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- ε1091Ἐναγῆ φίλωνaccursed of friends[Meaning] he who is never held responsible by his friends for a cause which does not appear, but who is pure. We [the chorus] ask not to make [him] dishonored in words, but to …
- ε2928ἘρέννιοςErennius, HerenniusPhilo of Byblus, surnamed (H)erennius, as he himself says.
- ε3045ἝρμιπποςHermippos, HermippusOf Berytus; from an inland village. Pupil of Philo of Byblos, by whom he was placed in the household of Herennius Severus, in the time of the emperor Hadrian; he was of servile descent. …
- ε517Ἐκνόμοιςoutlawed, unlawful… of this adjective. It must be quoted from somewhere; perhaps Philo Judaeus, who has two instances (and cf. under epsilon 516).
- ε3501Εὐθυβόλῳstraight-throwing, accurate… in the masculine/neuter dative singular, evidently quoted from somewhere (perhaps Philo Judaeus, for whom this adjective in all forms was a great favourite).
- ε519Ἐκνοσηλεύωνcuring completely… verb e)knoshleu/w. It must be quoted from somewhere -- perhaps Philo Judaeus, who uses it figuratively. cf. generally nu 491.
- ε582Ἐκπλήσειwill accomplish, will fulfill… be quoted from somewhere; the few extant instances begin with Philo Judaeus, On the Life of Moses 1.111.
- ε1924Ἐπαγωνιεῖταιwill struggle with… singular. It must be quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities include Philo Judaeus and several passages in Cyril of Alexandria.
- ε3617Εὐορκίαfidelity to an oath… attested in a variety of authors including Demosthenes, Appian and Philo Judaeus. cf. epsilon 3618, lambda 164, mu 277, rho 13.
- ε3769Εὐτοκίαeasy delivery, fertility… (LSJ entry at web address 1) was especially favoured by Philo Judaeus.
- ε209Ἕδεσινin shrines… must be quoted from somewhere. (There are extant instances in Philo Judaeus and Libanius.) [2] cf. epsilon 222, epsilon 248, epsilon 249.
- ε3327Ἐτόπασενguessed… extant instances (both with and without the nu-moveable) cluster in Philo Judaeus and Theodoret.
- ε2335Ἐπὶ θήρᾳout for a hunt… Dionysius of Halicarnassus (Roman Antiquities 1.186) and several passages in Philo Judaeus (e.g. Life of Moses 1.43).
- ε2434Ἐπιλαχόνταhaving obtained by lot… Most of the (few) extant instances outside lexicography come from Philo Judaeus.
- ε1411Ἐνωμότωςin a sworn manner… 1410. The earliest attested occurrence of the adverb is in Philo Judaeus, On special laws 2.14; it then becomes common in Byzantine Greek. Noted by Pollux 1.39, and cf. ps.-Zonaras epsilon754.22.
- ε1075Ἐμφιλοσοφῶ δοτικῇI study philosophy in[Used] with a dative.
- ε2451Ἐπιλυομένουof one relenting… three extant attestations of the headword form outside lexicography, only Philo Judaeus (Quaestiones in Genesim 2 fr.13a) uses the word in a sense appropriate for the gloss here.
- ε118Ἔγκοτονspite, spiteful… may be that this primary headword too is extracted from Philo Judaeus (Legatio in Gaium 260), though Theodoridis opts for Herodotus 3.59.4. [2] Likewise in Hesychius (epsilon253) and elsewhere. Latte claims it as quoted …
- ε2099Ἐπευωνίζωνlowering a price… 29.269b) but there are several other possibilities (in e.g. Plutarch, Philo Judaeus, Cassius Dio). The gloss assumes a (common-sense) principle that lowering the price increases sales volume.
- ε516Ἐκνομίωςunusually… i.e. without the iota. This form is not attested before Philo Judaeus (cf. under epsilon 517) and Aelian.
- ε3430Εὔδραvigorous(?)… eu)/udra, neuter plural of the adjective eu)/udros "well-watered" (attested in Philo Judaeus and the geographer Dionysios).
- ε1120Ἐναποματτόμενοιbeing imaged, receiving an impression… It must be quoted from somewhere; the extant instances include Philo Judaeus and John Chrysostom. See also Hesychius epsilon2652 (aorist infinitive, with gloss to\n tu/pon a)nalabei=n, epsilon2653 (future, with gloss e)napotupw/sei) and epsilon2654 (present …
- ε649Ἑκτικόςhabitual… (e(ktiko/s) and web address 2 (sxetiko/s). In fact, passages like Philo Judaeus, On Allegorical Interpretation 3.210 suggest that the opposite is more common. cf. sigma 1781. [1] Same glossing for this adverb in Hesychius …
- ε2755Ἐπιφροσύνῃwith thoughtfulness… loc.cit., though other possibilities are Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 3.659, and Philo Judaeus (eight instances). [1] cf. generally epsilon 2756.
- ε3123ἘσσαῖοιEssenes, Essaioi… 1.328.7-10, 329.11-17, 344.19-21. The Essaioi or Essenoi are mentioned by Philo, Josephus, Pliny, and later authors (see Catholic Encyclopedia entry by E.P. Graham at web address 1, Jewish Encyclopedia entry by Kaufmann Kohler at …
- ε3819Εὐχάvow… very rarely attested, but see e.g. Aeschylus, Suppliant Women 657: filo/timos eu)xa/ (web address 1). [1] Psalm 115.5 LXX. [2] cf. Etymologicum Gudianum and other lexica.
- ε3210Ἐστηλιτευμένονencolumned, enslabbed… somewhere. Outside lexicography, extant instances are confined to two in Philo Judaeus (Quis rerum divinarum heres sit 258, De congressu eruditionis gratia 58: both neuter), who has a fondness for this verb generally.
- ε80Ἐγκατέσκηψανthey fell upon… with neuter plural subject); probably (as Latte on Hesychius suggests) Philo Judaeus, De vita contemplativa 2, its only independent attestation. [2] Aelian fr. 286 Domingo-Forasté (288 Hercher); cf. lambda 465. [3] This, also in …
- ε1567Ἐξάρτυσιςequipment… Greek, first appearing (several times) in the artillery manual of Philo of Byzantium and later in Iamblichus, Life of Pythagoras 25.114; but it occurs again in Byzantine historians such as George Pachymeres and Theophanes …
- ε1418Ἕνωσιςunion, unification… [1] This definition echoes the phrase e(/nwsis tw=n diesthko/twn in Philo Judaeus, De aeternitate mundi 75.8, as part of a characterization of fate (ei(marme/nh) in the context of a Stoicizing doxography. (I am indebted …