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ι276Ἴκριονscaffold, post… commentary on the Psalms (PG 80.1308). [2] Marcellinus, Life of Thucydides 31 (on the alleged grave monument of theta 414, whose name intrudes into the quotation here).Matched in noteshighshort
λ100Λαμπρῶςbrilliantly, brightly, clearly[1] Thucydides 2.7.1 and scholia, though the citations probably come most directly from Photius, Lexicon lambda78 Theodoridis (who has the whole of this opening part of the entry). The treaty in question, the Thirty …Matched in noteshighshort
α2614Ἀνταπαιτῆσαι κἀπαιτῆσαιto demand in return and to demandSame or similar entry in other lexica. [1] Adler cites Thucydides 3.58.1 (web address 1) and 5.17.2 (web address 2) but both of those passages use the compound verb. For simple a)paitei=n see 4.99.1, …Matched in noteshighshort
α1020Ἀκροτελεύτιον ἔποςfag-end word… Arabius, Praeparatio sophistica fr. 14. [2] From the scholia to Thucydides 2.17.1, where the adjective 'fag-end' (with 'word' or the like implicit) is used.Matched in noteshighshort
α2153Ἀνδρακάδαman by man… 19 Kock, now 21 K.-A. [2] Something is wrong here: Thucydides does not use this word. Editors note with approval the suggestion of C.J. Blomfield (1786-1857) that this sentence belongs with alpha 2699. [3] …Matched in noteshighshort
α2362Ἀνέχειsustains… this verb cf. alpha 2361, alpha 1363, alpha 2364. [1] Thucydides 1.141.5 (web address 1). [2] Quotation unidentifiable. (Perhaps textually faulty; if not, 'besieged' is used figuratively.) [3] Quotation unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort
α1601Ἅμιπποιhorse-attached… Philochorus FGrH 328 F71. [1] Isaeus fr. 125 Sauppe. [2] Thucydides 5.57.2; Xenophon, Hellenica 7.5.23 (web addresses 1 & 2).Matched in noteshighshort
κ2347Κρατύναιto strengthen… of kratu/nw, presumably quoted from somewhere; more (from Herodotus and Thucydides onwards) usually kratu=nai (sc. with a long upsilon).Matched in noteshighshort
χ475Χρῆμαthing, work, reality… chi 473, chi 474. [1] As Adler notes (following Bernhardy), Thucydides does not use the headword xrh=ma as a synonym for the gloss xrh=sis but does use xrh=sis itself (at 7.5.2). [2] Josephus, Antiquities …Matched in noteshighshort
α2745ἈντιφῶνAntiphon… Gorgias. [4] An inference from the praise of Antiphon in Thucydides 8.68. [5] The "archetypal wise old man" (OCD s.v.) in epic poetry.Matched in noteshighshort
ι121Ἰδιῶταιprivate individuals[1] (Thucydides 1.124.1, web address 1; dative there, nominative here.) Similarly in Photius, Lexicon iota29. [2] Aristophanes, Frogs 459 (web address 2), with scholion. [3] cf. iota 103, iota 111, iota 116, iota 122. …Matched in noteshighshort
η2ᾟwhereby… II (web address 1), citing instances in Aeschylus, Sophocles and Thucydides.Matched in noteshighshort
α4214Ἀσπονδείwithout libation, without a truce… quoted from the New Testament (2 Timothy 3.3). [2] Presumably Thucydides 2.22.2 (web address 1 below). [3] Quoted from alpha 4245, q.v.Matched in noteshighshort
α1600Ἅμιπποιhorse-attached… however, occurs neither in Steph. Byz. nor elsewhere" (Jacoby). [3] Thucydides 5.57.2, web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort
η8ᾜαI went… ff. and LSJ s.v. (web addresses 1 and 2). [1] Thucydides 1.1.1 (web address 3), on Athens and Sparta at the outset of the Peloponnesian War. [2] Aristophanes fr. 403 Kock (417 K.-A.).Matched in noteshighshort
κ856Καταφρόνησινcontempt, disdainFrom the scholia to Thucydides 1.122.4, where (as again here) the headword is in the accusative case. See web address 1. cf. kappa 857 and (for u(perfro/nhsis) upsilon 386, upsilon 387, upsilon 388, upsilon …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2375Ἐπικηρυκεύεταιsends a message by heraldcf. the scholia to Thucydides 6.48.1 (web address 1), where the infinitive e)pikhrukeu/esqai appears. For this headword itself see e.g. Thucydides 7.83.2 (web address 2). cf. generally epsilon 2038, and also epsilon 2376, epsilon …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2658Ἐπιτακτοίreserves… punctuation there includes 'troops' as part of the headword [2] Thucydides 6.67.1 on the Athenians at Syracuse (web address 1). [3] For the quotation cf. kappa 1021 (end) -- but it is out of …Matched in noteshighshort
α1676Ἀμύνασθαιto ward off, to requite, to repay… (fend off). Here the Suda's version is slightly preferable. [1] Thucydides 1.42.1 (web address 1 below). [2] Simonides fr. 229 Bergk. [3] Sophocles fr. 1004 Radt (908 Nauck). Adler, following Nauck, connects this reference …Matched in noteshighmedium
α327Ἀγώνcontest, training, arena… to be quoted here) see LSJ s.v. a)gw/n I.2. [3] Thucydides 5.50.4, on Lichas the Spartan.Matched in noteshighshort
α3418ἈπολλώνιονApollônion… 730, delta 428, delta 1169 (end), and pi 2103. [1] Thucydides 2.91.1 (web address 1). The alternative spelling *)apollw/neion with a diphthong is attested in Cassius Dio and discussed by Ps.-Herodian, Stephanus of Byzantium, …Matched in noteshighshort
κ853Καταφωρᾶνto detectFrom the scholia to Thucydides 1.82.1, where this present infinitive occurs (web address 1); cf. kappa 854. For the glossing one, contrast pi 1816.Matched in noteshighshort
κ959Κατεπάλαισεwrestled down… of the verb there is Pericles' opponent, the by-now elderly Thucydides Melesiou (OCD(4) s.v. Thucydides(1)), probably the grandfather of the historian theta 414; he appears in other wrestling metaphors elsewhere, e.g. Plutarch, Pericles 8. …Matched in noteshighshort
α3593Ἀποτειχίζωνwalling off… now becomes Harpokration s.v., abridged. [4] Antiphon fr. 9 Sauppe; Thucydides 1.64-5, etc.Matched in noteshighmedium
α2526Ἀνθρωπεία φύσιςhuman nature… to his entry on a)nqrw/peion sw=ma and credits it to Thucydides (2.50.1, accusative case).Matched in noteshighshort
δ511Διὰ βραχέοςin a short timeLikewise in ps.-Zonaras. For the headword phrase see e.g. Thucydides 2.85.5 and (in another sense) mu 1135.Matched in noteshighshort
μ686ΜεταγένηςMetagenes… one of the Spartan signatories to the Peace of Nikias (Thucydides 5.19.1).Matched in noteshighshort
ε2206Ἐπήρειαinsolence… the Ambrosian Lexicon (1493); and cf. also the scholia to Thucydides 1.26.3 (next note). [2] Thucydides 1.26.3 (web address 1). [3] Quotation (already at epsilon 1412) unidentifiable. It contains not the headword but a …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε590Ἐκ πολλοῦfrom a great [time], from long ago… This idiom can also mean "for a long time" (e.g. Thucydides 1.68.3) and "from a great distance" (e.g. Thucydides 4.32.4).Matched in noteshighshort
ε3338Ἕτοιμοςreadycf. the scholia to Thucydides 1.20.3 (his scorn for the common mentality which accepts conventional wisdom without questioning its truth). cf. generally epsilon 3339.Matched in noteshighshort