[1] The second of these senses is the one illustrated in what follows here.
[2] Same glossing in other lexica, and cf. a scholion on Plato, Theaetetus 143D, where the headword occurs in the nominative plural (web address 1). The quotation was not identified by Adler but is very plausibly identifiable via the TLG as an approximation of Cassius Dio 60.15.2: e)pi/docos au)tarxh/sein e)gego/nei. See on this Theodoridis' Photius edition, vol.II p.LXXXIX.
[3] Procopius, Secret History 12.8 (translation at web address 2, Greek text at web address 3); cf. Kaldellis (Secret History, 57). The son of Basileos (cf. PLRE IIIa s.v. Basilius(1)) of Edessa (cf. epsilon 207), Ioannes (cf. PLRE IIIa s.v. Ioannes(30)), was given by Belisarius (cf. beta 233) to Chosroes (cf. chi 418) as a hostage during negotiations (542 CE) over the withdrawal of Persian forces from Roman territories in the east; cf. Kaldellis (Wars of Justinian, 119).
[4] Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 1.13.12 (web address 4); prior to the Battle of Daras (cf. delta 68) in 530 CE, Roman general Belisarius (beta 233) receives intelligence that the Persians plan to attack the city; cf. Kaldellis (Wars of Justinian, 29) and lambda 693.
[5] Menander Protector fr. 10.5 Blockley.