Search | ReadSuda

32 entries for Philo

κ2116Κορυβαντιᾷcelebrates the Korybant rites, is in a frenzy… The headword must be quoted from somewhere. Extant possibilities include: Philo Judaeus, On Dreams 2.1; Themistius, *basanisth\s h)\ filo/sofos 253a; Libanius, Letters 299.2; Palladius, Dialogue on the Life of Chrysostom p. 138 Coleman-Norton. [2] …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1237Κεκιβδήλευταιis adulterated, has been adulterated… author who provides the only attestations of it outside lexica: Philo Judaeus, De Decalogo 3.2, De Specialibus Legibus 1.326.2, and Quod omnis probus liber sit 98.4. Philo's usage is figurative (referring to souls and …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1273Κεκρύφαλονhairnet… 1273. [5] Greek Anthology 6.206.3-4 (Antipater of Sidon). The adjective filo/plektos "tending to be braided" is usually taken to be a corruption of filo/plagktos, "errant, straying". The phrase "dyed with flowers of the grey …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1252Κεκομψευμένοςingenious… passive sense) (LSJ s.v.). The former sense is exemplified by Philo Judaeus, De migratione Abrahami 75.6: oi( ta\ politika\ kekomyeume/noi, "those who are smart about politics". The latter is exemplified by Plato, Philebus 56C: …Matched in noteshighshort
λ832Λυμαντικόςdestroyer… fr.84 Diels/Kranz, and Hermarchus fr.34 Longo Auricchio; also in (e.g.) Philo Judaeus and Epictetus.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1258Κεκωφῆσθαιto be deafened… The verb kwfa/w occurs five times in the passive in Philo Judaeus, including kekwfh=sqai in De congressu eruditionis gratia 65.7 (in a figurative sense) and kekwfw=sqai in Quod deterius potiori insidiari soleat 175.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1891ΚνυζώσωI will darken… out) by Herodian, De prosodia catholica p. 444 Lentz (citing Philoxenus fr. 120 Theodoridis) and Orion [Author, Myth], Etymologicum s.v. knuzou=n. The Etymologicum Gudianum s.v. knuzhqmo/s goes further to a)xreiou=n "damage, disable". The Suda's …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1503Κηλέῳin burning [fire]… 8.235, 18.346, Odyssey 8.435. Glossed as kaustikw=| as early as Philoxenus fr.112* (1 BCE) and Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon s.v. khlei/w| (alternative form of the adjective). Also in Hesychius kappa2495 and the Etymologicum Magnum; plus …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1424Κερτομῶνtaunting… -- occurs in, and might therefore be quoted from, Sophocles, Philoctetes 1235 (web address 1): "By the gods, is it to taunt me that you say these things?" See also kappa 1422, kappa 1423, …Matched in noteshighshort
λ583Λιπαρήςimportunate, persistent… 64c Domingo-Forasté (part of fr. 61 Hercher), about an Epicurean philosopher; for another part see under the next entry, lambda 584. [2] Quotation unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1889ΚνυζῶI whimper… abbreviation of Herodian, De prosodia catholica p. 444-445 Lentz (citing Philoxenus fr.120 Theodoridis) "knuzw= is of both the first and the second conjugation [i.e. both regular and contracted]; its future is knuzh/sw, hence knuzhqmo/s …Matched in noteshighshort
μ295Μαῦρονdim… also recorded in Herodian, De Prosodia Catholica p. 193 and Philoxenus fr. 433 Theodoridis (though it may well be a fictional form). See LSJ s.v. mauro/s. Chantraine (s.v. a)mauro/s) says "probablement formation inverse de …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1338Κέντραgoads… and cf. kappa 1341. [2] Greek Anthology 6.246.1 (attributed to Philodemus or Marcus Argentarius), a dedication to Poseidon after victory in a horse race; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 156-157) and further extracts …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2090ΚορινθικόνCorinthian[1] Greek Anthology 6.40.7-8 (Macedonius the Consul); see already (with some abbreviation) at alpha 1579. On this epigram, wherein a modestly successful farmer (referring to himself in the third person here) makes a dedication …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1516Κήλωνstallion, he-ass… metaphor from rutting donkeys". The gloss "hot for coitus" is Philoxenus fr.514, and is repeated in the Etymologicum Gudianum, the Etymologicum Magnum, and codices of the Lexicon of Cyril. cf. generally kappa 1517.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1519Κημόςmuzzle… see also kappa 1518, kappa 1520. [2] Greek Anthology 6.246.1 (Philodemus or Marcus Argentarius), a dedication to Poseidon after a horse race victory; also cited, in part, at delta 1245 and kappa 1338; cf. …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1249Κεκλωσμέναthings spun… instead of this perfect participle with the same meaning, and Philostratus uses the same word (Heroicus 732.7: diepo/rqmeusen au)to\n e)s th\n *fqi/an dia\ ta\ e)p' au)tw=| keklwsme/na, "Thetis sent Achilles away to Phthia because …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1854Κνάφοςcarding-comb… first paragraph of the present entry's material is common from Philoxenus fr. 668 Theodoridis (cited in the Etymologicum Magnum and Etymogicum Gudianum), Herodian, De prosodia catholica p. 446, and Pollux 7.37. Similar wording in …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1218Κεγχραμίδεςpips… fine grain". Nevertheless, the Suda (in an excerpt from John Philoponus) still distinguishes between fig kegxrami/des and olive purh=nai at kappa 416.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2277Κωνοειδέςconical, cone-shaped… s.v. For "cone," see kappa 2289. [2] Greek Anthology 5.13.3-4 (Philodemus); cf. lambda 768. The passage does not use the headword adjective itself but a neuter noun related to it.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1250Κεκμηκώςhaving become weary… [3] The last two verses of Greek Anthology 6.66.9-10 (with filomeide/sin misspelt), attributed to Paulus Silentiarius. They describe the calligrapher's tools which Callimenes dedicates: stylus, ruler, stone, inkwell, sponge, reed-sharpener.Matched in noteshighshort
λ368Λειξούραgluttony… is actually derived, is defined in ps.-Zonaras, and occurs in Philogelos 243 with that meaning. Kriaras (Dictionary of Mediaeval Greek Vernacular Writing) does derive li/couros from li/chs = lixa. He also records the Early …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1557Κῆυξtern, sea-swallow; Keux, Ceyx… post-classical, used in ps.-Apollodorus 1.52, Dionysius, Ixeuticon 2.18, Babrius 2.115, Philostratus the Elder 2.17.11, ps.-Lucian, Ocypus 113. For i(e/rac "hawk," see iota 155. [2] Two characters in Greek mythology bore this name. (A) King …Matched in noteshighshort
μ397Μέγεθοςsize[1] John Philoponus, Commentary on Aristotle's de anima 315.13-16 Hayduck -- commenting here on de anima 418a17 (which argues that what the different senses perceive are consistent with each other). The Suda's paraphrase simplifies …Matched in noteshighshort
μ107Μαλθακόνgentle, soft, feeble, weak, luxuriant… by Diogenes Laertius (2.15 = Greek Anthology 7.95.3-4) on the philosopher Anaxagoras of Clazomenae (alpha 1981): despite the intervention of his friend Pericles (pi 1179, pi 1180, pi 1181) to prevent him being executed …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1626Κινάβραgoat-stench… in LSJ. The word is unattested outside lexica, scholia, and philology (Tzetzes), and should be considered fictional as a word of Greek, invented to serve as an etymology. [2] The only ancient literary use …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1795Κλητῆρεςsummoners, witnesses to summons… Wasps 1310, continuing a pun from Wasps 189, in which Philocleon is called "just like the foal of a... summoner" (instead of a donkey), and identifies himself as "Son of Apodrasippides" (Son Of Escaped …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1856Κναιόμενονbeing scratched… can add kappa 1857 (q.v.); ps.-Zonaras s.v. knai/w "grieve", and Philoxenus fr. 120 "ruin" (cited in Etymologicum Gudianum s.v. kluzw=sai). The participle here and its gloss might be extrapolated from (?)Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 541 …Matched in noteshighshort
μ102Μαλερόνfierce… well as "withering"; "withering" is given by more ancient authorities (Philoxenus fr. 673, cited in Orion [Author, Myth] and the Etymologicum Magnum; scholia to Hesiod, Theogony 16; scholia to Oppian, Halieutica 1.300). [2] LSJ …Matched in noteshighshort
μ115Μᾶλλον μᾶλλονmore and more… Laertius 9.75, on Pyrrho, founder of the Skeptic school of philosophy (on which see web address 1); cf. omicron 802.Matched in noteshighmedium