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- γ127Γενναιότατοςnoblest… of gennai=os) is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 81 Habrich (a woman is speaking).
- α968Ἀκράτωρlacking self-control… in Rheinisches Museum 45.283 speculated that the quotation was from Iamblichus' Babyloniaca [on which see generally OCD(4) p.721, s.v. Iamblichus(1)], as fr. 63. The Teubner editor E. Habrich cautiously included it; Stephens and Winkler …
- α3041Ἀπερίβλεπτονlimitless, incomprehensible… somewhere -- perhaps from its only extant appearance outside lexicography: Iamblichus, Life of Pythagoras 29.162.
- κ2678Κυματωγήbeach, seashore… see under phi 122. [2] Tentatively ascribed by Adler to Iamblichus; now Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 28 Habrich.
- α419Ἄγχωνsqueezing… is present participle, masculine nominative singular, of alpha 417. [1] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca [see generally iota 26] fr.79 Habrich.
- β393Βορβορυγμόςbelching… writers. See also beta 394. [1] Likewise in ps.-Zonaras. [2] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr.51 Habrich (of a camel); cf. kappa 1282.
- α4038Ἀρτίδιονmini-loaf… slaves. [3] Adler speculates that is was a fragment from Iamblichus, Babyloniaca, but the Teubner editor E. Habrich expresses doubt (at fr. 108).
- δ1014Διῄρειwas dividing [something]… third person singular, imperfect active, of the verb diaire/w. [1] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 103 Habrich.
- δ289Δεύσαςhaving steeped… [1] Aelian fr. 275 Domingo-Forasté (277 Hercher) -- but latterly Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr.73 Habrich.
- ε2202Ἐπῆρεςoutfitted… is neuter nominative/accusative singular of the adjective e)ph/rhs. [1] Perhaps Iamblichus, Adler suggested; now recognised as his Babyloniaca fr. 122 Habrich.
- η88Ἤδηby this time… [writes]: "you might shun the wicked by this time". And Iamblichus [writes]: "for already I pity you, because I am unlucky in the same things as you". Meaning near the present [time]. And elsewhere: …
- α3179Ἀπηρκότοςhaving departed… from the quotation given. (There are no other attestations.) [1] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 78 (ed. Habrich). See again at sigma 463 and sigma 789.
- κ2740Κυπτάζεινto lurk… Photius, Lexicon kappa1230 Theodoridis. [2] Attributed by Adler to either Iamblichus or Aelian; now Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 115 Habrich. [3] Aristophanes, Clouds 509 (web address 1).
- α2223Ἀνέδουνthey were tying up… quotation given. For this verb see already alpha 2221. [1] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 42 Habrich; again (but with "him" for "them" and "soldiers" for "islanders") at tau 210.
- α4670Ἀχανὲς πέλαγοςyawning sea… her predecessors, Bernhardy, with pi 1255, and attributes it to Iamblichus. The Teubner editor E. Habrich (fr. 125) expresses doubt, and Stephens and Winkler (Berkeley and Los Angeles 1995) do not include it among …
- κ11Καγχάζειjeers, mocks… quotation to (again) Eunapius, while she herself suggested Aelian or Iamblichus. It is now Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 119 Habrich (where the reading a)neka/gxasen, from ms.I, is adopted).
- α2087Ἀνάστρῳstarless… probably (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given. [1] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 12 Habrich. (This poetic statement is a faint echo of Homer, Iliad 18.61.)
- κ1741ΚλεψιποτῶI drink secretly… it is attested only here and in Pollux 6.20.7. [2] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 66 Habrich.
- ε1959Ἐπανεθήσεταιwill be remitted, will be set aside… for me it will be remitted of the taxes." [2] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 94 Habrich; cf. Bruhn [below] 281 n.1.
- κ2561Κοινῶναςparticipants… (web address 2). [3] Tentatively attributed by Adler to either Iamblichus or Aelian; now Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 7 Habrich.
- β558Βρόχοςnoose… in other lexica; and cf. more generally beta 559. [2] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 74 Habrich. [3] Aelian fr. 52h Domingo-Forasté (49 Hercher).
- δ1004Διήκειcame through, extended… extracted from the quotation given. [1] cf. delta 1005. [2] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 32 Habrich. Its model (as Adler notes) is Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 305-6 (polu\ ga\r, w)= ge/ron, to\ so\n o)/noma dih/kei …
- δ1623Δύσερωςdisastrously-loving, madly-loving… both for Aelian (fr. 215 Hercher, 216 Domingo-Forasté) and for Iamblichus (Babyloniaca fr. 58 Habrich).
- χ71Χαμαιπέτειαbeing thrown to the ground… noun expressing quality: "thrown-to-the-ground-ness". Its only other attestation is in Iamblichus, Protrepticus 116.10 (accusative case there), which has perhaps generated this Suda entry. [1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica. If xamaipeth/s is quoted …
- ε1073Ἐμφερεῖςresembling (ones)… perhaps (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given. [2] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 92 Habrich.
- ε3264Ἐταινίωσεbanded… problematic: see next note); otherwise perhaps Xenophon, Hellenica 5.1.3. [2] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 77 Habrich. Habrich prints there Bernhardy's emendation, kai\ e)taini/wse, of the transmitted compound katetaini/wse, retained by Adler (and registered by LSJ).
- δ661Διαμπερέςthrough and through… Homer, Iliad 5.284, where this neuter nominative/accusative singular occurs. [2] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 11 Habrich.
- η320Ἦ μήνindeed… (e.g.) Homer, Iliad 10.322, and on Plato Apology 22A. [2] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 33 Habrich.
- δ118Δαιμονίωςmarvelously, miraculously[1] Likewise in ps.-Zonaras. [2] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 46 Habrich (illustrating not the headword adverb but a phrase with the same sense). [3] Procopius, Secret History 12.27.3 (web address 1), on Justinian (see iota …
- δ696Διαπειρωμένηmaking trial of… headword participle is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 76 Habrich.