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- ι504ἸώσηποςJosephusFor Josephus see already iota 503. The present entry derives from his Jewish War 3.8.9 = 3.398-403, 405, 408 (web address 1). The passage is a generally faithful reproduction of the original Greek; the …
- ι503ἸώσηποςJosephus… web address 2). [3] alpha 3215. [4] phi 448. [5] Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 18.63-4 (see web address 3).
- δ496ΔήφηλαDephela… however, as she noted, this toponym is not found in Josephus, and is in fact unattested outside lexicography. (Perhaps [NF] an error for the Shephela area of Judaea, Barrington Altas map 70 grid F2/G2, …
- ε260Ἐδωρεῖτοbegan to present (somebody with something)[1] Josephus, Jewish War 3.408; more fully at iota 504.
- ε976ἘμεχωνῖταιEmechonitesSo too ps.-Zonaras s.v., but Josephus himself (Jewish War 4.3 at web address 1, cf. 3.515) spells the word Se-. For Lake Semachonitis, present-day Lake Hule in present-day Israel, see Barrington Atlas map 69 …
- ε2944Ἔρρεψεinclined… given, is aorist active of r(e/pw, third person singular. [1] Josephus, Jewish Wars 1.366, where the reading is kaq' *(hrw/dhn: web address 1.
- ι475ἸώεσδροςIoesdrosIn Josephus, Jewish War 2.628.
- ι450ἸοῦστοςJustus, IustusC1 CE: OCD(4) s.v. Iustus; FGrH 734. For Josephus see generally iota 503, iota 504. He deals with Justus in his self-justificatory Autobiography (Vita).
- κ651Καταμησάμενοςheaping on… participle of katama/w, masculine nominative singular. [2] An approximation of Josephus, Jewish War 2.601 (where the first aorist participle is middle, not active as here, and the second -- the relevant one here -- …
- ε3303Ἐτεχνίτευεwas contriving… third person singular, of the verb texniteu/w, attested only in Josephus (see below); identically glossed in ps.-Zonaras and the Lexicon Vindobonense. [1] Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 5.307 (web address 1), on Delilah (delta 31, end) …
- κ919Κατέδειwas binding… given. (Its sense is perhaps conative: sought to bind.) [1] Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 5.309 (web address 1); cf. generally sigma 87.
- μ866ΜήδαμαMedama, Medaba, Madaba'Medama' here in the Suda but correctly Medaba in Josephus (Jewish Antiquities 13.11 and passim). See also e.g. 1 Maccabees 9:36 and especially Stephanus of Byzantium s.v.: 'Medaba, a city of the Nabataeans'. A.k.a. …
- ε3179Ἐσπάρασσενwas provoking, was tearing up… (cf. sigma 904); presumably extracted from the quotation given. [2] Josephus, Jewish War 2.589 (web address 1); again at mu 772.
- δ226Δεξιάςhandshakes… champions Euripides, Medea 21. [1] Likewise in other lexica. [2] Josephus, Jewish War 3.344 (web address 1 below). (Chiliarch = tribunus militum.)
- κ69Καθεῖτοwas sent down… 61, kappa 63, kappa 65, kappa 67, kappa 68). [1] Josephus, Jewish War 5.69.3 (web address 1).
- ε1527Ἐξαλλομένουςjumping out… plural, of e)ca/llomai; presumably extracted from the quotation given. [2] Josephus, Jewish War 6.230 (Titus expressing contempt for Jewish deserters: web address 1). The headword is sometimes used in the context of abandoning a …
- δ941Διεργάζεταιdoes in… s.v., II. [1] cf. delta 993. [2] An approximation of Josephus, Jewish War 3.335 (web address 1 below). [3] Aorist passive participle, masculine nominative singular, of the headword verb. Same glossing in other lexica; …
- ε997Ἐμπαροινοῦντεςbehaving as if drunken… a scholion on Lucian, Timon 14, where e)mparoinh/sei occurs. [2] Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 6.265 (web address 1).
- ε2996Ἐριοπώλιονwool-shopRare, but see e.g. Josephus, Jewish War 5.331. cf. epsilon 2997.
- α760Ἀθροίζειgathers together… must be quoted from somewhere; there are numerous possibilities. [2] Josephus, Jewish Wars 5.75 (web address 1): "Gathering together, with these words they encouraged one another" (reading tou/tois instead of tou/tous). Again at pi …
- χ44Χαλκιδῖτιςcopper-girl, penny-prostitute[1] Nowhere extant in Josephus, but rather identified as an Athenian comic fragment (Comica adespota fr. 1381 Kock, now 199 K.-A.); so as Bernhardy suspected, the name here must be corrupt. (His suggestion was …
- κ807ΚατασχεδιάσωI speak rashly about… first person singular; presumably extracted from the quotation given. [2] Josephus, Jewish War 3.402 (web address 1); quoted more fully at iota 504.
- λ466ΛηουΐαςLeviJewish proper name, extracted from somewhere; Josephus has similar spellings, *lhoui/s or *leui/s.
- ε1430Ἐνράσσειdashes against… compound verb e)nra/ssw; presumably extracted from the quotation given. [2] Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 5.305 (web address 1). The quotation continues at kappa 1112; see also epsilon 1432.
- ε2529Ἐπιπολαίωςsuperficially… though other extant possibilities (from Aristotle onwards) are numerous. [1] Josephus, Jewish War 3.236 (web address 1).
- α3759ἈργαριζίνArgarizinIn Syria; the toponym Argarizein (sic) occurs in Josephus, Jewish War 1.63.
- ε875ἜλθεμοςElthemos, ElthemusJosephus, Jewish War 1.381 (an Arabian general): text at web address 1.
- ε3932Ἐφίπταταιflies overPresumably prompted by a specific text, e.g. Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 3.25.
- ε1799Ἐξόνbeing allowed.… It is frequently used as accusative absolute, as in the Josephus passage quoted here (from which the headword is perhaps, but not necessarily, extracted). cf. epsilon 1800 and see generally LSJ s.v. [1] Same …
- α2294Ἀνεπικλήτωςblamelessly… to be quoted. [2] Thucydides 1.92.1 (web address 1). [3] Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 18.337 (web address 2).