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α3947ἈρκαδίαArkadia, Arcadia… "There is a gravestone for Arkadia, the second wife of Zenon, in the Arcadian [baths] in the part near to the group of monuments known as 'Places' in the grounds of the Arch-general, where …Matched in translationhighmedium
α425ἈδάμAdam… the Athenians. Hence the Parmenideses and the Protagorases and the Zenos. Hence the Stoas, and the Areopaguses and the Epicureans. Hence the dirges and breast-beatings of the tragedians and the jestings and raillery of …Matched in translationhighlong
α783ἈκάκιοςAkakios, Acacius… nominated to serve in that priesthood with the backing of Zenon. Since he was a natural leader and took all the churches under his direct control, he exercised a deliberate discrimination concerning those who …

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Ἀρκαδία

Arkadia, Arcadia

A territory. Also a proper name. "There is a gravestone for Arkadia, the second wife of Zenon, in the Arcadian [baths] in the part near to the group of monuments known as 'Places' in the grounds of the Arch-general,…

Ἀρκαδία· χώρα. καὶ ὄνομα κύριον. ὅτι Ἀρκαδίας τῆς δευτέρας γυναικὸς Ζήνωνος στήλη ἐστὶν ἐν Ἀρκαδιαναῖς, ἐν τοῖς πλησίον μέρεσι τῶν βάθρων τῶν λεγομένων Τόπων ἐν τῷ τοῦ…

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α4458ΑὐρηλιανόςAurelian, Aurelianus, Aurelianos… the city to the death penalty for being disgraced by Zenobia. He was by nature stubborn and murderous, and more a forcible general than an elected emperor, and, being harsh and unapproachable in every …Matched in translationhighmedium

α110Ἀγαθὴ καὶ μάζα μετ' ἄρτονafter bread a barley cake is good too… (= Parisinus 2625) and M (= Marcianus 448). [1] cf. Zenobius 1.12. [2] Yet in classical Attic, the final syllable is short, so the first syllable can have a circumflex: ma=za. See LSJ (web …Matched in noteshighshort

α301Ἀγορὰ Κερκώπωνmarket of Kerkopes… Kerkopes" as meaning "knaves' market" see Diogenes Laertius 9.114; also Zenobius 1.5 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort

α422Ἄδακρυς πόλεμοςtearless war, war without tearsZenobius 1.28 and other paroemiographers. For the phrase in its literal military sense see Diodorus Siculus 15.72 (the priestess at Dodona foretells such a war for the Spartans against the Arkadians in 368 BCE); …Matched in noteshighshort

α946ἈκκώAkko, AccoZenobius 1.53 and other paroemiographers. [1] cf. alpha 878 (where in fact the principal idea is the pretence, rather than the reality, of stupidity etc.; see also LSJ s.v.). [2] cf. sigma 953. Since …Matched in noteshighshort

α1504Ἄμας ἀπῄτουν οἱ δ' ἀπηρνοῦντο σκάφαςthey were asking for shovels but the others were refusing them bowlsZenobius 1.83, etc.; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.2101. See again alpha 1574.Matched in noteshighshort

α3459Ἀπ' ὄνου καταπεσώνhaving fallen from a donkey… address 1 below), with scholion; cf. lambda 467. See also Zenobius 2.57 and other paroemiographers; and tau 1158. [2] Plato, Laws 701C (web address 2). The manuscript tradition of this passage is actually divided …Matched in noteshighshort

α3946Ἀρκάδας μιμούμενοιimitating Arkadians, imitating Arcadians[1] Plato Comicus fr. 99 Kock, now 106 K.-A. [2] Zenobius 2.59 and other paroemiographers (in the singular).Matched in noteshighshort

α4101Ἀρχὴ ΣκυρίαSkyrian empire, Scyrian empire… it see alphaiota 238, sigma 714. [2] Similarly explained in Zenobius 1.32 and other paroemiographers. [3] For Theseus and Lykomedes see e.g. Pausanias 1.17.6 and Plutarch, Theseus 35 (neither, however, mentioning L.'s wife). In …Matched in noteshighshort

αι41Αἰγιαλῷ λαλεῖςyou are talking to a beach[1] Zenobius 1.38; cf. alpha 2263.Matched in noteshighshort

αι45Αἰγιεῖς οὔτε τρεῖς οὔτε τέσσαρεςAigians (are) neither three nor fourcf. Zenobius 1.48 (with, geographically correctly, 'Aigians in Achaia' -- alphaiota 55) and other paroemiographers. [1] The priestess (and mouthpiece) of Apollo at Delphi: pi 3127. [2] cf. upsilon 108, where (as is more …Matched in noteshighshort

αι104Αἰεὶ φέρει τι Λιβύη κακόνalways Libya produces something badcf. Zenobius 2.51, Macarius 1.42.Matched in noteshighshort

αι114Αἰθέρα νήνεμον ἐρέσσειςyou are rowing the windless aetherZenobius 1.39. For this type of proverb cf. (e.g.) alpha 1399, alpha 1400, alpha 2261, gamma 508, alphaiota 125, epsilon 384, epsilon 591, epsilon 3207, epsilon 3238, epsiloniota 326, epsiloniota 327, kappa 129, pi …Matched in noteshighshort

αι115Αἰθέριον ὕψοςetherial height… of them recurrent: a philosophical passage (variously credited to Theophrastus, Zeno and Posidonius) which includes the phrase ai( pro\s ai)qe/rion u(/yos u(perbolai (of mountains).Matched in noteshighshort

αι332Αἰσώπειον αἷμαAesopic blood… the proverb -- in its second version here -- see Zenobius 1.47, etc.Matched in noteshighshort

αι386Αἱ Χάριτες γυμναίthe Graces (are) nakedZenobius 1.36; cf. chi 123 in which there are variants for the text here.Matched in noteshighshort

β587ΒύβλονByblian… what is the feminine noun implicit in "all"? [3] cf. Zenobius 2.73 (omitting 'big'). The proverb itself is an iambic trimeter.Matched in noteshighmedium

δ648Διὰ μαχαιρῶν καὶ πυρὸς ῥιπτεῖν χρήit is necessary to hurl through knives and fireAlready, with slightly different wording, at delta 514. Zenobius 3.19, etc.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1164λέγεται καὶ ἵπποςDiomedeian compulsion… 'Diomedeian compulsion' see e.g. Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 1029; Plato, Republic 493D; Zenobius 3.8. [By a slip, the SOL headword gives not this phrase but the opening of the gloss.] [1] (This initial gloss, Adler reports, …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1183Διονυσίων σκώμματαinsults of the Dionysia… approximation of Synesius, Dion 1.103 (PG 66.1117c), where Socrates and Zeno are specified as the targets; cf. beta 86. [2] From delta 1168, q.v. (This sentence and the rest of the entry that follows …Matched in noteshighmedium