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77
Ἐγκατελέγησαν λίθοι
stones were laid in
Meaning were built in. And Homer [writes]: "and laying dry-stone walls."
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ε
112
Ἐγκοπεύς
chisel
[Meaning a] stonemason's tool.
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ε
195
Ἔδαφος
floor, foundation
[Meaning] earth/ground.
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ε
204
Ἔδεθλον
floor
[Meaning] foundation.
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short
ε
214
Ἐδείματο
he built for himself
[Meaning] he constructed. [Formed] out of the [verb] de/mw ["I build"], [meaning] I construct.
high
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ε
215
Ἐδείμαντο
they built
[Meaning] they made a house. Also [sc. attested is] e)deima/toun ["they were terrifying"], meaning they were frightening, they were bringing into terror and fear. "Serpents very great in size drew them together and were …
high
short
ε
222
Ἕδη
abodes
[Meaning] sanctuaries. [Also meaning] foundations. [Formed] out of the [noun] e(/dos.
high
short
ε
244
Ἑδναία
hednaia
[Meaning] the seat/throne.
high
short
ε
248
Ἕδος
hedos
[Meaning] the statue, and the place on which it stands.
high
short
ε
249
Ἕδος
seat
[Meaning] floor, foundation, sanctuary, temple. "And venerating the temple of fortune, his ancestral one, he prayed for (?)his return."
high
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ε
256
Ἑδωλιάσαι
to furnish with seats
[Meaning] to make to sit together.
high
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ε
332
Ἐθρίγκωσεν
fenced
[Meaning he/she/it] encompassed, surrounded with a barrier/barricade/palisade.
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ε
368
Ἑκατόμπεδος νεώς
Hundred-foot temple
The Parthenon at Athens. Also [sc. attested is] 'Hundred-footer': Lycurgus [sc. calls it so]. The Parthenon used to be called Hekatompedos by some because of beauty and graceful proportions, not because of size.
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short
ε
583
Ἐκπλινθεύσας
having unbricked
Isaeus [sc. uses this aorist participle] to mean [he] having demolished and taken out the bricks.
high
short
ε
732
Ἑλλάδιος
Helladius, Helladios
Of Alexandria. Grammarian. He lived under the emperor Theodosius the younger. [He wrote] Use of all Kinds of Diction (alphabetically arranged); Description of Ambition; Dionysus, or Muse; Description of the Baths of Constantius; Praise …
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short
ε
789
Ἑλένη
Helen, Helena
[Helena,] empress, mother of Constantine the great, adorned with every virtue. She used to show Christ-like humility to all, but especially toward the sacred order of the monastics. For gathering those women who practice …
high
medium
ε
804
Ἐλευθέριος
of Freedom
Zeus was called [this] for this reason, because freedmen [eleutheroi] built the portico near him. So [says] Hyperides. But Didymus maintains that it is not because of this, but because of the fact that …
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ε
806
Ἐλευθεριώτερος Σπάρτης
freer than Sparta
[sc. A proverb arising] because of the [Spartans'] independent and noble spirit. Hence they did not even surround themselves with walls, educated [in this regard?] by laws. Rather, they were not even willing to …
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short
ε
926
Ἐμάλθαξαν
they softened
"In the steep and slippery spot they stuck wooden stakes into the slope, and stabilized them in the middle with others going crosswise, and put hurdles of wood on top; [thus] they softened the …
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short
ε
1120
Ἐναποματτόμενοι
being imaged, receiving an impression
[Meaning they] carving/moulding.
high
short
ε
1140
Ἐναύλισμα
abode, quarters
[Meaning a] dwelling-place.
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short
ε
1145
Ἐναφῆκαν
they let drop into
[Meaning] they put into. "They let drop wedges into the oak, so that it might split".
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ε
1172
Ἐνδιάει
resides
[Meaning he/she/it] stays, lives. "I am delighted only by those eyes, in which a sweet hope resides". Also [sc. attested is] e)/ndios in Homer, [meaning] of noontime. Also [sc. attested is] e)/ndia: "the threefold …
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ε
1256
Ἐνέρσει
fastener
"They destroyed with iron the timber with which, fitted to the wall on each side as a fastener, they are accustomed to join the gates."
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ε
1430
Ἐνράσσει
dashes against
[Meaning he/she/it] rushes impetuously against. Josephus [writes]: "Samson dashes against the very gates and the doorposts and the bars, and whatever other woodwork was around them."
high
short
ε
1525
Ἐξαληλιμμένος
[having been] smeared-over
[Meaning having been] smeared.
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ε
1535
Ἔξαμμον μιλίου
exammon of the Milion
See under the [entry] 'Basilica'.
high
short
ε
1594
Ἐξέδρα
exedra, seating area
"He started mounds: one [..., the other] near the Northern exedra, which was between the two gates." And elsewhere: "they dwelt near the Museum and the exedra."
high
short
ε
1620
Ἐξελοφίζετο
used to be quarried out
"The earth used to be quarried out of the earth-hills of Dikaiarcheia."
high
short
ε
1831
Ἐξῳκοδόμηται
is built
"The wall [is built] ... so that when, on top, Proxenides of Bragsville and Theogenes" -- [scholion:] both braggarts -- "drive two chariots in opposite directions with yoked horses as big as the wooden …
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