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α923Ἀκονιτίdustless[Meaning] away from dust. Without struggle and fight; or comfortably, from a metaphor of athletes who win so comfortably that they do not even get dusty.highshort
α924ἈκόνιτονaconiteA kind of plant [sc. which is also a] drug. "But by drinking aconite he escaped this [sc. charge] a)koniti/." That is, without trouble.highshort
α3250Ἀποβάτηςdismounter[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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Ἀκονιτί

dustless

[Meaning] away from dust. Without struggle and fight; or comfortably, from a metaphor of athletes who win so comfortably that they do not even get dusty.

Ἀκονιτί· χωρὶς κόνεως. ἄνευ ἀγῶνος καὶ μάχης· ἢ εὐμαρῶς, ἀπὸ μεταφορᾶς τῶν ἀθλητῶν τῶν οὕτως εὐμαρῶς περιγινομένων ὥστε μηδὲ κονίσασθαι.

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α3383Ἀπολελοιπότεςhaving left behindMeaning [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.highshort

α3434Ἀπομάττεσθαιto 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 …highshort

α4438Αὐλητοῦ βίον ζῇςyou are living a piper's life[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those living from means not their own; insofar as pipers live for free by watching out for those who are sacrificing.highshort

β69Βαλβίς Βαλβῖδοςstarting-post; starting-post's[Meaning a] low column, the starting-point, and the turn. "Just like those driving four-horse chariots despatched from some starting-post, once the gate had been opened." Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "at [the] starting-posts", …highmedium

δ1043Διιππασίαdiippasia[diippasia] and anippasia: [both mean] a contest of horses, precisely as diomosia and antomosia both mean the same thing.highshort

δ1053Διιτρέφης ἀνεπτέρωκενDiitrephes has set (him) flyingIn reference to those persuading [someone] into some activity. Aristophanes [writes]: "Diitrephes with his words has set my boy terribly flying into horse-driving". For this man was previously a flask-weaver, but then became a …highshort

ε525Ἐκολάβησαςyou gulped down, you swallowed up[Meaning] you collided with. In full, [this means] after wrestling him down and enveloping him and shaking him you are extorting money from him. [The verb comes] from the [phrase] 'to step on the …highshort

ε741ἙλλανοδίκαιHellanodikaiAt first the Eleans appointed a single Hellanodikes, then two, and eventually nine. But Aristodemos of Elis [asserts] that the Hellanodikai who eventually held the contest were ten [in number], one from each tribe.highshort

χ200Χέρρεως[wall] of CherrisA particular fortress. "For by the swiftness of his feet Indakos ran in a single [day] from the wall of Cherris into Antioch".highshort

χ240Χειραλειπτήσαςhaving practiced wrestling-holds"Fabius the Dictator, like a good athlete, only entered the fray after having practiced wrestling-holds for a long time". Meaning having trained his grip.highshort

χ249Χειροβρῶτιwith a hand-gnawing[Referring to] a fetter, one eating both hands off.highshort

χ256Χειρονομεῖνto spar[Meaning] to box. "The statue depicts a man shadow-boxing, because Glaukos was very well-suited to spar[ring]".highshort

χ530Χρόμαδοςcrash, crunch[no gloss]highshort

χ573ΧρυσόγονοςChrysogonos, ChrysogonusA proper name.highshort