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α2574Ἀν' οὖς ἔχωνhaving up earsMeaning having one's ears up. And Sophocles [writes]: "upholding the wine-dark ivy." Meaning holding [it] up.highshort
α2658ἈντιγόνηAntigoneA proper name. Also [sc. attested is the adjective] Antigonean. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'Antigonean couch', [meaning] that of Antigonos.highshort
α2663Ἀντίδορονacting as skin, skin-substitute[Meaning] the skin of the skin. In the Epigrams: "and a nut with a green husk acting as skin."highshort
α2676Ἀντικυρίας σοι δεῖyou are in need of helleboreMeaning [you are in need] of (?)authority/power.highshort
α2735ἈντιφάνηςAntiphanesSon of Demophanes -- though others [say] of Stephanos -- and, as his mother, Oinoe; a Kian, though some [say] a Smyrnaian, and according to Dionysius a Rhodian; a comic poet of the middle …highmedium
α2751Ἀντλίαbilge, bilge-water[Meaning] the hold [of a ship]. "So I will seize and take away the bilge[-water] itself". From a metaphor of ships. For antlia is also said to be the efflux of a ship. And …highmedium
α2814Ἄξιοςof a worthy price, worth [something][Meaning] something cheap. Pherecrates in Histos [writes]: "winged wheat worth a garland."highshort
α2815Ἄξιονproper, fine, worthyIs applied to what is just. Thus Demosthenes [uses the word]. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] a)/cion cu/lon ["fine timber"], [meaning timber] well and beautifully worked, good, beautiful. Aristophanes [writes]: "if you're caught …highmedium
α2836Ἀξυλίαlack of timber, want of timber[Meaning] the shortage of timbers. But "in an axulos wood" means in a multi-timbered [one].highshort
α2848Ἀόριστος γῆundefined land[Meaning] that which does not have boundary-stones, and is not seeded. For seeded [land] has boundary-stones, by virtue of being land that has been shared out, until the point where each has the right …highshort
α2854Ἀωρίαιlate, out-of-seasonMeaning inopportunely and not at the required moment. For a)/wra are [crops] being harvested at the wrong time. Aristophanes [writes]: "the prytaneis are coming, but late." "For it is not permitted for Babylonians to …highshort
α2856Ἄωρονout-of-season[Meaning something] improper, distressing, untimely. But some [use this word] to mean unfitting and inconvenient. Also [sc. attested is] a)/wros, [meaning] raw. Unripened. Also [sc. attested is the comparative] a)wro/teron ["more/rather a)/wros"].highshort
α2860Ἄωτονchoicest, flower[Meaning a] blossom, ornament, garland. A headcovering [made] out of tender wools. And a)w/tw| [is] the dative. But an 'earless jug' [a)/wton a)ggei=on] [is] one that does not have ears. Also [sc. attested is] …highshort
α2886Ἁπαλώτερος τρύχνουmore tender than trychnonLook under tru/xnon.highshort
α2896Ἀπανθήσανταhaving faded, having withered[Meaning] having dried-up. "I am most happy, I who have anointed my head with good ointments [...] For they stay on the head a long time. The others, once having faded, all fly away." …highshort
α2952Ἀπ' αἰγείρου θέα καὶ ἐπ' αἴγειρονview from the poplar and (view) at the poplar[Meaning] the one from the outermost [parts]. For a poplar was on the upper part of the theatre, from which those who did not have a place watched.highshort
α2991Ἀπέκειντοthey were set aside[Meaning] they were kept in stewardship. "As regards the dates of the palm trees, the sort that are seen among the Greeks were set aside for the slaves. But those set aside for the …highshort
α2992Ἀπέκνισε ξύλονchopped off a timber[Meaning he/she/it] cut [it] off.highshort
α3067Ἀπεσταύρουνthey were palisading off[Meaning] they were fencing off with stakes. Thucydides [writes]: "using stones and bricks and chopping trees and wood they made a palisade wherever it was at all necessary."highshort
α3069Ἄπεστινis awayMeaning [he/she/it] is removed. Aristophanes [writes]: "he is away in Thrace guarding Eucrates." This man was a general of the Athenians, [also] called Stygax, a bribe-taker and a traitor who was killed by the …highshort
α3086ἈπέτηλονleaflessIn the Epigrams: "and this leafless sea-swimming olive."highshort
α3117ἈπειθῶI disobey[Used] with a dative. [Spelled] with a diphthong [ei]. But a)piqw= [is] perispomenon, as in "whom oak trees did not disobey, whom the lifeless rock followed."highshort
α3156Ἀπηλοημένοςthreshed-out[Meaning] the [grain] which has been gathered from the threshing-floor after being threshed, that is, being trodden. So Demosthenes in the [speech] against Phainippos [uses the term].highshort
α3194ἌπιαpearsA kind of fruit. Plato said a)pi/ous in Laws. It occurs also in Alexis and in Savages of Pherecrates: "grab the pears before stirring [them] up."highshort
α3195Ἄπιονpear*)/apion [is] neuter, but a)/pios feminine.highshort
α3197ἌπιαpearsA kind of fruit. See also under Antiphanes. Elsewhere it is written, that the fruit [is] apia, but apios and apioi [are] the trees.highshort
α3204Ἀπίθανονunbelievable, unconvincing[Meaning] untrustworthy. Also [sc. attested is the related verb] a)pi/qhsan ["they disobeyed"] [spelled] with iota, from the [verb] piqw= [which is] perispomenon. "Whom oak trees did not disobey, and the lifeless rock followed."highshort
α3220Ἁ πίτυςthe pine-tree[a( pi/tus is the equivalent of ] h( pi/tus. Theocritus [writes]: "sweet is the whispered music and that pine tree, goatherd."highshort
α3259Ἀποβράσματαchaff[Meaning] husks [pitura] in Callimachus. "The corn-grinding girl sifted nothing base out of it."highshort
α3334Ἀπὸ καλοῦ ξύλου κἂν ἀπάγξασθαιshould be hanged from a fine timber[Aristophanes] wants to say that it is better to employ noble and well-scrutinized generals than base ones. For if it is necessary to suffer, better to suffer at the hands of someone good than …highshort

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