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- κ1395ΚερεάλιοςKerealios, Cerealis… of the Roman cognomen Cerealis found in (e.g.) Josephus and Cassius Dio; cf. lambda 125.Matched in noteshighshort
- δ1239ΔίωνDion, DioAD c.164-after 229. See generally OCD(4) 288 'Cassius Dio'. [1] On this name see kappa 1914. [2] In Bithynia; present-day Iznik in Turkey. [3] The emperor (ruled 222-235) Severus Alexander; see alpha 1124. [4] …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ965<20Κατεπίμπρατοwas being burned to ashes… third person singular. It must be quoted from somewhere (perhaps Cassius Dio or Philostratus, both of whom have instances).Matched in noteshighshort
- ε252ἘδοῦοιEdouoi, Edui… must be the Gallic Aedui (Aidouoi in Strabo, Appian and Cassius Dio); see generally OCD(4) s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
- μ231ΜαρτῖνοςMartinos, Martinus, Martin… Catholic Encyclopedia entry at web address 1. [2] Instances in Cassius Dio and elsewhere.Matched in noteshighshort
- ε984Ἐμηνίωνthey were wrathful… 983, mu 956). It must be quoted from somewhere, perhaps Cassius Dio (as epitomized) on the troops' hostility towards the praetorian prefect (and would-be emperor) Tigidius Perennis.Matched in noteshighshort
- ι621ἸσσαῖοςIssaian, Issaean… denizens of the Dalmatian island of Issa; and see also Cassius Dio 12.49.2.Matched in noteshighshort
- μ899Μήθ' ὑπὸ νεότητος θρασύνεσθαι μήθ' ὑπὸ γήρως ἀμβλύνεσθαιso that he was neither made reckless by youth nor blunted by old ageCassius Dio 68.6.3 on Trajan; a marginal gloss inserted here in ms A from alpha 1528, q.v. The passage is also quoted at eta 176.Matched in noteshighshort
- ε4001Ἐχειρώθηwas defeated… quoted from somewhere; perhaps Herodotus 5.2.5 (web address 1) or Cassius Dio (e.g. 56.12.1), both of whom use forms of this verb frequently.Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1914ΚοκκιανόςKokkianos, Cocceianus… delta 1239 the Suda gives this cognomen to the historian Cassius Dio, but this seems to be Byzantine confusion -- persisting into modern times -- between the two homonyms.Matched in noteshighshort
- ε3282Ἐτέλειused to belong, was a member… II.3 (and if so the source is a passage like Cassius Dio 78.31.2 or Aelian, Varia Historia 12.43).Matched in noteshighshort
- ε1402Ἐνοχλῶ σοιI harass you… Demosthenes 18.4 (and frequently in Attic oratory generally). [2] Perhaps Cassius Dio, Adler suggested. In fact an approximation (the imperfects should be present participles) of Arrian, Iberica 262.Matched in noteshighshort
- ε1805Ἐξοργιεῖνto enrage… extracted from the quotation given. See also epsilon 1848. [2] Cassius Dio 38.34.6, on Julius Caesar and Ariovistus, king of the Suebi, in 58 BCE.Matched in noteshighshort
- ει194Εἰρηνήσεινto be at peace… given, is its future active infinitive. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. [3] Cassius Dio 37.52.3. (The headword verb is a favourite of his.)Matched in noteshighshort
- κ647ΚαταμέμφομαιI blame… with the name Eumenes as a gloss there). Adler prefers Cassius Dio or Diodorus. (The latter has an instance of the idiom polla\ memya/menoi: 24.12.3.)Matched in noteshighshort
- ι439Ἰουλία ΑὐγούσταJulia Augusta… see OCD(4) s.v. Iulia Domna. The present material comes from Cassius Dio 75.15.6-7. [1] Reigned AD 193-211. [2] C.Fulvius Plautianus, Severus' all-powerful praetorian prefect until his murder in 205.Matched in noteshighshort
- ε2017Ἐπαισχέςshameful… [see under delta 654] 221-222 now proffers a link with Cassius Dio (56.13.1, h(/ te ga\r prosedrei/a kai\ matai/a kai\ e)piki/ndunos e)gigneto kai\ h( a(poxw/rhsis e)paisxh\s e)fai/neto).Matched in noteshighshort
- χ20Χαλεπωτάτους λόγουςmost difficult words, very difficult words… chi 18, chi 19. [2] Gaisford connected this material with Cassius Dio 73.17.1, the L.Vespronius Candidus who features in the imperial machinations of 193 CE (i.e. no colon here, but rather include the name …Matched in noteshighshort
- ε3331Ἐτώθαζονthey were mocking… third person plural, of the same verb; perhaps quoted from Cassius Dio 43.20.2.Matched in noteshighshort
- ε2616Ἐπιστάτιςchairwoman, lady president… [3] Sophocles, Ajax 27 (web address 2) with scholion. [4] Cassius Dio 73.16.3 (from his eye-witness account of the over-the-top spectacles at the end of the reign of Commodus). For this sense of epistates …Matched in noteshighshort
- ει179Εἴργεσθαιto be hindered, to be stopped… of knowledge". [3] Quotation unidentifiable (Adler suggested Diodorus Siculus or Cassius Dio.) In any event Bernhardy advocated emending zh=los to the proper name *zih/las (zeta 100).Matched in noteshighshort
- λ87Λαμπάδιον περὶ τὸ σφυρόνlint-bandage round the ankle… Aristophanes, Acharnians 1177-78, with scholion (concerning Lamachus: lambda 81). [2] Cassius Dio 68.8.2. (See the note at epsilon 2466.) [3] From phi 755.Matched in noteshighmedium
- ε344Ἐκκαλεῖταιcalls out, provokes… by Adler, who declared rash Mai's attribution of it to Cassius Dio. Latterly Favuzzi [see under alpha 1596] 198-199 canvasses the likelihood, on vocabulary grounds, of Appian, Dio, and John of Antioch, and argues …Matched in noteshighmedium