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ε2618Ἐπιστέλλειsends a messageThe headword, extracted from the quotation immediately following, is third person singular, present indicative active, of the verb e)piste/llw. [1] Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 106-7 (web address 1), with glosses from the scholia. [2] An …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3278Ἐτέθησανthey were disposedThe headword is aorist indicative passive, third person plural of ti/qhmi. It is probably, though not demonstrably, extracted from the quotation given here. [1] Quotation unidentifiable (but evidently from historiography of the Christian era). …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2063Ἐπεπαίχεινhad joked at… and pe/kw ('card'), but also to explicate the rare pluperfect personal ending -ein. This is usually taken by modern grammars as an first-person or third-person singular ending, but it is unclear whether the lexicographer …Matched in noteshighshort
ε104Ἐγκολπίζονταιthey engulf… the capture of Martyropolis (cf. alpha 3649 note) by the Persians in the summer of 589; cf. de Boor (119) and Whitby (79).Matched in noteshighshort
ε2513Ἐπίμπλατοwas being filled… See also epsilon 1247. [1] The unglossed headword is third person singular, imperfect indicative middle, while the verb in this quotation is the corresponding plural. Chalcocondyles' editio princeps of the Suda prints this plural …Matched in noteshighshort
α1915Ἀνὰ κράτοςto the extent that one is able, to the limit of one's power… the Wars of Justinian 2.25.29 (web address 1), on the Persian rout of the Romans at the Battle of Anglon (543 CE); cf. Kaldellis (128) and kappa 588. For earlier instances of the phrase …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1595Ἐξέδραμονran out of… headword, which must be quoted from somewhere, is either first person singular or (as under alpha 1253) third person plural aorist of e)ktre/xw.Matched in noteshighshort
α4429Αὐθιγενήςborn here, native to this place… glossing in other lexica. [2] Greek Anthology 7.162.2-4 (Dioskorides/Dioscorides), a Persian slave asks his master for a burial respecting Zoroastrian beliefs; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 90) and (vol. II, 260-261). The cult …Matched in noteshighshort
αι367ΑἰτηταίrequestersLikewise in ps.-Zonaras. [1] Cassius Dio 20.66.2. For King Perseus cf. pi 1370, pi 1371.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2790ἘπλωΐσατοsailedAorist indicative middle, third person singular, of plwi/+zomai. (For the active see pi 1804) This form is unattested elsewhere, though there is a later instance of the corresponding third person plural (an addition of …Matched in noteshighshort
α218Ἀγήλειενmight glorify… headword, presumably extracted from the quotation given, is a third person singular aorist optative form of the verb alpha 217. [1] Cassius Dio 66.2.4. (Mucianus is cross-referenced at mu 1285.)Matched in noteshighshort
α4187ἈσμενίζωI celebrate, I take pleasure in… forward detachment of Roman soldiers who in 589 capture two Persian scouts dressed as Romans. The scouts tell of a nearby group of Persian fighters, arms down and resting unawares. But after following the …Matched in noteshighshort
α4448ΑὐλῶI play the pipeOf the person listening. Likewise in syntactical lexica. cf. generally alpha 4447.Matched in noteshighshort
ε886Ἐλωβήσατοabused… somewhere, and there are several extant possibilities for this third person singular, but note that Hesychius epsilon2244 has the third person plural (of which the same is true); his glossing is 'they harmed'.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3772Εὐτράπελονamenable… from the scholia. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler suggests Aelian.) The person described is evidently Alcibiades, or someone whose portait is modelled on his (alpha 1280); cf. Plutarch, Alcibiades 23.3-6 (A. as a chameleon in …Matched in noteshighshort
η11Ἡ ἀπὸ Σκυθῶν ῥῆσιςthe statement from Scythians… This odd phrase is clearer in Macarius' version: 'after the Persian king had sent envoys to the Scythians about peace'.Matched in noteshighshort
ε870ἙλισθεαῖοςHelistheaios, Helistheaeus… Ambrosian Lexicon, but otherwise the headword is unattested. Pehaps a personal name or ethnic adjective.Matched in noteshighshort
β103ΒαράμηςBarames, Vahram, Bahram, BaramThe name of a renegade Persian mentioned in books 3-5 of the Histories of Theophylact Simocatta; cf. PLRE IIIa s.v. Bahram(2).Matched in noteshighshort
ε2445Ἐπιλήψει μεwill seize me… glossed here with an aorist subjunctive; in this context, third person singular active rather than second person singular middle. For this verb see also epsilon 2044, epsilon 2431.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3279Ἐτέκταινονthey were constructing, I was constructingHeadword and gloss are imperfect indicative active, either third person plural or first person singular. All surviving attestations are the former, including Psalm 128:3 LXX, commentary to which is the likeliest source of this …Matched in noteshighshort
δ784Διατεκμαίρεταιdetermines, infers… The headword (which must be quoted from somewhere) is third person singular, present indicative, of diatekmai/romai.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2127ἘπείλημμαιI have seized uponPerfect middle-passive of e)pilamba/nw, first person singular; evidently extracted from somewhere (but actually attested, otherwise, only in a syntactical lexicon).Matched in noteshighshort
α3278Ἀποδασμόνdivision… generally), when Chosroes II was angered over Saracen forays into Persian territory; cf. Whitby (209, note 1). On the Saracens, see sigma 112 generally. On Chosroes II, see generally alpha 2015 note.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1998Ἐπαυχοῦσιexulting in… 1999), but it could also be present indicative active, third person plural. Either way, the only attestation of this form outside lexicography is Cyril of Alexandria, Quod unus sit Christus 714.13. [1] An inaccurate …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2081Ἐπεσημήναμενwe remarked upon[1] The headword is first person plural, aorist indicative active, of e)pishmai/nw. It must be quoted from somewhere (other than the quotation given here, which has the third person singular aorist optative middle). [2] …Matched in noteshighshort
αι200ΑἰμίλιοςAemiliusLucius Aemilius Paullus. For Perseus, king of Macedonia 179-168 BCE, see generally pi 1370, pi 1391. The passage (John of Antioch fr. 57 FHG, now 133.2 Roberto) refers to Paullus' defeat of Perseus at …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2038Ἐπεκηρυκεύετοwas sending heraldsThe headword is imperfect indicative, third person singular, of e)pikhrukeu/omai (cf. epsilon 2375 and the second quotation in epsilon 2037). It is perhaps extracted from the quotation given there, though there are alternatives in …Matched in noteshighshort
α142ἈγαμήδηςAgamedes… lists this as both a toponym and a (connected ) personal name.Matched in noteshighshort
δ817Διαφερώμεθαwe would differ… elsewhere (and cf. generally delta 814). The headword -- first person plural, present subjunctive, of diafe/rw -- must be quoted from somewhere; there are numerous possibilities.Matched in noteshighshort
α4609Ἀφιᾶσιthey let goNo corresponding entry in other lexica. The headword verb (third person plural present of a)fi/hmi) must be quoted from somewhere but is far too commonplace to track down.Matched in noteshighshort