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α457Ἀδήλητοςunhurt… The headword is masculine nominative singular of this adjective. [2] Agathias, Histories 1.13 (here abridged). Prior to attacking the city of Luca (modern-day Lucca, in Tuscany, central Italy; Barrington Atlas map 41 grid C2) …Matched in noteshighshort
α1215ἈλιγέρνηςAligernes, Aligernos, Aligernus, Aligern[1] Aligernos in Agathias (see next note); Aligernes here and in ps-Zonaras only. [2] Agathias, Histories 1.9 (abridged); repeated in part at omicron 966. This passage describes the fighting prowess of the Ostrogoth military …Matched in noteshighmedium
α2688Ἀντίξοονadverse… land). See web address 1. [2] Presumably extracted from the Agathias passage which now follows. [3] Agathias, Histories 1.14. During the Gothic War (535-554) in 553 CE, the Heruli military commander, Fulcaris--audacious, but also …

α457

Ἀδήλητος

unhurt

[Meaning] undamaged, unharmed. Agathias [writes]: "and they appeared [...] both safe and unhurt." For dhlw= [means] I harm.

Ἀδήλητος· ἀσινὴς, ἀβλαβής. Ἀγαθίας· καὶ ἐπεδείκνυντο σῶοί τε καὶ ἀδήλητοι. δηλῶ γὰρ τὸ βλάπτω.

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α4352Ἀτημελίαneglect[1] Reading e)/ruma (Agathias: see next note) rather than e(/rma (here). [2] An approximation of Agathias, Histories 5.13. [3] This accusative plural must be quoted from somewhere -- very probably (despite the masculine glossing) …Matched in noteshighshort

α202Ἀγερωχίαhaughtiness, manliness, nobility… a)/gan. [4] Same or similar glossing in other lexica. [5] Agathias, Histories 1.21. The Byzantine general, Narses (cf. nu 42), mounts a reliable war horse and rallies his troops against the Franks at the …Matched in noteshighshort

α1428Ἀλύεινto be beside oneself, to be overwhelmed… 1427. [1] Homer, Odyssey 18.332. [2] Sophocles, Electra 135. [3] Agathias, Histories 1.10 (p.33 Niebuhr); again (slightly differently) at alpha 1575. His initial assault (553 CE, during the Gothic War of 535-554) on the …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1575Ἀμηγέπηany which way, somehow or other… (60). See on this Theodoridis' Photius edition, vol.II pp.XCI-XCII. [4] Agathias, Histories 1.10; see already alpha 1428.Matched in noteshighmedium

α1709Ἀμφιγνοεῖis in two minds… entry in other lexica; references at Photius alpha1310 Theodoridis. [2] Agathias, Histories 1.13, p.42 Niebuhr. This fragment describes a moment in the Gothic War (535-554 CE), when the Byzantine general Narses (cf. nu 42 …Matched in noteshighshort

α1730ἈμφιθέατρονamphitheatreSame entry in ps.-Zonaras. [1] Agathias, Histories 1.14. Butilinus, defending the town of Parma (in northern Italy, between present-day Milan and Bologna) in 553 CE, ensconced his troops in an amphitheater, setting up an …Matched in noteshighshort

α2241Ἀνεκτάtolerable, sustainable… first quotation given, is neuter plural of this adjective. [1] Agathias, Histories 1.4, on the Merovingian king of Reims, Theudebert (cf. theta 299) in fact, not on his father Theodoric (cf. tau 745). The …Matched in noteshighshort

α2764Ἀντωπεῖfaces, meets face to face… somewhere, probably Oppian, Halieutica 5.7; cf. the scholia there. [4] Agathias, Histories 1.15. This passage describes the futile battle of the Heruli (cf. epsilon 901, epsilon 3058) military commander, Fulcaris, aligned with the Romans, …Matched in noteshighshort

α3445Ἀπόμοιραportion, share… Connected by Bernhardy with alphaiota 106 and kappa 2036. [3] Agathias, Histories 1.17. In the autumn of 553 CE, Franks pillaging the countryside impede the advance of Roman cavalry toward Faventia (present-day Faenza, northern …Matched in noteshighshort

α3484Ἀποπορευτέαnecessary to go back… the quotation given. [1] A loose and garbled version of Agathias, Histories 2.22 (p.112 Niebuhr): 'to the river Phasis' should be 'to Telephis' (a city of that name), the Suda's grammatically impossible tw=n e)kei/nh| …Matched in noteshighshort

α3674Ἀπώνατοenjoyed[1] Agathias, Histories 1.4. [2] For 'Theudertos', again at theta 300, read Theudibertos (theta 299); so Kuster. [3] Probably extracted from the quotation which follows (but another possibility is Herodotus 1.168); and the glosses …Matched in noteshighshort

α4485Αὐτοβοείat the first battle-cry[1] cf. alpha 4486. [2] Agathias, Histories 2.20 (p.108 Niebuhr). In 555 CE, during the Lazic War (541-562), Roman troops under the Byzantine general Martinus abandon the stronghold at Telephis (cf. alpha 3484 note) …Matched in noteshighshort

α4595Ἀφειδήσαςhaving been unsparing… Aelian fr. 93b Domingo-Forasté (90 Hercher). [3] An approximation of Agathias, Histories 5.23 (p.329 Niebuhr), on the young Byzantine military commander Germanus; cf. PLRE IIIa s.v. Germanus(4) and Frendo (159). See also alpha 2461, …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1034ἈκταίωνAktaion, Actaeon… web address 1. [2] Greek Anthology 7.206.2 (Damocharis), addressed to Agathias's cat; cf. alpha 1292, alpha 2175, (phi 787). See another extract from this epigram at sigma 911. Here, Damocharis follows up on a …Matched in noteshighshort

α2985Ἀπέθρισενbit off[1] Greek Anthology 7.204.5-6 (Agathias Scholasticus), here misquoted: it should be "I snatched". This poem is addressed to a partridge which has had its head bitten off. Find further excerpts from this epigram at …Matched in noteshighshort

α3655Ἀποχρώντωςsatisfactorily… the second and more striking half of this phrase cf. Agathias, Histories preface 11.2 (on Eutychianus, an imperial secretary and friend of Agathias); cf. Frendo (5).Matched in noteshighshort

α13Ἀβάλεwould that… attestations including Callimachus fr. 619 Pfeiffer, and Greek Anthology 7.583.1 (Agathias Scholasticus). cf. generally alpha 14. [1] For more on ei)/qe see epsiloniota 55. [2] Apparently the beginning of a quotation, perhaps from one …Matched in noteshighshort

α329ἌγγωνεςangonesMentioned by Agathias and others. For the Franks see generally phi 682.Matched in noteshighshort

α1017Ἀκροστόλιαstemposts, sternposts… fitted with decorative cap-pieces; cf. Casson (86 with n.49). [2] Agathias, Histories 5.21; again, more briefly, at pi 2385. Unable to penetrate the long wall at the base of the Thracian Chersonese (the present-day …Matched in noteshighshort

α1696Ἀμφηρεφέςclose-covered… is feminine there. The neuter, here, is perhaps extracted from Agathias: see 1.10 (of a cave) and esp. 3.5 (at sigma 901).Matched in noteshighshort

α1759Ἀμφιρύτηsea-girt… a grammarian, epigrammatist, Byzantine official, and friend of the poet Agathias (alpha 112); cf. Smith s.v. (935). On the great physician and medical writer Hippocrates of Cos, see iota 564.Matched in noteshighshort

α2001Ἀναπεπταμένα χωρίαwide-open districts… It is presumably quoted from somewhere; for something similar see Agathias, Histories 4.16.3 (ta\ i(ppa/sima th=s xw/ras ... kai\ a)nepeptame/na ... pedi/a).Matched in noteshighshort

α2158Ἀνδράριονmanikin… quotation given. For the plural see under pi 358. [2] Agathias, Histories 1.7 (p.30 Niebuhr). During the Gothic War (535-554 CE), Leutharis and Butilinus, two brothers about to lead an army of Franks and …Matched in noteshighshort

α2221Ἀνεδήσατοwreathed… between this verb and victory-crowns (in war and elsewhere). [1] Agathias, Histories 2.22, on the military accomplishments of the Sasanian general Mihr-Mihroe, known in Greek as Mermeroes (mu 637); cf. pi 2201. See also …Matched in noteshighshort

α2461Ἀνίειgave up… illustrated by the first five of the quotations given. [1] Agathias, Histories 5.21, on the young Byzantine military leader Germanus; more fully at omicron 782. On Germanus, see also alpha 3435, alpha 4595, pi …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2798Ἀνύτεινto accomplish… infinitive is illustrated by both of the quotations given. [1] Agathias, Histories 5.21 (p.325 Niebuhr). Cf. omicron 809. In 559 CE, their direct assaults on the long wall at the base of the Thracian …Matched in noteshighshort

α3132ἈπείρηκαI have renounced… paradigmatic), there are instances in Xenophon, Plato, and elsewhere. [2] Agathias, Histories 5.14 (p.306 Niebuhr), on Justinian I (Eastern Roman emperor 527-565); cf. Frendo (149). The time frame of the quotation is 559 CE. …Matched in noteshighmedium

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