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833
Ἀκέραιον
unblemished
… blemishes', associated with a(marti/ai ('character flaws, unpremeditated crimes, sins') by
Plutarch,
Cimon 2.5 (LSJ entry at web address 2). This latter usage is particularly common in discussions of moral frailty in
Plutarch
(Moralia 464B, …
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488
Βωμολοχεύσαιτο
(if one) were to play the wit at the altar
… certain Iortius in Aelian (fr. 111c Domingo-Forasté, 108 Hercher, citing
Plutarch
as his source: cf. epsilon 157, iota 423, mu 321). Iortius (RE 9.1929-30) was a parasite (hanger-on) of Maecenas, the prefect of Rome …
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845
Ἀκέσιμον
concerned with healing
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meter and music
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politics
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rhetoric
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rhetoric
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… from somewhere -- is rare, but is used by e.g.
Plutarch,
Moralia 956F (neuter plural, of healing waters). cf. generally alpha 847, alpha 850, alpha 854, alpha 856.
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2310
Ἀνέρριπτον
I was tossing in the air, they were tossing in the air
… the Rubicon and invade the Roman homeland, as reported in
Plutarch's
life (Caesar 32), probably from the lost eye-witness account of Asinius Pollio. See epsilon 3013, kappa 2591, kappa 2601. [3] Aristophanes, fr.929 PCG …
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1031
Διθυράμβων νοῦν ἔχεις ἐλάττονα
you have less sense than dithyrambs.
… to have less sense than the cranes and the storks?"
(Plutarch,
Lucullus 39.5).
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1513
Δραστήριος
effective, efficient, energetic
… becomes a favorite in character portrayals of great men by
Plutarch
(Antonius 42.2, Lucullus 6.2, Nicias 16.9, Pericles 19.3, Phocion 6.3, Timoleon 3.7) and Dionysius of Halicarnassus. It exemplifies well the overtones of the …
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2736
Ἐπιτυχοῦσιν
to just any people; to those who happen to be there; to people of no consequence; to those who happen to succeed
… 105), who actively sought a dictatorship. Another possible source is
Plutarch,
for he uses toi=s e)pituxou=si in this sense in a similar context at Precepts on administering a republic 801b1.
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3013
Ἐρρίφθω κύβος
let the die have been cast
… by Julius Caesar on crossing the Rubicon, as reported by
Plutarch
(Caesar 32.8 and Pompey 60.9), was truncated from the latter sense, implying a last final gamble.
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3019
Ἑρκύνιοι δρυμοί
Hercynian forests (?Black Forest)
… of the Celts (7.1.3-5, 7.2.2, 7.3.1; cf. 4.6.9); see also
Plutarch
(Marius 11.9), Diodorus Siculus (5.21, 5.32), Dionysius of Halicarnassus (Roman Antiquities 14.1), Eustathius (Commentary on Dionysius the Periegete 298.16-45), and the Emperor Julian …
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3344
Ἔτυχον
hit (the target), succeeded (through preparation) in obtaining, achieving or winning, met; coincided, happened (to hit), chanced
… place in military strategy remains a commonplace in Polybius and
Plutarch
(tau 1234, cf. alpha 537, alpha 2310, epsilon 695 and cross-references) and was immortalised in Caesar's "Let the die be cast" (epsilon 3013). …
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3442
Εὐερμία
good fortune, a stroke of luck from Hermes
… Epitrepontes 284, 317; Diodorus Siculus 5.51.1; Lucian, Navigium 11.22; cf.
Plutarch,
Moralia 777D. [4] Aelian fr. 12e D-F (12 Hercher). It is uncertain whether this refers to Mithridates' contempt for L. Licinius Lucullus when …
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3864
Ἐφέσια γράμματα
Ephesian letters
… (e.g.) Menander (fr.274 Kassel-Austin: see under alpha 1139) and in
Plutarch's
Table-Talk (Moralia 706E). Explanation begins in the 2nd. century A.D.: besides Aelius Dionysius (above) see Pausanias the Atticist, *)Attikw=n o)noma/twn sunagwgh/ epsilon85, and …
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