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ε
2731
Ἐπιτρῖψαι
to crush, to wear out
… cf. the second part of epsilon 2727. [1] This addendum
to
the entry explains Psalm 92.3 LXX; see also tau 1043, giving the phrase of Theodoret's out of which the present term (femimine accusative …
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κ
1055
Κατηργηκέναι
to have missed, to have made useless
… (and individual) indeterminable; cf. Walbank, 753-4. The verb katarge/w seems
to
be more common in late prose and in papyri (LSJ s.v.). Büttner-Wobst notes (537) that Valesius (Henri de Valois 1603-1676) attributed this fragment …
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ε
2726
Ἐπιτρέχειν
athletics
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to run at
… 2725 (and also under alpha 3612, where it is opposed
to
a)potre/xein). [1] The verb of comparison shifts from e)pidiw/kein
to
simple diw/kein. [2] For synonymy between diw/kw and e)lau/nw see also under delta …
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ε
560
Ἐκπελματῶσαι
wearing out in the sole, to wear out in the sole
… in the sole, prob. in Phot., Suid s.v. pepeltwme/na, (due
to
misreading of LXX Jo. 9.5)'. In that passage, Joshua 9.5 LXX, the inhabitants of Gibeon try
to
fool Joshua by wearing sanda/lia ... …
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ε
2729
Ἐπίτριπτος
accursed, damned
… Plutus [Wealth] 275; cf. eta 437. See also the scholia
to
Plutus 619 (where it reappears); and cf. e)pitribei/hs in Thesmophoriazusae 557 and Birds 1530. See also the scholia
to
Lucian, Jupiter Tragoedus 16.13, …
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κ
1052
Κατηναρισμένας
having been slaughtered
… of the two nouns e)/nara and sku=la. These nouns seem
to
have kept their original meanings with verbal forms derived from them (Chantraine s.v. e)/nara and sku=la; epsilon 1124, epsilon 1125, sigma 707). For …
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ε
555
Ἐκ παντὸς ξύλου
out of every timber
… of an ellipsis; it has, however, the variant ku/fwn for
to\
kou=fon (see n. 1 below). Others seem
to
allude
to
this proverb, but without quoting it verbatim, and giving it a slightly different …
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ε
553
Ἐκπαθής
passionate
This quotation
about
King Philip II of Macedon (phi 354), preserved in Polybius 8.9.4 (web address 1), actually comes from Theopompus of Chios (theta 172): see FGrH 115 F225. There seems
to
be no …
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κ
1046
Κατηκόντισε
shot down
… *lusi/ou yuxh=s -- in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Lysias 11, referring
to
the genius of the Attic orator Lysias (lambda 858). But since Dionysius is admiring it, not shooting it down, the present quotation cannot …
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ε
2727
Ἐπιτριβείη
might be rubbed
… rubbing two objects one against the other, hence crushing and
destroying
or smoothing them by repetition, and a transferred sense from this is producing experience: see Chantraine s.v. tri/bw, and tau 953 on that …
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κ
1050
Κατήλυσιν
fall
… [2] An approximation (and abbreviation) of Greek Anthology 6.217.1-2, attributed
to
Simonides. The next two verses are quoted at alpha 3019. Find further extracts from this epigram at beta 473, epsilon 1196, eta 482, …
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ε
550
Ἐκπαγλούμενος
being struck, marvelling
… Pyrrhus, and the second gloss provided at the end point
to
another meaning. Pyrrhus seems
to
have wanted
to
impress the Romans. So the verb is used here in the sense of taking a …
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ε
557
Ἐκ παραλόγου
incalculably
… The substantive klu/dwn can be accompanied by any adjective related
to
the sea: po/ntios, pela/gios, qalassi/os; in the last instance it is found mostly in late Christian prose (e.g. Basil, De Spiritu Sancto 30.77.10 …
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κ
1045
Κατήκοε
hearkener
… its gloss are vocative singular. [2] Tentatively attribted by Adler
to
Iamblichus; now Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 38 Habrich. [3] Quotation unidentifiable. The sense 'be obedient' is common in Herodotus (see LSJ s.v. II); also …
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κ
1047
Κατήλιφα
roof-beam, ladder, upper storey
… In the Suda (mu 666) meso/dmh is defined as referring
to
the middle.
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ε
551
Ἐκπαγλούμενοι
being struck
… e)kpagle/omai, II). [1] This quotation is tentatively attributed by Adler
to
Nicolaus of Damascus; but [DW] it might actually be a summary of Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 1.40.1, on Hercules overcoming the fire-breathing …
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ε
2718
Ἐπιτωθάζων
mocking, teasing
… in Photius and other lexica but also in the scholia
to
[Plato], Axiochos 364C, from where it is evidently quoted. Otherwise, except in a letter attributed
to
Hippocrates (Epistles 17 line 91), it is …
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κ
1043
Κατηδολέσχησά σου
I wearied you with my prattling
… see Plutarch, Moralia 503B (from the de Garrulitate), an anecdote
about
Aristotle wearied with the talk of an interlocutor. As in Julian's letter, the form is used by the interlocutor
about
his own speech …
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ε
554
Ἐκ παντός
completely
[1] The adverb diolou/ has here the meaning of completeness -- cf. kaqolou/ -- rather than the temporal meaning mentioned in the entry for the adverb itself (delta 1160). [2] Quotation not identified by …
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ε
556
Ἐκ παραλλήλου
by comparison, parallelwise, side by side
… also under alpha 1317, alpha 4430, alphaiota 293, pi 2829.
To
generate the present entry and equivalents, the phrase must be quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities begin, perhaps appropriately, with Plutarch (Comparison of Agis …
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κ
1044
Κατηθλημένων
having been trained
… and kappa 557 for the active meaning of the verb
('to
wrestle down'). This active form, used intransitively, has sometimes the same meaning of 'being well trained' (Plutarch, Marius 26.10 and de Liberis educandis …
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κ
1049
Κατηλωκυῖα
having been nailed down
… kathlo/w (more commonly kaqhlo/w). Without a context it is impossible
to
tell whether the subject is a woman or merely something grammatically feminine, and whether the use of the verb is literal or figurative. …
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