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α2955Ἀπαιδίαchildlessness[Meaning an] age [sc. defined] by a shorter time than that of growing a child. Or fruitlessness. Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] a)/paidos ["of a childless person"] [used] similarly of [someone] not …highshort
α3075Ἀπεσφακέλισενhad a seizure, had frost-bitten limbsThe scholars [gloss it as] he/she/it was mortified, was convulsed. But it also means sank under a weight of misery; further, died suddenly. Aristophanes [sc. uses this word] to mean he/she/it was dragged away.highshort
α3104Ἀπ' ἐχθρῶν πολλὰ μανθάνουσιν οἱ σοφοίfrom enemies the wise learn many things"[From enemies the wise learn many things.] For caution saves everything. You would not learn this, then, from a friend, but the enemy himself compels [sc. you to know it]". And Menander [writes]: "might …highmedium
α3109Ἀπεχρήσατοattacked[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning he/she/it] killed. Also [sc. attested is the plural] a)pexrh/santo ["they attacked"], they killed. In Lemnian Women Aristophanes [writes]: "they attacked the men who begot their children." But a)pe/xrhse [means …highmedium
α3124Ἀπείπατοdenied, refused[Meaning he/she/it] abjured. "He denied his fatherland and was declared a Thurian." Also [sc. attested is] a)pei=pen, he/she/it forbade. He/she/it declared. "He forbade all of them to take breakfast or to doze off or …highmedium
α3145Ἀπηγόρευονthey were giving up on, they were renouncing[Meaning] they were tired out, they were suffering hardship. "For when they were giving up on the effort [...]." Again they recovered themselves.highshort
α3185Ἀπήστραψενflashed forth[Meaning he/she/it] shone forth.highshort
α3311Ἀποθανεῖνto die"If someone should know the thing itself and by division of the concept resolve its associated ideas, no longer will it be supposed to be anything other than a process of nature. But if …highshort
α3350Ἀποκήρυκτονdisenfranchised, disinherited, renounced[Meaning someone or something] alien. "One simply saying that the disenfranchised are worthless might seem to be saying that they are such of necessity; this indeed is not the case. For it is possible …highmedium
α3374Ἀποκυηθένborn[Meaning something] given birth to. Also [sc. attested is] a)pokui/skw ["I bear"], [meaning] I produce.highshort
α3456Ἀπονομήshare[Meaning] the apportionment, whether in the case of the city taking some part of the proceeds from the mine-workings or in the case of a division amongst a multiplicity of contractors, so that each …highshort
α3474Ἀποπερατοῦσανterminating[Meaning her] completing. Also [sc. attested is a participle of a similar verb] a)poperai/nontes, [meaning] they finishing. "They tying off and having done with the chattering nonsense of both boys and women."highshort
α3500ἈπορησίαdifficultnessMeaning difficulty. So Eubulus [sc. uses the word]. Also [sc. attested is] a)po/rrhsin ["interdictio"'], a prohibition. "He did not tolerate the interdiction, but, swollen with anger, he spoke." And elsewhere: "the interdiction of [= …highshort
α3524Ἀποσκευάζοντεςmaking away with[Meaning they] taking away. "For he was indeed intending to run the risk, lest he should anticipate them and make away with the boy." Meaning take away and hide [him]. Also [sc. attested is …highshort
α3540Ἀποσπευδούσηςbeing zealous in preventing[Meaning them] hindering. Also [sc. attested is] a)pospeudou/shs ["with her zealous in preventing"], with her hindering, being an obstacle. "With the woman also zealous in preventing -- and her children; for they were with …highshort
α3575Ἀποσχεδιάζεινto speak off the cuff, to speak impromptu[Meaning] to speak at random and immediately. Also [sc. attested is] a)posxedia/sas ["he having spoken off the cuff"], [meaning he] having cut short, or having lied. Also [sc. attested is] a)posxedia/zousin ["they speak off …highshort
α3597Ἀποτιμηταὶapotimetai, guarantors['Guarantors'] and '[a] guarantee' and 'to guarantee' and derivatives from these: those renting the houses of orphans from the [Athenian] archon used to provide securities for the rent; and the archon had to send …highmedium
α3669Ἀπωλεύτωνof unbroken (horses)[Meaning] of ones without foals. "Having gathered their offspring into a particular threshing-floor and driven in a herd of unbroken [horses], they were quite merciless in wandering around killing them."highshort
α3852ἌρηςAresProperly [it means] iron. "Having plunged Ares inside [your] hollow flanks." It also means war. [The term comes] from the [verb] r(w= [meaning] "I speak," (future r(h/sw), [whence] r(h=s, and with the alpha privative …highmedium
α3908ἈρίστιπποςAristippus, AristipposSon of Aritades, from Cyrene, a philosopher, a pupil of Socrates; by whom the sect called Cyrenaic began. He was the first of the Socratics to take wages. He was on bad terms with …highmedium
α3909ἈρίστιπποςAristippos, Aristippus[The name of an] associate of Socrates; charming and took pleasure in all things. It is said that when his child was carrying money and was burdened by the weight he said, "Then cast …highmedium
α3925ἈριστόνικοςAristonikos, AristonicusHe was the eunuch of king Ptolemy [V Epiphanes] of Egypt, but had been brought up with the king from childhood. As his age advanced, he had the courage and character of a man …highmedium
α3929ἈριστοτέληςAristoteles, AristotleSon of Nikomakhos and Phaistias. Nikomakhos was a physician in the tradition of the Asklepiads, from Nikomakhos the son of Makhaon. [Aristotle came] from Stageira, a city of Thrace; he was a philosopher, a …highmedium
α3958Ἄρκτος ἢ ΒραυρωνίοιςI was a bear at the BrauroniaWomen playing the bear used to celebrate a festival for Artemis dressed in saffron robes; not older than 10 years nor less than 5; appeasing the goddess. The reason was that a wild bear …highmedium
α3970ἉρμάτοςHarmatos, HarmatiusGiven that the emperor Basiliscus, as Harmatos was his relative, unsuspectingly permitted him to meet Zenonis the empress, [and] since there was frequent converse between them and since their beauty was not easy to …highmedium
α4003Ἁρπεδόνεςbow-strings[Meaning] cords. [sc. The variant form] a(rpedo/nh [means] hunting with a [bow-]string. In the Epigrams: "and many arrows has he sent from his purple bow-string."highshort
α4037Ἀρτιδαεῖrecently-taught[Meaning] recently-learned. "This silver [pen-nib] for your birthday [...] I send [...], suitable to your recently-taught work."highshort
α4038Ἀρτίδιονmini-loaf[Maning] a small loaf. "He begged one of the royal children for a mini-loaf and consumed it."highshort
α4102ἈρχιάδαςArchiadasThis man showed what sort of person he was in spirit: when a lot of his possessions had been plundered, since he perceived that Theagenes, who was still a little child, was grieving over …highmedium
α4127Ἄσατοwas sated[Meaning he/she/it] was satisfied, was full. "About Ochus the Persian. He sacrificed the sacred goat of Pan in Mende, and having prepared it in elaborate ways the unfortunate man was sated at the feast; …highshort

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