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δ448ΔημόκριτοςDemocritus, Demokritos… to Demetrius of Phaleron (delta 429). [2] One wonders how Democritus could know unless he had been actively involved. On Hippocrates, see iota 564. [3] Demeter. For the Thesmophoria see generally theta 270. [4] …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ447ΔημόκριτοςDemocritus, Demokritos… from Diogenes Laertius 9.34ff. See also delta 448. Entries on Democritus at web addresses 1 & 2. [1] 472-469. [2] 460-457. [3] Diels-Kranz, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, give magoi here a lower-case "m". In …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3446Εὐεστώwell-being… eu)estw/, see also epsilon 3445. [1] For the atomist philosopher Democritus see generally delta 447, delta 448. The present entry reproduces Diogenes Laertius 9.45 (= 68 A1, Diels-Kranz). He states there that Thrasylus (astronomer …

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Democritus of Abdera did not visit Athens, but considered that great city beneath his notice; nor did he care to win fame from a place but rather preferred himself to make a place famous. When Hippocrates came to see…

Δημόκριτος· ὅτι Δημόκριτος ὁ Ἀβδηρίτης οὐκ ἦλθεν εἰς Ἀθήνας, ἀλλὰ τοσαύτης πόλεως ὑπερεφρόνησεν, οὐκ ἐκ τοῦ τόπου δόξαν λαβεῖν βουλόμενος, ἀλλὰ τῷ τόπῳ δόξαν περιθεῖναι…

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ει144Εἱμαρμένηfate… and Boeri (1995). [3] The attribution of this doctrine to Democritus of Abdera is curious, since he and his predecessor Leucippus of Miletus are credited with maintaining that there is no chance in the …Matched in noteshighmedium

χ296Χιάζεινto play the Chian… the origin of the Chian musical style to the musician Democritus of Chios (RE 5.140, a contemporary of the philosopher of the same name), and that of the Siphnian style to an otherwise unknown …Matched in noteshighshort

α3420ἈπολλώνιοςApollonios, Apollonius… [11] Diogenes Laertius 8.2-3, 20-21 (Pythagoras). [12] Diogenes Laertius 9.34 (Democritus). [13] Philostratos distinguishes between te/xnh (or w(s ma/gw| te/xnh| at 1.2) as black magic and sofi/a as sage wisdom. [14] Diogenes Laertius 3.6 …Matched in noteshighlong

α3775Ἀργιλλώδηςclayey, clay-like… 7.194.3 (Mnasalces), an epitaph for a cricket owned by one Democritus; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 143) and (vol. II, 408-409).Matched in noteshighshort

α260Ἀγκυρηβόλιονanchor-weight… usage. The neuter noun a)gkurhbo/lion occurs in a fragment of Democritus quoted twice by Plutarch (Moralia 317A, 495E), and, as LSJ s.v. note, is the equivalent there of a)gkurobo/lion, "place of anchorage". On ancient …Matched in noteshighshort

α1568Ἀμείδητοςgloomy… Greek Anthology 7.58.1 (Julian, prefect of Egypt), an epitaph for Democritus (cf. delta 447 and delta 448) .Matched in noteshighshort

α2937Ἀπατεῶνοςof a cheat… so evidently quoted from somewhere -- perhaps the fragment of Democritus in Stobaeus 3.14.8. which includes the phrase a)patew=nos e)/rgon; but see also (e.g.) under psi 61.Matched in noteshighshort

δ476Δημωφελήςof public use… entry in other lexica. For the headword adjective see e.g. Democritus fr. 282 Diels-Kranz; Plato, Phaedrus 227D (of logoi).Matched in noteshighshort

ε3740Εὐσθένειαmight, robustnessPhilosophical vocabulary in the first instance, e.g. Democritus (probably) and Theophrastus (certainly). Different glossing, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. Hesychius epsilon7185 glosses with du/namis. In epsilon 3757 the present headword is a …Matched in noteshighshort

χ85Χαράjoy… synonymy cf. Plato, Protagoras 337A-C and especially 358B. See also Democritus B 26 DK. [3] The logical and grammatical antecedent of this participle is the Stoics, but this has not stopped someone from ascribing …Matched in noteshighmedium