Skip to content
Σ
ReadSuda
Browse
Topics
Random
About
Aa
Settings
Searching…
⌕
Search
Α
Letters
⤨
Random
Aa
Settings
Keyboard shortcuts
j
Next entry
k
Previous entry
g
Toggle Greek
/
Search
?
Show shortcuts
Close
Search
Search the Suda
⌕
Search
All
Headwords
Translation
Greek
Notes
Filters
Keyword
definition
191
dialects, grammar, and etymology
160
historiography
142
biography
141
history
124
geography
106
ethics
91
religion
72
military affairs
63
daily life
57
philosophy
41
comedy
38
32 more
imagery
38
poetry
32
science and technology
32
mythology
30
rhetoric
30
zoology
30
law
29
women
29
proverbs
27
politics
26
economics
25
medicine
25
Letter
Α
alpha
79
Ε
epsilon
69
Δ
delta
55
Β
beta
12
Χ
chi
11
Γ
gamma
10
Ι
iota
10
Η
eta
9
2 more
ΕΙ
epsiloniota
7
ΑΙ
alphaiota
5
Vetting status
high
267
Length
Short
216
Medium
46
Long
5
Translator
Jennifer Benedict
58
David Whitehead
44
Catharine Roth
37
William Hutton
23
Antonella Ippolito
18
Stefano Sanfilippo
13
31 more
Robert Dyer
12
Anne Mahoney
6
Craig Gibson
5
Malcolm Heath
4
Ross Scaife ✝
4
267 entries for
Plutarch
Relevance
Adler order
Longest first
α
2240
Ἀνεκρούετο
was being checked
… middle/passive, of a)nakrou/w) must be quoted from somewhere. See e.g.
Plutarch,
Caesar 42.1.
Matched in notes
high
short
α
2309
Ἀνερρίπιζεν
was fanning up, was rekindling
… of a)narripi/zw) must be quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities include
Plutarch
and Nonnus. cf. delta 1012.
Matched in notes
high
short
α
2310
Ἀνέρριπτον
I was tossing in the air, they were tossing in the air
… the Rubicon and invade the Roman homeland, as reported in
Plutarch's
life (Caesar 32), probably from the lost eye-witness account of Asinius Pollio. See epsilon 3013, kappa 2591, kappa 2601. [3] Aristophanes, fr.929 PCG …
Matched in notes
high
short
Christianity
Christianity
24
24
chronology
23
chronology
23
food
21
food
21
trade and manufacture
18
trade and manufacture
18
gender and sexuality
17
gender and sexuality
17
tragedy
17
tragedy
17
aetiology
15
aetiology
15
epic
15
epic
15
botany
14
botany
14
constitution
14
constitution
14
meter and music
14
meter and music
14
children
12
children
12
clothing
11
clothing
11
art history
10
art history
10
athletics
10
athletics
10
agriculture
6
agriculture
6
architecture
4
architecture
4
dreams
2
dreams
2
mathematics
1
mathematics
1
stagecraft
1
stagecraft
1
D. Graham J. Shipley
D. Graham J. Shipley
3
3
Debra Hamel
3
Debra Hamel
3
John Hyland
3
John Hyland
3
Marcelo Boeri
3
Marcelo Boeri
3
Wm. Blake Tyrrell
3
Wm. Blake Tyrrell
3
Elizabeth Vandiver
2
Elizabeth Vandiver
2
Emily Rossow
2
Emily Rossow
2
Marta Steele
2
Marta Steele
2
Oliver Phillips ✝
2
Oliver Phillips ✝
2
Phiroze Vasunia
2
Phiroze Vasunia
2
Ryan Stone
2
Ryan Stone
2
Tony Natoli
2
Tony Natoli
2
Abram Ring
1
Abram Ring
1
Alexandra Trachsel
1
Alexandra Trachsel
1
Andrea Consogno
1
Andrea Consogno
1
Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝
1
Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝
1
Carl Widstrand
1
Carl Widstrand
1
George Pesely
1
George Pesely
1
Gregory Hays
1
Gregory Hays
1
James Vradelis
1
James Vradelis
1
John Arnold
1
John Arnold
1
Joseph L. Rife
1
Joseph L. Rife
1
Katina Ball
1
Katina Ball
1
Massimo Forconi
1
Massimo Forconi
1
Nathan Greenberg ✝
1
Nathan Greenberg ✝
1
Roger Travis
1
Roger Travis
1
α
2371
Ἀνεῖλεν
prophesied, took up, took away, killed
… estate is not found in Herodotus, but comes probably from
Plutarch,
Themistocles 2. [4] Ephorus FGrH 70 F150 (quoted in Strabo 8.6.14) and Pausanias 2.33.2. The text there has Kalaureian for Kalabrian. See web …
Matched in notes
high
medium
α
2490
Ἀνθεμόκριτος
Anthemokritos, Anthemocritus
… to the statue of Anthemocritus". For this episode see principally
Plutarch,
Perikles 30. Following the lead of the ancient sources, most modern scholars date it to the 430s BCE, in the prelude to the …
Matched in notes
high
short
α
2620
Ἀντέας
Anteas
… to Philip II of Macedon in the C4 BCE: see
Plutarch,
Moralia 174E (in Sayings of Kings and Commanders).
Matched in notes
high
short
α
2745
Ἀντιφῶν
Antiphon
… s.v. [2] Not in the sources used here, evidently; contrast
[Plutarch],
Lives of the Ten Orators 832B-C, where his teacher is his own father. [3] [gamma 388] Gorgias. [4] An inference from the praise …
Matched in notes
high
short
α
2748
Ἀντιχορδᾶς
concordant
… neuter plural, as in e.g. Hesychius. If it is, cf.
Plutarch,
Moralia 663F, though (as noted in LSJ s.v.) the sense there is the opposite of harmonious.
Matched in notes
high
short
α
2775
Ἀνοικίσαι τὴν πόλιν
to resettle the city
… quoted from somewhere. There are ones like it in e.g.
Plutarch,
Moralia 458C, but the only exact match occurs in Himerius, Orations 5.200 (in Photius' Bibliotheke); Themistocles is speaking about Athens.
Matched in notes
high
short
α
2856
Ἄωρον
out-of-season
… sense; see under LSJ's a)/wros B. [3] Perhaps quoted from
Plutarch:
he twice attributes to Pompey the remark (directed against Lucullus) that, for an old man, luxurious living was more out-of-season than holding office.
Matched in notes
high
short
α
3009
Ἀπελλικῶν
Apellikon, Apellicon
… from sigma 1337. For this episode (Athens, 86 BC) see
Plutarch,
Life of Sulla 26.
Matched in notes
high
short
α
3075
Ἀπεσφακέλισεν
had a seizure, had frost-bitten limbs
… only). LSJ s.v. also cites Herodotus 4.28.4 (of horses) and
Plutarch,
Lycurgus 16 (of the convulsions experienced by weakling Spartan babies when their mothers bathe them in wine); cf. epsilon 2090.
Matched in notes
high
short
α
3141
Ἀπηγγέλη
was announced, was reported
… and other authors such as Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Josephus and
Plutarch.
cf. eta 35.
Matched in notes
high
short
α
3185
Ἀπήστραψεν
flashed forth
… lightning etc.). It must be quoted from somewhere -- perhaps
Plutarch's
On the Fortune of the Romans (Moralia 323C): the head of the child Servius Tullius, the future king, 'flashed forth very like the …
Matched in notes
high
short
α
3316
Ἀποθεσπίσαι
to utter as an oracle
… of a)poqespi/zw. It must be quoted from somewhere -- perhaps
Plutarch
(Demosthenes 21.4 or Brutus 29.11).
Matched in notes
high
short
α
3363
Ἀποκοπῆναι τῶν ἰχνῶν
was cut off from the tracks
… 2729) losing scent of the quarry. For the idiom cf.
Plutarch,
Pyrrhus 2.
Matched in notes
high
short
α
3374
Ἀποκυηθέν
born
… aorist passive participle, must be quoted from somewhere. (See e.g.
Plutarch,
Lycurgus 3.3 on the birth of a boy-child who would later be king Charillos of Sparta: a)pokuhqe\n a)/rren.)
Matched in notes
high
short
α
3403
Ἀπολογοῦμαί σοι
I defend myself to you
Or (in post-classical usage, e.g.
Plutarch,
Themistocles 23) against you. Either way, the headword phrase itself illustrates the principle.
Matched in notes
high
short
α
3408
Ἀπολλοκράτης
Apollokrates, Apollocrates
… in the C4 BCE: delta 1179. For Apollokrates see e.g.
Plutarch,
Dion 37, 51, 56.
Matched in notes
high
short
α
3420
Ἀπολλώνιος
Apollonios, Apollonius
… Quoted from alpha 1981. [23] Ibid. 1.13. [24] Ibid. See
Plutarch,
Moralia 4E for Crates' notion of poverty.
Matched in notes
high
long
α
3500
Ἀπορησία
difficultness
… Favuzzi [cited under alpha 1990] 54-55. [5] So in (e.g.)
Plutarch,
Themistocles 2.8 (= 2.6 Loeb): the story -- disbelieved by Plut. himself -- that Themistocles was disinherited/repudiated in this way by his father …
Matched in notes
high
short
α
3508
Ἀπορρῶγας
precipices
… tau 632. [5] Neanthes FGrH 84 F35; cf. sigma 797.
Plutarch
[Antonius 70.3] records that Timon was buried 'at Halai near the sea'. There were two Attic demes of this name, H. Aixonides on …
Matched in notes
high
medium
α
3523
Ἀποσκευαζόμενος
discarding, discounting, disowning, jettisoning
… letter the satrap Pharnabazos; cf. the accounts in Nepos and
Plutarch.
[3] The source of the Suda's a)poskeuazo/menoi here is uncertain, but perhaps Josephus, Jewish War 1.196. [4] Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 3.7.4; on a …
Matched in notes
high
short
α
3566
Ἀποστυγοῦντες
abhorring, loathing
… is attested in Josephus (or indeed anywhere else). [3] cf.
Plutarch,
Pyrrhus 21; Eutropius, Breviarium 2.14; and John of Antioch, Fragmenta ex Historia chronica fr. 109 Roberto (180-181); cf. upsilon 734 and esp. phi …
Matched in notes
high
medium
α
3658
Ἀποψηφισθέντα
voted-off, voted-out
… text see web address 1 below. See also Dinarchus 1.63;
Plutarch,
Demosthenes 14.5; I. Worthington, A Historical Commentary on Dinarchus (Ann Arbor 1992) 227-8. [3] delta 850, delta 851.
Matched in notes
high
medium
α
3793
Ἀργυρογνώμων
silver-assayer
… The headword is used by Aristotle (in the Rhetoric) and
Plutarch,
amongst others: see LSJ s.v.
Matched in notes
high
short
α
3830
Ἀρετή
arete, excellence, virtue
… part of the soul" disposed in a certain manner (see
Plutarch,
Moralia 441C-D). [2] Or "complete". [3] The Diogenes Laertius version is clearer: "generically, virtue is in anything (following Marcovich's text [1999], ad locum) …
Matched in notes
high
long
α
3866
Ἀριαμένης
Ariamenes
… in favour of his brother Xerxes. See (e.g.) F.J. Frost,
Plutarch's
Themistocles: a historical commentary (Princeton 1980) 155-6.
Matched in notes
high
short
α
3937
Ἀρίστρατος
Aristratus, Aristratos
… Sicyonian leader of the C4 BC: Demosthenes 18.48 and 295;
Plutarch,
Aratus 13.
Matched in notes
high
short
α
3963
Ἅρμα
Harma
… watched for; the proverb from it (besides Strabo loc.cit. see
Plutarch,
Moralia 679C) thus meant seldom if ever.
Matched in notes
high
short
← Previous
Page 3 of 9
Next →