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27
Ἔβελος
ebelos, ebony
[Meaning] the timber [of that name]. Also [sc. attested is] e)/benos [used] likewise.
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32
Ἐβίσκος
ebiskos, ebiscus
According to doctors [this means] the mallow, the one also called althaea.
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ε
49
Ἐγένετο καὶ Μάνδρωνι συκίνη ναῦς
even Mandron got a fig-wood ship
[sc. A proverbial phrase] used in reference to those who have been fortunate beyond their hopes and deserts, and then give themselves airs at their present circumstances. For Mandron was chosen admiral amongst Athenians, …
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ε
52
Ἔγεστα
egesta, agesta
A military device, erected out of stones and timbers and earth. "Those working on this make a screen of goat-hair cloths, which are called Cilician, having sufficient thickness and length, and they attached them …
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74
Ἔγκαρπον
fruit-containing, fruitful
[Meaning] pregnant. "Philippos had a liaison with Arsenoe, but then left her fruit-containing by him, and he took Olympias as his wife".
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short
ε
337
Ἑκάβη
Hekabe, Hecuba
[sc. The name means] she who from afar [hekathen] has come [bebekuia] to her husband. For her father Dymas, the Phrygian, gave her in marriage to Priam in Troy. Thus Priam fights alongside the …
high
short
ε
352
Ἐκκαρπωσάμενοι
having reaped rewards
[Meaning they] having taken large revenues.
high
short
ε
371
Ἐκκαυλίζων
de-stalking
[Meaning he] breaking off, pulling up. From a metaphor of people pulling up vegetables.
high
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ε
375
Ἐκβεβόλβισται
has been uprooted
[Meaning he/she/it] has been dug out of the ground.
high
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ε
388
Ἐκδέχεσθαι
to accommodate
[Meaning] to deflect, to impede. "And wattle-screens were spread out to accommodate the barbarians' arrows."
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ε
420
Ἐκκεχιλωμένην
grassed-over
[Meaning] falsified; or dried out. [sc. The verb is used] because grass grows on dry land; that is, a pasture. In effect, uncared-for.
high
short
ε
472
Ἐκκλησίαν
church
Christ called the church his own body, and through this [church] he ministers as a man; but he receives offerings as God. The church offers the symbols of his body and of his blood, …
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short
ε
484
Ἐκλόνησεν
drove into confusion
[Meaning he/she/it] threw into disorder. But e)klw/nise ["pruned"] [means he/she/it] cut twigs.
high
short
ε
514
Ἔκνιζεν
was chafing, was scratching
[Meaning he/she/it] was biting. [A usage stemming] from grass. Herodotus [uses the word].
high
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ε
524
Ἐκκοκκίσας
de-seeding, removing the seeds
[Meaning] making desolate. From a metaphor of pomegranates, which are expelling their seeds; for just as the cities are the shelters of men, so also are the pomegranates of their seeds. The rustic [Trygaeus] …
high
short
ε
555
Ἐκ παντὸς ξύλου
out of every timber
[sc. This version of the proverb] leaves out "something light might come". It is also said of things easily despised when seen, but necessary. But others [say that it relates] to things which have …
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ε
569
Ἐκπήγνυσθαι
to be frozen stiff
The [verb that means] to be astounded.
high
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ε
591
Ἐκ πολλῶν ἀχύρων ὀλίγον καρπὸν συνήγαγον
out of a lot of chaff they collected a small harvest
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who labour hard but reap small harvests.
high
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ε
644
Ἑκτεύς
hekteus, sextary, sixth
It is a measure, which they say is the same as the choinix. Aristophanes [writes]: "so do you know that you have lost a sixth of wheat?". That is, three obols' worth.
high
short
ε
669
Ἔκτοπον
strange
[Meaning something] altered, forceful, large. Aristophanes [writes]: "there is a certain tree which has grown strange, above Kardia -- Kleonymos: not at all useful, and otherwise terrible and big. In the spring this [tree] …
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medium
ε
701
Ἔκυλος
ekulos, ekylos
A kind of plant, but akulos is the fruit of the holm-oak.
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ε
721
Ἐκφυλλοφορεῖν
to leaf out
Those who had held a certain public office, if they were examined by the council and caught out [sc. in wrongdoing], the councillors used to write their names on olive leaves and place [sc. …
high
short
ε
722
Ἐκφυλλοφορῆσαι
to leaf out
['To leaf out'] and 'leafing-out'. If ever any of the citizens [sc. of classical Athens] appeared to be a wrongdoer and [thus] unworthy of belonging to the council of the 500, the council used …
high
medium
ε
729
Ἐλάα
olive
[e)la/a means] the fruit; but e)lai/a [means] the tree. They used to call the fruit that ripened on the tree gige/rimos; but among us [it is called] r(oupa/ta.
high
short
ε
733
Ἐλαΐδας
olive-trees
[Meaning] trees of the olive.
high
short
ε
742
Ἐλαολόγοι
olive-gatherers
"Like olive-gatherers you go along with him who has the pay".
high
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ε
743
Ἐλαολόγοι
olive-gatherers
[Meaning] those picking the olives. *)elai/a [is] the tree, but e)la/a the fruit.
high
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ε
764
Ἐλαία
olive
[*)elai/a is] the tree, but e)la/a the fruit.
high
short
ε
765
Ἐλαιόδευστος
oil-drenched
[Meaning] that which is soaked with olive oil.
high
short
ε
766
Ἔλαιον ἄγριον
wild olive
[Meaning] the wild-olive [sc. tree].
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short
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