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- ε890Ἔλλογοςrational, sentient[1] Synesius, On Kingship 6 (PG 66.1061c).
- ε713Ἔκφοροςcarried-away[1] Synesius, Epistle 130. In a similar entry the Lexicon Vindobonense (epsilon183) attributes this quotation explicitly to Synesius. A. Fitzgerald translates: "I feel that I am not master of my grief ..." (web address …
- ε414Ἐκκέλευστοςordered-outA sentence fragment wrenched from the text of Synesius, Epistle 73 (221B Hercher, translation at web address 1), which contains two interesting textual issues: (1) Whereas the Suda and most mss of Synesius begin …
- ε425Ἐκκείμεθαwe lie exposed[1] Synesius, Epistle 95 (233B), which contains the headword (first-person plural, present indicative, of e)/kkeimai). In the translation of A. Fitzgerald (web address 1): "... you [my brother] are the only person in the …
- ε1673Ἐξ εὐθείαςstraight away… from Strabo onwards). cf. generally epsilon 3490, epsilon 3491. [1] Synesius, Epistle 101, 240D. This passage is quoted also at alpha 3535 and pi 170, incompletely in each instance. The sense requires that Synesius …
- ε3032ἙρμαῖόνHermes-gift, godsend… by Adler, but identifiable via the TLG as one from Synesius, Letter 131 (p.226.7-9 Garzya). See on this Theodoridis' Photius edition, vol.II p.XCVI. Synesius' point is that the wicked enrich themselves by taking advantage …
- ε2155Ἐπηβολώτατοςmost capable, most skilled… quoted from somewhere: extant possibilities include Plutarch (Aratus 10.3) and Synesius (Epistle 148).
- ε3200Ἐσταλμένοιoutfitted… middle/passive participle, masculine nominative plural, of the verb ste/llw. [2] Synesius, Epistle 104.60-61 (205C Hercher). The mss of Synesius, with one exception, read either xwrikw=s or xwritikw=s ('country-style') rather than xwrhtikw=s ('capably'). See the …
- ε2796Ἐπολιάρχειwas prefect of the city… Latin praefectus urbi). It must be quoted from somewhere; perhaps Synesius' Letter to Paeonius concerning the gift (of an astrolabe) 2.
- ε1851ἘξωρχησάμηνI danced out, I expressed, I revealed[1] Synesius, Epistle 137.273b. The headword is aorist of e)corxe/omai, first person singular. Contrary to his usual reticence, Synesius spoke freely about philosophy when he had only just met Herculian, the addressee of this …
- ε127Ἐγκρίνειreckons in… [2] Quotation (also in ps.-Zonaras) unidentifiable. (Tittman attributed it to Synesius.) The same two compound verbs are linked at epsilon 1231.
- ε2028Ἐπεδαψιλεύσατοlavished, was lavish… 2281. For the etymology cf. delta 104, delta 105. [1] Synesius, Epistle 72 (p. 219b Hercher), referring to Andronicus. See translation at web address 1.
- ε1798Ἐξομόσαιτοmight deny on oath… quotation given; cf. epsilon 1792, epsilon 1797, epsilon 1840. [2] Synesius, Encomium of Baldness PG 66.1204a. For Kotys see kappa 2171.
- ε2160ἘπήγγειλαI orderedSynesius, Epistle 66.37-8 (67 209a Hercher): see translation of A. Fitzgerald at web address 1. The headword, extracted from it, is first person singular, aorist active, of e)pagge/llw; cf. epsilon 1914, epsilon 1915, epsilon …
- ε1165Ἐνδεῖκταιcomplainants, informers… e.g. Aristotle, History of Animals 605a3; also in Galen). [2] Synesius, Letter 118.9 (256b). See translation at web address 1.
- ε1166Ἐνδεῖκταιcomplainants, informers… tw=n kata\ th\n *)Asi/an e)ndeiktw=n ktl). [2] An approximation of Synesius, Epistles 119.12 (257a). See translation at web address 1.
- ε121Ἐγκραγώνhaving shouted at… e)gkra/zw. It must be quoted from somewhere. Adler implicitly suggests Synesius, Letter 79 (225b), where the headword and loidorhsa/menos (not the present gloss's dia-) occur in fairly close conjunction. Another possibility, and one which …
- ε383Ἐκ γειτόνωνfrom neighbors, in the neighborhood[1] Synesius, Letters 142.278D Hercher, on one who avoids arrogance. See translation at web address 1. See generally alpha 1056 for a)lazonei/a "arrogance, boastfulness" and mu 371 for megalofrosu/nh "pride, high-mindedness." For the idiom …
- ε3371Εὐανθὴς γλῶσσαflowery tongue… used to gloss it here. Bernhardy attributed the gloss to Synesius or Damascius; Adler suggests a scholion on Gregory of Nazianzus.
- ε2768Ἐπιχειλέςrim-full… must be quoted from somewhere else. An extant possibility is Synesius, Dion 14.
- ε946Ἔμβιονlife-giving… of Antiphon (87 F15 D-K) is quoted and glossed. [2] Synesius, Letter 146 (282D Hercher). A. Fitzgerald translates: "... [your letter] bore some vital affection of the soul which it has instilled into me …
- ε1509Ἐξάγιστοςaccursed… [2] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr.47 Zintzen (23 Asmus). [3] Synesius, Encomium of Baldness PG 66.1204a: quoted also at theta 335 and theta 381.
- ε1122Ἐναπομόργνυνταιthey are imparted… virginity 71; Porphyry, Sententiae 29.12; Proclus, Eclogae fr.3.24; Stobaeus 1.49.55; Synesius, On insomnia 7.24, 19.17.
- ε3880Ἐφετόνappellate, of appeals… given -- but see next note. [1] An approximation of Synesius, Dio 12 (PG 66.1148a). Here the words are rearranged, and the Suda's e)feto/n should be e)feth/n. [LSJ s.v. does not register this sense, …
- ε857ἘλλιμενίζωI exact harbor tax… to mean 'harbor in' or 'come into harbor'; see e.g. Synesius, Epistle 148.7. (This meaning is absent from LSJ: web address 1.)
- ε2157Ἐπήγγελλενused to order, used to proclaim… also epsilon 1914, epsilon 1915, epsilon 1918, epsilon 2160. [1] Synesius, Dion 1 (lines 28-29). [2] Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. The word translated here as "legal action," …
- ε1183Ἐνδόσιμονsignal, prelude… Arrian quotation (to which this comment perhaps refers). [3] cf. Synesius, Epistle 4.162a. [4] Part of a longer quotation at mu 1303.
- ε1062Ἐμοί τε ἐπιστολαίI have letters… Toup's attribution of it to either the emperor Julian or Synesius.) [1] A byword for superior pride, Capaneus, one of mythology's Seven Against Thebes, boasted that not even Zeus could stop him scaling the …
- ε3213ἙστιάδεςHestiades… awkwardly to the apparently unrelated note on the Hestiades. [3] Synesius, Dion 5.18-19 (PG 66.1128a). Read ou)d’ a)\n fai/hn.
- ε2171Ἐπηλυγάζονταιthey are being obfuscated… Aelian fr. 246 Hercher, 244a Domingo-Forasté (cf. epsilon 1137). [4] Synesius, Encomium on Baldness 21.5 (PG 66.1204b), with minor textual divergences.