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μ697Μετακόσμιονbetween worlds, metacosmic… interspace between worlds), must be quoted from somewhere; perhaps from Philo Judaeus, On Dreams 1.184.Matched in noteshighshort
μ576Μεμοιραμένωνhaving had [something] assigned to them… genitive plural. It must be quoted from somewhere; perhaps from Philo Judaeus, who has four instances. cf. mu 572, mu 577.Matched in noteshighshort
μ436Μεθορμιζόμενοςchanging harbors, sailing from one harbor to another… meqormi/zw. This participle (in various case forms) is used by Philo and Christian writers, always with a figurative sense.Matched in noteshighshort
μ1305ΜουσώνιοςMusonius (Rufus)Gaius Musonius Rufus, a Stoic philosopher active in the reigns of Nero until the reign of Trajan, is chiefly known today as the mentor of Epictetus (epsilon 2424). For more information see Miriam Griffin …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ214ΜάρκοςMarcus… 215 and mu 216. [2] The anecdote is drawn from Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 2.9. This "Alexander" is Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), and Lucius calls him "my" king simply on the basis …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ28ΜάγοιmagiFrom the prologue (1.3) to Diogenes Laertius' Lives of the Philosophers. (For this headword see also mu 25.) On Zoroaster and Ostanes, see alpha 4257, zeta 159, zeta 160, omicron 710. Astrampsychus has an …Matched in noteshighshort
μ598ΜενέδημοςMenedemos, MenedemusA proper name, that of two philosophers of the C3 BCE. See OCD4 p.931.Matched in noteshighshort
μ922Μήληprobe… 649, kappa 652, kappa 1518, mu 940. [2] cf. John Philoponus, Commentary on Aristotle’s De anima 292.19-21. As usual, Philoponus' quotation is modified: his text has lh/mhs "rheum" rather than mh/lhs "probe." [3] John …Matched in noteshighshort
μ1261ΜόρσιμοςMorsimos, MorsimusFor this pairing see already mu 1260. [1] For Philokles see phi 378 and psi 176. Morsimos had a son Astydamas (alpha 4264). For the adjective psychros, 'frigid', 'weak', see psi 176. [2] 'A …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ885ΜήδιοςMedios, Medius… one of the dialogues of Phaedo of Elis, the Socratic philosopher, but it is also quite common elsewhere. See also under epsilon 2896 and mu 881.Matched in noteshighshort
μ469ΜελέαγροςMeleager, Meleagros… under omicron 849, and see also mu 468] and (2) [philosopher and poet, author of the Garland epigram-collection].Matched in noteshighshort
μ501ΜελίβοιανMeliboia, Meliboea… in Homer, Iliad 2.717 (web address 1) -- two places: Philoctetes (phi 383) commands the men from 'Meloboia and rugged Olizon'. For the latter cf. omicron 167.Matched in noteshighshort
μ1302ΜουσουργῶI make poetry… Pollux; Aelian uses the infinitive and the present participle, and Philostratus has an instance of the optative. The related noun mousorgo/s (mu 1303) is more common.Matched in noteshighshort
μ744Μεταφῦναιto change into… is presumably quoted from somewhere -- perhaps one of the Philostrati: see Life of Apollonius of Tyana 1.16, Heroicus p. 725 Olearius, Imagines 1.11.4.Matched in noteshighshort
μ223Μαρωνεῖτις φυλήMaroneian tribe… iota 517. [2] The phrase occurs in several authors, including Philostratus. See also iota 645.Matched in noteshighshort
μ498ΜέλητοιMeletos-es… of plurals (which occur the other way round in Lucian, Philostratus and elsewhere), their origin must lie in the fact that a Meletos and an Anytos were the two principal prosecutors of Socrates in …Matched in noteshighshort
μ1363ΜυῖαMuia, Myia, Fly… and for Muia herself, OCD4 pp.988 and (under "Women in philosophy") 1577. Clement of Alexandria mentions mother and daughter at Stromata 4.19.121. Entries for Pythagoras appear at pi 3120, pi 3121, pi 3123, pi …Matched in noteshighshort
μ1165ΜνησιστράτιοςMnesistratios, Mnesistratius… Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 7.279D-E (7.10 Kaibel) on the Thasian [word restored] philosophers 'who call themselves Mnesistrateioi'.Matched in noteshighshort
μ604ΜενέλαοςMenelaos, Menelaus… Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. (who says that 'Menelaos the Peripatetic philosopher' came from there).Matched in noteshighshort
μ1175Μνοῦςdown… address 1): 'fine, soft down, as on young birds'. [1] Philodemus in Greek Anthology 5.120.2 [ = 5.121.2 in Paton's Loeb]; see already, more fully, at mu 26. Find another excerpt from this epigram, …Matched in noteshighshort
μ761Μετ' ἐναργείαςaccompanied by evidence… from somewhere, is unidentifiable, but appears to stem from Epicurean philosophy. For Epicurus, 'evidence' or the 'evident fact' (cf. generally epsilon 1126) is a sort of clear and distinct perception (sometimes the same as …Matched in noteshighshort
μ94Μαλακόςdelicate, soft, mildFrom John Philoponus, Commentaries on Aristotle's de anima 388.18-34. For the headword see also mu 93. [1] Philoponus says "soft-fleshed" (malako/sarkos) rather than "more/most delicate." [2] The negative is lacking in Philoponus: "alleges the …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ26Μαγώτεραmore magically… also is the gloss -- adverbially. [2] Greek Anthology 5.121.1-3 (Philodemos); quoted also at kappa 1428, mu 1175. For the cestus see, besides kappa 1428, kappa 1427.Matched in noteshighshort
μ1196Μολοθρόςtall (?)… hypothetical present of blw/skw, corresponding to the aorist e)/molon.) cf. Philoxenos fr. 64* Theodoridis, and Etymologicum Gudianum beta275.Matched in noteshighshort
μ295Μαῦρονdim… also recorded in Herodian, De Prosodia Catholica p. 193 and Philoxenus fr. 433 Theodoridis (though it may well be a fictional form). See LSJ s.v. mauro/s. Chantraine (s.v. a)mauro/s) says "probablement formation inverse de …Matched in noteshighshort
μ781Μετειληχόταhaving won by lot a share in, sharing the properties of… metalamba/nw. The headword (presumably quoted from somewhere) is used in philosophy in the neuter plural for things sharing the properties of something else (e.g. Proclus, Commentary on Plato's Timaeus 1.156.18, 449.4) and is therefore …Matched in noteshighshort
μ479Μελετώμενοιstudying… middle/passive participle (masculine nominative plural) of the verb meleta/w. [1] Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 1.7; cf. epsilon 3605.Matched in noteshighshort
μ690Μεταδιδάξαιto teach something new, to change someone's mind… which uses a present participle of this verb); perhaps from Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 1.15. [1] No equivalent glossing elsewhere. [2] Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 9.3.5 (referring to Roman soldiers mutinying …Matched in noteshighshort
μ250Μασθὸςbreast… is attested; but there was a theory, especially promoted by Philoxenos of Alexandria (phi 394), that the Greek vocabulary could be derived from a core of monosyllabic verbs, so this form can be regarded …Matched in noteshighshort
μ1267Μορφήshape, form, figure… in patristic writers, is first attested (several times) in John Philoponus' Commentaries on Aristotle's Categories, esp. 13.1.137. The quotation which follows here, however, applies sxh=ma to a human form. [4] Philippians 2.7 (web address …Matched in noteshighshort

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