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botany758
definition607
dialects, grammar, and etymology453
food303
daily life222
comedy215
religion193
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geography163
agriculture155
ethics141

31 more

zoology126
trade and manufacture122
biography119
historiography108
epic107
military affairs99
history97
medicine95
science and technology81
proverbs74
women65
economics63

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Α alpha234
Ε epsilon135
Κ kappa131
Δ delta65
Β beta51
Χ chi32
Ι iota30
Γ gamma27

3 more

ΑΙ alphaiota21
Η eta20

Vetting status

high758

Length

Short669
Medium83
Long6

Translator

Jennifer Benedict258
Catharine Roth143
David Whitehead121
William Hutton69
Ryan Stone28
Nick Nicholas21

33 more

Craig Gibson13
Anne Mahoney12
Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝9
Robert Dyer9
Antonella Ippolito7

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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

α2574

Ἀν' οὖς ἔχων

having up ears

Meaning having one's ears up. And Sophocles [writes]: "upholding the wine-dark ivy." Meaning holding [it] up.

Ἀν' οὖς ἔχων· ἀντὶ τοῦ ἄνω τὸ οὖς ἔχων. καὶ Σοφοκλῆς· τὸν οἴνωπ' ἀνέχουσα κισσόν. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἄνω ἔχουσα.

mythology

mythology

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61

gender and sexuality55

gender and sexuality55

meter and music44

meter and music44

ΕΙ epsiloniota

ΕΙ epsiloniota

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12

Ross Scaife ✝

Ross Scaife ✝

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7

Stefano Sanfilippo7

Stefano Sanfilippo7

Oliver Phillips ✝6

Oliver Phillips ✝6

Carl Widstrand5

Carl Widstrand5

Matthew Farmer4

Matthew Farmer4

Wm. Blake Tyrrell3

Wm. Blake Tyrrell3

Andrew Morrison2

Andrew Morrison2

Ioannis Doukas2

Ioannis Doukas2

James Vradelis2

James Vradelis2

Nicholas Wilshere2

Nicholas Wilshere2

Alexandra Trachsel1

Alexandra Trachsel1

Elizabeth Vandiver1

Elizabeth Vandiver1

Frederick Williams1

Frederick Williams1

Mary Pendergraft1

Mary Pendergraft1

Nathan Greenberg ✝1

Nathan Greenberg ✝1

Phiroze Vasunia1

Phiroze Vasunia1

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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