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α4521Αὐτὸς γὰρ εὗρε τοῦ κακοῦ τὴν πητύανfor he himself found the rennet of the evilA proverb (Diogenianus 3.18) couched in an iambic trimeter; again at pi 1540.Matched in noteshighshort
δ86Δασύπουςshaggy-foot, furry-footComica adespota fr. 555 Kock, now 828 K.-A.; Diogenianus 7.57 and other paroemiographers. Compare generically pi 2875. For hares and proverbs see also delta 87.Matched in noteshighshort
δ354Δείξειςdemonstrations, displays, performances, showsDiogenes Laertius 4.38, here abridged. (For Arcesilaus see generally alpha 3950.) The headword, accusative plural, is extracted from the passage. [1] i.e. 'where seats were paid for' (Loeb translation).Matched in noteshighshort
κ400ΚαρνεάδηςKarneades, Carneades… of Philosophy at web address 1. [1] Philokomos or Epikomos (Diogenes Laertius 4.62). [2] Karneades was the most recognized member of the "New" or "Skeptical" Academy. He succeeded Hegesinus as head of the Academy …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1922Ἐπαγωγήinduction… unglossed, see also epsilon 1921 and (esp.) epsilon 1923. [1] Diogenes Laertius 3.47.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1902Κοδάλου χοίνιξKodalos' choenix… with omicron, as here, but with omega: see Hesychius s.v., Diogenianus 5.69, and -- the ultimate source -- Hipponax [iota 588] fr. 151a. See also kappa 2212. For 'choenix' see generally chi 590, chi …Matched in noteshighshort
αι125Αἰθίοπα σμήχεινto wash an Ethiopian white… the Ignorant Book-buyer 28. See also the paroemiographers: Zenobius 1.46, Diogenianus 1.45, Macarius 1.62. See generally Tosi [cited under alpha 378] no.1893. For this type of proverb see the cross-references under alphaiota 114.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3985ἘχεκρατίδαςEchekratidas… here): see e.g. Pausanias 10.16.8. For individuals called Echekrates see Diogenes Laertius 8.46 (a Pythagorean) and the Thessalian in Polybius 5.63ff.Matched in noteshighshort
αι238Αἲξ ΣκυρίαSkyrian nanny-goatcf. Zenobius 2.18, Diogenianus 2.33. For Skyros in the Suda see also alpha 4101, sigma 714.Matched in noteshighshort
β6Βαβαὶ Μύξοςhey Myxos!cf. Diogenianus 3.65; Apostolius 4.79. The entry is repeated at mu 1419. For babai see already beta 5. The Myxos in question is otherwise unknown.Matched in noteshighshort
ε102Ἔγκλισιςinclination… generally epsilon 101. [1] For whom see alpha 1981. [2] Diogenes Laertius 2.9.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2480Κροτοθορύβουloud applauseThe opening of a letter of Epicurus, quoted in Diogenes Laertius 10.5. Leontion was (allegedly) a courtesan with whom one of E.'s brothers was cohabiting. [1] Not a)nagno/nti soi (Suda) but a)nagno/ntas sou (D.L.).Matched in noteshighshort
γ317Γλυκὺς ἀπείρῳ πόλεμοςsweet (is) war to an inexperienced man… a)pei/roisin, "a sweet thing [is] war, to the inexperienced"); cf. Diogenianus 3.94 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2767Ἐπιχαιρεκακίαspite, Schadenfreude[1] Diogenes Laertius 7.114. Compare Cicero's definition of malevolentia in Tusculan Disputations 4.9.20: 'voluptas ex malo alterius sine emolumento suo'. See also in the discussion of pleasures at eta 97; and for the cognate …Matched in noteshighshort
η425Ἡ Περγαία ἌρτεμιςPergaian Artemis, Artemis of PergeFrom Photius eta217 (but with the ending missing there); cf. Diogenianus 5.6 and other paroemiographers. For Perge see pi 1038.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3071Ἔρωςlove, erotic desire… looks deeply into things that exist. On love see under Diogenes.Matched in translationhighmedium
ε1001ἘμπεδοκλῆςEmpedokles, EmpedoclesDiogenes Laertius 8.58 cites authorities (i) for a different number -- 43 -- of these tragedies and more importantly (ii) for an ancient academic dispute as to their authorship; the majority view was that …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2299Ἐπιδικάζεταιclaims at law, sues for… 32 Thalheim (now 91 Carey OCT), from the Reply to Diogenes on behalf of Archestratus about a plot of land. cf. generally alpha 1764, epsilon 2298.Matched in noteshighshort
δ627Διαλεκτικήdialectic… Zintzen (223 Asmus); cf. alpha 278, epsilon 1929. [3] cf. Diogenes Laertius 7.42-43. This definition of dialectic (in its shorter version “the knowledge of what is true and false”: Cicero, Academica 2.91) is frequently …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2451ΚρίτωνKriton, Criton, CritoC5/4 BCE. [1] See generally sigma 829. [2] Derived from Diogenes Laertius 2.121. [3] D.L. does not mention this, but does list 17 other works.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2110Ἔπεχεhold back… (1 Timothy 4.16) but there are numerous other possibilities. [2] Diogenes Laertius 3.52. [3] See next note. [4] A careless version of Diogenes Laertius 4.32: 'while promenading' (peripatw=n) should be 'about everything' (peri\ pa/ntwn). …Matched in noteshighshort
κ150Κακίαvice, evilStoic doctrine from Diogenes Laertius 7.93 & 95 [1] For this distinction see (besides Diog. Laert.) Stobaeus, Eclogae 2.58.14 - 59.3 (ed. Wachsmuth). [2] For the Socratic antecedent of this position (i.e. that vices …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ843Λύπηpain, distress, vexation… Wachsmuth). [2] These words belong to the Stoic Apollodorus (see Diogenes Laertius 7. 118). The excellent person is the sage who, according to the Stoics, is free of passions or emotional states (a)paqh/s; see …Matched in noteshighshort
α3471Ἀπὸ πέντε ἅλλεσθαι πετρῶν εἰς κῦμαto leap from five rocks into a wavecf. Diogenianus 1.80, where however the proverb itself ends (improbably) "into a cudgel".Matched in noteshighshort
ε960Ἐμβριθέστατοςmost weighty, very weighty… cf. epsilon 958, epsilon 959, epsilon 961, epsilon 962. [1] Diogenes Laertius 4.30, glossing the praise of Arcesilaus (alpha 3950) by his former teacher Theophrastus (theta 199).Matched in noteshighshort
α4097Ἀρχὴ ἥμισυ παντόςa beginning (is) half of the wholecf. Diogenianus 2.97 and other paroemiographers (and see already under alpha 4091) -- and ultimately from Hesiod, Works and Days 40: ple/on h(/misu panto/s "the half is more than the whole." Tosi [see under …Matched in noteshighshort
γ432Γραῦς χορεύειan old woman is dancing[1] Zenobius 2.96. [2] Diogenianus 3.79.Matched in noteshighshort
δ917Δι' ἐναντίαςopposing… this meaning, common enough in late literature also, see e.g. Diogenes Laertius 1.84.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3715Εὐρυβατεύεσθαιto be a Eurybatuscf. Diogenianus 4.76, etc. [1] cf. kappa 1405, kappa 1406, kappa 1407, kappa 1408, kappa 1409, kappa 1410. [2] See epsilon 3717, epsilon 3718.Matched in noteshighshort
α1654Ἀμπλάκημαfailure… 146. [3] This passage is taken (with minor changes) from Diogenes Laertius 7.120-1, where the Stoic thesis that all faults or moral mistakes are equal (cf. alpha 2479, end; kappa 320, end) is quoted …Matched in noteshighmedium

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