κατὰ Φιλίππου α΄ (5)

ἆθλον

prize of contest, Il. 23.413, 620, etc., Pi. O. 9.108, al., A. Supp. 1033, E. Hel. 43; τῶν Ἀθήνηθεν ἄ., inscr. on Attic prize amphorae, CIG 776, etc.; ἆ. μουσικῆς IG 2.814; in Prose, ἆθλα ἀρετῆς Th. 2.46; ἁμαρτημάτων Lys. 1.47. Phrases: ἄεθλα κεῖται or πρόκειται prizes are offered, Hdt. 8.26, 9.101; ἆθλα προφαίνειν, προτιθέναι offer prizes, X. Cyr. 2.1.23, Hier. 9.4; τιθέναι Pl. Lg. 834c; ἆθλα λαμβάνειν, φέρεσθαι to win prizes, Pl. R. 613c, Ion 530a, etc.; ἆθλον νίκης λαμβάνειν as the prize, Arist. Pol. 1296a30, cf. Th. 6.80; ἆ. ποιεῖσθαι τὰ κοινά Th. 3.82; τὰ ἆθλα ὑπὲρ ὧν ἐστιν ὁ πόλεμος D. 2.28; ἆθλα πολέμου Id. 4.5; τῆς ἀρετῆς Id. 20.107; βέλτιον τοῖς δούλοις ἆ. προκεῖσθαι τὴν ἐλευθερίαν Arist. Pol. 1330a33.

ἄν

a would be or would have been the case if the condition were or had been fulfilled. The impf. with ἄν refers to continued action, in Hom. always in past time, exc. perh. καί κε θάμʼ ἐνθάδʼ ἐόντες ἐμισγόμεθʼ Od. 4.178; later also in pres. time, first in Thgn. 905; πολὺ ἂν θαυμαστότερον ἦν, εἰ ἐτιμῶντο it would be far more strange if they were honoured, Pl. R. 489a; οὐκ ἂν νήσων ἐκράτει, εἰ μή τι καὶ ναυτικὸν εἶχεν he would not have been master of islands if he had not had also some naval power, Th. 1.9. The aor. strictly refers only to past time, Pi. N. 11.24, etc.; εἰ τότε ταύτην ἔσχε τὴν γνώμην, οὐδὲν ἂν ὧν νυνὶ πεποίηκεν ἔπραξεν if he had then come to this opinion, he would have accomplished nothing of what he has now done, D. 4.5, al., but is used idiomatically with Verbs of saying, answering, etc., as we say I should have said, εἰ μὴ πατὴρ ἦσθʼ, εἶπον ἄν σʼ οὐκ εὖ φρονεῖν S. Ant. 755, cf. Pl. Smp. 199d, Euthphr. 12d, etc.: the plpf. refers to completed actions, as ὃ εἰ ἀπεκρίνω, ἱκανῶς ἂν ἤδη παρὰ σοῦ τὴν ὁσιότητα ἐμεμαθήκη I should have already learnt . . , ib. 14c; εἰ ὁ ἀνὴρ ἀπέθανεν, δικαίως ἂν ἐτεθνήκει Antipho 4.2.3.

εἰ

b aor. referring to past time, εἰ μὴ ἔφυσε θεὸς μέλι . . ἔφασκον γλύσσονα σῦκα πέλεσθαι Xenoph. 38; εἰ μὴ ὑμεῖς ἤλθετε, ἐπορευόμεθα ἂν ἐπὶ βασιλέα had you not come, we should be on our way . . , X. An. 2.1.4; καὶ ἴσως ἂν ἀπέθανον, εἰ μὴ ἡ ἀρχὴ διὰ ταχέων κατελύθη Pl. Ap. 32d, cf. Il. 5.680, Od. 4.364, D. 4.5, 27.63: with plpf. in apodosi, εἰ τριάκοντα μόναι μετέπεσον τῶν ψήφων, ἀπεπεφεύγη ἄν Pl. Ap. 36a.

ἐπιτείχισμα

fort or stronghold placed on the enemyʼs frontier, v.l. in Th. 8.95, cf. X. HG 5.1.2 ; τινί or ἐπί τινα against one, κατασκευάζειν ὑμῖν ἐ. τὴν Εὔβοιαν D. 8.66 ; ἐπὶ τὴν Ἀττικήν Id. 18.71 ; κατὰ τῆς πόλεως D.H. 3.43 : c. gen., ἔχουσι τοσαῦτʼ ἐ. τῆς αὑτοῦ χώρας holding so many fortresses which command his country, D. 4.5.

μέσος

a ἐν μέσσῳ, = ἐν μεταιχμίῳ, Il. 3.69, 90; ἐν τῷ μ. in the midst, Ev.Matt. 14.6; ἡ ʼν μέσῳ [μοῖρα] σῴζει πόλεις the middle class, E. Supp. 244: without ἐν, ἔμβαλε μέσσῳ Il. 4.444; ἔνθορε μέσσῳ 21.233; μέσσῳ ἀμφοτέρων 3.416, 7.277; τῶνδέ τʼ ἐν μ. πεσεῖν E. Ph. 583; ἐν μ. λόγους ἔχειν Id. Hel. 630; μῆκος ἐν μ. χρόνου A. Supp. 735; χρόνος οὑν μ. E. Ph. 589 (troch.); τὰ ἐν μ. what went between, S. OC 583; οἱ ἐν μ. λόγοι the intervening words, Id. El. 1364, E. Med. 819; κλίνης ἐν μ. Id. Hec. 1150; ἐν μ. ἡμῶν καὶ βασιλέως between us and him, X. An. 2.2.3; σοφίας καὶ ἀμαθίας ἐν μ. Pl. Smp. 203e; ἐν μ. νυκτῶν at midnight, X. Cyr. 5.3.52; ἆθλα κείμενʼ ἐν μέσῳ offered for competition (cf. infr. b), D. 4.5, cf. Thgn. 994, X. An. 3.1.21; ἡ τιμὴ ἐν τῷ μέσῳ ἔστω deposited with the court, Herod. 2.90: without ἐν, καὶ μέσῳ πάντες καὶ χωρὶς ἕκαστος both collectively and severally, IG 12(5).872.27,31,38, al. ( Tenos): in pl., κεῖτο δʼ ἄρʼ ἐν μέσσοισι Il. 18.507; ἐν μέσοισʼ Xenoph. 1.7; ἐν μέσῳ εἶναι τοῦ συμμεῖξαι to stand in the way of . . , X. Cyr. 5.2.26; ἡ γὰρ θάλαττα ἐν τῷ μ. is an obstacle, Id. Ath. 2.2; οὐδεὶς ἐν μέσσῳ γείτων πέλεν Theoc. 21.17; οὐδὲν ἂν ἦν ἐν μ. πολεμεῖν ἡμᾶς D. 23.183; cf. ἰμέσος.

ποιέω

B do, much like πράσσω, οὐδὲν ἂν ὧν νυνὶ πεποίηκεν ἔπραξεν D. 4.5; περὶ ὧν πράττει καὶ μέλλει ποιεῖν Id. 8.2, cf. 18.62; ἄριστα πεποίηται Il. 6.56; πλείονα χρηστὰ περὶ τὴν πόλιν Ar. Eq. 811; τὰ δίκαια τοῖς εὐεργέταις D. 20.12; ἅμα ἔπος τε καὶ ἔργον ἐποίεε Hdt. 3.134 fin.; ποιέειν Σπαρτιητικά act like a Spartan, Id. 5.40; οὗτος τί ποιεῖς; A. Supp. 911, etc.; τὸ προσταχθὲν π. S. Ph. 1010; π. τὴν μουσικήν practise it, Pl. Phd. 60e, etc.; πᾶν or πάντα π., v. πᾶς D. III.2, etc.: Math., ὅπερ ἔδει ποιῆσαι, = Q.E.F., Euc. 1.1, etc.