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- ν184Νεοδαμώδηςnew-citizen, newly-enfranchised, neodamodes… him instantly into a soldier. The category was perhaps created during the Archidamian War (431-421 BC) and continues to be mentioned until the 370s. The present gloss comes from the scholia on Thucydides 7.58.3, …
- ν244Νεωτερίζεινto attempt something new, to innovate, to violently causeThucydides [writes]: "during the day the stifling heat was oppressive, but, with the abrupt change [sc. of temperature], autumnal and cold nights were bringing something new, illness." "Not even for the chance of renewing …
- ν596ΝυμφίοςNymphios, Nymphius… the Roman emperor's fording of the Nymphius and Euphrates Rivers during his advance through Persian-held Anatolia in 625; cf. epsilon 55 note. For Tigris see under tau 559.
- ν266Νεῦρα μάχηςsinews of battle… etc. [2] George of Pisidia, Heraclias 1.163-4 Tartaglia; on Heraclius during his incursion into Persia, undeterred by the rich spoils the enemy had acquired in their earlier plunder of Roman territories; cf. Tartaglia (205, …
- ν189Νεοθηγεῖnew-whetted… a long-standing ancient tradition for women to cut their hair during a time of mourning. Paton (102-103) does translate si/dhros (iron, here in the dative singular) as "steel"; although steel was known to the …
- ν252ΝέρβαςNerva, Nerbas… Babylonia is usually dated to the third century AD, not during the reign of Nerva. See mu 147, mu 149, epsilon 3782, kappa 2174.