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α2947Ἀπαυτοματισθεῖσαhaving been produced spontaneously… subject could be a woman or simply something grammatically feminine. (Philo Judaeus has an accusative-case instance with 'prosperity'.)Matched in noteshighshort
α2302Ἀνεπόλειhe was repeating… somewhere. (Its only extant attestation outside the Suda is in Philo Judaeus, Legatio ad Gaium 310, but the subject there is feminine.)Matched in noteshighshort
ε2099Ἐπευωνίζωνlowering a price… 29.269b) but there are several other possibilities (in e.g. Plutarch, Philo Judaeus, Cassius Dio). The gloss assumes a (common-sense) principle that lowering the price increases sales volume.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1258Κεκωφῆσθαιto be deafened… The verb kwfa/w occurs five times in the passive in Philo Judaeus, including kekwfh=sqai in De congressu eruditionis gratia 65.7 (in a figurative sense) and kekwfw=sqai in Quod deterius potiori insidiari soleat 175.Matched in noteshighshort
α833Ἀκέραιονunblemished… frailty in Plutarch (Moralia 464B, 484C, 784A, 819F, etc.) and Philo Judaeus (LA 3.193, Sac. 15-16, etc.). The entry perahps suggests an etymological relationship between the adjective and this noun (cf. a)kh/ratos, and the …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1051ΔιίσχωI have power over… [2] (Contrast iota 724.) The verb diisxu/w itself occurs in Philo Judaeus, Cyril of Alexandria, and elsewhere.Matched in noteshighshort
ε516Ἐκνομίωςunusually… i.e. without the iota. This form is not attested before Philo Judaeus (cf. under epsilon 517) and Aelian.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3430Εὔδραvigorous(?)… eu)/udra, neuter plural of the adjective eu)/udros "well-watered" (attested in Philo Judaeus and the geographer Dionysios).Matched in noteshighshort
β121Βάροςweight, influence, gravitas, dignity… follows (p. 517) Dindorf in opting for the alternative spelling filo/nikon instead of the Suda's filo/neikon. [3] Polybius 30.10.4. [4] Diodorus Siculus 33.28a (28b in Loeb edition); cf. iota 111. [5] Sophocles, Oedipus at …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ469ΚάστωρCastor, Kastor… say he was from Massilia; an orator who was nicknamed "philo-Roman". He married the daughter of Deiotarus the senator, who killed him together with his wife, because he had slandered him to Caesar. He …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ111Καθιμῶσιthey let down, they lower… possibilities (all with the nu ephelkustikon) include Josephus, Plutarch and Philo Judaeus. See also iota 331, iota 359, and kappa 110.Matched in noteshighshort
α3420ἈπολλώνιοςApollonios, ApolloniusOf Tyana, philosopher, son of Apollonios and a mother from that town, members of the gentry. With him in her womb, his mother saw a genius standing near saying that he himself was the …Matched in translationhighlong
ω182ὨριγένηςOrigen… all fields of knowledge. He became a disciple of the philosopher Ammonius, surnamed Saccas, who possessed the loftiest competence in philosophy. Consequently, his knowledge of philosophic thought was bolstered greatly by his teacher, for …Matched in translationhighlong
ε1120Ἐναποματτόμενοιbeing imaged, receiving an impression… It must be quoted from somewhere; the extant instances include Philo Judaeus and John Chrysostom. See also Hesychius epsilon2652 (aorist infinitive, with gloss to\n tu/pon a)nalabei=n, epsilon2653 (future, with gloss e)napotupw/sei) and epsilon2654 (present …Matched in noteshighshort
ε649Ἑκτικόςhabitual… (e(ktiko/s) and web address 2 (sxetiko/s). In fact, passages like Philo Judaeus, On Allegorical Interpretation 3.210 suggest that the opposite is more common. cf. sigma 1781. [1] Same glossing for this adverb in Hesychius …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2755Ἐπιφροσύνῃwith thoughtfulness… loc.cit., though other possibilities are Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 3.659, and Philo Judaeus (eight instances). [1] cf. generally epsilon 2756.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3123ἘσσαῖοιEssenes, Essaioi… 1.328.7-10, 329.11-17, 344.19-21. The Essaioi or Essenoi are mentioned by Philo, Josephus, Pliny, and later authors (see Catholic Encyclopedia entry by E.P. Graham at web address 1, Jewish Encyclopedia entry by Kaufmann Kohler at …Matched in noteshighmedium
αι117Αἰθεροβατεῖνto aether-tread, to tread the aether… Eunapius. But this rare verb is used far more by Philo Judaeus than any other author.)Matched in noteshighshort
η254Ἠλογήθησανthey were disregarded… use the headword: 28.9.8.) [3] Perhaps a foreshortened version of Philo Judaeus, de providentia fr.2 (quoted by Eusebius): tw=n a)/llwn a)gaqw=n pa/ntwn h)lo/goun.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3819Εὐχάvow… very rarely attested, but see e.g. Aeschylus, Suppliant Women 657: filo/timos eu)xa/ (web address 1). [1] Psalm 115.5 LXX. [2] cf. Etymologicum Gudianum and other lexica.Matched in noteshighshort
η76Ἠγγύαwas giving as a pledge… was offering, was guaranteeing. Photius, Lexicon eta19 Theodoridis and Herennius Philo, De diversis verborum significationibus eta88 Palmieri (where perhaps the Photian entry is taken from) have the gloss w(molo/gei dw/sein, 'was agreeing to give'. …Matched in noteshighshort
αι285Αἵρεσιςcapture, taking… perhaps, "dear to God." [3] Tittman attributes this passage to Philo Judaeus, Adler to Damascius (now adopted as fr. 292 Zintzen).Matched in noteshighshort
δ899Διέζευξεunyoked… in Photius. The headword must be quoted from somewhere; perhaps Philo Judaeus, where it occurs several times. [2] M.L. West, Ancient Greek Music (Oxford 1992) 160: "All scales (according to Greek theory) are built …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3210Ἐστηλιτευμένονencolumned, enslabbed… somewhere. Outside lexicography, extant instances are confined to two in Philo Judaeus (Quis rerum divinarum heres sit 258, De congressu eruditionis gratia 58: both neuter), who has a fondness for this verb generally.Matched in noteshighshort
ε80Ἐγκατέσκηψανthey fell upon… with neuter plural subject); probably (as Latte on Hesychius suggests) Philo Judaeus, De vita contemplativa 2, its only independent attestation. [2] Aelian fr. 286 Domingo-Forasté (288 Hercher); cf. lambda 465. [3] This, also in …Matched in noteshighshort
α1296Ἀλκτῆρεςprotectors… (13.78 Kaibel), and Aelian, Varia Historia 2.4: qei/as a(ghth=res e)fameri/ois filo/tatos, "guides of divine friendship for mortals". See further H.W. Parke & D.E.W. Wormell, The Delphic Oracle (Oxford 1956) no.327; J. Fontenrose, The Delphic …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1231Διῳκισμένοςdispersed, scattered… verb dioiki/zw (cf. delta 1230). Evidently quoted from somewhere (perhaps Philo Judaeus, Quis rerum divinarum heres sit 83). The headword and gloss, without the syntactical comment, occur in Synagoge delta326, Photius delta682, and (in …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1170Διονύσιος ὁ ἈρεωπαγίτηςDionysios the Areiopagite, Dionysius the Areopagite… impiously using divine things against [other] divine things. The true philosophers ought indeed to be led by the knowledge of reality, which he does well to call 'philosophy' and the divine Paul has called …Matched in translationhighlong
κ2626ΚυΐσκωI produce offspring… for the verb (in the sense of 'produce offspring'); e.g. Philo Judaeus, Life of Moses 1.13.2. LSJ also cites an instance with a male subject where the verb connotes 'impregnate'. This may be the …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1567Ἐξάρτυσιςequipment… Greek, first appearing (several times) in the artillery manual of Philo of Byzantium and later in Iamblichus, Life of Pythagoras 25.114; but it occurs again in Byzantine historians such as George Pachymeres and Theophanes …Matched in noteshighshort

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