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Ἁμιλλητήριον
contest-ground
[Meaning a] place in which they have contests.
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1597
Ἁμιλλῶμαί σοι
I vie with you
[Meaning] I compete with you.
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1687
Ἀμυστὶ πιεῖν
to drink in one gulp
['In one gulp' is] an adverb. It is said in reference to those who drink without breathing and without resting, that is without even closing the mouth. Related to this is also the [verb] …
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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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1791
Ἀμφῶες
two-eared
[Two-eared] and [sc. also attested is] two-handled. Also [sc. attested is] a)mfwti/dwn ["ear-muffs"], [meaning] of ones which have two ears. And [there is] a proverb: "up to the ear-muffs"; in reference to those things …
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1840
Ἀναγώνιστος
uncontending
[Meaning] one who was not a contender. Xenophon [sc. uses the word].
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1853
Ἀναδεῖ
binds
[Meaning he/she/it] wreathes, puts round. Also [sc. attested is] a)nadei=sqai, [meaning] to be enwreathed. Also [sc. attested is] a)nadh/sasqai, [meaning] to have been enwreathed. Also [sc. attested is] a)nadh=sai, [meaning] tying fillets on a …
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1912
Ἀνακωχεύει
refrains
In Sophocles [this means] reins in. Also [sc. attested is the infinitive] a)nakwxeu/ein, [meaning] to fix the sails and let the ship ride when a storm arises at sea. Strictly speaking one says 'to …
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1981
Ἀναξαγόρας
Anaxagoras
A sophist, son of Hegesibulus, of Clazomenae. He was nicknamed 'Mind', since he said that matter and mind are the guardian of all things. This is the man who said that the sun is …
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2352
Ἀνέφερε
recovered, buoyed up
[Meaning he/she/it] showed, took up. "The first man drove in with a spirited and well-bred horse, and he scarcely recovered above the clamour." And elsewhere: "in some cases he was trembling with fear, but …
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2475
Ἀνιππασία
Anippasia and Diippasia
[Meaning in both cases a] contest of horses. Just as "oath" [diomosia] and "affidavit" [antomosia] both obviously show the same thing.
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Ἀνθιππασία
equestrian sham-fight, anthippasia
[Meaning] the equestrian contest [of that name].
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Ἄνθρωπος
man
The appellative. Also [sc. attested is] Anthropos, a personal name of the Olympic boxing victor, whom Aristotle mentions in Ethics. "But personally, I said, I think that this is the only thing needed by …
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2602
Ἀνταγωνίζομαι
I am a match for, I compete with
[Used] with a dative.
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Ἀντίμαχος
Antimachus, Antimachos, Antimakhos
The Sputterer; this man was a melic poet. He was called Psekas ["Sputterer"] since he sprinkled [with spit] whomever he was talking with. There was also an Olympian called Psekas because of this. This …
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2699
Ἀντίπαλον
matched in opposition
It means three things: opposed and equally-matched and equally-balanced. "For the contest will not be of evenly matched force[s]."
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Ἀντισθένης
Antisthenes
An Athenian, a Socratic philosopher from [among] the orators, who was first called a Peripatetic, then became a Cynic; he was the son of a father who had the same name, but a mother …
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Ἀντωμοσία
affidavit
Meaning an] indictment under oath against someone, concerning [his] alleged wrongdoings. But a diomosia [is] the oath made by both sides who are pleading the case, by one to accuse the one who did …
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Ἀπεψησάμην
I wiped away
[Meaning] I wiped off. For they say a)poya=n for e)kma/ssein ["to wipe off"]. Also [sc. attested is] a)pe/yhsan ["they wiped away"], [meaning] they shook off. "If [our forefathers] fell on the shoulder in some …
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Ἀπίκιος Μάρκος
Marcus Apicius
[He] whose name has a great reputation for prodigality and extravagance and indolence of life and general depravity. Junius Blaesus and Lucius were the two consuls. When Blaesus was invited to the feast, he …
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Ἀπὸ βαλβίδος
from a starting-line
[Meaning] from the beginning.
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Ἀποβάτης
dismounter
[Dismounter] and to dismount and dismounting-circuits: a dismounter is [sc. participant in] an equestrian competition, and to dismount [is] to compete as a dismounter. Dismounting-circuits [are] those [so called] from this competition.
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Ἀπὸ γραμμῆς
from the line
That is, from the beginning. Out of a metaphor from the starting-point of runners and from the line that they call 'start' and 'turning-post'.
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3305
Ἀποδύντες
stripping off [clothes]
Meaning [they] having stripped themselves off. From a metaphor of athletes, who strip off their outer clothing, so that they may do the choral dance vigorously. Aristophanes [writes]: "but let us, stripping off, follow …
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3383
Ἀπολελοιπότες
having left behind
Meaning [they] having defeated. The metaphor [comes] from runners. For those who are winning leave behind those being defeated. So [I]socrates in Panathenaikos and Panegyrikos.
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Ἀπομάττεσθαι
to model
[Meaning] to restore, to imitate, and to represent. Also [sc. attested is the related participle] a)poma/ttwn [used by] Demosthenes in the [speech] For Ktesiphon. Some [use it] to mean rubbing down, others to mean …
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3712
Ἄπτωτος
secure
[Meaning] one who is fearless.
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Ἀργέου υἱός
Argeas' son
"And somehow the son of Argeas, contrary to the blow he intended, unfortunately struck his brother's chest [with his spear] and killed him." "Many other sins were committed by Theramenes, the teacher of Isocrates, …
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Ἀριστεῖον
prize for valor
[Meaning] the prize given to those who have been the bravest. Also [sc. attested is] Aristeian, [the adjective] from the [name] Aristeus.
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Ἁρμάτειος τροχός Ἁρμάτειος
chariot wheel
["Chariot wheel"] but [sc. also attested is] "chariot nome" [a(rma/teios no/mos], and "chariot tune" [a(rma/teion me/los], from a(/rma ["chariot"].
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