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definition209
dialects, grammar, and etymology185
epic69
poetry62
ethics60
religion60
daily life59
geography54
biography46
historiography45
zoology45
imagery43

32 more

comedy41
history40
military affairs39
medicine31
mythology29
philosophy29
science and technology29
rhetoric27
food26
trade and manufacture23
gender and sexuality19
women15
economics14

Letter

Α alpha69
Ε epsilon56
Χ chi46
Δ delta40
ΑΙ alphaiota14
Β beta14

Vetting status

high239

Length

Short207
Medium28
Long4

Translator

Jennifer Benedict81
William Hutton32
Catharine Roth28
Antonella Ippolito23
Anne Mahoney11
Robert Dyer11

19 more

Stefano Sanfilippo11
David Whitehead9
Gregory Hays5
Marcelo Boeri4
Craig Gibson3
Marta Steele3

239 entries for Magnes

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α3167Ἀπήνηmule-cart… sacrifice which followed Aemilia, the wife of Scipio, in her magnificent processions."Matched in translationhighshort
α3235Ἁπλότηςsimplicity… between the ancient evils and the new, and not in magnitude only of greater and lesser, but also in quality of kinds.Matched in translationhighmedium
α3361Ἀποκναίεινto wear out… man -- I mean Herakles of course -- with the magnitude of the virtue [of Herakleios] by putting him in second place, if we leave them side by side." Theophylactus Simocatta [sc. writes this]. …Matched in translationhighmedium

α3167

Ἀπήνη

mule-cart

"For besides the ornaments around the body and the mule-cart, all silver and gold were the baskets and the cups and the other vessels for sacrifice which followed Aemilia, the wife of Scipio, in her magnificent…

Ἀπήνη· χωρὶς γὰρ τοῦ περὶ τὸ σῶμα καὶ τὴν ἀπήνην κόσμου καὶ τὰ κανᾶ καὶ τὰ ποτήρια καὶ τἄλλα τὰ πρὸς θυσίαν ἀργυρᾶ πάντα καὶ χρυσᾶ συνεξηκολούθει κατὰ τὰς ἐπιφανεῖς ἐξόδους…

meter and music13

meter and music13

Ross Scaife ✝

Ross Scaife ✝

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3

Ioannis Doukas2

Ioannis Doukas2

Nathan Greenberg ✝2

Nathan Greenberg ✝2

Oliver Phillips ✝2

Oliver Phillips ✝2

Alan Sommerstein1

Alan Sommerstein1

Carl Widstrand1

Carl Widstrand1

Elizabeth Vandiver1

Elizabeth Vandiver1

James Vradelis1

James Vradelis1

Nicholas Wilshere1

Nicholas Wilshere1

Patrick T. Rourke1

Patrick T. Rourke1

α3741Ἄρασθαιto lift up, to raise up… to take, to pack away. By as much as the magnitude of the succession was increased in argument, by so much rather this man reduced it by persuasion, since it was at any rate …

Matched in translationhighmedium

α3830Ἀρετήarete, excellence, virtue… addition to these, there are other virtues subordinated to them: magnanimity, continence, endurance, insight, soundness of judgment. It occurs analogously in the case of vices. And the one who is virtuous must have both …Matched in translationhighlong

α4450ΑὐξέντιοςAuxentios, Auxentius… water fountain and on it a statue of Dionysos; a magnificent vine grew all around it and made the whole place pleasantly shady and sheltered. Here Licinius arrived on the pretext of resting, with …Matched in translationhighmedium

αι198ΑἰμιλίαAemilia, Aimilia… the women's processions with a show of pomp that was magnificent, since she reached her peak at the same time that the career and the fortune of Scipio did; for apart from the adorment …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε1348ἜννιοςEnnius, Ennios… the great intelligence of the poet and the worth and magnificence of his meters; and the Messapian poet knew well that Homer was powerful enough to commend and to raise and exalt the glory …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε1706Ἐξειστήκειhad altered… complexion had altered, to [that of someone] afraid of the magnitude of the army and the brilliance of their weapons."Matched in translationhighshort

α9Ἀάσχετοςirresistible… to gloss the neuter form of the headword at Etymologicum Magnum 1.32.Matched in noteshighshort

α11Ἀβάκησανthey kept quiet… to this entry are Photius, Lexicon alpha22 Theodoridis, and Etymologicum Magnum 2.30-31. Compare also Apollonius Sophistes, Homeric Lexicon 2.16; Hesychius alpha54. The glosses offered here and elsewhere probably represent semantic extrapolation from the Homeric …Matched in noteshighshort

α19ἈβαρνίςAbarnis… Rhodius, Argonautica 1.932 (repeated in more legible form in Etymologicum Magnum 2.11-28) provides an etymological explanation of the origin of the name in Aphrodite's refusal (a)parnh/sasqai) to recognize her offspring Priapos, who was born …Matched in noteshighshort

α26ἌβδηραAbdera… 'the sea' is unintelligible. [2] Similarly glossed in the Etymologicum Magnum and the Lexicon Ambrosianum. An "Abderite" could also signify someone generically stupid: see LSJ s.v. *)abdhri/ths (web address 1 below). [3] These six …Matched in noteshighshort

α54Ἀβλεμέωςfecklessly, heedlessly… Kaibel); it refers there to intemperate drinking. See also Etymologicum Magnum 3.24 and other lexica.Matched in noteshighshort

α69ἈβραάμAbraham… 94, notes 1 and 14. [7] The Suda underscores the magnitude of the honor with a hyperbolic kat' before e)cai/reton. [8] The statement, rooted in a paternalistic-filial model that originates in Abraham and culminates …Matched in noteshighlong

α104Ἄβυσσονabyss… frequently, it has the sense "brood over." [3] cf. Etymologicum Magnum 4.44. These are principal parts of the verb bu/w, which means "to stuff," followed by buso/s, which does not exist according to LSJ. …Matched in noteshighmedium

α164Ἄγγαροςangaros, courier… alpha 162, alpha 163, and alpha 165. [1] cf. Etymologicum Magnum 7.24. [2] Nicolaus of Damascus FGrH 90 F4 (vol. IIA p. 333), with an explanatory gloss drawn from the context of the quotation; …Matched in noteshighshort

α172Ἀγάστορεςwomb-mates… occur in Lycophron, Alexandra 264 (genitive plural). [2] cf. Etymologicum Magnum 6.20.Matched in noteshighshort

α176ἌγαυροςwastrelSimilar entries in Hesychius and, especially, Etymologicum Magnum 6.30-34 -- though there the headword is oxytone a)gauro/s. LSJ too (web address 1 below) gives it thus, and understands it as gau=ros [gamma 77, gamma …Matched in noteshighshort

α187Ἀγελαῖοςordinary… previous sentence are paralleled in Etymologicum Gudianum 4.3 and Etymologicum Magnum 7.41. [3] cf. alpha 189. [4] The reference is probably to Herodotus 2.93.1, where both i)xqu/es a)gelai=oi and the adverb a)gelhdo/n (alpha 191) …Matched in noteshighshort

α190ἈγελείηAgeleie, Booty-driverSee already alpha 185. [1] Similarly glossed in the Etymologicum Magnum (where the same etymology is found) and Hesychius. [2] This epic epithet is confined to Athena. The etymology "leader of the host" is …Matched in noteshighshort

α202Ἀγερωχίαhaughtiness, manliness, nobility… unidentifiable. [3] Either way, an etymological gloss (paralleled in Etymologicum Magnum 7.47) on the adjective cognate with the headword; it assumes a link with the adverb a)/gan. [4] Same or similar glossing in other …Matched in noteshighshort

α213Ἀγηγέρατοthey had gathered… of mss GI. [1] This morphological Odyssey (paralleled in Etymologicum Magnum 9.12) brings us back around to the form of the verb that stands as the headword for the entry.Matched in noteshighshort

α223Ἀγήνωρmanly, heroic… OCD(4) s.v. (p.38), and under alpha 222). [3] = Etymologicum Magnum 9.43.Matched in noteshighshort

α224Ἀγηοχώςhaving brought… quoted from 3 Maccabees 5.45 LXX (a)geioxw/s there). [2] Etymologicum Magnum 9.28, cf. Herodian *parekbolai\ tou= mega/lou r(h/matos 13.14 (also Choeroboscus and other lexica). Most of these perfect forms are attested, but apparently not …Matched in noteshighshort

α446Ἀδέψητονuntanned, undressedEtymologicum Magnum 16.35 has a longer version of the same entry; Apollonius (Homeric Lexicon) and Hesychius the same headword but with different glossing. The headword itself, neuter nominative/accusative singular of this adjective, is doubtless …Matched in noteshighshort

α522Ἀδρανίαpowerless… from somewhere; there are numerous possibilities. [2] Same in Etymologicum Magnum 18.51 and elsewhere. [3] Greek Anthology 6.29.2 (Julian, prefect of Egypt). See another excerpt from this epigram at alpha 1235. [4] Greek Anthology …Matched in noteshighshort

α549Ἀελπτέοντεςhaving no hopeDenominative verb from a)/elptos; occurs only in the participle. [1] Same glossing in Hesychius and Etym.Magn. 20.23. Latte in his Hesychius edition regards the participle as coming from the source that the Suda goes …Matched in noteshighshort

α607ἈείalwaysSee also alpha 606. [1] Etym. Magn. 31.24 says 12. [2] Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 1.8.1 -- but referring to his teacher Apollonius of Chalcedon, not to the one from Tyana (alpha 3420). [3] Sophocles …Matched in noteshighshort

α639Ἀείρωνunspoken… should in fact be neuter. Hesychius (alpha1311) and the Etymologicum Magnum (21.43) gloss a)/eiron (or a)/iron) with a)/rrhton as well as a)qw/peuton: this would suggest derivation from the root *wer- as in e)rw=. See …Matched in noteshighshort

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