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- η647ΗὐμοίρησαI had good fortune.… quoted from somewhere but is not independently attested) is first person singular, aorist, of eu)moire/w (epsilon 3587); cf. epsilon 3586, mu 1350, delta 662. The verb is cognate with the noun Moira, often personified …Matched in noteshighshort
- λ272ΛεωνίδηςLeonides, Leonidas… man was the leader of the Greeks who resisted [the Persians] at Thermopylai. And in this place, it is said, Heracles set aside his body and became a god. And Leonidas, when it was …Matched in translationhighmedium
- α4673Ἄχαριharsh… in his own enemies." And elsewhere: "the king of the Persians came into Roman territory, but did nothing harmful." "Indulging a most unpleasant and diseased temperament, [and] defiling the body with as many different …Matched in translationhighmedium
- κ547Καταθέεινto run down, to attack… the opportunity of war had not yet come to pass, persuaded them to attack, meanwhile, the territory of the Romans, having created the plot against the Romans as a byproduct of their own lack …Matched in translationhighshort
- β239ΒενετιανόςBenetianos, VenetianusPersonal name.Matched in translationhighshort
- ε3969Ἐφοινίττετοwas blushing, was turning red[1] Imperfect middle/passive, third person singular, of foini/ttw/foini/ssw (cf. generally phi 795), presumably extracted from the quotation given. [2] Part of Menander Protector fr. 9.3 Blockley (108-109), on the Persian envoy Mebod's (cf. alpha …Matched in noteshighshort
- δ89ΔᾶτιςDatisA Persian, who made it his business to speak Greek [sc. but did so badly]. They say he used xai/romai, instead of saying xai/rw. And that [sort of thing] is "Datism". Datis: "this man …Matched in translationhighmedium
- γ44Γάμβρειος στολήGambreian garb… Kaibel): "Themistocles received as a present from the King [of Persia] Lampsacus for wine, Magnesia for bread, Myus for fish, and Percote and Palaescepsis for bedding and clothing. And he also told him to …Matched in noteshighshort
- α3380Ἀπολεγόμενοςdeclining (an offer)… the envoys outright ever to surrender the strongholds to the Persians."Matched in translationhighshort
- ε2513Ἐπίμπλατοwas being filled… See also epsilon 1247. [1] The unglossed headword is third person singular, imperfect indicative middle, while the verb in this quotation is the corresponding plural. Chalcocondyles' editio princeps of the Suda prints this plural …Matched in noteshighshort
- δ1250Διώρθουwas putting to rights… of history). [2] Untrue: this is the imperfect, the third person singular, of diorqo/w (cf. delta 1196). A drastic intervention to delete this secondary gloss (in the margin of ms.I) u(persunteliko\s or any attempt …Matched in noteshighshort
- ν77Ναύσων ΝαυκράτηNauson Naukrates, Nauson Naucrates… 4.1, where the phrase itself takes the same form: two personal names, the second in the accusative, and thus an implicit verb linking them. But Hesychius nu52 s.v. Nauson introduces complications, not only by …Matched in noteshighshort
- α4599Ἀφεὶς καὶ Ἀπαλλάξαςhaving let go and having set free… charged against him. But 'having set free' is when he persuades the person doing the charging to withdraw and cease bringing the charge. Thus Demosthenes and Isaeus [sc. use these word]. But one can …Matched in translationhighmedium
- κ94Καθιδρύσασθαιto appoint, to instal… Tiberius Caesar (cf. tau 553 generally) initiating negotiations with the Persians in the winter of 576; cf. de Boor (141), Whitby (96), omicron 653, and pi 793. On John see alpha 3048 note. On …Matched in noteshighshort
- ω182ὨριγένηςOrigen… subjected the divine words to such meticulous scrutiny that he personally gathered only original manuscripts in the actual Hebrew; tracked down versions by other translators besides the Seventy; and apart from the war-horse translations …Matched in translationhighlong
- ε2856Ἔπρασσονthey were trying to bring about[1] The headword is imperfect of pra/ssw/pra/ttw, third person plural; presumably extracted from the quotation given. See generally LSJ s.v. III.1., and cf. epsilon 2858. [2] Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 1.11.26 …Matched in noteshighshort
- α3048Ἀπέρριψενhe let out… fr. 9.1 Blockley (102-103), on John (Justin's envoy to the Persians in 567; cf. PLRE IIIa s.v. Ioannes(81)) broaching to Chosroes the idea of transferring Suania to the Romans. On emperor Justin II see …Matched in noteshighshort
- μ230ΜαρσύαςMarsyas… skinned by Apollo. A story is told about Hormisdas the Persian [sc. king], who deserted to Constantine the Great. This man, after going out on a hunt and returning to the palace, when the …Matched in translationhighmedium
- β12ΒαγαῖοςBagaios, Bagaeus… Oroetes appears in Herodotus 3.120-128 (web address 1). Oroetes, the Persian satrap of Sardis, Phrygia, and Ionia (see omicron 645) crucified Polycrates, the client tyrant of Samos, because Polycrates would not acknowledge his overlordship. …Matched in noteshighshort
- ε2110Ἔπεχεhold back[Meaning] persist, maintain, guard. "Plato, in the case of the things he understands, makes a declaration and refutes the false utterly, but concerning unclear matters he holds back." "Arkesilaos the philosopher, because of holding …Matched in translationhighshort
- ε2201Ἐπῇρενexcited, incited, stirred up, urged on[Used] instead of a)ne/peisen ["he/she/it persuaded"], h)re/qisen ["he/she/it roused"]. "Love, therefore, having united them incited them even against the tyrant Phalaris." And elsewhere: "this man he cured, and urged on to produce comedies again".Matched in translationhighshort
- κ1705Κλαστάσειςyou will cut down to size, you will trimThe headword, extracted from the quotation, is second person singular, future, of klasta/zw "I dress vines". [1] Aristophanes, Knights 166 (web address 1), with scholion; Demos (personification of the Athenian common people) to his …Matched in noteshighshort
- ε1301Ἐνῆγενwas urging[Meaning he/she/it] was setting in motion, was persuading. Procopius [writes]: "and an assertion of the Christians was urging him to this and was vexing his heart, because they were insisting that Edessa was impregnable." …Matched in translationhighshort
- ι131Ἴδριαςknowledgeable… or other." And in the Epigrams [the word] i)dri/ths ["knowledgeable person"] [is used]: "knowledgeable of the land, knowledgeable also of the sea." Sophocles [writes]: "for if my nature is familiar with these words, I …Matched in translationhighshort
- α1915Ἀνὰ κράτοςto the extent that one is able, to the limit of one's power… the Wars of Justinian 2.25.29 (web address 1), on the Persian rout of the Romans at the Battle of Anglon (543 CE); cf. Kaldellis (128) and kappa 588. For earlier instances of the phrase …Matched in noteshighshort
- ι401ἸοβιανόςJovianus, Jovian… the honor that had come to him, and, fleeing from Persia, he hurried to get within the Roman provinces to display his good fortune, and he turns over Nisibis, a city long subject to …Matched in translationhighlong
- μ232ΜάρτιοςMartius… he, by the fear of his arms and by his personal good judgement as regards all situations, kept pressing onward powerfully. Martius was able not only to overpower his enemies with arms or to …Matched in translationhighmedium
- ν492Νοσηλείαcare of the ill, nursing… that have clearly been used to bandage some seriously wounded person. [1] The (incongruous) gloss is an abstract feminine noun in the nominative (and vocative) singular (lack of strength, weakness, sickliness); see LSJ s.v. …Matched in noteshighshort
- ε1313Ἐνῆνwas in, was permissible[1] The headword is imperfect of e)/neimi, third person singular, used impersonally; cf. epsilon 1314, epsilon 1388. Glossed likewise or similarly in other lexica; see also a gloss on Dionysius the Areopagite (PG 4.25) …Matched in noteshighshort
- ε3468Εὐημερήσαντοςhaving had a successful time… (autumn 539 CE) that Chosroes blames Justinian (cf. iota 446) personally for their territorial and political gains in the Persian west, the Romans do not suspect that the Endless Peace could be broken; cf. …Matched in noteshighshort