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definition81
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law35
daily life31
economics27
ethics25
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biography16

26 more

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constitution10
philosophy10
military affairs9
children8
gender and sexuality7
science and technology7
women7
politics6
zoology6
chronology4
food4
mythology4

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Α alpha25
Ε epsilon22
Δ delta10
Κ kappa9
ΕΙ epsiloniota5
Ι iota5
Χ chi4
Γ gamma3

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David Whitehead58
Jennifer Benedict8
Catharine Roth6
William Hutton6
Malcolm Heath3
Abram Ring1

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Anne Mahoney1
Antonella Ippolito1
Constantina Katsari1
George Mallon1
Nick Nicholas1
Robert Dyer1

90 entries for Isaeus

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ε600Ἐκποίητον γενέσθαιto become alienated… under alpha 3350. The term ekpoietos is found especially in Isaeus and other Attic Orators.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1381Ἐν Λίμναις ΔιονύσιονDionysos-temple in Limnai, Dionysus-temple in LimnaeFrom Harpokration s.v., commenting on Isaeus 8.35. Wyse ad loc. (p. 614): "[t]he sanctuary of Dionysus in the Marshes is mentioned by Thucydides (2.15) together with other temples as proof that ancient Athens, so …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1576Ἐξαιρέσεως δίκηtaking-away suitAbridged from Harpokration s.v., commenting on Isaeus fr.70 Sauppe.Matched in noteshighshort

ε600

Ἐκποίητον γενέσθαι

to become alienated

[Meaning] to be expelled by proclamation from the clan. But some say [sc. that he who is] 'alienated' differs from [him who is] disinherited, because the disinherited man is thrown out as a punishment, whereas the…

Ἐκποίητον γενέσθαι· ἀποκηρυχθῆναι τοῦ γένους. οἱ δέ φασι διαφέρειν ἐκποίητον ἀποκηρύκτου, ὅτι ὁ μὲν ἀποκήρυκτος ἐπὶ κολάσει ἐκβάλλεται, ὁ δὲ ἐκποίητος ὑπὸ τοῦ φύσει πατρὸς εἰς…

trade and manufacture2

trade and manufacture2

Roger Travis

Roger Travis

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Stefano Sanfilippo1

Stefano Sanfilippo1

ε2083Ἐπεσκήψατοdenounced… fr. 4 Sauppe. [2] Harpokration shows that this relates to Isaeus fr. 69 Sauppe. [3] Andocides 1.32; Lysias fr. 151 Sauppe, now 204 Carey OCT. (The Greek of these final words is garbled, with …

Matched in noteshighshort

ε2286Ἐπιδέκατονadditional-tenth… is commenting on the appearance of these words in, respectively, Isaeus (fr.41 Sauppe) and Eupolis (fr. 65 Kock = 73 K-A).Matched in noteshighshort

ε2417ἘπικράτηςEpikrates, EpicratesAbridged from Harpoktation s.v., commenting in the first instance on Isaeus fr. 94 Sauppe. [1] So the transmitted text, "Ephoros"; but the true reading (see epsilon 2416, and Harpok.) is "Sakesphoros", Beard-Bearer. [2] Demosthenes …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2512Ἔπιπλαutensils… from Harpokration s.v. e)/piplon, commenting on the word's appearance in Isaeus fr. 28 Sauppe. See also epsilon 2510 and epsilon 2511.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2612Ἐπιστάτηςchairman… commenting in the first instance on the headword's appearance in Isaeus fr. 42 Sauppe and citing other material (Aeschines 3.14 & 29, ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 44.2-3; Hyperides, Against Demosthenes 12). See also epsilon 2610, …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2624Ἐπιστήματαmonuments… Latte there claimed this as quoted from a fragment of Isaeus. The Suda's plural is also, with the same gloss, in Timaeus's Platonic Lexicon, and thus more probably extracted from Plato, Laws 958E, than …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2701Ἐπίτιμονworthy, enfranchised… somewhere, quite possibly Attic oratory; there are extant possibilities in Isaeus, Demosthenes and Aeschines. In the quotations that follow, the words "worthy" and "unworthy" have the specialized legal connotation of "(en)franchised" and "disfranchised" and …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2840Ἐπώνιαsales-taxesLikewise in Photius. Abbreviated from Harpokration s.v., where Isaeus frs.43 and 128 Sauppe are cited. [1] Harpok's guess of 20%, repeated in the other lexica, is far too high. Epigraphical evidence for rates (in …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2853Ἐπράξατοexacted [for him/her/itself]… DW.] Extant possibilities, in truth, are numerous: Thucydides, Xenophon, Isocrates, Isaeus, et al. [2] Quotation (also in ps.-Zonaras) unidentifiable. [3] Again, quotation unidentifiable. (Adler suggests Aelian.)Matched in noteshighshort

ε3505Εὐθυδικίαdirect trial… headword (a single word in the Greek) occurs in e.g. Isaeus and Demosthenes. See generally LSJ s.v. [1] This procedure, when invoked, interposed another trial (with the defendant now as plaintiff) before the original …Matched in noteshighshort

ει246Εἰς ἐμφανῶν κατάστασινbringing into the openAbbreviated from Harpokration s.v., commenting on the procedure's appearance in Isaeus 6.31 (and citing ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 56.6).Matched in noteshighshort

ει250Εἰς ἕωat dawnAbridged from Harpokration s.v. (glossing Isaeus 8.24). For the Doric equivalent of this phrase, see epsilon 3117. For "dawn" see eta 417.Matched in noteshighshort

ει251ΕἰσεπόδιζονI went in on foot, they went in on footFrom Harpokration s.v. (glossing Isaeus fr. 115 Sauppe).Matched in noteshighshort

ει253Εἰσεποιεῖτοwas adopting, was introducing… might be extracted from the quotation given; alternatively, from (e.g.) Isaeus 12.1-2, where it concerns adoption in the sense also illustrated by epsiloniota 252 (and epsiloniota 312). [2] Quotation unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort

η76Ἠγγύαwas giving as a pledge… classical period. In this precise form it occurs twice in Isaeus (3.45 & 70) and twice in Demosthenes (41.6 & 16).Matched in noteshighshort

ι157Ἱερὰ ὁδόςSacred wayAbridged from Harpokration s.v., generated in the first instance by Isaeus fr. 5 Sauppe and going on to cite Polemon's monograph on the subject; also a mention in Cratinus (fr. 61 Kock = 65 …Matched in noteshighshort

ι255ἸκαριεύςIkarieus, Icarieus, Icarian… Dionyso. Entry abridged from Harpokration s.v., which is commenting on Isaeus fr. 44 Sauppe (and also cites Diodorus the Periegete FGrH 372 F6).Matched in noteshighshort

ι542Ἱππεία ἈθηνᾶAthena Hippia, Athena-of-Horses… from Harpokration s.v. Hippia Athena (commenting on this phrase in Isaeus fr. 85 Sauppe). [1] Other lexica give the name as Koryphe.Matched in noteshighshort

ι667Ἰσοτελὴςisoteles… Harpokration s.v., an entry generated in the first instance by Isaeus fr. 45 Sauppe. See also iota 665 and iota 666. [1] Theophrastus fr. 8 S-M = 656 Fortenbaugh.Matched in noteshighshort

κ14Καδίσκοςvoting-urnAbridged from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v., glossing Isaeus 11.21 & 23. [1] Phrynichus fr. 32 Kock (33 K-A). For pebbles in voting cf. psi 83, psi 85, etc.Matched in noteshighshort

κ1208Καίοιτοmight lie, might be located… ke/oito is correct, its source might be e.g. Herodotus 1.67.3, Isaeus 6.32, Plato Republic 477A or Laws 841B, but there are numerous later possibilities. It remains uncertain why the gloss has the middle/passive form. …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1447Κεφαλῆθενfrom Kephale, from Cephale[1] The headword -- quoted, via Harpokration, from Isaeus fr. 86 Sauppe -- is *kefalh=qen, a demotikon of the adverbial kind, with suffix -qen indicating place from which. [2] J.S. Traill, The Political Organization …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1481ΚειριάδηςKeiriades, Keiriadai-man, demesman of Keiriadai… Harpokration s.v., commenting on the occurrence of this demotikon in Isaeus fr.13 Sauppe. Keiriadai lay outside the city walls to the west.Matched in noteshighshort

κ2559Κοινὸν γραμματεῖονcommon registerFrom Harpokration s.v., citing Isaeus 7.1 and 16. See also lambda 462, lambda 463.Matched in noteshighshort

λ463Ληξιαρχικὸν γραμματεῖονlexiarchic register, deme register… commenting on Aeschines 1.18 (and Dinarchus fr. LVI.2 Conomis) and Isaeus fr. 14 Sauppe respectively.Matched in noteshighshort

χ378Χολαργέωνof Cholargeis, of Cholargos… s.v. (who says 'a deme of the Aiantid tribe'), citing Isaeus 8.8. Rather than the collective demotic, the more usual name for this deme was Cholargos.Matched in noteshighshort

χ565ΧρυσίδιονchrysidionA word favoured by the Attic Orators: Isaeus 2.9, Isocrates 13.4, Demosthenes 27.15.Matched in noteshighshort

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