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β294Βίοςlife, lifestyle… reports, contains this note: "[from] Eusebios Pamphylou and not from Philo." On Philo of Alexandria, a.k.a. Philo Judaeus, see phi 448; on Eusebius, see epsilon 3737. [2] Eusebius, Supplementa minora ad quaestiones ad Marinum …Matched in noteshighmedium
ι790Ἰχνηλατῆσαιto track down… If it is quoted from somewhere, the likely source is Philo Judaeus, who has four instances.Matched in noteshighshort
ει87Εἰκοτολογῆσαιto infer from probabilities… ei)kotologe/w. Outside of lexicography, the only pre-Suda attestation is in Philo of Alexandria, Legatio ad Gaium 58.Matched in noteshighshort
κ659Καταμύουσιthey close their eyes… of katamu/w. It must be quoted from somewhere -- perhaps Philo Judaeus, who furnishes the only two surviving instances outside lexicography. cf. mu 1425.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1924Ἐπαγωνιεῖταιwill struggle with… singular. It must be quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities include Philo Judaeus and several passages in Cyril of Alexandria.Matched in noteshighshort
μ697Μετακόσμιονbetween worlds, metacosmic… interspace between worlds), must be quoted from somewhere; perhaps from Philo Judaeus, On Dreams 1.184.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3617Εὐορκίαfidelity to an oath… attested in a variety of authors including Demosthenes, Appian and Philo Judaeus. cf. epsilon 3618, lambda 164, mu 277, rho 13.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3327Ἐτόπασενguessed… extant instances (both with and without the nu-moveable) cluster in Philo Judaeus and Theodoret.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2434Ἐπιλαχόνταhaving obtained by lot… Most of the (few) extant instances outside lexicography come from Philo Judaeus.Matched in noteshighshort
κ846Καταφάσκειaffirms… (without actively endorsing) Dindorf's suggestion that it is quoted from Philo Judaeus, Legum allegoriarum libri 3.85. cf. kappa 843, kappa 844, kappa 845.Matched in noteshighshort
μ576Μεμοιραμένωνhaving had [something] assigned to them… genitive plural. It must be quoted from somewhere; perhaps from Philo Judaeus, who has four instances. cf. mu 572, mu 577.Matched in noteshighshort
μ436Μεθορμιζόμενοςchanging harbors, sailing from one harbor to another… meqormi/zw. This participle (in various case forms) is used by Philo and Christian writers, always with a figurative sense.Matched in noteshighshort
η254Ἠλογήθησανthey were disregarded… use the headword: 28.9.8.) [3] Perhaps a foreshortened version of Philo Judaeus, de providentia fr.2 (quoted by Eusebius): tw=n a)/llwn a)gaqw=n pa/ntwn h)lo/goun.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3819Εὐχάvow… very rarely attested, but see e.g. Aeschylus, Suppliant Women 657: filo/timos eu)xa/ (web address 1). [1] Psalm 115.5 LXX. [2] cf. Etymologicum Gudianum and other lexica.Matched in noteshighshort
αι285Αἵρεσιςcapture, taking… perhaps, "dear to God." [3] Tittman attributes this passage to Philo Judaeus, Adler to Damascius (now adopted as fr. 292 Zintzen).Matched in noteshighshort
ε80Ἐγκατέσκηψανthey fell upon… with neuter plural subject); probably (as Latte on Hesychius suggests) Philo Judaeus, De vita contemplativa 2, its only independent attestation. [2] Aelian fr. 286 Domingo-Forasté (288 Hercher); cf. lambda 465. [3] This, also in …Matched in noteshighshort
η472ἩράκλειτοςHerakleitos, Heraclitus[1] Heraclitus of Ephesus (fl. 500 BCE), Presocratic philosopher, known for his emphasis on processes of change and the complementarity of opposites: see web address 1 (Daniel W. Graham, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy); OCD(4) …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ297Λεπτολογίαsubtle argument[1] Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 1.17; see also delta 519, kappa 912. [2] Hermippus fr. 22 Kock, now 21 K.-A.; also in other lexica. [3] Aristophanes, Clouds 320 (web address 1), with …Matched in noteshighshort
ι159Ἱερατικὴpriest-craft, religion… of matter. The sentence seems incomplete. [2] Greek and Egyptian philosophy evidently cannot be reconciled. [3] Greek religion has borrowed some beliefs from Egypt, including the idea of metempsychosis.Matched in noteshighmedium
λ874Λυττῶντεςraging… from somewhere in this form, might come from e.g. Lucian (Philopseudes 40) or Philostratus (Life of Apollonius 4.10); note, however, that the equivalent and earlier Hesychius lambda1471 has accusative(s), which might point to (e.g.) …Matched in noteshighshort
ι448ἸουστῖνοςIoustinos, Justinus, Justin… version) 33; cf. Photius, Bibliotheca c. 125. [1] Justin the Philosopher, also known as Justin the Martyr: Catholic Encyclopedia entry at web address 1; works in Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1, web address 2. [2] …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3569Εὔλογον ἀξίωμαprobable assumption, reasonable proposition… Zeno). [2] Diogenes Laertius 7.177 -- but here misread: the philosopher in question is not Cleanthes (kappa 1711) but his pupil Sphaerus (SVF 1.139-142 von Arnim: no Suda entry of his own, and indeed …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1141ΔιογένηςDiogenes… double negative, but the point must be that these famous philosophers are human beings like everyone else. [3] From alpha 180 (q.v.); repeated at omicron 28.Matched in noteshighmedium
ι487ἼωνIon… Athens, who also practiced other forms of poetry and wrote philosophical works in prose. The treatise "On the Sublime" calls his plays faultless and elegant but less inspired than those of Sophocles. [1] Possibly …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3605ΕὔξενοςEuxenos, EuxenusPhilostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 1.7 [1] cf. chi 163. On talking birds as pets, see OCD(4) s.v. "pets." [2] cf. mu 479.Matched in noteshighmedium
μ28ΜάγοιmagiFrom the prologue (1.3) to Diogenes Laertius' Lives of the Philosophers. (For this headword see also mu 25.) On Zoroaster and Ostanes, see alpha 4257, zeta 159, zeta 160, omicron 710. Astrampsychus has an …Matched in noteshighshort
α1041ἈκύλαςAquila… and Speech. Syrianus' commentary on Hermogenes often cites a Neoplatonic philosopher named Aquila who wrote on rhetorical subjects; he could well be this man. Also, Flavius Sosipater Charisius cites a passage of C. Iulius …Matched in noteshighshort
ν517ΝουμήνιοςNumenius, NoumeniosOCD4 Numenius. Numenius of Apamea was a Platonist or Pythagorean philosopher of the 2nd century CE. [1] cf. Porphyry, On the Cave of the Nymphs 10; Clement of Alexandria, Stromata 1.22.150.4.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2266Κῶμόςrevelry… also kappa 2265, kappa 2272. [2] Babrius 22.4 Crusius. [3] Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 4.39.Matched in noteshighshort
λ137Λασίοιςshaggy… version of sth/qessin lasi/oisi in Homer, Iliad 1.189). [1] Sophocles, Philoctetes 180-185 (a lyric passage).Matched in noteshighshort