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α4344Ἀτεράμωνtough[Meaning] exceedingly rigid, not softened, unyielding. Properly those pulses which have not been boiled are called tough, as they are not tender.highshort
α4381Ἀτράφαξυςatraphaxus, orachA type of vegetable, which quickly grows to great height.highshort
α4443Αὔλειοςcourtyard [door][Meaning] the first door of the house [sc. as one enters] from the street. Also [sc. attested is the accusative plural] 'courtyard doors.' And for the singular they say auleion as we [do]. Aristophanes …highshort
α4450ΑὐξέντιοςAuxentios, AuxentiusBishop of Mopsuestia, he was one of the so-called confessors. He was one of those attending the emperor Licinius in a prominent capacity in the army, having become one of the clerks whom the …highmedium
α4452Αὔξηincrease[Meaning] growing. 'To be nourished' and 'to be increased' are spoken of in the following ways. Those things that are nourished in each of their parts are also increased. But the things that seem …highmedium
α4463Αὐτάγγελοςself-announcing, announcing what one has seen[Meaning] that which delivers announcements from itself. "For the oak herself will tell you, self-announcing"; for it has writings. And elsewhere: "he would have come from the king/emperor as an announcer of these things …highmedium
α4465Αὐταῖς ἀμάλαιςwith the very sheaves, sheaves and all[sc. A saying] in reference to things that are destroyed utterly. Just like 'with the foundations themselves', 'with the roots themselves.' Because 'sheaf' [is] the crop.highshort
α4479Αὐτίκαforthwith, in a moment[Means] after not much [time]. Right away, instantaneously, abruptly, after a bit, or a little later. But au)ti/ka ma/la means immediately. And [there is] a proverb: "and immediately the plants which are going to …highshort
α4516Αὐτόπρεμνονuprooted, pulled up by the roots[Meaning] with difficulty, root and branch, roots and all, or great. Aristophanes [writes] about Aeschylus: "charging in with his arguments uprooted, to scatter many wallows of words."highshort
α4532Αὐτούργητονself-wrought[Meaning one that is] natural. In the Epigrams: "and a self-wrought stool of heath".highshort
α4539Αὐτῷ στεφάνῳcrown and all, garland and all[Meaning] with the crown itself. "So that each man, drunk, can take a torch and depart, crown and all."highshort
α4545ΑὖχοςauchosThe pulse [sc. of that name]. Masculine.highshort
α4565ἈφαυανθήσομαιI will be dried up[Meaning] I will be withered. Also [sc. attested is] a)fau/ei ["he/she/it dries out"]. Aristophanes [writes]: "reaping others' corn ears, he ties them up and dries them out in the stall, and tries to sell …highmedium
α4611Ἀφιδρύματαimages[Meaning] the statues of the gods. "Thus straightaway the eldest men started bringing a branch of supplication [and] the most ancient of the images in the city".highshort
α4670Ἀχανὲς πέλαγοςyawning sea['Yawning sea'] and [sc. yawning] plain: that which is gaping wide open. "Impassable swamps enveloped [them], and moreover a yawning expanse of plain with no way out, on which more tamarisk shrubs than trees …highshort
α4677ἈχαρνείτηςAcharnite[Meaning someone/something] from Athens. "Often in orchestras and on stages the curving blooming Acharnite ivy adorned his hair."highshort
α4685Ἄχερδοςwild pear-treeSophocles [writes]: "between the hollow wild pear-tree and the marble tomb."highshort
α4689ἈχέταςshrillNot a type of cicada, but an epithet of a cicada, just like a)kanqi/as. [sc. So called] from singing [hxei=n] in thorn-bushes [a)ka/nqais].highshort
α4693Ἄχιakhi, achiMeaning easily.highshort
α4697ἈχιλλείωνAchilleanThat is, barley-corns which are pure and noble, thus called. Aristophanes [writes]: "you wipe [your hands] on Achilleans." Meaning you share in mealtimes in the Prytaneion. Alternatively "Achillean barley-corns" [means] those which are cheap.highshort
α4705Ἄχναιfoam, down[Meaning] light chaff or impurities. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "sea's foam", [meaning] the lightest part of the water, the froth of the sea. In the Epigrams: "a fragrant quince clothed with soft …highshort
α4710Ἀχώνachon[Meaning a] vine.highshort
α4713Ἀχράςachras, wild pearA type of pear. Aristophanes [writes]: "some wild pear must be obstructing [the passage of] my food. -- Is it the one Thrasyboulos talked about to the Lakonians?" The wild pear is blocking the …highshort
α4721Ἀχυρμιαίchaff-heaps[Meaning] the places into which the winnowed chaff is thrown. And in the Epigrams: "and sharp chaff-winnowing threshing-boards."highshort
αι21ΑἶγαgoatThis animal seems to be hostile to the vine. At any rate there is evidently an epigram regarding the nanny-goat as follows: "Even if you eat me to the root, nevertheless I will still …highshort
αι35Αἰγείρου θέαpoplarThe white [sc. variety]. A type of plant. Poplar's view: there was a poplar in Athens near to the shrine; there they used to set up the benches before the theater existed. From this …highshort
αι49Αἴγιλλοςaigillos, aegillus, haver-grassA type of herb.highshort
αι60Αἰγίςgarment; net; web; cuirass; wood-grain[Meaning] the [thing] plaited from garlands and the net that has been braided from garlands. So Lycurgus and Herodotus [sc. use the word]. The priestess in Athens carrying [or: wearing] the sacred aigis used …highshort
αι76Αἰγυπτία κληματίςEgyptian vine-branch.[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to lean and fairly tall men; such a man was Zeno of Citium. It is said that he consulted the oracle to learn how he might live the …highshort
αι96Αἴεσχοςaieschos[Meaning] a branch of laurel.highshort

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