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ε
904
Ἐλόχησεν
platooned
[sc. This word occurs] in Herodotus meaning [he] organized into
platoons.
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χ
615
Χυτρέα
potter
… worker in clay, and a craftsman of such products. And
Plato
in Republic [uses the word].
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δ
486
Δήπουθεν
doubtless, presumably
… -- repeated, oddly, at its end -- derives from Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon s.v. (which has itself probably been generated by either
Plato,
Ion 534A or Philebus 62E). [1] This alternative gloss, repeated at the …
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tragedy
5
tragedy
5
epic
4
epic
4
food
4
food
4
aetiology
3
aetiology
3
meter and music
3
meter and music
3
politics
3
politics
3
zoology
3
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3
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2
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2
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2
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2
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2
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2
architecture
1
architecture
1
art history
1
art history
1
chronology
1
chronology
1
stagecraft
1
stagecraft
1
short
δ
1655
Δυσμαῖς βίου
at life's settings
Same entry in Hesychius (delta2605) and elsewhere, including Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon. The headword phrase is probably quoted from
Plato,
Laws 770A (even though 'life' has the definite article there); other instances and parallels in …
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ε
1711
Ἐξηγηταί
expounders
… [2] For this opening section of the entry cf. Timaeus,
Platonic
Lexicon, and the scholia to
Plato,
Laws 916C. [3] Herodotus 5.31.4 (Artaphrenes to Aristagoras). [4] So the transmitted text, o)nomazo/mena; but -- as …
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χ
10
Χαλαστραῖον
chalastraion, Chalastra-soda
Likewise or similarly in other lexica, including Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon, and cf. also a scholion on
Plato,
Republic 4.430A, where the genitive case of the headword occurs. [1] Sodium carbonate. See LSJ s.v. ni/tron …
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ε
1032
Ἐμποδών
in the way
… the [speech] Against Lycophron [also uses it], to mean clear.
Plato
[uses it] to mean central. Isaeus [uses it] to mean recent and in one's hands; for he says in the restoration of liberty …
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α
2661
Ἀντιγραφεύς
antigrapheus, copy-clerk
… [an] a)ntigrafh/. And so are the statements of witnesses. However,
Plato
in the Apology of Socrates calls a)ntwmosi/a and a)ntigrafh/ the same thing.
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δ
652
Διὰ μέσου τείχους
of the wall through the middle
… described as "through the middle" of those on either side.
Plato
in Gorgias mentions it.
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δ
1054
Διιτρέφης πυτιναῖα ἔχων πτερά
Diitrephes with wicker-flask wings
… This man [Dieitrephes] was nouveau riche and grasping and wicked.
Plato
in Festivals [writes]: "and a foreigner, the madman, the Cretan, the scarcely-Athenian"; a wicker-flask [is] a woven item. [It was Dieitrephes] who "was …
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δ
1451
Δῶρα θεοὺς πείθει καὶ αἰδοίους βασιλῆας
gifts sway gods and revered kings
… consider the line Hesiodic, and it is also uttered by
Plato
in the third [book of the] Republic.
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ε
877
Ἔλθῃ
[nor] should he come
Meaning let him [not] come.
[Plato
in book] 9 of Laws [writes]: "nor should he come into any shrine".
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ε
985
Ἐμὴν χάριν
for my sake
… is deployed instead of 'for the sake of me' in
Plato.
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ε
2416
Ἐπικράτης
Epikrates, Epicrates
… a large beard. He used to be called beard-bearer. And
Plato
the comedy-writer says: "o lord of the hairy lip, beard-bearer Epicrates." And he used to be the butt of comedy for hairiness. He …
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ε
2832
Ἐπωβελία
obol-fine
… of] the penalty. Consequently, epobelia [was] the interest, [mentioned] by
Plato
in Laws [book] eleven.
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χ
423
Χωλή
lame
Meaning defective.
Plato
[uses the word in his dialogue] On the soul: "but if nature will be lame in this respect".
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χ
586
Χρυσοχοεῖον
goldsmithy
… what was in store for him as to experience it".
Plato
too employs the proverb: "well, said Thrasymachus, is he 'smelting gold'?". They say that the proverb originated as follows. A certain rumor once …
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αι
346
Αἰσχίνης
Aischines, Aeschines
… That he belonged to the Socratic circle is attested by
Plato,
who mentions him at Apology 33E. In D.L. 2.60 it is he who is said to have urged Socrates to escape from prison …
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δ
1052
Διισχυρίζομαι
I strongly affirm
… referred to the headword accompanied by a negative, as at
Plato,
Phaedo 100d7 (web address 1): "I make no positive statement about this (presence of or participation in the good)." Cf. Proclus' Commentary on …
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ε
955
Ἔμβραχυ
in short; in the least
… similar glossing in other lexica, and in the scholia to
Plato,
Gorgias 457A and
[Plato]
Theages 127C. [2] Aelian fr. 63c Domingo-Forasté (60 Hercher), on the Arcadian Eutelidas; cf. alpha 916, kappa 1004. [3] …
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α
2822
Ἀξίοχος
Axiochos, Axiochus
… Socratic. It has [also] been recorded [as a work] of
Plato's.
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α
4121
Ἀρχύτας
Archytas, Arkhutas
… Mnesarchos or Mnasagetes or Mnasagoras; Pythagorean philosopher. This man saved
Plato
from being murdered by the tyrant Dionysios. He championed the [Greek-]Italian federation, and was chosen general with full powers by his fellow-citizens and …
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δ
81
Δασμολογῶ
I collect dasmos, I collect tribute
[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] I amass [it].
"Plato
made exempt from tribute [fo/ros] those who came to study with him, but you collect tribute [dasmo/s] and take it from those willing to give …
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ε
1922
Ἐπαγωγή
induction
Concerning
Plato
he says: "I considered it necessary to add an account of the nature of the discourses and the arrangement of the dialogues and the method of the induction."
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α
4590
Ἀφ' Ἑστίας
from Hearth, from Hestia
… similarly in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to
Plato,
Euthyphro 3A, where the headword phrase occurs. [2] This part of the entry is (over-)abridged from Harpokration s.v., where Isaeus fr. 84 Sauppe …
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αι
239
Αἰξωνεύεσθαι
to be an Aixonian, to play the Aixonian
cf. the scholia on
Plato,
Laches 197C, where the phrase "to be an Aixonian" occurs; Hesychius s.v.; Etymologicum Magnum 36.57. [1] cf. alphaiota 240, alphaiota 241. [2] See alphaiota 242.
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δ
110
Δαιδάλου ποιήματα
Daidalos' creations, Daedalus' creations
The phrase "Daidalou poiemata" occurs in
Plato,
Meno 97D-E, and this material derives from ancient comment on that passage. For Daidalos/Daedalus cf. already delta 106, delta 107, delta 108, delta 109; and see generally …
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δ
291
Δευσοποιός
deep-dyed
… From Harpokration s.v., citing the appearance of the word in
Plato
(Republic 4.429E [web address 1]) and Diphilus (fr. 72 Kock, now 73 K-A.). [2] Same or similar material in other lexica. The phrase …
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δ
887
Διαιτηταί
arbitrators
… (delta1032) and other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to
Plato,
Laws 920D, where (Magnesian) arbitration is mentioned. See also delta 888.
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δ
1019
Διήρκεσε
endured, sufficed
… not necessarily, extracted from the quotation given; other possibilities include
Plato,
Timaeus 21D. [1] Same or similar glossing in other lexica. [2] Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable.
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