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Ἀδιαβηνή
Adiabene
This territory lies this side of Mesopotamia, effectively at the source of the Tigris. In it there is bitumen which is called naphtha. It is called Adiabene because there are rather large rivers in …
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542
Ἄδυτον
adyton, innermost sanctuary
A cave, or the hidden part of the shrine.
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578
Ἀετώματα
gables
They call the roofs of shrines wings and gables. Aristophanes [writes]: "we shall crown the houses in gable style." Meaning we shall cover [them].
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Ἄημαι
I swing, I hang (?)
[sc. The word occurs] in the Epigrams: "a shield from the mortal shoulders of Timanor, I swing beneath the roof in the temple of Pallas." Meaning I am dedicated.
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777
Ἀκαθαίρετος
impregnable, irrefragable
[Meaning] indestructible. "Impregnable tower".
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999
Ἀκρογωνιαῖος
extreme-angled, corner-most
[no gloss]
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1021
Ἀκρότομος
cut-off, sharp, abrupt
[Meaning] hard, lofty. Or a very sharp stone, the one cutting. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "akrotomos rock", [meaning] the hard and uncuttable [sort]. But [sc. also attested is neuter] "akrotomon mountain", [meaning] …
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1143
Ἀλλ' ἔσθι' ἐλθὼν τοὺς Μεγακλέους κίονας
but go and eat the pillars of Megacles
As if he said the wealth [of Megacles]. He is indicating through these [words] that nothing was left to him, except the courtyard. Meaning the stones of Megacles' house. For these alone were left …
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1715
Ἀμφιδέας
anklets, chains
They are leg-bands of a particular kind. But in a special sense Lysias in the [speech] Against Euthydikos says: "[he was] unable to break out, because of the doors being bound with rings."
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1730
Ἀμφιθέατρον
amphitheatre
[Meaning a] place affording views from all sides. Agathias [writes]: "[Butilinus] the leader of the Franks [took them] into a certain amphitheatre; he had built it for the men who would fight for their …
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1819
Ἀνάγαιον
upper storey
[Meaning] a chamber/dwelling-place. *)ana/gaion ["upper storey"] and kata/gaion ["ground floor"] [sc. are spelled] with a diphthong and short o. And look for more explanation under a)nw/gewn.
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1858
Ἀναδομή
rebuilding(?)
[Meaning] redistribution.
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1940
Ἀναλίσκειν
to spend
[Used] with an accusative. Also [sc. attested is] a)nalou=n, [used] both ways. Aristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "for I enjoy saving, and spending again like no one else, when it is necessary." In Banqueters [he …
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2077
Ἀναστάσιος
Anastasios, Anastasius
Emperor of [the] Romans. This man was inclined to baseness and all at once he turned the kingdom into an aristocracy. He sold all the magistracies and associated with wrong-doers and was inclined to …
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2163
Ἀνδρεών
men's quarters
[A term for] the big house in Herodotus.
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2181
Ἀνδρόκμητος
wrought by men's hands
[Referring to a] tomb.
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2194
Ἀνδρῶνα
men's quarters, dining-hall
[Meaning a] house, where the men are accustomed to gather. Aristophanes [writes]: "I will make all the law-courts and stoas [into] dining-halls".
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2196
Ἀνδρωνῖτις
men's chamber, men's quarters
"and (as they say) having escaped the men's quarters to carouse his way into the women's": because it seemed that a short time earlier the general had been defeated by the Lusitanians.
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2219
Ἀνεδείματο
built up again, rebuilt
[Meaning he/she/it] went up. [He/she/it] built up, constructed.
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2550
Ἀνόκαιον
upper floor
[Meaning] the upstairs living-quarters. Xenophon in Anabasis of Cyrus and those associated with the comic poet Antiphanes [sc. use the word].
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2582
Ἀνώγεων
upstairs, upper storey
[Meaning a] dwelling-place. But [sc. note also the spelling] a)nw/geion. Callisthenes said that a)nw/gewn is the prison. *)ana/gaion ["upstairs"] and kata/gaion ["downstairs"] [are spelled] with a diphthong and omicron. The standard is perhaps to …
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2599
Ἀνώφλιον
jamb
The [same as] u(pe/rquron ["lintel"].
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2648
Ἀντήρεις
answering, set-over-against
[Meaning] placed-opposite, meaning [sc. in this instance] equal to the dirges; a metaphor from those rowing, whenever they row equally and the ship is not thrust to one side. So "answering" [means] striking in …
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2972
Ἄπεδα
level grounds
[Meaning] flat grounds. Clidemus [writes]: "and they began to level the acropolis and build round [it] the nine-gated Pelasgikon."
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3265
Ἀπογειῶσαι
to reduce to dirt
[Meaning] to destroy [sc. a built structure] down to its foundations.
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3464
Ἀπὸ ξυστοῦ
from a spear
[It was] Homer [who] said "from a spear".
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3550
Ἀποστέγειν
to keep away
"Nor to have a circuit of walls, one strong enough to keep away and turn back their enemies." That is [strong enough] to keep [them] off, to deter [them].
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3762
Ἄργελλα
argella, vapour-bath
A Macedonian building, which they heat up and wash [in].
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4225
Ἄστεα
towns
[Meaning] cities. Also [sc. attested is] a)/stei+ the dative, and a)/steon, and the [genitive] plural [is] tw=n a)/stewn. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] a)/steos ste/fanos ["town's crown"], [meaning] the wall.
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4352
Ἀτημελία
neglect
[Meaning] disregard, lack of attention. Agathias [writes]: "for the long walls had fallen in many places on account of time and neglect, and the structure of the greatest defensive wall had been destroyed." Also …
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