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α2539Ἄνθρωπος φιλοπραγματίαςmeddlesome manIn reference to a busybody.Matched in headwordhighshort
α4643Ἄφρακτος φίλωνunguarded by friends[Meaning] not be-fenced and be-walled with friends because you left them behind deceived.Matched in headwordhighshort
α2460Ἀνιερώσαντεςhaving devoted… It must be quoted from somewhere. (There are instances in Philo Judaeus and the Septuagint.)Matched in noteshighshort
α2380Ἀνείμονεςunclad… on Hesychius s.v. says Gregory of Nazianzus; another possibility is Philo Judaeus.Matched in noteshighshort
α2551Ἀνομβροῦσαιspouting up… present participle, feminine nominative plural, of a)nombre/w. Perhaps quoted from Philo Judaeus (for whom this verb was a particular favourite); he has the only two extant instances outside lexicography.Matched in noteshighshort
α2120Ἀναφαιρέτουςnot to be taken away… extant possibilities in e.g. Diodorus Siculus, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, and Philo Judaeus.Matched in noteshighshort
α2947Ἀπαυτοματισθεῖσαhaving been produced spontaneously… subject could be a woman or simply something grammatically feminine. (Philo Judaeus has an accusative-case instance with 'prosperity'.)Matched in noteshighshort
α2302Ἀνεπόλειhe was repeating… somewhere. (Its only extant attestation outside the Suda is in Philo Judaeus, Legatio ad Gaium 310, but the subject there is feminine.)Matched in noteshighshort
κ111Καθιμῶσιthey let down, they lower… possibilities (all with the nu ephelkustikon) include Josephus, Plutarch and Philo Judaeus. See also iota 331, iota 359, and kappa 110.Matched in noteshighshort
α1296Ἀλκτῆρεςprotectors… (13.78 Kaibel), and Aelian, Varia Historia 2.4: qei/as a(ghth=res e)fameri/ois filo/tatos, "guides of divine friendship for mortals". See further H.W. Parke & D.E.W. Wormell, The Delphic Oracle (Oxford 1956) no.327; J. Fontenrose, The Delphic …Matched in noteshighshort
γ219Γειωρίσαιto convert to Judaism… to mean someone not born Jewish but converted to Judaism (Philo 1.417, Isaiah 14.1), leading to the technical term גיור ("giur", conversion). Hesychius defines the plural as "neighbors joined to Israel from another race, …Matched in noteshighshort
χ79ΧαναάνCanaan… with the devil-possessed daughter in Matthew 15:22. [3] See e.g. Philo Judaeus [of Alexandria], On Abraham 133.Matched in noteshighmedium
η475ἩρακλῆςHerakles, Heracles, HerculesAlcmene's son. They give an account of him as a philosopher and they depict him wearing the skin of a lion, carrying a cudgel, and possessing three apples; which are the three apples the …Matched in translationhighmedium
α4394Ἄτρυτοςunabating[Meaning someone/something] inexhaustible. "He was devoted to philology and unabating labors and overwhelmed the reputations of older and more clever men with his own name." And elsewhere: "during the daytime he gave himself over …Matched in translationhighshort
α4361ἈττικόςAttikos, Atticus… [= in] Armenia, and from youth he was taught to philosophize by a monk of the Macedonian sect. Then they were prominent in philosophy all through Sebasteia from their company with Eustathius, who we …Matched in translationhighlong
δ339ΔεινομάχηDeinomache… 1280): Plutarch, Alcibiades 1, etc. [2] That of a Stoic philosopher in Lucian's Philopseudes.Matched in noteshighshort
α3855ἈρήτηArete… the present entry is surely A. the daughter of the philospher Aristippos (and a philosopher herself); see under alpha 3908.Matched in noteshighshort
α793ἈκαμάτιοςAkamatios, Acamatius… such subjects, he deemed himself worthy to be called a philosopher, and before all he designated himself by this name, and none of the Heliopolitans called him anything other than 'the philosopher'. Let this …Matched in translationhighmedium
α2657ἈντιγενίδηςAntigenides, AntigenidasSon of Satyros, Theban, musician, pipe-singer of Philoxenos. This man was the first to use Milesian shoes and he wore a yellow cloak in the Reveller. He wrote lyric poems.Matched in translationhighshort
α2973Ἀπέδειfell short of[Meaning he/she/it] failed [sc. to match up to]. Philopoemen the Arcadian "fell short of none of the Peloponnesians in size and strength of body, but the appearance of his face was ugly."Matched in translationhighshort
χ445Χωρὶς τὰ Μυσῶν καὶ Φρυγῶν ὁρίσματαseparate are the boundaries of Mysians and Phrygians… And elsewhere: "it is not the part of one doing philosophy to profess and practice the art of prophecy nor any other sacred discipline; for the boundaries of the philosophers and those of the …Matched in translationhighmedium
α2723ἈντισθένηςAntisthenesAn Athenian, a Socratic philosopher from [among] the orators, who was first called a Peripatetic, then became a Cynic; he was the son of a father who had the same name, but a mother …Matched in translationhighmedium
α1751ἈμφίωνAmphion… leisure, and you possess a fine nature, and you love philosophy, if anyone ever has; these three things coming together at the same time were enough to reveal Amphion as the discoverer of ancient …Matched in translationhighmedium
α775ἈκαδημίαAcademy… J. Glucker's rehabilitation of Aemilius Portus' correction of 'school of philoi' to 'school of philosophers' and cites by way of confirmation a scholion on Aristophanes, Clouds 1005 (p. 195 Holwerda). A simple misunderstanding of …Matched in noteshighshort
γ479Γυμνασίαexercise… is useful for three reasons: for exercise, for conversations, for philosophical sciences. Exercise, he is saying, is what happens in discussion over things; for they take a problem and will make trial of it …Matched in translationhighmedium
χ418ΧοσρόηςChosroes, Khosrau, Khosraw… a lover of literature and came to mastery of our philosophy, when the Greek writings had been translated for him into the Persian language by someone. And therefore they say that he gulped down …Matched in translationhighmedium
γ490Γυμνοσοφισταίnaked-sophists[sc. A term for] the philosophers among Babylonians, and among Assyrians.Matched in translationhighshort
α1372ἉλῶαHaloaIt is an Attic festival. Philochorus says it was named from the fact that men in those days spent their time on the threshing floors [halos].Matched in translationhighshort
α2466ἈννίκεριςAnniceris, AnnikerisA Cyrenean, a philosopher, who became an Epicurean despite being an acquaintance of Paraebatus, the student of Aristippus. Anniceris also had a brother by the name of Nicoteles, [sc. also] a philosopher, and his …Matched in translationhighshort
α2368ἈνείδεοςformlessHeadword and gloss alike come from the vocabulary of philosophy: see generally LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshighshort

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