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α2231Ἀνέκαθενfrom above… other lexica. [2] From delta 1170 (the principal entry on Dionysius the Areopagite).Matched in noteshighshort
χ413Χορταῖοςchortaios, chortaeus, farmyard-coatAelius Dionysius fr. 325 (Schwabe); see also Pollux 4.118, Hesychius s.v.; Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antquities 7.72.10. Worn by actors playing Silenus [Author, Myth] (sigma 273).Matched in noteshighshort
α918Ἀκόλουθονconsequent, following on, in conformity… that Schweighäuser attributed this fragment to Polybius (p. 527). [2] Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 15.1.3 (web address 1). [3] Polybius fr. 3 Büttner-Wobst. [4] Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 93.9-10; cf. …

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Ἀνέκαθεν

from above

[Meaning] in accordance with the above succession. Or a)ne/kaqen [meaning] from afar. "So such a report has descended to us, transmitted from father to son from above, concerning the holy Dionysius, that at the time of…

Ἀνέκαθεν· κατὰ τὴν ἄνωθεν ἀκολουθίαν. ἢ ἀνέκαθεν, μακρόθεν. τοιοῦτος οὖν εἰς ἡμᾶς κατήντηκε λόγος, ἀνέκαθεν ἐκ πατρὸς παιδὶ παραδεδομένος, περὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Διονυσίου, ὡς ὅτι κατὰ…

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α1244Ἅλιςenough… and several Homeric scholia; references at Photius alpha961 Theodoridis. [2] Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 13.2.3. [3] Aristophanes fr. 506 Kock, now 520 Kassel-Austin; again at theta 433 and pi 461, and see also …Matched in noteshighshort

α1404Ἁλωτόνattainable, capturable… from somewhere -- probably Thucydides 6.77.2 (a phrase quoted by Dionysius of Halicarnassus in his study of that writer). [3] Euripides fr. 918 Nauck; cf. pi 40.Matched in noteshighshort

α1417Ἀλοιῶνthreshing, crushing… Tentatively attributed by Adler to Aelian; however, as she notes, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 1.39.4 on Heracles is very similar. [3] From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 9.568. [4] Feminine, either participle or …Matched in noteshighshort

α1573Ἀμειψόμεθαwe will requite… present version is correct, possible sources for the headword include Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 1.58.3, and Appian, Civil War 4.12.100.Matched in noteshighshort

α1685Ἀμύσσεινto mangle… (which has the participle a)mu/ssonta). See web address 1. [2] Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 15.1.2. [3] John of Antioch fr. 49 FHG (4.557), now 95 Roberto (166-169); cf. kappa 1307. [4] On this …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2033Ἀναπόμπιμα δῶραgifts sent backSame entry in Aelius Dionysius and Photius (and something similar, post-Suda, in Eustathius). The headword phrase (neuter plural) must be quoted from somewhere, and looks like the end of a line of hexameter verse.Matched in noteshighshort

α2047Ἀναρριπτεῖνto hazard, to risk… Similarly in other lexica; references at Photius alpha1639 Theodoridis. [2] Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 9.4.2. [3] The change of accentuation does not seem to be significant in itself: see LSJ s.v., indicating that …Matched in noteshighshort

α2120Ἀναφαιρέτουςnot to be taken away… from somewhere; there are extant possibilities in e.g. Diodorus Siculus, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, and Philo Judaeus.Matched in noteshighshort

α2222Ἀνεδίδοτοwas imparted… Ambrosian Lexicon. The headword must be quoted from somewhere (perhaps Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 7.59.7, on voting). [2] Presumably extracted from the quotation which follows. [3] Polybius fr. 113 Büttner-Wobst; cf. alpha 3357. …Matched in noteshighshort

α2926Ἀπάρσεωςof departure… perhaps (though not necessarily) extracted from the quotation given. [1] Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 9.4.2.Matched in noteshighshort

α3549ἈποσταίηνI might keep aloof, I might rebel, I might revolt… genres, the likeliest perhaps Isocrates 8.15 (a passage quoted by Dionysius of Halicarnassus in his treatise on that author); but see also e.g. Antiphanes fr. 76 Kock, now 77 K.-A. For adverbial makra/n, in …Matched in noteshighshort

α3914ἈριστόδημοςAristodemos, AristodemusFrom Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 7.2.4. On Aristodemos, who ruled 504-c.490, see generally OCD(4) p.156, under 'Aristodemus(2) Malacus'. [1] Malakos, literally soft or gentle, but also with connotations of being effete, or weak, …Matched in noteshighshort

α4047Ἀρτίστομοςprecise of speech, distinct of speech[1] This is taken to be Aelius Dionysius: Attic Words alpha181. [2] Aelian fr. 312 Domingo-Forasté (315 Hercher); cf. pi 837.Matched in noteshighshort

α4289ἈσσύριοιAssyriansDionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 1.2-3 (abridged). See also alpha 4290. [1] The calculation is broadly c.550-330. [2] The Great (in 323). [3] Actually 74: 478-404. [4] Actually 33: 404-371. [5] 7 BCE.Matched in noteshighmedium

α4329Ἄτεγκτος ἄνθρωπος παρηγορήμασινa man impervious to exhortations… follow here are from the scholia to this line. [3] Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 8.45.1. [4] Aelian fr. 208a Domingo-Forasté (207 Hercher): cf. delta 1092. [5] Aelian fr. 52b D-F (49 Hercher). [6] …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4542Αὔχημαboast, glory… Same glossing (of this neuter noun) in other lexica. [2] Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 8.48.4; cf. upsilon 450. [3] Thucydides 7.75.6 (Nicias on the Athenian forces in Sicily, 413 BCE): web address 1 …Matched in noteshighshort

β404Βοτάgrazers… Thebans, and the Minyans too are associated with Boiotia). [3] Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 9.20.3.Matched in noteshighshort

β451ΒουολοῦσκοιVolsci… seems to have conflated the two attested spellings *ou)olou=skoi (Plutarch, Dionysius of Halicarnassus) and *bolou=skoi (Appian). On this alleged episode (of 493 BCE) see OCD(4) p.897, s.v. Marcius Coriolanus. The source of the Suda's …Matched in noteshighmedium

γ13Γάϊος ΛαυτώριοςGaius Laetorius, Gaios LautoriosA close approximation of Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 16.4-5 (= Constantine Porphyrogenitus, Excerpta de virtutibus 2.79.7 - 80.19), but with some significant differences. The headword, referring to the subject of the first paragraph, …Matched in noteshighlong

γ205Γέρροινwith a pair of wickers… [2] Demosthenes 18.169 (web address 1 below). [3] cf. Aelius Dionysius fr. 105; see also gamma 178, gamma 199. [4] Scholium to Plato, Laches 191C (where there is mention of "gerra-bearers" at the battle …Matched in noteshighmedium

χ439Χωρεῖνto advance; to progress… of Epirus. In fact it begins the longer quotation from Dionysius of Halicarnassus given at pi 3232; cf. Favuzzi [cited under alpha 1518] 58. [4] i.e. the same as the headword but transitive. The …Matched in noteshighshort