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381 entries for a plot [against someone]

ν485Νόμοςlaw… I am aware that another law in my members fights against the law of my mind, and makes me captive to the law of sin which is in my members". [2] From alpha 2833 …Matched in noteshighmedium
α2958Ἀπαινύμενονstripping away… 11.582, where this middle participle (masculine accusative singular) occurs of someone removing the arms from a dead opponent. (Also 17.85.)Matched in noteshighshort
κ1342Κεντροτύποςstriking with a goad… two glosses make a distinction between a passive "goad-struck" (i.e. someone deserving torture, like ke/ntrwn, kappa 1344), and an active "goad-striker" (e.g. charioteer); these should be distinguished by accent (kentro/tupos vs. kentrotu/pos, LSJ s.v.), …Matched in noteshighshort
α65ἈβωνοτειχίτηςAbonoteichites, Abonoteichos-man… personal name, this headword is probably an ethnic: that of someone from Abono(u)teichos, a city on the southern coast of the Black Sea (ancient Paphlagonia); Barrington Atlas map 86 grid D2.Matched in noteshighshort
λ553ΛίμνοςLimnos, Limnus[1] That of a conspirator against Alexander the Great (in Plutarch, Alexander 49). [2] i.e. a masculine form of li/mnh, for which see lambda 551.Matched in noteshighshort
δ495Δηφενσίωνdefensio… copiously in the Strategicon attributed to the emperor Maurice, for someone under military assault, esp. by siege.Matched in noteshighshort
α836Ἀκέραιοςuncorrupted, intact, fresh, unblemished… (179 BCE) of Eumenes (epsilon 3579) and Ariarathes (alpha 3869) against Pharnaces of Pontus (cf. OCD(4) s.v Pharnaces I; Pontus: Barrington Atlas map 87 grid B4) when the latter offered a bribe to Seleucus …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1021Κατεχειροτόνησαν αὐτοῦthey voted to convict him… sigma 830), in 406 BCE, to participate in the action against the Arginousai generals, see Xenophon, Hellenica 1.7.15 (web address 3), Memorabilia 1.1.18, 4.4.2 (web addresses 4 and 5); Plato, Apology 32B (web address …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1640ἈμμώνιοςAmmonios, Ammonius… Saccas. Ammonios Sakkas taught the most prominent Neoplatonists, both pagan (Plotinus) and Christian (Origen: see the beginning of omega 182). See web address 1 below (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy), and cf. sigma 33 (end). …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1718ἘξήκεστοςExekestos, Execestus… Harpokration s.v., which proceeds to say 'Demosthenes [in the speech] Against Aristokrates [sc. mentions him]'. Thus, of the several attested individuals of this name, the relevant one here is the E. of Lampsakos mentioned …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2138Ἐπεισήρρησενblundered in… the rare verb e)peise/rrw, 'rush in with ill luck to [someone]' (LSJ s.v.). Pollux 9.158 notes the perfect e)peish/rrhken.Matched in noteshighshort
ν224Νεοχμώσαντεςhaving innovated… 2 below) are used in the sense of hostile action/innovation "against" (kata/) an adversary; hence the present gloss "having moved recently [sc. against]", which is a version of what the ancient glosses on Herodotus …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1153Καχλάζειbubbles… glossing in Hesychius (kappa1135, kappa1938) and scholia to Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, where the headword twice occurs (115, 761: web addresses 1 and 2).Matched in noteshighshort
λ281ΛεωχάρηςLeochares… probably here because it is the name of other Athenians against whom both Demosthenes and Dinarchus (cf. delta 288) wrote lawcourt speeches.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3445Εὐεστοῖwell-being… must be quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities include Aeschylus (Seven against Thebes 187, Agamemnon 929) and Herodotus (1.85).Matched in noteshighshort
δ1327Δοκιμάσαςhaving put to the test, having scrutinised… fragment at theta 413 and pi 1114. [4] Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 592 (web address 1); see already under delta 1070. This quotation illustrates a distinct, though related, verb, doke/w ('seem').Matched in noteshighshort
κ1620ΚίμωνKimon, Cimon… the Eurymedon victory include: Thucydides 1.100.1; Plato, Menexenus 241D; Lycurgus, Against Leocrates 72-73; Diodorus Siculus 11.60.5-11.62; Plutarch, Cimon 12.2-13.6; Nepos, Cimon 2.2-4; Pausanias 1.29.14, 10.15.4. [4] no/mw| pole/mou; cf. e)s xeirw=n no/mon a)pike/sqai at …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1807Ἀναβιώσκεσθαιto be resurrected… mean either "to come to life again" or "to bring (someone) back to life;" see LSJ s.v. (web address 1). cf. generally alpha 1806.Matched in noteshighshort
α2187Ἀνδρόπαιςman-boy… term is also applied to (e.g.) Parthenopaeus in Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 533. See also alpha 2706, and generally LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
α1527Ἀμβλυωπίαςdim-sighted… genitive case of the abstract noun a)mbluwpi/a; thus, more literally, "(someone) of dim-sightedness". Same entry in ps.-Zonaras; comparable one, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. cf. alpha 1529, and more generally alpha 1526, …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1344Κέντρωνrogue… 1342. The word ke/ntrwn (LSJ s.v. I) means "rogue" as "someone tortured (deservingly) with a goad"; it appears in Aristophanes, Clouds 450. The form "goad-strikers" is introduced to explain the derivation of ke/ntrwn. The …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1170Διονύσιος ὁ ἈρεωπαγίτηςDionysios the Areiopagite, Dionysius the Areopagite… Greek demonstration procedures, to show the truth of Christian faith against pagan worship. [11] "which comes from God": literally “the wisdom of God”, the knowledge of things created, philosophy; The expression comes from Paul …Matched in noteshighlong
λ658Λόγοςdiscourse; language… [5] Aristophanes, Peace 146-147, with comment from the scholia there. "Plot" is the conventional translation of logos in dramatic contexts, i.e. the main story in the narrative or drama. [6] chi 569.Matched in noteshighmedium
α80ἈβριόρηξAbriorex, Abriorix… is surely Abriorix (a.k.a. Ambiorix), leader of the Gallic Eburones against Julius Caesar in 54-53 BCE. The spelling *)ambio/ric appears once in Plutarch and frequently in Cassius Dio.Matched in noteshighshort
α2644ἌντειαAnteia… Neaira in her youth. For discussion see Konstantinos Kapparis, Apollodoros 'Against Neaira' [D. 59] (Berlin & New York 1999) 208-209.Matched in noteshighshort
α3397ἈπολινάριοςApollinarios, Apollinarius… Libanius. [3] [pi 2098] Porphyry. The reference is to Porphyry's Against the Christians. [4] 'Consubstantiality' (to\ o(moou/sion) was the formula adopted by the Council of Nicaea (AD 325) to define the relationship between the …Matched in noteshighmedium
αι355Αἰσχροκερδήςshamefully-greedy… A work in which they both occur is Dinarchus' speech Against Demosthenes.Matched in noteshighshort
η263Ἡλωκότοςhaving been caught, having been convicted… are evidently quoted from somewhere, the latter perhaps from Hyperides, Against Philippides 12; cf. eta 261.) The perfect active forms have passive sense, contrary to eta 261.Matched in noteshighshort
μ297Μαυροῦσινthey blot out, they make dim… the nu ephelkustikon) it describes what the gods do to someone with ill-gotten wealth. cf. the adjective mau=ros at mu 295, mu 296.Matched in noteshighshort
μ1190Μοθωνίαimpudence… the present headword is is more plausibly derived from mo/qwn, "someone presumptuous" (cf. mu 1187). [3] cf. mu 1189.Matched in noteshighshort