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ε994Ἐμπαλασσόμενοιentangled with one another[Meaning they] falling into the water. Thucydides [writes]: "[...] others became entangled with one another and were swept away. On the other bank of the river [...] the Syracusans took up their position and …Matched in translationhighshort
α3269Ἀπόγνοιαdespair[Meaning] desperation. Thucydides [writes]: "they burned the boats, so that despair would leave them no option but to gain control of the land".Matched in translationhighshort
α1601Ἅμιπποιhorse-attached… leading the other alongside; and these are called horse-attached. But Thucydides and Xenophon make it clear that the horse-attached were infantrymen. And perhaps those deployed together with the cavalry are scouts of some kind.

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Ἐμπαλασσόμενοι

entangled with one another

[Meaning they] falling into the water. Thucydides [writes]: "[...] others became entangled with one another and were swept away. On the other bank of the river [...] the Syracusans took up their position and began to…

Ἐμπαλασσόμενοι· ἐμπίπτοντες εἰς τὸ ὕδωρ. Θουκυδίδης· οἱ δὲ ἐμπαλασσόμενοι κατέρρεον ἐς τὰ ἐπὶ θάτερα τοῦ ποταμοῦ. παραστάντες δὲ οἱ Συρακούσιοι ἔβαλλον τοὺς Ἀθηναίους.

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α3593Ἀποτειχίζωνwalling off… cut off, closed off by a wall. So Antiphon and Thucydides [sc. use the word]. Also [sc. attested is the abstract noun] a)potei/xisis, depriving people of their walls.Matched in translationhighmedium

δ901Διεθρόησανthey spread the wordThucydides [writes]: the Athenians' envoys "spread the word that they had seen lots of money." Meaning they talked about [them], they made an uproar about [them].Matched in translationhighshort

δ1085ΔικαιώσειςjustificationsLysias calls pleas of justification [this], and Thucydides punishments.Matched in translationhighshort

δ1324Δόκησις ἀληθείαςgrasp of truthA roundabout way of saying 'truth' in Thucydides.Matched in translationhighshort

δ1473Δώρων δόκησινreceiving of bribes[Meaning] bribe-taking. Thucydides [sc. uses the phrase].Matched in translationhighshort

ε28Ἐβιάζοντοthey were under duressThucydides also [applies it] to those suffering.Matched in translationhighshort

ε307Ἐθελοντηδόνspontaneously, voluntarilyThucydides [sc. uses this adverb], [spelled] with eta.Matched in translationhighshort

ε1032Ἐμποδώνin the wayThucydides in [book] 8 [uses this word] to mean at hand. For he says: "only to examine the causes at hand, but to strive after nothing further with [one's?] intentions." Lycurgus in the [speech] …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε1282ἘνείλλοντεςpackingThucydides [writes]: "packing clay in baskets of reed they began inserting them into the breach in the wall".Matched in translationhighshort

ε1627Ἐξένευσανthey swam away[Meaning] they swam ashore. Thucydides [writes]: "having caught the other ships they pushed them away towards the land and killed many men, those who did not swim away".Matched in translationhighshort

ε1965Ἐπανεῖπονthey proclaimed[Meaning] they announced. Thucydides [in book] 8: "those who fled they sentenced to death and proclaimed [a sum of] money for [anyone] who killed [any of them]".Matched in translationhighshort

ε1973Ἐπάντουςsteep[Meaning] lofty. Thucydides [writes]: "the Athenians were hit by many opponents from the hill-crest, which was steep, for the men above found it easier to reach them; and being unable to break through, they …Matched in translationhighshort

ε2208Ἐπηρμένοιexcited, stirred up[Meaning they who have become] eager, apt. Thucydides [writes]: "so the Greeks were stirred up because of the calamity that had befallen the Athenians, [reckoning] that they could not avoid the war".Matched in translationhighshort

ε2326Ἐπιθεραπεύωνnursing, tendingMeaning [he] putting right, using forethought for. Thucydides [writes]: "Alcibiades, nursing [sc. plans for] his own return to his native land [and] knowing, if he did not destroy it, that there would be a …Matched in translationhighshort

ε2517Ἐπίπλουςnaval expeditionThucydides [writes]: "the Athenians [were] equipping a naval expedition of 150 ships for the war".Matched in translationhighshort

χ94Χαρακτῆρεςcharacters"[Characters] of expressive speeches [are] lofty, plain, [and] intermediate. Thucydides favoured the lofty, as suited to his own nature."Matched in translationhighshort

χ435Χώραregion, territory[Meaning] a place. But in Thucydides chora [means] position/rank.Matched in translationhighshort

δ206ΔελφίνιονDelphinion, Delphinium… s.v., intially commenting on the appearance of the word in Thucydides 8.38.2 (Chios, web address 1) but going on to cite the Athenian one mentioned in Demosthenes 40.11 (web address 2). [1] Besides Thucydides …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2375Ἐπικηρυκεύεταιsends a message by heraldcf. the scholia to Thucydides 6.48.1 (web address 1), where the infinitive e)pikhrukeu/esqai appears. For this headword itself see e.g. Thucydides 7.83.2 (web address 2). cf. generally epsilon 2038, and also epsilon 2376, epsilon …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1540Ἐξαναχωρεῖbacks out of, retreats from, repudiatesThucydides [sc. uses the word].Matched in translationhighshort

α923Ἀκονιτίdustless… in the C5 BCE we find attested the metaphorical usage (Thucydides 4.73.2) alongside the literal one (Sylloge Inscriptionum Graecarum 36B.20, of an Olympic boxing victory). See further alpha 924, and under lambda 688. [1] …Matched in noteshighshort

α3898ἈρισταῖοςAristaios, Aristaeus… OCD(4) pp.616). [2] e.g. that of two Corinthian generals in Thucydides (1.29 [web address 1]; 1.60-65, 2.67). [3] From this point, down to "...negotiations" the source becomes Harpokration, who cites Diyllos (FGrH 73F2) and …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ837Διαφρυκτοῦνto use a roasted [bean]… the pre-C4 procedure of appointing officials by lot. See e.g. Thucydides 8.69.4 (web address 1); Xenophon, Memorabilia 1.2.9 (web address 2); and generally Staveley (below) 61-2. cf. kappa 2575, kappa 2577, kappa 2578.Matched in noteshighshort

δ983Διεφόρησανthey carried away… verb see also delta 982. [1] cf. the scholia to Thucydides 6.100.3, where the headword occurs (web address 1). [2] Arrian, Parthika fr. 29.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1318ΔόβειραDobeira, Doberos… Sitalkes mustered his army before invading Makedonia in 430 BCE (Thucydides 2.98-100).Matched in noteshighshort

ε311Ἐθελοπρόξενοςvoluntary proxenos… in Hesychius epsilon650. The word etheloproxenos is used (coined?) by Thucydides 3.70.3, and this is the glossing of the scholia there. For the ordinary kind of proxenos see pi 2540, and OCD(4) s.v., p.1231 …Matched in noteshighshort

ε352Ἐκκαρπωσάμενοιhaving reaped rewardsSame entry in other lexica, and cf. the scholia to Thucydides 5.28.2 (on the Argives' position of neutrality: web address 1), where the headword -- an aorist middle participle in the masculine nominative plural …Matched in noteshighshort

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