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58 entries for Synesius

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δ1183Διονυσίων σκώμματαinsults of the Dionysia… if not, its origin is unidentifiable. [1] An approximation of Synesius, Dion 1.103 (PG 66.1117c), where Socrates and Zeno are specified as the targets; cf. beta 86. [2] From delta 1168, q.v. (This sentence …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1461ΔώριοςDorian… instead of the manuscripts' tu/xhs. [3] Apostolius 3.61. [4] From Synesius, Praise of Baldness 4, PG 66.1173c; cf. lambda 638.Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1539Δρῶπαξpitch-plaster, depilatory… the headword. For such a condition cf. sigma 1109. [2] Synesius, Praise of Baldness PG 66.1188cd.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1183

Διονυσίων σκώμματα

insults of the Dionysia

"[...] once assailing and insulting [them] with the insults from the Dionysia [...]." The Dionysia was a festival. "[Someone] who looking and gazing with shifty eyes hides one thing in his mind and speaks another";…

Διονυσίων σκώμματα. ποτὲ μὲν βάλλων καὶ σκώπτων τοῖς ἐκ Διονυσίων σκώμμασιν. ἑορτὴ δὲ ἦν τὰ Διονύσια. ὃς λοξὰ βλέπων καὶ δεδορκὼς ἄλλο μὲν ἔκευθε φρεσίν, ἄλλο δὲ ἔφασκεν· οὗ ἀρᾶς…

science and technology3

science and technology3

meter and music2

meter and music2

ε121Ἐγκραγώνhaving shouted at… e)gkra/zw. It must be quoted from somewhere. Adler implicitly suggests Synesius, Letter 79 (225b), where the headword and loidorhsa/menos (not the present gloss's dia-) occur in fairly close conjunction. Another possibility, and one which …

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ε127Ἐγκρίνειreckons in… [2] Quotation (also in ps.-Zonaras) unidentifiable. (Tittman attributed it to Synesius.) The same two compound verbs are linked at epsilon 1231.Matched in noteshighshort

ε383Ἐκ γειτόνωνfrom neighbors, in the neighborhood[1] Synesius, Letters 142.278D Hercher, on one who avoids arrogance. See translation at web address 1. See generally alpha 1056 for a)lazonei/a "arrogance, boastfulness" and mu 371 for megalofrosu/nh "pride, high-mindedness." For the idiom …Matched in noteshighshort

ε857ἘλλιμενίζωI exact harbor tax… to mean 'harbor in' or 'come into harbor'; see e.g. Synesius, Epistle 148.7. (This meaning is absent from LSJ: web address 1.)Matched in noteshighshort

ε890Ἔλλογοςrational, sentient[1] Synesius, On Kingship 6 (PG 66.1061c).Matched in noteshighshort

ε946Ἔμβιονlife-giving… of Antiphon (87 F15 D-K) is quoted and glossed. [2] Synesius, Letter 146 (282D Hercher). A. Fitzgerald translates: "... [your letter] bore some vital affection of the soul which it has instilled into me …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1062Ἐμοί τε ἐπιστολαίI have letters… Toup's attribution of it to either the emperor Julian or Synesius.) [1] A byword for superior pride, Capaneus, one of mythology's Seven Against Thebes, boasted that not even Zeus could stop him scaling the …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1122Ἐναπομόργνυνταιthey are imparted… virginity 71; Porphyry, Sententiae 29.12; Proclus, Eclogae fr.3.24; Stobaeus 1.49.55; Synesius, On insomnia 7.24, 19.17.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1165Ἐνδεῖκταιcomplainants, informers… e.g. Aristotle, History of Animals 605a3; also in Galen). [2] Synesius, Letter 118.9 (256b). See translation at web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1166Ἐνδεῖκταιcomplainants, informers… tw=n kata\ th\n *)Asi/an e)ndeiktw=n ktl). [2] An approximation of Synesius, Epistles 119.12 (257a). See translation at web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1183Ἐνδόσιμονsignal, prelude… Arrian quotation (to which this comment perhaps refers). [3] cf. Synesius, Epistle 4.162a. [4] Part of a longer quotation at mu 1303.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1509Ἐξάγιστοςaccursed… [2] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr.47 Zintzen (23 Asmus). [3] Synesius, Encomium of Baldness PG 66.1204a: quoted also at theta 335 and theta 381.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1798Ἐξομόσαιτοmight deny on oath… quotation given; cf. epsilon 1792, epsilon 1797, epsilon 1840. [2] Synesius, Encomium of Baldness PG 66.1204a. For Kotys see kappa 2171.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2028Ἐπεδαψιλεύσατοlavished, was lavish… 2281. For the etymology cf. delta 104, delta 105. [1] Synesius, Epistle 72 (p. 219b Hercher), referring to Andronicus. See translation at web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2155Ἐπηβολώτατοςmost capable, most skilled… quoted from somewhere: extant possibilities include Plutarch (Aratus 10.3) and Synesius (Epistle 148).Matched in noteshighshort

ε2157Ἐπήγγελλενused to order, used to proclaim… also epsilon 1914, epsilon 1915, epsilon 1918, epsilon 2160. [1] Synesius, Dion 1 (lines 28-29). [2] Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. The word translated here as "legal action," …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2160ἘπήγγειλαI orderedSynesius, Epistle 66.37-8 (67 209a Hercher): see translation of A. Fitzgerald at web address 1. The headword, extracted from it, is first person singular, aorist active, of e)pagge/llw; cf. epsilon 1914, epsilon 1915, epsilon …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2171Ἐπηλυγάζονταιthey are being obfuscated… Aelian fr. 246 Hercher, 244a Domingo-Forasté (cf. epsilon 1137). [4] Synesius, Encomium on Baldness 21.5 (PG 66.1204b), with minor textual divergences.Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2768Ἐπιχειλέςrim-full… must be quoted from somewhere else. An extant possibility is Synesius, Dion 14.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2796Ἐπολιάρχειwas prefect of the city… Latin praefectus urbi). It must be quoted from somewhere; perhaps Synesius' Letter to Paeonius concerning the gift (of an astrolabe) 2.Matched in noteshighshort

ε3213ἙστιάδεςHestiades… awkwardly to the apparently unrelated note on the Hestiades. [3] Synesius, Dion 5.18-19 (PG 66.1128a). Read ou)d’ a)\n fai/hn.Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3371Εὐανθὴς γλῶσσαflowery tongue… used to gloss it here. Bernhardy attributed the gloss to Synesius or Damascius; Adler suggests a scholion on Gregory of Nazianzus.Matched in noteshighshort

χ165Χαίρειν εὖ πράττειν πολλὰ φρονεῖνgreetings, do/fare well, be high-minded (?)… the latter use of xai/rein cf. chi 156, chi 161. Synesius in his Epistle 140 comments on using the uncommon expression πολλὰ φρονεῖν instead of the usual xai/rein or eu) pra/ttein. A. Fitzgerald translates …Matched in noteshighshort

χ493Χρῆνit was necessary… 467 and chi 471. [2] See also epsilon 4042. [3] Synesius, Epistle 7.169C, to his sister Stratonike and her husband Theodore: see translation at web address 3.Matched in noteshighshort

χ591Χοίνικεςchoinix, choenix… The glossing phrase is taken from the quotation given. [2] Synesius, Dio 9 (PG.66.1137a). For Amous and Antonios see alpha 1632.Matched in noteshighshort

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