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α2273Ἀνεννόητονinconceivable, without conception… (185/4-129 BCE; cf. OCD(4) p.381) contemplates (151 BCE) engaging a barbarian foe at Intercatia (central Spain, Barrington Atlas map 24 grid F3) in individual combat (Walbank, p. 745; cf. epsilon 1245 and n.2 thereto). …Matched in noteshighshort
α889Ἄκιτινreed, made of reed… is accusative singular. [1] Greek Anthology 6.307.3 (Phanias), on the barber Eugathes who forsakes his trade for philosophy, but returns to it when facing starvation. The excerpt is quoted from phi 120; cf. Gow …Matched in noteshighshort
α2366Ἀνεχύθηwas poured forth… Aelian fr. 68e Domingo-Forasté, 65 Hercher (an anecdote about a barbarian attack on a city); cf. sigma 680, upsilon 75. Neither of them contains the actual headword, a)nexu/qh, which must therefore be extracted from …Matched in noteshighshort
α2349Ἀνέφαπτονunaffected… Suda's plural; Procopius offers a vivid simile for Roman and barbarian travails under the rule of Justinian I (cf. iota 446).Matched in noteshighshort
α1660Ἀμοιβαία ἔκτισιςreciprocal payment… an effort by Roman authorities to resolve a dispute between barbarians in Roman service.Matched in noteshighshort
α3145Ἀπηγόρευονthey were giving up on, they were renouncing… besieged the city. Their arrow and javelin volleys had the barbarians on the verge of surrender, but in desperation they stationed the children of their captives on the city's ramparts. The attackers held back. …Matched in noteshighshort
α2241Ἀνεκτάtolerable, sustainable… [3] George of Pisidia, Bellum Avaricum 25; Per l'incursione dei barbari 25 Tartaglia; on the incursions of the Avars into the Roman Lower Danube frontier prior to their siege of Constantinople (June 626). On …Matched in noteshighshort