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- α1996Ἀναπαυδήτωςinexhaustibly… the parallel entry in ps.-Zonaras, and is not in LSJ. (Clement of Alexandria, Stromata 2.20.130.3 has an instance of the related adjective.)Matched in noteshighshort
- δ366Δεισαλέαdungish (ones), slimy (ones)[1] Neuter plural(s). The headword occurs in Clement of Alexandria, Protrepticus 4.55.5. [2] See already delta 365, where its watery consistency is to the fore.Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2099Κοροκόσμιαmaidens' ornaments… Photius kappa973, where Theodoridis regards the headword as quoted from Clement of Alexandria, Paedagogus 2.12.121.2 (cf. the scholia there).Matched in noteshighshort
- α4055ἈρτώριοςArtorios, Artorius… but for another Artorios see Josephus, Jewish War 6.188; and Clement of Alexandria mentions a writer, author of a treatise On Longevity, with this name.Matched in noteshighshort
- β8ΒαβοῦςBabo's, Baubo's… perhaps identical with the Baubo mentioned in Eleusinian contexts by Clement of Alexandria, etc. (e.g. Protrepticus 2.20; cf. Mylonas 1962: 221-224). A Baubo, who may or may not be the same as Dinarchus's Baubo, …Matched in noteshighshort
- μ948Μηναγύρτηςmonthly collector… (according to Adler); and more fully in a scholion to Clement of Alexandria. See also mu 947. For Rhea see generally rho 83.Matched in noteshighshort
- μ1362ΜυῖαMuia, FlyPoralla/Bradford, A Prosopography of Lacedaemonians no.42. Clement of Alexandria mentions a poetess Myia (along with Corinna, Telesilla, and Sappho) at Stromata 4.19.122. For the name cf. mu 1361 and mu 1363.Matched in noteshighshort
- η481Ἥρας δὲ δεσμοὺς ὑπὸ υἱέοςHera's bindings by (her) son… of the well-known Christian bearers of the name Klemes/Clement, i.e. Clement of Alexandria (OCD(4) s.v.; cited under lambda 257) or Clement of Rome (OCD(4) s.v.), but instead a relatively obscure Platonic commentator. On him …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ174Κακόχαρτονdelighting in evil… evidently quoted from somewhere else; extant instances include ones in Clement of Alexandria and Gregory of Nazianzus.Matched in noteshighshort
- δ1479ΔωσιάδηςDosiades… poet a century later. [1] So in the transmitted versions (Clement of Alexandria, Eusebius) of FGrH 458 F7.Matched in noteshighshort
- μ170Μαντοσυνῶνof divinations… from Empedocles (fr. 112 Diels & Kranz, as preserved in Clement of Alexandria, Stromata 6.3.30.3).Matched in noteshighshort
- ι635ἼσιςIsis… Oracles (ed. Geffcken) 5.484; and cf., for something very similar, Clement of Alexandria, Protrepticus 4.50.3.Matched in noteshighshort
- λ240Λελειουργημέναsmooth-worked [things]… somewhere. The participle occurs in the masculine nominative plural in Clement of Alexandria, Paedagogos 3.3.15.4, referring to men who undergo depilatory procedures.Matched in noteshighshort
- μ1363ΜυῖαMuia, Myia, Fly… Muia herself, OCD4 pp.988 and (under "Women in philosophy") 1577. Clement of Alexandria mentions mother and daughter at Stromata 4.19.121. Entries for Pythagoras appear at pi 3120, pi 3121, pi 3123, pi 3124.Matched in noteshighshort
- ε3168Ἐς ὀψιγόνουςto late-born (persons)… not independently attested in this precise form, but one in Clement of Alexandria, Eclogae propheticae 27.3, comes close: ei)s tou\s o)yigo/nous. For its noun, and a comparable gloss, cf. omicron 1078.Matched in noteshighshort
- ν99Ναὶ μήνyes indeed… becomes frequent in later poetry (Nicander, Oppian) and prose (especially Clement of Alexandria).Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1327Κενόσπουδοςzealous pursuit of frivolities… Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Diogenes Laertius, the emperor Marcus Aurelius, and Clement of Alexandria. [2] Used, among others, by Cicero, Letters to Atticus 9.1.1 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
- μ1422Μυούμενοςbeing initiated… though Latte connects the corresponding entry in Hesychius (mu1880) to Clement of Alexandria, Protrepticus 2.14, where a scholium glosses the plural of the headword (muou/menoi) with the first of the glosses used here.Matched in noteshighshort
- γ74Γαυνάκας ἀμπεχόμενονcloaked in mantles… Persian or Babylonian origin (cf. Assyrian "gaunakka"); see kappa 1137. Clement of Alexandria mentions them at Paedagogus 2.9.77.1.Matched in noteshighshort
- λ257Λεόντιος μοναχόςLeontios the monk… [4] Illos, magister equitum for Zeno: iota 324. [5] See Clement of Alexandria, Paedagogos 3.3: "Against Men Who Embellish Themselves": translation at web address 1. [6] Manuscripts of the Suda read a)nqrw/pwn "human beings"; …Matched in noteshighmedium
- δ473ΔημώDemo[1] Clement of Alexandria, Protrepticus p.16.5 Staehlin; see already beta 195. In both entries, however, the Suda mss distort these names (from Eleusinian mythology): 'Demo' is Deo, i.e. Demeter (delta 483), and 'Bauo' is …Matched in noteshighshort
- η617Ἡταίρηκενhas acted licentiously… quoted from somewhere: apparently (to judge from the scholia there) Clement of Alexandria, Protrepticus 4.61.3, though one might otherwise have suggested Aeschines 1.160. [2] Polybius 12.13.1 (web address 1); quoted more fully at delta …Matched in noteshighshort
- μ308Μαχλῶντεςacting wantonly… a present participle -- but in other cases -- in Clement of Alexandria, e.g. Paedagogus 3.3.21: "fathers often unwittingly have sex with a child acting as a prostitute or daughters acting wantonly, unaware of …Matched in noteshighshort
- ν517ΝουμήνιοςNumenius, Noumenios… [1] cf. Porphyry, On the Cave of the Nymphs 10; Clement of Alexandria, Stromata 1.22.150.4.Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2407Κρητίζεινto Cretanise, to play the Cretan, to speak like a Cretan… is attributed to the Cretan Epimenides (fr. 1 Diehls-Kranz) by Clement of Alexandria, cf. Epistle to Titus 1.12 (web address 2).Matched in noteshighshort
- μ94Μαλακόςdelicate, soft, mild… the cause in the strict sense or “the perfect cause” (Clement of Alexandra, Stromateis 8.9.33; see also Cicero, On fate 41-42, quoting the Stoic theory of causation): 'that which is able to produce an …Matched in noteshighmedium
- κ2489Κρωβύλοςtop-knot… 1); cf. scholia ad loc., and to Xenophon, Anabasis 5.4.13, Clement of Alexandria 220.12. See also kappa 2488 (q.v. for further references and links), epsilon 1257, tau 377. [3] For this sentence, absent from …Matched in noteshighshort
- η544ἩρώδηςHerodes, Herod, Herod the Great… by citing the seventh book of the lost Hypotyposes of Clement of Alexandria. The accuser of James "was so moved at seeing him testify as to confess that he also was himself a Christian. …Matched in noteshighmedium
- δ1189Διοπομπεῖσθαιto escort [evil] away… in Etymologicum Gudianum 147.54, with the gloss pe/myis, "mission"; cf. Clement of Alexandria, Stromata 7.6.33 th=i diopomph/sei tw=n kakw=n. For the meaning see Hesychius alpha6304 a)podiopompei=sqai: a)postre/fesqai, to\n a)potro/paion e)kpe/mpesqai makra/n, a)pokaqai/resqai, "to escort …Matched in noteshighshort
- α4084ἈρχέλαοςArchelaos, Archelaus… of emphasis in philosophy toward ethics imposed by Socrates); but Clement of Alexandria construed the statement as applying not to Archelaos but to Anaxagoras, and the Loeb editor of DL, R.D. Hicks, translates accordingly. …Matched in noteshighmedium