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- ε95Ἐγκεχείρικα πάντα ΤιμολέοντιI undertook everything for TimoleonTimoleon is presumably the elderly Corinthian of that name who revitalized Greek Sicily during the 340s and 330s BCE (see under tau 600, and generally OCD(4) s.v.); beyond that, however, the import and context …
- κ803ΚαταστρηνιῶI behave wantonly towardsSee (e.g.) I Timothy 5.11.
- κ1978ΚολυτεύςKollyteus, Kollytan, Collytan[sc. A word found] in Lucian, in the Timon or Misanthrope. Kol[l]yteus is a deme of [sc. the Athenian tribe] Aigeis.
- ε3260Ἐσχηματισμένοςposturing, having assumed a posture… orderly; as in Lysias in the [speech] In reply to Timon: "but they are bragging similarly to Timon and going around posturing, like this man".
- ι181Ἱερομηνίαιsacred-months… days are called sacred-month [days]. Demosthenes [in the speech] Against Timokrates [sc. uses the term].
- κ2423ΚριμισόςKrimisos, Crimisus… also called Krimesos. Site of a battle (C4 BCE) between Timoleon and the Carthaginians.
- κ2445ΚρίσκηςKriskes, Kreskes, CrescensSent by St Paul 'into Galatia': 2 Timothy 4.10 (where the name is spelled *Krh/skhs). See web address 1.
- ε3295Ἑτερόφθαλμοςone-eyed… laid down laws in Lokroi. Demosthenes in the [speech] Against Timokrates [mentions him].
- κ237ΚάλλιπποςKallippos, Callippus… Kaibel]. [2] See Plutarch, Dion 17, 28, and esp. 54-58; Timoleon 11; Comparison of Timoleon and Aemilius 2.
- κ734Κατὰ πρόσκλισινwith partiality1 Timothy 5:21 (web address 1), with glosses. Likewise or similarly in other lexica. cf. pi 2735.
- α3558Ἀποστησάμενονhad [it] weighed outDemosthenes in the [speech] Against Timotheos [says this] to mean took [it] for weighing. Also [sc. attested is] a)posth/sontai ["they will weight out"], the equivalent of saying they will take by weight. Also [sc. …
- η413ἬωνEon, EionDemosthenes in the [speech] Against Timokrates [mentions it]. It is a city, a colony of Mendaians.
- ε795Ἐλέου βωμόςPity's altar… a cult of personified Pity at Athens, but cf. also Timocles fr. 31 Kock (now 33 K.-A.) for P. as 'kindly god'; and for something similar in Epidaurus see LSJ s.v. e)/leos.
- μ588Μεμψίμοιροςreproachful… lost comedy by Antidotus (C4 BCE); or possibly from Lucian (Timon 13 & 55, Prometheus 7, Jupiter Tragoedus 40). In any event, this attribute is no.17 in the Characters of Theophrastus.
- ε3010Ἐρισμάραγδοςloud-thundering… that gender, e.g. qa/lassa. ('sea') or -- as in Lucian, Timon 1 -- a)straph/ ('lightning-flash').
- ι34ἸαννῆςIannes, JannesMentioned in Paul's Second Epistle to Timothy (3.8): Iambres (iota 28) and Iannes opposed Moses (mu 1348). Jannes and Jambres are "names of two legendary wizards of Pharaoh 'who withstood Moses' (II Tim. iii. …
- ε2616Ἐπιστάτιςchairwoman, lady president… war or peace or something else. Aristophanes in Thesmophoriazusae [writes]: "Timokleia in the chair, Lusilla as secretary". And Sophocles [writes]: "to presidents of flocks". That is, to the dogs. Dio Coccianus says: "the elephants, …
- λ807ΛυκιουργίςLykian-ware, Lycian-wareDemosthenes in the [speech] Against Timotheos uses the expression. Didymos asserts that the bowls manufactured by Lykios the son of Myron were referred to in this way. But the grammarian seems to be unaware …
- ν57Ναυκραρίαnaukrary, naucraryDemosthenes in the [speech] Against Timocrates [sc. uses the word]. But perhaps, in the Atticizing writers, it is better taken as naukratitika/ ["of Naukratis"], so that [the adjective] would stem from a Naukratite vessel, …
- ε3913Ἐφίερονto Hieron… the speaker was ordered to sail "to Hieron". Harpok. cites Timosthenes, On Harbours, for the gloss. Contrary to A.T. Murray's note in the Loeb edition ("Hieron was on the eastern shore of the Cimmerian …