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Γαβίνιος
Gabinius
A Roman proper name.
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Γάγγης
Ganges
A king of the Ethiopians, whom Alexander [the Great] killed, "[...] 10 cubits tall, with a youthful beauty that no other man has yet matched, son of the river Ganges. His father would flood …
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Γάζα
riches
Also [sc. attested is] gazofula/kion ["riches-safe"], treasure-safe. For 'riches' [means] treasure. "He found a great abundance of supplies and barbarian riches, and 3 [thousand] talents of silver". "Ptolemy, taking [them] round, showed them the …
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Γαϊανός
Gaianus, Gaianos
Of Arabia. Sophist; a pupil of Apsines of Gadara. He lived in the time of [the emperors] Maximus and Gordian. [He wrote] On Construction (5 books); Art of Rhetoric; Declamations. He practiced as a …
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Γάϊος
Gaius
[Gaius] Julius Caesar, the first sole ruler. He wrote a translation of Aratus' Phaenomena, and an Art of Grammar in Latin, as well as an autobiography.
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Γάϊος Καῖσαρ
Gaius Caesar
who was nicknamed Caligula. [He wrote an] Art of Rhetoric, in Latin.
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Γάϊος
Gaius
Emperor of [the] Romans. At first he handled the affairs of the empire in a high-minded fashion and dealt with his subordinates professionally. But after two years he deviated from human nature and, in …
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Γάϊος Λαυτώριος
Gaius Laetorius, Gaios Lautorios
Cognomen Marcus. The Romans' hatred of knavery and their lack of mercy towards those who trespass the common values and customs of human nature are illustrated by this man. For he was appointed tribunus …
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Γαλακτίων
Galaktion, Galaction
Proper name.
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Γαλαξίας
galaxy, the Milky Way
[Meaning] the light in the sky; [the one] which is a reflection of the sun's light when the stars are not shining.
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Γαλάται
Gauls, Galatai, Galatians
In the time of Scipio the Roman general and of Hannibal the Carthaginian, the Romans defeated the Gauls who were in Asia. These were a portion of the western Gauls. Having abandoned their own …
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Γαλεάγρα
weasel-trap, iron-maiden
[Meaning a] device for punishment. "As a finale they threw [him?] into a weasel-trap all shut up with iron bolts and rolled it on rough ground." And elsewhere: "but he threw [him] into an …
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Γαληνός
Galenos, Galenus, Galen
The exceptionally distinguished doctor; of Pergamum. Lived under the emperors Marcus, Commodus and Pertinax in Rome. Son of Nicon, a geometer and architect. He composed many works on medicine and philosophy, and also on …
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Γάλλος
Gallus
[Meaning a] eunuch. In the Epigrams: "Gallus the long-haired, the lately-cut, a Lydian from Tmolus who once shrieked long for dancers." Also [sc. attested is the plural] Galloi ["Galli"], eunuchs. "Gnaeus [Manlius], the Romans' …
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Γάμβρειος στολή
Gambreian garb
[no gloss]
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Γαμέτης
bridegroom
[Meaning] a husband, a [male] spouse. "With the wedded bridegroom he came into Ephesus."
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Γαῦλος
parasite, stooge, merchant-ship, bucket, pail
[Meaning] one living off others or one easily cheated. Or a sort of Phoenician cargo vessel, or a light vessel. But gaulo/s, oxytone, [is] the shepherd's vessel, which receives the milk. Herodotos [writes]: "and …
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Γαῦρον
disdainful, haughty, undaunted
[Meaning] stubborn, great, unswerving, unswayed. Aristophanes [in] Frogs [writes]: "for there is nothing so haughty as Herakles." Agathias [writes]: "Belisarius produced a greater and more undaunted undertaking, and was glad of the victory." And …
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Γαῦρος
haughty
"But he, being a haughty man and arrogant and habituated to military campaigns and regarding the principal good in human affairs [to be] honor and fame and overflowing wealth, and to possess for himself …
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Γεγαννυμένος
exulting in
[Meaning one who is] glorying in. "How was a man exulting from childhood in royal pomp and great flattery and choosing a very barbarous way of life thus disposed?"
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Γεδεών
Gideon
A general of the Hebrews. When he intended to go to war with the Midianites and the Arabs and Amalekites, God stood over him [in a dream] and advised that he lead the army …
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Γεδεών
Gideon
Judge of Israel, he smote Midian with those who had stood out in the drinking and also Oreb and Zeeb and Zebah and Zalmunna their leaders; and he tore down the fortress of Peniel, …
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Γελάδας
Geladas
A sculptor, the teacher of Pheidias.
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Γελασείω
I want to laugh
[Meaning] I am desirous of laughing. Damascius [writes]: "now the outcome of this deed will offer an excellent laugh even for one who does not at all want to laugh."
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Γελασίνοις
with dimples
[Meaning] with the lines that come about from laughing. In the Epigrams: "and marked with curving dimples she gleamed white from the tenderness of her derriere." Democritus the Abderite was called "Dimple" because of …
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111
Γελίμερις
Gelimeris
Proper name.
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113
Γέλων
Gelon
Proper name. But ge/lwn [sc. is also an alternative for] ge/lwta. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "I am laughing at you." Interpretation of a dream: if you laugh in your sleep you will …
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Γέλως πλατύς
broad laughter
The Persian "had driven to such an extent of insolence as to pour broad scorn upon his informants." Simocat[t]a says [this].
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118
Γέλοιος
laughable
[Meaning] the most ridiculous, [accented] proparoxytone. But [differently-accented] geloi=os [means] a laughing-stock. And [there is] a proverb: "you will end up more laughable than those who try to polish millet, or just like Murmêkides …
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Γεμίνιος
Geminios, Geminius
Proper name.
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