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α3697Ἀπροσήγορος ἄνθρωποςunaddressable fellow, unaddressable person[Meaning one] whom [it is] not possible to address because of the roughness of his manner.Matched in headwordhighshort
ε2618Ἐπιστέλλειsends a message… the murderers." "But the general passed the words of the Persians on to the emperor through a secretary."Matched in translationhighshort
ε3278Ἐτέθησανthey were disposed[Meaning] they bowed down, they were persuaded. "They were disposed more to the plan of the emperor and of the [sc. person serving as] bishop."Matched in translationhighshort
αι136Αἴθ' ὄφελεif only he had… optative forms differ in this, that for the latter the person is undefined, but the [construction with] o)/felon defines the persons.Matched in translationhighshort
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
α4599Ἀφεὶς καὶ Ἀπαλλάξαςhaving let go and having set free… charged against him. But 'having set free' is when he persuades the person doing the charging to withdraw and cease bringing the charge. Thus Demosthenes and Isaeus [sc. use these word]. But one can …Matched in translationhighmedium
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[Meaning] autochthonous, genuine. "'I am Persian, and from the time of my fathers a Persian native to this place, yes master. To defile fire is more grievous to us than a difficult death.'"Matched in translationhighshort
αι367Αἰτηταίrequesters… something from someone. "The Rhodians, being requesters of peace with Perseus no more than they were granters, were especially singled-out by the Romans."Matched in translationhighshort
α213Ἀγηγέρατοthey had gathered… future a)gerw=, the perfect h)/gerka, the passive h)/germai, the third [person] h)/gertai and the third [person] plural in Ionic dialect a)ghge/ratai; then the pluperfect h)ge/rmhn, the third [person] h)/gerto and a)gh/gerto, and the third …Matched in translationhighshort
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
αι192Αἵματι κλαίεινto weep blood, to weep in blood… about those whom they would not have been able to persuade no matter what they did. "He would not persuade him, not even by weeping blood." They also say, "not even by groaning blood …Matched in translationhighshort
α218Ἀγήλειενmight glorify… he used to grow angry at anyone, not because that person might insult him but because he might not glorify him greatly".Matched in translationhighshort
α4187ἈσμενίζωI celebrate, I take pleasure in… led astray by the promise, they were captured by the Persian [army]."Matched in translationhighshort
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
ε1483Ἐν τῷ μέρειin one's turnMeaning one person succeeding another by a certain turn-taking. And elsewhere: "even that person, having seen [her] (for he in turn had succumbed) intended to marry [her]."Matched in translationhighshort
ε3772Εὐτράπελονamenable… Lakedaimonians and to Thebans a Theban." Comedy calls the amenable person 'dextrous'. See also under 'exposed'. So an 'amenable' person is, strictly speaking, a mimic, a jokester.Matched in translationhighshort
α4144Ἄσημονundistinguished… Also [sc. attested is the masculine] a)/shmos, [meaning] the ignoble person.Matched in translationhighshort
ε2709Ἐπιτολμῆσαιto make a daring attack on[Used] with a dative. [Meaning] to plot against. "And he persuades them to make a daring attack on Lykides and Sosibios, and, such as he is, and they being merchants, flatters them and easily …Matched in translationhighshort
η11Ἡ ἀπὸ Σκυθῶν ῥῆσιςthe statement from Scythians… go hang; inasmuch as the Scythians responded to Dareios the Persian, after he had made an announcement about yielding, telling him to go hang.Matched in translationhighshort
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

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