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Ἀγωνιᾶν
to contest
… word is a)gwnia=n, the infinitive of the verb a)gwnia/w, which
Isocrates
uses in 4.91 (see alpha,334). The equivalent entry in the immediate source, Harpokration, glosses a)gwni/an, the accusative case of the noun a)gwni/a, and …
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4074
Ἀρχαῖος
old-fashioned
From Harpokration: see below. [1] cf. already alpha 4073. [2]
Isocrates
4.8 (web address 1), which in fact uses a)rxai/ws, the adverb cognate with the present headword a)rxai=os. The Suda has attributed to
Isocrates
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4426
Αὐθέντης
perpetrator
… present headword does not occur in the extant works of
Isocrates,
whereas the first glossing term au)to/xeir does (4.111, 5.150, 14.29, 19.19), its likeliest meaning would seem to be 'hence in
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334
Ἀγωνιῶ
I am in a torment
… he does note (p. 527) its acceptance by Dindorf. [5]
Isocrates
4.91 (web address 3), cited from Harpokration s.v.
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441
Ἀδελφειός
brother
… e.g. Herodotus 1.65 and 4.67); see LSJ s.v. a)delfidou=s. [2]
Isocrates
19.30; Hecataeus FGrH 1 F8; Apollophanes fr.4 Kock and Kassel-Austin (but note that Harpokration, the Suda's source here, says "Strattis or Apollonophanes"). [3] …
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904
Ἀκμή
moment, point, still
… of this entry is also in Photius and elsewhere. [1]
Isocrates
2.33. [2] Hyperides fr. 116 Jensen. [3] Sophocles, Philoctetes 12-14 (web address 1 below), with scholion. [4] Greek Anthology 6.252.1, 3-4 (Antiphilus), on …
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2191
Ἀνδροτίων
Androtion
… Androtion; FGrH 324. [1] [alpha 2193] Andron. [2] [iota 652]
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2202
Ἀναιρεθείς
having been taken up
… the aorist passive participle, masculine nominative singular, of a)nairei=n. [1]
Isocrates,
Speeches 5.66 (web address 1), cited from Harpokration s.v. (who does add "and nurtured"). [2] cf. alpha 2248. [3] cf. alpha 2433. [4] …
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2664
Ἀντίθεσις
antithesis
Abridged from the opening of Harpokration s.v. [1]
Isocrates
12.2 (web address 1).
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2923
Ἀπαριθμησόμενος
intending to secure payment
… in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. [2]
Isocrates
5.26; cited from Harpokration s.v. [3] Possibly a quotation, or simply an illustrative phrase.
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3377
Ἀπολαύειν
to enjoy; to reap [the results of]
[1]
Isocrates
8.81. [2] Marcellinus, Life of Thucydides 26; cf. alpha 3150.
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4556
Ἀφαρεύς
Aphareus
… (Oxford 1971) 247-8. [1] [iota 543] Hippias. [2] [iota 652]
Isocrates.
[3] 400-397.
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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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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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766
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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