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78 entries for Thales

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αι273Αἰπόλοςherds of goats… lexica. [2] LSJ s.v. cites an instance in Lysias (fr.25 Thalheim, now 76 Carey OCT). Also used absolutely.Matched in noteshighshort
β109ΒάρβιοςBarbios, Barbius… of assuming the praetorship before his background was revealed. Both tales may be a garbled recollection of M. Barbatius Pollio (on the name and his identity see Syme 1955: 57, 1961: 24-5), mentioned as …Matched in noteshighmedium
β139Βάσανοςtouchstone, test… [1] Variously attributed to Antiphon the orator (fr.161 Sauppe, 157 Thalheim) and his namesake the Sophist (fr.88 D.-K.). [2] Pindar, Pythian 10.67(105). [3] Sophokles fr. 91a Radt. [4] Hyperides fr. 5 Jensen. [5] Apostolius …Matched in noteshigh

αι273

Αἰπόλος

herds of goats

[Meaning] flocks of goats. Also [sc. attested is] ai)po/los, [meaning a] goatherd. Also [sc. attested is the related verb] ai)polw= ["I herd goats"]; [used] with a dative.

Αἰπόλια· αἰγονόμια. καὶ Αἰπόλος, αἰγονόμος. καὶ Αἰπολῶ· δοτικῇ.

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Carl Widstrand1

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D. Graham J. Shipley1

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Sean M. Redmond1

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Wm. Blake Tyrrell1

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β153ΒασίλειοςBasileios, royal… ending in -eios are given here. Since Etymologicum Magnum s.v. talasi/a has the same three, presumably the number here is simply erroneous (so the C18 Suda editor L.Kuster). [2] For its change of subject …Matched in noteshighshort

β433Βουλήcouncil, senate… see R. Syme, "Antonius Saturninus", JRS 68 (1978) 12-21; R.J.A. Talbert, The Senate of Imperial Rome (Princeton 1984) 86 n.44.Matched in noteshighshort

β553Βροτολοιγόςmortal-bane… *)/arhs te brotoloigo/s from Iliad 5.518. [2] Greek Anthology 6.91.5-6 (Thallus), warriors dedicate battle gear to Ares; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 376-377) and (vol. II, 410).Matched in noteshighshort

γ52Γαμψωλήcrookedness… regularly applied to the curvature of horns (in animals) or talons (birds).Matched in noteshighshort

γ112Γελλοῦς παιδοφιλωτέραmore overfond of children than Gellocf. Zenobius 3.3, attributing the tale to Lesbos, and specifically to Sappho; hence the headword phrase itself is regarded as a fragment of Sappho (178 Lobel-Page). Hesychius has two consecutive 'Gello' entries (gamma307-308) of …Matched in noteshighshort

δ6Δᾳδουχεῖbears a torch, is a torch-bearer… kappa 2077. [5] Aelian fr. 10d Domingo-Forasté (10 Hercher): the tale of a daduch corrupted by Epicureanism. [6] Aelian fr. 10d Domingo-Forasté (10 Hercher) again; cf. gamma 504, chi 349. NB: Stratokles was ineligible …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ536Διὰ δακτυλίου δεῖ σε ἑλκυσθῆναιyou must have been dragged through a ring… was about thy years, Hal, I was not an eagle's talon in the waist; I could have crept into any alderman's thumb-ring".Matched in noteshighshort

δ1214Διότιbecause… do not intervene yet. So "the universal" (katholou) Aristotle is talking about in this physical context is not the general notion or concept (see Posterior Analytics, 1.2; 2.19) but the concrete totality of our …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1370Δοξάσαιto suppose… fr.118). [2] An approximation of Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 911-913 (Jocasta talking to the magistrates of Thebes); it contains not the headword verb but the related noun. [3] Stoic doctrine: an approximation of Diogenes Laertius …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1504Δραπέτης κλῆροςrunaway lot… was simply limp and soggy). Teucer, in Sophocles' play, is talking of the lots that the Greek heroes cast in a helmet at Homer, Iliad 7.175ff. (web address 2), to choose one to fight …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1550Δρυπολεῖνto go around (with) trees… indicative drupolei= (presumably quoted from somewhere) in three different ways: talaipwrei= ("is in a miserable state"; cf. tau 49), o)reibatei= ("walks on mountains"; cf. omicron 544), and puri\ poliorkei= ("besieges with fire"). See also …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1586ΔυρράχιονDyrrachion, Dyrrachium… her and of Poseidon'. It seems, therefore, that these mythological tales might refer to a pre-Greek settlement. Accepting this last hypothesis, perhaps one should also reconsider the Greek origin of the name Dyrrachion from …Matched in noteshighshort

ε4Ἐαδόταhaving given pleasure, having pleased… mu/qon in the Homeric phrase "he had told them a tale that had pleased them." On one point the entry is in error, for the form does not contain a dissolution but reflects the …Matched in noteshighshort

ε70<20Ἐγκαλινδεῖσθαι σωματικοῖς παθήμασιto wallow in bodily affections… Chrysostom; ptai/smata (Catenae) and a(marti/ai (Basil of Caesarea); bodily pains (talaipwri/ai), as in Gennadius Scholarius and -- as here -- bodily affections. Despite Adler's indication, it may be connected with Isidore of Pelusium, Epistulae …Matched in noteshighshort

ε603Ἔκρεκεςyou were striking (?)… Adler reports that mss GIT read third-person e)/kreken, which would tally with the gloss. (This is also what ps.-Zonaras has, in his corresponding entry.) Either way, it must be quoted from somewhere. (e)/kreken is …Matched in noteshighshort

ε852ἙλικώνιοςHelikonios, Heliconius… mentioned in Plutarch, Dion 19, as the recipient of a talent of silver from Dionysius II of Syracuse (delta 1179) for having correctly predicted a solar eclipse (in 360). The thirteenth Letter attributed to …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1469Ἐντευξόμενοςabout to meet, about to run into… chance in the street or the baths and stay to talk, it may be by chance but with a sense of welcome opportunity. It is as if I had hit a target. See A.W. …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2263ἘπιγένηςEpigenes[1] Lysias fr.93 Sauppe (35 Thalheim), now 104 Carey OCT; already under alpha 2043; see the note there.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2299Ἐπιδικάζεταιclaims at law, sues for… lexica. It is quoted from Attic oratory: Lysias fr. 32 Thalheim (now 91 Carey OCT), from the Reply to Diogenes on behalf of Archestratus about a plot of land. cf. generally alpha 1764, epsilon …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2662Ἐπιτάφιονfuneral… it were a noun. The quotation is drawn from Theophylact's tale of a badly wounded Roman soldier found after the Battle of Solachon (586); cf. alpha 141 and cross-references therein.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2896ἘρασίστρατοςErasistratos, Erasistratus… have had the political purpose of cementing the succession. The tale of the lovesick Antiochos is told in Plutarch's biography of Stratonike's father (Demetrios 38) and also in Appian, Syriaca 308-313, and Lucian. Shipley …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2994ἘριννύςFury, Erinnys, Erinys… scholia to Homer, Iliad 9.567. [2] Greek Anthology 7.188.5-6 (Antonius Thallus); cf. mu 1258, phi 800. On this epigram, wherein a young woman dies on her wedding day, see Gow and Page (vol. I, …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3442Εὐερμίαgood fortune, a stroke of luck from Hermes… 287-88 "le dieu d'abondance"); it is related to the phallic talisman called the herm (epsilon 3029) and to the noun e(rmai=on for a lucky find (epsilon 3030, epsilon 3031, with ancient explanations of this …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3605ΕὔξενοςEuxenos, Euxenus… of Apollonius of Tyana 1.7 [1] cf. chi 163. On talking birds as pets, see OCD(4) s.v. "pets." [2] cf. mu 479.Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3864Ἐφέσια γράμματαEphesian lettersThis entry is virtually identical with those of Aelius Dionysius, *)attika\ o)no/mata epsilon79, and Photius, Lexicon epsilon2403 (cf. 2405). See also, post-Suda, Etymologicum Magnum 402.23 (Kallierges), the paroemiographer Apostolius (11.29), and Eustathius, Commentary on …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3955Ἔφοροιephors… 445 [BCE], it was seen that he had entered ten talents as spent ei)s to\ de/on: the Assembly, knowing that this sum had been given as a bribe to bring about the Spartan king's …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3992ἘχέπωλοςEchepolos, Echepolus… appears twice in Homer, Iliad: 4.458 (E. the son of Thalysios), 23.296 (E. the son of Anchises, who really does have them).Matched in noteshighshort

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