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military affairs66
imagery48

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rhetoric44
trade and manufacture44
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ethics43
poetry39
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Catharine Roth54
David Whitehead54
William Hutton51
Jennifer Benedict47
Antonella Ippolito8
Craig Gibson7

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Nick Nicholas6
Malcolm Heath5
Ryan Stone5
Giorgos Akrivas4
Alexandra Trachsel3

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γ32ΓαληνόςGalenos, Galenus, GalenThe exceptionally distinguished doctor; of Pergamum. Lived under the emperors Marcus, Commodus and Pertinax in Rome. Son of Nicon, a geometer and architect. He composed many works on medicine and philosophy, and also on …highshort
γ220Γεῖσοςparapet[Parapet] and cornice: [both mean] the top of a wall. Or a house's crown. Also [sc. attested are] gei=sa ["cornices"], [meaning] tops of walls. Or gei=sos, [meaning] a farmer.highshort
γ221Γεισίπουςcornice-footand cornice-footing and [the related verb] to support a cornice. The projecting part of the beam, on which the cornice rests, is called a cornice-foot and cornice-footing; and supporting the cornice is what this …

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Galenos, Galenus, Galen

The exceptionally distinguished doctor; of Pergamum. Lived under the emperors Marcus, Commodus and Pertinax in Rome. Son of Nicon, a geometer and architect. He composed many works on medicine and philosophy, and also on…

Γαληνός, ὁ διασημότατος ἰατρὸς, Περγαμηνὸς, γεγονὼς ἐπὶ Μάρκου καὶ Κομόδου καὶ Περτίνακος τῶν Καισάρων ἐν Ῥώμῃ, υἱὸς Νίκωνος γεωμέτρου καὶ ἀρχιτέκτονος, πολλὰ συντεταχὼς ἰατρικά…

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gender and sexuality

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meter and music6

meter and music6

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Anne Mahoney

Anne Mahoney

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Elizabeth Vandiver3

Elizabeth Vandiver3

Andrea Consogno2

Andrea Consogno2

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D. Graham J. Shipley2

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James Vradelis2

Nicholas Fincher2

Nicholas Fincher2

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Oliver Phillips ✝2

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Ross Scaife ✝2

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Christopher Blackwell1

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Dennis McHenry1

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Kevin Arrowood1

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Matthew Farmer1

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Nathan Greenberg ✝1

Nicholas Wilshere1

Nicholas Wilshere1

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γ284Γλεῦκοςgrape-juice, must[Meaning] what trickles out of the grape before it is trampled. And the tragedy says about Ajax: "his death is bitter to me rather than sweet [as] to them."highshort

γ412Γωνίαcorner[Meaning] that of a house. Also [sc. attested is] gwniasmo/s ["corner-work"]. Lysias in the [speech] Against Lysitheos (if it is genuine) says "for one following the bends in the wall, councilmen, [there is] a …highshort

γ427ΓρατιανόςGratian, Gratianus, GratianosHe, when he heard of the demise of his uncle Valens, immediately pointed Rome in an easterly direction, and condemning the savagery of his uncle Valens against the Christians, he quickly recalled some of …highmedium

γ500Γυναικωνῖτιςwomen's apartments, women's quarters[Meaning] a home/house of [= for] the women. "A women's-apartments phalanx of the eunuchs of Valens."highshort

δ45ΔαμιανόςDamianus, DamianosOf Ephesus. Sophist. He was raised to consular rank under the emperor [Septimius] Severus, was governor of Bithynia, and constructed the domed stoa which extends to the shrine outside Ephesus.highshort

δ65Δάπεδονfloor[Meaning the] ground. Homer [writes]: "the gods sitting by Zeus held their assembly on the golden floor."highshort

δ164ΔέδοιμιI might build[Meaning] I might house-build. "I wish I might build a house!"highshort

δ174Δεκάζεσθαιto be bribed in tens[Meaning] to take bribes. Also [sc. attested in the active voice] 'to bribe in tens' [deka/zein]: to corrupt with money or gifts. Aelian [writes]: "he corrupted many of the nomads, having bribed them in …highmedium

δ206ΔελφίνιονDelphinion, DelphiniumIt is of course a place in Chios; but there is also a shrine of Apollo in Athens so called, where the Delphinion lawcourt used to be.highshort

δ215ΔέμωI build[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] I make a building. From which also [comes] e)dei/mato ["he built for himself"].highshort

δ323Δειμάμενοιhaving built[Meaning they] having constructed buildings. Also [sc. attested is] dei/masqai ["to build"], [meaning] to construct. And deima=n [used] likewise.highshort

δ328Δείμωμενlet us build[Meaning] building we construct houses.highshort

δ472ΔημοχάρηςDemocharesA nephew of Demosthenes. Concerning him, Timaios says that, having acted like a rent-boy with the upper parts of his body he was unworthy to blow the sacred flame, and that in his [sexual] …highmedium

δ572Διακεκναισμένηworn-away[Meaning] destroyed/ruined. Also [sc. attested is the masculine] diakeknaisme/nos, [meaning] withered. "If I were to become pale, like the followers of Socrates, and unshod and clothed in rags [...]". For the horsemen have a …highmedium

δ625Διαλέγουσανenlarging, picking open[Meaning her] building over. For le/gein [sc. can apply to] to building. Also [sc. attested is the imperative] diale/gou, [meaning] dig through! Thucydides [sc. uses the word].highshort

δ652Διὰ μέσου τείχουςof the wall through the middleThere being three [sc. Long] walls in Attica, the Northern and the Southern and the Phaleric, the Southern used to be described as "through the middle" of those on either side. Plato in Gorgias …highshort

δ889Διαιτητήριονdwelling-place, living-room[Meaning a place] in which [people] live their lives.highshort

δ1011Διηνθισμέναςadorned with flowers, befloweredFrom the [verb] dianqi/zw ["I adorn with flowers"], [meaning] I gather flowers.highshort

δ1032Διθύροιςtwo-doored[Meaning] two-fold, with double doors.highshort

δ1101Δικλίςdouble-folding[dikli/s, genitive singular] dikli/dos and [accusative plural] dikli/das, a double door. In the Epigrams: "Galateia swung the double-folding [doors] in my face."highshort

δ1116Δικτυωτήlatticed[Meaning] grate-shaped. Also [sc. attested is the masculine] diktuwto/s, [meaning] complex.highshort

δ1161ΔιόμειαDiomeiaA deme of the [sc. Athenian] tribe Aegeis; [named] from Diomos the [sc. lover?] of Herakles. Aristophanes [writes]: "it just came across my mind, when the festival of Herakles at Diomea is due to …highshort

δ1251Διώροφονtwo-storey[Meaning] the building which has 2 roofs.highshort

δ1333Δοκόςbeam[Meaning] a large timber.highshort

δ1388Δοροδόκοςroof-beam[Meaning] the timber which supports the roof of the house.highshort

δ1449Δῶμαhouse[Meaning] a dwelling. Also [sc. attested is] dwma/tion ["little house"], [meaning] a small dwelling.highshort

δ1554Δρύφακτοιrailings[Meaning] wooden defences, the cross-barriers, or the surrounding fences, or latticed gates, enclosures, the ones now called "boarded", the projecting timbers of the buildings. "After he had collected four hundred merchant-ships, and attached railings …highshort

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