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ε1572Ἐξαυτῆςat once… occurs. (For the difference see LSJ ss.vv.) In the two Polybius fragments the present headword becomes the two-word phrase e)c au)th=s. [2] Polybius fr. 138 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (532) that Ursinus (Fulvio Orsini, 1529-1600) …Matched in noteshighshort
δ958Διεσκευασμένηνprepared… singular, of the verb diaskeua/zw; see also delta 756. [1] Polybius 7.14.1b, a fragment preserved via the Excerpta Constantiniana; cf. Livy 24.31.6.Matched in noteshighshort
ε455Ἐκλαβεῖνto receive… which follows), glossed with the equivalent infinitive of a)polamba/nw. [2] Polybius fr. 31 Büttner-Wobst (already at delta 1065).

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Ἐξαυτῆς

at once

[Meaning] immediately, right away. "At once the previously-mentioned men tried to send a letter-carrier to Perseus, [sc. with the task of] explaining what had happened". And elsewhere: "but he at once went ahead…

Ἐξαυτῆς· παραυτίκα, εὐθέως. ἐξ αὐτῆς οἱ προειρημένοι βιβλιαφόρον ἔπεμπον πρὸς τὸν Περσέα διασαφοῦντα τὸ γεγονός. καὶ αὖθις· ὁ δὲ ἐξ αὐτῆς προῆγε βάδην τῇ πορείᾳ χρώμενος.

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ε462Ἐκκλείουσιthey close out… (cf. epsilon 461); presumably extracted from the quotation given. [2] Polybius fr. 36 Büttner-Wobst; cf. ps.-Zonaras 667.15 (partial quotation, which stops at oi( kairoi/). Büttner-Wobst records (p. 518) three scholarly attempts at emending the …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1136Ἐναύεινto kindle, to light a fire… again epsilon 1137, and cf. Hesychius epsilon2705, epsilon2708, epsilon2709. [1] Polybius 9.40.5 (web address 1 below). The passage, though incomplete in the manuscript transmission, tells about the measures taken by the Acarnanians when faced …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2907Ἐργολάβοςcontractor; profit-maker… cf. generally epsilon 2909, epsilon 2911. [8] An approximation of Polybius 8.3.3 -- perhaps via an epitome: the original is much longer, and does not contain the phrase 'had a hard time'. (Archimedes, surprisingly, …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε468Ἐκκλήσειςexhortations… ai( e)kkalh/seis in ps.-Zonaras 656.18, followed by the same quotation (Polybius fr. 131). See also epsilon 476: there the adverb e)kklhtikw=s is glossed e)kkalou/menos, yet the entry e)kklh/seis is repeated without any explanation, followed …Matched in noteshighshort

ε953Ἔμβολονwedge, wedge-formation… these was also used by Alexander the Great at Gaugamela. Polybius (1.26.13-16) also mentions a naval wedge, taken up by the Roman ships during the battle at Cape Ecnomus (256 BCE). A reference to …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ963ΔιεσπευσάμηνI worked zealouslyLSJ s.v. diaspeu/dw notes instances of this verb in Isaeus, Polybius, and Cassius Dio. The present headword is its aorist indicative middle, in the first person singular. For this with the same glosses see …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1108Δίκροταdikrota, two-banked… h(mioli/a: h( di/krotos nau=s. As a substantive, to\ di/kroton (e.g. Polybius 5.62.3) is used especially in imperial prose: Plutarch, Lucullus 2.4; Appian, Mithridatica 17. Appian also (Illyrica 7) identifies the di/krota with the Roman …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1192Διοπτῆραscout… to assess the height of fortifications: for similar instances cf. Polybius 8.37.2 and 10.45.6.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1230Διῳκίσατοdispersed, scattered… into villages"; Demosthenes 19.81 diwkisme/noi kata\ kw/mas, "dispersed into villages"; Polybius 4.27.6 diw/|kisen *mantinei=s e)k mia=s po/lews ei)s plei/ous, "scattered the Mantineans from one community into many" (cf. Xenophon, Hellenica 5.2.7 diw|ki/sqh h( *manti/neia …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1330Δοκιμαστῆρεςscrutineers[1] The plural headword is very probably taken from Polybius 24.7.5; cf. chi 175. The gloss, also in ps.-Zonaras, is a rare, prefix-less variant of e)cetastai/ (cf. epsilon 1668). [2] Procopius, History of the …Matched in noteshighshort

ε457Ἐκλεγόμενοςchoosing, picking out… lexica. [2] Gloss prokri/nwn also in ps.-Zonaras, p. 667.10. [3] Polybius 3.70.7-8 (abridged, web address 1), on Ti. Sempronius Longus' rushed decision (218 BCE) to fight Hannibal at the Battle of the Trebia (now …Matched in noteshighshort

ε469Ἐκκλησιάζωνassembling, summoning to an assembly… comedy Ecclesiazusae. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler notes Tittmann's suggestion of Polybius.)Matched in noteshighshort

ε1102Ἐν ἀκαρεῖin an instant… with the gloss e)n r(iph=|, 'in a rush'. [2] Once [Polybius] fr. 120 Büttner-Wobst, but nowadays attributed to book 30 of Diodorus Siculus: see at alpha 3680, and cf. delta 584, epsilon 254.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1123Ἐνάπτοντεςtying on… of the verb e)na/ptw; extracted from the quotation given. [2] Polybius 3.46.3 (describing the way Hannibal’s army let the elephants cross the Rhone); but the original has not 'the rafts' but 'the side facing …Matched in noteshighshort