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α2603Ἀνταγωνιστήςcompetitor, opponent[1] Cassius Dio 67.6.1 on the C1 CE Dacian king Decebalus (OCD(4) s.v., p.419); more fully at delta 344.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2183ἘπήμυνονI was bringing aid, they were bringing aid… be quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities include Isocrates 7.32 and Cassius Dio 48.14.2.Matched in noteshighshort
η21Ἡβητήριονyouths' hall… (e.g.) bouleuth/rion, "council-chamber". See e.g. Plutarch, Pompey 40.5 and 53.1; Cassius Dio 61.17.2.Matched in noteshighshort
α659ἈηνόβαρβοςAhenobarbus… Lexicon. The Greek here (examples in Appian, Plutarch, Strabo and Cassius Dio) transliterates the Latin Ahenobarbus, the cognomen of one branch of the plebeian-noble Roman family of the Domitii. (For six of their members …Matched in noteshighshort
μ1358Μοιχίδιονlittle bastard… F369; Hyperides fr.42 Jensen. (Other attestations in e.g. Herodotus and Cassius Dio.)Matched in noteshighshort
γ340Γνώμηjudgement, opinionCassius Dio 61.1.2, quoted from delta 1080. The present headword is not part of the quotation: it might simply flag up a "maxim".Matched in noteshighshort
ε2038Ἐπεκηρυκεύετοwas sending heralds… with paraphrasing, of two passages where the headword occurs. At Cassius Dio 67.6.5 (= Constantine Porphyrogenitus, Excerpta de legatibus 390.23) the Dacian king Dekebalos/Decebalus (delta 189; cf. delta 344, epsilon 1864, upsilon 483) is …Matched in noteshighshort
αι367ΑἰτηταίrequestersLikewise in ps.-Zonaras. [1] Cassius Dio 20.66.2. For King Perseus cf. pi 1370, pi 1371.Matched in noteshighshort
λ744Λωφήσαντοςhaving abated… are numerous extant instances (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Josephus, Philo Judaeus, Cassius Dio, et al.). See also lambda 745, lambda 746, lambda 747.Matched in noteshighshort
ω99Ὠμωμόκεσανthey had sworn.… extant instances begin with Xenophon, Hellenica 5.1.35. (For one in Cassius Dio, see under delta 1023.)Matched in noteshighshort
δ1023Διήσεινto be about to let go through… is the future active infinitive of the verb dii/hmi. [1] Cassius Dio 71.11.3. For 'they had sworn' see again omega 99.Matched in noteshighshort
ε81Ἐγκατειλεγμένοςcounted among… else generated by something similar; if the latter, perhaps from Cassius Dio 45.7.1 on Julius Caesar (dative).Matched in noteshighshort
μ899Μήθ' ὑπὸ νεότητος θρασύνεσθαι μήθ' ὑπὸ γήρως ἀμβλύνεσθαιso that he was neither made reckless by youth nor blunted by old ageCassius Dio 68.6.3 on Trajan; a marginal gloss inserted here in ms A from alpha 1528, q.v. The passage is also quoted at eta 176.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1371Δοξασίαςopinion… singular of the rare noun doxasia. [1] An approximation of Cassius Dio 53.19.6 (from remarks prefacing his account of the principate of Augustus).Matched in noteshighshort
α712Ἀθεείgodlessly… noted in LSJ s.v.: web address 2) often subsequently (Philostratus, Cassius Dio, et al.), the adverb is preceded by a negative. Indeed, Photius' entry is ou)k a)qeei/; and see omicron 843.Matched in noteshighshort
ε4001Ἐχειρώθηwas defeated… quoted from somewhere; perhaps Herodotus 5.2.5 (web address 1) or Cassius Dio (e.g. 56.12.1), both of whom use forms of this verb frequently.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1914ΚοκκιανόςKokkianos, Cocceianus… delta 1239 the Suda gives this cognomen to the historian Cassius Dio, but this seems to be Byzantine confusion -- persisting into modern times -- between the two homonyms.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2099Ἐπευωνίζωνlowering a price… 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.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1596Ἔξεδροςexotic… [2] Sophokles, Philoktetes 212. [3] Quotation unidentifiable (but cf. generally Cassius Dio 37.25.1).Matched in noteshighshort
ε3282Ἐτέλειused to belong, was a member… II.3 (and if so the source is a passage like Cassius Dio 78.31.2 or Aelian, Varia Historia 12.43).Matched in noteshighshort
δ963ΔιεσπευσάμηνI worked zealously… diaspeu/dw notes instances of this verb in Isaeus, Polybius, and Cassius Dio. The present headword is its aorist indicative middle, in the first person singular. For this with the same glosses see Photius s.v. …Matched in noteshighshort
χ501Χρῆσθαιto furnish… attributed by Jonathan Toup (with pi 1215 in mind) to Cassius Dio; but now accepted by Roos and Wirth as Arrian, History of Alexander's Successors fr. 28.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2533Ἐπιπραξάμενοιhaving exacted in addition… e)pipra/ttomai. It is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Cassius Dio 12.46.1.Matched in noteshighshort
μ18ΜάγκινονMancinus… case, presumably from the quotation given [2] A version of Cassius Dio 23.79.3; from epsilon 143 (q.v.). [3] From Latin manceps, also transliterated ma/gkiy. [4] From Latin manucipium, also transliterated magki/pion.Matched in noteshighshort
ι262Ἱκέτευμαsupplication[1] For this glossing cf. iota 266. [2] Cassius Dio 68.21.2. (Compare generally Thucydides 1.137.1.) On Abgar, King of Edessa, see alpha 177 and alpha 4409.Matched in noteshighshort
α372ἈγρωνίδηςAgronides… 2.2-4; Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 10.439E-440A [10.54 Kaibel]), whose son was Pinnes (Cassius Dio 12.49.3, etc.); alternatively he is the Agron mentioned in Herodotus 1.7, founder of the Heraclid dynasty in Sardis.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2032ἘπεθείαζονI was putting on the god, they were putting on the god… which may have generated the entry (e.g. Arrian, Anabasis 1.11.2; Cassius Dio 8.36.19, 41.9.5).Matched in noteshighshort
ε3918Ἐφίειallowed, permitted… 3921. [2] Adler considered Toup's attibution of this quotation to Cassius Dio too bold but did not offer an alternative of her own. A TLG search shows that it is actually Josephus, Jewish War …Matched in noteshighshort
αι329Αἰσθόμενοιhaving perceived[1] Cassius Dio 38.34.1. ('They' are the Gauls.) While forms of ai)sqa/nomai can govern the genitive (cf. alphaiota 323, alphaiota 324), here ai)sqo/menoi takes as its object a participial phrase in the accusative.Matched in noteshighshort
δ791Διατιτρᾶνto bore through… other lexica. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. Adler notes Toup's attribution to Cassius Dio (who has an instance of diati/trantes a)/nw: 69.12.3), alongside her own suggestion: Arrian. [3] Again, quotation unidentifiable (in this precise form, but …Matched in noteshighshort

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