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η532Ἡρμόσαντοthey fitted, they fixed… 533, eta 534 (and alpha 3976 for the gloss). [2] Polybius fr. 162a Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (535) that this fragment was attributed to Polybius by Casaubon. [3] Polybius fr. 51 Büttner-Wobst. While not agreeing, …Matched in noteshighshort
η342Ἡμιολίαιςone-and-a-half-bankers… somewhere (perhaps, but not necessarily, the second quotation here). [2] Polybius fr. 162 Büttner-Wobst; quoted again at upsilon 299. For keletes (another type of ship), see kappa 1301. Büttner-Wobst notes (535) that Valesius (Henri …Matched in noteshighshort
η228Ἡλίκονas great as… and phli/kon are correlatives, though in the passage which follows Polybius uses toiau/thn with h(li/khn (both in the feminine accusative singular). [2] Polybius 3.94.9 (web address 1). On Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus "Cunctator" see …

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Ἡρμόσαντο

they fitted, they fixed

[Meaning] they arranged well. "They fitted [matters] according to their wishes and agreed to give ten talents." Polybius [writes]: "the soldiers were fixing everything for the return journey home." Meaning they were…

Ἡρμόσαντο· εὐφυῶς διετέθησαν. οἱ δὲ ἡρμόσαντο πρὸς τὴν βούλησιν καὶ συνέθεντο δέκα τάλαντα δώσειν. Πολύβιος· οἱ δὲ στρατιῶται πάντα ἡρμόζοντο πρὸς τὴν εἰς οἶκον ἐπάνοδον. ἀντὶ τοῦ…

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η148Ἠθάδωνaccustomed to… Quotation -- again at sigma 571 - unidentifiable (though cf. Polybius fr. 38, from epsilon 1584).Matched in noteshighshort

η254Ἠλογήθησανthey were disregarded… a)loge/w; cf. alpha 1306, alpha 1307. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. (Perhaps Polybius, who does use the headword: 28.9.8.) [3] Perhaps a foreshortened version of Philo Judaeus, de providentia fr.2 (quoted by Eusebius): tw=n a)/llwn a)gaqw=n …Matched in noteshighshort

η269Ἠλλοιωμένοςchanged, having been changed… is perfect middle/passive participle, masculine nominative singular, of a)lloio/w. [2] Polybius 3.103.6 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort

η277ἨμαθίαEmathia[1] In Macedonia: Polybius 23.10.4 (web address 1). For Paionia -- and Pannonia -- see pi 879. [2] A minor figure in the mythological origins of the city of Rome: Plutarch, Romulus 2.1; Dionysius …Matched in noteshighshort

η294Ἡμμένοιfastened… a)nhmme/nous from the compound verb a)na/ptw; cf. alpha 2037). [2] Polybius 10.33.8 (a stray extract from Hannibal's attempt to capture Salapia in 208 BCE).Matched in noteshighshort

η351Ἥμισυςhalf[1] See also eta 350, eta 352. [2] Polybius 36.15.1. For Prousias, king of Bithynia, see pi 2913 and pi 2914.Matched in noteshighshort

η457ἩράκλειαHerakleia, Heracleacf. Polybius 1.25.9 (web address 1). Barrington Atlas Map 47 grid C4. Still called Eraclea Minoa today.Matched in noteshighshort

η506Ἠρήρειστοhad been fixed… link between this and lambda 367 (which perhaps comes from Polybius).Matched in noteshighshort

η617Ἡταίρηκενhas acted licentiously… 4.61.3, though one might otherwise have suggested Aeschines 1.160. [2] Polybius 12.13.1 (web address 1); quoted more fully at delta 472.Matched in noteshighshort