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Ἀηνόβαρβος
Ahenobarbus
… in the Ambrosian Lexicon. The Greek here (examples in Appian,
Plutarch,
Strabo and Cassius Dio) transliterates the Latin Ahenobarbus, the cognomen of one branch of the plebeian-noble Roman family of the Domitii. (For six …
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691
Ἀΐσσουσιν
they dart
… is also attested at Diodorus Siculus 32.9a.2; Livy, epitome 49;
Plutarch,
Moralia 200A; 804f-805A; and cf. kappa 1113.
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737
Ἄθηρον
beast-less, game-less
… is used of particular places or terrains by (e.g.) Herodotus,
Plutarch
and Aelian.
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chronology
chronology
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15
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15
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12
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12
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11
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10
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10
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10
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10
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9
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8
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845
Ἀκέσιμον
concerned with healing
… from somewhere -- is rare, but is used by e.g.
Plutarch,
Moralia 956F (neuter plural, of healing waters). cf. generally alpha 847, alpha 850, alpha 854, alpha 856.
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925
Ἀκοντί
involuntarily
… common. The headword itself, in fact, is not attested until
Plutarch
(Life of Fabius Maximus 5.2.) and remains very rare thereafter.
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942
Ἀκουσίλαος
Akousilaos, Akusilaos, Acusilaus
… as of age: witness the remark attributed to Sophocles in
Plutarch,
Nikias 15.)
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945
Ἄκουφις
Akouphis, Acuphis
… the Great, 326 BCE, mentioned by Arrian (Anabasis 5.1-2) and
Plutarch
(Life of Alexander 58). Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon.
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1026
Ἄκρων
Akron, Acron
According to
Plutarch
(On Isis and Osiris 383C-D), Akron stopped the plague at Athens in 430 BCE by setting a great fire to purify the air. The same accomplishment is elsewhere attributed to Hippocrates. …
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1204
Ἁλιάδας
fishing-boats
… mean a fishing-boat). Evidently quoted from somewhere; the possibilities include
Plutarch
(Timoleon 19.6, Antony 29.6) and Josephus.
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1208
Ἀλλίας
Allias, Allia
… a personal name; rather, presumably, the Greek version (also in
Plutarch)
of the R. Allia near Rome, where in 390 BCE the invading Gauls won a battle before taking the city.
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1214
Ἁλιγενής
sea-spawned
… the Ambrosian Lexicon. The headword is an epithet of Aphrodite.
(Plutarch,
Moralia 685E says that poets called her this).
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1280
Ἀλκιβιάδης
Alcibiades, Alkibiades
… tau 661. [7] lambda 852. [8] For Alkibiades' end cf.
Plutarch,
Alcibiades 38-39. The Suda's version of this dream is an abbreviated version of what we are told in Plut. Alc. 39: e)do/kei perikei=sqai …
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1308
Ἀλογία
disregard
… 7.208-209.1 (abridged). For the Spartans and their hair cf. e.g.
Plutarch,
Life of Lycurgus 22.1.
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1352
Ἀλλ' οὐ διὰ τὴν ἐν τῷ ποδὶ πρὸς τὴν λύραν ἀμετρίαν τρίαν
but not through the disproportion in the foot for the lyre
… borne out by inclusion in the paroemiographic collections, but see
Plutarch,
Moralia 439C and 534C.
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1510
Ἅμματα
[Kasiotic] knots
… applies to alpha 1459. [2] This doesn't make sense. In
[Plutarch],
On the proverbs of the Alexandrians, there is an entry (fr.48) for *kasiwtiko\n a)/mma "Kasiotic knot" with similar information on using knots to …
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1558
Ἀμετάπτωτον
unchanging
… unchanging (and not as a metaphor) are the Stoics (see
Plutarch,
On common conceptions 1085 A-B; Stobaeus, Eclogae 2.73.16 Wachsmuth).]
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1690
Ἀμφάρης
Amphares
… BCE; an enemy of the reforming King Agis IV. See
Plutarch,
Life of Agis 18-21.
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1864
Ἀναδύντος
withdrawing
… genitive singular, of alpha 1863, evidently extracted from somewhere (perhaps
Plutarch,
Lysander 26.4, of a nervous actor: a)podeilia/santos kai\ a)nadu/ntos).
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1911
Ἀνακῶς
cautiously
… the word's supposed etymological connection -- for which see e.g.
Plutarch,
Theseus 33 -- to a)/nac ('king', 'lord'). See LSJ (web address 1 below). [3] Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini …
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2016
Ἀναπιδύει τὸ ὕδωρ
the water springs up
… it is unidentifiable, but parallels are common enough; see e.g.
Plutarch,
Aemilius Paullus 14, and generally LSJ s.v.
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2066
Ἀνάσιλλος
with hair brushed up from the forehead
… in Photius. See again alpha 2117. For anasillos see e.g.
Plutarch,
Crassus 24 (where the style is associated with Parthians and Skythians).
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2082
Ἀνάστατοι
anastatoi
… (It is even worse at chi 121, q.v.) [3] cf.
Plutarch,
Moralia 349F. [4] What now follows has already appeared, more briefly, at alpha 1781. [5] cf. phi 507. [6] Euripides fr. 350; cf. …
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2148
Ἀνδοκίδης
Andocides, Andokides
… and b have other versions of what Hellanicus said, from
Plutarch's
Alcibiades and the Life of Andocides attributed to him.] For Nausicaa see nu 70.
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2169
Ἀνδριάντα γαργαλίζειν
to tickle a statue
Registered in the form 'you are tickling ...' by
Plutarch,
Ekloge peri ton adunaton line 45, and Apostolius 2.84. For tickling cf. gamma 62, gamma 63, gamma 267.
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2234
Ἀνεκάς
upwards
Similar material in Photius and elsewhere; see also
Plutarch,
Theseus 33. [1] alpha 2231. [2] Eupolis fr. 50 Kock, now 57 K.-A. [3] Crates fr.10 Kock, now 12 K.-A.
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2240
Ἀνεκρούετο
was being checked
… middle/passive, of a)nakrou/w) must be quoted from somewhere. See e.g.
Plutarch,
Caesar 42.1.
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2309
Ἀνερρίπιζεν
was fanning up, was rekindling
… of a)narripi/zw) must be quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities include
Plutarch
and Nonnus. cf. delta 1012.
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2310
Ἀνέρριπτον
I was tossing in the air, they were tossing in the air
… the Rubicon and invade the Roman homeland, as reported in
Plutarch's
life (Caesar 32), probably from the lost eye-witness account of Asinius Pollio. See epsilon 3013, kappa 2591, kappa 2601. [3] Aristophanes, fr.929 PCG …
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2371
Ἀνεῖλεν
prophesied, took up, took away, killed
… estate is not found in Herodotus, but comes probably from
Plutarch,
Themistocles 2. [4] Ephorus FGrH 70 F150 (quoted in Strabo 8.6.14) and Pausanias 2.33.2. The text there has Kalaureian for Kalabrian. See web …
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2490
Ἀνθεμόκριτος
Anthemokritos, Anthemocritus
… to the statue of Anthemocritus". For this episode see principally
Plutarch,
Perikles 30. Following the lead of the ancient sources, most modern scholars date it to the 430s BCE, in the prelude to the …
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