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- ε1228Ἐνέκειντοthey were persisting, they were pressing hard… e)/gkeimai see already epsilon 96. Its form here -- third person plural, imperfect -- is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [2] Quotation unidentifiable.
- κ2777ΚῦροςKyros, Cyrus, Kurash… Greek etymology for Cyrus's name (cf. kappa 2775), but in Persian his name was Kurash (see web address 3). [4] Nicolaus of Damascus FGrH 90 F67. [5] For basilinda cf. beta 160, beta 161.
- μ389Μέγας βασιλεύςGreat King… W.G. Rutherford recasts it as follows: "because the resources of Persia made him more than ordinarily powerful". [2] beta 144. [3] The other cases are formed from the stem megalo-; Aeschylus once uses the …
- ε3208ἜστειλαI sentAorist of ste/llw, first person singular (evidently quoted from somewhere: Aeschylus, Persae 609?), glossed with a compound of the same verb.
- ε2197Ἐπῄρατεyou incited, you inducedAorist active of e)pai/rw, second person plural (which should not have an iota subscript). From a scholion on Aristophanes, Clouds 1457, where the imperfect e)ph/|rete occurs (web address 1). See also epsilon 1977, epsilon …
- ι109Ἰδίῃςyou would sweat… headword (extracted from the quotation given) is present subjunctive, second person singular, of i)di/w; cf. iota 107, iota 108, iota 117. [2] A compression of Aristophanes, Peace 83-6 (web address 1), with scholion.
- ει225Εἰσαγωγεύςintroducer[1] Or: who introduces [someone] to a particular person. [2] Procopius, Secret History 12.26 (web address 1), in a story about a monk seeing the emperor; cf. Kaldellis (60). The monk had come from …
- ε2195Ἐπῆραςyou stirred up, you inducedThe headword is aorist active of e)pai/rw, second person singular. It must be quoted from somewhere, perhaps Plato, Hippias minor 373A. Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon has the same entry (provided e)pa/ras is emended, as is …
- ε233Ἐδίδαξενtaught… of dida/skw (cf. delta 856, delta 857, epsilon 232), third person singular. [2] Xenophon, Anabasis 3.4.32, web address 1 (with a singular 'village').
- χ384ΧολοδαγομόρCholodagomor… Chodologomor, and (more importantly) the glossing elsewhere is different: a personal name and, in one of the NT Catenae (to Ep. Hebrews), that of an early king of 'Persia' (= Elam).
- ι707ἼσχαναI held back, I restrained[1] The headword (extracted from the quotation) is aorist, first person singular, of i)sxa/nw; cf. iota 709, iota 710. [2] Euripides speaking in Aristophanes, Frogs 941-943 (web address 1), with scholion; cf. pi 3029.
- ε2631Ἐπιστολεῖςcouriers, secretaries… [2] Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 5.8.10; on Roman military strategy against Persian rebels in the summer of 591; cf. de Boor (203), Whitby (143), epsilon 2328, and pi 519. On Narses, Roman general in the …
- ε3317ἘτιμησάμηνI (would have) estimated the penalty… unidentifiable, but presumably from a rhetorical exercise on events and personalities of the 40s BC. That Antony (cf. under iota 399) 'killed Cicero' (kappa 1594), in December 43, is an over-simplification. After Antony had …
- ε168Ἔγγυονsecure… [3] George of Pisidia, Heraclias 1.6-8 Tartaglia, on Chosroes II (Persian king 590-628; cf. chi 418 note).
- ε2306Ἐπίδοξοςlikely, glorious… a hostage during negotiations (542 CE) over the withdrawal of Persian forces from Roman territories in the east; cf. Kaldellis (Wars of Justinian, 119). [4] Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 1.13.12 (web …
- ε2158Ἐπήγγελλενused to proclaim… 258.26 (and, post-Suda, Etymologicum Magnum 353.45-46). The headword is third person singular, imperfect indicative active, of e)pagge/llw (see also epsilon 2157, and cf. epsilon 1914, epsilon 1915, epsilon 1918, epsilon 2160). It might be …
- ε3969Ἐφοινίττετοwas blushing, was turning red[1] Imperfect middle/passive, third person singular, of foini/ttw/foini/ssw (cf. generally phi 795), presumably extracted from the quotation given. [2] Part of Menander Protector fr. 9.3 Blockley (108-109), on the Persian envoy Mebod's (cf. alpha …
- ε2856Ἔπρασσονthey were trying to bring about[1] The headword is imperfect of pra/ssw/pra/ttw, third person plural; presumably extracted from the quotation given. See generally LSJ s.v. III.1., and cf. epsilon 2858. [2] Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 1.11.26 …
- ι131Ἴδριαςknowledgeable… Agathias, Histories 4.12, Misimian ambassadors emphasize their allegiance to the Persian side in the Lazic War (541-562 CE); cf. Frendo (114), eta 505, and pi 2874. [3] Greek Anthology 6.182.4 (Alexander the Magnesian), three …
- ε1313Ἐνῆνwas in, was permissible[1] The headword is imperfect of e)/neimi, third person singular, used impersonally; cf. epsilon 1314, epsilon 1388. Glossed likewise or similarly in other lexica; see also a gloss on Dionysius the Areopagite (PG 4.25) …
- κ794Καταστήσονταιthey will appoint[1] The headword is future middle indicative, third person plural, of kaqi/sthmi. It is evidently quoted from somewhere, but probably not the quotation which follows here (which has the aorist middle subjunctive); there are …
- κ1037Κατειρωνεύεταιuses irony [toward]The headword is third person singular, present indicative, of kateirwneu/omai. It must be quoted from somewhere (other than the quotations which follow, which both have the present participle). [1] Also in the Syntacticum Laurentianum …
- ι726Ἰσχυρίζετοwas insisting[1] Similarly in other lexica. The headword is third person singular, imperfect, of i)sxuri/zomai, presumably extracted from the quotation which immediately follows. [2] Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 2.7.34 (web address 1); …
- ε15Ἑαυτῷ[to/for] oneself… Photius. For the reflexive pronoun used for first or second person, see LSJ s.v. II (web address 1); Smyth §1230 (web address 2).
- κ1087Κατόπινbehind… army (in Armenia, summer of 577) under Justinian by the Persians under Tanchosdro; cf. de Boor (141-142), Whitby (96), and alpha 3132. On Justinian, Roman general in the east 575-577, see PLRE IIIa s.v. …
- ε3174Ἐσωματοποίειwas giving body to[1] The headword is third person singular, imperfect, of swmatopoie/w (cf. sigma 839, sigma 840, sigma 841, and esp. sigma 842 for the same form); presumably extracted from the quotation given. [2] Polybius fr. …
- λ5Λάβῃmay take, would takeAorist subjunctive of lamba/nw, third person singular active (or second person singular middle); evidently extracted from somewhere.
- ει342Εἶχονthey hadThird person plural (or possibly first person singular) and third person dual imperfect of e)/xw; cf. epsilon 3995. Both forms must be quoted from somewhere, and the second one is rare enough to permit …
- ε3915Ἐφιέτωlet him permit… (which must be quoted from somewhere) is present imperative, third person singular, of e)fi/hmi glossed with third-person aorist imperative of a)ni/hmi.
- η593ἬσθιονI was eating, they were eating… somewhere) is imperfect of e)sqi/w (epsilon 3140, epsilon 3142), first person singular or third person plural.