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ε3070Ἔρωςlove… a)taraci/a). See Diogenes Laertius 10.118. [2] On this point see Stobaeus, Eclogae 2.91, 15-16, ed. Wachsmuth (= SVF 395). This echoes the canonical Stoic definition of love, which is literally quoted below in the …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ559Διαθέσειςdispositions… te/xnai) with dispositions and virtues sounds Stoic in character (cf. Stobaeus, Eclogae 2.63.6-7, 2.67.5-12, and especially 2.70.21-71, 6, ed. Wachsmuth). Like the Platonic Socrates, the Stoics were willing to accept the thesis that virtue …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε1122Ἐναπομόργνυνταιthey are imparted… this verb see e.g. Iamblichus, On mysteries 5.3 (quoted by Stobaeus 3.3.26), of a colour; John Chrysostom, On virginity 71; Porphyry, Sententiae 29.12; Proclus, Eclogae fr.3.24; Stobaeus 1.49.55; Synesius, On insomnia 7.24, 19.17.Matched in notes

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"That no love [is] seemly [asteios]: this proposition is asserted universally. But it is refuted [by saying] that not every love is base. For we divide love [into different kinds]: as the intense longing for sexual…

Ἔρως· ὅτι οὐδεὶς ἔρως ἀστεῖος, τοῦτο πρόβλημά ἐστι καθόλου ἀποφαντικόν. ἀνασκευάζεται δέ, ὅτι μὴ πᾶς ἔρως φαῦλος· διαιροῦμεν γὰρ τὸν ἔρωτα εἴς τε σύντονον ὄρεξιν ἀφροδισίων, ὡς…

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ε1418Ἕνωσιςunion, unification… linking individual objects, see also Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights 7.2.3; Stobaeus, Eclogues 1.78.4-6. [2] For what now follows cf. John of Damascus PG 94.661b. [3] As the Trinity is said to have one ousia …Matched in noteshighmedium

α159ἈγαπῴηνI would love; if you please… from somewhere: perhaps Plato, Republic 473B (a passage quoted by Stobaeus). See also alpha 160 (and under alpha 150).Matched in noteshighshort

α403Ἀγχίνοιαtight-wittedness… similarly in other lexica. [2] Diogenes Laertius 7.93. See also Stobaeus, Eclogae 2.61, 2-4 (ed. Wachsmuth), where "tight-wittedness" (a)gxi/noia) is called "knowledge" (e)pisth/mh) instead of "disposition of character" (e(/cis). However, according to the Stoic …Matched in noteshighshort

α875ἈκιδαλίαAkidalia, Acidalia… (Braids), by the hellenistic poet Menophilus of Damascus, preserved in Stobaeus 4.21a.7.Matched in noteshighshort

α989Ἀκριτίjudgmentlessly… Sauppe = 88 Thalheim (now 425 Carey, OCT), preserved by Stobaeus, uses it in reference to a death-sentence without trial.Matched in noteshighshort

α1283ἈλκιδάμαςAlkidamas, Alcidamas… work (by the son, not, as here, the father): see Stobaeus, Florilegium 4.52.22. [3] gamma 388.Matched in noteshighshort

α1558Ἀμετάπτωτονunchanging… are the Stoics (see Plutarch, On common conceptions 1085 A-B; Stobaeus, Eclogae 2.73.16 Wachsmuth).]Matched in noteshighshort

α1654Ἀμπλάκημαfailure… the Diogenes Laertius text and in a passage contained in Stobaeus (Eclogae, 2. 106, 21-107, 9, ed. Wachsmuth): he who makes a larger moral error and he who makes a smaller one are both …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2650Ἀντιάζειmeets face to face… somewhere; perhaps from its only extant occurrence outside lexica, in Stobaeus 4.1.137 (= ps.-Archytas 34.9 Thesleff). cf. alpha 2652.Matched in noteshighshort

α2937Ἀπατεῶνοςof a cheat… quoted from somewhere -- perhaps the fragment of Democritus in Stobaeus 3.14.8. which includes the phrase a)patew=nos e)/rgon; but see also (e.g.) under psi 61.Matched in noteshighshort

α3683Ἀπράγμωνbusiness-free… defined as a raving (or "delirium") due to wine (see Stobaeus, Eclogae 2.109, ed. Wachsmuth). The wise person is free from pain because pain is an emotional state (pathos: "an irrational contraction of the …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4092Ἀρχήprinciple… (a "principle"), are consumed. For evidence on Stoic conflagration see Stobaeus, Eclogae 1.20, p.171 Wachsmuth; Eusebius, Evangelical Preparation 15.18.3; Nemesius, On the nature of man chapter 38; Plutarch, On common conceptions 1075D. [5] In …Matched in noteshighshort

αι286Αἵρεσιςschool, sect… doctrine: see Diogenes Laertius 7.134, and alpha 4092. [20] See Stobaeus, Ecloga 2.76, 22-23 (ed. Wachsmuth). [21] See Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1138a5 ff.; 1101a14ff.Matched in noteshighmedium

β91Βαμβαίνειchatters… somewhere (perhaps Bion of Smyrna fr. 9 Gow, quoted by Stobaeus), though for the glossing cf. Hesychius s.v. bambai/nwn (from Homer, Iliad 10.375; cf. the scholia there).Matched in noteshighshort

δ157Δεδοκιμασμέναapproved (ones), tested (ones)… other possibilities in e.g. Xenophon (Oeconomicus 6.14, later quoted by Stobaeus) and Polybius (9.32.8). [2] Eusebius of Caesarea: see epsilon 3737, from which this phrase comes. Eusebius' Commentaries on the Psalms were highly regarded …Matched in noteshighshort

δ813Διαφαίνειclarifies… from somewhere; perhaps Xenophon, Memorabilia 3.10.5 (also picked up by Stobaeus). cf. generally delta 810, delta 811, delta 812.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1275Διοιδοῦσαswelling… from somewhere: perhaps Chrysippus' definition of xo/los (also noted by Stobaeus) as o)rgh\ dioidou=sa.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1631Δυσηνίουςhard to bridle, hard to rein, refractory… possibilities include Philostratus, Life of Apollonius 1.13, and Epictetus in Stobaeus, Florilegium 4.8.84. [1] This definite article should probably be deleted. [2] h(ni/a de\ ta\ lw=ra: it occurs in Hesychius epsilon594 (a)ch/nioi), perhaps from …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1650Δυσκολοκάμπτους ᾠδάςintricate-twisted songs… chi 296. Clouds 961-1008 are quoted in the Anthology of Stobaeus. [1] This gloss is presumed (by Adler and others) to stem from the scholia to Clouds 971. [2] See phi 761 for this …Matched in noteshighshort

ε300Ἐθελοδουλίαvoluntary servitude… Plato, Symposium 184C (web address 1). The passage, anthologized by Stobaeus (3.5.53), uses the term figuratively, of a lover's "voluntary servitude" toward his beloved.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1567Ἐξάρτυσιςequipment… with paraskeuh/, compare a quotation from the Pythagorean Euryphemos in Stobaeus, Anthology 4.39.37 (in reference to the setting of a lyre): e)ca/rtusis me\n w)=n e)stin a( tw=n oi)kh/|wn mere/wn tw= sw/matos paraskeua\ pa/ntwn, le/gw …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1864Ἐξυβρίζονταviolating… including one in Plato, Laws 691C (a passage quoted by Stobaeus). [2] Adler tentatively attributes this quotation to Arrian's Parthica (p. 31.106 Roos). On Dekebalos, see delta 189, delta 344.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2212Ἐπησθέντεςdelighted in… Neoplatonic philosopher Eusebius of Myndus (fr. 1 Mullach) quoted by Stobaeus (3.1.103); it has the aorist passive optative, first person singular. To judge by his fragments Eusebius wrote in a literary Ionic unusual for …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2301ἘπιδοκιμάζωI make trial of [someone or something on behalf of someone else]… Isocrates 2 (To Nicocles) 28 in the Anthology of Joannes Stobaeus, with the present participle e)pidokima/zontas. The transmitted text of Isocrates, however, has there the future participle of a different (and somewhat more common) …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2341Ἐπιθυμίαappetite… Or 'contrary to what is convenient', as suggested by the Stobaeus version of the same topic (Eclogae. 9.91, 10-11 [ed. Wachsmuth]). [3] D.L.'s version is different: 'with regard to excellent people' (peri\ spoudai/ous), which …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2514Ἐπιπλέαquite full… it is neuter plural: Herodotos 7.45.3 (web address 2) and Stobaeus 4.34.73.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2902Ἐργαστῆραςworkmen… instance in Xenophon (Oeconomicus 5.15), noted by both Pollux and Stobaeus. [2] Aelian fr. 262 Domingo-Forasté (264 Hercher). Adler agrees with Bernhardy in suspecting the reading ei)s au)to/n.Matched in noteshighshort

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