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κ2732Κύντιος Κικιννάτος δικτάτωρQuinctius Cincinnatus the dictatorThis man had performed well in many previous campaigns and had often received military decorations. And he had so much moderation and self-control as to live in a wretched little hut on a small …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ1708ΚλαύδιοςKlaudios, Claudius[Claudius] became emperor after having been a private citizen; though in his soul he was not base but indeed trained himself through education so that he even made some compositions, in his body he …Matched in translationhighlong
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Κύντιος Κικιννάτος δικτάτωρ

Quinctius Cincinnatus the dictator

This man had performed well in many previous campaigns and had often received military decorations. And he had so much moderation and self-control as to live in a wretched little hut on a small plot of land and to…

Κύντιος Κικιννάτος δικτάτωρ· οὗτος πολλαῖς μὲν καὶ πρότερον ἐνήθλησε στρατιαῖς, πολλάκις κεκοσμημένος. οὕτω δὲ ἦν μέτριος καὶ σώφρων, ὡς ἐπὶ καλύβῃ λυπρᾷ καὶ ὀλίγῳ γῆς μέτρῳ ζῆν,…

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Ἐγκράτεια

continence, control, self-control

[Meaning] an insuperable attitude regarding rational matters or a disposition unconquerable by pleasures. "It is possible to show that sometimes the serious man is not sound-minded, by changing the sound-minded man into the man …

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κ2666Κύλιξ ῥοπαλωτήclub-shaped cup, kylix rhopalote… he had tired himself out in the performance, took from a woman some sweet chilled wine in a cup shaped like a club and drank it in one gulp. At that everyone immediately shouted …Matched in translationhighmedium

χ245ΧειρίζωI handle[I handle] always. Also [sc. attested is] kexeiroko/tes ["they having handled"]. Candidus the historian says that Leo the Butcher, who was emperor after Marcian, spent countless funds in his campaign against the Vandals. For, …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε3777ΕὐτρόπιοςEutropiusThe chamberlain of the emperor Arcadius. There was nothing dreadful that he failed to do. He sold government offices publicly, falsely accused people with power, got rid of the leading men through exile, and …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ1351ΔομετιανόςDomitianos, Domitianus, Domitian… Romans, younger brother of Titus, similar in manner to Nero and Caligula and Tiberius, who all ruled in a very shameful and base fashion, rather than to his father and brother. For when he …Matched in translationhighmedium

λ267ΛέωνLeon, Leo… Romans; [nicknamed] the Butcher. He seemed to be luckier than all the emperors before him and [to be] frightening to all who lived through his reign and [to any] of the barbarians themselves who …Matched in translationhighmedium

η465ἩράκλειοςHerakleios, Heraclius… into the heresy of the Monothelites under the influence of Athanasius, patriarch of the Jacobites, and Sergius the Syrian, [patriarch] of Constantinople. [It is said] that two of Emperor Heraclius' sons and two of …Matched in translationhighmedium

ι401ἸοβιανόςJovianus, JovianOrthodox emperor of [the] Romans, who displayed great care and attention for the churches and recalled all the bishops in exile. And he wrote to St. Athanasius to indicate to him the strictness of …Matched in translationhighlong

ι437ἸουλιανόςIoulianos, Iulianus, Julian[Julian,] the transgressor and the apostate, emperor of [the] Romans, cousin of the emperor Constantine the Great, born of his brother Dalmatus and a mother named Galla. He wrote the so-called Caesars, which dealt …Matched in translationhighlong

ε3776ΕὐτρόπιοςEutropiusThe eunuch, minister of the emperor Theodosius. And Eunapius says: "for Rufinus, as he both was or rather seemed to be a man and had enjoyed honors and met with various fortunes, seemed neither …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε3100ἘρύθριοςErythrios, Erythrius, Eruthrios… were not sufficient, since he could neither stand to put a greater tax burden upon the taxpayers nor, as a generous person, do anyone wrong on account of his debts, he resigned his office, …Matched in translationhighmedium

η660ἩφαιστίωνHephaistion, HephaestionA Macedonian comrade of Alexander. A story has it that Alexander went to the tent of the womenfolk of Darius the Persian and went inside with Hephaestion alone of his comrades; and Darius' mother …Matched in translationhighmedium

κ2007ΚόμοδοςCommodus… [the] Romans; [it was he] who, driven by some fortune, advanced to such a point of madness and insanity as to reject his own name and to call himself Heracles and the son of …Matched in translationhighmedium

η16Ἥβηadolescence; Hebe[Meaning] youth, prime. It also signifies a name of a goddess.Matched in translationhighshort

κ2284ΚωνσταντῖνοςConstantine the Great, Constantine I… he decided to leave the place where he was staying and to set out to his father Constantius who was living abroad among the races that dwelt beyond the Alps and near Britain. After …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε3960Ἐφ'on condition that… [sc. condition]. Polybius [writes]: "Marcus gave them pledges of safety and persuaded them to leave [sc. Sicily] for Italy, on condition that they take pay from the Rhegians and sack Bruttium, taking whatever was …Matched in translationhighshort

κ2285Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ μέγαςConstantine the Great, Constantine I, Constantinus I[Constantine the great] emperor. Concerning him Eunapius wrote idle nonsense, and I disregard this in respect for the man.Matched in translationhighshort

ε134Ἐγκύκλιοςcyclical, periodic[Referring to] the annual giving of money. "And when the Khagan, the leader of the Avars, asked for the cyclical wealth, which they would get each year from the Romans [...]". And elsewhere: "the …Matched in translationhighshort

ε138Ἐγκύρτιαfish-trap entrances, weel entrancesA weel is a simple fish-trap constructed (often of wickerwork or netting) with a narrow entrance so that fish swim in but not out. The present gloss on its plural (from Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon) …Matched in noteshighshort

ε136Ἐγκύμονοςpregnant[Meaning her] being with child. Also [sc. attested is the phrase?] pregnant woman.Matched in translationhighshort

η12ἨάριζονI was springing, they were springing… the noun e)/ar (epsilon 10), see generally LSJ s.v. (web address 1). The present headword is its imperfect active, first person singular or third person plural; either way, presumably quoted from somewhere but attested …Matched in noteshighshort

η19Ἡβήσαντεςhaving come of age[Meaning they] having matured . Eunapius [writes]: "and the boys having come of age and gained control of their heart and hands". Also "to have been of age for two years" is said whenever …Matched in translationhighmedium

η22Ἡβητήριονyouths' hallCompare eta 21, h(bhth/rion glossed as a place to educate young men. For the present gloss cf. Hesychius eta18, where the plural is glossed as "dining-places, lodgings;" and see generally the LSJ entry on …Matched in noteshighshort

η29Ἠγαθέηvery holyFrom the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.252, where the headword adjective -- a single word in the Greek -- is used (of Nestor's Pylos). The h)ga- and a)/gan are etymologically related so this entry …Matched in noteshighshort

ε126Ἐγκρατήςmaster of, in control of"And often [Nicanor] grew sick, and the god strengthened him. But when he became master of himself and of his health, he made no time for his saviour." And elsewhere: "and the knave kept …Matched in translationhighshort

δ885Διαίταιςarbitrations[For/in/with] judgements outside court. "So he became accustomed to the good of life situated amidst delusional pleasure, and, displaying the arrogance that burned inside him on his face, he began to walk proudly and …Matched in translationhighshort

η13Ἡβᾷcomes of age, is of ageSame material, variously, in other lexica, and cf. Pollux 2.20. Latte on Hesychius eta10 claims the headword as quoted from Euripides, Orestes 696; Theodoridis on Photius, Lexicon eta5, adds the possibility of Aeschylus, Agamemnon …Matched in noteshighshort

η14Ἡβάσκειcomes of ageCompare eta 13 (and eta 19). The chief difference in h(ba/w and h(ba/skw is that the latter is an inceptive verb while the former may show a simple state of being. Same or similar …Matched in noteshighshort

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