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- χ384ΧολοδαγομόρCholodagomor… Chodologomor, and (more importantly) the glossing elsewhere is different: a personal name and, in one of the NT Catenae (to Ep. Hebrews), that of an early king of 'Persia' (= Elam).Matched in noteshighshort
- λ157Λαφύξαςhaving gulped down… Simocatta, Histories 2.5.6, which refers to "some members of the Persian [army]" and illustrates the idea that "labouring under an unphilosophical principle, the conclusions will progress in a manner akin to the premises". (Or …Matched in noteshighshort
- μ667Μεσολαβηθείςcut short, interrupted… (238–179 BCE; cf. OCD(4) s.v., p. 1129) and his son Perseus (ca. 212-166) -- attributed this fragment to Polybius (ibid.). Although accepting the fragment himself, Büttner-Wobst concedes (ibid.) that Hultsch thought its wording was …Matched in noteshighshort
- ει2Εἴwould that, if only… events before Heraclius's (cf. eta 465 generally) attack on the Persians at Nineveh (early December 627); cf. epsilon 1141. (Adler's addenda notes the attempts of several scholars to make it more metrically regular.)Matched in noteshighshort
- μ739Μετὰ τὴν ἐν Μαραθῶνι μάχην καὶ μετὰ τὸν πόλεμον ἡ συμμαχίαafter the battle in Marathon and after the war (comes) the alliance… one) presumably means to say is that only after the Persian incursion at Marathon (490 BCE) and again, in "the war" (the second, larger Persian invasion of 481-479) do the Greeks make a successful …Matched in noteshighshort
- ν433Νῖτινquarters… faute de mieux, is entry nu 433a: *ni/twkris, o)/noma ku/rion. *persi=s au(/th gunh\ periw/numos. Nitokris, a proper name. She [was] a famous Persian woman.[1] Note: [1] Babylonian, more exactly: see esp. Herodotus 1.185-187 (web …Matched in noteshighshort
- δ1019Διήρκεσεendured, sufficedThe headword -- third person singular, aorist indicative active, of diarke/w -- is perhaps, though not necessarily, extracted from the quotation given; other possibilities include Plato, Timaeus 21D. [1] Same or similar glossing in …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2742Κύρβασιςcap… kappa 2744 and pi 1602. The word is probably of Persian origin: see bibliography. [1] The particle me/n in most of the manuscripts suggests a 'some...others...' construction (though ms M omits it).Matched in noteshighshort
- ι707ἼσχαναI held back, I restrained[1] The headword (extracted from the quotation) is aorist, first person singular, of i)sxa/nw; cf. iota 709, iota 710. [2] Euripides speaking in Aristophanes, Frogs 941-943 (web address 1), with scholion; cf. pi 3029.Matched in noteshighshort
- κ527ΚαταδιαιτήσωI will arbitrate against… given. [1] Part of Menander Protector fr. 9.3 Blockley (108-109), Persian envoy Mebod's pledge before Justin II in late 567. One of the Saracen envoys in Mebod's entourage had earlier declined a summons to …Matched in noteshighshort
- α2015Ἀνάπηρον ψυχήνcrippled soul, mutilated soul… Bryzakios and the victory over his forces by having the Persian officer killed at a banquet (spring/summer of 591); cf. de Boor (197-198), Whitby (139), and delta 125. On Chosroes, Persian king 590-628, see …Matched in noteshighmedium
- κ937Κατέλαβεchecked, hampered… presumably extracted from the quotation given, is aorist indicative, third person singular, of the verb katalamba/nw. [1] Herodotus 5.21.2, on the young Macedonian Alexander/Alexandros (the future king A. I) outwitting the Persians. See web …Matched in noteshighshort
- ε2631Ἐπιστολεῖςcouriers, secretaries… [2] Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 5.8.10; on Roman military strategy against Persian rebels in the summer of 591; cf. de Boor (203), Whitby (143), epsilon 2328, and pi 519. On Narses, Roman general in the …Matched in noteshighshort
- ε3317ἘτιμησάμηνI (would have) estimated the penalty… unidentifiable, but presumably from a rhetorical exercise on events and personalities of the 40s BC. That Antony (cf. under iota 399) 'killed Cicero' (kappa 1594), in December 43, is an over-simplification. After Antony had …Matched in noteshighshort
- ε168Ἔγγυονsecure… [3] George of Pisidia, Heraclias 1.6-8 Tartaglia, on Chosroes II (Persian king 590-628; cf. chi 418 note).Matched in noteshighshort
- ε2306Ἐπίδοξοςlikely, glorious… a hostage during negotiations (542 CE) over the withdrawal of Persian forces from Roman territories in the east; cf. Kaldellis (Wars of Justinian, 119). [4] Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 1.13.12 (web …Matched in noteshighshort
- γ411ΓωβρύαςGobryasThat of several high-ranking Persians prominent in the C6 and C5 BCE, such as one of the seven regicides in Herodotus 3.70-79 (web address 1), who advised Darius against the Scythian campaign (Herodotus 4.132 …Matched in noteshighshort
- ε2158Ἐπήγγελλενused to proclaim… 258.26 (and, post-Suda, Etymologicum Magnum 353.45-46). The headword is third person singular, imperfect indicative active, of e)pagge/llw (see also epsilon 2157, and cf. epsilon 1914, epsilon 1915, epsilon 1918, epsilon 2160). It might be …Matched in noteshighshort
- α778Ἀκάθεκτοςungovernable… [2] In ps.-Zonaras the penultimate word is not pursw=n but *persw=n ("of the Persians"). Either way, the quotation is undentifiable. (Adler, on no discernible basis, suggests Symeon Metaphrastes.)Matched in noteshighshort
- ε104Ἐγκολπίζονταιthey engulf… the capture of Martyropolis (cf. alpha 3649 note) by the Persians in the summer of 589; cf. de Boor (119) and Whitby (79).Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1506Κήλησιςenchantment, ravishment… here anyway, has been suggested: katakhlou=sa in the editio princeps, persuasively citing Diogenes Laertius 7.114 (kh/lhsis ... e)stin h(donh\ di' w)/twn katakhlou=sa); kataxalw=sa Bernhardy, with (looser) reference to this verb in a scholion on …Matched in noteshighshort
- α3894ἈρίσταρχοςAristarchos, AristarchusFor Harpagos and Cyrus "the Great", king of Persia (d. 530 BCE), see generally Herodotus 1.108ff -- but the material of the present entry does not come from there, or anywhere else identifiable. [1] …Matched in noteshighshort
- ε2020Ἐπέβαλενset about, overlapped… (which must be quoted from somewhere) is aorist active, third person singular, of e)piba/llw (epsilon 2226). For this sense of the verb see generally LSJ s.v., II.3. [2] For a fuller version of this …Matched in noteshighshort
- ν146ΝεκυίαNekuiaOn the Persian festival of the dead, Fravardīgān, see Boyce (122-123). [1] Part of Menander Protector fr. 9.1 Blockley (98-99). See further excerpts from this fragment at alpha 3048, alpha 4374, epsilon 958, iota …Matched in noteshighshort
- χ61Χαλυβώνιος οἶνοςChalybonian wine… with chi 60 (q.v.). Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.28D (1.51 Kaibel): 'the Persian king used to drink only Chalybonian wine, which Posidonius says is also grown at Damascus in Syria, since the Persians had introduced viticulture …Matched in noteshighshort
- η647ΗὐμοίρησαI had good fortune.… quoted from somewhere but is not independently attested) is first person singular, aorist, of eu)moire/w (epsilon 3587); cf. epsilon 3586, mu 1350, delta 662. The verb is cognate with the noun Moira, often personified …Matched in noteshighshort
- λ272ΛεωνίδηςLeonides, Leonidas… 4.8-41: web address 4); Sphakteria played no part in the Persian War. Adler notes that in the present entry Hermann suggested a corruption of *Qermopu/las fulakth/rion, but the connection of Leonidas with Sphakteria also …Matched in noteshighmedium
- α4673Ἄχαριharsh… 1); cf. Kaldellis (5-6). The subject here is Bahram V (Persian king 421-438; cf. PLRE II s.v. Vararanes V Gororanes), who went to war against Rome in 421, but negotiated a peace agreement in …Matched in noteshighmedium
- κ547Καταθέεινto run down, to attack… the Gepids cf. gamma 243. In 551 CE, the Gepids persuade the Kutrigur Huns (cf. kappa 2197) to attack the Romans' Danube River frontier; cf. Kaldellis (503), alpha 3682, and pi 2797.Matched in noteshighshort
- ε3969Ἐφοινίττετοwas blushing, was turning red[1] Imperfect middle/passive, third person singular, of foini/ttw/foini/ssw (cf. generally phi 795), presumably extracted from the quotation given. [2] Part of Menander Protector fr. 9.3 Blockley (108-109), on the Persian envoy Mebod's (cf. alpha …Matched in noteshighshort