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α2601Ἀντ' ἀγαθῶν ἀγαθίδεςskeins of good things… the addition of a)nt' affects the translation somewhat: 'instead of good things, skeins'.)Matched in noteshighshort
α2981Ἀπέδοξενit seemed good not, it was resolved not… ou)k; the gloss should read 'Meaning: it did not seem good'. The headword must be quoted from somewhere: there are instances in Herodotus, Xenophon, Pausanias and Philostratus. Impersonal a)pe/docen is the opposite of e)/docen …Matched in noteshighshort
α113Ἀγαθικάgood things… translated here as 'excellent', can also mean serious, weighty, morally good, and various other such terms. See sigma 970; and web address 1 for the LSJ entry.Matched in noteshighshort
α120Ἀγαθόςgood… present entry seems to assert an etymological connection between a)gaqo/s ('good') and these other words. The others are apparently interrelated: a)/ghmi seems to be an active version of the attested a)/gamai ('wonder at, admire'), …Matched in noteshighshort
α118Ἀγαθόνgood… in which virtue and what participates in it are called "good": that according to which being benefited results. [2] D.L. has o(ri/zontai, "they define", which makes clear that a new definition is being given …Matched in noteshighmedium
α3598Ἀπότιμοςdishonoured… scholia to Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 215, where the phrase "the god dishonoured amongst gods" occurs.Matched in noteshighshort
α4525Αὐτός τι νῦν δρῶν εἶτα τοὺς θεοὺς κάλειdo something now (and) then call upon the gods… Nauck (which has dai/monas, not the Suda's tou\s qeou/s). Cf. "God helps those who help themselves." Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1290.Matched in noteshighshort
α3881ἌριμαArima[1] See Stephanus of Byzantium s.v., noting that their location was disputed: Cilicia (so Strabo 13.4.6), Syria, or even Italy. [2] Perhaps an ape-god, to judge from the etymology (cf. Strabo 13.4.6), though cf. …Matched in noteshighshort
α4112ἈρχίλοχοςArchilochus, Archilochos, Arkhilokhos… For this verb cf. alpha 3513. [2] Apollo. [3] A god of war: epsilon 1498. [4] Apollo's priestess and mouthpiece. [5] A promontory in the southern Peloponnese; modern Cape Matapan. [6] "Cricket"; a hero. …Matched in noteshighmedium
α2670Ἀντικείμεναopposites… middle participle in the neuter plural. [1] Alexander has kalo\n "good": if the good is sweet, it follows that what is not sweet is not good (contraposition), but it does not follow that what …Matched in noteshighmedium
α2686ἈντινομῶI disobey… text is correct (LSJ s.v. question it), there is a good example in Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 6.20: qeoi=s d' a)ntinomei=n mani/a "It is madness to disobey the gods."Matched in noteshighshort
α1241Ἁλίπλαγκτοςsea-roaming… and these explanations are provided by scholiasts thereto. On the god Pan, see generally pi 147, and OCD(4) s.v. (p.1072). [1] Salamis (480 BCE), evidently. [2] Typhon: see OCD(4) s.v. (p.1522).Matched in noteshighshort
α45ἈβιμέλεχAbimelech… whereas the MT contains אלהים elohīm to be interpreted as "gods" — not "God." That the translation warrants a plural is supported by the antiquity of the original motif (Boling, Judges (Anchor), 173-74.15; 175.20). …Matched in noteshighlong
α4104ἈρχίαςArchias… kappa 2482. [8] Plato, Gorgias 451E (web address 1 below): good health is best, beauty second, riches -- fairly acquired -- third. [9] cf. sigma 644.Matched in noteshighmedium
α3834ἈρειανόςArian… believed that the Son was a created being, inferior to God the Father. This position was rejected by the first Council of Nicea. If the Son came to be at a certain time, rather …Matched in noteshighmedium
α69ἈβραάμAbraham… Use of tu/pos here is twofold: 1) To assert that God's appearance to Abraham was indirect (echoing Philo, On Abraham, XVII.79-80); 2) To impart, as if a corollary of tu/pos in Romans 5:14, that …Matched in noteshighlong
α3831Ἀρετήarete, virtue, excellence… that if one pays attention to the organization, discipline or "good order" of the Roman army, it will be recognized that the Roman power is like a prize or acquisition of virtue, not like …Matched in noteshighmedium
α523Ἀδράστεια ΝέμεσιςAdrasteian Nemesis, Nemesis of Adrastos… the Greeks immediately honor Nemesis with a temple, addressing the goddess as Adrasteia." For the temple to Adrasteia Nemesis, see Strabo 13.1.13.Matched in noteshighshort
α2572ἈνουβείδιονAnubis-temple… Lexicon. For Anubis, the Egyptian jackal (later jackal- or dog-headed) god equatable with Hermes, see generally OCD(4) s.v. (p.114). There was an Anubis-temple in hellenistic Delos. [2] i.e. not *)anoubei/dion but *bendi/deion. (This addendum …Matched in noteshighshort
α1172Ἄληθεςtruly… Plato, Laws 730B-C, "Truth heads the list of all things good, for gods and men alike" (tr. T.J. Saunders). Zintzen suggests that Isidore or Damascius may have been imitating this passage, and notes a …Matched in noteshighshort
α668Ἀϊδάαςlord, (?)HadadSame entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (797). Otherwise unattested. But at Hesychius alpha1758 Latte prints the headword as *ai)da/das, i.e. the Semitic storm-god Hadad, a manifestatation of beta 1 (and Zeus).Matched in noteshighshort
α3992Ἆρονlift!, raise!… the gloss is the vocative of the name of the god Ares. See also alpha 2961, alpha 3826 (the present entry in reverse), and alpha 3852.Matched in noteshighshort
α1004Ἀκροκελαινιόωνgrowing black at the topLikewise, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 21.249, where the headword -- present participle, masculine nominative singular, of a)krokelainia/w -- occurs (of the river-god Scamander in his …Matched in noteshighshort
α1186ἈλληλούϊαAllelujah… 104.1 LXX, etc. The Hebrew word (הללויה hallelūyah) means "Praise God" in the plural imperative form. On "the One who is," see omega 105, omicron 438.Matched in noteshighshort
α729ἈθηναίαςAthenaiai, Athenaeae, Athenian women… the same as the plural of the name of the goddess, *)aqhnai=a. [6] Diphilus fr. 10 Kock (and K.-A.). [7] Here Photius' entry is carelessly abbreviated. Read: 'and Ion says that...': FGrH 392 F11. …Matched in noteshighmedium
α3826ἎρεςAres… unglossed headword is the vocative of the name of Ares, god of war: see generally alpha 3852. The contrasting word given in the "gloss" is the second person singular, aorist active imperative, of a)ei/rw. …Matched in noteshighshort
α1530Ἀμβλύςblunt, dim… lexica; references at Photius alpha1159 Theodoridis. [2] There is no good reason for this name to appear here; Bernhardy therefore suggested that it has become displaced from alpha 1528, where it had glossed the …Matched in noteshighshort
α4092Ἀρχήprinciple… a sort of cosmic burning in which all things, except god (a "principle"), are consumed. For evidence on Stoic conflagration see Stobaeus, Eclogae 1.20, p.171 Wachsmuth; Eusebius, Evangelical Preparation 15.18.3; Nemesius, On the nature …Matched in noteshighshort
α4250Ἀστράγαλοςknucklebone, astragal… represent the Hebrew concept of the finger or hand of God (cf. Kittel, Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, vol. 2.20-21). Theodoret and John Chrysostom use the same word. No other ancient commentary is …Matched in noteshighmedium
α4191Ἀσώματονincorporeal, bodiless… the Bodiless Spirits commemorated Michael's elevation to the command of God's "army". The title of "archistrategos" (Field Marshal) designated Michael's appointment as a replacement for the fallen Lucifer; cf. sigma 1147. The Byzantine liturgy …Matched in noteshighshort

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