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2111
Ἀνά τοί με πείθεις ἀλλ' ἐκεῖνο οὔπω λέγεις
so you are persuading me; but that you do not yet say
… (a)na/ ... pei/qeis) in the line. The verb a)napei/qein means
"persuade"
but can have connotations of bribery, misleading or seduction; see LSJ s.v.
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418
Χοσρόης
Chosroes, Khosrau, Khosraw
Chosroes I
(Persian
Anushirvan), the twentieth Sassanid king of
Persia
who ruled 531-579; cf. PLRE IIIa s.v. Chosroes I Anoushirvan. The bulk of this entry, after the initial gloss, quotes Agathias, Histories 2.28; cf. …
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3339
Ἀποκατέστην
I restored
medicine
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15
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14
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13
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4
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4
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3
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3
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3
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3
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1
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1
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1
mathematics
1
… manuscript ambiguity as whether the headword and gloss are third
person
singulars -- so that the headword is likely to be extracted from the quotation given -- or first
persons;
she prints the latter …
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α
4015
Ἀρσάκης
Arsakes, Arsaces
… debased, in Hesychius, to the summary entry: a)/rsakes: oi( basilei=s
*persw=n)
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α
2216
Ἀνέγνωσαν
they induced
… refers to the reappearance of Cyrus, the heir of the
Persian
throne, in the Median palace, and the bad advice given by the Magi summoned to interpret Astyages' dream (120ff.).
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α
3068
Ἀπέστησεν
removed
… emendation due to Schweighäuser, Büttner-Wobst (p. 515) reads kaqi=kto (third
person
singular, pluperfect indicative middle-passive of the verb kaqikne/omai, I come down to, reach, touch) for the Suda's kaqh=sto (third
person
singular, pluperfect indicative …
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4576
Ἀφελές
simple
… this aphorism to the generals contemplating an attack on the
Persian
garrison at Onogouris (Onoguris, probably near the modern-day western Georgia village of Khuntsi, Barrington Atlas map 87 grid H2; cf. Everill (1-6)); cf. …
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1495
Ἁμαρτήσοι
might err
The headword is future optative, third
person
singular, of a(marta/nw (cf. alpha 1493, alpha 1494). This form is used by George of Pisidia (de expeditione
Persica
1.137-8): after mentioning "the second Pharaoh" he appends …
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α
2818
Ἀξιός
Axios, Axius
Though the name is attested amongst historical
persons
(e.g. five in Athens: see vol.2 of the Lexicon of Greek
Personal
Names, s.v.), its inclusion here probably stems from the
personified
River Axios in Homer, …
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α
4127
Ἄσατο
was sated
… King Artaxerxes Ochus (ruled 359/8-338), who reconquered Egypt for the
Persian
Empire, see generally omega 284.
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δ
89
Δᾶτις
Datis
… ancient exegetical tradition that the Datis of Datisms was this
Persian
general one should note the alternative line of explanation (preferred by many modern scholars) which sees "Datis" as the nickname of a contemporary …
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2015
Ἀνάπηρον ψυχήν
crippled soul, mutilated soul
… Bryzakios and the victory over his forces by having the
Persian
officer killed at a banquet (spring/summer of 591); cf. de Boor (197-198), Whitby (139), and delta 125. On Chosroes,
Persian
king 590-628, see …
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α
4673
Ἄχαρι
harsh
… 1); cf. Kaldellis (5-6). The subject here is Bahram V
(Persian
king 421-438; cf. PLRE II s.v. Vararanes V Gororanes), who went to war against Rome in 421, but negotiated a peace agreement in …
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3048
Ἀπέρριψεν
he let out
… fr. 9.1 Blockley (102-103), on John (Justin's envoy to the
Persians
in 567; cf. PLRE IIIa s.v. Ioannes(81)) broaching to Chosroes the idea of transferring Suania to the Romans. On emperor Justin II see …
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α
2009
Ἀναπείσητε
[if] you convince
… the quotation given, is aorist active subjunctive of a)napei/qw, second
person
plural. [1] Aristophanes, Knights 68 (web address 1), preceded by comment from the scholia there.
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α
3380
Ἀπολεγόμενος
declining (an offer)
… the fortresses in Lazike (Colchis; cf. kappa 1979) to the
Persian
king Chosroes (cf. chi 418); see Kaldellis (57) and additional context at alpha 3313.
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α
3460
Ἀπόνοια
senselessness
… [3] Procopius, Secret History 7.8-11 (web address 3), on the
personal
styles adopted by adherents of the Byzantine circus guilds; cf. Kaldellis (32), gamma 142, epsilon 3640. [4] Julian, Epistles fr.165a.
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α
3894
Ἀρίσταρχος
Aristarchos, Aristarchus
For Harpagos and Cyrus "the Great", king of
Persia
(d. 530 BCE), see generally Herodotus 1.108ff -- but the material of the present entry does not come from there, or anywhere else identifiable. [1] …
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γ
484
Γυμνικοὶ ἀγῶνες
gymnastic contests
… in the quotation given. [1] Or perhaps, more exactly, 'in
Persepolis';
see LSJ s.v.
*Pe/rshs,
I.b. [2] The quotation reappears at eta 45, and cf. epsilon 322. Adler tentatively attributed it to Eunapius; now …
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χ
173
Χαίρομαι
I am rejoiced
From delta 89. [1] "I rejoice" [xai/rw] is first
person
singular, present active indicative, while "I am rejoiced" [xai/romai] is the corresponding middle/passive form. This "Datism" appears in Aristophanes, Peace 291 (web address 1 …
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α
328
Ἀγωνάρχαι
contest-judges
… in the paroemiographers, e.g. Apostolius 1.25.) Possibly Contest, the divine
personification
of the agon (cf. Pausanias 5.26.3), though the apparently
personifying
language does not guarantee this. See further, next note. [3] Used in Plato, …
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778
Ἀκάθεκτος
ungovernable
… [2] In ps.-Zonaras the penultimate word is not pursw=n but
*persw=n
("of the
Persians").
Either way, the quotation is undentifiable. (Adler, on no discernible basis, suggests Symeon Metaphrastes.)
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α
2461
Ἀνίει
gave up
The headword verb (third
person
singular imperfect active of a)ni/hmi) is illustrated by the first five of the quotations given. [1] Agathias, Histories 5.21, on the young Byzantine military leader Germanus; more fully at …
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α
3499
Ἀπορρῆξαι τὴν ψυχήν
to break off one's life
… with, a)pe/rrhcen, a remark). [3] George of Pisidia, On the
Persian
Expedition 3.39-40, Eraclio e le guerre di
Persia
3.39-40 Tartaglia; on the poet's obligation to tell the pure and simple truth; cf. Luke …
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3508
Ἀπορρῶγας
precipices
… H. Araphenides on the NE. If Timon is a real
person
(for doubts see e.g. Aristophanes, Birds, edited with introduction and commentary by Nan Dunbar 708-9), he may have a second-century descendent -- from …
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ι
545
Ἱππίας
Hippias
… 7.259 (ascribed to Plato), an epitaph for Eretrians buried in
Persia;
cf. Page (171-173). The ancient city of Susa (Sousa) was located in the lower Zagros Mountains, about 240 km. north of the
Persian
…
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1383
Ἁλωνευόμενος
seeing to the threshing
… generally alpha 1373, alpha 1378. [1] Appian, Macedonica 13. For
Perseus
see pi 1370, pi 1371.
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γ
205
Γέρροιν
with a pair of wickers
… 2.1.21 (web address 3). [8] From the description of the
Persian
battle-order at the battle of Kounaxa: Xenophon, Anabasis 1.8.9 (web address 4).
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α
1250
Ἁλίσκει
you are captured, you are caught, you stand convicted
… are ambiguous per se, as they could be either third
person
singular active or second
person
singular middle/passive; however, as the active form would be a great rarity, it is surely middle/passive (so Latte …
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α
1988
Ἀναξιμένης
Anaximenes
… the time of the fall of Sardis, when Cyrus of
Persian
defeated Croesus. The sources of the Suda correctly transmitted the [Apollodoran] synchronism between the acme of Anaximenes and the fall of Sardis, making …
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