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ε1228Ἐνέκειντοthey were persisting, they were pressing hard… e)/gkeimai see already epsilon 96. Its form here -- third person plural, imperfect -- is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [2] Quotation unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2618Ἐπιστέλλειsends a messageThe headword, extracted from the quotation immediately following, is third person singular, present indicative active, of the verb e)piste/llw. [1] Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 106-7 (web address 1), with glosses from the scholia. [2] An …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3601Εὔνουςwell-disposed, well-minded… as Marcelo Boeri has pointed out to me in a personal message, rather in the Nicomachean Ethics (1155b33ff and 1166b30ff), whence it was taken up by Alexander and from him by the Suda. Aristotle's …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3278Ἐτέθησανthey were disposedThe headword is aorist indicative passive, third person plural of ti/qhmi. It is probably, though not demonstrably, extracted from the quotation given here. [1] Quotation unidentifiable (but evidently from historiography of the Christian era). …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3208ἜστειλαI sentAorist of ste/llw, first person singular (evidently quoted from somewhere: Aeschylus, Persae 609?), glossed with a compound of the same verb.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2197Ἐπῄρατεyou incited, you inducedAorist active of e)pai/rw, second person plural (which should not have an iota subscript). From a scholion on Aristophanes, Clouds 1457, where the imperfect e)ph/|rete occurs (web address 1). See also epsilon 1977, epsilon …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2766ἘπίχαρμοςEpicharmos, Epicharmus… so on -- cf. omicron 973.) Epicharmus applied it to personality. How much change will make a man a different person? And he appears to have argued that a debtor who borrowed money yesterday …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2195Ἐπῆραςyou stirred up, you inducedThe headword is aorist active of e)pai/rw, second person singular. It must be quoted from somewhere, perhaps Plato, Hippias minor 373A. Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon has the same entry (provided e)pa/ras is emended, as is …Matched in noteshighshort
ε233Ἐδίδαξενtaught… of dida/skw (cf. delta 856, delta 857, epsilon 232), third person singular. [2] Xenophon, Anabasis 3.4.32, web address 1 (with a singular 'village').Matched in noteshighshort
ε2029Ἐπεδίκασεhe adjudicatedFrom Harpokration s.v., commenting on Demosthenes 48.26 & 27 (web address 1). In ch.26 the present headword (active voice) occurs; in ch. 27 it is the middle-voice e)pedika/santo, i.e. third-person plural. Harpok. reproduces this …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3331Ἐτώθαζονthey were mocking… -- presumably extracted from the quotation -- is imperfect, third person plural, of twqa/zw (tau 855). [1] Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 2.8.6 (web address 1); the Persian king threatens to attack …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2063Ἐπεπαίχεινhad joked at… and pe/kw ('card'), but also to explicate the rare pluperfect personal ending -ein. This is usually taken by modern grammars as an first-person or third-person singular ending, but it is unclear whether the lexicographer …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3139ἘσθήρEsther… ʾaḥašwerōš (Latin Ahasuerus), which seems to reflect a transliteration of Persian Kshaiarsha. This equates to the Greek *Ce/rchs, but no historical source links Esther with that king (Xerxes I, reigned 486-465: xi 54). Rather, …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2631Ἐπιστολεῖςcouriers, secretaries… [2] Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 5.8.10; on Roman military strategy against Persian rebels in the summer of 591; cf. de Boor (203), Whitby (143), epsilon 2328, and pi 519. On Narses, Roman general in the …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3317ἘτιμησάμηνI (would have) estimated the penalty… unidentifiable, but presumably from a rhetorical exercise on events and personalities of the 40s BC. That Antony (cf. under iota 399) 'killed Cicero' (kappa 1594), in December 43, is an over-simplification. After Antony had …Matched in noteshighshort
ε168Ἔγγυονsecure… [3] George of Pisidia, Heraclias 1.6-8 Tartaglia, on Chosroes II (Persian king 590-628; cf. chi 418 note).Matched in noteshighshort
ε2306Ἐπίδοξοςlikely, glorious… a hostage during negotiations (542 CE) over the withdrawal of Persian forces from Roman territories in the east; cf. Kaldellis (Wars of Justinian, 119). [4] Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 1.13.12 (web …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2158Ἐπήγγελλενused to proclaim… 258.26 (and, post-Suda, Etymologicum Magnum 353.45-46). The headword is third person singular, imperfect indicative active, of e)pagge/llw (see also epsilon 2157, and cf. epsilon 1914, epsilon 1915, epsilon 1918, epsilon 2160). It might be …Matched in noteshighshort
ε104Ἐγκολπίζονταιthey engulf… the capture of Martyropolis (cf. alpha 3649 note) by the Persians in the summer of 589; cf. de Boor (119) and Whitby (79).Matched in noteshighshort
ε2020Ἐπέβαλενset about, overlapped… (which must be quoted from somewhere) is aorist active, third person singular, of e)piba/llw (epsilon 2226). For this sense of the verb see generally LSJ s.v., II.3. [2] For a fuller version of this …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3969Ἐφοινίττετοwas blushing, was turning red[1] Imperfect middle/passive, third person singular, of foini/ttw/foini/ssw (cf. generally phi 795), presumably extracted from the quotation given. [2] Part of Menander Protector fr. 9.3 Blockley (108-109), on the Persian envoy Mebod's (cf. alpha …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2513Ἐπίμπλατοwas being filled… See also epsilon 1247. [1] The unglossed headword is third person singular, imperfect indicative middle, while the verb in this quotation is the corresponding plural. Chalcocondyles' editio princeps of the Suda prints this plural …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2856Ἔπρασσονthey were trying to bring about[1] The headword is imperfect of pra/ssw/pra/ttw, third person plural; presumably extracted from the quotation given. See generally LSJ s.v. III.1., and cf. epsilon 2858. [2] Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 1.11.26 …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2110Ἔπεχεhold backcf. e)poxh/ at epsilon 2824. [1] Same glossing in other lexica (and cf. epsilon 2152). The headword, second-person singular imperative of e)pe/xw, must be quoted from somewhere; Theodoridis on Photius s.v. suggests the New …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2201Ἐπῇρενexcited, incited, stirred up, urged on[1] The headword is imperfect of e)pai/rw, third person singular (distinguished from the aorist only by the iota subscript); cf. epsilon 1977, epsilon 2195, epsilon 2197. It is illustrated by both of the quotations …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1301Ἐνῆγενwas urging[1] The headword is imperfect, third person singular, of e)na/gw (cf. epsilon 1087). Apparently quoted from Thucydides 4.21.3, the scholia to which have the second of these glosses. (Different glossing in Photius, Lexicon epsilon916.) …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1313Ἐνῆνwas in, was permissible[1] The headword is imperfect of e)/neimi, third person singular, used impersonally; cf. epsilon 1314, epsilon 1388. Glossed likewise or similarly in other lexica; see also a gloss on Dionysius the Areopagite (PG 4.25) …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3468Εὐημερήσαντοςhaving had a successful time… (autumn 539 CE) that Chosroes blames Justinian (cf. iota 446) personally for their territorial and political gains in the Persian west, the Romans do not suspect that the Endless Peace could be broken; cf. …Matched in noteshighshort
ε15Ἑαυτῷ[to/for] oneself… Photius. For the reflexive pronoun used for first or second person, see LSJ s.v. II (web address 1); Smyth §1230 (web address 2).Matched in noteshighshort
ε3174Ἐσωματοποίειwas giving body to[1] The headword is third person singular, imperfect, of swmatopoie/w (cf. sigma 839, sigma 840, sigma 841, and esp. sigma 842 for the same form); presumably extracted from the quotation given. [2] Polybius fr. …Matched in noteshighshort

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