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Archimedes
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4113
Ἀρχιμήδης
Archimedes
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Archimedes(4).
[The Suda has no dedicated entry for the most celebrated bearer of this name, but see e.g. alpha 2797, sigma 669.]
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δ
1573
Δύναμις
capability, capacity, ability, potentiality, power
… Nicol (below) 43 and 48-49; CMH 2.288 ad 298-99. Perhaps
Archimedes'
'five geometric powers' are related to the five regular solid geometric figures, on which see theta 93. [8] George of Pisidia Ad Alypium …
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2907
Ἐργολάβος
contractor; profit-maker
… and does not contain the phrase 'had a hard time'.
(Archimedes,
surprisingly, does not have his own Suda entry [alpha 4113 is a homonym], but for this episode cf. under alpha 2797, epsilon 945, …
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1405
Δοσίθεος
Dositheos, Dositheus
… Hellenistic astronomer D. of Pelusium, dedicatee of several books by
Archimedes
- OCD(4) s.v. no.2 (and Bibliography below), D. 'Magister', author of a Latin grammatical handbook in the (?)late fourth century CE - an …
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