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gender and sexuality8
children7

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Ε epsilon26
Η eta4
Α alpha3
Δ delta3
Β beta2
ΕΙ epsiloniota1

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Short36
Medium3

Translator

Catharine Roth39

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ε1422Ἐν παραβύστῳin a corner, in a closet… of servants." In a closet: [meaning] in a hidden [place]. Procopius [writes]: "they treated him with insolence not in silence nor in a corner, but in plain sight."Matched in translationhighshort
ε2306Ἐπίδοξοςlikely, glorious… "For he was likely to become an absolute ruler." And Procopius says: "providing a thousand pounds of silver, she was likely to buy back her grandson." And elsewhere: "he reported that the Persians were …Matched in translationhighshort
ε165Ἐγγυήσασθαιto have [a woman] betrothed [to oneself]… the phrase] e)gguhth\ gunh/ ["fiancee"], a woman who is betrothed. Procopius [writes]: "[Antonina] became Belisarius' fiancee after she had already become mother of many children. So at once she thought fit to be an …

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Ἐν παραβύστῳ

in a corner, in a closet

[Meaning] in secret. "She lusted after him ... [made love] at first in a closet, but finally also in the presence of servants." In a closet: [meaning] in a hidden [place]. Procopius [writes]: "they treated him with…

Ἐν παραβύστῳ· ἐν μυστηρίῳ. ἠράσθη αὐτοῦ τὰ μὲν πρῶτα ἐν παραβύστῳ, τελευτῶσα δὲ καὶ οἰκετῶν παρόντων. Ἐν παραβύστῳ, ἐν ἀποκρύφῳ. Προκόπιος· ὕβριζον ἐς αὐτὸν οὐ σιγῇ οὐδὲ ἐν…

architecture

architecture

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trade and manufacture2

trade and manufacture2

Matched in translationhighshort

ε355Ἑκαστάτωfarthest away, very far away[Meaning] most/very distant. Procopius [writes]: "[they] being very far from the plot of the barbarian."Matched in translationhighshort

ε1650Ἐξερρωγυῖαbroken[Meaning she who has been] corrupted. Procopius [writes]: "a woman corrupted in character." "And the spirits of the hypaspists of Eudoxia were broken against Chrysostom."Matched in translationhighshort

ε2151Ἐπεί οἱsince for himProcopius [writes]: "since for him it was not desirable to come to blows with the enemy [...]."Matched in translationhighshort

ε2256Ἐπιβύσαντεςstopping up[Meaning they] covering over, protecting. Procopius [writes]: "covering over the gullies with earth, they divert the water." Also [sc. attested is the adjective] a)kro/bustos ["tip-stuffed"], [meaning] having a tip that has been stuffed.Matched in translationhighshort

η406Ἠξίουthought fit[Meaning he/she/it] had in mind. Procopius [writes]: "for [Justinian] did not think fit to adapt his deeds to the occasions, but he always did everything out of season." Also [sc. attested is the plural] …Matched in translationhighshort

α3125Ἀπειπώνforbidding… (a) C. Theodoridis in his Photius edition (vol.II p.XVC) suggests Procopius, Secret History 16.17 (web address 1), where a)peipw\n mhdeni\ fra/zein occurs. (b) The present translator independently suggests Herodotus 3.153.1, where a)pei/pas toi=s i)dou=si …Matched in noteshighshort

α3151Ἀπήλγησανthey grieved at… "put away sorrow:" see LSJ s.v. (web address 1). [1] Procopius, Secret History 16.20 (web address 2); again, more briefly, at omicron 935. Procopius describes the protests that arose in Byzantion after the empress …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1455Δωρησάμενος χρήμασι μεγάλοιςhaving been presented with great sums of money… identified by Adler but is identifiable via the TLG as Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 4.13.30 (web address 1). See on this Theodoridis' Photius edition, vol.II p.XCIII. The middle voice of dwre/w …Matched in noteshighshort

ε52Ἔγεσταegesta, agesta[1] An approximation and abridgment of Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 2.26.29-30 (web address 1); see further, next note. For Cilician goat-hair cf. kappa 1605, kappa 1607. During the siege of Edessa …Matched in noteshighshort

ε671Ἐκτόπωςextraordinarily… cf. alpha 3955. (On Babrius see generally beta 7.) [3] Procopius, Secret History 1.17 (web address 2), on Antonina and Theodosius; cf. Kaldellis (6-7). See also epsilon 1422 (and, again, alpha 3955). The part …Matched in noteshighshort

ε988Ἔμμισθοιhired [men], mercenaries… Adler but identifiable via the TLG as an approximation of Procopius, Secret History 11.7 (web address 1). Procopius describes how Justinian (cf. iota 446 generally) paid bounties to Hun chieftains to secure peace, but …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2351Ἐπικαλῶνaccusing, charging… John of Antioch fr.90 FHG (4.575a) now 172 Roberto. [3] Procopius, Secret History 16.19 (translation at web address 1, Greek text at web address 2). Procopius describes how the empress Theodora (cf. alpha 956 …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3125Ἐσεσήρεσανthey grimaced, they parted their lips to show the closed teeth… this verb occurs (web address 1). [2] Quotation unidentifiable. [3] Procopius, Secret History 1.13 (web address 2), on the empress Theodora's attitude towards Antonina, the wife of Belisarius; cf. Kaldellis (5-6). Procopius may be …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2409Ἐπίκωμοςreveller… to happen uselessly, as an excessive reveller [sc. might do]." Procopius says [this] about the emperor Theodosius.Matched in translationhighshort

α3124Ἀπείπατοdenied, refused… not identified by Adler, but identifiable via the TLG as Procopius, On the Wars of Justinian 8.32.3 (web address 1); cf. Kaldellis (534). (See on this Theodoridis' Photius edition, vol.II p.XCII.) Perhaps again at …Matched in noteshighmedium

β241Βέρεδονpost-horse… The nominative be/redos is a transliteration of Latin veredus: see Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 2.20.20 (web address 1); cf. Kaldellis (116). The Etymologicum Gudianum glosses the dative plural of this noun …Matched in noteshighshort

β245ΒεροιαίοιςBeroiaians, Beroeaeans… perhaps excerpted from iota 726, one of two instances in Procopius. Adler reports two similar entries in the Ambrosian Lexicon. Beroia was in Syria (renamed by the Seleucids after the original Beroia in Macedonia); …Matched in noteshighshort

δ351Δεινοίclever (ones), terrible (ones)… 424C, where deinoi/ (in the sense of clever) occurs. [2] Procopius, Secret History 2.13 (web address 1), on Belisarius and his stepson (and adopted son) Photius. [NB: Adler spoils the sense by printing 'all' …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1265Δίπυρος ἄρτοςtwice-baked bread, biscuit… For sisura, see sigma 486, sigma 487, sigma 488. [3] Procopius, Secret History 6.3 (web address 1), on the three young Illyrians Zimarchos, Ditybistos and the future emperor Justin, uncle of Justinian; quoted again …Matched in noteshighshort

ε532Ἑκόντων εἶναιas far as it depended on their will… quoted. [2] Dexippus FGrH 100 F6; cf. iota 432. [3] Procopius, Secret History 1.18 (web address 1), on Belisarius' unwillingness to believe the evidence pointing to an affair between his wife Antonina and the …Matched in noteshighshort

ε615Ἐκκρουόμενοςremoving… the two glosses on it appears to misunderstand it.) [2] Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 8.31.17 (web address 1) -- which however has the future active participle e)kkrou/swn; cf. Kaldellis (533). For …Matched in noteshighshort

ε902ἜλουσενwashedThe headword is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Procopius, Secret History 1.16 (web address 1); on the adopted son of Belisarios, the young Thracian Theodosius; repeated at epsilon 3596, and see also …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1256Ἐνέρσειfastener… for a different kind of fastener at epsilon 1257). [1] Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 7.20.15 (web address 1), which however has 'with axes', not the Suda's 'with iron'. On the breach …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1289Ἐνεχώρουνthey were giving wayAn approximation and light abridgement of Procopius, Secret History 3.26 (web address 1), on Theodora; cf. Kaldellis (17). (The final word should be neuter plural: "were giving way to her in everything".) The verb …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1912Ἐπαγαγέσθαιto attract, to win over… as fragment 344, Athanassiadi as part of fragment 139. [3] Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 6.28.24 (where the participle 'going' is singular, applying to Vitalius; cf. web address 1). In early 540 …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1997Ἐπ' αὐτοφώρῳin the very act (of theft), red-handed… scholion on Plato, Laws 942A; see also epsilon 1996. [2] Procopius, Secret History 1.18 (web address 1); cf. Kaldellis (7). On Antonina's affair with Theodosius, the adopted son of Belisarius, see also alpha 1492, …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2158Ἐπήγγελλενused to proclaim… perhaps Nicolaus of Damascus; see again at mu 1092). [3] Procopius, Secret History 6.12; quoted more fully at epsilon 1915. The verb form here is the gen. sing. masc. present active participle. "In accordance …Matched in noteshighshort

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