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431 entries for about to destroy

δ692Διαπέσοιμιmay I collapse, may I fail[1] From the scholia to the passage about to be quoted (see note 2), which interpret it thus: "May I fail in (cf. delta 642) my expectation, if I do not destroy you, if …Matched in noteshighshort
α2872Ἀπαθέσταταmost impassive [things], very impassive [things]… plural of this superlative, does not occur in the passage about to be quoted, but see next note. [2] A poor paraphrase -- at times destroying the sense altogether -- of Marcus Aurelius, Meditations …Matched in noteshighshort
ι401ἸοβιανόςJovianus, Jovian… not the books from the burned library, which were all destroyed, but rather famosa, some at least of which abused Jovian in Homeric language. [6] Homer, Iliad 3.428 (Helen to Paris). [7] Homer, Iliad …Matched in noteshighlong
ε2426ἘπικύδηςEpikydes, Epicydes… the Roman siege; but he died of the pestilence that destroyed the Punic troops. See Polybius 7.2: "after the plot against king Hieronymos of Syracuse [iota 200] ... Zoippos and Andranodoros persuaded Hieronymos to …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1573Δύναμιςcapability, capacity, ability, potentiality, power… 74-76. Together with lines 9-10 of the Pisidian's scoptic poem about the stylite Alypius, the sense is rather: "Their bulk and awkward burden I come to bring you, the jaws of Alypius, having joined …Matched in noteshighlong
η541ἩροφίλαHerophila, Herophile… of ten Sibyls, and the story reported by the Suda about the Sibylline books is also related by some sources to the Cumaean Sibyl. The two Sibyls are considered identical by Martianus Capella, de …Matched in noteshighshort
μ491Μέλλησιςbeing about to do, intention; putting off, delayNoun from me/llw "I am about to do, I am putting off doing." Same or similar entry in other lexica (see the references at Photius mu249 Theodoridis). See also alpha 3614, mu 488, mu …Matched in noteshighshort
κ833Κατατρίψεινto be about to consume… verb is in the optative or subjunctive mood, remained doubtful about the attribution (ibid.); indeed, in this fragment mh\ follows the perfect participle dedoiko/ti, without the particle a)/n, whose presence would represent an optative …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3006Ἐρριπτασμένονtossed about, prostrated again and again… exercise," but the dominant sense here must have been "tossed about by exercise." [2] See note 4 at kappa 2602, citing Greek Anthology 5.25.3-4 (cf. alpha 2310, alpha 2383, kappa 1633, kappa 2601). [3] …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2266ἘπιγλωττήσομαιI will utter abuse… scholion; cf. omicron 876. Aristophanes actually says peri\ tw=n *)aqhnw=n "about Athens."Matched in noteshighshort
α3923ἌριστονbreakfastSee generally OCD(4) p.916, under "meals". [1] That is, about 9 a.m. [2] delta 358, where this dubious etymology (and others for other meal-names) comes from a Homeric scholiast.Matched in noteshighshort
χ321Χιτωνίσκουςshort tunics… address 1), with li/nou instead of the Suda's li/non; '... about as thick as a linen bed-sack'.Matched in noteshighshort
μ238ΜαρτυρῶI give witness… you what I will now compel him to give witness about". There is nothing unusual about the syntax here: the dative expresses who is witnessed to (although here the dative is with the preposition …Matched in noteshighshort
λ817Λύκος περὶ φρέαρ χορεύειa wolf is dancing round a well… lambda453 Theodoridis; also in Apostolius 10.86, etc. For another proverb about dancing see gamma 432.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1052ΔιισχυρίζομαιI strongly affirm… Phaedo 100d7 (web address 1): "I make no positive statement about this (presence of or participation in the good)." Cf. Proclus' Commentary on Plato's Parmenides 882.1: "I do not affirm positively, he says, whether …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2979Ἐριβρύχωνloud-bellowing… regarding doubts expressed by Gow and Page (vol. II, 35) about the offering's authenticity.Matched in noteshighshort
γ158Γένυσιwith jaws… 11.416, where the dative plural headword occurs (in a simile about hunting-dogs). [2] Greek Anthology 6.218.7-8 (Alcaeus), the dedication of a eunuch priest of Cybele (Kybele, cf. kappa 2586) who escaped from a lion …Matched in noteshighshort
α3499Ἀπορρῆξαι τὴν ψυχήνto break off one's life… a)porrh/gnumi, can bear this meaning, but see (besides the quotation about to be given) LSJ s.v., I.2, citing e.g. Appian, Civil War 2.81 (Pompey bursts out with, a)pe/rrhcen, a remark). [3] George of Pisidia, …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3029ἙρμαῖHerms, Hermae, Hermai… The more correct title of the work, in Harpok., is About Athens. For herms cf. epsilon 3051; for Menekles cf. delta 589, kappa 1354.Matched in noteshighshort
α2883Ἀπαληθεύεινto speak the whole truth… singular). [1] Aelian fr. 65d Domingo-Forasté (62 Hercher), a story about a wicked sculptor.Matched in noteshighshort
η11Ἡ ἀπὸ Σκυθῶν ῥῆσιςthe statement from Scythians… 'after the Persian king had sent envoys to the Scythians about peace'.Matched in noteshighshort
λ739ΛώτLot… of the visit of the angels to Abraham and the destruction of the cities of the plain, see Genesis 18-19. At the beginning of the story the Septuagint says "God appeared" to Abraham in …Matched in noteshighmedium
χ417ΧοσβίαςChosbia, Cozbi… also also zeta 14. The Suda has made a mistake about gender: in Josephus, Cozbi (introduced at 4.141) is a woman. [1] Here in the genitive case.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1189Καιρόςopportune time… Quotation unidentifiable. (At iota 436, a similar allegation is made about Julian of Halicarnassus.)Matched in noteshighmedium
α358Ἀγριοποιόνwild-maker, wild-making… is that of the scholiast to the passage from Aristophanes about to be quoted. [3] Aristophanes, Frogs 836-839; again, in part, at alpha 3044 and epsilon 150, and cf. also alpha 772. Spoken by …Matched in noteshighshort
δ205Δελφάκιονsuckling-pig… #113. (The speaker in the present passage is a man about to be disguised as a woman.)Matched in noteshighshort
ε217Ἐδεινολόγουνthey were complaining loudly… outrage of the cities of Numantia and Termessus, c.142 BC, about the peace-terms imposed on them by Rome. Cf. epsilon 3393; eta 194 (gloss); pi 442. For the verb deinopaqe/w cf. delta 341.Matched in noteshighshort
ε532Ἑκόντων εἶναιas far as it depended on their will[1] Genitive plural(s), from the passage about to be quoted. [2] Dexippus FGrH 100 F6; cf. iota 432. [3] Procopius, Secret History 1.18 (web address 1), on Belisarius' unwillingness to believe the evidence pointing …Matched in noteshighshort
μ589ΜένανδροςMenander, Menandros… But either way, not reliably differentiatable from his famous namesake, about to be mentioned. [2] c.344/3-292/1 BC: OCD4 s.v. Menander(1); Kassel-Austin, PCG VI.2, where this Suda entry is testimonium #1. (For Diopeithes see delta …Matched in noteshighshort
ι11ἼακχοςIakchos, Iacchus… iota 15, iota 16. There seems to be some confusion about the alphabetization.Matched in noteshighshort

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