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α784ἈκάκιοςAkakios, Acacius… NP Akakios(1); PLRE I Acacius(6); O. Seeck, Die Briefe des Libanios (Leipzig 1906) 37, 39-43 (Akakios II); Eunapius, Lives of the Sophists 17.1 (496). The present material reappears under lambda 486; see the note …Matched in noteshighshort
α1042ἈκύλαςAkulas; Aculas; Aquila… q.v. Otherwise unattested (unless he is the grammarian mentioned in Libanius' Letters: cf. PLRE I Aquila (2)).Matched in noteshighshort
α984Ἀκρισίαlack of judgment… alpha 472 a)dia/kritos. LSJ entry at web address 1. [2] Libanius, Epistle 19.7. [3] The noun metriasmo/s is attested only here, but its meaning cannot be in doubt; cf. LSJ s.v. [4] From Lucian, …Matched in noteshighshort
α2260Ἀνέμου παιδίονwind's child… paroemiographers; also casually mentioned -- apparently as proverbial -- in Libanius, Letters 1196.2.Matched in noteshighshort
α3330Ἀπὸ ἵππων ἐπ' ὄνουςfrom horses to donkeyscf. Zenobius 2.33 and other paroemiographers; also e.g. Libanius, Epistles 34.2. Tosi [see under alpha 378] no.12.Matched in noteshighshort
α4154ᾈσθήσεταιit will be sung… are two: Gregory of Nyssa, In sanctum pascha 9.246.16 Gebhardt; Libanius, Epistles 1517.4.4. For ya/llw (literally, I sing to a harp) cf. psi 12, psi 13, psi 14.Matched in noteshighshort
α951ἈκραγαλίςAkragalisPresumably the same as the Akragallidai mentioned in Libanius, Declamations 17.1.70. If so, one of the Phokian communites that vied for control of the Delphic Oracle (cf. generally kappa 1659). But in fact the …Matched in noteshighshort
α3397ἈπολινάριοςApollinarios, Apollinarius… of Caesarea; [gamma 450] Gregory of Nazianzus. [2] [lambda 486] Libanius. [3] [pi 2098] Porphyry. The reference is to Porphyry's Against the Christians. [4] 'Consubstantiality' (to\ o(moou/sion) was the formula adopted by the Council …Matched in noteshighmedium
α162Ἀγγαρείαcompulsory labour, corvee… (The remainder of the phrase might be a quotation, from Libanius, Oration 18.143.) [2] Same or similar glossing in other lexica; references at Photius Lexicon alpha94 Theodoridis.Matched in noteshighshort
α107Ἀγάζω>20 γενικῇI exalt overmuch… inspiration for this comment (as it probably also is for Libanius (Epistles 826.2, 1156.1, and 1279.1) and other later authors). In Byzantine Greek one occasionally finds the middle voice governing the genitive; e.g. Macrembolites …Matched in noteshighshort
α4479Αὐτίκαforthwith, in a moment… is a fragment of Empedocles (epsilon 1002), quoted also by Libanius. Compare generally Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1667.Matched in noteshighshort
α842Ἀκεσίας ἰάσατοAkesias healed… anus," as a warning not to trust a witless doctor. Libanius uses it thus, "I fear that if I touch the matter I will become Akesias" (Epistulae 476.5). The proverb clearly implies that Akesias …Matched in noteshighshort
α523Ἀδράστεια ΝέμεσιςAdrasteian Nemesis, Nemesis of Adrastos… story of Adrastus's exceptional survival during the attack on Thebes, Libanius (Narration 10 [Foerster vol. 8, pp. 40-41]) adds that "This then seemed to come about in this way as a result of divine …Matched in noteshighshort