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534
Ἅδρησις
maturity
… makes life impossible by leading the agent towards inactivity. See
Plutarch,
Against Colotes 1108D, 1122A; Sextus Empiricus, Outlines of Pyrrhonism 1.23-24.
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537
Ἀδύνατα εἶναι
to be impossibles
… toss the die", ku/bos, as a metaphor in Polybius and
Plutarch
for taking the risk of battle or war see also alpha 2310, epsilon 3013 (Julius Caesar's 'The die is cast'), kappa 2591 and …
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α
570
Ἀετιδεῖς
eaglets
… The three extant possibilities are: Aristophanes, Birds 1356 (accusative plural);
Plutarch,
Moralia 992B (dative plural); and Procopius, On the Wars of Justinian 3.4.33 (accusative plural).
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22
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19
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17
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17
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16
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16
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15
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α
621
Ἄεικες
unalike
… Athens after his victory, c.476 BCE, at Eion (Aeschines 3.185;
Plutarch,
Kimon 7). Eion is at the mouth of the River Strymon, where it empties into the Aegean Sea from Thrace (Barrington Atlas map …
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659
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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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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α
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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α
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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α
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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α
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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α
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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α
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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α
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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α
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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α
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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α
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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α
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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α
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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