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α3477Ἀπόπειραtrial[1] Comparably, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. [2] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr.146 Zintzen (88 Asmus). Asmus and Adler associated this fragment with the second part of alpha 735 (Damascius fr. 145 …Matched in noteshighmedium
α114Ἀγαθοεργίαbeneficence… of the civil authorities or of the Christians" (Athanassiadi). [2] Damascius fr.24 Zintzen (237 Asmus, 26B Athanassiadi).Matched in noteshighmedium
α309Ἀγοραῖοιmarketplace [men]… the headword as stemming from Acts 17.5 (genitive plural). [2] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 53 Zintzen (24 Asmus). A fuller version of the fragment is given at pi 658, where Adler notes several …

α3477

Ἀπόπειρα

trial

[Meaning an] examination/scrutiny. Damascius [writes]: "in truth it came about that those young men who truly love philosophy were tested just like gold in the fire. Unless it satisfies the test, through which the thing…

Ἀπόπειρα· δοκιμασία. Δαμάσκιος· τῷ γὰρ ὄντι συνέβαινε τοὺς τῷ ὄντι φιλοσοφίας ἐρῶντας τῶν νέων ὥσπερ ἐν πυρὶ χρυσὸν δοκιμάζεσθαι. εἰ δὲ μὴ ὡμολόγει τὴν ἀπόπειραν, αὐτὸ τοῦτο…

gender and sexuality5

gender and sexuality5

meter and music5

meter and music5

science and technology4

science and technology4

trade and manufacture2

trade and manufacture2

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α403Ἀγχίνοιαtight-wittedness… accusative case, extracted from the quotation which now follows. [5] Damascius fr.71 Zintzen (31 Asmus), in Photius, Bibliotheke; cf. epsilon 3071, phi 404.Matched in noteshighshort

α405Ἀγχίσποροιnear-seeded… quotation (oi( qew=n a)gxi/sporoi: part of Aeschylus fr. 162). [2] Damascius fr.87 Zintzen (40 Asmus); cf. pi 1966.Matched in noteshighshort

α764Ἄθρυπτοςunbroken… feminine, as in the quotation given; cf. theta 519. [2] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 98 Zintzen (50 Asmus); again at delta 1461. On the Dorian mode "perceived as dignified and manly" see M.L. …Matched in noteshighshort

α773Ἀθύτουςsacrifice-less [ones]… in part at delta 679. See also theta 187. [2] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 216 Zintzen (133 Asmus); more fully at sigma 139.Matched in noteshighshort

α834Ἀκέραιον συνειδόςunblemished consciousness, sound conscienceDamascius, Life of Isidorus fr. 69 Zintzen (223 Asmus). The neuter of the perfect participle of su/noida (lit. 'I know with'), used here as a noun, implies the conscious knowledge of what one is …Matched in noteshighmedium

α994Ἀκροατὴς καὶ Ἀκροᾶσθαιhearer and to hear[1] For the verb see already alpha 993. [2] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 58 Zintzen (28 Asmus). [3] Genitive plural, presumably extracted from the quotation which follows. [4] Julian, Oration 7 (206A).Matched in noteshighshort

α1015Ἀκρόπολιςacropolis… (Küster, Schweighäuser) of polemi/wn 'enemies' to po/lewn 'cities' here. [2] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 302 Zintzen (308 Asmus), citing Polybius fr. 4.Matched in noteshighshort

α1588Ἀμήχανονunmanageable, without means… Iliad 15.14, where this word is used of Hera. [5] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 88 Zintzen (40 Asmus).Matched in noteshighshort

α2532Ἄνθρωποςman… and he is L. Moretti, Olympionikai (Rome 1957) no.272. [3] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr.363 Zintzen (227 Asmus).Matched in noteshighshort

α3142Ἀπῆγενled away… from the quotation given, but there are numerous alternatives. [1] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 144 Zintzen (88 Asmus); cf. sigma 62.Matched in noteshighshort

α4304Ατταwhichever, some… Antiphon fr.35 Sauppe. [5] Antiphon fr. 36 (cf.178) Sauppe. [6] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr.112 Zintzen (61 Asmus, 48A Athanassiadi); cf. delta 1572, epsilon 2043. [7] This adverb has rough breathing: see alpha 4328.Matched in noteshighmedium

α4587ἈφέλειαsimplicityEntry out of alphabetical order. [1] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr.45 Zintzen (23 Asmus). cf. epsilon 3503, pi 2797.Matched in noteshighshort

α4394Ἄτρυτοςunabating[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica. [2] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 240 Zintzen (142 Asmus); the Suda's philologia should be philoponia "love of toil." [3] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 187 Zintzen …Matched in noteshighshort

α483Ἀδικεῖνto do injustice… (web address 1 below). [3] Tentatively attributed by Adler to Damascius; now Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 371 Zintzen.Matched in noteshighshort

α1172Ἄληθεςtruly… accentuation of the adjective, on the final syllable. [5] Perhaps Damascius (so Adler: Life of Isidore fr. 69a Zintzen); cf. in any event Plato, Laws 730B-C, "Truth heads the list of all things good, …Matched in noteshighshort

α2873Ἀπαθῆimpassive, passionless… Diogenes Laertius 7.117, on the Stoic doctrines of Zeno. [4] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr.207 Zintzen (260 Asmus). [5] Again, more fully, at theta 44. Perhaps Damascius again (fr. 43 Zintzen) or from a …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3356Ἀποκλήρωσιςallotment… [2] Quotation attributed to John Chrysostom by Tittman but to Damascius by Bernhardy; now Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 256 Zintzen; cf. lambda 465, pi 821. [3] Likewise or similarly in other lexica. The …Matched in noteshighshort

α116Ἀγαθοθέλειαdesire for the good… Polybius, according to Adler. But suggested as a fragment of Damascius by Asmus (fr. 20), and accepted as such by Zintzen (fr. 25) and Athanassiadi (fr. 158).Matched in noteshighshort

α157ἈγάπιοςAgapios, AgapiusDamascius, Life of Isidore fr. 277 Zintzen (164 Asmus). [1] See pi 2473. [2] See mu 198, mu 199. [3] cf. delta 1618, epsilon 2241.Matched in noteshighshort

α158ἈγάπιοςAgapios, AgapiusDamascius, Life of Isidore fr. 330 Zintzen (298 Asmus, 107 Athanassiadi).Matched in noteshighshort

α278ἈγνόημαignoranceEntry lacking, Adler reports, in ms S. [1] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr.356 Zintzen (223 Asmus); also quoted in part at delta 279, epsilon 1929, pi 179 and pi 833.Matched in noteshighshort

α386Ἄγυριςgathering… gloss is that of the scholia to the line. [2] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 165 Zintzen (92 Asmus), 72C Athanassiadi. [3] Same or similar glossing in other lexica; references at Photius alpha283 Theodoridis.Matched in noteshighshort

α388Ἀγύρτηςmendicant… 388-9 (Oedipus on Teiresias). [7] 'Dam.', says Adler's note (= Damascius fr. 212 Zintzen); cf. alpha 389.Matched in noteshighshort

α389Ἀγύρτηςmendicant… material in other lexica; references at Photius alpha281 Theodoridis. [2] Damascius [cf. alpha 388] fr. 215 Zintzen. [3] Same glossing of this neuter plural in other lexica; references at Photius alpha282 Theodoridis.Matched in noteshighshort

α420Ἀδαήμονεςignorant… Iliad 13.811 (which generated scholiastic comment) or Odyssey 12.208. [2] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 161 Zintzen (92 Asmus), on Heraiskos: see in full at eta 450. [3] A military writer of the C1 …Matched in noteshighshort

α613Ἀείδελονdark, obscure, invisible… Photius alpha406 Theodoridis, though the former should be a)hde/s. [3] Damascius, quoted from delta 436.Matched in noteshighshort

α716Ἄθεονgodless, sacrilegious… from the quotation given. [1] Tentatively attributed by Adler to Damascius; and it is now Life of Isidore fr. 32 Zintzen, 19 Athanassiadi.Matched in noteshighshort

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