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Ἀγάθαρχος
Agatharkhos, Agatharchos, Agatharchus
A proper name. He was an outstanding painter from nature, the son of Eudemos, of Samian stock.
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Ἄγαλμα
decoration, delight, ornament, statue
Anything in which someone takes delight. "And he [A] gives silver, so that he [B] might complete the statue with the utmost artisanry, adding the size and prescribing the nature of the stone."
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Ἄγαλμα Ἀθηνᾶς
statue of Athena
Look under "Athena's"; and see "statue, desolating abomination" under "Antiochos". And see "statue of Apollo" under "Apollo's statue". And see "statue of Dionysus" under "Auxentios".
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Ἀγάλματα
delights, ornaments, statues
[Meaning] the likenesses of the gods, and anything that is decorative in some way. Homer [writes]: "but it is stored away as a delight for the king." And Hesiod calls a necklace an "ornament"; …
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Ἀγαλματοποιοί
statue-makers, sculptors
That is, craftsmen; these [are] in the strict sense Lysippus, Polycleitus, Pheidias.
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Ἀγλαοφῶν
Aglaophon
A proper name.
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Ἄγουσαν
having the weight of, weighing
Being equal in weight. "So having prepared a golden Victory, having the weight of 10,000 gold coins, he sent ambassadors to Rome to convey it to the people."
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Ἀδάμ
Adam
The first human, he who was shaped by the hand of God and formed in the image and likeness of the Creator and Founder; he was also deemed worthy of a dwelling in Paradise. …
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Ἀείδελον
dark, obscure, invisible
[Meaning] unseen. Also [sc. attested is] a)eide/s ["deformed/unsightly"], [meaning something] painful. Also [sc. attested is] a)eide/steron ["more/rather shapeless"], [meaning] formless. "[Craftsmen] who take the formless and rather shapeless copper and stretch and fashion it …
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Ἀεὶ τοῖς ἐρῶσιν σύνεσμεν
always we associate with love(r)s
Aristophanes [sc. says this] about birds. Because lovers give noble birds to please their beloveds. And the nuthatch or some other sort of bird appears fortunate for lovers. "I, o Leukippe, [am] a fortunate …
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Ἀθηνᾶς ἄγαλμα δόρυ κρατεῖ
Athena's statue holds a spear
Because of the steadfastness and masculinity [sc. of such an attribute]; likewise also a shield, from her turning-away every treachery through her wisdom; for [wisdom] is [close] to intelligence. And they gave her a …
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Ἀκάκιος
Akakios, Acacius
The patriarch of Constantinople, he was revered as no other. For he was the guardian of orphans, and it was evident to all that he managed the affairs of the orphans well and with …
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Ἀκρωτήριον
extremity
[no gloss]
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Ἀκυληΐα
Aquileia
A populous city of Italy, lying on [= by] the sea. Also [sc. attested are] 'Aquileians', [meaning] the citizens [of it].
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Ἀλαβαστοθήκας
perfume-bottle boxes, scent-bottle boxes
Demosthenes calls boxes of scent-bottles [this]. In common parlance they call them murothekai ["unguent-boxes"]. Alabastoi are flasks of which one cannot take hold because of [their] smoothness. Aristophanes [writes]: "into the scent-bottle one ladle …
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Ἀλάβαστρον
alabastron, unguent-flask
[Meaning a] vessel of [= for] unguent, without handles, [made] of stone, or a stone unguent-box.
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Ἀλλαξάμενος
having chosen, having exchanged
[Meaning he] having preferred. "For the sake of profit the unfortunate man having chosen mutilation; and [this] was an example and a lesson to all, not to risk or to profit by similar things".
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Ἀλκαμένης
Alkamenes, Alcamenes
A proper name. The Lemnian.
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Ἀμάχιος
Amachios, Amachius
This man was the chief official of a small Phrygian city under Julian the Apostate, and a fanatical pagan. As the shrines were open, a certain Makedonios and Theodoulos and Tatianos in zeal for …
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Ἀμφίθετον φιάλην
set-about bowl, set-about phiale
On every part of it when it is placed, [it is] without a base. Not the drinking vessel that we use, but a type of basin, which is able to rest on every side.
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Ἀμφιστεφέες
crowned-around, surrounding like a crown
[Meaning ones which are] brim-full, entwined with each other.
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Ἀναγαλλίς
Anagallis
[Anagallis], the female grammarian from Corcyra, who attributes the invention of ball-games to Nausicaa, the daughter of Alcinous.
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Ἀνακεῖσθαι
to be erected, to be set up
In reference to statues. But katakei=sqai and katakekli/sqai [are used] in reference to [sc. reclining at] table. And a)nakei=sqai [is said] often instead of katakei=sqai.
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Ἀναποληκοῦν
snapping
The image making sounds with its fingers, striking [them] together, so that it is snapping with its fingers; also search under Sardanapalos.
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Ἀνασείειν
to agitate
[Meaning] to shake out, as also we [say]. "For, not agitating [them?], he was following (?)Kalamis". Also [ac. attested is] a)nasei/w, [meaning] I persuade or I incite to battle. "Agitating the Syracusans and declaring …
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Ἀνδρείκελον
man-like
[Meaning] like a man. It also means the painters' compound, which is called choice of colours.
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Ἀνδριάντα γαργαλίζειν
to tickle a statue
[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to things that are impossible.
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Ἀναίμονες
bloodless [ones]
[Meaning those] lacking blood. Also [sc. attested is the singular form] a)/naimos, [meaning] one not having blood. Also [sc. attested is the adverb] a)naimwti/ ["bloodlessly"], [meaning] without blood. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] …
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Ἀνθέμιον
flower
[Meaning] gold that is choice/pure. Also [sc. attested is] Anthemios, a proper name.
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Ἀνθέμων
flowers
[Referring to] roses. Aristophanes: "would that some Eros would take and unite you and me, just like the one in the picture", he says. And again: "who has a wreath of flowers". That is, …
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