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40 entries for Polus

ε2520<20Ἐπὶ πολύfor the most part, mainly[no gloss]Matched in headwordhighshort
η439Ἦ πολλοῦ γε δεῖindeed far from itMeaning not at all.Matched in headwordhighshort
ε2531Ἐπὶ πολλῷto a great extentMeaning many times [sc. as much]. "They kept peace for some time; then to a great extent they paid back to the Romans their own suffering."Matched in headwordhighshort
ε590Ἐκ πολλοῦfrom a great [time], from long ago[Meaning] from ancient times. "There was a statue honored by him from long ago."Matched in headwordhighshort
δ708Διὰ πολλοῦ χρόνουthrough much time"For the old man, as he drank through much time and listened to the pipe, very delighted by the thing, never stops dancing the night away to those old songs with which Thespis used …Matched in headwordhighshort
α4098Ἀρχὴν ἰᾶσθαι πολὺ λώϊον ἠὲ τελευτήνfar better to heal a beginning than an endThe proverb shows that it is preferable to prevent suffering and anything else terrible as it is beginning rather than when it has fully developed and reached its conclusion.Matched in headwordhighshort
α2839Ἄξυνοςunshared, friendlessSame entry in Hesychius (with an odd second gloss, polu/cenos). The headword adjective is otherwise unattested, and according to Latte is an error for a)/cenos. The gloss here is the headword at alpha 1039, …Matched in noteshighshort
αι373Αἰτναία πῶλοςEtnaean filly[Meaning] a large [one]. "[A woman] mounted on an Etnaean filly".Matched in headwordhighshort
κ1331Κέντει τὸν πῶλον περὶ τὴν νύσσανspur the colt around the turning-post[no gloss]Matched in headwordhighshort
δ1004Διήκειcame through, extended… model (as Adler notes) is Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 305-6 (polu\ ga\r, w)= ge/ron, to\ so\n o)/noma dih/kei pa/ntas).Matched in noteshighshort
α3431Ἀπολύωνdestroying[1] Likewise in syntactical lexica. [2] A garbled quotation of Psalm 17.13-14 LXX. The commentary on it here is Theodoret's (PG 80, 969c, 972a). [3] i.e. reads a)p' o)li/gwn, "from few", in place of …Matched in noteshighshort
ε205Ἐδέκαζε πολλούςwas ten-bribing many[Meaning he/she/it] was bribing many.Matched in headwordhighshort
χ399Χορηγίαexpenditure; supplies… the quotation with the neuter noun as follows: kai\ xorh/gion *polu/bios. See also chi 395, the last lines of which Küster in his edition transposed to the end of this entry.Matched in noteshighshort
γ429Γραῦς ἀνακροτήσασα πολὺν κονιορτὸν ἐγείρειan old woman applauding stirs up a big dustcloud[sc. A proverb] in reference to those who set many matters in motion through experience.Matched in headwordhighshort
ε591Ἐκ πολλῶν ἀχύρων ὀλίγον καρπὸν συνήγαγονout of a lot of chaff they collected a small harvest[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who labour hard but reap small harvests.Matched in headwordhighshort
α2687Ἀντί νυ πολλῶν λαῶν ἐστὶν ἀνὴρnow worth many hosts is the man whom Zeus will love in his heart[Meaning] one man is equal to many, whenever he is favoured by the gods.Matched in headwordhighshort
κ1708ΚλαύδιοςKlaudios, Claudius… 'amidst sickness and much fear' at 60.2.4. [10] Dio has polu\n me\n xro/non th=| th/qh| th=| *lioui/a| polu\n de\ kai\ th=| mhtri\ *)antwni/a| toi=s t' a)peleuqe/rois sundiaithqei/s, 'living for a long time with his …Matched in noteshighlong
η160Ἡ κάμηλος ψωριῶσα πολλῶν ὄνων ἀνατίθεται φορτία(even) a mangy she-camel takes up the load of many donkeys[no gloss]Matched in headwordhighshort
δ1194Διόπτηςable to look through [something]… (*mousa/wn qera/pontes o)trhrou/s) Peisetairos evidently interprets the word o)trhro\s as polu/trhtos, "full of holes". [4] pantepo/pths is a later word; panto/pths or pano/pths are more used in tragedy. Cf. Aeschylus, Suppliant Women 130 path\r …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1267Δὶς ἑπτὰ πληγαῖς πολύπους πιλούμενοςan octopus pounded with twice seven blows[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who deserve punishment, inasmuch as when the octopus has been caught it is beaten many times to make it tender. And [there is] another proverb: "twice …Matched in headwordhighmedium
α4339Ἀτελῆcost-less (ones)[Meaning ones] without expense [a)da/pana]; as polutelh= ["with great cost"] [means] poluda/pana ["with great expense"].Matched in translationhighshort
α2879Ἀπαλγήσανταςhaving stopped feeling painIn Thucydides, meaning [them] having ceased to grieve, just like a)polofura/menoi ["having indulged their sorrows to the full"].Matched in translationhighshort
α3400ἈπολογίζωI discount, I reckon[Meaning] I banish and I reject what I do not accept. It also means I calculate. Also [sc. attested is] a)pologi/sasqai, [meaning] to investigate every detail. Demosthenes [sc. uses the word].Matched in translationhighshort
αι253Αἰόλοςundulating, wavelike, advancing in a winding or rolling fashion, agile in turning side to side; multicoloured, discoloured, black or chestnut with white markings; easily moved, changeable, wily, quick-witted, liable to metamorphosis, disturbed in mind; whirling; self-generating in movement, ever-turning; lively, flashing, shimmering… 22.300; cf. Apion (de glossis Hom., fr. 74.214.16, but with poluki/nhton), and, with taxu/s for eu)ki/nhtos, Hesychius alpha2020, Eustathius on Odyssey 10.2 and many Homeric scholia (see Mette under *sx). Modern dictionaries such as …Matched in noteshighshort
α50Ἀβίωτοςunlivable*polubi/wtos ['full of life'], makrobi/wtos ['long-lived'], biwtiko/s ['alive'] [have omega]; except for bi/otos ['life'], bioth/ ['life'], and the verb bioteu/w ['I live'].Matched in translationhighshort
γ388ΓοργίαςGorgias… of Leontini. Rhetor. A pupil of Empedocles, and teacher of Polus of Acragas, Pericles, Isocrates and Alcidamas of Elea, who succeeded him as head of his school. He was the brother of the doctor …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε2801Ἐπολυώρησαςyou treated with great care… similar entry in other lexica. The headword is aorist of poluwre/w (cf. pi 1991), second person singular. It is quoted from Psalm 11.9 LXX.Matched in noteshighshort
α3262Ἀπὸ γὰρ ὀλοῦμαιfor I destroyed will be[An example of] hyperbaton: [meaning] for I will be destroyed [a)polou=mai ga/r]. Aristophanes [writes]: "for I destroyed will be if I do not learn to ply my tongue."Matched in translationhighshort
β183Βαττολογίαbattology, empty repetition… mh\ battalogh/shte w(/sper oi( e)qnikoi/, dokou=sin ga\r o(/ti e)n th=| polulogi/a| au)tw=n ei)sakousqh/sontai)."Matched in noteshighshort
ε1175Ἐνδιατρίψας τῇ πόλει ἡμερῶν τινῶνhaving stayed in the city for some days… under iota 401 (on Jovian: e)lqw\n de\ e)s *Ni/sibin po/lin polua/nqrwpon du/o mo/non h(merw=n e)ndiatri/yas au)th|=) and Leo the Deacon, Historia 138.17-18 (on John Tzimiskes: au)to\s de/, o)li/gwn h(merw=n e)ndiatri/yas th|= po/lei).Matched in noteshighshort