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391 entries for Diogenes

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α2873Ἀπαθῆimpassive, passionless… Antiphon (the Sophist) 87 B5 Diels-Kranz; from Harpokration s.v. [3] Diogenes Laertius 7.117, on the Stoic doctrines of Zeno. [4] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr.207 Zintzen (260 Asmus). [5] Again, more fully, at theta …Matched in noteshighmedium
α2929Ἀπαρτίανchattels, household utensils, moveables… Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 43.1 Wallies. [3] Diogenes Laertius 7.60, quoting Antipater's first book On Terms; cf. alpha 1951, omicron 627. [4] The remainder of the entry is abridged from Harpokration …Matched in noteshighmedium
α2933Ἅπας ἐχῖνος τραχύςevery hedgehog [is] pricklyIn Diogenianus and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshigh

α2873

Ἀπαθῆ

impassive, passionless

[Meaning] painless. But Antiphon [uses] a)paqh= the [sc. neuter] plural, [meaning] experiences which did not truly happen. Also [sc. attested is the nominative singular] a)paqh/s. "They say that the wise man is…

Ἀπαθῆ· ἄλυπον. ὁ δὲ Ἀντιφῶν ἀπαθῆ πληθυντικῶς, τὰ μὴ ὡς ἀληθῶς γεγονότα πάθη. καὶ Ἀπαθής. ἀπαθῆ φασιν εἶναι τὸν σοφὸν διὰ τὸ ἀνέμπτωτον εἶναι. εἶναι δὲ καὶ ἄλλον ἀπαθῆ, τὸν…

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α3029Ἀπέπαρδεfarted… the uneducated Cynics (chs. 15 and 19) when referring to Diogenes (delta 1141 etc.). [1] e.g. Comica adespota fr. 50 Kock (not in K.-A.). See LSJ at web address 1. [2] See again epsilon …Matched in noteshighshort

α3137Ἄπειροι γῦπεςinexperienced vultures, innumerable vulturesDiogenianus 2.88 and other paroemiographers -- which however read a(/per oi( gu=pes, "(you are acting) just as the vultures." The Suda's a)/peiroi is a mistake. See generally Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.768.Matched in noteshighshort

α3242Ἄπνουςnot breathingThese anecdotes come from Diogenes Laertius' Life of Empedocles (8.51-77, at 59-61), with a different order and some different readings; for a selection of the latter, see the notes below. For Empedocles see generally …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3274Ἀπόγραφοςimitator[1] Diogenes Laertius 6.84. See further at omicron 351. The headword a)po/grafos usually refers to a copy, not a copyist: see LSJ entry at web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort

α3402Ἀπόλογος ἈλκίνουAlkino(o)s' story, Alkino(o)s' taleDiogenianus 2.86. The phrase (explained thus in LSJ s.v. a)po/logos, I: "of long and tedious stories, from that told by Odysseus to Alcinous in Od. 9-12") is found in e.g. Comica Adespota fr. 743b …Matched in noteshighshort

α3438Ἀπὸ μηχανῆςfrom a machinecf. Diogenianus 2.84 and other paroemiographers; also the scholia to Plato, Clitophon 470A (and other scholia). For the proverbiality of the phrase see also e.g. Demosthenes 40.59: "Timocrates alone, as if from a machine, …Matched in noteshighmedium

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

α3494Ἀπορραγείςhaving been broken off… be quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities are all late. [2] Diogenianus 2.89, etc.; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1491.Matched in noteshighshort

α3600Ἀποτίσεις χοῖρε γίγαρταyou, pig, will give back grape-pipsDiogenianus 3.32 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort

α3668Ἀπώλεσας τὸν οἶνον ἐπιχέας ὕδωρyou ruined the wine by pouring in watercf. Diogenianus 2.32 and other paroemiographers; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.2205. [1] On Aristias of Phleious (C5 BCE) see generally OCD(4) s.v. (p.154); this is his fr. 4 Nauck. On the Peripatetic philosopher …Matched in noteshighshort

α3683Ἀπράγμωνbusiness-free… [1] Likewise in other lexica. [2] A close approximation of Diogenes Laertius 7.118, who is quoting Stoic doctrine. (For "will drink wine, but not get drunk" cf. omicroniota 140.) In fact, the Stoic sage …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3722Ἄπυρα σῖταfireless rations, unfired rations… Siculus 19.96.4; Antigonos Monophthalmos campaigns in Nabataea, 312 BCE. [2] Diogenes Laertius 7.26. [3] From Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.31C-D (1.57 Kaibel), citing Alcman and Polybius; cf. generally alpha 1482.Matched in noteshighshort

α3756Ἀργαλέον φρονέοντα παρ' ἄφροσι πόλλ' ἀγορεύεινpainful for someone of sound mind to say many things to the senseless… of a gnomic couplet of Theognis; registered as proverbial by Diogenianus (2.90) and other paroemiographers. [2] From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 4.471, where a)rgale/on occurs. [3] Lejeune (below) 151 accepts this etymology, as …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3788Ἀργυρέαsilver (one)… responses (Berkeley & Los Angeles 1978) 338 Q215. [4] cf. Diogenianus 2.81. [5] Quoted from chi 470.Matched in noteshighshort

α3798Ἀργύρου κρῆναι λαλοῦσινsprings of silver prattlecf. Diogenianus 2.93 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort

α3909ἈρίστιπποςAristippos, Aristippus… Generally, for the sources of these stories of Aristippus, see Diogenes Laertius 2.77-79 and Sextus Empiricus, Pyrrhoniae hypotyposes 3.204. [1] cf. already alpha 1359, end. [2] Euripides, Bacchae 836 (web address 1 below). The …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3915ἈριστόδημοςAristodemus, Aristodemos… [eta 546] Herodian. [2] Suggested emendations of this name are Diogenianus and Dardanus.Matched in noteshighshort

α3947ἈρκαδίαArkadia, Arcadia… -- to which one should add the paroemiographers, such as Diogenianus 2.69 -- see J. Fontenrose, The Delphic Oracle: its responses and operations (Berkeley 1978) 298, Q88.Matched in noteshighmedium

α3954Ἄρκου παρούσης τὰ ἴχνη ζητεῖςa she-bear is here and you're looking for the tracksAlso in Diogenianus 2.70, but with the more orthodox spelling of bear (a)/rktou; cf. alpha 3958, alpha 3961) and a crisper gloss: "in reference to cowardly hunters". See generally Tosi (cited under alpha 378) …Matched in noteshighshort

α3997Ἀρρώστημα νοσήματος διαφέρειan ailment differs from a diseaseA Stoic doctrine quoted (with fair accuracy) from Diogenes Laertius 7.115. cf. nu 495 (end).Matched in noteshighshort

α4076Ἀρχαιότερα τῆς διφθέρας λέγειςyou talk more old-fashioned than the hideComica Adespota fr. 564 Kock (but not in K.-A.); cf. Diogenianus 3.2, Macarius 2.48. cf. zeta 39.Matched in noteshighshort

α4084ἈρχέλαοςArchelaos, Archelaus… and principal part of the present entry comes largely from Diogenes Laertius 2.16. [1] Or 'called a natural philosopher by choice.' At any rate, see again under delta 1080. [2] Unlikely. DL loc.cit. does …Matched in noteshighmedium

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

α4112ἈρχίλοχοςArchilochus, Archilochos, Arkhilokhos… Comica Adespota fr. 748 Kock (but not in K.-A.); cf. Diogenianus 2.95.Matched in noteshighmedium

α4175Ἀσκὸν δέρεινto flay a wine-skin… the headword phrase occurs (web address 1 below). Proverbial in Diogenianus and other paroemiographers. [1] This last sentence reappears at upsilon 548, q.v.Matched in noteshighshort

α4322ἈταρνεύςAtarneus… Atarneus. So e.g. in the epigram of Callimachus quoted by Diogenes Laertius 1.80.Matched in noteshighshort

α4368ἌτλαςAtlas… On the epigram's attribution, see alpha 4390 note. [3] cf. Diogenianus 2.67 and similarly in other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort

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