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- κ1210Καί τοι σ' οὐκ ἐρῶ γ' ὡς οὐ φιλῶand indeed I will not say that I do not love youThat is, I am not hiding my desire.
- κ2709Κυνικὴ φιλοσοφίαCynic philosophySee under 'Antisthenes'.
- ι668Ἰσότης φιλότηςequality amity… 378] no.432. In Hesychius, i)so/ths is a headword glossed by filo/ths, with the comment dia\ to\ i)so/thti th\n fili/an e(/pesqai "because amity follows equality." For amity see phi 425.
- α2539Ἄνθρωπος φιλοπραγματίαςmeddlesome manIn reference to a busybody.
- κ2550Κοινὰ τὰ τῶν φίλωνthe property of friends is common propertyThey say that Pythagoras the philosopher persuaded those who associated with him as students to pool their property -- hence the proverb.
- α4643Ἄφρακτος φίλωνunguarded by friends[Meaning] not be-fenced and be-walled with friends because you left them behind deceived.
- κ2116Κορυβαντιᾷcelebrates the Korybant rites, is in a frenzy… The headword must be quoted from somewhere. Extant possibilities include: Philo Judaeus, On Dreams 2.1; Themistius, *basanisth\s h)\ filo/sofos 253a; Libanius, Letters 299.2; Palladius, Dialogue on the Life of Chrysostom p. 138 Coleman-Norton. [2] …
- χ157Χαῖρε φίλον φῶςfarewell dear lightWhen a woman wants to misbehave and puts out the lamp, this, they say, is what she says. But others [specify] a bad woman, others an old one.
- μ875Μηδέν ποτ' εἴην ἄλλο πλὴν θεῷ φίλοςmay I never be anything other than a friend to godTo the extent that I am numbered under his sphere [lh=cis] and his power. But lh=cis is a word for cessation.
- ε1091Ἐναγῆ φίλωνaccursed of friends[Meaning] he who is never held responsible by his friends for a cause which does not appear, but who is pure. We [the chorus] ask not to make [him] dishonored in words, but to …
- ε2928ἘρέννιοςErennius, HerenniusPhilo of Byblus, surnamed (H)erennius, as he himself says.
- δ1620Δύσερινquarrelsome… note); evidently quoted from somewhere. In the literature du/seris and filo/neikos frequently occur together: e.g. Pindar, Olympians 6.19; Isocrates 1.31; Plutarch, Philopoemen 17.7. [2] As in Hesychius delta2563. See also Etymologicum Magnum: *du/serin: filo/neikon. …
- η546ἩρωδιανόςHerodianos, Herodianus, Herodian… than Dionysius the author of the history of music and Philo of Byblos. He wrote many works.
- κ2549Κοινὰ τὰ τῶν φίλωνthe property of friends is common propertyTimaeus says in his 9th [book] that this [proverb] originated in Magna Graecia, in the period when Pythagoras persuaded those settling there to hold property undistributed [to private owners]. Menander uses the proverb in …
- β294Βίοςlife, lifestyleFrom the works of Philo. "The church of Christ establishes two styles of life, the one supernatural and above the common human way of life, not accepting marriage nor the procreation of children nor …
- ε3045ἝρμιπποςHermippos, HermippusOf Berytus; from an inland village. Pupil of Philo of Byblos, by whom he was placed in the household of Herennius Severus, in the time of the emperor Hadrian; he was of servile descent. …
- α69ἈβραάμAbraham… they were going to turn out in fact. In this, Philo, the Jewish philosopher, will be my confirmation via his work Life of the Statesman. About Philo it is said "Philo platonizes and Plato …
- α136Ἀγαλματοφορούμενοςimage-bearing, image-carrying, enshrined as an image… images or impressions of things that one has thought of. Philo [sc. uses the term] this way.
- κ645Καταμαίνομαί σουI act madly against youi.e. used with a genitive. LSJ s.v. cites instances in Philo Judaeus and Josephus.
- κ2554ΚοινοδήμιονcommunalThe headword is unattested outside grammars and lexica (though Philo Judaeus has the very similar koino/dhmos). cf. kappa 2553, Hesychius kappa3256.
- κ1043Κατηδολέσχησά σουI wearied you with my prattling… 32 (p.40.9 Bidez-Cumont). For a similar phrase, again in a philosophical context, see Plutarch, Moralia 503B (from the de Garrulitate), an anecdote about Aristotle wearied with the talk of an interlocutor. As in Julian's …
- α2460Ἀνιερώσαντεςhaving devoted… It must be quoted from somewhere. (There are instances in Philo Judaeus and the Septuagint.)
- δ616Διαλλακτήςreconciler, mediator… Adler prints filw/ths (otherwise unattested), while noting the ms variants filo/ths and filiwth/s. If filo/ths ('friendship') is correct, the lexicographer has mistaken the nomen agentis diallakth/s for an abstract noun meaning roughly 'reconciliation'; the …
- δ1615Δυσέντευκτοςhard to deal with… BCE (Theophrastus, Characters 19.3); also used by Polybius, Josephus, Plutarch, Philo Judaeus, and Patristic writers.
- κ1237Κεκιβδήλευταιis adulterated, has been adulterated… author who provides the only attestations of it outside lexica: Philo Judaeus, De Decalogo 3.2, De Specialibus Legibus 1.326.2, and Quod omnis probus liber sit 98.4. Philo's usage is figurative (referring to souls and …
- ε517Ἐκνόμοιςoutlawed, unlawful… of this adjective. It must be quoted from somewhere; perhaps Philo Judaeus, who has two instances (and cf. under epsilon 516).
- κ1273Κεκρύφαλονhairnet… 1273. [5] Greek Anthology 6.206.3-4 (Antipater of Sidon). The adjective filo/plektos "tending to be braided" is usually taken to be a corruption of filo/plagktos, "errant, straying". The phrase "dyed with flowers of the grey …
- κ1252Κεκομψευμένοςingenious… passive sense) (LSJ s.v.). The former sense is exemplified by Philo Judaeus, De migratione Abrahami 75.6: oi( ta\ politika\ kekomyeume/noi, "those who are smart about politics". The latter is exemplified by Plato, Philebus 56C: …
- ε3501Εὐθυβόλῳstraight-throwing, accurate… in the masculine/neuter dative singular, evidently quoted from somewhere (perhaps Philo Judaeus, for whom this adjective in all forms was a great favourite).
- ν426ΝίσιβιςNisibis… city on the far side of the Tigris river. And Philo writes it as Nasibis with an alpha, meaning 'the columns', but Uranius [writes it as] Nesibis, meaning in the Phoenicians' language 'stones gathered-together'.