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α3616Ἀποτροπιαζόμενοιaverting… alpha 3615. [1] The headword participle is probably (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given. [2] From the scholia to Sophocles, Electra 445; cf. mu 274. [3] Same material in other lexica.Matched in noteshighshort
δ806Δίαυλοςdouble-stretch… (web address 1). As part of his commentary on the demonic nature of Justinian (cf. iota 446), Procopius describes an eyewitness report of the emperor's head vanishing while his body continued to wander to …Matched in noteshighshort
α897Ἀκληρούντων(of) unfortunates… plural, of the verb a)klhre/w -- is perhaps (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given. cf. generally alpha 895, alpha 896. [1] Polybius fr. 192 Büttner-Wobst; again at pi 531 and upsilon 347. …Matched in noteshighshort
λ367Λεῖξαιlixae, camp-followers, sutlers… were forced to share their machinations with the soldiers, and demonstrate these machinations with them. That way they could receive the soldiers' aid, and use them as accomplices in their profitmaking and murdering. And …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ1183Διονυσίων σκώμματαinsults of the Dionysia… is boastfully stingy, doggier than dogs and more troublesome than demons."Matched in translationhighmedium
δ1081Δικαιώματαacts of justice, things done as of right… is accusative plural, evidently extracted from somewhere (possibly, though not demonstrably, the quotation which follows here). [1] Likewise the gloss on a passage of Polybius in delta 1065. [2] Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, …Matched in noteshighshort
α1847Ἀναδέξασθαιto await… 1848. In the present entry it is perhaps (though not demonstrably) extracted from the first quotation given. [1] Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler tentatively suggested Aelian.) [2] Polybius 1.52.8. [3] Polybius fr. 100 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes …Matched in noteshighshort
α1281Ἀλκιμάχηmighty in battle… headword is perhaps generated by the epigram quoted, though not demonstrably so; ps.-Zonaras (next note) does not have it, and in any case the epigram has a Doric-dialect version. [1] Likewise in ps.-Zonaras. [2] …Matched in noteshighshort
α2330Ἀνέστησανthey forced [someone] to emigrateThe headword is perhaps (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given. [1] Menander Protector fr. 18.6 Blockley (164-167), on the displeasure of Tiberius Caesar (cf. tau 553 and PLRE IIIb s.v. Tiberius Constantinus(1)) …Matched in noteshighshort
κ348Κάπροςboar… hold of the boar". Especially when accompanied by suitable gestures, demonstrative pronouns in comedy and elsewhere -- grasp this, look at that, etc. -- obviously lend themselves to simple sexual double entendre. Lines 181-239 …Matched in noteshighshort
δ368Δεισιδαιμονίαfear of the gods, piety, superstition… great things." And Polybius of Megalopolis says concerning Timaeus: "he demonstrated great cleverness and audacity in accusing his neighbors, but in his own denials he is full of dreams and marvels and unreliable stories …Matched in translationhighmedium
α663Ἀήσυρονlight-as-air… adjective. It must be quoted from somewhere; possibly, though not demonstrably, the quotation given here. [1] These glosses also occur, in various permutations, in Hesychius and elsewhere, including Apollonius's Homeric Lexicon. (But no instance …Matched in noteshighshort
α864Ἀκήλητονinexorable… Hesychius, shows), is evidently quoted from somewhere; perhaps, though not demonstrably, the epigram quoted. For the glossing cf. also the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 10.329, where a)kh/lhtos occurs. [2] Greek Anthology 7.9.7-8 (Damagetus, Damagetos), …Matched in noteshighshort
α2209Ἀνεβάλλετοwas striking up, was starting up… other lexica and scholia. The headword is perhaps (though not demonstrably) extracted from the first quotation given. [1] Arrian, History of Alexander's Successors fr. 21 Roos-Wirth (FGrH 156 F124). [2] See already alpha 1810.Matched in noteshighshort
α2158Ἀνδράριονmanikin… shows, is the accusative case; it is perhaps, though not demonstrably, extracted from the quotation given. For the plural see under pi 358. [2] Agathias, Histories 1.7 (p.30 Niebuhr). During the Gothic War (535-554 …Matched in noteshighshort
λ483Λιβάδαtrickle, stream… in the dedication have a definite article or an equivalent demonstrative--adopts a suggestion of A.D. Schaefer (German historian and classical scholar, 1819-1883) and reads xai) ("the drips").Matched in noteshighshort
γ207ΓέσιοςGesios, Gesius… of his time. He was slow at the begining to demonstrate his knowledge in public, but he quickly progressed and thrived in it, since he was stately and eloquent; delving only a little in …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ842Διαχώρουςintervals… are in the accusative plural, the headword presumably (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given. The headword is a military term, attested in the masculine form only here and in ps.-Zonaras s.v. (which …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1326Δοκίδεςbeams, meteors… 31.1472.25 Migne; and cf. also Aristotle, De mundo 392b4; Eusebius, Demonstratio evangelica 9.1.14; Anna Comnena, Alexias 12.4.1. See also kappa 1996. The noun doki/s is also used in mathematical contexts, as one of the …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3598ΕὐνόμιοςEunomios, Eunomius [of Cyzicus]… to attain the goal which he set himself. This is demonstrated by the 7 volumes on which he labored in vain concerning the Epistles to the Romans, for spending many treatises on them he …Matched in translationhighmedium
μ56ΜακάριοςMakarios, Macarius… of knowledge (it has 50 chapters); the Antirrhetic against the demons of temptation [is] divided into 8 parts, in accordance with the number of the 8 arguments; and 600 Prognostic Problems; and two Stichera …Matched in translationhighmedium
α1848Ἀναδέξασθαιto endure… 1847. In the present entry it is perhaps (though not demonstrably) extracted from the Polybian quotation given. [1] Polybius 13.5.3; again, in part, at alpha 3018. [2] Likewise in Photius. [3] cf. generally alpha …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1211Ἐνέβηentered, boarded… 940, epsilon 941, epsilon 942). It is probably (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation which immediately follows, and also illustrated by the second one appended. [2] Aelian fr. 40b Domingo-Forasté (37 Hercher), about …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3640Εὐπάρυφαfinely-bordered… did not realize that the thinness of their bodies was demonstrated even more by the sheerness and extreme insubstantiality of their clothing."Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2435Κριόςram… h)/laun' o)pi/sw suggests the former (though the result is not demonstrably metrical), yet the Et.Gud. reads h)/launen in place of the elided h)/laun'. [3] This sense of the headword, attested only here, is not …Matched in noteshighshort
α984Ἀκρισίαlack of judgment… cannot be in doubt; cf. LSJ s.v. [4] From Lucian, Demonax 47. The humor lies in the possibility of interpreting "Acrisius" as "the man of bad judgment" or "the man who is not judged." …Matched in noteshighshort
α2355Ἀνέφερονthey were bringing up, they were recoveringThe headword is perhaps, though not demonstrably, extracted from the first quotation given. For this verb see also alpha 2352, alpha 2353, alpha 2354. [1] Quotation unidentifiable. [2] Quotation not identified by Adler, but …Matched in noteshighshort
ε399Ἐκδίκουςavenging; lawless… this adjective, must be quoted from somewhere (perhaps, though not demonstrably, the first Sophocles passage below). For the adjective see already epsilon 398, and cf. also epsilon 400; and for the twin meanings of …Matched in noteshighshort
α655Ἄημαblast… Lexicon. The headword, a neuter noun, is probably (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given. [2] Sophocles, Ajax 674-683 (web address 1 below), here reproduced with several errors; cf. epsilon 4016, lambda 545.Matched in noteshighmedium
ι291ἹλάριοςHilarios, Hilarius… not at all disturbed by the event, did a deed demonstrating manliness and good sense. For when he caught the man, he yielded his wife to him and resigned his own rank on condition …Matched in translationhighmedium