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α297Ἀγόνων χοῶν[than] unfruitful drink-offeringsIt is used in two ways. The Theologian says [this]; that is, [more pious] than the offerings which are poured for the dead and are therefore unfruitful. Also [sc. attested is] a)goni/a, barrenness. "That …highshort
α1045Ἄκυλοςacorn, pig-acorn[Meaning] the fruit of the holm-oak. But e)/kulos [is] a kind of plant.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."

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Ἀγόνων χοῶν

[than] unfruitful drink-offerings

It is used in two ways. The Theologian says [this]; that is, [more pious] than the offerings which are poured for the dead and are therefore unfruitful. Also [sc. attested is] a)goni/a, barrenness. "That Artemis was…

Ἀγόνων χοῶν. διφορεῖται ὁ Θεολόγος φησί· τουτέστι τῶν ἐπὶ τοῖς νεκροῖς χεομένων καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἀγόνων. καὶ Ἀγονία, ἡ ἀφορία. τὴν Ἄρτεμιν μηνίσαι καὶ μετελθεῖν δικαιοῦσαν αὐτὴν γῆς…

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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

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

αι269Αἰπεινήlofty[Meaning] tall. "Strife roused the lofty fir tree to speak unseemly words." Also [sc. attested is the dative plural] ai)peinai=s, [meaning] tall, long. In Fables: "a bird quarreled with lofty fir trees, for she …highshort

αι278Αἶραdarnel; sphere; Airai (?)[Meaning a type of] grain. It also means a sphere. And the name of a city.highshort

αι312Αἰρόπινονairopinon[Meaning something] dark; also the sieve, in which grains of wheat are sifted, [so called] because of the darnel going through [the holes].highshort

αι339Αἴσυλαunseemly [things][Meaning] lawless [ones], unjust [ones]. In Fables: "strife roused the lofty fir-tree to speak unseemly words."highshort

β52Βακχέβακχον ᾆσαιto sing a BacchebacchusMeaning to sing praise to Dionysos. For Bakkhan [is] Dionysos.highshort

β57ΒάκχοςBakkhos, BacchusThus he used to call not only Dionysos, but also all those who celebrate the orgies; indeed the initiates do not also carry the branches. It is also a kind of wreath. "They wreathed …highshort

β236Βέμβηξtop[Meaning] a wooden spinner. "In the wide street the children turned their swift tops by hitting them." Aristophanes [writes]: "[I] must not differ from a top." Meaning [I] must be swift-moving and swift-turning. The …highmedium

δ209Δελφὸς ἀνὴρ στέφανον μὲν ἔχει δίψει δὲ ἀπόλλυταιa 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.highshort

δ340Δεινόνterrible"It is terrible, O stranger, to awaken the evil that has been lying quiet for a long time" -- that is, to awaken and stir up things which happened unfortunately a long time ago. …highmedium

δ426ΔημήτηρDemeter[Meaning] the earth, as if being Ge-meter ["earth-mother"]. Since the earth is a foundation of every city, as holding up the cities she is represented wearing towers [sc. as a crown]. And elsewhere: "they …highshort

δ428Δημήτρειος καρπόςDemetrian fruit[Meaning] that of Demeter. Apollonion is short for the shrine of Apollo. This is the correct reading also in Thucydides. Also Poseidonion, the [shrine] of Poseidon, as Athenaion, the [shrine] of Athena; and Dionysion …highshort

δ629ΔιαλεπτολογοῦμαιI discourse subtly[Meaning] I converse. Just as Socrates said: "I tread the air and observe the sun, so that it does not draw the moisture into the watercress". Thus also the old man [says], "I discourse …highshort

δ1092Δίκηνlike[Meaning] in the manner [of]. "And he was destroyed like a pine-tree cast into the sea, and he paid the penalty with [all] his family."highshort

δ1339Δόλιχοςcalavance; the long course[Meaning] a pulse [of that name]; also the name of the course, with accent on the first syllable. But the adjective dolixo/s, [meaning] long, has its accent on the last syllable. The long course …highshort

δ1359Δόνακεςreeds[Meaning] fishing rods, or [sc. musical] pipes. The nominative [singular is] do/nac.highshort

δ1400Δορυξόςspear-makerAristophanes [writes]: "and if any spear-maker or seller of shields is desirous of battles, so that his business will be better, let him be captured by pirates and eat only barley [sc. instead of …highshort

δ1428Δουράτειος ἵπποςwooden horseand [sc. also spelled] doura/teos.highshort

δ1447ΔωδώνηDodone, DodonaA city in Pelasgian Thesprotis. In it there stood an oak-tree, by which there was an oracular shrine with women prophets. When people entered to obtain oracular answers, the oak-tree was moved and made …highmedium

δ1519Δρέπεταιharvests, is being harvested[Meaning he/she/it] reaps/is being reaped, gathers/is being gathered, plucks from flowers/is being plucked from flowers. "For whom more noble suitors than for the bride, [sc. Helen] daughter of Tyndareus, gathering favors and love that …highshort

δ1520ΔρέπομαιI harvest[Used] with a genitive: "I too harvested from the same discourses as you." But [also used] with an accusative: "harvesting evil fruit from an evil reputation." And, "harvesting the finest flowers of friendship."highshort

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