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α202Ἀγερωχίαhaughtiness, manliness, nobility… a)/gan. [4] Same or similar glossing in other lexica. [5] Agathias, Histories 1.21. The Byzantine general, Narses (cf. nu 42), mounts a reliable war horse and rallies his troops against the Franks at the …Matched in noteshighshort
α4485Αὐτοβοείat the first battle-cry[1] cf. alpha 4486. [2] Agathias, Histories 2.20 (p.108 Niebuhr). In 555 CE, during the Lazic War (541-562), Roman troops under the Byzantine general Martinus abandon the stronghold at Telephis (cf. alpha 3484 note) …Matched in noteshighshort
α4595Ἀφειδήσαςhaving been unsparing… Aelian fr. 93b Domingo-Forasté (90 Hercher). [3] An approximation of Agathias, Histories 5.23 (p.329 Niebuhr), on the young Byzantine military commander Germanus; cf. PLRE IIIa s.v. Germanus(4) and Frendo (159). See also alpha 2461, …

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Ἀγερωχία

haughtiness, manliness, nobility

Arrogance. "The Scythians are supercilious and exceedingly haughty." By virtue of being exceedingly boastful or by virtue of being exceedingly honored. Also [sc. attested is] a)ge/rwxos, [meaning] honorable, manly.…

Ἀγερωχία· ὑπερηφανία. ὅτι οἱ Σκύθαι εἰσὶν ὑπεροπτικοὶ καὶ λίαν ἀγέρωχοι. παρὰ τὸ ἄγαν αὐχεῖν ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἄγαν γερουχεῖν. Ἀγέρωχος, ἔντιμος, ἀνδρεῖος. Ἀγαθίας· ἵππου ἐπιβὰς…

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β532Βρενθύεσθαιto be haughty, to take umbrage… taken. [5] Aristophanes, Clouds 363 (web address 1 below). [6] Agathias, Histories 5.16 Niebuhr. Read h)/per instead of the Suda's ei)/per. Leading the defense of Constantinople against the invading Huns in 559 CE, the …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε917Ἐλοιδορούμεθαwe were vituperating… (web address 1), with comments from the scholia thereto. [2] Agathias, Histories 25 Keydell (1.12 p. 40 Niebuhr), the citizens of Luca (modern-day Lucca, in central Italy) react to the Byzantine general Narses's feigned …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3875Ἐφεστρίςephestris, mantle… Same glossing in Hesychius, the Lexica Segueriana and Photius. [2] Agathias, Histories 1.12 Niebuhr (p. 25 Keydell), as preserved in the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti; cf. epsilon 2385. [3] Part of Menander Protector fr. 12.5 …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2035Ἐπεκερτόμησενscoffed at… given (but note also Herodotus 8.92.2). [2] An approximation of Agathias, Histories 192.21 (5.22 Niebuhr), which has 'the enemy'. According to de Boor, the Suda quotation departs so much from Agathias that a different …Matched in noteshighshort

α3691Ἀπροϊδήςunforeseen… e.g. Nicander, Theriaca 18, with scholion. [2] Greek Anthology 6.72.3-4 (Agathias Scholasticus). Find another quote from this epigram at pi 3048.Matched in noteshighshort

α4451Αὔξηincreasecf. alpha 4452. [1] Same or similar glossing elsewhere. [2] Agathias, Histories 1.5 (p.24 Niebuhr), which has not 'them' but is specific: 'Romans'. On their embassy in 552 CE to the young Theudobald, king …Matched in noteshighshort

αι159ΑἰθύσσωI stir up… glossing in Photius and other lexica. [2] Greek Anthology 7.204.3-4 (Agathias Scholasticus), an epitaph for the poet's pet partridge (which actually includes not the headword verb itself but a compound of it); cf. eta …Matched in noteshighshort

β141ΒασσαρίςBassarid[1] Cf. generally beta 140 (end). [2] Greek Anthology 6.74.1-2 (Agathias Scholasticus). Additional quotes from this epigram are at alpha 4369, iota 312, and rho 233.Matched in noteshighshort

ε85Ἐγκαινίδεςgunwales… 151 n.49, 218 n.5, 392) more succinctly as "gunwales". [2] Agathias, Histories 5.21 -- which however has the form e)gkeni/das (glossed in Etymologicum Magnum 310.37). In 559 CE, the Kotrigur Huns build a flotilla …Matched in noteshighshort

ε861Ἐλινύεινto rest… or to his History after Alexander. [6] Greek Anthology 5.237.1-2 (Agathias Scholasticus), the poet suffers sleeplessness over lost love. [7] Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler suggests Aelian.) See already at beta 315, and cf. kappa 1702. …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε1946Ἐπάλξειςbattlements… Hesychius epsilon4144 (and Etymologicum Magnum 353.20). [2] Greek Anthology 5.294.3 (Agathias Scholasticus). Here the word occurs in the nominative singular. Other quotations from this epigram appear at alpha 3232, kappa 1886, lambda 352, lambda …Matched in noteshighshort