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δ1649Δυσκολαίνεινto quibble… exactly, Alexander of Aphrodisias: boiled down from his Commentary on Aristotle's Topica 558.9-12 and 559.5-6 Wallies (on Topica 160b3). [2] For this verb see LSJ entry at web address 1. For syllogisms see sigma …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1717Δυσχείμεροςwintry, with harsh winters… the Iliad (web address 1); also used by Aeschylus, Herodotus, Aristotle and others.Matched in noteshighshort
δ88Δατεῖσθαιto distribute… Theodoridis. [1] Lysias fr. 7 Sauppe (still 7 Carey OCT); ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 56.6 (web address 1) with Rhodes 631.Matched in noteshighmedium
δ559Διαθέσειςdispositions… is a form of knowledge and they added (probably having Aristotle’s discussion of virtue in mind) that virtue is a “disposition”, or rather “a consistent disposition of the commanding part of the soul” (Plutarch, …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1141ΔιογένηςDiogenes… 1144. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. For Xenocrates see xi 42; for Aristotle alpha 3929; for Theophrastus theta 199 (55 FHS&G); for Zeno zeta 79; for Plato pi 1707; for Polemo pi 1887. The Greek idiom …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ132Δαιτρόςapportioner, carver, distributor… BCE) see OCD(4) 1481-2. [3] Timaeus perhaps had in mind Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1118a32 (the epicure who prayed for a longer throat). Compare in any event Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 8.342C (8.28 Kaibel). For another of …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1028Διηχήsound-transmissioncf. John Philoponus, Commentary on Aristotle's de anima 354.15.Matched in noteshighshort
δ349Δείνωσιςexacerbation, exaggeration; frowning… LSJ s.v. [1] Also "cleverness" or "quickness of mind", as Aristotle seems to understand deino/ths in the context of his discussion of fro/nhsis. Cleverness, Aristotle says, is a capacity which allows one to hit …Matched in noteshighshort
δ181Δεκατεύεινto pay a tithe… by the father and thereby symbolically acknowledged by him. [8] Aristotle, History of Animals 7.12 (web address 1), adding "on the grounds that they are more confident in its survival then." Aristotle refers not …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1641Δυσθήρατοςhard to catch… compares Ludwich's Anekdota 16.6. The headword adjective is attested from Aristotle (when referring to the dabchick: kappa 1585) onwards. For the glossing adjective cf. delta 1690.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1453Δωρεάgift… for the LSJ entry. [1] Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 340.26-27; see also alpha 2027.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1669Δυσόριστονhard to defne, hard to limit… 5, but is predominantly a feature of philosophical vocabulary (from Aristotle onwards).Matched in noteshighshort
δ1445Δωδωναῖον χαλκεῖονDodonian bronze… F: e)pi\ tw=n makrologou/ntwn). [1] Demon FGrH 327 F20. [2] 'Aristotle' is a mistake; Steph. Byz. has 'in Aristides' (FGrH 286 F30); cf. epsilon 3154. [3] Menander fr. 65 K.-A. (66 Kock, 60 Koerte), …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1573Δύναμιςcapability, capacity, ability, potentiality, power… this entry derives from two of the ancient commentators on Aristotle. In sequence: Alexander of Aphrodisias, On the Topica 348.24-32, 349.18-19; John Philoponus, On the de anima 34.6-19, 265.12-20. [1] Copied to delta 508, …Matched in noteshighlong
δ1475Δωροξενίαbribery by a foreignerMuch abbreviated from Harpokration s.v., where oratory (Lysias, Hyperides) and ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 59.3, are cited. [1] i.e., improperly enrolled as an Athenian citizen.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1214Διότιbecause… commentary. [2] The source now becomes John Philoponus, Commentary on Aristotle's de anima 226.10-19 Hayduck. [3] The Greek word is noesis. [4] The second and the third way of considering the word "since" ("Secondly, …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1301Δίχηλα ζῷαcloven-hoofed beastsAristophanes of Byzantium, Epitome of Aristotle's History of Animals 3.14-4.1; and cf. the History of Animals itself, at 499b. [1] Adler cross-references to delta '1367', end; see rather delta 1387. [2] For the various …Matched in noteshighshort
δ556Διάθεσιςdisposition… is taken, with slight variations, from John Philoponus, Commentary on Aristotle's de anima 155.17-34 Hayduck. Philoponus is commenting on de anima 408a34-b2, where Aristotle argues that if the soul is grieved, rejoices, is confident …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ316Δειλίαcowardice… primary gloss) is taken from Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 99.8-15 Wallies. The general line of thought behind this explanation of cowardice is that of vices being excesses or deficiencies with respect …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ60Δανεῖσαιto lend at interest… Similarly in syntactical lexica. [2] Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 257.16-17; again at chi 496.Matched in noteshighshort
δ446Δημοκρατίαdemocracy… that are too modern. See (e.g.) Herodotus 6.43, Thucydides 6.89, Aristotle Politics 1279b18; and see generally OCD(4) 436-7 (s.v. 'democracy, non-Athenian and post-Classical'). [1] Polybius 11.13.7. It continues: "whereas a tyranny, the more ambitious …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1211Δίοσμοςsmell-transmissionJohn Philoponus, Commentary on Aristotle's de anima (Hayduck) 354.13-14 and 353.29-30, cf. 392.32. Repeated at rho 186, and see also omicron 721. Here and at rho 186 the final noun, apophysis, has been corrupted …Matched in noteshighshort
δ528Διάγραμμαregister… their duties here might be a careless version of what ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 50.2 says about the astynomoi (cf. the faulty alpha 4269 here): "these men see that the girl pipers and harpists and …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1222Διώβολονdouble-obol… entry at web address 1. For diw/bolon and triw/bolon see ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 41.3 (web address 2: the first and second increases in pay, from 1 obol, for attending the assembly; 390s). [1] The …Matched in noteshighshort
δ866Δίδραχμονdouble-drachm, double-drachma… from different contexts. For the classical Athenian double-drachm see e.g. ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 10.2. Unciae (whence modern ounces) are Roman. "20 obols" -- rather than 12 -- reflects the payments (in shekels) to the …Matched in noteshighshort
δ143Δεδημευμέναιhaving been published… the neuter plural of a related verb, dedhmosieume/na, occurs in Aristotle, Rhetoric 1395a20 (web address 1), referring to "popular sayings." For dedhmeume/na see e.g. Plato, Philebus 14D-E.Matched in noteshighshort
δ673Διανοεῖσθαιto thinkAlexander of Aphrodisias, Commentary on Aristotle's Topica 204.7-10. The target passage begins at Topica 114b31.Matched in noteshighshort
δ741Διάρροιαdiarrhea, diarrhoeaAdler adduces Aristophanes of Byzantium's Epitome of Aristotle's History of Animals, but this passage is not found there. cf. beta 515 and kappa 2352.Matched in noteshighshort
δ796Διατρέχοντεςmeteors… way home from the feast with a lantern"). "Spark-emitters" (cf. Aristotle, Meteorologica 341b30) may suggest specifically "fireballs," very bright meteors with a visual magnitude brighter than -3, similar to that of the planet Venus …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1326Δοκίδεςbeams, meteors… Basil, In sanctam Christi generationem 31.1472.25 Migne; and cf. also Aristotle, De mundo 392b4; Eusebius, Demonstratio evangelica 9.1.14; Anna Comnena, Alexias 12.4.1. See also kappa 1996. The noun doki/s is also used in mathematical …Matched in noteshighshort