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δ448ΔημόκριτοςDemocritus, DemokritosDemocritus 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. …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ447ΔημόκριτοςDemocritus, Demokritos… turn had Anaxarchos and Hippocrates the physician among his listeners. Democritus was called Wisdom, and also Laughing-Man, because of his laughing at mankind's zealous pursuit of frivolities. There are two genuine books of his: …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2348ΚρατυντήριαCorroborations, ConfirmationsDemocritus of Abdera wrote a book [of this name], which is a summary of all his other books.Matched in translationhighshort
α3775Ἀργιλλώδηςclayey, clay-like… and pure. "Beside the long road this clay vessel holds Democritus' dead cricket which sings with his wings."Matched in translationhighshort
ε3446Εὐεστώwell-beingDemocritus of Abdera says that cheerfulness is the end, and that it is not the same as pleasure, as some have wrongly taken it to be. Rather, [it is a condition] in virtue of …Matched in translationhighshort
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
γ108Γελασίνοιςwith dimples… dimples she gleamed white from the tenderness of her derriere." Democritus the Abderite was called "Dimple" because of his laughing at the empty ambition of mankind.Matched in translationhighshort
ει144Εἱμαρμένηfate… a coincidental occurrence either of nature or of choice'. And Democritus said: all of us have some things from god and other things from the chance of fate and those extremely little bodies that …Matched in translationhighmedium
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
λ114Λάπαθονpitfall; dock, monk's rhubarb, sorrel… LSJ s.v. la/paqon, II; neuter, as here, or (as in Democritus fr. 122) masculine. [2] Rumex patientia and Rumex conglomeratus, mentioned frequently in medical writers. The purgative herb 'empties the stomach' in almost the …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
χ296Χιάζεινto play the ChianPraxidamas [says that] Democritus of Chios and Theoxenides of Siphnos were the first to arrange their personal composition [? = poetry] with exharmonic colors [or: to the chromatic scale]; as Isocrates in the Against …Matched in translationhighshort
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
ι564ἹπποκράτηςHippocrates, Hippokrates… some say he was also a pupil of the philosopher Democritus of Abdera, for as an old man he devoted himself to the youth; and according to some also [a pupil] of Prodicus. He …Matched in translationhighlong
δ523ΔιαγόραςDiagoras… Teleklytos; a Melian, a philosopher and a lyric poet; whom Democritus from Abdera, seeing that he was naturally talented, bought -- since he was a slave -- for ten thousand drachmas and made a …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ227ΚαλλίμαχοςCallimachus, Kallimachos, Kallimakhos… (below) argues for changing glwssw=n "rare words" to gnwmw=n "sayings". Democritus was noted for his sayings, especially under the name *dhmokra/tous 'of Democrates'. Given that Callimachus' pi/nakes were "registers of literary productions" (Pfeiffer, p. …Matched in noteshighmedium
α3420ἈπολλώνιοςApollonios, Apollonius… true philosopher, misapprehending him. For Empedocles and Pythagoras himself and Democritus too, though they associated with magicians and spoke many marvellous and divine things, were never drawn to magic. Though Plato was in Egypt …Matched in translationhighlong
α1827Ἀναγκαῖονnecessary… circumstances are adverse [to this]: such as 'Dion is walking'." Democritus the Abderite says: "nothing comes into being from that which is not, nor does it pass away into that which is not. And …Matched in translationhighmedium
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