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dialects, grammar, and etymology154
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historiography76
history73
biography66
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religion34
imagery31

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comedy30
law25
economics18
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politics14
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women11

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Ε epsilon102
Κ kappa41
Χ chi16
Η eta16
Δ delta12
Α alpha10
ΕΙ epsiloniota10
Ι iota6

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ΑΙ alphaiota3
Β beta3

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Translator

David Whitehead222

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κ430ΚαρτερῶI persevere (in)[Used] with a dative.Matched in headwordhighshort
ε3331Ἐτώθαζονthey were mocking… -- presumably extracted from the quotation -- is imperfect, third person plural, of twqa/zw (tau 855). [1] Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 2.8.6 (web address 1); the Persian king threatens to attack …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2029Ἐπεδίκασεhe adjudicated… whereas 'they won the adjudication' is tantamount to saying they persuaded the jurors to award them the estate.Matched in translationhigh

κ430

Καρτερῶ

I persevere (in)

[Used] with a dative.

Καρτερῶ· δοτικῇ.

chronology

chronology

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gender and sexuality9

gender and sexuality9

trade and manufacture6

trade and manufacture6

meter and music2

meter and music2

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Γ gamma

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α4030ἈρτεμισίαArtemisiaThis woman was outstanding in serving [the] Persians; because of her the king said that the men had become women and the women men. Two Artemisias existed, Carian by nationality and queens both. The …Matched in translationhighshort

αι78Αἰδέσασθαιto be ashamed, to be reconciledMeaning to be persuaded to change. So Lysias and Demosthenes [sc.use the word]. But in the [speech] Against Aristokrates [Demosthenes uses it] to mean to atone and to persuade.Matched in translationhighshort

χ318ΧιωνίδηςChionides… [saying that] he produced a play eight years before the Persian Wars. His plays include the following: Hero [Author, Myth], Beggars, Persians or Assyrians.Matched in translationhighshort

γ44Γάμβρειος στολήGambreian garb… Kaibel): "Themistocles received as a present from the King [of Persia] Lampsacus for wine, Magnesia for bread, Myus for fish, and Percote and Palaescepsis for bedding and clothing. And he also told him to …Matched in noteshighshort

α707ἈθάνατοιimmortalsTen thousand select [troops] of the Persians. [The ones] which Ardabourios destroyed and obliterated during Theodosius' reign. [The ones] which Xerxes, son of Darius, had.Matched in translationhighshort

δ1019Διήρκεσεendured, sufficed[Meaning he/she/it] persisted, remained. "The injunctions, which he had enjoined upon the kings, and the orders [sc. given] to the Celts sufficed to such a degree towards putting right the wrongs that they gave …Matched in translationhighshort

ε2020Ἐπέβαλενset about, overlapped… overlapped with Hecataeus the Milesian, a man born during the Persian Wars and a little before. He lasted until the time of Perdikkas." But [the related noun] e)pibolh/ is a term for intent, attack.Matched in translationhighshort

κ527ΚαταδιαιτήσωI will arbitrate against… opposite happens and his unjust complaints bring him success, I personally will myself arbitrate against the Saracen."Matched in translationhighshort

γ411ΓωβρύαςGobryasThat of several high-ranking Persians prominent in the C6 and C5 BCE, such as one of the seven regicides in Herodotus 3.70-79 (web address 1), who advised Darius against the Scythian campaign (Herodotus 4.132 …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1021Κατεχειροτόνησαν αὐτοῦthey voted to convict him… [1] Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 1.15.11, on the abrupt dismissal of Persian envoy Mebod (cf. generally alpha 1998 note) by an assembly of military personnel convened by Roman general Philippicus (spring of 586); cf. de …Matched in noteshighmedium

χ61Χαλυβώνιος οἶνοςChalybonian wine… with chi 60 (q.v.). Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.28D (1.51 Kaibel): 'the Persian king used to drink only Chalybonian wine, which Posidonius says is also grown at Damascus in Syria, since the Persians had introduced viticulture …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3097Ἐρυθρὰ θάλασσαRed Sea['Red Sea'] was the name given to the Persian Gulf, not from the colour of the waves, as some suppose, but to perpetuate the name of a man called Erythros ["Red"] who had held …Matched in translationhighshort

ι103ἸδίανprivateMeaning personal. Demosthenes in the [speech] Against Konon [uses the term]. Also [sc. attested is the neuter] i)/dion, [meaning] a personal [matter].Matched in translationhighshort

χ136ΧάρωνCharon, Kharon… the 79th Olympiad; but rather in the time of the Persian Wars, the 75th Olympiad. A historian, he wrote Ethiopian Histories; Persian Histories in 2 books; Greek Histories in 4 books; Concerning Lampsakos in …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε979Ἐμήδισανthey medized[Meaning] they chose the Persian side. "After the battle at Marathon [the] Thessalians medized, fearful of the blocking-off of Tempe."Matched in translationhighshort

ε3023ἙρμαγόραςHermagorasOf Amphipolis, a [sc. Stoic] philosopher, a pupil of Persaios. His dialogues [are] Dog-hater, one volume On Misfortunes, Ekchytos (it is about egg-divining), On sophistry addressed to the Academicians.Matched in translationhighshort

ει179Εἴργεσθαιto be hindered, to be stopped… ei)/rgomai [is used] with a genitive. "For the god was persuaded, even if begrudged with the tree of knowledge somewhat hindering". But when applying to actives [it is used] with an accusative. "His enthusiasm …Matched in translationhighshort

ε529Ἐκομπολάκουνthey were boastingThird person plural, imperfect indicative active, of the verb kompolake/w. Glossed differently in a scholion on Aristophanes, Frogs 961 (where the headword is first person singular, spoken by Euripides: see web address 1, and …Matched in noteshighshort

κ927ΚατέδραμονI overran, they overran… (a verb with figurative as well as literal senses), first person singular or third person plural; cf. kappa 831, kappa 832. For an instance of the third person plural see Thucydides 8.99.1.Matched in noteshighshort

δ68ΔάραςDaras… assembles an army to meet a surprise invasion by the Persian king Kavad (cf. kappa 1 and PLRE II s.v. Cavades(1)) into Kommagene (cf. kappa 1982) in 531 CE. The earlier Battle of Dara …Matched in noteshighshort

ε485Ἐκκλώζετοyou were booing… Demosthenes 21.226: web address 1) it is imperfect active, second person plural. In the Suda this has become imperfect middle, third person singular - an accidental change ignored in translation here. What kind of …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1981ἘπαρκῶI assist, I help… syntactical lexica. This verb usually takes the dative of the person helped, accusative of the danger warded off (but for accusative of the person see under epsilon 2207).Matched in noteshighshort

ε2024Ἐπεγράφουyou were enlisted under, you had (something) inscribed uponThe headword is imperfect indicative middle/passive, second person singular, of e)pigra/fw. For other forms of the same verb see epsilon 2025, epsilon 2026, epsilon 2272, epsilon 2273, epsilon 2274 and further on in this …Matched in noteshighshort

ε4037Ἔχουνthey were mounding… is extracted from the quotations which follow, it is third person plural (rather than the identical first person singular), imperfect, of xo/w. For the glossing verb see under chi 430. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. [3] …Matched in noteshighshort

η90ἨδημόνουνI was bewildered, they were bewildered… entry in other lexica. The unglossed headword -- either first person singular or third person plural -- must be quoted from somewhere; perhaps Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 15.388 (web address 1), in which case it …Matched in noteshighshort

κ907Κατεβρόχθισεgulped down… also the scholia to Aristophanes, Birds 503, where the first person singular occurs (web address 1). The present headword, third person singular, is taken to be quoted from Hermippus (fr.45 Kock, 46 K.-A.).Matched in noteshighshort

κ961ΚατεπαλύνωI cover, I mantle, I strewEntries like this are usually first person singular present, in which case the epsilon augment would be a mistake. If the spelling is correct, it would have to be second person singular aorist middle …Matched in noteshighshort

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