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538 entries for Polybius

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ε462Ἐκκλείουσιthey close out… (cf. epsilon 461); presumably extracted from the quotation given. [2] Polybius fr. 36 Büttner-Wobst; cf. ps.-Zonaras 667.15 (partial quotation, which stops at oi( kairoi/). Büttner-Wobst records (p. 518) three scholarly attempts at emending the …Matched in noteshighshort
ε637Ἐκτενῶςenthusiastically, intensely… adverb as quoted from the Septuagint (e.g. Judith 4.12). [2] Polybius 8.19.1 (web address 1), copied to beta 480; see also pi 1653. (8.15-21 recount events of 214 BCE; Bolis, an otherwise unknown Cretan, …Matched in noteshighshort
ε727Ἐκ χειρὸς βοηθεῖν τοῖς πράγμασιto assist matters forthwith[1] Polybius 5.62.7.Matched in noteshigh

ε462

Ἐκκλείουσι

they close out

[Meaning] they prevent, they keep away. Polybius [writes]: "since the opportunities are closing Philip out, the king wanted to obtain for that man the title of [having done] the action, as if he were addressing him his…

Ἐκκλείουσι· κωλύουσιν, εἴργουσιν. Πολύβιος· ἐπεὶ τὸν Φίλιππον ἐκκλείουσιν οἱ καιροί, βούλεσθαι τὸν βασιλέα τὴν ἐπιγραφὴν τῆς πράξεως ἐκείνῳ περιποιῆσαι, ὡς ἐν εὐεργεσίᾳ προφέρων…

epic

epic

26

26

meter and music12

meter and music12

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4

Anne Mahoney

Anne Mahoney

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6

Ross Scaife ✝4

Ross Scaife ✝4

Alexandra Trachsel3

Alexandra Trachsel3

Oliver Phillips ✝3

Oliver Phillips ✝3

Andrea Consogno2

Andrea Consogno2

Carl Widstrand2

Carl Widstrand2

D. Graham J. Shipley2

D. Graham J. Shipley2

Ioannis Doukas2

Ioannis Doukas2

James Vradelis2

James Vradelis2

Matthew Farmer2

Matthew Farmer2

Alexander Tulin1

Alexander Tulin1

Braden Studhalter1

Braden Studhalter1

Chad Schroeder1

Chad Schroeder1

Konstantinos Kopanias1

Konstantinos Kopanias1

Nathan Greenberg ✝1

Nathan Greenberg ✝1

Nicholas Wilshere1

Nicholas Wilshere1

Richard Rodriguez1

Richard Rodriguez1

Valentini Kalfadopoulou Mellas1

Valentini Kalfadopoulou Mellas1

Wm. Blake Tyrrell1

Wm. Blake Tyrrell1

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ε1070ἜμφασιςimpressionSee also epsilon 1069. [1] Polybius 12.13.2-3; cf. delta 472, epsilon 1069. See also alpha 4082 and alpha 4083 (for the comic poet in question), beta 411, phi 307.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1136Ἐναύεινto kindle, to light a fire… again epsilon 1137, and cf. Hesychius epsilon2705, epsilon2708, epsilon2709. [1] Polybius 9.40.5 (web address 1 below). The passage, though incomplete in the manuscript transmission, tells about the measures taken by the Acarnanians when faced …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε1245Ἐνέπεσεfell on, befell… follows. [1] i.e. but (the 'impulse' being to fight). [2] Polybius 35.5.1 (preserved only here), on P.Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus at Intercatia (Spain: Strabo 3.4.13, etc.) in 151 BCE; cf. Livy epitome 48 and other …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1252Ἐνεργόνenergetic… presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] An approximation of Polybius 8.16.7.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1584Ἐξαίσιαextraordinary… Latte on Hesychius s.v. [2] cf. epsilon 1088 (Damascius). [3] Polybius fr. 38 Büttner-Wobst; cf. sigma 1500. (Compare 15.1.1 for the same idiom, with the noun in the genitive.)Matched in noteshighshort

ε1647Ἐξεριθεύονταιthey canvass… uncompound version at epsilon 2984 and under delta 173. [1] Polybius 10.22.9; see in full (and in broader context) at phi 409.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1782Ἐξοδίαexpedition… headword see also epsilon 1783. [1] Also spelled e)codei/a. [2] Polybius 8.24.4, abridged: web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1861Ἔξοινοςdrunken… secure from Chosroes II's (cf. alpha 2015 note) soldiers. [3] Polybius fr. 40 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst follows (519) an emendation of this fragment by Dindorf in replacing the Suda's h(ntinaou=n (feminine accusative singular form of …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2261Ἐπιγενήματαconsequences, after-symptoms… by the quotation given (which contains the genitive plural). [1] Polybius fr. 41 Büttner-Wobst (but spelled with -nn- there); cf. generally omicron 601 (Stoic doctrine via Diogenes Laertius).Matched in noteshighshort

ε2366Ἐπὶ κεφαλαίουin summary… a different phrase, e)pi\ kefalh/n. [1] cf. kappa 1445. [2] Polybius fr. 42 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (519) that Schweighäuser thought that a possible context of the fragment is the speech by Perseus of Macedon …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2488Ἐπίνειονnaval base, sea-port… cf. OCD(4) s.v.), present-day Tarragona, Spain (cf. tau 110). [5] Polybius fr. 43 Büttner-Wobst. As Büttner-Wobst (519) notes, the fragment, though unplaced, correlates well with the description in Livy 26.17.1-2 of Gaius Claudius Nero's …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2522Ἐπίπνοιαfervour[1] In Büttner-Wobst as Polybius fr. 44, but in fact (as Büttner-Wobst (520) and de Boor pointed out) an almost verbatim quotation of Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 5.5.1; cf. de Boor (196) and Whitby (138). …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2562Ἐπισημαινόμενοςdistinguishing, signifying, approving… Adler notes (ms A repeats material for epsilon 2561); nevertheless Polybius does, twice (1.35.1, 16.28.3), use this present middle participle, masculine nominative singular, of e)pishmai/nw.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2833Ἐπῳδόςenchantress… Differently glossed, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. [3] Polybius 33.17.2 (on the Rhodians in 154/3, facing war with the Cretans). [4] Sophocles, Ajax 581-2 (web address 1); cf. theta 480, pi 3143.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2904Ἐργαστικόςlabouring-manPolybius 10.16.1, on the Roman capture of Carthago Nova (Cartagena) in 209 BCE.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2907Ἐργολάβοςcontractor; profit-maker… cf. generally epsilon 2909, epsilon 2911. [8] An approximation of Polybius 8.3.3 -- perhaps via an epitome: the original is much longer, and does not contain the phrase 'had a hard time'. (Archimedes, surprisingly, …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3102Ἐρύκεινto curb, to keep away… in Hesychius and the second in Etymologicum Magnum 378.22. [3] Polybius fr. 45 Büttner-Wobst; cf. kappa 2759 (end).Matched in noteshighshort

ε3426Εὐδοκουμένηνacceptable, finding favor, held in renown… the present middle/passive participle, feminine accusative singular, of eu)doke/w. [2] Polybius fr. 48 Büttner-Wobst; individual unknown.Matched in noteshighshort

ε3463Εὐήθηςfoolish… in other lexica. For this adjective cf. epsilon 3460. [2] Polybius fr. 49 Büttner-Wobst (with the related adverb).Matched in noteshighshort

ε3677Εὑρεσιλόγοςskilled at finding words, ingenious in argument, sophistical… than the spelling with epsilon (see web address 1). [2] Polybius fr. 50 Büttner-Wobst, using the infinitive of the related verb eu(resiloge/w (or eu(rhsiloge/w).Matched in noteshighshort

ε3840Ἔφαμμαshirt… 3843). [2] cf. alpha 1993. [3] A close approximation of Polybius 2.28.7-8; cf. pi 418.Matched in noteshighshort

ει80Εἰκοβολεῖνto talk at random, to shoot missiles at random… venture'. [1] Likewise or similarly, variously, in other lexica. [2] Polybius fr. 35 Büttner-Wobst.Matched in noteshighshort

ι626Ἰσηγορεῖexercizes free speech, speaks as an equal… other lexica. The headword must be quoted from somewhere. [2] Polybius 7.10.1, here only (web address 1), and using the related noun; gamma 397 follows.Matched in noteshighshort

κ106Καθικόμενοιhaving secured… the quotation given. [1] cf. kappa 104, kappa 105. [2] Polybius 15.24.4, abridged; cf. pi 417.Matched in noteshighshort

κ313Κανθήλιοςpack-ass… Xenophon, Cyropaedia 7.5.11 (web address 1); cf. pi 1720. [4] Polybius 8.38.1 (web address 2).Matched in noteshighshort

κ566Κατακαλῶνcalling back, summoning back… headword participle is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Polybius 25.3.1-2; cf. delta 444, epsilon 840, pi 1370.Matched in noteshighmedium

κ638Κατάλυσιςlodgings[1] Polybius 8.31.5, on Hannibal in Tarentum (213/12 BCE). Tarentum (Taras) is present-day Taranto, in Puglia, southern Italy; cf. tau 112 and tau 113.Matched in noteshighshort

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