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α916Ἀκόλαστοςlicentious… Wealth [Plutus] 1049 (web address 1 below), with scholion. [2] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 98 Habrich; cf. iota 736. Winkler and Stephens (Berkeley and Los Angeles 1995) 242 are uncertain of its placement in the …Matched in noteshighshort
α1825Ἀναγκαία τράπεζαnecessary table, needy table… address 1 below), with comment from the scholia there. [3] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 59 Habrich.Matched in noteshighmedium
α3681Ἀπραγμόνωςtrouble-freeSame entry in ps.-Zonaras. [1] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 99 in Habrich's edition. Stephens and Winkler (Berkeley & Los Angeles 1995) 242 are uncertain of the placement of this fragment in the novel as epitomized …

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Ἀκόλαστος

licentious

[Meaning one who/which is] worthy of chastisement. Aristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "who also is licentious in his ways". The bold man is also called [this]. And Iamblichus [writes]: "she was at one moment laughing…

Ἀκόλαστος· κολάσεως ἄξιος. Ἀριστοφάνης Πλούτῳ· ὃς κἄλλ' ἀκόλαστός ἐστι τοὺς τρόπους. λέγεται καὶ ὁ τολμηρός. καὶ Ἰάμβλιχος· ἡ δὲ ἐγέλα νῦν μὲν ἰταμόν τε καὶ ἀκόλαστον γέλωτα, νῦν…

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α4670Ἀχανὲς πέλαγοςyawning sea… her predecessors, Bernhardy, with pi 1255, and attributes it to Iamblichus. The Teubner editor E. Habrich (fr. 125) expresses doubt, and Stephens and Winkler (Berkeley and Los Angeles 1995) do not include it among …Matched in noteshighshort

χ520Χρίσασθαιto anoint[1] Cf. chi 519. [2] Tentatively attributed by Adler to Iamblichus; now Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 44 Habrich.Matched in noteshighshort

α1001Ἀκρόδρυαfruits… [2] As in the scholia to Plato, Critias 115B. [3] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 19 (ed. Habrich); more fully at sigma 673.Matched in noteshighshort

α1172Ἄληθεςtruly… a similarity with fr. 69 (alpha 834). He also compares Iamblichus, Protrepticus 94.8.Matched in noteshighshort

α1189Ἀλλήλοϊνof one another… Comparably, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (1168). [2] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 25 Habrich.Matched in noteshighshort

α1763Ἀμφισβητεῖνto dispute… slightly modified. [3] Aelian fr. 136 Domingo-Forasté (133 Hercher). [4] Iamblichus fr. 41 Habrich.Matched in noteshighmedium

α2087Ἀνάστρῳstarless… probably (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given. [1] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 12 Habrich. (This poetic statement is a faint echo of Homer, Iliad 18.61.)Matched in noteshighshort

α2113Ἄναυδοςspeechless… address 1) [2] Sophocles, Ajax 715 (web address 2). [3] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr.62 Habrich.Matched in noteshighshort

α2223Ἀνέδουνthey were tying up… quotation given. For this verb see already alpha 2221. [1] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 42 Habrich; again (but with "him" for "them" and "soldiers" for "islanders") at tau 210.Matched in noteshighshort

α2270Ἀνενεγκώνhaving come round… given. [1] Quotation unidentifiable. [2] Again at epsilon 827. [3] Iamblichus fr. 83 Habrich.Matched in noteshighshort

α2854Ἀωρίαιlate, out-of-season… is the preferred reading: web address 1), with scholion. [2] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 27 Habrich. [3] Aelian fr. 84h Domingo-Forasté (part of 81 Hercher). [4] With the related adverb a)wri/: three times in the …Matched in noteshighshort

α3041Ἀπερίβλεπτονlimitless, incomprehensible… somewhere -- perhaps from its only extant appearance outside lexicography: Iamblichus, Life of Pythagoras 29.162.Matched in noteshighshort

α3816Ἀραῖοςaccursed… 3814, alpha 3836. (The headword itself is properispomenon: a)rai=os.) [4] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 24 Habrich.Matched in noteshighmedium

α4038Ἀρτίδιονmini-loaf… slaves. [3] Adler speculates that is was a fragment from Iamblichus, Babyloniaca, but the Teubner editor E. Habrich expresses doubt (at fr. 108).Matched in noteshighshort

α4140Ἀσέλγειαlicentiousness… 1 below), with a gloss from the scholia there. [5] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 20 Habrich; cf. lambda 130. [6] Aelian fr. 5 Domingo-Forasté (also 5 Hercher), not from his Poikile Historia as transmitted. Domingo-Forasté …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4353Ἀτηρότατονmost baneful, very baneful… K.-A. [3] Aristophanes, Wasps 1299 (web address 1 below). [4] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr 111 Habrich.Matched in noteshighshort

α4621Ἄφιππα χωρίαhorseless places, places impossible for horses, unsuited for cavalry… beta 103, kappa 1128 note, and kappa 2025 note. [3] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 21 Habrich. [4] For another technical meaning of a)/fippoi, see iota 546.Matched in noteshighshort

β26Βαθεῖα κόμηthick hair… first quotation given. For its adjective, cf. beta 27. [1] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr.17 Habrich; cf. theta 601. [2] Quotation unidentifiable; again (with the following one too) at lambda 155. [3] Quotation unidentifiable. Adler suggests …Matched in noteshighshort

β393Βορβορυγμόςbelching… writers. See also beta 394. [1] Likewise in ps.-Zonaras. [2] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr.51 Habrich (of a camel); cf. kappa 1282.Matched in noteshighshort

β443Βουλομένῳwishing… singular, is presumably extracted from the first quotation given. [1] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 102 Habrich. [2] Not Aristophanes but Sophocles: Philoctetes 94-95 (web address 1 below).Matched in noteshighshort

δ118Δαιμονίωςmarvelously, miraculously[1] Likewise in ps.-Zonaras. [2] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 46 Habrich (illustrating not the headword adverb but a phrase with the same sense). [3] Procopius, Secret History 12.27.3 (web address 1), on Justinian (see iota …Matched in noteshighshort

δ289Δεύσαςhaving steeped… [1] Aelian fr. 275 Domingo-Forasté (277 Hercher) -- but latterly Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr.73 Habrich.Matched in noteshighshort

χ71Χαμαιπέτειαbeing thrown to the ground… noun expressing quality: "thrown-to-the-ground-ness". Its only other attestation is in Iamblichus, Protrepticus 116.10 (accusative case there), which has perhaps generated this Suda entry. [1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica. If xamaipeth/s is quoted …Matched in noteshighshort

χ516Χρηστουργίαuseful service[1] Attributed to Aelian by Valckenaer, but now Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 69 Habrich.Matched in noteshighshort