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ε
3379
Εὐαφές
easy to touch, soft; having a gentle touch
… other lexica. The headword is neuter nominative/accusative singular of this
adjective,
evidently quoted from somewhere
(and
see
also
under epsilon 3498). Used of seeds ready to germinate;
also
in metaphorical senses.
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α
4177
Ἀσκὸς ἐν πάχνῃ
a wineskin in a frost
David says: "I have become
as
a
wineskin in
a
frost."
A
wineskin when heated becomes porous
and
when inflated it swells, but in the frost it is hardened
and
frozen. Thus
also
the …
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α
2896
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49
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49
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46
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46
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having 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."
…
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short
κ
1135
Καυλῶ
I form a shoot, I form a stalk
[I form
a
shoot/stalk], [future] I will form
a
shoot/stalk. [sc.
Also
attested
is] e)kkekaulhko/ta
["having
put out
a
shoot/stalk"]:
"all
of the [parts of the] vegetables that have put out
a
shoot/stalk".
Matched in translation
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ε
3971
Ἔφυγον κακόν εὗρον ἄμεινον
they escaped a bad thing [and] found a better
[The saying] is
applied
to those who
are
coming from
a
bad thing to
a
better. For
at
Athens
it was the custom during weddings for
a
boy whose mother
and
father were still …
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medium
ε
1606
Ἐξεκίνησεν
made to move, moved out
[Meaning he/she/it] chased out. Sophokles [writes]: "playing in
a
grove he
made
to move with his twain feet
a
spotted horned stag."
Matched in translation
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short
γ
205
Γέρροιν
with a pair of wickers
Eupolis says
a)po\
staurou= ["from
a
fence"].
And
Demosthenes [writes]:
"and
they set the wickers on fire."
And
[sc. the term can
also
mean] places which
are
fenced in;
also
Persian shields
[made]
out …
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α
1166
Ἀλείψας
having oiled
[Used] with
an
accusative.
[Meaning he]
having
stimulated. From
a
metaphor of
athletes.
"Oiling into endurance those who
are
being wronged".
And
Aristophanes
[writes]: "you oiled from these [sc. olives]
at
the New-moons". Because …
Matched in translation
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short
ι
36
Ἰανοκρήδεμνος
fine-veiled, with a fine veil
[Meaning] one who wears
a
wreath
[made]
out of violets.
Matched in translation
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short
α
2574
Ἀν' οὖς ἔχων
having up ears
Meaning
having
one's ears up.
And
Sophocles [writes]: "upholding the wine-dark ivy." Meaning holding [it] up.
Matched in translation
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short
κ
411
Καρπασινοί
(things) made of linen
… entry in other lexica, beginning with Hesychius kappa860. The headword,
a
nominative plural, is perhaps quoted from somewhere, though some commentators, such
as
Latte on Hesychius, link it with
a
dative plural in the …
Matched in notes
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short
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.
Matched in translation
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short
α
949
Ἀκόλῳ τὰ χείλη οὐ σύκῳ βύσαι
to stuff the lips with a crumb (and) not with a fig
Already
(with
a
gloss) in its correct
alphabetical
place
at
alpha
920, q.v.
Matched in notes
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short
η
567
Ἤρυον
I drew [a liquid], they drew [a liquid]
[Meaning] I/they drained [it].
Also
[sc.
attested
is] h)ru/sato ["he/she/it drew for himself/herself/itself"], [meaning] he/she/it drained.
Matched in translation
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short
α
425
Ἀδάμ
Adam
… human, he who was shaped by the hand of God
and
formed in the image
and
likeness of the Creator
and
Founder; he was
also
deemed worthy of
a
dwelling in Paradise. He could …
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long
δ
209
Δελφὸς ἀνὴρ στέφανον μὲν ἔχει δίψει δὲ ἀπόλλυται
a Delphian man has a crown but dies of thirst.
[sc. The proverb
arises]
since these men wear wreaths because they serve
as
priests for the god, but, lacking the necessities of life, they do not manage.
Matched in translation
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short
ε
1451
Ἐντεθηλόντων
having flourished in
The headword
as
transmitted
appears
to be the perfect
active
participle, masculine/neuter genitive plural, of
a
compound verb e)nqa/llw,
attested
only in lexicography. (It is glossed with the equivalent form of the present participle …
Matched in notes
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short
ι
392
Ἰξιόεν
[made from] chameleon-thistle
Neuter singular of this
adjective.
Nicander mentions
a
potion of this kind
(Alexipharmaca
279, with scholion),
and
the Suda entry surely stems from that passage.
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
843
Διὰ χρόνου
after a time
Meaning
after
a
long time. "[Trygaeus] "Does it seem to you that I would be hurt, master Hermes, if I banged Opôra
after
a
time?" -- [Hermes] "No, not if you should drink
a
…
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medium
α
4479
Αὐτίκα
forthwith, 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 …
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short
β
295
Βίος ἀκανθώδης
a thorny life
[Meaning] one which is harsh
and
difficult, the
ancient
[way of life].
Also
[sc.
attested
is] bi/os
a)lhlesme/nos
["a
civilized life"], [meaning] one which is easy
and
sweet. In reference to those with
an
…
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medium
α
727
Ἀθηνᾶς ἄγαλμα δόρυ κρατεῖ
Athena's statue holds a spear
Because of the steadfastness
and
masculinity [sc. of such
an
attribute];
likewise
also
a
shield, from her turning-away every treachery through her wisdom; for [wisdom] is [close] to intelligence.
And
they gave her
a
…
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short
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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short
α
4450
Αὐξέντιος
Auxentios, Auxentius
… 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 Romans call notarii. The manner …
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medium
β
137
Βασανίζειν
to test
It does not mean
abusing
or punishing or whipping in the
Attic
[authors],
but interrogating without blows
and
investigating the truth through words; from the goldsmith's touchstone [ba/sanos], used metaphorically.
And
Polybius [writes]: "then, …
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medium
δ
431
Δημήτριος
Demetrios, Demetrius
[Demetrios] the son of
Antigonos
[I]
and
Ptolemy [I]
agreed
that there was
a
treaty of
alliance
between them for the liberation for
all
Greece
and
for the mutual defense of each others' territory. …
Matched in translation
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medium
ι
265
Ἱκετηρία
of a suppliant
The young shoot of the olive.
Aeschines
in the Defence [uses the word]. "Of
a
suppliant" is the name for
a
branch of olive, wound into
a
wreath.
Matched in translation
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short
ε
2396
Ἐπὶ κνάφου ἕλκεις
you are dragging [me] on a carding-comb
[Meaning] that you
are
destroying [me]. For fullers card cloaks by collecting
a
pile of thorns. The pile used to be called
a
knaphos.
Matched in translation
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short
ε
3408
Εὐδαίμων ὁ Κορίνθιος ἐγὼ δ' εἴην Τενεάτης
fortunate is Corinth but for myself I would rather be a Teneate
Tenea [is]
a
verdant village near Corinth . The proverb originated from the fact that the Corinthians, in their large city, were subject to jealousies
and
preoccupations, whereas the Teneates lived
a
more carefree …
Matched in translation
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short
α
3220
Ἁ πίτυς
the pine-tree
[a(
pi/tus is the equivalent of ] h( pi/tus. Theocritus [writes]: "sweet is the whispered music
and
that pine tree, goatherd."
Matched in translation
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