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ε3174Ἐσωματοποίειwas giving body to… the same form); presumably extracted from the quotation given. [2] Polybius fr. 47 Büttner-Wobst. (LSJ s.v. III.2 obscures its root sense here with 'exalt, magnify'.) See also sigma 842, noted already, for another fr. …Matched in noteshighshort
η532Ἡρμόσαντοthey fitted, they fixed… 533, eta 534 (and alpha 3976 for the gloss). [2] Polybius fr. 162a Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (535) that this fragment was attributed to Polybius by Casaubon. [3] Polybius fr. 51 Büttner-Wobst. While not agreeing, …Matched in noteshighshort
α3178Ἀπηρείσατοrested upon, fixed on

ε3174

Ἐσωματοποίει

was giving body to

[Meaning he/she/it] was shaping. Polybius [writes]: "as if both an accident and some kind of chance was giving body to the deeds of Scipio, so that they always appeared more notable and greater than the expectation."

Ἐσωματοποίει· ἔπλαττε. Πολύβιος· ὡσανεὶ καὶ τὸ αὐτόματον καὶ τύχη τις ἐσωματοποίει τὰς τοῦ Σκιπίωνος πράξεις, ὥστ' ἐπιφανεστέρας καὶ μείζονας ἀεὶ φαίνεσθαι τῆς προσδοκίας.

tragedy

tragedy

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meter and music1

meter and music1

… lexica. It must be quoted from somewhere -- perhaps the Polybius passage quoted, though there are other possibilities. (This first glossing verb, a)koumbi/zw, comes from Latin accumbo. See already alpha 3039, and again epsilon …

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α3239ἉπλῶςsimplyLikewise in ps.-Zonaras. [1] Polybius 36.7.1-2 (preserved only here); again at omicron 730. [2] So already alpha 3238. [3] Polybius fr. 15 Büttner-Wobst; again at alpha 4661.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1565Δυεῖνtwo… du/o, instead of duoi=n (for which see delta 1584). [1] Polybius fr. 32 Büttner-Wobst. [2] Polybius fr. 33 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (p. 518) that Dindorf, followed by Schweighäuser, rejected this fragment.Matched in noteshighshort

α1056Ἀλαζονείαboastfulness… gloss, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (1347). [2] Polybius 11.8.4; more fully at zeta 58. [3] Oikoumenios (PG 118, 343d) on Ep.Romans 1.30; and see note at phi 508. (For a)lazo/nes, cf. …Matched in noteshighshort

α4661Ἀφυήςwithout natural talent, naturally unsuited… such a loose, figurative sense is hard to parallel.] [3] Polybius fr. 15 Büttner-Wobst (quoted also at alpha 3239).Matched in noteshighshort

δ368Δεισιδαιμονίαfear of the gods, piety, superstition… Acts of the Apostles 17.22. [3] FGrH 200 F7. [4] Polybius 12.24. [5] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr.202 Zintzen (119 Asmus). [6] Quotation not identified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as Didymus …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε1245Ἐνέπεσεfell on, befell… follows. [1] i.e. but (the 'impulse' being to fight). [2] Polybius 35.5.1 (preserved only here), on P.Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus at Intercatia (Spain: Strabo 3.4.13, etc.) in 151 BCE; cf. Livy epitome 48 and other …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1584Ἐξαίσιαextraordinary… Latte on Hesychius s.v. [2] cf. epsilon 1088 (Damascius). [3] Polybius fr. 38 Büttner-Wobst; cf. sigma 1500. (Compare 15.1.1 for the same idiom, with the noun in the genitive.)Matched in noteshighshort

ε1782Ἐξοδίαexpedition… headword see also epsilon 1783. [1] Also spelled e)codei/a. [2] Polybius 8.24.4, abridged: web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1861Ἔξοινοςdrunken… secure from Chosroes II's (cf. alpha 2015 note) soldiers. [3] Polybius fr. 40 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst follows (519) an emendation of this fragment by Dindorf in replacing the Suda's h(ntinaou=n (feminine accusative singular form of …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2833Ἐπῳδόςenchantress… Differently glossed, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. [3] Polybius 33.17.2 (on the Rhodians in 154/3, facing war with the Cretans). [4] Sophocles, Ajax 581-2 (web address 1); cf. theta 480, pi 3143.Matched in noteshighshort

ε3677Εὑρεσιλόγοςskilled at finding words, ingenious in argument, sophistical… than the spelling with epsilon (see web address 1). [2] Polybius fr. 50 Büttner-Wobst, using the infinitive of the related verb eu(resiloge/w (or eu(rhsiloge/w).Matched in noteshighshort

ει80Εἰκοβολεῖνto talk at random, to shoot missiles at random… venture'. [1] Likewise or similarly, variously, in other lexica. [2] Polybius fr. 35 Büttner-Wobst.Matched in noteshighshort

ε941Ἔμβαινεgo in… epsilon 940, epsilon 942, epsilon 1211. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. [3] Polybius fr. 99 Büttner-Wobst; see also alpha 1678, alpha 2202, pi 933. Büttner-Wobst notes (528) that Ursinus (Fulvio Orsini, 1529-1600) attributed this fragment to …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1660Ἐξέστηκεhas changed… anyway, the Lex.Seg. does not have): see next note. [2] Polybius fr. 142 Büttner-Wobst, which has e)ce/sth rather than the headword, and specifies tw=n frenw=n (out of his wits). Although Büttner-Wobst notes (532) that …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3020Ἕρμαballast… For this headword see also epsilon 3021, epsilon 3022. [2] Polybius fr. 154 Büttner-Wobst (individual and context uncertain). Büttner-Wobst notes (534) that Mauritius (Moritz) Müller (48) attributed the fragment to Polybius. Müller also cited …Matched in noteshighshort

η342Ἡμιολίαιςone-and-a-half-bankers… somewhere (perhaps, but not necessarily, the second quotation here). [2] Polybius fr. 162 Büttner-Wobst; quoted again at upsilon 299. For keletes (another type of ship), see kappa 1301. Büttner-Wobst notes (535) that Valesius (Henri …Matched in noteshighshort

ι112Ἴδιονone's own, characteristic… see chi 607; for honeyed wine, see alpha 3928. [2] Polybius fr. 163 Büttner-Wobst; again more briefly at kappa 1306. Büttner-Wobst notes (535) that Valesius (Henri de Valois 1603-1676) attributed this fragment to Polybius. …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε506Ἐκμηρυσάμενοςwinding out… it is illustrated by both of the quotations given. [2] Polybius fr. 132 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (p. 532) that Casaubon attributed this fragment to Polybius. [3] Quotation unidentifiable. So too is the location: kata\ …Matched in noteshighshort

ε627Ἐκ συγκειμένουby agreement… headword phrase is evidently extracted from the quotation given. [1] [Polybius] fr. 133 Büttner-Wobst -- or rather a fragment of Cassius Dio, corresponding to his 65.11.5. See Favuzzi [cited under alpha 1990] 57. Casaubon …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1338Ἐνίεσανthey were sending in… Same glossing, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. [2] Polybius fr. 137 Büttner-Wobst (context unknown). Büttner-Wobst notes (532) that Gronovius (Jakob Gronow, 1645-1716) attributed this fragment to Polybius.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2273Ἐπιγράφωνregistering… this pretender, a.k.a. Andriscus, of the mid-second century BCE, see Polybius 36.9.1-2, 36.10.2, 36.17.13; Diodorus Siculus 32.15 (and 32.9ab). Valckenaer (as Adler notes) attributed the present quotation to Polybius, but Diodorus would be equally …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2855Ἐπραξικόπειtook by treachery… which cf. pi 2214 and pi 2215), a favourite of Polybius's. Here it is evidently extracted from the quotation given; in context its sense, it seems, is conative. [1] Polybius fr. 153 Büttner-Wobst. (A …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3825Εὐχειρίαdexterity[1] cf. epsilon 3822. [2] Polybius fr. 158 Büttner-Wobst. (The plural is more common than the singular, both in this author and generally.) Büttner-Wobst notes (534) that Hultsch attributed this fragment to Polybius.Matched in noteshighshort

η228Ἡλίκονas great as… and phli/kon are correlatives, though in the passage which follows Polybius uses toiau/thn with h(li/khn (both in the feminine accusative singular). [2] Polybius 3.94.9 (web address 1). On Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus "Cunctator" see …Matched in noteshighshort

α3167Ἀπήνηmule-cartPolybius 31.26.4, more fully at alphaiota 198. For this headword see already alpha 3166.Matched in noteshighshort

α3216Ἀπιὼν ᾤχετοdeparting he went away… Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. (Adler suggested Polybius.)Matched in noteshighshort

αι224ΑἴνιονAinion, Aenium… were Ainioi/Aenii: see alphaiota 225. [2] Quoted from alpha 3451: Polybius 22.6.7 (preserved only in the Suda), on events in Thrace in the 180s BCE.Matched in noteshighshort

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