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3
Γαβριήλ
Gabriel
A proper name. Also [sc attested is] Gabrielas, [also] a proper name.
high
short
γ
6
Γάγγραινα
gangrene
A type of ailment.
high
short
γ
7
Γάδειρα
Gadeira, Gades, Cadiz
A place in the western part [of the world], the very end of the sea, a sort of outlet between our sea and the Atlantic sea, the ocean, which it was not possible to …
high
architecture
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3
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3
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3
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3
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3
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1
trade and manufacture
1
medium
γ
8
Γάζα
riches
Also [sc. attested is] gazofula/kion ["riches-safe"], treasure-safe. For 'riches' [means] treasure. "He found a great abundance of supplies and barbarian riches, and 3 [thousand] talents of silver". "Ptolemy, taking [them] round, showed them the …
high
short
γ
12
Γάϊος
Gaius
Emperor of [the] Romans. At first he handled the affairs of the empire in a high-minded fashion and dealt with his subordinates professionally. But after two years he deviated from human nature and, in …
high
long
γ
16
Γαλακτίων
Galaktion, Galaction
Proper name.
high
short
γ
18
Γαλαξίας
galaxy, the Milky Way
[Meaning] the light in the sky; [the one] which is a reflection of the sun's light when the stars are not shining.
high
short
γ
23
Γαλλαίῳ
with a Gallian
[Meaning] with [something] of the Galli. "Having often offered, with the Gallian howl of Cybele, the cry, hard on the hearing, [that comes] from their mouths, she dedicated these tresses to the mountain goddess …
high
short
γ
37
Γαλιλαῖοι
Galileans
See when the Christians were called by a new name in [the entry on] Naziraians.
high
short
γ
68
Γαστήρ
belly, stomach
[Meaning] the gut/intestine. Homer throughout calls [sc. this body-part] bellies, not guts/intestines. And [sc. there is] a proverb: "you cite for me the belly, noblest reproach of all, when full it is lighter, but …
high
short
γ
74
Γαυνάκας ἀμπεχόμενον
cloaked in mantles
[no gloss]
high
short
γ
93
Γέγονεν ἐν καλῷ
has come good
[Meaning he/she/it] did very well.
high
short
γ
99
Γεδεών
Gideon
Judge of Israel, he smote Midian with those who had stood out in the drinking and also Oreb and Zeeb and Zebah and Zalmunna their leaders; and he tore down the fortress of Peniel, …
high
short
γ
100
Γέεννα
Geena, Gehenna, Ge-Hinnom
[The place of] retribution.
high
short
γ
102
Γεθσημανή
Gethsemane
[no gloss]
high
short
γ
103
Γελγέλ
Gelgel
[Thus] the wheel is called. So just as from a high mountain, when out of the Savior's mouth these words were uttered, they rolled over the inhabited world and ran across all of it …
high
short
γ
124
Γεννάδιος
Gennadios, Gennadius
Patriarch of Constantinople. When he went at night into the holy sanctuary to pray, he saw a demonic apparition and heard it crying out that while he [Gennadios] lived, he [the demon] is yielding, …
high
short
γ
136
Γένεσις
creation, origin, nativity
Fate is also called nativity. Reflection and free will are older than creation. The beginning [is] also [called] origin. Aelian [writes]: "from there also the ailment took its origin".
high
short
γ
144
Γενησαρέτ
Genesaret, Genesareth
Name of a place.
high
short
γ
149
Γενικός
Genikos, Genicus
"Artemios, who was also [called] Anastasios, emperor of the Romans, perceiving that an expedition of Saracens was coming against the city, appointed as leader of the war John [Ioannes], a deacon of the Great …
high
short
γ
164
Γεωμετρία
geometry
Geometry is a science of something which can be known or assumed. For also the things of which geometry is a science are things which can be known and assumed. Egyptians invented this science, …
high
short
γ
170
Γεώργιος
Georgios, Georgius, George
A deacon of the Great Church and [its] archivist, surnamed the Pisidian. [He wrote] Six Days in iambics, some 3000 verses; On the Emperor Heraclius and On the War against the Persians. In addition …
high
short
γ
171
Γεώργιος ἄλλος
another George
[Another George], who taught strange doctrines; see also under Apol[l]inarios.
high
short
γ
219
Γειωρίσαι
to convert to Judaism
[no gloss]
high
short
γ
225
Γηγενέτης
earth-born
[ghgene/ths is the same as] ghgenh/s. Also [sc. attested is the plural] ghgenei=s ["earth-born ones"], properly [meaning] Adam and Eve who were born out of the earth, since they were not born out of …
high
short
γ
229
Γῆ ζώντων
land of the living
[Meaning] the life which is awaited, as separated from death and free of pain. David [says]: "he will raise you up to inherit the earth."
high
short
γ
245
Γηραλέα
elderly (woman)
[Meaning] an old woman. Also [sc. attested is the masculine] ghrale/os, [meaning] an old man. Also [sc. attested is] ghrale/on, neuter. "Now elderly [hands] are embraced."
high
short
γ
269
Γίγνω
I bring into being
[I bring into being] and [sc. also attested is the participle] becoming. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "I become Moses for you"; [there the verb is used] with a dative.
high
short
γ
271
Γίνεται
comes to pass
In reference to "is accomplished" [teleiou=tai] [this is spelled] with iota, but in reference to genna=| ["begets/gives birth"] with a diphthong. Things which come to pass do so in three ways: by dispensation, by …
high
short
γ
274
Γιώρας
Gioras
Proper name.
high
short
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