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88 entries for
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ε
2301
Ἐπιδοκιμάζω
I make trial of [someone or something on behalf of someone else]
… here, it is attested only once, in a quotation from
Isocrates
2 (To Nicocles) 28 in the Anthology of Joannes Stobaeus, with the present participle e)pidokima/zontas. The transmitted text of
Isocrates,
however, has there …
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3764
Ἀργέου υἱός
Argeas' son
… "Many other sins were committed by Theramenes, the teacher of
Isocrates,
but the two greatest and most abominable ones [were] the arrest of the generals [who had been in command] at Argennousê, which he …
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α
4264
Ἀστυδάμας
Astydamas, Astudamas
… tragedies and won with 15. He was a pupil of
Isocrates
and turned to tragedy.
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poetry
poetry
4
4
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3
athletics
3
botany
3
botany
3
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3
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3
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3
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3
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3
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3
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2
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2
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2
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2
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2
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2
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2
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2
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
Ryan Stone
1
Stefano Sanfilippo
1
Stefano Sanfilippo
1
Wm. Blake Tyrrell
1
Wm. Blake Tyrrell
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δ
234
Δεξιός
clever
… himself to the situation. This Theramenes was a teacher of
Isocrates;
[he was the] son of Hagnon, of the deme of Steiria. He committed many crimes, but two are the greatest and most shocking: …
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3930
Ἔφιππος
Ephippos, Ephippus; Ephoros, Ephorus
… son of Demophilos, though some [say] of Antiochos; pupil of
Isocrates
the orator; historian. He had a son, Demophilos the historian. He was [born] during the 93rd Olympiad, thus also before the reign of …
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χ
296
Χιάζειν
to play the Chian
… poetry] with exharmonic colors [or: to the chromatic scale]; as
Isocrates
in the Against Eidothea; as in Aristophanes of an established [scale]: "one of them offers to act the altar-ambusher, by showing that he …
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139
Ἄγαμαι
I admire, I marvel at, I am amazed at
… web address 1. [1] Quotation unidentifiable. [2] An approximation of
Isocrates
4.84 (web address 2). [3] "You", in the accusative singular.
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α
150
Ἀγαπᾶν
to love, to receive favorably, to be content with.
… There are classical Attic instances in Plato (Meno 75C) and
Isocrates
(Letters 6.6); and see generally LSJ s.v. a)gapa/w, III.1.
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α
766
Ἀθυμότερος
more dejected, rather dejected
… quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities include Xenophon (Anabasis 1.4.9) and
Isocrates
(Letters 4.8).
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α
1461
Ἀμάδοκος
Amadokos, Amadocus
Abridged from the equivalent entry in Harpokration, which cites
Isocrates
(5.6) and Theopompus (FGrH 115 F101) for this; cf. kappa 1421.
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α
1924
Ἄνακτες
lords
From Harpokration s.v., commenting in the first instance on
Isocrates
9.72. [1] Aristotle fr. 526 Rose. [2] cf. generally alpha 1923 (and see also alpha 1897). [3] This abstract noun is here in the …
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α
2275
Ἀνεξάλειπτος
indelible
The headword adjective is first attested in
Isocrates
5.71. See also alpha 2034, tau 882.
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α
3007
Ἀπεληλαμένος
having been expelled
… singular, is not simply generic, it might be quoted from
Isocrates
15.50.
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α
3219
Ἀπιστεῖν
to distrust, to disobey
… Harpokration s.v. [1] Harpok. cites Antiphon (fr. 22 Sauppe) and
Isocrates
(Epistle 2.12) for this. [2] Harpok. cites Demosthenes (9.38) 'and many others' for this. [3] Plato, Apology 26E, where a)/pistos seems to mean …
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α
3394
Ἀπόλιδας
citiless, polis-less
… so evidently quoted from somewhere; the possibilities include Lysias (20.35),
Isocrates
(8.44) and Xenophon (Hellenica 6.3.1). See also alpha 3395.
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α
3417
Ἀπολλωνιάτης
Apolloniate, citizen of Apollonia
For the unglossed primary headword cf. under theta 138
(Isocrates
of Apollonia). The secondary one is unattested outside lexicography.
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α
3483
Ἀποπομπαῖος
evil-dismissing
… LXX and elsewhere. [2] Abridged from Harpocration s.v. a)popompa/s (in
Isocrates
5.117).
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α
3549
Ἀποσταίην
I might keep aloof, I might rebel, I might revolt
… somewhere. There are possibilities in several genres, the likeliest perhaps
Isocrates
8.15 (a passage quoted by Dionysius of Halicarnassus in his treatise on that author); but see also e.g. Antiphanes fr. 76 Kock, now …
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α
3801
Ἀργυρώνη
Argyrone
… follows -- for the adjective in this sense see e.g.
Isocrates
14.18 -- it is perhaps the name of a female slave.
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α
4322
Ἀταρνεύς
Atarneus
… from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v., responding to its mention in
Isocrates
4.144 and Herodotus 6.28.2. [2] i.e. a citizen of Atarneus. So e.g. in the epigram of Callimachus quoted by Diogenes Laertius 1.80.
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α
4446
Αὖλος Ποστόμιος
Aulus Postumius
… garrulity to be a feminine trait (31.26.10), describes the grammarian
Isocrates
with the same words (32.2.5). [4] Polybius identifies in a corrupted line Markos Porki[os Kat]on as the offended party (39.15-7): Marcus Porcius Cato …
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αι
293
Αἱρετώτερον
preferable, more choiceworthy
… is neuter), but there are many other possibilities, from Xenophon,
Isocrates
and Demosthenes onwards. [1] Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 220.14-20 and 219.10-11; cf. generally alphaiota 291.
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β
375
Βομβυλιός
bumblebee, buzzing-insect
… Again beta 376. [3] From Harpokration (and Photius) s.v., where
Isocrates
10.12 is cited.
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γ
356
Γνωσιμαχῆσαι
to challenge one's own opinion [on]
… centuries BCE with the meaning given here (Herodotus, Euripides, Aristophanes,
Isocrates)
but took on in parallel, during the Christian era, a precisely opposite one: to stick argumentatively to one's own opinion. See in brief …
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δ
169
Δεῆσαν
there being a lack
… neuter nominative/accusative singular, of dei= (delta 166) -- see e.g.
Isocrates
12.180.
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δ
174
Δεκάζεσθαι
to be bribed in tens
… Hercher). [3] The source now becomes Harpokration s.v., commenting on
Isocrates
8.50 (web address 1). [4] Harpokration ascribes this explanation to the learned hellenistic scholar Eratosthenes. (Harvey [76-118 at 88-89] briefly discusses it.) See …
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δ
191
Δεκελεικός
Dekeleian, Decelean
… troops. A likely source for the phrase "Dekeleian War" is
Isocrates
8.29.
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δ
330
Δεῖν ᾠήθην
I deemed it necessary
… phrase, though the finite verb regularly comes first. See e.g.
Isocrates
1.44, 2.42; Demosthenes 29.11; Plato, Apology 38E, Euthydemus 295D. Adler reports that, in one manuscript, part of this entry erroneously reappears in the …
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δ
449
Δημόκοινον
public-common
… an entry prompted by the mention of this functionary in
Isocrates
17.15. For discussion of, and bibliography on, public torture in Athens see Konstantinos Kapparis, Apollodoros 'Against Neaira' [D. 59] (Berlin and New York …
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δ
820
Διαφέρω
I differ
… For this glossing verb cf. delta 619, delta 620. [2]
Isocrates
8.54. [3] Demosthenes 18.31. [4] Dionysius Thrax, Greek Grammar 1.1.
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