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- β294Βίοςlife, lifestyle… reports, contains this note: "[from] Eusebios Pamphylou and not from Philo." On Philo of Alexandria, a.k.a. Philo Judaeus, see phi 448; on Eusebius, see epsilon 3737. [2] Eusebius, Supplementa minora ad quaestiones ad Marinum …
- ι790Ἰχνηλατῆσαιto track down… If it is quoted from somewhere, the likely source is Philo Judaeus, who has four instances.
- ει87Εἰκοτολογῆσαιto infer from probabilities… ei)kotologe/w. Outside of lexicography, the only pre-Suda attestation is in Philo of Alexandria, Legatio ad Gaium 58.
- κ659Καταμύουσιthey close their eyes… of katamu/w. It must be quoted from somewhere -- perhaps Philo Judaeus, who furnishes the only two surviving instances outside lexicography. cf. mu 1425.
- ε1924Ἐπαγωνιεῖταιwill struggle with… singular. It must be quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities include Philo Judaeus and several passages in Cyril of Alexandria.
- μ697Μετακόσμιονbetween worlds, metacosmic… interspace between worlds), must be quoted from somewhere; perhaps from Philo Judaeus, On Dreams 1.184.
- ε3617Εὐορκίαfidelity to an oath… attested in a variety of authors including Demosthenes, Appian and Philo Judaeus. cf. epsilon 3618, lambda 164, mu 277, rho 13.
- ε3327Ἐτόπασενguessed… extant instances (both with and without the nu-moveable) cluster in Philo Judaeus and Theodoret.
- ε2434Ἐπιλαχόνταhaving obtained by lot… Most of the (few) extant instances outside lexicography come from Philo Judaeus.
- κ846Καταφάσκειaffirms… (without actively endorsing) Dindorf's suggestion that it is quoted from Philo Judaeus, Legum allegoriarum libri 3.85. cf. kappa 843, kappa 844, kappa 845.
- μ576Μεμοιραμένωνhaving had [something] assigned to them… genitive plural. It must be quoted from somewhere; perhaps from Philo Judaeus, who has four instances. cf. mu 572, mu 577.
- μ436Μεθορμιζόμενοςchanging harbors, sailing from one harbor to another… meqormi/zw. This participle (in various case forms) is used by Philo and Christian writers, always with a figurative sense.
- η254Ἠλογήθησανthey were disregarded… use the headword: 28.9.8.) [3] Perhaps a foreshortened version of Philo Judaeus, de providentia fr.2 (quoted by Eusebius): tw=n a)/llwn a)gaqw=n pa/ntwn h)lo/goun.
- ε3819Εὐχάvow… very rarely attested, but see e.g. Aeschylus, Suppliant Women 657: filo/timos eu)xa/ (web address 1). [1] Psalm 115.5 LXX. [2] cf. Etymologicum Gudianum and other lexica.
- αι285Αἵρεσιςcapture, taking… perhaps, "dear to God." [3] Tittman attributes this passage to Philo Judaeus, Adler to Damascius (now adopted as fr. 292 Zintzen).
- ε80Ἐγκατέσκηψανthey fell upon… with neuter plural subject); probably (as Latte on Hesychius suggests) Philo Judaeus, De vita contemplativa 2, its only independent attestation. [2] Aelian fr. 286 Domingo-Forasté (288 Hercher); cf. lambda 465. [3] This, also in …
- η472ἩράκλειτοςHerakleitos, Heraclitus[1] Heraclitus of Ephesus (fl. 500 BCE), Presocratic philosopher, known for his emphasis on processes of change and the complementarity of opposites: see web address 1 (Daniel W. Graham, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy); OCD(4) …
- λ297Λεπτολογίαsubtle argument[1] Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 1.17; see also delta 519, kappa 912. [2] Hermippus fr. 22 Kock, now 21 K.-A.; also in other lexica. [3] Aristophanes, Clouds 320 (web address 1), with …
- ι159Ἱερατικὴpriest-craft, religion… of matter. The sentence seems incomplete. [2] Greek and Egyptian philosophy evidently cannot be reconciled. [3] Greek religion has borrowed some beliefs from Egypt, including the idea of metempsychosis.
- λ874Λυττῶντεςraging… from somewhere in this form, might come from e.g. Lucian (Philopseudes 40) or Philostratus (Life of Apollonius 4.10); note, however, that the equivalent and earlier Hesychius lambda1471 has accusative(s), which might point to (e.g.) …
- ι448ἸουστῖνοςIoustinos, Justinus, Justin… version) 33; cf. Photius, Bibliotheca c. 125. [1] Justin the Philosopher, also known as Justin the Martyr: Catholic Encyclopedia entry at web address 1; works in Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1, web address 2. [2] …
- ε3569Εὔλογον ἀξίωμαprobable assumption, reasonable proposition… Zeno). [2] Diogenes Laertius 7.177 -- but here misread: the philosopher in question is not Cleanthes (kappa 1711) but his pupil Sphaerus (SVF 1.139-142 von Arnim: no Suda entry of his own, and indeed …
- δ1141ΔιογένηςDiogenes… double negative, but the point must be that these famous philosophers are human beings like everyone else. [3] From alpha 180 (q.v.); repeated at omicron 28.
- ι487ἼωνIon… Athens, who also practiced other forms of poetry and wrote philosophical works in prose. The treatise "On the Sublime" calls his plays faultless and elegant but less inspired than those of Sophocles. [1] Possibly …
- ε3605ΕὔξενοςEuxenos, EuxenusPhilostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 1.7 [1] cf. chi 163. On talking birds as pets, see OCD(4) s.v. "pets." [2] cf. mu 479.
- μ28ΜάγοιmagiFrom the prologue (1.3) to Diogenes Laertius' Lives of the Philosophers. (For this headword see also mu 25.) On Zoroaster and Ostanes, see alpha 4257, zeta 159, zeta 160, omicron 710. Astrampsychus has an …
- α1041ἈκύλαςAquila… and Speech. Syrianus' commentary on Hermogenes often cites a Neoplatonic philosopher named Aquila who wrote on rhetorical subjects; he could well be this man. Also, Flavius Sosipater Charisius cites a passage of C. Iulius …
- κ2266Κῶμόςrevelry… also kappa 2265, kappa 2272. [2] Babrius 22.4 Crusius. [3] Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 4.39.
- λ137Λασίοιςshaggy… version of sth/qessin lasi/oisi in Homer, Iliad 1.189). [1] Sophocles, Philoctetes 180-185 (a lyric passage).
- η504ᾙρήκασιthey have taken… It must be quoted from somewhere: extant possibilities include Aeschylus, Philostratus, and Cassius Dio. [2] Perfect active participle of the same verb, masculine nominative plural. Again, evidently quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities include Thucydides, …