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25 entries for Isocrates

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ε2327Ἐπιθέτους ἑορτάςextra festivals… as again here, the headword phrase is accusative plural. [1] Isocrates 7.29. [2] Harpok. cites Lysias fr. 178 Sauppe (now 224 Carey OCT) for this. [3] Lysias fr. 116 Sauppe (now 158 Carey OCT). …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2561Ἐπισημαίνεσθαιto signify approvalAbridged from Harpokration s.v. cf. epsilon 2562, epsilon 2564. [1] Isocrates 12.2; Isaeus fr.82 Sauppe.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2605Ἐπίσταθμοςquartermaster… also, summarily, epsilon 2604. For Hekatomnos see epsilon 367. [1] Isocrates 4.162, cf. 120.

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Ἐπιθέτους ἑορτάς

extra festivals

Isocrates in Areopagitikos [sc. uses this phrase]. It is the festivals that are not traditional, but voted for by other means, that they used to call "extra". And other things too were described as "extra" amongst them,…

Ἐπιθέτους ἑορτάς· Ἰσοκράτης Ἀρεοπαγιτικῷ. τὰς μὴ πατρίους ἑορτάς, ἄλλως δὲ ἐπιψηφισθείσας, ἐπιθέτους ἐκάλουν. ἐλέγετο δὲ παρ' αὐτοῖς καὶ ἄλλα ἐπίθετά τινα, ὅσα μὴ πάτρια ὄντα ἡ ἐξ…

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ε3953ἜφοροςEphoros, Ephorus… Theopompos (FGrH 115; OCD(4) 1461-2 'Theopompus[3]') see theta 172. [2] Isocrates: iota 652. [3] A memorable aphorism much echoed (by Cicero, Quintilian, et al.) but not necessarily reliable in this context: Plato is reported …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2301ἘπιδοκιμάζωI make trial of [someone or something on behalf of someone else]… here, it is attested only once, in a quotation from Isocrates 2 (To Nicocles) 28 in the Anthology of Joannes Stobaeus, with the present participle e)pidokima/zontas. The transmitted text of Isocrates, however, has there …Matched in noteshighshort

ε117Ἐγκώμιονencomium… theorists: see e.g. Hermogenes, Progymnasmata 15.6 Rabe; the scholia to Isocrates 9.5; [Libanius], Characteres Epistolici 30.2-7. [1] cf. Aristotle, Rhetoric 1367b28-1368a9.Matched in noteshighshort

ε367ἙκάτομνοςHekatomnos, Hecatomnus… of the Hekatomnid dynasty in Caria, C4 BCE (mentioned in Isocrates 4.162, whence probably Harpokration). See also iota 130.Matched in noteshighshort

ε403Ἔκδοτοςgiven-up… from anywhere. If not, possible sources include Euripides (Ion 1251), Isocrates (4.141) and Polybius (28.4.11).Matched in noteshighshort

ε758Ἐλαφροτάτουςmost gentle, very gentle… passage which occasioned the comment (as Harpokration s.v. shows) is Isocrates 12.31.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1168Ἐνδειξαμένῳdemonstrating… quoted from somewhere; there are extant possibilities, outside lexica, in Isocrates, Julian, and Gregory of Nyssa. For the glossing cf. Hesychius epsilon2751 on e)ndei/comai in Homer, Iliad 19.83, and the scholia to that passage. …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1209ἘννεάκρουνονNine SpoutsAbridged from Harpocration s.v., commenting on its mention in Isocrates 15.283. cf. epsilon 1208, delta 1440, kappa 238.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1433Ἐνσημαινόμενοςevincing… on the appearance of this middle-voice participle (from e)nshmai/nw) in Isocrates 5.26.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1669Ἐξεταζόμενοι πρὸς τοῖς βασιλείοιςoffering themselves for inspection at the royal palacesIsocrates 4.151 (web address 1: on the Persian aristocracy), with an uncomprehending gloss also in other lexica.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1702Ἐξείργεινto shut out… (If it is quoted from somewhere, the possibilities include Lysias, Isocrates, Demosthenes and Plato.)Matched in noteshighshort

ε1851ἘξωρχησάμηνI danced out, I expressed, I revealed… (epsilon 3047 etc.). For the metic Poulytion (sic) see e.g. Isocrates 16.6; Andocides 1.12 & 14; Plutarch, Alcibiades 19.2; Pausanias 1.2.5.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1935Ἐπακτὸς ὅρκοςimposed oath… citing Lysias (fr. 251 Sauppe, now 305 Carey OCT) and Isocrates (1.23); cf. also Hesychius epsilon4121. [1] Cf. alpha 3444.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1971Ἐπανορθῶ>20 αἰτιατικῇI amend, I correct, I straighten upFor an instance see Isocrates 1.3: e)gw\ de\ tou\s filosofou=ntas e)panorqw=. cf. the gloss at epsilon 2344.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2183ἘπήμυνονI was bringing aid, they were bringing aid… plural. It must be quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities include Isocrates 7.32 and Cassius Dio 48.14.2.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2354Ἐπικαρπίαςfruits, products… perhaps Attic oratory, where there are several instances: Andocides 1.92, Isocrates 8.125, Demosthenes 29.60.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2475Ἐπιμείνῃςyou would continue, you would remain… second person singular. It must be quoted from somewhere, perhaps Isocrates 5.24 (hoping that King Philip "would continue/remain calm" until the end of the discourse), though there are numerous later possibilities.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2853Ἐπράξατοexacted [for him/her/itself]… 511E: DW.] Extant possibilities, in truth, are numerous: Thucydides, Xenophon, Isocrates, Isaeus, et al. [2] Quotation (also in ps.-Zonaras) unidentifiable. [3] Again, quotation unidentifiable. (Adler suggests Aelian.)Matched in noteshighshort

ε2864Ἐπρυτάνευσεpresided over… not have it, and there is another good candidate in Isocrates 4.121. [2] Though this quotation is otherwise unattested, the name Stryngaios (again sigma 1230) creates a link with Ctesias FGrH 688 F7 and …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3653Εὐπλοῆσαιto have a good voyage… must be quoted somewhere -- perhaps the maxim preserved as Isocrates fr. 25: "to have a good voyage needs a [sc. good] steersman and wind, but to be happy needs [sc. good] reasoning and …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3934Ἐφίστηplaced over… extracted from the quotation given (though there are alternatives in Isocrates, Plato and elsewhere). [2] Quotation (and individual) unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort

ε4053Ἐχυρώτατονsecurest, strongest… the adjective e)/xuros. It must be quoted from somewhere; perhaps Isocrates (6.74, neuter there), though there are numerous later possibilities.Matched in noteshighshort