[1] Similarly in other lexica. The headword is third person singular, imperfect, of i)sxuri/zomai, presumably extracted from the quotation which immediately follows.
[2] Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 2.7.34 (web address 1); on Beroia, cf. beta 245. On behalf of the Beroeans, their bishop, Megas, begs Chosroes (cf. chi 418) to accept as adequate what ransom money the citizens have already tendered; cf. Kaldellis (Wars of Justinian, 88), alpha 2461, delta 244, omicroniota 89, and sigma 1623. For further background on the Persian army's sweep through the Byzantine east in 540 CE, see alpha 465 note.
[3] Procopius, Secret History 12.23 (web address 2), on reports of Justinian's (cf. iota 446) demonic transformations; cf. Kaldellis (Secret History, 59).