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β6Βαβαὶ Μύξοςhey Myxos![sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who are boasting and bragging. For Myxos was a priest of Artemis, witty, and a braggart.highshort
β7Βαβρίας ἢ ΒάβριοςBabrias or Babrius; Babrias or Babrios[He wrote] Fables, or Iambic-fables. For these are in choliambs, in 10 books. From the Fables of Aesop he produced his own in verse, specifically choliambs, adapting them from the original prose.highshort
β10ΒαβύλαςBabylasBishop of Antioch. When Numerianus -- or some say Decius -- was prompted by some demon to go into a crowded church, Babylas stood in front of the door and kept him from coming …

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Βαβαὶ Μύξος

hey Myxos!

[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who are boasting and bragging. For Myxos was a priest of Artemis, witty, and a braggart.

Βαβαὶ Μύξος· ἐπὶ τῶν κομπαζόντων καὶ μεγαλαυχούντων. Μύξος γὰρ ἐγένετο τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος ἱερεὺς, ἀστεῖός τις καὶ μεγάλαυχος.

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trade and manufacture11

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meter and music7

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Ross Scaife ✝2

Sean M. Redmond2

Sean M. Redmond2

Christopher Blackwell1

Christopher Blackwell1

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D. Graham J. Shipley1

Oliver Phillips ✝1

Oliver Phillips ✝1

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β11Βαβυλωνία κάμινοςBabylonian oven['Babylonian oven'] and 'Babylonian boys'.highshort

β12ΒαγαῖοςBagaios, BagaeusProper name. "When they cast lots, the lot fell to Bagaios out of all."highshort

β14Βάγιονbagion[Meaning something] great.highshort

β15ΒαγώαςBagoasProper name; [the man] who was a eunuch.highshort

β16Βάδηνstep-by-step[Referring to someone] proceeding at a walk. "Some he sent off ahead, but he himself, leading the army in a square formation, withdrew step-by-step." And elsewhere: "following step-by-step and in a leisurely fashion." Aristophanes …highshort

β19Βαδιστέαnecessary to goMeaning necessary to journey. "For me [it is] necessary to go where wisdom and the spirit lead me".highshort

β22ΒάδιοςBadios[Meaning] son. It also signifies a horse's color.highshort

β30Βάθραfoundations, pedestals, steps, benches"Just yesterday and the day before they had fled from the tavern, and cleaning its benches and sweeping the floor, but now they had put on purple-bordered mantles and pinned them on with gold …highmedium

β31Βαθυγνώμωνof profound wisdomA man [of profound wisdom] [and] of hidden thoughts. Rufinus and Glicho, guardians of the [children of the] emperor Theodosius.highshort

β47ΒάκιςBakis, BacisAn epithet of Peisistratos. [Bakis] was a chresmologue. But Philetas of Ephesos says that there were three Bakises: the one from Eleon in Boiotia, the Athenian, and the Arkadian from the city of Kaphye …highshort

β54Κατεβακχεύοντοcelebrating the mysteries of Bacchus[Meaning he who] is acting frenzied. Also [sc. attested is the related verb] katebakxeu/onto ["they were going like Bacchants"], that is filled with some spirit of divine inspiration. "They were going like Bacchants to …highshort

β59ΒακχυλίδηςBakkhulides, BacchylidesKeian, [i.e.] from Keos the island, but of the city Ioulis (for it has 4 cities, Ioulis, Karthaia, Koressia, Poiessa), son of Medon, [who was] the son of Bacchylides the athlete; a relative of …highshort

β60ΒάκχυριςBakchuris, Bocchuris, Bokchyris[sc. A proverbial epithet] in reference to the most just men. For such a one was he, the king of Egypt.highshort

β67Βαλάντιονpurse[Meaning a] pouch. Eunapius [writes]: "[...] whether he would be avaricious and a slave of their purses. And when they learned these things clearly in this regard they brought the war to a close."highshort

β68Βαλαντιοτόμοςcut-purse, purse-cutter[Meaning a] thief. Also [sc. attested are] balantiotomoi ["purse-cutters"]. "When they spent a lot of money they were considered seducers, catamites, burglers, purse-cutters, kidnappers and such-like sorts." Purse-cutters [are] those who steal purses [balantia].highshort

β72ΒαλεντινιανόςValentinianos, Valentinianus, ValentinianEmperor of [the] Romans. But some [sc. spell it] Oualentinianos. See also under Sallustius.highshort

β73ΒαλεριανόςValerianos, Valerianus, ValerianEmperor of [the] Romans.highshort

β86Βάλλωνpelting, smiting"[Pelting] Socrates and Zeno with jokes out of Dionysiac festivals, and judging their followers deserving to be driven out from the whole land and sea, as being banes of both cities and commonwealth; but …highshort

β88ΒαλτάσαρBaltasar, BalthasarThus Daniel was called as an honor for his clear understanding of secret things.highshort

β92Βάναυσοςartisan, mechanic, banausos[Meaning] any craftsman working by a fire. For a furnace is a baunos. Also, "[Caecilius] ordered the artisans from the agora to bring missiles and stack them up outside at the foot of the …highshort

β93Βάναυσοςvulgar, mechanical, banausic, plebeian"As regards his administration, the things he took pride in were those in which a vulgar tax-collector would take pride. For he used to boast about the fact that there was a lot of …highshort

β103ΒαράμηςBarames, Vahram, Bahram, Baram[no gloss]highshort

β109ΒάρβιοςBarbios, Barbius"Philippicus; this man held office in the time of the Three Tyrants. He was obsequious in his manner and a flatterer, and yet he was numbered among the coterie of Antonius. And this office, …highmedium

β114Βάρειςbarges[Meaning] boats, walls, stoas, courtyards, towers, balls. "He was in charge of barges [or: bastions]". That is, of walls. "Even if your horrible barge is heavily laden, accept me, the dog Diogenes deceased."highshort

β116ΒαρθολομαῖοςBartholomaios, Bartholemaeus, BartholomewProper name.highshort

β121Βάροςweight, influence, gravitas, dignityConcerning Polemon [it has been written]: "he had gravitas of a kind found in some Dorian household management". "Both foreseeing and fearing the influence and the quarrelsomeness of mankind." Meaning the bulk, the strength. …highmedium

β122ΒάροςBaros, BarusA proper name. He was a priest. And look for the story about him under "I am Embaros".highshort

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