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2111
Ἀνά τοί με πείθεις ἀλλ' ἐκεῖνο οὔπω λέγεις
so you are persuading me; but that you do not yet say
… (a)na/ ... pei/qeis) in the line. The verb a)napei/qein means
"persuade"
but can have connotations of bribery, misleading or seduction; see LSJ s.v.
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3339
Ἀποκατέστην
I restored
… manuscript ambiguity as whether the headword and gloss are third
person
singulars -- so that the headword is likely to be extracted from the quotation given -- or first
persons;
she prints the latter …
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4015
Ἀρσάκης
Arsakes, Arsaces
… debased, in Hesychius, to the summary entry: a)/rsakes: oi( basilei=s
*persw=n)
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2216
Ἀνέγνωσαν
they induced
… refers to the reappearance of Cyrus, the heir of the
Persian
throne, in the Median palace, and the bad advice given by the Magi summoned to interpret Astyages' dream (120ff.).
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3068
Ἀπέστησεν
removed
… emendation due to Schweighäuser, Büttner-Wobst (p. 515) reads kaqi=kto (third
person
singular, pluperfect indicative middle-passive of the verb kaqikne/omai, I come down to, reach, touch) for the Suda's kaqh=sto (third
person
singular, pluperfect indicative …
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4147
Ἀσία
Asia
… and Cayster valleys, then to the kingdoms of Lydia and
Persia
(the latter first in Aeschylus,
Persians
929?), then to the Roman province in western Anatolia, but, quite early also, to the easternmost of …
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4576
Ἀφελές
simple
… this aphorism to the generals contemplating an attack on the
Persian
garrison at Onogouris (Onoguris, probably near the modern-day western Georgia village of Khuntsi, Barrington Atlas map 87 grid H2; cf. Everill (1-6)); cf. …
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829
Ἀκελιμᾶς
Akelimas, Akepsemas, Akepsimas
… course, compel the inference, it is best understood as a
personal
name, and, if so, a variant of such a name found in other forms elsewhere. A very strong contender is Akepsemas/Akepsimas, similarly accented …
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1495
Ἁμαρτήσοι
might err
The headword is future optative, third
person
singular, of a(marta/nw (cf. alpha 1493, alpha 1494). This form is used by George of Pisidia (de expeditione
Persica
1.137-8): after mentioning "the second Pharaoh" he appends …
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2818
Ἀξιός
Axios, Axius
Though the name is attested amongst historical
persons
(e.g. five in Athens: see vol.2 of the Lexicon of Greek
Personal
Names, s.v.), its inclusion here probably stems from the
personified
River Axios in Homer, …
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4127
Ἄσατο
was sated
… King Artaxerxes Ochus (ruled 359/8-338), who reconquered Egypt for the
Persian
Empire, see generally omega 284.
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2015
Ἀνάπηρον ψυχήν
crippled soul, mutilated soul
… Bryzakios and the victory over his forces by having the
Persian
officer killed at a banquet (spring/summer of 591); cf. de Boor (197-198), Whitby (139), and delta 125. On Chosroes,
Persian
king 590-628, see …
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4446
Αὖλος Ποστόμιος
Aulus Postumius
… consul Aemilius sent to Samothrace to negotiate the surrender of
Perseus,
king of Macedonia (Livy 45.4.7). The following year, Aulus assumed custody over the defeated
Perseus
and his elder son (Livy 45.28.11). As urban …
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597
Ἀζησία
Azesia
The apparent coherence of this entry -- repeated from the
perspective
of Amaia at alpha 1541 -- is thrown into some confusion by the fact that it is Demeter who has the name Azesia …
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4673
Ἄχαρι
harsh
… 1); cf. Kaldellis (5-6). The subject here is Bahram V
(Persian
king 421-438; cf. PLRE II s.v. Vararanes V Gororanes), who went to war against Rome in 421, but negotiated a peace agreement in …
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24
Ἀβαχθανῆ
abakhthani
… Driver, and Briggs, 736ff. For šaḇaqtani (from שבק šeḇaq), see
Perschbacher,
364; Danker, 909. The Suda item has a circumflex accent on the final syllable. In the Hebrew עזבתני ʿazaḇtani, the accent falls on …
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3048
Ἀπέρριψεν
he let out
… fr. 9.1 Blockley (102-103), on John (Justin's envoy to the
Persians
in 567; cf. PLRE IIIa s.v. Ioannes(81)) broaching to Chosroes the idea of transferring Suania to the Romans. On emperor Justin II see …
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83
Ἁβροκόμας
Abrokomas, Habrokomas, Abrocomas
… sigma 153 (and generally OCD(4) p.1321). [2] There were several
Persian
kings of this name (see generally OCD(4) p.175), but probably Artaxerxes II (405/4-359/8) is meant; he had a general called Abrokomas, mentioned by …
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707
Ἀθάνατοι
immortals
… name reflected the fact that this was "a body of
Persian
troops in which vacancies were filled up by successors already appointed" (LSJ s.v., repeating what Herodotus 7.83 says). For other picked bodies of …
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2009
Ἀναπείσητε
[if] you convince
… the quotation given, is aorist active subjunctive of a)napei/qw, second
person
plural. [1] Aristophanes, Knights 68 (web address 1), preceded by comment from the scholia there.
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3380
Ἀπολεγόμενος
declining (an offer)
… the fortresses in Lazike (Colchis; cf. kappa 1979) to the
Persian
king Chosroes (cf. chi 418); see Kaldellis (57) and additional context at alpha 3313.
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3460
Ἀπόνοια
senselessness
… [3] Procopius, Secret History 7.8-11 (web address 3), on the
personal
styles adopted by adherents of the Byzantine circus guilds; cf. Kaldellis (32), gamma 142, epsilon 3640. [4] Julian, Epistles fr.165a.
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3894
Ἀρίσταρχος
Aristarchos, Aristarchus
For Harpagos and Cyrus "the Great", king of
Persia
(d. 530 BCE), see generally Herodotus 1.108ff -- but the material of the present entry does not come from there, or anywhere else identifiable. [1] …
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328
Ἀγωνάρχαι
contest-judges
… in the paroemiographers, e.g. Apostolius 1.25.) Possibly Contest, the divine
personification
of the agon (cf. Pausanias 5.26.3), though the apparently
personifying
language does not guarantee this. See further, next note. [3] Used in Plato, …
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778
Ἀκάθεκτος
ungovernable
… [2] In ps.-Zonaras the penultimate word is not pursw=n but
*persw=n
("of the
Persians").
Either way, the quotation is undentifiable. (Adler, on no discernible basis, suggests Symeon Metaphrastes.)
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1915
Ἀνὰ κράτος
to the extent that one is able, to the limit of one's power
… the Wars of Justinian 2.25.29 (web address 1), on the
Persian
rout of the Romans at the Battle of Anglon (543 CE); cf. Kaldellis (128) and kappa 588. For earlier instances of the phrase …
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2461
Ἀνίει
gave up
The headword verb (third
person
singular imperfect active of a)ni/hmi) is illustrated by the first five of the quotations given. [1] Agathias, Histories 5.21, on the young Byzantine military leader Germanus; more fully at …
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3499
Ἀπορρῆξαι τὴν ψυχήν
to break off one's life
… with, a)pe/rrhcen, a remark). [3] George of Pisidia, On the
Persian
Expedition 3.39-40, Eraclio e le guerre di
Persia
3.39-40 Tartaglia; on the poet's obligation to tell the pure and simple truth; cf. Luke …
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3508
Ἀπορρῶγας
precipices
… H. Araphenides on the NE. If Timon is a real
person
(for doubts see e.g. Aristophanes, Birds, edited with introduction and commentary by Nan Dunbar 708-9), he may have a second-century descendent -- from …
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3132
Ἀπείρηκα
I have renounced
… east 575-577, see PLRE IIIa s.v. Iustinianus(3). [4] The first
person
singular pluperfect would be better spelled a)peirh/kh, as at Plato, Phaedo 99D. The third
person
singular could be a)peirh/kei or a)peirh/kein. According to …
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