Search
Filters (1)
Keyword
- dialects, grammar, and etymology1,906
- definition1,791
- historiography591
- biography565
- ethics538
- history524
- religion504
- military affairs427
- epic414
- geography362
- imagery324
- comedy309
32 more
- poetry281
- daily life243
- Christianity183
- rhetoric173
- philosophy163
- tragedy159
- zoology156
- food146
- women146
- mythology131
- medicine124
- economics123
- gender and sexuality123
- law121
- science and technology104
- politics102
- chronology74
- clothing74
- trade and manufacture73
- botany66
- meter and music60
- children47
- proverbs45
- agriculture34
- constitution29
- athletics26
- art history25
- architecture21
- aetiology17
- dreams11
- stagecraft11
- mathematics3
Letter
Vetting status
Length
Translator
- Catharine Roth911
- Jennifer Benedict273
- David Whitehead248
- William Hutton209
- Robert Dyer44
- Antonella Ippolito39
72 more
- Nick Nicholas36
- Ryan Stone28
- Stefano Sanfilippo27
- Craig Gibson26
- Anne Mahoney25
- Ioannis Doukas24
- James Vradelis22
- Marcelo Boeri16
- Konstantinos Kopanias14
- Oliver Phillips ✝14
- Richard Rodriguez12
- Ronald Allen12
- Matthew Farmer10
- D. Graham J. Shipley8
- Tony Natoli8
- Abram Ring7
- Alexandra Trachsel7
- Elizabeth Vandiver7
- George Mallon7
- Carl Widstrand6
- Malcolm Heath6
- Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝5
- Emily Rossow5
- John Arnold5
- Marta Steele5
- Nathan Greenberg ✝5
- Ross Scaife ✝5
- Alan Sommerstein4
- Amelia Mathias4
- Chad Schroeder4
- Dennis McHenry4
- Giorgos Akrivas4
- John Hyland4
- Lauren Curtis4
- Adrian Packel3
- Gregory Hays3
- James Cousins3
- Max Eager3
- Meredith Grau3
- Wm. Blake Tyrrell3
- Bret Mulligan2
- Christopher Blackwell2
- Gabriel Bodard2
- Kenneth Bumbaco2
- Kyle Heath2
- Nicholas Wilshere2
- Roger Travis2
- Adam McCollum1
- Alex Florez1
- Alexander Tulin1
- Alina Kelman1
- Andrea Consogno1
- Braden Studhalter1
- Claudia Mársico1
- Constantina Katsari1
- Debra Hamel1
- Ekaterini Tsalampouni1
- George Pesely1
- Joseph L. Rife1
- Joseph Wrightson1
- Kiril Galev1
- Kostas Zafeiris1
- Lee Fields1
- Martin Harbsmeier1
- Michiel Cock1
- Nathalie Sado1
- Nicholas Fincher1
- Richard Davis1
- Robert de Brose1
- Samuel Huskey1
- Victoria Papaprodromou1
- William Hall1
- 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.
- α2111Ἀνά τοί με πείθεις ἀλλ' ἐκεῖνο οὔπω λέγειςso 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.
- 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.
- 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 …
- κ2776ΚῦροςKuros, Kyros, Cyrus… an early Byzantine title, see POxy. 1206.1 (iv CE), Procopius Pers. 1.8, Just. Nov. 38 tit. Cyrus attained the consulship in 441. [5] Eudocia was a convert to Christianity and an enthusiastic supporter of …
- α3339ἈποκατέστηνI restored… 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 …
- α2818ἈξιόςAxios, AxiusThough 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, …
- α2216Ἀνέγνωσανthey 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.).
- α4015ἈρσάκηςArsakes, Arsaces… debased, in Hesychius, to the summary entry: a)/rsakes: oi( basilei=s *persw=n)
- λ734Λωποδύτηςcloak-stripper… Plutus [Wealth] 165, where this verb occurs (present indicative, third person singular). [4] Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 3.7.19, on Romanus's victory over Baram's Persian army (589 in Albania, south of the Caucasus Mountains); cf. de …
- δ929Διεξιφίσωyou fought to the death… instance the famous Athenian (and Plataean) defeat of the invading Persian army at the Battle of Marathon, 490 BCE, immortalised in book 6 of Herodotus. For Marathon cf. mu 177; for Miltiades, mu 1067, …
- μ350ΜεγάβυζοςMegabyzos, Megabyzus… version, from Herodotus onwards, of the name of several prominent Persians; and cf. under zeta 9.
- ι564ἹπποκράτηςHippocrates, Hippokrates… in Epid. 6.3.18 (Loeb ed, vol. iv, 229) for killing persons with severe healing methods. "H. killed fever patients with burning, much wrestling and hot baths, bad procedure." So what kind of teacher would …
- χ418ΧοσρόηςChosroes, Khosrau, KhosrawChosroes 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. …
- α4147ἈσίαAsia… and Cayster valleys, then to the kingdoms of Lydia and Persia (the latter first in Aeschylus, Persians 929?), then to the Roman province in western Anatolia, but, quite early also, to the easternmost of …
- 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 …
- ε3601Εὔνουςwell-disposed, well-minded… as Marcelo Boeri has pointed out to me in a personal message, rather in the Nicomachean Ethics (1155b33ff and 1166b30ff), whence it was taken up by Alexander and from him by the Suda. Aristotle's …
- 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). …
- κ2521ΚτησίαςKtesias, Ctesias… kappa 1873. [2] a.k.a. Artakhshathra (Artaxerxes) II, Great King of Persia 404-359.
- μ891ΜῆδοιMedesThe imperial predecessors of the Persians; later a synonym for them (cf. mu 889). From Old Persian Mada.
- λ58ΛακκόπλουτονPit-rich, Pit-wealthy… 54. This sea-battle took place between the Greek city-states and Persia in 480 BCE in the straits between the Athenian harbor at Piraeus and Salamis, a small island in the Saronic Gulf.
- α3068Ἀπέστησενremoved… 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 …
- δ181Δεκατεύεινto pay a tithe… (and delta 186). [2] The states that sided with the Persians against their fellow Greeks during the Persian invasion of 481-479 BCE. [3] Delphian Apollo. [4] A loose approximation of Diodorus Siculus 11.3.3. [5] …
- ε3208ἜστειλαI sentAorist of ste/llw, first person singular (evidently quoted from somewhere: Aeschylus, Persae 609?), glossed with a compound of the same verb.
- α829ἈκελιμᾶςAkelimas, Akepsemas, Akepsimas… course, compel the inference, it is best understood as a personal name, and, if so, a variant of such a name found in other forms elsewhere. A very strong contender is Akepsemas/Akepsimas, similarly accented …
- δ930Διεξοδικούςdetailed, discursive, elaborate… closely related to practical (legal or political) problems involving precise persons and situations. [3] The urgency of "shaping" the speech according to the Aristotelian perista/seis gained more and more emphasis in later rhetoric. The …
- α1495Ἁμαρτήσοιmight errThe 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 …
- 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.
- μ889ΜῆδοςMede… 891 (and for an instance of 'Mede' as, effectively, the Persian king see Thucydides 3.62.5). [2] cf. mu 888, mu 890.