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- α1764Ἀμφισβητεῖνto claim… as heirs in a will. That is how Demosthenes and Hyperides elucidated counter-claiming.
- α2303Ἀνεπόπτευτονnot-fully-initiated… to the grade of epoptes [in the Eleusinian Mysteries]; so Hyperides [sc. uses the word]. What admission to the grade of epoptes means, Philochorus shows when he says: "he is wronging all the mystic …
- η658ἩφαιστίαHephaistia, Hephaestia… from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v., commenting on Hephaistia's mention in Hyperides fr. 3 Jensen.
- κ2606ΚυδαντίδηςKydantides, Cydantides, KydantidianFrom Harpokration s.v. commenting on Hyperides fr. 158 Jensen; in both lexica the headword itself is the demotikon ['demesman of Kydantidai'].
- α3898ἈρισταῖοςAristaios, Aristaeus… Demosthenes; he was sent by him to Hephaistion for negotiations. Hyperides mentions him in the [speech] Against Demosthenes. Aristaios, the story goes, was the only Giant to survive on the Sicilian mountain called Etna; …
- α4013ἉρποκρατίωνHarpocration… of Ignorance in the Orators; Hypotheses to the Speeches of Hyperides; On the Falsity of Herodotus' History; On Order in Xenophon; On the Art of Rhetoric; On Types of Style.
- α2642Ἀντέχειholds out, withstands… Dinarchus [uses the word] to mean is saved; Demosthenes and Hyperides [use it] to mean takes hold. "And because of the mud the horses could no longer hold out against fleeing." And elsewhere: "[them] …
- κ1433Κεστρῖνοςkestrinos, cestrinusAbridged from Harpokration s.v. kestrinoi, a plural used in Hyperides fr. 188 Jensen. See also Photius, Lexicon kappa629 Theodoridis. [1] Mullet; cf. kappa 1432.
- β429Βουλεύσεωςconspiracy… has something to say in the first [speech] Against Aristogeiton. Hyperides, however, applies the word "conspiracy" in a special way to traps and scheming aimed at making money.
- β139Βάσανοςtouchstone, test… rubbed against it. Thus Antiphon and Pindar and Sophokles. But Hyperides calls ba/sanoi the things said in interrogation by those who are being tested and written up. And [there is] a proverb: Test stone, …
- δ623Διαλέγεσθαιto converse… lexica. Latte on Hesychius s.v. regards it as stemming from Hyperides fr. 171 Jensen, from the lost speech For Phryne; if so, 'associate with' probably means, specifically, consorting with women. cf. delta 626.
- μ1287ΜουνυχιώνMounychionFrom Harpokration (and Photius) s.v., commenting on Hyperides fr. 128 Jensen. See also mu 1288 and (with a different spelling) mu 1240.
- α4114Ἀρχίουof Archias… *Fugadoqh/ras (on which see LSJ s.v.) -- from upsilon 294 Hyperides, q.v. for context.
- α4599Ἀφεὶς καὶ Ἀπαλλάξαςhaving let go and having set free… brace he chases the sheet". The proverb [is found] in Hyperides. In reference to those who ignore more important matters and waste time on trivialites. 'Braces' are ropes on a ship by which the …
- α904Ἀκμήmoment, point, still… It is also taken to mean e)/ti ["yet, still"]. Thus Hyperides [sc. uses the word]. And Sophocles [writes]: "for it is not the moment for long speeches for us, lest he learn I have …
- δ360Δειπνοφόροιdinner-carriersAbridged from Harpokration s.v., commenting on this word in Hyperides fr. 88 Jensen. [1] In preparation to dine. [2] For this piece of religious ritual see generally LSJ s.v.
- ε2775Ἐπιχειροτονίαvoting by show of handsAbridged from Harpokration s.v., commenting on this noun's appearance in Hyperides fr. 162 Jensen. [1] So the transmitted text, a)po/stasis; but this should read, as it does in Harpok., kata/stasis ("appointment"). The error is …
- κ940Κατέλευσανthey stoned to death… verb kataleu/w. It must be quoted from somewhere -- perhaps Hyperides fr. 59 Jensen, which Harpokration glosses with the phrase li/qois kate/balon, though there are numerous other possibilities, from Herodotus and Thucydides onwards.
- η263Ἡλωκότοςhaving been caught, having been convicted… (Both are evidently quoted from somewhere, the latter perhaps from Hyperides, Against Philippides 12; cf. eta 261.) The perfect active forms have passive sense, contrary to eta 261.
- ι648ἸσοδαίτηςIsodaitesMentioned by Hyperides (fr. 177 Jensen) and taken up by Harpokration (and Photius) s.v. The headword is also found as an epithet (meaning Equally-Dividing) of other deities: see LSJ s.v.
- αι47ΑἰγιλίαAigilia, Aegilia… entry in Harpokration, which starts from the demotic Aigilieus (in Hyperides fr. 222 Jensen) and explains that it pertains to the deme Aigilia. "Aigialeus", here, is an irrelevance (cf. alphaiota 38).
- δ1475Δωροξενίαbribery by a foreignerMuch abbreviated from Harpokration s.v., where oratory (Lysias, Hyperides) and ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 59.3, are cited. [1] i.e., improperly enrolled as an Athenian citizen.
- α1037ἌκτιαAktia, Actia… Harpokration s.v., an entry generated in the first instance by Hyperides fr. 155 Jensen (contextless); hence it can presumably be inferred that Athens had one. The Callimachus reference is fr. 403 Pfeiffer.
- ε3385ΕὔβουλοςEuboulos, Eubulus… the entry in Harpokration s.v., commenting on E's mention in Hyperides (speech XXIII and fr.48 Jensen), Demosthenes (18.21) and Theopompus (FGrH 115 F99). Eubulus (c.405-335) was "probably the most important Athenian statesman of the …
- α2704ἈντίπατροςAntipatros, Antipater… demanded the ten orators, whom the Athenians handed over: Demosthenes, Hyperides, Lykourgos, Polyeuktos, Ephialtes, Thrasyboulos, Chares, Charidemos, Diotimos, Patrokles, Kassandros.
- κ1270ΚεκροπίςKekropis, Cecropis… Harpokration s.v., commenting on the appearance of this term in Hyperides fr.36 Jensen and citing Demosthenes 60.30 for the gloss given. On these tribes see generally OCD(4) s.v. phylai. For Kekrops cf. kappa 1269, …
- α3111Ἀπεψηφίσατοvoted off… that had been called they no longer had citizen rights. Hyperides in the [speech] Against Aristogeiton [writes]: "that in the first place more than 150,000 [slaves], the ones in the silver mines and those …
- μ689ΜεταγειτνιώνMetageitnionFrom Harpokration (and Photius) s.v., commenting on Hyperides fr. 126 Jensen (and citing Lysimachides' treatise On the months at Athens [FGrH 366 F1] for the second sentence). On the month Metageitnion (July-August) and the …
- μ906Μὴ κινεῖν κακὸν εὖ κείμενονdon't move a well-placed evil… 11.44 and other paroemiographers; and cf. Plato, Philebus 15C (and Hyperides fr. 30 Jensen). "Let sleeping dogs lie." See also mu 905.
- ε3476ΕὔηνοςEuenos, EuenusAbridged from Harpokration s.v., commenting on Hyperides fr. 58 Jensen. "Euenus, of Paros (5th cent. BC), rhetorician and sophist, wrote some elegiac and other verse, of which fragments survive; to be distinguished from two …