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β550Βρονταὶ καθ' ὕπνους ἀγγέλων εἰσὶν λόγοι Βροντάςthunderclaps during sleep are messengers' wordsThunderclaps: look under 'earthly thunderclaps'. Look under 'noise'.Matched in headwordhighshort
β140ΒασσαρικάBassarika, BassaricaSoterichos wrote a [Bassarika] or Dionysiaka. He lived during the reign of Diocletian. Also [sc. attested is the genitive singular] "of Bassaric". In the Epigrams: "the twisted tambourine, goad of a Bassaric throng". That …Matched in translationhighshort
β151ΒασίλειοςBasileios, Basilius, Basil… Marcellus, and on virginity, and not a few other works. During the reign of Constantine he led the Macedonian heresy along with Eustathius of Sebaste.

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Βρονταὶ καθ' ὕπνους ἀγγέλων εἰσὶν λόγοι Βροντάς

thunderclaps during sleep are messengers' words

Thunderclaps: look under 'earthly thunderclaps'. Look under 'noise'.

Βρονταὶ καθ' ὕπνους ἀγγέλων εἰσὶν λόγοι. Βροντάς· ζήτει ἐν τῷ χθονίας βροντάς. ζήτει ἐν τῷ ψόφος.

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β163ΒασιλίσκοςBasiliskos, BasiliscusBrother of the empress Verina. During the reign of Leo he was chosen over Rusticius the praefectus castrorum, as he [Basiliskos] was successful in battle, but slow-witted and easily led astray by tricksters.Matched in translationhighshort

β309ΒιτέλλιοςVitellius, Bitellios… of his stomach. For often he took food not only during the day, but also at night and in preparations for feasts he wasted a lot of the public funds. For he was observed …Matched in translationhighmedium

β478ΒούχεταBoucheta, Bucheta… Themis went there, mounted on an ox [e)pi\ boo\s o)xoume/nhn], during the flood of Deukalion.Matched in translationhighshort

β486Βωμολοχεύεσθαιaltar-ambusher… was the name for those who sat under the altars during the sacrifices and pleaded disarmingly [for a share of the offering], but beyond that [sc. the term is applied to] the pipers and …Matched in translationhighmedium

β508ΒώχανοςBochanos, Bochanus… He was a leader of Turks; he crossed the Bosporos during the reign of Justinian. See s.v. "Bosporos."Matched in translationhighshort

β12ΒαγαῖοςBagaios, Bagaeus… his overlordship. Oroetes, however, failed to fully support Darius I during the revolts which broke out at the time of his accession (521 BCE). Darius requested loyal Persians to volunteer to carry out the …Matched in noteshighshort

β109ΒάρβιοςBarbios, Barbius… quaestor (in Rome, not in Antonius' entourage). [2] That is, during the triumvirate (43 BCE onwards) of Octavian, Antony and Lepidus.Matched in noteshighmedium

β150ΒασίλειοςBasil, Basilius, Basileios… praise on martyrs, the so-called martyrial encomia. They were delivered during the yearly celebration in honour of the martyr, which was held on the day his or her death was commemorated by local communities. …Matched in noteshighmedium

β283ΒιθίαςBithias… is the Numidian who assisted Hasdrubal (alpha 4133, alpha 4134) during the siege of Carthage by Scipio Aemilianus (sigma 616, alphaiota 199) in 147 BCE. He had brought supplies to him by sea until …Matched in noteshighshort

β390Βορᾶςof food, of prey… promised object to one of the Kabeiroi (cf. kappa 6) during a storm at sea; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 234-235; and vol. II, 267-268) and further extracts from this epigram at alpha …Matched in noteshighshort

β482ΒῶλοςBôlos, BolusFrom Mendes in Egypt, he lived during the third century BCE and wrote on magic and pharmacology. He is now thought to be the same person as Bolus the Democritean (beta 481): see OCD(4) …Matched in noteshighshort

β490Βωμολόχοςaltar-ambusher… of Procopius (pi 2479) and covers the years 553-59 AD, during which Narses (nu 42), the Persian-Armenian eunuch, was reconquering Italy. The passage describes the generosity and magnanimity of Narses. He here denies that …Matched in noteshighmedium