius). Perhaps generated by the occurrence of the headword adjective in
Plato,
Republic 338D (where Thrasymachus applies it to Socrates), though not necessarily so; Timaeus' …
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δ
856
Διδαξάμενος
having [someone] taught
Same entry in Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon, compiled at some time between the first and the fourth centuries CE. Similar one, later, in Photius, Lexicon delta520, though the glossing there is corrupted into tele/sas ti …
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ε
4022
Ἐχθοδοπόν
hostility-inducing
Same entry in Photius and in Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon; and cf. the scholia to
Plato,
Laws 810D, where the headword occurs in the masculine/feminine genitive singular. Here, by contrast, it is either masculine/feminine accusative …
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η
136
Ἠΐθεος
unmarried youth
… single word in the Greek) is glossed thus in Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon. Its entry there might be generated by the fact that
Plato
uses the word three times in his Laws, but Timaeus draws …
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ι
277
Ἶκταρ
close together
… headword is a poetic adverb. [2] More fully in Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon (and Photius iota96 Theodoridis), explicitly on
Plato,
Republic 575C; see also the scholia there, and further, next note. [3] Zenobius 5.55; scholion …
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κ
1868
Κνησείοντα
wanting to scratch
… desiderative is knhsia/w, occurring in the matching participle knhsiw=nta in
Plato,
Gorgias 494C (which actually provides its own gloss: a)fqo/nws e)/xonta tou= kna=sqai). Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon and Photius kappa822 Theodoridis provide knhsiw=nta with the …
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χ
158
Χαιρεφῶν
Chairephon, Chaerephon
… 1744. [2] For Socrates see generally sigma 829, sigma 830.
Plato
mentions Chaerephon a number of times in his works (especially in "Socratic" dialogues such as Apology, Charmides, and Gorgias). In Apology 20E-21A, for …
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