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- ε3701Εὔρρουςwide-rangingDamascius, quoted from alpha 1740 (q.v.)
- δ1714Δυσχερασμάτωνof inconveniences… is genitive plural, presumably extracted from the quotation given. [2] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 117 Zintzen (66 Asmus, 51C Athanassiadi).
- χ494Χρῆναιto be necessary… Parthica fr. 44 Roos-Wirth (FGH 156 F122), formerly attributed to Damascius as his Life of Isidore fr. 153 Asmus; see also alpha 1794.
- κ705Καταπειθέςobedient… This adjective serves as a gloss at pi 1439. [2] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 283 Zintzen (285 Asmus).
- α4304Ατταwhichever, some… Antiphon fr.35 Sauppe. [5] Antiphon fr. 36 (cf.178) Sauppe. [6] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr.112 Zintzen (61 Asmus, 48A Athanassiadi); cf. delta 1572, epsilon 2043. [7] This adverb has rough breathing: see alpha 4328.
- ν161ΝεμεσίωνNemesion[1] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr.341 Zintzen (194 Asmus). See under alpha 2305 and epsilon 3031.
- μ202ΜαρκελλῖνοςMarkellinos, Marcellinus… 6'; in the Suda, epsilon 3748 and pi 1652. [1] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 158 Zintzen, 91 Asmus, 69A Athanassiadi; cf. Photius, Bibliotheca 342b4. [2] See sigma 63 (Damascius fr. 147 Zintzen, 88 …
- ε2764Ἐπίχαριςcharming… (and for this type of thumbnail sketch alpha 3909). [1] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 310 Zintzen (176 Asmus); slightly different (as well as longer) at sigma 227.
- κ906Κατεβόαwas crying out against… the quotation given. [1] cf. kappa 480, kappa 484. [2] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr.118 Zintzen (73 Asmus).
- κ1548Κηρυκίνη ῥάβδοςherald's staff… used to refer to women collecting menstrual cloth (apparently from Damascius). So the lexica may be preserving an ancient citation here.
- κ2509Κρυψίνουςsecretive, thought-concealing… Photius kappa1122 Theodoridis, and an instance at rho 240. [2] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 60 Zintzen (28 Asmus); cf. epsilon 3988, iota 122. Compare generally Xenophon, Cyropaedia 1.6.27.
- ε1447Ἔντασιςearnestness, strictness… headword and gloss differ simply in their prepositional prefix. [2] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr.150 Zintzen (88 Asmus). For 'Cynic' cf. kappa 2709.
- μ109Μαλθάξαιto soften… Philip II of Macedon). [3] Tentatively attributed by Adler to Damascius; now Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 390 Zintzen. [4] Aristophanes, Wasps 713-714; cf. nu 38.
- α1836Ἀναγωγίαill-trainingLikewise in ps.-Zonaras. [1] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr.346 Zintzen (223 Asmus). [2] Quotation (and individual) unidentifiable.
- α2107ἈνατόλιοςAnatolios, AnatoliusDamascius, Life of Isidore fr.340 Zintzen (193 Asmus). [1] theta 145.
- β490Βωμολόχοςaltar-ambusher… designed as a pastiche of Narses' style of speaking. [3] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 311 Zintzen. For Isidore of Alexandria, see iota 631. [4] For the two senses of eu)tra/pelos, 'the socially adept …
- κ818Κατατείνας ἐρῶI will speak stretching out… see epsilon 1052. Asmus accepted this quotation as fr.177 of Damascius, Life of Isidore = now fr. 315 Zintzen. Adler thought Aelian more likely. Athanassiadi accepts the attribution to Damascius (her fr.117C) and applies …
- α4243Ἀστισμόςwitticism… of the manuscripts. [1] Same glossing in other lexica. [2] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 325 Zintzen (where the form a)steismw=n is preferred).
- δ797Διατριβήschool, amusement, pastime… by comment from the scholia there. [3] Tentatively attributed to Damascius by Adler; now Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 380 Zintzen.
- κ783Κατὰ σπουδήνin accordance with zeal… headword phrase is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr.166 Zintzen. See already beta 569 -- where, however, the grammar is different.
- α157ἈγάπιοςAgapios, AgapiusDamascius, Life of Isidore fr. 277 Zintzen (164 Asmus). [1] See pi 2473. [2] See mu 198, mu 199. [3] cf. delta 1618, epsilon 2241.
- β278Βιαιότερονmore forceful… 4173 (end), eta 558. (Adler notes the one-time attribution to Damascius, nowadays abandoned.)
- ε3499Εὐθιξίᾳclevernesscf. generally epsilon 3498. [1] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 193 Zintzen (120 Asmus). For the metaphor "hit the mark," see LSJ entry for eu)qubole/w (web address 1). For 'natural ability' cf. epsilon 3817.
- α4497Αὐτοκίνητονself-moving… though there are numerous other possibilities (from Aristotle onwards). [1] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 121 Zintzen (74 Asmus).
- ε96Ἔγκειταιbears down upon… designation of this quotation as part of fr. 84 of Damascius, Life of Isidore (and it is duly ignored in Zintzen's collection of the fragments). She rightly compares Polyaenus 3.7.1, where just this ruse …
- ε2528Ἐπιπόλαιοςsuperficial, shallow[1] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 223 Asmus, 359 Zintzen, 147 Athanassiadi; cf. sigma 409. For the headword, see also epsilon 2526, epsilon 2527, epsilon 2529.
- η227Ἡλικιώτηςage-matecf. eta 226. [1] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 7 Zintzen (107 Asmus), quoted more fully at iota 631.
- ει45Εἴδωλονlikeness, image, phantom… 125-6, with scholion; again, with more, under epsiloniota 46. [8] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 55 Zintzen (242 Asmus), citing Pindar, Pythian 8.95; cf. sigma 599. [9] Quotation unidentifiable. For Ephraim see epsilon 3965.
- ε3251Ἐσχάτη ἀμαθίαutmost ignorance… the genitive-case version (with article) in the quotation given. [1] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 357 Zintzen (203 Asmus).
- α278ἈγνόημαignoranceEntry lacking, Adler reports, in ms S. [1] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr.356 Zintzen (223 Asmus); also quoted in part at delta 279, epsilon 1929, pi 179 and pi 833.