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aetiology158
geography96
definition87
dialects, grammar, and etymology87
mythology81
religion78
biography58
daily life57
history49
ethics46
proverbs44
comedy43

32 more

historiography37
women35
zoology35
food33
military affairs32
poetry28
chronology26
imagery22
science and technology22
gender and sexuality19
rhetoric19
epic18
medicine18

Letter

Α alpha75
Δ delta27
Β beta20
Ε epsilon16
Χ chi11
ΑΙ alphaiota9

Vetting status

high158

Length

Short108
Medium49
Long1

Translator

Jennifer Benedict71
David Whitehead27
Catharine Roth16
William Hutton16
Craig Gibson4
Anne Mahoney3

14 more

Antonella Ippolito3
Robert Dyer3
Ross Scaife ✝2
Stefano Sanfilippo2
Tony Natoli2
Ioannis Doukas1

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α1445ἌλφαalphaIndeclinables, such as alpha, give a nominative sense [when] without an article; if with an article [it is that] of an oblique case. The sound of the alpha, the first and chief letter, took …highshort
α1451Ἄλφιbarley-meal[a)/lfi is short for] a)/lfiton. This [sc. cutting-off the end of a word] is called bitten-off, which they say Epicharmus first discovered.highshort
α1476ἈμαλήκAmalekA proper name. And out of it [sc. comes the adjectival form] Amalekite.highshort

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Ἄλφα

alpha

Indeclinables, such as alpha, give a nominative sense [when] without an article; if with an article [it is that] of an oblique case. The sound of the alpha, the first and chief letter, took its name from the Hebrew…

Ἄλφα· ὅτι τὰ ἄκλιτα, οἷον τὸ ἄλφα, χωρὶς ἄρθρου δίδωσιν ὑπόνοιαν εὐθείας, εἰ δὲ σὺν ἄρθρῳ πλαγίας πτώσεως. ὅτι ἡ τοῦ ἄλφα φωνή, τοῦ πρώτου στοιχείου καὶ ἄρχοντος, ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἄλεφ…

trade and manufacture15

trade and manufacture15

meter and music11

meter and music11

James L. P. Butrica ✝1

James L. P. Butrica ✝1

Joseph McAlhany1

Joseph McAlhany1

Phiroze Vasunia1

Phiroze Vasunia1

α1483ἈμάνAman, HamanThis man managed the regal affairs of Darius and promised to bring in many talents to the king, if he destroyed the Judaeans. As he prevailed, a message was sent out to all the …

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α1578Ἀμησάμενοςhaving shovelled up[Meaning he] having dug up. "Having disturbed the mound and having shovelled up the earth he sought the corpse." And meaning having heaped up with his hands. "Much did your tutor mourn, having heaped …highshort

α1684Ἄμυρις μαίνεταιAmyris is madThe proverb refers to the man of sound mind. For a sacred envoy [theoros] had been sent to Delphi by [the] Sybarites concerning their good fortune, and the god had prophesied that there would …highmedium

α1685Ἀμύσσεινto mangle[Meaning] to agitate, to lacerate, to scrape, to tear at. "Now mangling his cheeks with his talons, now pecking his eyes with his beak." "When he came out of his own division, a raven …highmedium

α1751ἈμφίωνAmphionThis man [was the] discoverer of ancient music. Concerning him, the Transgressor says in a letter: "for you have leisure, and you possess a fine nature, and you love philosophy, if anyone ever has; …highmedium

α1817ἈναγαλλίςAnagallis[Anagallis], the female grammarian from Corcyra, who attributes the invention of ball-games to Nausicaa, the daughter of Alcinous.highshort

α1842ἈναγυράσιοςAnagyrasianAnagyrous is a deme of the [sc. Athenian] tribe Erechtheis, the demesman from which [is an] Anagyrasian. Also [sc. attested is the proverbial phrase] "Anagyrasian spirit". And [there is] a shrine of Anagyros in …highmedium

α1866ἈνάζαρβονAnazarbos, AnazarbusNerva, emperor of the Romans, when Diocaesarea, which is in Cilicia, had been destroyed by an earthquake, sent a senator named Anazarbos; he rebuilt [the city], once called Kyinda, then Diocaesarea, and called it …highshort

α2000Ἀναπεμπάζεινto ponder, to calculate, to count over[Meaning] to go over in the mind, to recollect. It is created from those counting continually and repeatedly with the five fingers of their hand, as if counting by fives [kata\ penta/da]. Also [sc. …highshort

α2130ἈνάχαρσιςAnacharsisThe son of Gnouros and of a Greek mother, a Scythian, a philosopher, brother of Kadui[d]as the king of Scythia. He wrote Customs of the Scythians in verses, Concerning the simplicity of those things …highmedium

α2176ἈνδρόγεωςAndrogeos[*)andro/gews] and in the neuter *)andro/gewn.highshort

α2555Ἄνομοςlawless, unlawful[Meaning] illegal. But a)/nwmos [spelled] with omega [means] he who has no shoulder. From which the descendants of Pelops are also called this: shoulderless. Also [sc. attested is the comparative] a)nwmo/teros ["more/rather shoulderless"].highshort

α2570Ἄννος κρίβανονAnnos (and) the potter's ovenA proverb in reference to those discovering something new. For Annos was an Egyptian who contrived the potter's oven for the baking of bread.highshort

α2591Ἄνωμοςshoulderless[Meaning] he who has no shoulders. From this the descendants of Pelops are also called shoulderless. Also [sc. attested is the comparative] a)nwmo/teros ["more/rather shoulderless"].highshort

α2778ἈνοινάριοςwinelessLike the common idiom. And [there is] a saying: "if he asks for wine, give him knuckles"; in reference to those asking for good things but receiving bad. The history [of this saying comes] …highshort

α2862Ἄπαγέ με εἰς τὰς λατομίαςtake me away into the quarriesA proverb in reference to those not prepared to put up with what is unworthy. For they say that Philoxenus the dithyrambic poet was staying at the court of Dionysius the tyrant, and when …highmedium

α2940ἈπατούριαApatouria, ApaturiaA public festival. It was celebrated amongst [the] Athenians for three days; during it the son of Sitalkes, the king of the Thracians, was registered in the citizenry. They call the first [day] Dorpeia, …highmedium

α3069Ἄπεστινis awayMeaning [he/she/it] is removed. Aristophanes [writes]: "he is away in Thrace guarding Eucrates." This man was a general of the Athenians, [also] called Stygax, a bribe-taker and a traitor who was killed by the …highshort

α3199Ἀππία ὁδόςAppian Way, Via AppiaIt was called this from Appius, a Roman censor, who covered it with stone paving and built aqueducts.highshort

α3402Ἀπόλογος ἈλκίνουAlkino(o)s' story, Alkino(o)s' tale[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who talk nonsense and stretch a tale out at length.highshort

α3723Ἄπυσταunheard (things)[Meaning] inaudible [ones]. "And the Athenians [?were in the position of having?] heard nothing from Theseus."highshort

α3729Ἀράβιος ἄγγελοςArabian messengerMenander in Dedicated Girl or Messenian Woman [uses the phrase]. From the proverb [about the] "Arabian piper". "So I started an Arabian pipe going"; it is applied to those who speak incessantly. Long ago, …highmedium

α3838Ἄρειος πάγοςAres' hill; Areiopagos, AreopagusA lawcourt at Athens. In it [are] 2 councils: that of the 500 which is appointed each year to deliberate, and that which [leads] to a single [body] of the Areopagites. [sc. The latter] …highmedium

α3859Ἀρητήσιον πεδίονAretesian plain[no gloss]highshort

α3863ἈρρηφορίαarrêphoriaA sacrifice [of that name]. If [it is written] with an alpha, [it is] a)rrhfori/a ["carrying of things that cannot be named"], since the maidens used to carry in boxes things that cannot be …highmedium

α3898ἈρισταῖοςAristaios, Aristaeus[The name of] one of the Giants, [the one] who survived. But [sc. a different name is] Aristeus, [genitive] Aristeos. And Aristion likewise. He is a Samian or Plataian, and, since a lad, a …highmedium

α3958Ἄρκτος ἢ ΒραυρωνίοιςI was a bear at the BrauroniaWomen playing the bear used to celebrate a festival for Artemis dressed in saffron robes; not older than 10 years nor less than 5; appeasing the goddess. The reason was that a wild bear …highmedium

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