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36 entries for Thucydides

  1. μ729Μεταπύργιονinter-towerAbridged from Harpokration s.v. [1] Thucydides 3.22.3 (and 3.23.1); Lysias fr. 97 Sauppe (now 111 Carey OCT).Matched in noteshighshort
  2. μ106Μάλισταcertainly, especially… the references at Photius mu75 Theodoridis), following the scholia to Thucydides 1.17.1 (web address 1). Theodoridis connects it both to that passage -- given as '1.17.3' -- and also to 3.92.6 (web address 2).Matched in noteshighshort
  3. μ745Μεταχειρίζεινto handle, to manage… is more common than the active for this verb, but Thucydides uses it exclusively in the active (five times), and the infinitive cited occurs in 4.18.4 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
  4. μ726Μεταποιεῖσθαιto make a claim to… commonly known as the Politicus: 289E (web address 1). [3] Thucydides 2.51.5 (web address 2).Matched in noteshighshort
  5. μ773Μετεώρους νῆαςopen-sea ships, ships on the high seasFrom the scholia to Thucydides 1.48.2 (web address 1), where the headword phrase -- in the accuative case -- occurs. For the adjective see already mu 764, mu 770, mu 772, and again mu …Matched in noteshighshort
  6. μ686ΜεταγένηςMetagenes… one of the Spartan signatories to the Peace of Nikias (Thucydides 5.19.1).Matched in noteshighshort
  7. μ1423ΜυοῦνταMyous, Myus… E2. Here in the accusative case, extracted from somewhere; probably Thucydides 1.138.6 (cf. the scholia there).Matched in noteshighshort
  8. μ737Μετατάξασθαιto go over and joinAorist middle infinitive of metata/ssw. The given meaning occurs in Thucydides 1.95.4 (web address 1); cf. the scholia there, and other lexica.Matched in noteshighshort
  9. μ538ΜέλλωI am about [to do], I put off [doing]… 534, mu 539, epsilon 973. [2] From a scholion on Thucydides 1.86.2. [3] Sophocles, Electra 305-6. [4] Aristophanes, Frogs 11, with scholion; cf. epsilon 1621.Matched in noteshighmedium
  10. μ772Μετέωροςraised-up, stirred-up… [5] cf. mu 774, epsilon 3116. [6] Quotation unidentifiable. [7] Thucydides 2.8.1 (web address 3), with scholion, on the opening mood of the Peloponnesian War.Matched in noteshighmedium
  11. μ889ΜῆδοςMede… an instance of 'Mede' as, effectively, the Persian king see Thucydides 3.62.5). [2] cf. mu 888, mu 890.Matched in noteshighshort
  12. μ747Μεταχειρίσαιto conduct, to handle, to manageAorist infinitive of metaxeiri/zw, extracted from Thucydides 1.13.2 (web address 1) and (naively) glossed as in the scholia thereto. For pentekonters see generally pi 981; for triremes, tau 977.Matched in noteshighshort
  13. μ491Μέλλησιςbeing about to do, intention; putting off, delay… 539, epsilon 973. The word is used several times by Thucydides.Matched in noteshighshort
  14. μ927ΜηλιεύςMalian… nominative plural, to the island of Melos (as e.g. in Thucydides 5.84-116, and see also under lambda 557).Matched in noteshighshort
  15. μ962Μήνυμαdeclaration, disclosureNeuter noun (first attested in Thucydides: 6.61.2, 8.50.5, and plural in 6.29.1) cognate with the verb mhnu/w ('declare', 'disclose'), presumably quoted from somewhere (cf. under mu 956, where it is conflated with forms related …Matched in noteshighshort
  16. μ35Μᾶζαbarley-cake… appears before the quotation from Knights instead of after. [9] Thucydides 4.26-41.Matched in noteshighmedium
  17. μ718Μετάνοιαchange of mind, regret, repentance… perhaps the one in the Lexica Segueriana (s.v. meta/melos), citing 'Thucydides'. (See Thuc. 3.36.4, the notorious Athenian change of mind about punishing the rebellious population of Mytilene.) (For a longer one, see ps.-Zonaras s.v.: …Matched in noteshighshort
  18. μ882ΜηδίζωI medize… This must be quoted from somewhere, probably Herodotus (8.144) or Thucydides (3.34.2, 3.64.1).Matched in noteshighshort
  19. μ1393ΜυκήνηMykene, Mycene, Mykenai, Mycenae… shadow of its Bronze Age self by classical times: see Thucydides 1.10 (web address 1), and generally OCD4 pp.985-6. In either case, normally in the plural. Perseus Encyclopedia entry at web address 2; Princeton …Matched in noteshighshort
  20. μ673ΜεσῶI am in the middle, I am midwayFrom the scholia to Thucydides 6.30.1, where the phrase qe/rous mesou=ntos occurs. [1] That is, an o/w-verb. [2] Euripides, Medea 60: web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort
  21. μ804Μέτωπονforehead, frontFrom the scholia to Thucydides 2.90.4 (web address 1), where the adverb 'metope-fashion' - front foremost - occurs (in a description of a sea-battle). For other instances see LSJ s.v. (web address 2).Matched in noteshighshort
  22. μ293Μαυλίαςknives… and Nicander. The gloss is cited from the scholia to Thucydides 1.6.1 (web address 1), as a Just-So reference to the early Hellenes wearing knives in their daily life. On the machaira, see mu …Matched in noteshighshort
  23. μ593ΜένδηMende… Demosthenes 35.10 & 20. The gloss as a whole echoes Thucydides 4.123.1. cf. mu 592. [1] sic! (Here, not in Harpok.) Its name was perhaps originally Minde. The Elder Pliny uses Mendae (Natural History …Matched in noteshighshort
  24. μ595Μενδήσιον κέραςMendesian horn, Mendesian branch… of the eastern mouths of the River Nile, appears in Thucydides 1.110.4 (web address 1). Adler derives the entry from the scholia thereto, though the scholia read sto/mion in place of sto/ma. Herodotus 2.17.5 …Matched in noteshighshort
  25. μ915ΜηκύβερναMekyberna, Mecyberna… Hyperides fr. 84 Jensen. Also mentioned in e.g. Herodotus 7.122, Thucydides 5.18.6 & 39.1. Mekyberna, present-day Molivopirgos, is Barrington Atlas map 50 grid D4. Olynthos as a toponym does not have its own Suda …Matched in noteshighshort
  26. μ488Μελλήσαςhaving delayed… references at Photius mu248 Theodoridis), and in a scholion on Thucydides 1.86.2, where mellh/somen and me/llousi occur (in the short speech by the Spartan ephor Sthenelaidas). The present headword must be quoted from somewhere …Matched in noteshighshort
  27. μ886Μηδισμὸς ὁ Παυσανίουthe medism of Pausanias… Spartan king (P.) and an Athenian war-hero (T.), see principally Thucydides 1.128-138 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
  28. μ926ΜηλιῶςMalianAn entry evidently generated by Thucydides 4.100.1 and/or 8.3.1, the only two (other) attested instances of this genitive. It refers there to the Malian Gulf in north-central Greece; see Barrington Atlas map 55 grid …Matched in noteshighshort
  29. μ812Μέτριοςmoderate… the excerpts made for Constantine Porphyrogenitus.) [3] Marcellinus, Life of Thucydides (sic) 27, citing Timaeus [tau 600] FGrH 566 T13 (and cf. F119). For Timoleon, who does not have his own Suda entry, see …Matched in noteshighshort
  30. μ1390ΜυκάληMykale, Mycale… Mykalessos -- attacked and sacked by Thracians in 413 BCE (Thucydides 7.29-30, strikingly concluding that "its people suffered calamities as pitiable as any which took place in this war": web address 1) -- was …Matched in noteshighshort

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