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κ1853Κνάφοςcarding-comb… 1.92.4 on Croesus' treatment of Pantaleon (web address 1); cf. Plutarch, On the Malice of Herodotus 858F.Matched in noteshighshort
δ962Διεσπαθηκόταhaving squandered away… infinitive see Hesychius delta1325, with the gloss a)selgw=s a)nali/skein; cf. Plutarch, Cicero 27.6 (polla\ th=s ou)si/as diaspaqh/sas). The form diaspaqi/zw is attested in Johannes Laurentius Lydus, De magistratibus populi Romani 2.19 (passive at 1.36). …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1481Ἐντὸς ἑβδόμηςbefore (the) seventh… the month: explicit in Hesychius, Zenobius and Photius. (Contrast e.g. Plutarch, Marius 17.11, where e)nto\s e)bdo/mhs h(me/ras refers to the tribune Aulus Pompeius dying 'within a week'.)Matched in noteshighshort
κ1620ΚίμωνKimon, Cimon… Plato, Menexenus 241D; Lycurgus, Against Leocrates 72-73; Diodorus Siculus 11.60.5-11.62; Plutarch, Cimon 12.2-13.6; Nepos, Cimon 2.2-4; Pausanias 1.29.14, 10.15.4. [4] no/mw| pole/mou; cf. e)s xeirw=n no/mon a)pike/sqai at LSJ s.v. no/mos I.e.1. [5] These …Matched in noteshighmedium
β9ΒαβύλαςBabylas… in their lower courses, it may be worth noting that Plutarch, Lycurgus 6.2 (cf. Pelopidas 13.3), records Babyka as the name of a stream near central Sparta (cf. Hesychius beta18, where Babyka is glossed …Matched in noteshighshort
α1308Ἀλογίαdisregard… 7.208-209.1 (abridged). For the Spartans and their hair cf. e.g. Plutarch, Life of Lycurgus 22.1.Matched in noteshighshort
μ1221Μονιόςsolitary [male animal]… context altogether, the second gloss here, mono/lukos, was according to Plutarch an epithet applied by Demosthenes to Alexander the Great.)Matched in noteshighshort
η616Ἢ τὰν ἢ ἐπὶ τάνeither this or on this… men of Athens and Sparta). Proverbial in Apostolius 8.71, from Plutarch, Moralia 241F. See also under lambda 824.Matched in noteshighshort
δ149Δεδιξάμενοιhaving made fearful; fearing… extant instances outside lexicography it has an active sense (e.g. Plutarch, Cato Minor 43.7, and several times in Procopius, e.g. Wars 2.21.19, 2.26.16, 5.22.25, 8.28.2, Anecd. 5.12; also Theodoret). So either the present headword …Matched in noteshighshort
β154Βασίλειοιroyal… to the 30,000 such boys mentioned in Arrian, Diodorus Siculus, Plutarch, and other sources on Alexander the Great. The present version is wrong in its location as well as the figure: having been organized …Matched in noteshighshort
β190Βάτραχος ἐκ Σερίφουa frog out of Seriphos… and other paroemiographers. Seriphos was a proverbially insignificant (cf. e.g. Plutarch, Themistocles 18 [web address 1]) little island in the south Aegean Sea. Skyros is a larger one -- though still, too, proverbially insignificant: …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3648Εὖ πεφυκώςnaturally gifted… as well as in other authors (e.g. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Plutarch). [1] An abbreviation of Polybius 10.14.9-10 (on Scipio Africanus).Matched in noteshighshort
κ361ΚάρβωνCarbo… Republic, and attested in Greek sources such as Appian and Plutarch, see OCD(4) s.v. Papirius.) [2] cf. alpha 2522. (For the connection between this and the beginning of the entry, not made explicit, see …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2264Κωμικόςcomic writer, comedian… the stage'. Its noun, dorufo/rhma, was applied several times by Plutarch (e.g. Alexander 77.7) to alpha 3874, Philip Arrhidaeus, the ineffectual elder son of Philip II of Macedon (and half-brother of Alexander the Great).Matched in noteshighshort
δ1031Διθυράμβων νοῦν ἔχεις ἐλάττοναyou have less sense than dithyrambs.… to have less sense than the cranes and the storks?" (Plutarch, Lucullus 39.5).Matched in noteshighshort
δ1513Δραστήριοςeffective, efficient, energetic… becomes a favorite in character portrayals of great men by Plutarch (Antonius 42.2, Lucullus 6.2, Nicias 16.9, Pericles 19.3, Phocion 6.3, Timoleon 3.7) and Dionysius of Halicarnassus. It exemplifies well the overtones of the …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1304ΚέλωρKelor… Metellus Celer) and a name in its own right (e.g. Plutarch, Romulus 10.3, Coriolanus 11.4); see also under alpha 528. Note also the individual mentioned in late sources as a magistrate under the emperor …Matched in noteshighshort
χ560Χρυσῆ εἰκώνgolden image… detail) Plato, Phaedrus 235D-E; ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 7.1 and 55.5; Plutarch, Solon 25.3. [1] i.e. the nine chief "magistrates" (office-holders) each year. [2] Delphi. [3] The text of this clause, transmitted with the negative …Matched in noteshighshort
α3075Ἀπεσφακέλισενhad a seizure, had frost-bitten limbs… only). LSJ s.v. also cites Herodotus 4.28.4 (of horses) and Plutarch, Lycurgus 16 (of the convulsions experienced by weakling Spartan babies when their mothers bathe them in wine); cf. epsilon 2090.Matched in noteshighshort
η545ἩρώδηςHerodesSurnamed Julius, son of Atticus the son of Plutarch, a member of the Aeacid family; an Athenian, of the deme Marathon. Sophist. He was extremely wealthy, so much so that he built a stadium …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε2109Ἐπεφύοντοthey were latching onto… has aorist, not imperfect. Extant instances begin with one in Plutarch (Alexander 55.2, using Callisthenes: FGrH 124 F7) but by far the largest number of them is in Cyril of Alexandra. [2] Quotation -- …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2601Κύβονdie (in gambling)… 2310, epsilon 3013), but was also used by Polybius and Plutarch (of Pyrrhus); cf. kappa 2591 and phi 5 (end). For the proverb "Triple six or three aces" on acts of high risk see …Matched in noteshighshort
λ858ΛυσίαςLysias… theta 418. The phrase "with two brothers" garbles its source ([Plutarch], Lives of the Ten Orators 835D): L. had three brothers in all, one of whom accompanied him. [4] A number calculated from the …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1829ΚλώδονεςKlodones… second vowel is in fact unparalleled elsewhere. For *Klw/dwnes see Plutarch, Alexander 2.7: 'all the women of these parts were addicted to the Orphic rites and the orgies of Dionysus from very ancient times, …Matched in noteshighshort
λ437Ληκυθιστήςhollow-voiced declaimer… than in the quotation which follows here, attested only in Plutarch, Moralia [That it is not possible to live pleasantly according to Epicurus] 1086E; accusative plural. [3] Quotation unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort
γ454ΓρήνικοςGrenikos, Granikos, Granicus, Graneikos… Persians, in 334 BCE. (Arrian, Anabasis 1.12-16; Diodorus Siculus 17.18-21; Plutarch Alexander 16). See in brief John Lazenby in OCD(4) p.626 (s.v. Granicus -- the orthodox modern version of the name, also under mu …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2396Ἐπὶ κνάφου ἕλκειςyou are dragging [me] on a carding-comb… cf. kappa 1854), is the episode in Herodotus 1.92.4 (cf. Plutarch, On the Malice of Herodotus 858E) of Croesus doing this to the friend of Pantaleon (e)pi\ kna/fou e(/lkwn die/fqeire). For a knaphos as …Matched in noteshighshort
ν78Ναύσταθμονanchorage, roadstead… the headword ('hence of ships assembled in a roadstead') in Plutarch.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1161ΔιόμειαDiomeia… Hesychius alpha1701; Hyperides, For Euxenippos 12; Photius, cod. 261 (cf. [Plutarch], Vitae X oratorum 835b3; Scholia on Aeschylus 1, 125; Duris FGrHist 76 FF 67 and 68); Plutarch, Alcibiades 21.3, Nicias 13.3; scholion on …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1044Κατηθλημένωνhaving been trained… intransitively, has sometimes the same meaning of 'being well trained' (Plutarch, Marius 26.10 and de Liberis educandis 2.2E).Matched in noteshighshort

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