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α3239ἉπλῶςsimplyLikewise in ps.-Zonaras. [1] Polybius 36.7.1-2 (preserved only here); again at omicron 730. [2] So already alpha 3238. [3] Polybius fr. 15 Büttner-Wobst; again at alpha 4661.Matched in noteshighshort
α3357Ἀπόκλητοιselect-men, apokletoi, apocleti… by the oblique cases in the two quotations given. [1] Polybius 4.5.9-10 (here abridged). [2] Polybius 20.1.1 (cf. Livy 35.45.9-46.1). These two quotations in the Suda comprise the whole of the passage. In the …Matched in noteshighshort
α3465Ἀποξυστροῦνταιthey are bent awry… headword verb is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Polybius 2.33.3. The note on this in F.W. Walbank, A Historical Commentary on Polybius, i (Oxford 1957) 209 adds, to necessary reference material on …Matched in noteshigh

α3239

Ἁπλῶς

simply

[Meaning] from necessity; or as at first, and not in another respect. "They simply had no conception of the things to come; but regarding the very appearance of the ambassadors as ominous they fell into all kinds of…

Ἁπλῶς· ἐξ ἀνάγκης· ἢ ὡς πρῶτον καὶ μὴ κατ' ἄλλο. ἁπλῶς δὲ οὐδὲν εἶδος τῶν μελλόντων ἔγνωσαν· ἐξ αὐτῆς δὲ τῆς ἐμφάσεως τῶν πρέσβεων ὀττευόμενοι εἰς παντοδαπὰς οἰμωγὰς ἐνέπιπτον.…

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Alexandra Trachsel3

Oliver Phillips ✝3

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Andrea Consogno2

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Carl Widstrand2

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D. Graham J. Shipley2

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Ioannis Doukas2

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Alexander Tulin1

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Konstantinos Kopanias1

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Nicholas Wilshere1

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Richard Rodriguez1

Valentini Kalfadopoulou Mellas1

Valentini Kalfadopoulou Mellas1

Wm. Blake Tyrrell1

Wm. Blake Tyrrell1

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β121Βάροςweight, influence, gravitas, dignity… the kind found in music in the Dorian mode". [2] Polybius fr. 25 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst follows (p. 517) Dindorf in opting for the alternative spelling filo/nikon instead of the Suda's filo/neikon. [3] Polybius 30.10.4. …Matched in noteshighmedium

β131Βαρυνόμενοςweighed-down… middle/passive participle, is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Polybius 23.12.1, on the last days of Philopoimen (phi 409), which entailed a hurried journey from Argos [Myth, Place] to Megalopolis - see delta …Matched in noteshighshort

δ987Διεψευσμένοιdeceived… is perfect passive participle, masculine nominative plural, of diayeu/dw. [2] Polybius fr. 30 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst inserted (p. 518) oi( *ai)twloi/ (the Aetolians), into the fragment, which Adler here transmits. [3] Polybius 3.16.5; cf. kappa …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1565Δυεῖνtwo… du/o, instead of duoi=n (for which see delta 1584). [1] Polybius fr. 32 Büttner-Wobst. [2] Polybius fr. 33 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (p. 518) that Dindorf, followed by Schweighäuser, rejected this fragment.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1069Ἔμφασινimpression… but not necessarily from the first quotation given here. [2] Polybius 5.110.6 (the first part of it paraphrased), on Philip V of Macedon in 217/16. [3] Polybius 12.13.2; cf. delta 472, epsilon 1070.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1519Ἐξ ἀκεραίουvoluntarily… s.v. a)ke/raios notes other meanings of the headword phrase, in Polybius (who was particularly fond of it: cf. alpha 836, epsilon 1520, sigma 316) and elsewhere. [1] For these glosses cf. generally epsilon 3577. …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2903Ἐργαστήριονworkshop[1] No equivalent glossing in other lexica. [3] Polybius 10.20.7. The phrase invoked comes from Xenophon, Agesilaus 1.26 (web address 1 -- itself an echo of Hellenica 3.4.17), and it became quasi-proverbial; besides Polybius, …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3960Ἐφ'on condition that… s.v. e)pi/ B.II.3.; see also epsilon 3958, epsilon 3962. [1] Polybius 9.27.11 (web address 1), on events after the fall of Agrigentum to the Romans in 210 BCE. Here M. Valerius Laevinus, one of …Matched in noteshighshort

κ894Καταινέσαντοςhaving approved… follows. [2] Quotation unidentifiable; Jonathan Toup (1713-1785) attributed it to Polybius. [3] Polybius fr. 6 B-W; cf. alpha 1312. [4] Present participle (masculine nominative plural) of the headword verb; attested only here. [5] Sophocles, …Matched in noteshighshort

χ246Χειρισμόνhandling… accusative case, presumably extracted from the first quotation given. [1] Polybius 10.44.9. [2] Quotation unidentifiable; Adler suggests Polybius again; cf. in any event upsilon 269.Matched in noteshighshort

α4446Αὖλος ΠοστόμιοςAulus PostumiusFrom Polybius 39.1. On this individual see generally OCD(4) p.1198 (by John Briscoe), and further bibliography at the end of the individual notes below. [1] Aulus Postumius Albinus, son of Aulus, grandson of Aulus, …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1640Δυσθετήσαςdissatisfied… forms in all periods (mainly in historians such as Xenophon, Polybius, and Diodorus Siculus; it is rare in other writers). There is little substantive difference between its active and middle voices, both illustrated here. …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1572Ἐξαυτῆςat once… occurs. (For the difference see LSJ ss.vv.) In the two Polybius fragments the present headword becomes the two-word phrase e)c au)th=s. [2] Polybius fr. 138 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (532) that Ursinus (Fulvio Orsini, 1529-1600) …Matched in noteshighshort

α321Ἀγωγήdeportment, carriage, upbringing… (423.20-424.2); it continues the material begun under alpha 320. [3] Polybius 1.32.1 (abridged). On the public educational/disciplinary regime in Sparta, to which the term agoge came especially to apply, see generally OCD(4) s.v. (p.40).Matched in noteshighshort

α1015Ἀκρόπολιςacropolis… Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 302 Zintzen (308 Asmus), citing Polybius fr. 4.Matched in noteshighshort

α1056Ἀλαζονείαboastfulness… gloss, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (1347). [2] Polybius 11.8.4; more fully at zeta 58. [3] Oikoumenios (PG 118, 343d) on Ep.Romans 1.30; and see note at phi 508. (For a)lazo/nes, cf. …Matched in noteshighshort

α1277Ἀλκήmight… (in Nicolaus of Damascus FGrH 90 F33), on Zeus. [3] Polybius fr. 5 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (p. 514) that this fragment is in fact Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 5.5.1; cf. de Boor (196) and Whitby …Matched in noteshighshort

α1309Ἀλογίαconfusion, irrationality, speechlessness… For this noun see also alpha 1308, alpha 1310. [1] Polybius 36.7.3-5 (preserved only here in the Suda). [2] See alpha 1312.Matched in noteshighshort

α2008Ἀναπείραιςwith exercises… the quotation given, is dative plural of alpha 2006. [1] Polybius 10.20.6, on P. Cornelius Scipio Africanus in Spain.Matched in noteshighshort

α2080Ἀνάστασιςdestruction… the source appears, rather, to be Appian (Punica 106). For Polybius (36.16) see mu 245, and the next note. [3] As the mu 244 entry (where this sentence reappears) shows, this is a textually …Matched in noteshighshort

α2241Ἀνεκτάtolerable, sustainable… of Italy (493-526), see theta 296 and theta 297. [2] Polybius fr. 8 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (p. 514) that Dindorf, following Bernhardy, suggested emending the logically awkward fragment by eliminating the second ou)/te: hence …Matched in noteshighshort

α2297Ἀνεπισήμαντονuncommemorated… the quotation given, is accusative singular of this adjective. [1] Polybius 11.2.1 (recast). On Hasbrubal, younger brother of Hannibal (d. 207 BCE), see OCD(4) p.647, s.v. 'Hasdrubal(2)'.Matched in noteshighshort

α2298Ἀνεπισταθμεύτουςbilleting-exempt… masculine accusative plural, is extracted from the quotation given. [1] Polybius 15.24.3, with the name "Philip" [= Philip V of Macedon, on whom see generally OCD(4) p.1129] added here for clarity. There is a …Matched in noteshighshort

α2422Ἀνήνυτονendless… quotation given here, but there are numerous other possibilities. [1] Polybius 9.24.4. [2] Quotation not identified but Adler, but Favuzzi [cited under alpha 1518] 56-57 plausibly argues that it is a close approximation of …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2529Ἀνθρωπίωςin a human way, like a human being… [1] Aristophanes, Frogs 1058 (web address 1), with scholion. [2] Polybius 18.33.4.Matched in noteshighshort

α2719Ἀντιποιηθένταhaving been contentious… at once accord you a favor which you desire." [3] Polybius 2.47.5-6 (web address 1), abridged and modified -- the latter accidentally, it would seem: the original has e.g. "friendly or hostile" for the …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2821Ἀξιουμένουexpecting… given. [1] Cassius Dio 8.36.9; cf. under alpha 870. [2] Polybius 13.9.4. 'The king' in this episode is Antiochus III, encountering (in 205 BCE) the Gerraeans of the Persian Gulf.Matched in noteshighshort

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