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1 ζῶ
ζῶ ([var] contr. fr. ζώω: ζάω only in Gramm., EM410.38), ζῇς (Choerob. in Theod.2.28), ζῇ, ζῆτε (but ζῆς, ζῆ acc. to Anon. ap. EM410.48, Sophronius ap.Choerob.in Theod.2.416); imper.Aζῆ S.Fr. 167
, E.IT 699, ζῆθι (as if from ζῆμι, cf. EM l.c.) Pherecr.11 D., Men.Mon. 191, AP10.43,σύ-ζηθι Philem.
ap. Et.Gen. s.v. ζῆ; opt. ζῴην; inf. ζῆν: [tense] impf. , Ar.Ra. 1072; ἔζην in most codd. of D.24.7 is a form suggested by ἔζης, ἔζη; [ per.] 3pl. , Pl.Lg. 679c: [tense] fut. , Pl.R. 465d, Men.Mon. 186, [Epich.] 267,ζήσομαι Hp.Nat.Puer.30
, D.25.82, Arist.Pol. 1327b5: [tense] aor. 1ἔζησα Hp. Prog.1
, AP7.470 (Mel.), Plu.2.786a, etc.: [tense] pf. , D.H.5.68, etc.: but in [dialect] Att. [tense] aor. and [tense] pf. are mostly supplied from βιόω.- Exc. part. ζῶντος, Il.1.88, Hom. always uses the [dialect] Ep. [dialect] Ion. Lyr. [tense] pres. [full] ζώω (also in Pi.O.2.25, Hdt.7.46, al., Diog.Apoll.4, Herod.2.29, IG12(8).600.9 ([place name] Thasos), and Trag. (in lyr.), S.El. 157, OC 1213, cf. BCH47.95 ([place name] Cavalla), Bull.Soc.Arch.Bulg.7.13 ([place name] Macedonia); subj.ζώῃ IG12(8).262.12
(Thasos, v B.C.), cf. Schwyzer 339, al. (Delph.), [var] contr.ζῷ Berl.Sitzb.1927.161
([place name] Cyrene); Cret. [full] δώω Leg.Gort.4.21, al.); inf. ζωέμεναι, -έμεν, Od.7.140,24.436: [tense] impf.ἔζωον 22.245
, Hes.Op. 112, Hdt.4.112; [dialect] Ion.ζώεσκον Hes.Op.90
, Bion 1.30: [tense] aor. 1 ἔζωσα ([etym.] ἐπ-) Hdt.1.120; inf.ζῶσαι IG11(4).1299
([place name] Delos): [tense] pf. part.ἐζωκότα BMus.Inscr.1009
([place name] Cyzicus); inf.ζόειν Semon.1.17
: [tense] impf.ζόεν AP13.21
(Theodorid.). (Root g[uglide]iē-, g[uglide]iō- also in βίος and ὑγιής (q.v.).)I prop. of animal life, live, Hom. (v. infr.), etc.; also of plants,τὸ ζῆν κοινὸν εἶναι φαίνεται καὶ τοῖς φυτοῖς Arist.EN 1097b33
; ἐλέγχιστε ζωόντων vilest of living men, Od.10.72;ζώειν καὶ ὁρᾶν φάος ἠελίοιο Il. 24.558
; , cf. Od.16.439;ζῶν καὶ βλέπων A.Ag. 677
;ζώει τε καὶ ἔστιν Od.24.263
;ζώντων καὶ ὄντων D. 18.72
; ;ζῶσα πόλις καὶ ἐγρηγορυῖα Id.Lg. 809d
;ζῶν καὶ ἔμψυχος Id.Phdr. 276a
; ῥεῖα ζώοντες living at ease, of the gods, Il.6.138, al.; ζῶν κατακαυθῆναι to be burnt alive, Hdt.1.86: c. acc. temp.,ζ. ἤματα πάντα h.Ven. 221
, etc.;ὀλίγα ἔτεα Hdt.3.22
: c. dat. modi, δμῶες.. ἄλλα τε πολλὰ οἷσίν τ' εὖ ζώουσι whereby men live in comfort, Od.17.423, cf. D.60.5;κοράκων πονηρίᾳ Ar.Th. 868
; ἐπὶ τοῖς αἰσχίστοις ἔργοις, ἐπὶ τοῖς παροῦσιν ἀγαθοῖς, And.1.100, Isoc.10.18; also ζῆν ἀπό τινος to live on a thing, Thgn. 1156, Hdt.1.216, 2.36,4.22, Ar. Pax 850, etc.; , D. 57.36, 1 Ep.Cor.9.14: c. part.,ζῆν συκοφαντῶν And.1.99
;ἐργαζόμενοι Arist.Pol. 1292b27
: c. dat. commodi, ζῆν ἑαυτῷ for oneself, dub. l. in E. Ion 646, cf. Ar.Pl. 470, Men.507; τὸ ζῆν,= ζωή, A.Pr. 681, Pl. Phd. 77d (without Art.εἰς ἕτερον ζ. Id.Ax. 365d
);διὰ παντὸς τοῦ ζῆν Ep.Hebr.2.15
; also, a living,τὸ ζ. οὐκ ἔχομεν OGI515.57
(Mylasa, iii A.D.); ζήτω ὁ βασιλεύς long live the king, LXX 1 Ki.10.24; βασιλεῦ, εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ζῆθι ib.Da.3.9; asseverations, ζῶ ἐγώ, καὶ ζῶν τὸ ὄνομά μου, καί.. ib.Nu.14.21; ζῇ κύριος, εἰ.., ὅτι.. , ib.1 Ki.19.6, 29.6; ζῇ ἡ ψυχή σου, εἰ οἶδα ib.17.55.2 = βιόω, live, pass one's life, c. acc. cogn.,ζώεις δ' ἀγαθὸν βίον Od.15.491
;ζ. βίον μοχθηρόν S.El. 599
, cf. E.Med. 249, Ar.V. 506, etc.;ζόην τὴν αὐτήν Hdt.4.112
, cf. Pl.R. 344e;τὸν βίον ἀσφαλῶς Philem.213.5
;ἥδιστον ἀνθρώπων βίον S.Fr.583.4
;νυμφίων βίον Ar.Av. 161
; alsoζ. ἀβλαβεῖ βίῳ S.El. 650
, cf.Tr. 168; ; ;ζ. δοῦλος Id.OT 410
; ἐκ τῶν ἄλλων ὧν ἔζης from the other acts of your life, D.21.134; ποιεῖσθαι φθόνον ἐξ ὧν ζῇς ib.196.3 [tense] aor. 1 ἔζησα, causal, quicken,ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ σου ζῆσόν με LXXPs.118(119).37
, al.II live in the fullest sense,δι' ὧν ζῆν ἐπιστάμεθα X.Mem.3.3.11
, etc.;βιοὺς μὲν ἔτη τόσα, ζήσας δὲ ἔτη ἑπτά D.C.69.19
; in religious or mystical sense, Ep.Rom.7.9, al., cf. Ramsay Cilies and Bishoprics 2p.565 (Phryg.); , etc.: freq. metaph. of things, to be in full vigour,ὄλβος ζώει μάσσων Pi.I.3.5
;ἄτης θύελλαι ζῶσι A.Ag. 819
;ζῶντι χρώμενος ποδί S.Fr. 790
; [μαντεῖα] αἰεὶ ζῶντα περιποτᾶται Id.OT 482
; ἀεὶ ζῇ ταῦτα [νόμιμα] Id.Ant. 457; τὰς ξυμφορὰς τῶν βουλευμάτων ζώσας μάλιστα have most living power, Id.OT45;λόγια ζῶντα Act.Ap.7.38
; ; ζῶσα φλόξ living fire, E.Ba.8; ὕδωρ ζῶν spring water, LXXNu.5.17 (and metaph., Ev.Jo.4.10);ζώσης φωνῆς Cic.Att.2.12.2
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2 εὐανδρέω
A abound in men, Aristeas 108, Str.1.2.40, Ph.1.641;εὐ. πολλῇ ἡλικίᾳ Plu.Cat.Ma.26
:—[voice] Med., Scymn.252, Ocell.4.4.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > εὐανδρέω
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3 παναισθησία
πᾰν-αισθησία, ἡ,Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > παναισθησία
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4 φλοίω
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5 ἰσχύς
A strength of body, Hes.Th. 146, 823, etc.;ἀκμαὶ ἰσχύος Pi.O.1.96
;δεινὸν ἰσχύος θράσος S.Ph. 104
;τὴν ἰ. δεινὰ καὶ τὴν ῥώμην Pl.Smp. 190b
;πρὸς ἰσχὺν ὀφθαλμοὶ ἄριστα πεφυκότες X.Smp.5.5
: pl.,ἰσχύες καὶ ἀσθένειαι Pl.R. 618d
; ; of places, ; of a fortified place, Th.4.35.2 might, power, θεοῦ, θεῶν, A.Th. 226 (lyr.), S.Aj. 118;ἰ. βασιλεία A.Pers. 590
(lyr.), cf. 12(anap.); ὅπου γὰρ ἰ. συζυγοῦσι καὶ δίκη might and right, Id.Fr. 381; φύσεως ἰ., of Themistocles, Th. 1.138; ἐπὶ μέγα ἐλθεῖν ἰσχύος to a great height of power, Id.2.97, cf. 1.85, etc.;παρὰ ἰσχὺν τῆς δυνάμεως Id.7.66
; ἰ. μάχης fighting power, Id.2.97;ἰ. τῆς ἐλπίδος Id.4.65
, cf. 2.62; ἡ τῶν νόμων ἰ. POxy.67.14 (iv A.D.); validity, PGrenf.2.71ii11 (iii A.D.), etc.3 brute force, κατ' ἰσχύν perforce, opp. δόλῳ, A.Pr. 214;πρὸς ἰσχύος κράτος S.Ph. 594
;πρὸς ἰσχύος χάριν E.Med. 538
;ὑπὸ τῆς ἰσχύος Epicr.3.10
;κατέχοντες ἰσχύϊ τὸ πλῆθος Th.3.62
;εἴ τι ἰσχύϊ πράττεται, ἰσχυρῶς πράττεται Pl.Prt. 332b
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6 ἥβη
A youthful prime, youth,νεηνίῃ ἀνδρὶ ἐοικώς, πρῶτον ὑπηνήτῃ, τοῦ περ χαριέστατος ἥβη Od.10.279
, cf. Il.24.348; , cf. Hes.Th. 988;ἐρικυδής Il.11.225
, Hes.l.c.;πολυήρατος Od.15.366
, etc.; ἥβης μέτρον ἱκέσθαι or ἱκάνειν, = ἡβάσκειν, 11.317, 18.217, etc.;ἥβην πολυήρατον ἱκόμεθ' 15.366
, cf. Il.24.728; ἥβης ἀπόνασθαι, ταρπῆναι, 17.25, Od.23.212; ; θρέψασθαί τινα πρὸς ἥβην until manhood, Pl.Mx. 238b;μέχρι ἥβης Th.2.46
.b strength and vigour of youth, [δίσκον] ἀφῆκεν.. πειρώμενος ἥβης Il.23.432
;ἥβῃ τε πεποίθεα χερσί τ' ἐμῇσι Od.8.181
, cf. 16.174; : in pl., (lyr.).c as a legal term, ἥβη was the time before manhood, at Athens sixteen years of age, AB255.15; fourteen acc. to EM359.17, Harp. s.v. ἐπιδιετές; at Sparta eighteen, τὰ δέκα ἀφ' ἥβης (sc. ἔτη), i.e. men of twentyeight, X.HG2.4.32, 3.4.23; τὰ τετταράκοντα ἀφ' ἥ. ib.6.4.17; of women,ἐπεὶ δ' ἐς ἥβην ἦλθεν ὡραίαν γάμων E.Hel.12
.d of oxen,ἥβης μέτρον ἔχοντε Hes. Op. 438
; of the fresh skin of a snake, Nic.Th. 138.2 metaph., cheer, merriment, Pi.P.4.295;δαιτὸς ἥβη E.Cyc. 504
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7 μέτρον
μέτρον, τό,1 measure, rule,μέτρ' ἐν χερσὶν ἔχοντες Il.12.422
;ἐν μέτροισι ταμὼν δόνακας h.Merc.47
; πάντ' ἄνδρα πάντων χρημάτων μ. εἶναι is a measure of all things, Pl.Tht. 183c, cf. Protag. ap. Arist.Metaph. 1053a36;μ. αὐτῷ οὐχ ἡ ψυχή, ἀλλ' ὁ νόμος X.Cyr.1.3.18
.b Math., measure, divisor, Eratosth. ap. Nicom.Ar.1.13, etc.2 measure of content, whether solid or liquid,δῶκεν μέθυ, χίλια μ. Il.7.471
;εἴκοσι δ' ἔστω μ... ἀλφίτου Od.2.355
;ὕδατος ἀνὰ εἴκοσι μ. χεῦε 9.209
, cf. Il.23.268, 741, Hes.Op. 350, 600, etc.; at Samos, of the μέδιμνος, SIG976.55 (ii B.C.); in Egypt, of theἀρτάβη, μ. δοχικόν PTeb.11.6
(ii B.C.); also of smaller units, as μ. ἑξαχοίνικον ib.105.40 (ii B.C.); μέτροις καὶ σταθμοῖς by measure and weight, Decr. ap. And.1.83; in the widest sense, either weight or measure,Φείδωνος τοῦ τὰ μ. ποιήσαντος Πελοποννησίοισι Hdt.6.127
; μ. οἰνηρά, σιτηρά, Arist.EN 1135a2;Κιλικίῳ μ. μετρεῖν OGI579.2
([place name] Cilicia).3 any space measured or measurable, length, size, in pl., dimensions, μέτρα κελεύθου the length of the way, Od.4.389;μέτρα θαλάσσης Hes.Op. 648
, Orac. ap. Hdt.1.47; μορφῆς μέτρα bodily dimensions, E.Alc. 1063; τὰ μ. τοῦ λίθου its distances from a given point in given directions, its position, Hdt.2.121.ά, cf. Pl.Lg. 843e, Plu.Sol.23;ἄστρων μέτρα S.Fr.432.8
;ἀπέχει.. θαλάσσης μέτρον ἑξήκοντα σταδίους Th.8.95
; τῷ Ἴστρῳ ἐκ τῶν ἴσων μ. ὁρμᾶται [ὁ Νεῖλος] starts from the same distances as (i.e. the position corresponding to the source of) the Ister, Hdt.2.33;εἰδέναι τὴν ἑαυτοῦ χώραν μέτρῳ καὶ τόπῳ X.Cyr.8.5.3
;ἐντὸς τῶν μ. τετμημένον μέταλλον Hyp.Eux.35
; later of Time, duration,μέτρα βίοιο ἄρκια APl.4.333
(Antiphil.); ἐτέων μέτρα, ὡράων μέτρον, AP7.334,9.481; μέτρα ἐνιαυτῶν, νυκτός, Arat.464.731;χρονικὰ μ. Simp.
in de An.299.37.b limit, goal, ὅρμου μ. the goal which is the mooring-place, Od.13.101; ἥβης μ. ἱκέσθαι the term which is puberty, Il.11.225, Hes. Op. 132; but, ἥβης μ. ἔχειν full measure of youthful vigour, ib. 438, Thgn.1119;σοφίης, γνωμοσύνης μ. Sol.13.52
, 16.2.4 due measure or limit, proportion,μέτρα φυλάσσεσθαι Hes.Op. 694
;χρὴ κατ' αὐτὸν παντὸς ὁρᾶν μέτρον Pi.P.2.34
;μέτρα μὲν γνώμᾳ διώκων, μέτρα δὲ καὶ κατέχων Id.I.6(5).71
;κατὰ μέτρον Hes.Op. 720
;πίνειν ὑπὲρ μέτρον Thgn.498
;προστιθεὶς μ. A.Ch. 797
(lyr.); τί μ. κακότατος ἔφυ; S.El. 236 (lyr.); μ. ἔχει have a moderating power, Pl.Lg. 836a;πλέον πίνειν τοῦ μέτρου Id.R. 621a
;μ. ἔχειν Id.Lg. 957a
; μέτρῳ, = μετρίως, καταβαίνειν Pi.P.8.78;οὐδεὶς τῷ μ. τὸ πίνειν ἔστεργε Alciphr. 3.32
.5 τίς ἱππείοις ἐν ἔντεσσιν μέτρα.. ἐπέθηκ' checks, i.e. bits, Pi.O.13.20.II metre, Ar.Nu. 638, 641, etc.; opp. μέλος (music) and ῥυθμός (time), Pl.Grg. 502c, etc.; λόγους ψιλοὺς εἰς μέτρα τιθέντες putting into verse, Id.Lg. 669d;τὰ ἐν μέτρῳ πεποιημένα ἔπη X.Mem. 1.2.21
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8 σφυδόω
A to be in full health or vigour, σφυδῶν· εὔρωστος, ἰσχυρός, σκληρός, Hsch., cf. διασφυδόω:—[voice] Pass., δειπνοῦσιν ἐσφυδωμένοι τἀλλότρια they sup even to bursting, Timocl.29; cf. σφυρόομαι. -
9 ἀκμή
A point, edge: prov., ἐπὶ ξυροῦ ἀκμῆς on the razor's edge (v. sub ξυρόν); ἀ. φασγάνου, ὅπλων, Pi.P.9.81, Plb.15.16.3 (pl.);ὀδόντων Pi.N.4.63
, etc.;λόγχης ἀκμή E.Supp. 318
;κερκίδων ἀκμαί S.Ant. 976
; ἀμφιδέξιοι ἀ. both hands, Id.OT 1243; ποδοῖν ἀ. feet, ib. 1034; ἔμπυροι ἀκμαί pointed flames, E.Ph. 1255, cf.πυρὸς ἀκμαί Epicr.6c
odd.II highest or culminating point of anything, flower, prime, zenith, esp. of man's age, ;ἐντῇδε τοῦ κάλλους ἀκμῇ Cratin.195
;σώματός τε καὶ φρονήσεως Pl.R. 461a
; ; ὀξυτάτη δρόμου ἀ. ibid.;ἀ. βίου X.Cyr.7.2.20
, etc.;ἐν ταύταις ταῖς ἀ. Isoc.7.37
; ἐν ἀκμῇ εἶναι, of corn, to be ripe, Th.4.2;ἀκμὴν ἔχειν τῆς ἄνθης Pl.Phdr. 230b
;τοσοῦτον τῆς ἀ. ὑστερῶν Isoc. Ep.6.4
; τῆς ἀ. λήγειν begin to decline, Pl.Smp. 219a:—in various relations, ἀ. ἦρος spring- prime, Pi.P.4.64; ἀ. θέρους mid-summer, X. HG5.3.19;βραχεῖα ἀ. πληρώματος Th.7.14
; ἀ. τοῦ ναυτικοῦ flower of their navy, Id.8.46;ἀ. τῆς δόξης Id.2.42
;ἡ ἀ. τῆς Σπάρτης, τῶν νέων Demad.12
; ἀ. νούσου crisis of disease, Hp.Acut.38:—generally, strength, vigour,ἐν χερὸς ἀκμᾷ Pi.O.2.63
, cf. A.Pers. 1060; ἀ. ποδῶν swiftness, Pi.I.8(7).41, cf. A.Eu. 370;φρενῶν Pi.N.3.39
; συμπεσεῖν ἀκμᾷ βαρύς cj. Id.I.4(3).51: periphr. like βία, ἀκμὴ Θησειδᾶν S.OC 1066.2 Rhet., ἀκμὴ λόγου supreme effort, culmination, climax, Hermog.Inv.4.4, Id.1.10; pl., ib.11, cf. Philostr.VS1.25.7.III of Time, like καιρός, the time, i. e. best, most futing time, freq. in Trag., ; ἔργων, λόγων, ἕδρας ἀκμή time for doing, speaking, sitting still, Id.El.22, Ph.12, Aj. 811: c. inf.,κοὐκέτ' ἦν μέλλειν ἀ. A.Pers. 407
, cf.Ag. 1353;ἀπηλλάχθαι δ' ἀ. S.El. 1338
;σοὶ.. ἀ. φιλοσοφεῖν Isoc.1.3
; ; ἐπ' ἀκμῆς εἶναι, c. inf., to be on point of doing, E.Hel. 897; εἰς ἀκμὴν ἐλθὼν φίλοις in the nick of time, E.HF 532; ἐπ' αὐτὴν ἥκει τὴν ἀκμήν it is come to the critical time, D.4.41; ἀκμὴν εἴληφεν have reached a critical moment, Isoc.Ep.1.1, cf. Plu.Sol.12, 15, 2.656f. -
10 ἐνέργεια
ἐνέργ-εια, ἡ,A activity, operation, opp. ἕξις (disposition), Arist.EN 1098b33, al.;ζῴου Plb.1.4.7
;ἡ χαρὰ καὶ ἡ εὐφροσύνη κατὰ κίνησιν ἐνεργείᾳ βλέπονται Epicur.Fr.2
; opp. ἀογία, Hierocl. in CA19p.461M.: pl., παντοδαπαὶ ἐ. Polystr.p.30 W.;ἐ. καὶ σπουδή PTeb. 616
(ii A.D.); physiological function, Gal.6.21; performance,τῶν καθηκόντων Ph.1.91
; activity, of drugs, Gal.6.467; force, of an engine, D.S.20.95 (but, mechanism, 'action', Hero Aut.1.7).b workmanship, Aristeas 59.2 esp. of divine or supernatural action, Ep.Eph.1.19, al., Aristeas 266;ἐ. θεοῦ Διὸς Βαιτοκαίκης OGI262.4
(Syria, iii A.D.); magical operation,ἱερὰ ἐ. PMag.Par.1.159
.3 pl., cosmic forces,Herm.
ap. Stob.1.41.6.4 Gramm., active force, opp. πάθος, D.T.637.29, A.D.Synt.9.9 (pl.), al.; ἐνέργειαι καὶ πάθη active and passive forms, Alex.Fig.2.14.5 Rhet., vigour of style, Arist. Rh. 1411b28.II in the philos. of Arist., opp. δύναμις, actuality, Metaph.1048a26, al.; opp. ὕλη, ib.1043a20; ἡ ὡς ἐ. οὐσία, substance in the sense of actuality, ib.1042b10; opp. ἐντελέχεια, as actuality to full reality, ib.1050a22, 1047a30; ἐνεργείᾳ actually, opp. δυνάμει, ib.1045b19, al., etc.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἐνέργεια
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11 ῥώμη
A bodily strength, might, Xenoph.2.11, Hdt.1.31, 8.113; γυίων ῥ. A.Pers. 913 (anap.);μεῖζον ἢ κατ' ἐμὰν ῥώμαν S.Tr. 1019
(lyr.);ἐπ' ἀσθενοῦς ῥώμης ὀχούμεθ' E.Or.69
; , cf. Agatho 27; εἴ τῳ.. προλίποι ἡ ῥ. καὶ τὸ σῶμα, i.e. his bodily strength, Th.7.75; ὁ μετὰ ῥώμης γιγνόμενος θάνατος in the full strength or vigour of life, Id.2.43; ὑγίειαν καὶ ῥ. Pl.Phdr. 270b; τὴν ἰσχὺν δεινὰ καὶ τὴν ῥ. Id.Smp. 190b;ῥ. καὶ τόλμῃ D.18.220
;ῥώμης ἀκμή Eub.7.6
: pl., πιστεύοντες ταῖς αὑτῶν ῥ. Lys.24.16; ταῖς τῶν σωμάτων ῥ. X.Cyr.3.3.19.2 of nations, armies, and the like ,τὴν παροῦσαν νῦν ῥ. πόλεως Th.4.18
.3 of things, strength, force, might,δορός E.Supp.26
; ; ; alsoῥ. ψυχῆς X.Cyr.4.2.14
; ; τοῦ λέγειν ib. 711e; ; ἡ τῶν λόγων ῥ. Cratin.Jun.7.3.4 οὐ μιᾷ ῥώμῃ not single-handed, S.OT 123: a force, i.e. army, X.An.3.3.14, HG7.4.16.5 confidence,τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις ἐγεγένητό τις ῥ., διότι τοὺς Ἀθηναίους ἐνόμιζον διπλοῦν τὸν πόλεμον ἔχοντας.. εὐκαθαιρετωτέρους ἔσεσθαι Th.7.18
, cf. 42, 4.29.
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Melancthon — Philipp Melancthon † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Philipp Melancthon Collaborator and friend of Luther, born at Bretten (in Unterpfalz, now Baden), 16 February, 1497; died at Wittenberg, 19 April, 1560. (1) His Rearing and Education… … Catholic encyclopedia
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