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geography9
philosophy9

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Ε epsilon24
Α alpha6
Γ gamma2
Ι iota2
Κ kappa2
ΑΙ alphaiota1
Β beta1
Δ delta1

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Length

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Medium5
Long1

Translator

William Hutton39

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ε2654Ἐπὶ σχολῆςat leisure[1] The entry up to this point -- the first four words in Greek, Adler's headword phrase included -- was perhaps intended as a headword phrase, since the same four words are found, with …Matched in noteshighshort
ι525Ἱππάςcavalry… [1] See generally sigma 776, sigma 777, sigma 779. [2] Four, rather (as is clear from e.g. ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 7.3). This error in Photius' source creates the need for a non-existent fifth class: …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2488Κρωβύλοςtop-knot

ε2654

Ἐπὶ σχολῆς

at leisure

To pursue philosophy in an unbusied manner, meaning on a good occasion or at a work-free [time].

Ἐπὶ σχολῆς· ἀπραγμόνως φιλοσοφεῖν, ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐπὶ εὐκαιρίας ἢ ἀργίας.

children

children

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4

science and technology4

science and technology4

trade and manufacture3

trade and manufacture3

… the poem Krobylos ('Top-knot') is the proper name of a four-year-old boy (kw=ros), rather than a four-year-old revel (kw=mos). For Krobylos as a proper name see Aeschines 1.64 (web address 2) with Harpokration s.v. …

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ε1884Ἕωλαleftover, stale, out-of-date… presumably quoted from Demosthenes 21.112. [2] This same list of four synonyms is found also in Lexica Segueriana 246.3; Photius, Lexicon 48.10-11; Etymologicum Magnum 352.32-33. Contrast Etymologicum Gudianum 577.19, where four different synonyms are …Matched in noteshighshort

α403Ἀγχίνοιαtight-wittedness… doctrine described in this line, insofar as a)gxi/noia is a virtue subordinated to prudence (fro/nhsis), it is both a form of knowledge and a disposition of character. [3] Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's …Matched in noteshighshort

α426Ἀδαμάντιναadamantine [things]… the neo-Pythagorean sage A. of Tyana (C1/2), on whom see principally alpha 3420.Matched in noteshighshort

α431Ἀδαῖονunfired, Adaios, Adaeus… C4 BCE Macedonian general of this name, nicknamed Rooster. See principally Theopompus FGrH 115 F249 (quoted by Athenaeus), with N.G.L. Hammond & G.T. Griffith, A History of Macedonia 2 (Oxford 1979) 441. But for …Matched in noteshighshort

α946ἈκκώAkko, Acco… 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 pa/ttalos ('peg') is …Matched in noteshighshort

α3279ἌποδαςfootlessEntry lacking, Adler reports, in four of the manuscripts (and marginal in two others). [1] Accusative plural, presumably quoted from alpha 1018. [2] alpha 1018 and alpha 1019. Huns, being horsemen, made clumsy pedestrians, …Matched in noteshighshort

α4426Αὐθέντηςperpetrator[1] What this four-word statement means is less than self-evident. However, since the present headword does not occur in the extant works of Isocrates, whereas the first glossing term au)to/xeir does (4.111, 5.150, 14.29, …Matched in noteshighmedium

αι356Αἰσχρόνshameful… TLG as Chrysippos [chi 568], Fragmenta Moralia fr. 83; the fourth type there, however, is a)/fron, "senseless".Matched in noteshighshort

β556ΒρουμάλιαBrumalia… 1.22.23-1.23.19. An account of the origin of the Brumalia, with virtually the same details, is given by John Malalas, Chronographia VII.7 Thurn(137-138); cf. Jeffreys, et al.(95-96). It is repeated in the Chronicon Paschale 211.12-213.4. …Matched in noteshighmedium

γ12ΓάϊοςGaius… fr.82 FHG (4.571), now 162.1 Roberto; Constantine Porphyrogenitus, Excerpta de virtutibus 1.178.6-18), an account which seems to depend heavily on Book 59 of Cassius Dio (see particularly Dio 59.5 for the last sentence of …Matched in noteshighlong

γ439Γραφήpublic-suit, graphe… The Sovereignty of the People's Court in Athens in the Fourth Century B.C. and the Public Action against Unconstitutional Proposals (Odense 1974). Strictly speaking, the grafh\ parano/mwn could only be brought against decrees; against …Matched in noteshighshort

δ626Διαλέγοιντο γυναιξίνthey might converse with women… the five Suda fragments (von Arnim p.64). (For the other four see delta 1214, epsilon 1032, lambda 309, tau 301.)Matched in noteshighshort

ε412Ἐκκεκρικώςhaving distinguished… (masculine nominative singular) of e)kkri/nw (epsilon 612). See also the virtually identical entry epsilon 609.Matched in noteshighshort

ε540Ἐκορωνίαwas arching the neck… follows. [2] Polybius 27.15.6 (probably via Constantine Porphyrogenitus Excerpts on Virtues 2.177.6-8); in reference to Charops (the Younger) of Epeiros.Matched in noteshighshort

ε831Ἐληΐζοντοthey were marauding… be quoted from somewhere, very probably an historian. It appears four times in Thucydides (who also, twice, uses the synonymous gloss: 4.2.3 [web address 1] and 7.18.3 [web address 2]; twice in Xenophon; and …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1528Ἔξαλλοςexceptional… of Bithynia; web address 1; = Constantine Porphyrogenitus, Excerpta de virtutibus 2.199.7). The same passage is paraphrased differently at epsilon 1529 and pi 2914.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1529Ἐξάλλωςexceptionally… Polybios 32.15.7-8 (web address 1; = Constantine Porphyogenitus, Excerpta de virtutibus 2.199.7). The same passage is paraphrased differently at epsilon 1528 and pi 2914.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1604Ἐξεκεκλήκειhad called out… Constantine Porphyrogenitus that is referred to in Constantine's Excerpta de virtutibus I.330 at the end of a much longer quotation from Nicolaus (FGrH 90 F4) on the subject of Nan(n)aros. Now claimed by Lenfant …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2038Ἐπεκηρυκεύετοwas sending heralds… though there are alternatives in e.g. Herodotus (three) and Thucydides (four). [1] Apparently a conflation, with paraphrasing, of two passages where the headword occurs. At Cassius Dio 67.6.5 (= Constantine Porphyrogenitus, Excerpta de legatibus …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2064Ἐπεπολεῖτοwas passing before… where the same word spelled with an omega (e)pepwlei=to) occurs four times in the formulaic phrase e)pepwlei=to sti/xas a)ndrw=n ('was passing before the ranks of men'): Iliad 4.231 (web address 1), 4.250, 11.264, 11.540. …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2132Ἐπείραwas making an attempt… of Damascus (FGrH 90 F55) in Constantine Porphyrogenitus' Excerpta de virtutibus 340.23 - 341.5, wherein the woman is referred to only as "the wife of Akastos". Cf. also alpha 809, upsilon 708; and kappa …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2212Ἐπησθέντεςdelighted in… only attestation of any form outside lexicography comes from the fourth century CE, in a fragment of the Neoplatonic philosopher Eusebius of Myndus (fr. 1 Mullach) quoted by Stobaeus (3.1.103); it has the aorist …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2215Ἐπήσπαιρενwas panting, was struggling against… itself attested only at Plutarch, Alexander the Great: Luck or Virtue? 327C (at the time of A's departure for the East Hellas 'was still panting' over the wars with Philip).Matched in noteshighshort

ε2577Ἐπισκήπτειcomes down upon… Laurentianum. Hesychius epsilon5179 had given the same glossing synonym, after four others. The headword -- third person singular, present indicative active, of e)piskh/ptw (cf. epsilon 2579, and more generally epsilon 2578) -- must be …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2746Ἐπίφασιςappearance… [1] Polybius 31.25.7 (web address 1), via the Excerpta de virtutibus of Constantine Porphyrogenitus 2.190.1-3. (n.b.: in the English version on Perseus, this passage is 32.11. Use web address 2 to go directly to …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2758Ἐπιφυλλίδαleaf-sitter… perhaps from commentary to the Septuagint, where this form appears four times, or from Greek Anthology 6.191.3 (Cornelius Longus). For copious further references and comparanda see the apparatus to Theodoridis' edition of Photius (see …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2787Ἐπλημμέλησανthey struck a false note, they were off-key… from the quotation given here (though other extant possibilities include four in the Septuagint). [1] Thus far the entry seems to be derived from the same source as pi 1754; cf. Photius, Lexicon s.v. …Matched in noteshighshort

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