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101 Scironis
1.Scīron, ōnis, m., = Skirôn (Skeirôn).I.A noted robber on the rocky coast between Megaris and Attica, destroyed by Theseus, Ov. M. 7, 444 sq.; Stat. Th. 1, 333; Mel. 2, 3, 7; Gell. 15, 21, 1; Claud. in Rufin. 1, 253. —Hence,1.Scīrōnĭus, a, um, adj., of Sciron, Scironic:2. II.saxa,
Mel. 2, 3, 7; so Plin. 4, 7, 11, § 23; Sen. Hippol. 1225;and, rupes,
Claud. B. Get. 188 (cf. also:infames Scirone petras,
Stat. Th. 1, 333).—A north-west wind blowing from the Scironic rocks; so called by the Athenians, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 120 (Jahn, Sciron); Sen. Q. N. 5, 17, 4.2.Scīron, ōnis, m., an Epicurean philosopher in Cicero's time:omnia meminit Sciron Epicuri dogmata,
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102 Scironius
1.Scīron, ōnis, m., = Skirôn (Skeirôn).I.A noted robber on the rocky coast between Megaris and Attica, destroyed by Theseus, Ov. M. 7, 444 sq.; Stat. Th. 1, 333; Mel. 2, 3, 7; Gell. 15, 21, 1; Claud. in Rufin. 1, 253. —Hence,1.Scīrōnĭus, a, um, adj., of Sciron, Scironic:2. II.saxa,
Mel. 2, 3, 7; so Plin. 4, 7, 11, § 23; Sen. Hippol. 1225;and, rupes,
Claud. B. Get. 188 (cf. also:infames Scirone petras,
Stat. Th. 1, 333).—A north-west wind blowing from the Scironic rocks; so called by the Athenians, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 120 (Jahn, Sciron); Sen. Q. N. 5, 17, 4.2.Scīron, ōnis, m., an Epicurean philosopher in Cicero's time:omnia meminit Sciron Epicuri dogmata,
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103 Themista
Thĕmista, ae, f., a female Epicurean philosopher of Lampsacus, Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 68; id. Pis. 26, 63; Lact. 3, 25, 15. -
104 Timocrates
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105 Velleianus
Vellēius, i, m., the name of a Roman gens.I.C. Velleius Paterculus, an historian under Augustus and Tiberius; v. Bähr, Röm. Lit. Gesch. § 203 sq.—II.C. Velleins, an Epicurean, friend of Crassus, Cic. de Or. 3, 21, 78; id. N. D. 1, 6, 15.—Hence,A.Vel-lēius, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Velleius, Velleian: lex, perh. called after the consul C. Velleius Tutor, Dig. 28, 2, 29; 28, 3, 3; Just. Inst. 2, 13.—B.Vellēiānus, a, um, adj., of a Velleius, Velleian: senatusconsultum, called after the consul C. Velleius Tutor, Dig. 16, 1, 2. -
106 Velleius
Vellēius, i, m., the name of a Roman gens.I.C. Velleius Paterculus, an historian under Augustus and Tiberius; v. Bähr, Röm. Lit. Gesch. § 203 sq.—II.C. Velleins, an Epicurean, friend of Crassus, Cic. de Or. 3, 21, 78; id. N. D. 1, 6, 15.—Hence,A.Vel-lēius, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Velleius, Velleian: lex, perh. called after the consul C. Velleius Tutor, Dig. 28, 2, 29; 28, 3, 3; Just. Inst. 2, 13.—B.Vellēiānus, a, um, adj., of a Velleius, Velleian: senatusconsultum, called after the consul C. Velleius Tutor, Dig. 16, 1, 2. -
107 Xeno
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108 Zeno
I.The founder of the Stoic school, a native of Cittium in Cyprus; form Zeno, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 3; Cic. Fin. 3, 2, 5; 3, 4, 15; id. N. D. 2, 22, 57; Sen. Ben. 4, 39, 1; Quint. 2, 20, 7;II.form Zenon,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 27 B. and K.; Sen. Ep. 33, 7.—An Eleatic philosopher of Elea, in Magna Grœcia, Cic. Ac. 2, 42, 129; id. Tusc. 2, 22, 52; id. N. D. 3, 33, 82.—III.An Epicurean philosopher, the teacher of Cicero and Atticus, Cic. Fin. 1, 5, 16; id. N. D. 1, 21, 59; 1, 33, 93 sq.; id. Tusc. 3, 17, 38.—IV.A Greek emperor in the fifth Christian century. —Hence, Zēnōnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to the emperor Zeno, Zenonian:lex,
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109 Zenon
I.The founder of the Stoic school, a native of Cittium in Cyprus; form Zeno, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 3; Cic. Fin. 3, 2, 5; 3, 4, 15; id. N. D. 2, 22, 57; Sen. Ben. 4, 39, 1; Quint. 2, 20, 7;II.form Zenon,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 27 B. and K.; Sen. Ep. 33, 7.—An Eleatic philosopher of Elea, in Magna Grœcia, Cic. Ac. 2, 42, 129; id. Tusc. 2, 22, 52; id. N. D. 3, 33, 82.—III.An Epicurean philosopher, the teacher of Cicero and Atticus, Cic. Fin. 1, 5, 16; id. N. D. 1, 21, 59; 1, 33, 93 sq.; id. Tusc. 3, 17, 38.—IV.A Greek emperor in the fifth Christian century. —Hence, Zēnōnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to the emperor Zeno, Zenonian:lex,
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110 Zenonianus
I.The founder of the Stoic school, a native of Cittium in Cyprus; form Zeno, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 3; Cic. Fin. 3, 2, 5; 3, 4, 15; id. N. D. 2, 22, 57; Sen. Ben. 4, 39, 1; Quint. 2, 20, 7;II.form Zenon,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 27 B. and K.; Sen. Ep. 33, 7.—An Eleatic philosopher of Elea, in Magna Grœcia, Cic. Ac. 2, 42, 129; id. Tusc. 2, 22, 52; id. N. D. 3, 33, 82.—III.An Epicurean philosopher, the teacher of Cicero and Atticus, Cic. Fin. 1, 5, 16; id. N. D. 1, 21, 59; 1, 33, 93 sq.; id. Tusc. 3, 17, 38.—IV.A Greek emperor in the fifth Christian century. —Hence, Zēnōnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to the emperor Zeno, Zenonian:lex,
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111 εἰδωλοποιικός
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112 καθηγεμών
A leader, guide,τῆς ὁδοῦ Hdt.7.128
, cf. Plb.3.48.11; pilot, Id.4.40.8; of a statesman, ; of the founders of the Epicurean school, Phld.Rh.1.49S., Ir.p.89 W., al.; of Crates, Jul. Or.6.202d; κ. τῆς ἀρετῆς in or to virtue, Plu. Dio1; as a title of gods, Διόνυσος κ. CIG 3068 ([place name] Teos); (Arc., from Magn. Mae., iii B.C.);Ἀφροδίτην κ. ποιεῖσθαι Plu.Thes.18
; of divinities,τῷ Διί, καθηγεμόνι τούτῳ τῆς τῶν ὄντων διοικήσεως ὄντι Stoic.1.43
;καθηγεμόνες εὐτυχοῦς ἀρχῆς OGI 383.86
(Nemrud Dagh, i B.C.): metaph.,κ. ταττόμενοι τὸν θυμόν LXX 2 Ma.10.28
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113 κανονικός
A of or belonging to a rule,ἀρχή A.D.Adv. 141.29
; regular, according to rule,διαφοραί Gal.7.417
;ἀναλογία Eust. 113.40
, etc. Adv- κῶς Artem.1.1a
.II ἡ -κή (sc. τέχνη) the mathematical theory of music (Pythag., cf. Ptolemaisap.Porph.in Harm.p.207), based on the division of the monochord (cf.κανών 1.10
), Gell.16.18; κ. θεωρία, τέχνη, Ph.1.22, Procl.in Euc.p.40F.2 belonging to an astronomical table, Vett.Val.141.14; κανονικοί, οἱ, constructors of such tables, Cleom.2.6.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > κανονικός
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114 κηποτύραννος
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115 μεταβαίνω
A : [tense] aor. μετέβην, imper.μετάβηθι Od.8.492
,μετάβα Alex.14
: [tense] pf. - βέβηκα:—[voice] Med., [tense] aor. [ per.] 3sg. μετεβήσετο or - σατο A.R.4.1176:— pass over from one place to another, μετὰ δ' ἄστρα βεβήκει (for μετεβεβήκει ) the stars had passed over the meridian, Od.12.312, 14.483 (butτοῦ ἄστρου μεταβαίνοντος μίαν ἡμέραν διὰ τεσσάρων ἐτῶν OGI56.42
(Canopus, iii B. C.));μ. ἐς τὴν Ἀσίην Hdt.7.73
, cf.1.57;μ. ἐξ οἰκίας εἰς οἰκίαν Ev.Luc.10.7
: abs., change one's abode, PTeb.316.20 (i A.D.): metaph., ᾗ τὸ δίκαιον μεταβαίνει according as right passes over (from one side to the other), A. Ch. 308 (anap.).2 in writing or speaking, pass from one subject to another, μετάβηθι change thy theme, Od.8.492; μεταβάντες changing their course, turning round, Hdt.8.4; μεταβήσομαι ἄλλον ἐς ὕμνον h.Ven.l.c.;ἐπανέλθωμεν ὅθεν δεῦρο μετέβημεν Pl.Cra. 438a
;ἀπὸ τοῦ ψέγειν πρὸς τὸ ἐπαινεῖν Id.Phdr. 265c
;ἀπ' ἐμψύχων ἐπ' ἄψυχα μ. Phld. Rh.1.172
S.; μεταβαίνων ὁ λόγος advancing step by step, Arist.EN 1097a24.3 pass from one state to another, change, [αἱ πολιτεῖαι] οὐκ εὐθὺς μ. Id.Pol. 1292b18
, etc.: freq. with Preps.,μ. ἐκ μείζονος εἰς ἔλαττον Pl.Prm. 165a
; of changes of fortune in a drama,μ. εἰς εὐτυχίαν Arist.Po. 1455b27
;μ. ἐκ τῆς τιμαρχίας εἰς τὴν ὀλιγαρχίαν Pl.R. 550d
; μεταβαίνει τυραννὶς ἐκ δημοκρατίας comes on after.., ib. 569c;μεταβεβήκαμεν ἐκ τοῦ θανάτου εἰς τὴν ζωήν 1 Ep.Jo.3.14
;ἀπὸ τοῦ παιδὸς εἰς τὸν ἄνδρα Luc.Am.24
;μ. εἰς ἀλεκτρυόνα Id.Gall.4
.4 in the Epicurean logic, make a transition: hence, infer, esp. from analogy or resemblance,λόγος ὁ μεταβαίνων ἀπό τινος ἐπί τι Phld.D.3.12
, cf. Sign. 5, al.5 c. acc., pass to another place or state,ἄνω μεταβὰς βίοτον E.Hipp. 1292
(anap.);μ. τόπον ἐκ τόπου S.E.M.10.52
.II causal in [tense] aor. 1 μεταβῆσαι, carry over or away,τινὰ ποτὶ δῶμα Διὸς -βᾶσαι Pi.O.1.42
; change,ἄστρων ὁδούς E.El. 728
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116 σημεῖον
σημεῖον, τό, [dialect] Ion. [full] σημήϊον, [dialect] Dor. [full] σᾱμήϊον IG12(3).452 (Thera, iv B.C.), [full] σᾱμεῖον IPE12.352.25 (Chersonesus, ii B.C.), IG5(1).1390.16 (Andania, i B.C.), [full] σᾱμᾶον CIG5168 ([place name] Cyrene):—= σῆμα in all senses, and more common in Prose, but never in Hom. or Hes.:A mark by which a thing is known, Hdt.2.38;σημεῖα τῶν δεδικασμένων.., σημεῖα πάντων ὧν ἔπραξαν Pl.R. 614c
; sign of the future, τυραννίδος ς. A.Ag. 1355;σ. λαβεῖν ἔκ τινος E.Hipp. 514
; trace, track,σημεῖα δ' οὔτε θηρὸς οὔτε του κυνῶν.. ἐξεφαίνετο S.Ant. 257
, cf. El. 886;τῆς καταβάσεως X.An.6.2.2
; of a cork on a buoy, Paus.8.12.1.b [dialect] Dor., tomb, IG12(3).452 (iv B.C.), CIGl.c.2 sign from the gods, omen, S.OC94;τὰ ἀπὸ τῶν θεῶν σ. γενόμενα Antipho 5.81
, cf. Pl.Phdr. 244c, Ap. 40b, X.Cyr.1.6.1; wonder, portent, LXX Ex.4.8, al.;σ. καὶ τέρατα Plb.3.112.8
, Ev.Matt.24.24, Ev.Jo.4.48, cf. IPEl.c., D.S.17.114;φόβηθρα καὶ σ. ἀπ' οὐρανοῦ Ev.Luc.21.11
; esp. of the constellations, regarded as signs,δύεται σημεῖα E.Rh. 529
(lyr.), cf. Ion 1157.3 sign or signal to do a thing, made by flags, ἀνέδεξε σημήϊον τοῖσι ἄλλοισι ἀνάγεσθαι he made signal for the rest to put to sea, Hdt.7.128; signal for battle, τὰ σ. ἤρθη, κατεσπάσθη, Th.1.49,63, etc.; καθαιρεῖν τὸ ς. to take it down, strike the flag, as a sign of dissolving an assembly, And.1.36; τὸ τῆς ἐκκλησίας ς. Ar.Th. 278; ὕστερος ἐλθεῖν τοῦ ς. Id.V. 690: generally, signal,σ. ὑποδηλῶσαί τινι ὅτι.. Id.Th. 1011
;τὰ σ. αὐτοῖς ἤρθη Th.4.42
; τὸ σ. τοῦ πυρός, ὡς εἴρητο, ἀνέσχον ib. 111; signal to commence work, [ἡ] τοῦ σημείου ἄρσις Ath.Mitt.35.403
(Pergam.); σημείῳ ἀβαστάκτῳ, σημείοις ἀβαστάκτοις with unremoved signal (s), of gymnasia, i.e. never closed, IGRom.4.446 (ibid.), Abh.Berl.Akad.1932(5).44(ibid., ii A.D.).4 standard or flag, on the admiral's ship, Hdt.8.92; on the general's tent, X.Cyr.8.5.13; ἔξω τῶν ς. out of the lines, ib.8.3.19.5 landmark, boundary, limit, ἔξω τῶν σ. τοῦ ὑμετέρου ἐμπορίου out of the limits of your commercial port, D.35.28; of milestones, Plu.CG7, Hdn.2.13.9.6 device upon a shield, Hdt.1.171, E.Ph. 1114; upon ships, figure-head, Ar.Ra. 933, Th.6.31, E.IA 255 (lyr.).7 signet on ring, etc., Ar.Eq. 952, V. 585, Pl.Tht. 191d, al., X.HG5.1.30, D.42.2, PRev.Laws 26.5 (iii B.C.); figure, image,Διὸς κτησίου Anticl.13
; badge,τρίαιναν σ. θεοῦ A.Supp. 218
: pl., written characters,γράψαι σημήϊα.. φωνῆς IG14.1549
([place name] Rome).8 watchword, war-cry, Plb.5.69.8;ἀπὸ σ. ἑνὸς ἐπιστρέφειν τὰς ναῦς Th.2.90
, cf.X.HG6.2.28.II sign, token, indication of anything that is or is to be, S.OT 1059, E.Ph. 1332;σ. φαίνεις ἐσθλὸς.. γεγώς S.El.24
, cf. OT 710;τέχνης σ. τῆς ἐμῆς Id.Ant. 998
; so laterτὰ σ. τῶν καιρῶν Ev.Matt.16.3
, etc.2 in reasoning, a sign or proof, Ar.Nu. 369, Th.1.6,10, And. 2.25, etc.;τούτων ὑμῖν σημεῖα δείξω Aeschin.2.103
, cf. 3.46;τάδε τὰ σ. ὡς.. X.Ages.1.5
;σ. εἰ.. Pl.Grg. 520e
; ὅτι ἀγαθὸς ἦν.., τοῦτο μέγιστον ς. Id.Min. 321b; τὸ μὴ ἐκδυθῆναι οὐδὲν σ. ἐστι is no proof to the contrary, Antipho 2.2.5; also, instance, example, Hp.VM 20; σημεῖον δέ· to introduce an argument, D.21.149, Isoc.4.86,107, etc.3 in the Logic of Arist., a sign used as a probable argument in proof of a conclusion, opp. τεκμήριον (a demonstrative or certain proof), APr. 70a11, SE 167b9, Rh. 1357a33.b in Stoic and Epicurean philos., sign as observable basis of inference to the unobserved or unobservable, Epicur.Ep.2p.43U., Phld.Sign.27, al., S.E.M.8.142, al.; περὶ σημείων (dub. sens.), title of work by Zeno, Stoic.1.14.4 Medic., symptom, Hp.Morb.3.6, 15, Aret.SD1.9, Gal.1.313, 18(2).306.5 pl., shorthand symbols, Plu.Cat.Mi.23, Gal. Libr.Propr.1, POxy.724.3 (ii A.D.), Lib.Or.42.25.III = στιγμή, mathematical point, Arist.APo. 76b5, Ph. 240b3, Euc.Def.1, al.; also ς. (with or without χρόνου) point of time, instant, Arist.Cael. 283a11, Ph. 262b2sq.2 in Prosody and Music, unit of time, Aristid.Quint.1.14, Longin.Proll. Heph.5.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > σημεῖον
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117 ἀόχλητος
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118 ἄτη
A bewilderment, infatuation, caused by blindness or delusion sent by the gods, mostly as the punishment of guilty rashness,τὸν δ' ἄτη φρένας εἷλε Il.16.805
;Ζεῦ πάτερ, ἦ ῥά τιν' ἤδη.. βασιλήων τῇδ' ἄτῃ ἄασας 8.237
;Ζεὺς καὶ Μοῖρα καὶ.. Ἐρινὺς.. φρεσὶν ἔμβαλον ἄγριον ἄτην 19.88
(so ἀλλ' ἐπεὶ ἀασάμην καί μευ φρένας ἐξέλετο Ζεύς ib. 137); ἄτην δὲ μετέστενον ἣν Ἀφροδίτη δῶχ' ὅτε μ' ἤγαγε κεῖσε, says Helen, Od.4.261.2 Ἄτη personified, the goddess of mischief, author of rash actions,πρέσβα Διὸς θυγάτηρ, Ἄτη, ἣ πάντας ἀᾶται Il.19.91
, cf. 9.504, Hes. Th. 230, Pl.Smp. 195d;Ἄτης ἂν λειμῶνα Emp.121.4
; coupled with Ἐρινύς, A.Ag. 1433.II of the consequences of such visitations, either,1 [voice] Act., reckless guilt or sin,Ἀλεξάνδρου ἕνεκ' ἄτης Il.6.356
: in pl., deceptions, 10.391: or,2 [voice] Pass., bane, ruin, 24.480, Hdt.1.32; ἐγγύα, πάρα δ' ἄτα prov. in Thales ap.Stob.3.1.172: τὸ πῆμα τῆς ἄτης the anguish of the doom, S.Aj. 363 (lyr.); ;Πειθὼ προβουλόπαις.. ἄτης Id.Ag. 386
(lyr.): pl., Id.Pers. 653 (lyr.), 1037 (lyr.), S.Aj. 848, etc.; strokes of fate,ἀνδρείη τὰς ἄτας μικρὰς ἔρδει Democr.213
.3 Trag., of persons, bane, pest,δίκην ἄτης λαθραίου A.Ag. 1230
; .b ill-fated person, A.Ag. 1268 codd.—Not in Comedy (unless read for αὐτῆς, Ar. Pax 605 ) nor in [dialect] Att. Prose (exc. as pr.n.and in quotations ofἐγγύα, πάρα δ' ἄτα Cratin.
Jun.12, Pl.Chrm. 165a), but found in Arist.VV 1251b20;κῆρας καὶ ἄτας D.H.8.61
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119 Ἐπικούρειος
Ἐπικούρειος, ον,A of Epicurus, Epicurean,ἄτομα AP11.93
(Lucill.);φιλόσοφος Act.Ap.17.18
, etc., cf. Str.14.2.20; Ἐπικούρειον, τό, ` utilitarian' doctrine, Cic.Fam.3.9.2; οἱ Ἐ. the Epicureans, Luc.Herm.16.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > Ἐπικούρειος
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120 ἐφεδρεία
ἐφεδρ-εία, ἡ,2 in war, reserve, Plb.1.9.2, D.S.17.12, D.H.9.57 (pl.): but in pl., observationposts, Ath.Mech.16.4.III lying near, protection, ἡ τῶν πολεμίων ἐ. Plb.23.16.2; station, post, τῷ φυγόντι ἐξ ἐ. Id.1.17.11; lying in wait, Plu.Flam.8, Onos.14.1.IV watchfulness against symptoms of disease, περὶ ἐ., title of work by Antonius the Epicurean, Gal.5.1. (Sts. written -ρία.)Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἐφεδρεία
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