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34 entries for Libanius

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α784ἈκάκιοςAkakios, Acacius… eloquent rhetor in the time of Julian and the sophist Libanius. He attacked Julian and found fault with his judgments, along with Tuscianus from Phrygia, himself an eloquent rhetor.Matched in translationhighshort
α984Ἀκρισίαlack of judgment[Meaning] misjudgment; bad judgment. And Libanius [says]: "accordingly, there is bad judgment in both our approaches, but mine has a certain benevolence." And another by way of humor. "When a certain woman named Danae …Matched in translationhighshort
α3397ἈπολινάριοςApollinarios, Apollinarius… was an acquaintance of them both, and of the sophist Libanius, and of a number of others. He was not just a grammarian and a talented poet, but also (and far more) he was …Matched in translationhigh

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Akakios, Acacius

An extremely eloquent rhetor in the time of Julian and the sophist Libanius. He attacked Julian and found fault with his judgments, along with Tuscianus from Phrygia, himself an eloquent rhetor.

Ἀκάκιος· ῥήτωρ δεινότατος, ἐπὶ Ἰουλιανοῦ καὶ Λιβανίου τοῦ σοφιστοῦ. ὃς ἐπεκάλει τὸν Ἰουλιανὸν καὶ διεμέμφετο τὰς κρίσεις αὐτοῦ σὺν Τουσκιανῷ τῷ ἐκ Φρυγίας, καὶ αὐτῷ ῥήτορι ὄντι…

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β169Βασκαίνω σοιI bear a grudge against you… verb is used] always [so, i.e. with a dative]. But Libanius [uses it] with an accusative: "they bear a grudge against their relative."Matched in translationhighshort

ε3407ΕὐδαίμωνEudaimon, EudaemonOf Pelusium. Grammarian. Contemporary of the sophist Libanius, with whom he seems to have corresponded a great deal. He wrote various poems; an Art of Grammar; Onomatike; Orthography.Matched in translationhighshort

δ1307ΔιψῶI thirst [after]… of Demosthenes (delta 454) but, as Adler noted, one from Libanius (lambda 486): his second Declamation (On the Silence of Socrates; cf. sigma 829). (Adler's note uses the phrase *Dhmosqe/nhs o( mikro/s, "Demosthenes the …Matched in noteshighshort

β150ΒασίλειοςBasil, Basilius, Basileios… on different Psalms; letters -- unsurpassed -- to the sophist Libanius and to his friend Gregory and to many others. On this Basil, also, Philostorgius has made a record in a story about him. …Matched in translationhighmedium

α107Ἀγάζω>20 γενικῇI exalt overmuch… inspiration for this comment (as it probably also is for Libanius (Epistles 826.2, 1156.1, and 1279.1) and other later authors). In Byzantine Greek one occasionally finds the middle voice governing the genitive; e.g. Macrembolites …Matched in noteshighshort

α162Ἀγγαρείαcompulsory labour, corvee… (The remainder of the phrase might be a quotation, from Libanius, Oration 18.143.) [2] Same or similar glossing in other lexica; references at Photius Lexicon alpha94 Theodoridis.Matched in noteshighshort

α523Ἀδράστεια ΝέμεσιςAdrasteian Nemesis, Nemesis of Adrastos… story of Adrastus's exceptional survival during the attack on Thebes, Libanius (Narration 10 [Foerster vol. 8, pp. 40-41]) adds that "This then seemed to come about in this way as a result of divine …Matched in noteshighshort

α842Ἀκεσίας ἰάσατοAkesias healed… anus," as a warning not to trust a witless doctor. Libanius uses it thus, "I fear that if I touch the matter I will become Akesias" (Epistulae 476.5). The proverb clearly implies that Akesias …Matched in noteshighshort

α951ἈκραγαλίςAkragalisPresumably the same as the Akragallidai mentioned in Libanius, Declamations 17.1.70. If so, one of the Phokian communites that vied for control of the Delphic Oracle (cf. generally kappa 1659). But in fact the …Matched in noteshighshort

α1042ἈκύλαςAkulas; Aculas; Aquila… q.v. Otherwise unattested (unless he is the grammarian mentioned in Libanius' Letters: cf. PLRE I Aquila (2)).Matched in noteshighshort

α2260Ἀνέμου παιδίονwind's child… paroemiographers; also casually mentioned -- apparently as proverbial -- in Libanius, Letters 1196.2.Matched in noteshighshort

α3330Ἀπὸ ἵππων ἐπ' ὄνουςfrom horses to donkeyscf. Zenobius 2.33 and other paroemiographers; also e.g. Libanius, Epistles 34.2. Tosi [see under alpha 378] no.12.Matched in noteshighshort

α4154ᾈσθήσεταιit will be sung… are two: Gregory of Nyssa, In sanctum pascha 9.246.16 Gebhardt; Libanius, Epistles 1517.4.4. For ya/llw (literally, I sing to a harp) cf. psi 12, psi 13, psi 14.Matched in noteshighshort

α4479Αὐτίκαforthwith, in a moment… is a fragment of Empedocles (epsilon 1002), quoted also by Libanius. Compare generally Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1667.Matched in noteshighshort

β259ΒημάρχιοςBemarchius, Bemarchios… Bemarchius; FGrH 220 (no fragments: simply the present entry and Libanius Oration 1.39).Matched in noteshighshort

β286ΒίκτοραVictor… accusative case, so evidently quoted from somewhere; extant instances in Libanius, Eusebius and elsewhere.Matched in noteshighshort

δ24Δακρύσαιmight weep for; to weep for… be; on the other hand there are instances in (e.g.) Libanius and Theodoret of the aorist active infinitive, classically dakru=sai, accented thus.Matched in noteshighshort

δ512Διάβροχοςsoaked… not identified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as Libanius fr. 70 Foerster.Matched in noteshighshort

δ957Διεσκεδασμένονdispersed, disseminated, scattered (?)… 6.2; Hippocrates, De aeris aquis locis 8 and Epidemiae 4.1.14; Libanius, Epistles 1426.2. In none of these passages, is the gloss offered here appropriate. [2] Probably a version of what survives in Hesychius epsilon1352 …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1093Δίκηςof justice… as often in the Suda. Perhaps a distant recollection of Libanius, Oration 4.2.36: ou) kako\n poih/sontes e(te/rous h(/komen, a)ll' a(\ te a)fh|re/qemen komiou/menoi w(=n te h)dikh/meqa di/kas a)/neu o(/plwn proslhyo/menoi ('we have come not …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1189Διοπομπεῖσθαιto escort [evil] away… kh=ras, "remove all of the gold and silver as calamities". Libanius 15.1.34 opposes a)podiopompei=sqai to au(tw=| gene/sqai suneu/cesqai "wish to have happen to oneself". [1] = Photius delta648; cf. Photius delta646, scholion on Plato, …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1261Διπλοῦν Κdouble K… [2] In the accusative case, evidently quoted from somewhere; probably Libanius, Letters 497.2.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1674Δυσωπεῖσθαιto look askance at… Philo, Plutarch, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Dio Chrysostom, the emperor Julian, Libanius (see Francisco Adrados, 2002 s.v.) [6] This definition refers to the active form, duswpei=n; cf. delta 1677.Matched in noteshighmedium

ε117Ἐγκώμιονencomium… e.g. Hermogenes, Progymnasmata 15.6 Rabe; the scholia to Isocrates 9.5; [Libanius], Characteres Epistolici 30.2-7. [1] cf. Aristotle, Rhetoric 1367b28-1368a9.Matched in noteshighshort

ε209Ἕδεσινin shrines… from somewhere. (There are extant instances in Philo Judaeus and Libanius.) [2] cf. epsilon 222, epsilon 248, epsilon 249.Matched in noteshighshort

ε322Ἔθηκενcreated, established… the lacuna. [3] Perhaps from Eunapius (so Adler, citing also Libanius, Orations 18.249); cf. gamma 484, eta 45.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1560Ἔξαρνοςobstinately denying, obstinate in denying… for e)/carnos e)sti/, Lexicon Vindobonense epsilon217, with a quotation from Libanius. An attempted etymology by Hesychius alpha7332 s.v. a)/rna, defined as "the oath at Clazomenae: hence e)/carnos"; cf. also scholia recentiora on Aristophanes, Clouds …Matched in noteshighshort

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