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17 entries for Aristarchus

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α3892ἈρίσταρχοςAristarchus, Aristarchos, Aristarkhos… adoption, although he was born in Samothrace. His father was Aristarchus. He lived in the 156th Olympiad, under Ptolemy Philometor, to whose son he was also tutor. He is said to have written more …Matched in translationhighmedium
α3893ἈρίσταρχοςAristarkhos, Aristarchos, Aristarchus… and in such things they prove us better men. This Aristarchus was a contemporary of Euripides; he was the first to establish the length of play which is still current. And he produced 70 …Matched in translationhighmedium
α3894ἈρίσταρχοςAristarchos, AristarchusThis man held the power of a monarch in Ephesus, having come by invitation from Athens. His relatives called him, because he had ruled them with care and consideration for 5 years. He withdrew …Matched in headwordhigh

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Aristarchus, Aristarchos, Aristarkhos

Of Alexandria by adoption, although he was born in Samothrace. His father was Aristarchus. He lived in the 156th Olympiad, under Ptolemy Philometor, to whose son he was also tutor. He is said to have written more than…

Ἀρίσταρχος, Ἀλεξανδρεὺς θέσει, τῇ δὲ φύσει Σαμοθρᾲξ, πατρὸς Ἀριστάρχου. γέγονε δὲ κατὰ τὴν ρνʹ2ʹ Ὀλυμπιάδα, ἐπὶ Πτολεμαίου τοῦ Φιλομήτορος, οὗ καὶ τὸν υἱὸν ἐπαίδευσε. λέγεται δὲ…

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α1641ἈμμώνιοςAmmonius, Ammonios… of Ammonius; of Alexandria; an acquaintance of Alexander. He succeeded Aristarchus as head of school, before Augustus was monarch.Matched in translationhighshort

α3407ἈπολλόδωροςApollodorus, Apollodoros… pupils of the philosopher Panaetius of Rhodes and the grammarian Aristarchus. He was Athenian by birth. He was the first of the so-called tragiambic poets.Matched in translationhighshort

δ261Δερμιστήςskin-eaterLysias maintains that the worm is so called, whereas Aristarchus [applies the term to] the snake. But perhaps, rather, someone who eats skins would be more appropriately so called.Matched in translationhighshort

δ430ΔημήτριοςDemetrius, Demetrios… drama containing Ixion; others, that he quarrelled with his teacher Aristarchus, just as Ixion tried to act ungratefully towards the gods who had bestowed favours on him. He wrote a great deal: On -mi …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ872ΔίδυμοςDidymus, Didymos… of Didymus, a fishmonger. A grammarian of the school of Aristarchus; of Alexandria. He lived in the time of Antony and Cicero, and until Augustus. He was called 'Bronze-guts' [Khalkenteros] because of his indefatigable …Matched in translationhighshort

δ1063ΔικαίαρχοςDicaearchus, Dikaiarchos, DikaiarkhosOf Lacedaemon. Grammarian. Pupil of Aristarchus.Matched in translationhighshort

δ1172ΔιονύσιοςDionysius, Dionysios… side of his father Teres, called Terus; a pupil of Aristarchus. Grammarian. He was a sophist in Rome under Pompey the Great, and taught the elder Tyrannio. He composed very many works on grammar, …Matched in translationhighshort

δ878ΔίδυμοιtwinsLikewise or similarly in other lexica. [1] Aristarchus, reported by a scholion on Homer, Iliad 23.638 (web address 1). Less than self-explanatory here in the Suda, Aristarchus' contention was that in this instance the …Matched in noteshighshort

δ265Δέρτρονcaul; skinner[Meaning the] peritoneum. But Aristarchus [says it is] the skin and all the flesh over the liver. But better [to define it as] the beak. [We derive] de/rtron from the [verb] de/rein ["to skin"], …Matched in translationhighshort

α90ἈβροτάζωI miss (someone on the way)… Etymologicum Gudianum 3.25ff., Eustathius Commentary on Iliad 10.65), probably following Aristarchus, on Homer's plural.Matched in noteshighshort

α227Ἀγήρωageless [things]… manuscripts as feminine accusative singular, but Aristophanes of Byzantium and Aristarchus read a)gh/rwn. [2] Same material, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (127 & 310).Matched in noteshighshort

α677Ἀϊδρείηignorance… at Iliad 7.198 modern editors print its opposite, i)drei/h| (from Aristarchus et al.), which the sense requires. cf. generally iota 131, iota 133.Matched in noteshighshort

αι341Αἰσυμνητήρprince, rulerThe headword is an epic noun, preferred by Aristarchus (to the paradosis, for which see alphaiota 338) at Homer, Iliad 24.347, according to a scholion on that verse, and now standard in modern editions. …Matched in noteshighshort

χ172ΧαῖριςChairis, Chaeris, Khairis… Chairis, more familiar to scholars, who was a pupil of Aristarchus and wrote works on Homer, Pindar, and Aristophanes and a treatise on grammar (all lost). Compare, rather, chi 171. [1] Taken from the …Matched in noteshighshort