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- α1Ἂ ἄah! ah!In Aristophanes an adverb accompanying surprise and command. "Ah! ah! Don't get that torch near me!" 'Ah! ah!' must be read separately, not elided; and they both have smooth breathing.. For if they were …highshort
- α2Ἀαγέςunbroken, unbreakable[Meaning something] unshattered, strong.highshort
- α3Ἀαδεῖνto disturb[Meaning] to harass, to be at a loss, to be treated unjustly, to go hungry.highshort
- α4Ἀάλιονundisciplined[Meaning something] disorderly, powerless. But a(/lion [means] in vain.highshort
- α5Ἄαπτοςirresistable, invulnerable[Meaning someone/something] unharmed. Herodianus says about a)/aptos that it comes from i)a/ptw ['I harm'], and after adding alpha-privative and dropping the 'i' [it becomes] a)/aptos, "whom no one can harm." Or perhaps the 'a' …highshort
- α6ἈαρώνAaronProper name.highshort
- α7ἈασάμηνI was addled[Meaning] I did wrong, I slipped up; I was damaged, in the sense of "I was overcome by folly."highshort
- α8Ἀάσαιto harm, to infatuatehas four meanings: to glut, to go to sleep, to harm, to cause pain.highshort
- α9Ἀάσχετοςirresistible[Something/someone] uncontrollable.highshort
- α10ἈββᾶAbba, FatherThe ancients called God "Father" from a feeling of relationship. Moses said, "You have forsaken God who begot you." And Malachi: "One God begot us and is our father." They were in a state …highmedium
- α11Ἀβάκησανthey kept quiet[Meaning] they were unaware, they did not understand.highshort
- α12ἈββακούμHabakkuk, Abbakoum, Avvakoum[A name meaning] father of awakening. For the [word] abba means father, and koum means awakening. So also in the Holy Gospel: "Talitha, koum," that is, "young girl, get up." From which [it is] …highshort
- α13Ἀβάλεwould that[Meaning] o that. "Would that [...]."highshort
- α14Ἄβαλενthrew[a)/balen is found] meaning e)/balen.highshort
- α15ἈβάντειοςAbanteios, Abantius, AbantianThe [house] of Abas. Also [attested is] Abantiades.highshort
- α16Ἄβαξι[in/on/with] planks, abacusesWhat we call a)ba/kia. The Lawmaker [says] in the Martyrdom of Saint Thecla: "Tryphaina was overcome by suffering, and was seen lying like the dead on the slabs." So he says.highshort
- α17Ἄβαπτοςuntempered[Meaning] most/very unsharpened. Also [sc. attested is the superlative] a)bapto/tatos.highshort
- α18ἌβαριςAbaris, AvarsScythian, son of Seuthes. He wrote the so-called Scythinian Oracles and Marriage of the river Hebros and Purifications and a Theogony in prose and Arrival of Apollo among the Hyperboreans in meter. He came …highmedium
- α19ἈβαρνίςAbarnisName of a city.highshort
- α20ἌβαςAbasA sophist, who left Historical Commentaries and an Art of Rhetoric.highshort
- α21Ἀβασάνιστοςuntested[Meaning someone/something] unexercised or unexamined, unscrutinized. The word comes from the test of the goldsmith's stone, on which they scrutinize gold. Aelian in his On Providence used the word 'untested' to mean 'without pain'.highshort
- α22Ἀβάσκανοςunprejudiced[Meaning someone/something] deceit-free, envy-free. "He [Mithradates] became an unprejudiced witness to Caesar of the achievements of Antipater."highshort
- α23Ἄβατονinaccessible[Meaning something] sacred, unapproachable, desolate; also an 'inaccessible' road, [meaning] impassable.highshort
- α24ἈβαχθανῆabakhthaniA Hebrew expression.highshort
- α25Ἀβδέλυκταunhateful [things][Meaning] those which do not cause pollution, at which one would not feel disgust or hatred. The word [is] somewhat tragic. Aeschylus in Myrmidons [writes]: "indeed, for I love them, they are unhateful to …highshort
- α26ἌβδηραAbderaThe sea, and a name of a city and 'Abderite' [is] the citizen [of it]. Also Phalera and Kythera [sc. are spelled with eta]; but Gadeira, Stageira, Topeira, and Dobeira [sc. are spelled with …highshort
- α27ἈβδιούAbdiou, ObadiahProper name.highshort
- α28Ἀβέβαιοςunreliable, unsteady[Meaning he who/that which is] unstable and easily overturned.highshort
- α29Ἀβέβηλαinviolable [places][Meaning] places that must not be walked on, holy and sacred places. For be/bhla meant what is not holy or sacred, where anyone may walk. Also [sc. attested is] be/bhloi, [meaning] those who do …highshort
- α30ἌβελAbelSon of Adam. This man was chaste and just, and a shepherd of flocks; out of these he offered a sacrifice to God and was accepted, but was then killed because he was envied …highmedium