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210 entries for Damascius

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ε2744ἘπιφάνιοςEpiphanios, EpiphaniusDamascius, Life of Isidore fr. 100 Zintzen (51 Asmus, 41 Athanassiadi) cf. delta 10, epsilon 2233. Athanassiadi rejects Zintzen's identification of this Epiphanios with the sophist of Petra (epsilon 2741); she says that this …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3031ἙρμαῖονHermes-gift, godsend… 1). See already epsilon 3030, and again epsilon 3032. [3] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr.341 Zintzen (194 Asmus); cf. alpha 2305, nu 161.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3071Ἔρωςlove, erotic desireSee also epsilon 3070. For the passage of Damascius' Life of Isidore on which the present entry is based (fr. 71 Zintzen, 31 Asmus) see sigma 1236; cf. alpha 403, phi 404. [1] sigma …Matched in noteshigh

ε2744

Ἐπιφάνιος

Epiphanios, Epiphanius

[Epiphanios] and Euprepios were both Alexandrian in origin and very expert in the rites accepted by the Alexandrians. Euprepios presided over the rites called Persian, but Epiphanios over those concerning Osiris; not…

Ἐπιφάνιος καὶ Εὐπρέπιος ἐγενέσθην Ἀλεξανδρεῖς τὸ γένος ἀμφότεροι καὶ τῶν παρὰ Ἀλεξανδρεῦσι τελετῶν νομιζομένων δαημονέστατοι, τῶν μὲν Περσικῶν καλουμένων ὁ Εὐπρέπιος ἐξάρχων, τῶν…

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ε3586Εὐμοιρίαgood fortune… Photius and other lexica. [2] Appian, Annibaica 125 Viereck-Roos-Gabba. [3] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr.73 Zintzen (32 Asmus); cf. Photius, Bibliotheca 337a 35-36. Athanassiadi on her fr.33B says, "What is really meant by eu)moiri/a …Matched in noteshighshort

ει45Εἴδωλονlikeness, image, phantom… 125-6, with scholion; again, with more, under epsiloniota 46. [8] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 55 Zintzen (242 Asmus), citing Pindar, Pythian 8.95; cf. sigma 599. [9] Quotation unidentifiable. For Ephraim see epsilon 3965.Matched in noteshighmedium

η383Ἠνείχοντοthey were liable to… possibilities) is imperfect middle, third person plural, of e)ne/xw. [2] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr.29 Zintzen (21 Asmus).Matched in noteshighshort

ι122Ἰδιώτηςlayman, private individual, unskilled personFor the headword see also iota 121. [1] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 60 Zintzen (28 Asmus); cf. epsilon 3988, mu 850, omicron 146. [2] cf. iota 116 (end) for a different spelling.Matched in noteshighshort

χ105Χαριεντίζεις καὶ καταπαίζεις ἡμῶν καὶ βωμολοχεύῃyou jest and make fun of us and would play tricks… simple expedient of changing its initial xarienti/zeis to xarienti/zei. [1] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 149 Zintzen (88 Asmus); it quotes Republic 452B.Matched in noteshighshort

α4394Ἄτρυτοςunabating[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica. [2] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 240 Zintzen (142 Asmus); the Suda's philologia should be philoponia "love of toil." [3] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 187 Zintzen …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3570Εὐλόφωςstrongly, patiently… the second. The lexicographer might have extracted the adverb from Damascius, though there are instances in (fragments of) Sophocles and Euripides. [1] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 329 Zintzen (298 Asmus). According to Athanassiadi, …Matched in noteshighshort

α483Ἀδικεῖνto do injustice… (web address 1 below). [3] Tentatively attributed by Adler to Damascius; now Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 371 Zintzen.Matched in noteshighshort

α1172Ἄληθεςtruly… accentuation of the adjective, on the final syllable. [5] Perhaps Damascius (so Adler: Life of Isidore fr. 69a Zintzen); cf. in any event Plato, Laws 730B-C, "Truth heads the list of all things good, …Matched in noteshighshort

α2873Ἀπαθῆimpassive, passionless… Diogenes Laertius 7.117, on the Stoic doctrines of Zeno. [4] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr.207 Zintzen (260 Asmus). [5] Again, more fully, at theta 44. Perhaps Damascius again (fr. 43 Zintzen) or from a …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3356Ἀποκλήρωσιςallotment… [2] Quotation attributed to John Chrysostom by Tittman but to Damascius by Bernhardy; now Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 256 Zintzen; cf. lambda 465, pi 821. [3] Likewise or similarly in other lexica. The …Matched in noteshighshort

αι156Αἴθυγμαglimmer… according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. [2] Claimed as Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 108 Asmus; Adler suggested Eunapius vel sim. instead; but still Damascius fr. 175 Zintzen.Matched in noteshighshort

δ797Διατριβήschool, amusement, pastime… by comment from the scholia there. [3] Tentatively attributed to Damascius by Adler; now Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 380 Zintzen.Matched in noteshighmedium

δ825Διαφθονούμενοςbeing enviedAdler suggested that this quotation may be from Damascius (cf. zeta 82) or a Byzantine historian such as Malchus (cf. zeta 83); it is now Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 176 Zintzen.Matched in noteshighshort

ε96Ἔγκειταιbears down upon… designation of this quotation as part of fr. 84 of Damascius, Life of Isidore (and it is duly ignored in Zintzen's collection of the fragments). She rightly compares Polyaenus 3.7.1, where just this ruse …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1052Ἐμπρίσαντεςbiting into… [2] Asmus associated this quotation (again under kappa 818) with Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 177 (Byz. Zt. 19.280); Adler prefers to attribute it to Aelian; Zintzen retains it for Damascius, while noting Adler's …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2007Ἐπαινέσαςhaving praised… Attribution contested, between Arrian, History of Alexander's Successors fr.29 and Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 35 Zintzen (22 Asmus). [2] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr.231 Zintzen (268 Asmus).Matched in noteshighshort

ε2307Ἐπίδοσινcontribution… included the phrase e)pi/dosin e)pi\ a)reth=s as fr. 51 of Damascius, Life of Isidore; Adler disagrees; and not in Zintzen. [2] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 286 Zintzen (166 Asmus); cf. kappa 710. [3] …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3406Εὐδαίμωνhappy… the Ambrosian Lexicon (2257). [2] Tentatively attributed by Adler to Damascius; now Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 384 Zintzen.Matched in noteshighshort

ε3538Εὔκλειαglory… and cf. epsilon 3537. [2] Tentatively attributed by Adler to Damascius; now Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 385 Zintzen (omitted by Athanassiadi). [3] Josephus, Jewish War 1.43-44 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort

ε3736Εὐσεβεῖνto act piously… there: web address 1). [2] Tentatively attributed by Adler to Damascius; now Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 386 Zintzen.Matched in noteshighmedium

ει71Εἰκαῖονrandom, aimless… fully at delta 119. [3] Tentatively attributed by Adler to Damascius; now Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 387 Zintzen.Matched in noteshighshort

ει83Εἰκόςprobable… [3] Quotation unidentifiable. [4] Adler attributed this quotation to either Damascius or Aelian; it is now Damascius Life of Isidore fr. 333 Zintzen. [5] Sophocles, Electra 1026 (web address 1), with scholion; Pindar, Nemean …Matched in noteshighmedium

χ474Χρῆμαthing; matter… e)c a)rxh=s e)/rgwn, an obvious scribal error. (Incorrectly attributed to Damascius, as Life of Isidore fr. 285 Asmus; cf. n. 5 below.) [2] Despite this helpful gloss, the quotation is unidentifiable. [3] Herodotus 7.188.3 …Matched in noteshighmedium

α116Ἀγαθοθέλειαdesire for the good… Polybius, according to Adler. But suggested as a fragment of Damascius by Asmus (fr. 20), and accepted as such by Zintzen (fr. 25) and Athanassiadi (fr. 158).Matched in noteshighshort

α157ἈγάπιοςAgapios, AgapiusDamascius, Life of Isidore fr. 277 Zintzen (164 Asmus). [1] See pi 2473. [2] See mu 198, mu 199. [3] cf. delta 1618, epsilon 2241.Matched in noteshighshort

α158ἈγάπιοςAgapios, AgapiusDamascius, Life of Isidore fr. 330 Zintzen (298 Asmus, 107 Athanassiadi).Matched in noteshighshort

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