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- α30ἌβελAbelSon of Adam. This man was chaste and just, and a shepherd of flocks; out of these he offered a sacrifice to God and was accepted, but was then killed because he was envied …
- α47Ἄβιοςfull-livedAntiphon has a)/bion for one who has acquired a good living. Similarly Homer has a)/culon for "full of timber."
- α95ἈβρότονονwormwoodType of plant.
- α350Ἀγρεία ἀοιδήrustic songThe rural [kind]. "He stretched the hide down a rustic plane tree." In the Epigrams. Also [sc. attested is] a)grei=os, [meaning] the yokel, the ignoramus. Or someone from the country. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: …
- α351Ἀγρεῖφναrake, harrowA farm tool, with which they collect hay. "Alkimos [dedicated] his toothless rake and a share of a noise-loving shovel bereft of its olivewood handle."
- α353Ἀγρία συκῆwild figSee under "unripe" [anerinastos].
- α364Ἄγριπποςagrippos[Meaning] the wild olive. Also a proverb: "more barren than an agrippos".
- α370Ἀγροτέραςof wilde[Meaning] of wild. In the Epigrams: "Dionysos himself dedicated to you this club of wilde olive[-wood]."
- α374Ἄγρωστιςwild grassA type of plant.
- η8ᾜαI wentA disyllabic way of saying I proceeded, written with an iota. At any rate the Ionians say [sc. trisyllabic] h)/i+a, also h)/i+san, for h)/|esan [sc. in the third person plural]. This form must be …
- κ10Κάγκανονparched[Meaning] dry.
- κ12Κάγχρυparched barley[Meaning] barleycorns. Also [sc. attested is] "parched-barley bread". Parched-barley therefore [means] the ground barleycorns.