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Ἀγωνιᾶν
to contest
Isocrates
[sc. uses the word] to mean agonizesthai ["to compete"].
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4074
Ἀρχαῖος
old-fashioned
[Meaning] someone/something ancient.
Isocrates
in the Panegyricus [says] "speaking old-fashionedly", that is, using rather archaic words. But Demosthenes in [the] Philippics [sc. is found] saying "they behaved so old-fashionedly, or rather, like good citizens"; …
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4426
Αὐθέντης
perpetrator
… own hand, or the one who kills himself. Hence in
Isocrates
perpetrator. Lysias applies it in a special sense to the 30, even though they had their murders committed by others. For 'the actual …
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Ἀγωνιῶ
I am in a torment
… out." Also [sc. attested in the plural] a)gwniw=ntes, meaning rivalling.
Isocrates
[sc. uses the term].
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441
Ἀδελφειός
brother
… is the cognate verb] a)delfi/zein, meaning "to call [someone] brother".
Isocrates
and Hecataeus the Milesian and Apollophanes used [it] in this way. And in the feminine [there is also attested] th\n a)delfidh=n, h( a)delfidh=, …
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904
Ἀκμή
moment, point, still
… and youth. But "akme of opportunity" [means] good fortune. Thus
Isocrates
[writes]: "[it is best] to grasp the akme of the opportunities." It is also taken to mean e)/ti ["yet, still"]. Thus Hyperides [sc. …
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2191
Ἀνδροτίων
Androtion
Son of Andron; of Athens; rhetor and demagogue; pupil of
Isocrates.
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2202
Ἀναιρεθείς
having been taken up
… [he] having been picked up [a)nalhfqei/s] [sc. and nurtured]. Thus
Isocrates
[sc. uses the term]. Also [sc. attested is] a)nairei=n, [meaning] to conceive in the womb, and to raise the offspring, and to kill, …
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2664
Ἀντίθεσις
antithesis
… are contrasted with each other either partially or wholly. So
Isocrates
in the Panathenaikos [sc. uses the term].
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2923
Ἀπαριθμησόμενος
intending to secure payment
… attested is the present participle] a)pariqmw=n, meaning fulfilling an inventory.
Isocrates
[sc. uses the word in this way]. Also [note the idiom] a)pariqmw= se ["I requite you"], [i.e. used] with an accusative.
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3377
Ἀπολαύειν
to enjoy; to reap [the results of]
… only to pleasures, but also to their opposites, as [does]
Isocrates:
"I fear that I shall reap a bad reward." And Marcellinus says [this] about Thucydides: "neither Kleon nor Brasidas, the cause of the …
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4556
Ἀφαρεύς
Aphareus
… rhetor, son of the sophist Hippias and Plathane, stepson of
Isocrates
the rhetor, flourished in the 95th Olympiad, at the same time as the philosopher Plato.
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3383
Ἀπολελοιπότες
having left behind
The headword (quoted from
Isocrates:
see below) is perfect active participle, masculine nominative plural, of a)polei/pw. The entry derives from Harpokration s.v. (virtually verbatim, though see note below). [1] Not "Socrates", as the transmitted …
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3764
Ἀργέου υἱός
Argeas' son
… "Many other sins were committed by Theramenes, the teacher of
Isocrates,
but the two greatest and most abominable ones [were] the arrest of the generals [who had been in command] at Argennousê, which he …
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Ἀστυδάμας
Astydamas, Astudamas
… tragedies and won with 15. He was a pupil of
Isocrates
and turned to tragedy.
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139
Ἄγαμαι
I admire, I marvel at, I am amazed at
… web address 1. [1] Quotation unidentifiable. [2] An approximation of
Isocrates
4.84 (web address 2). [3] "You", in the accusative singular.
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150
Ἀγαπᾶν
to love, to receive favorably, to be content with.
… There are classical Attic instances in Plato (Meno 75C) and
Isocrates
(Letters 6.6); and see generally LSJ s.v. a)gapa/w, III.1.
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Ἀθυμότερος
more dejected, rather dejected
… quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities include Xenophon (Anabasis 1.4.9) and
Isocrates
(Letters 4.8).
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1461
Ἀμάδοκος
Amadokos, Amadocus
Abridged from the equivalent entry in Harpokration, which cites
Isocrates
(5.6) and Theopompus (FGrH 115 F101) for this; cf. kappa 1421.
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1924
Ἄνακτες
lords
From Harpokration s.v., commenting in the first instance on
Isocrates
9.72. [1] Aristotle fr. 526 Rose. [2] cf. generally alpha 1923 (and see also alpha 1897). [3] This abstract noun is here in the …
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2275
Ἀνεξάλειπτος
indelible
The headword adjective is first attested in
Isocrates
5.71. See also alpha 2034, tau 882.
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3007
Ἀπεληλαμένος
having been expelled
… singular, is not simply generic, it might be quoted from
Isocrates
15.50.
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3219
Ἀπιστεῖν
to distrust, to disobey
… Harpokration s.v. [1] Harpok. cites Antiphon (fr. 22 Sauppe) and
Isocrates
(Epistle 2.12) for this. [2] Harpok. cites Demosthenes (9.38) 'and many others' for this. [3] Plato, Apology 26E, where a)/pistos seems to mean …
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3394
Ἀπόλιδας
citiless, polis-less
… so evidently quoted from somewhere; the possibilities include Lysias (20.35),
Isocrates
(8.44) and Xenophon (Hellenica 6.3.1). See also alpha 3395.
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3417
Ἀπολλωνιάτης
Apolloniate, citizen of Apollonia
For the unglossed primary headword cf. under theta 138
(Isocrates
of Apollonia). The secondary one is unattested outside lexicography.
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3483
Ἀποπομπαῖος
evil-dismissing
… LXX and elsewhere. [2] Abridged from Harpocration s.v. a)popompa/s (in
Isocrates
5.117).
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3549
Ἀποσταίην
I might keep aloof, I might rebel, I might revolt
… somewhere. There are possibilities in several genres, the likeliest perhaps
Isocrates
8.15 (a passage quoted by Dionysius of Halicarnassus in his treatise on that author); but see also e.g. Antiphanes fr. 76 Kock, now …
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3801
Ἀργυρώνη
Argyrone
… follows -- for the adjective in this sense see e.g.
Isocrates
14.18 -- it is perhaps the name of a female slave.
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4322
Ἀταρνεύς
Atarneus
… from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v., responding to its mention in
Isocrates
4.144 and Herodotus 6.28.2. [2] i.e. a citizen of Atarneus. So e.g. in the epigram of Callimachus quoted by Diogenes Laertius 1.80.
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4446
Αὖλος Ποστόμιος
Aulus Postumius
… garrulity to be a feminine trait (31.26.10), describes the grammarian
Isocrates
with the same words (32.2.5). [4] Polybius identifies in a corrupted line Markos Porki[os Kat]on as the offended party (39.15-7): Marcus Porcius Cato …
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