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α4464Αὐτάρκειαself-sufficiencyPolybius [writes]: "the man is worthy of being praised and marvelled at, most of all for the self-sufficiency of his lifestyle. There was a certain self-taught philosophy involved in it which he displayed in …Matched in translationhighshort
β137Βασανίζεινto test… through words; from the goldsmith's touchstone [ba/sanos], used metaphorically. And Polybius [writes]: "then, thinking he had [applied] the test of fire he was relieved of his suspicion." Also [sc. attested is] basani/sas ["having tested"]; …Matched in translationhighmedium
γ21ΓαλάταιGauls, Galatai, Galatians… other sources. Küster suggested that this was an extract from Polybius, but in light of both the language and the historical fuzziness that suggestion is highly unlikely, and was rejected by Büttner-Wobst (4.530, apparatus). …

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Polybius [writes]: "the man is worthy of being praised and marvelled at, most of all for the self-sufficiency of his lifestyle. There was a certain self-taught philosophy involved in it which he displayed in the course…

Αὐτάρκεια. Πολύβιος· ἄξιος μὲν ὁ ἀνὴρ ἐπαινεῖσθαί τε καὶ θαυμάζεσθαι, μάλιστα δὲ τῆς αὐταρκείας τοῦ βίου, ἣ φιλοσοφία τις αὐτοδίδακτος ἐγένετο περὶ αὐτὸν, ἣν ἐν πολλοῖς ἐπεδείξατο…

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ε1598Ἐξεθεάτρισανthey made a spectacle ofcf. epsilon 443, theta 88. [1] Polybius fr. 141 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (532) that Casaubon attributed this fragment to Polybius. Schweighäuser suspected (ibid.) that the context of the fragment is the 180 BCE embassy …Matched in noteshighshort

α4103ἈρχίαςArchiasPolybius 33.5.2 (preserved only here), on events of c.155/4 BCE; cf. alpha 4434, kappa 1346, pi 2878. For a discussion of the date and other matters arising see F.W. Walbank, A Historical Commentary on …Matched in noteshighshort

α4434Αὐλαίαcurtain… stoa, partly shut off from it by a curtain". [2] Polybius fr. 22 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (p. 517) that as an alternative Hultsch suggested the third person singular aorist indicative active form of the …Matched in noteshighshort

δ762Διασπεύσαςhaving incited… headword participle is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Polybius fr. 126 Büttner-Wobst (contextless). Büttner-Wobst notes (p. 531) that Valesius (Henri de Valois 1603-1676) attributed this fragment to Polybius. Schweighäuser, however, remained doubtful …Matched in noteshighshort

δ818Διαφέρωνcarrying out; exceptional… 879) and the Goths in Italy; cf. Kaldellis (522-523). [2] Polybius 3.18.8 (web address 2, L.Aemilius Paullus at Pharos during the Second Illyrian War, 219 BCE). The city of Pharos (Pharus) is on the …Matched in noteshighshort

ε476Ἐκκλητικῶςprovocatively… be quoted from somewhere but is not independently attested. [2] Polybius fr. 131 Büttner-Wobst, already at epsilon 468. Büttner-Wobst notes (p. 531) that this fragment was tentatively ascribed to Polybius by Schweighäuser.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1594Ἐξέδραexedra, seating area[1] [Polybius] fr. 140 Büttner-Wobst. In fact, as a TLG search shows, a clumsy abridgement of Josephus, Jewish War 6.150. Büttner-Wobst notes (532) that Valesius (Henri de Valois 1603-1676) attributed this fragment to Polybius. …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1957Ἐπαναχθέντεςbrought back… quoted from an historiographical source: there are instances in Herodotus, Polybius, Diodorus and Appian -- and the gloss are aorist passive participles in the masculine nominative plural. Hesychius epsilon4180, earlier, had presented an equivalent …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2059Ἐπ' ἐξαγωγῇfor exportation… Isaac Casaubon (1559-1614) attributed it to Polybios; it appears as [Polybius] fr. 146 in Büttner-Wobst (533); and Adler suggested Aelian instead. Büttner-Wobst, without offering any explanatory notes, remains reluctant to attribute the fragment to …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2448Ἐπιλογισάμενοςhaving reckoned in addition… though note earlier instances in [Demosthenes] (44.34 & 54). [1] Polybius fr. 147 Büttner-Wobst, probably via a lost part of the Excerpta of Constantine Porphyrogenitus. Büttner-Wobst notes (533) that Casaubon attributed this fragment to …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2745Ἐπίφασιςappearance… extracted from somewhere in this form the prime candidate is Polybius 4.77.3, e)pi/fasis basilikh\ kai\ du/namis. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. Adler suggested Aelian -- but perhaps, rather, from Polybius, who uses forms of the headword …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2746Ἐπίφασιςappearance… accusatives in the quotations given), see already epsilon 2745. [1] Polybius 31.25.7 (web address 1), via the Excerpta de virtutibus of Constantine Porphyrogenitus 2.190.1-3. (n.b.: in the English version on Perseus, this passage is …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2751Ἐπιφοραῖςby inflictions… epsilon5389 has a similar entry but with accusative plurals. [2] Polybius fr. 152 Büttner-Wobst. Here the headword appears in the accusative singular and in the sense of 'onslaught' rather than 'infliction'. Büttner-Wobst accepts Casaubon's …Matched in noteshighshort

α116Ἀγαθοθέλειαdesire for the good… the parallel entry in ps.-Zonaras. [2] 'Anon.': LSJ s.v. Perhaps Polybius, according to Adler. But suggested as a fragment of Damascius by Asmus (fr. 20), and accepted as such by Zintzen (fr. 25) and …Matched in noteshighshort

α3410Ἀπολώλαμενwe have perished, we are done for… 1.6.36, though there are numerous other possibilities). [2] See e.g. Polybius 1.28.11.Matched in noteshighshort

α3416Ἀπολλωνιὰς λίμνηLake Apollonias… suggestion of Johann Schweighaeuser (1742-1830) that its ultimate source is Polybius. See now John fr.145.1 Roberto (220-221). [1] Attalos II Philadelphos of Pergamon (220-138 BCE; reigned from 159). [2] Nikomedes II of Bithynia (reigned …Matched in noteshighshort

α3430Ἀπολυόμενοςdismissing… verb cf. alpha 3431 (active). [1] Quotation unidentifiable. (Attributed to Polybius by Valckenaer.)Matched in noteshighshort

α4437Αὐλήcourt… on their way to execution. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler suggested Polybius.)Matched in noteshighshort

α4449Αὐλῶνεςhollows… an instance of the accusative plural in the Septuagint. [2] Polybius 11.32.1 (Scipio Africanus in Spain, 206 BCE). [3] Same or similar glossing in other lexica; evidently quoted from somewhere, but not independently attested.Matched in noteshighshort

α4493Αὐτόθενfrom this very place, from that very place… Antiquities 12.199. [5] Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler notes the attribution to Polybius by 'Dr.' = A.B. Drachmann, 1860-1935.) [6] Thucydides 6.71.2.Matched in noteshighmedium

αι87Αἰδοῖ εἴκωνyielding to shame… of respect to the dead M. Claudius Marcellus -- is Polybius (Mor. Mueller); cf., along the same lines, Favuzzi's suggested attribution to Aelian (see under epsilon 3944).Matched in noteshighshort

αι198ΑἰμιλίαAemilia, AimiliaPolybius 31.26.1-8. See already alpha 3167, and again pi 1186, pi 1295.Matched in noteshighmedium

δ647Διαμαρτυρομένουςenjoining… Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable, but perhaps Polybius or (Adler) Aelian. [2] cf. delta 643. [3] Quotation (more fully already at alpha 4607) unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort

δ819Διαφερούσῃproviding[1] Feminine dative singular, from the quotation to follow. [2] Polybius 3.87.1 (Hannibal in NE Italy, 271 BCE).Matched in noteshighshort

δ822Διαφεῖναιto dismiss[1] Aorist infinitive, similarly glossed in other lexica. [2] Polybius 8.26.10; repeated at kappa 1859.Matched in noteshighshort

δ833Διάφοροιdifferers… the occurrence of dia/foron in the quotation which follows. [4] Polybius 4.18.8 (web address 1), on Dorimachos et al. at Kynaitha (Arcadia). In a context like this, diaphoron actually means cash, ready money: see …Matched in noteshighshort

ε438Ἐκκήρυκτονbanished, ordered-out… from somewhere; extant possibilities include instances in Herodotus, Aeschines and Polybius. For the verb a)poskoraki/zw "send to the crows," see alpha 3531 and references there.Matched in noteshighshort

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