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Ἀγενής
family-less
Isaeus [sc. uses this word] to mean a)/pais["childless"].
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short
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1842
Ἀναγυράσιος
Anagyrasian
Anagyrous is a deme of the [sc. Athenian] tribe Erechtheis, the demesman from which [is an] Anagyrasian. Also [sc. attested is the proverbial phrase] "Anagyrasian spirit". And [there is] a shrine of Anagyros in …
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1888
Ἀνακαλυπτήρια
unveiling-presents
[Meaning] gifts given to brides from both the husband and [his?] family friends , whenever [the brides] are first unveiled and viewed by the menfolk. These are also [called] wedding-presents.
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2661
Ἀντιγραφεύς
antigrapheus, copy-clerk
Similar to "clerk". The man in charge of those paying certain sums of money to the city, who therefore "copies" them. So Demosthenes in the [speech] Against Androtion, but also Aeschines in the Against …
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3456
Ἀπονομή
share
[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 …
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3597
Ἀποτιμηταὶ
apotimetai, 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 …
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4498
Αὐτοκλείδης
Autokleides, Autoclides
Kedonides and Autokleides and Thersandros used to be ridiculed as keen pederasts.
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154
Βασίλειοι
royal
Six thousand [royal] boys; by order of Alexander the Macedonian they were doing military drill in Egypt.
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161
Βασιλίνδα
king of the castle
A kind of game.
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48
Γαμηλία
wedding-feast
[Meaning] the one given for the phratry-members at marriages. Or [the one associated with] the introduction of wives to the phratry-members. So Didymus the grammarian. And [there is] a saying. To bring in a …
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186
Δεκάτην ἑστιάσαι
to feast the tenth
When children had been born to the citizens of Athens, it was customary on the 10th night after the birth to call together the paternal and maternal relatives and the closest friends, and when …
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1598
Δυσαύλης
Dysaules, Dusaules
This man was sprung from the soil, but he married Bau[b]o and had as children both Protonoe and Nesa.
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Ἑβδομευόμενα
seven-days-old
They used to mark the seventh and the tenth [days] for newborn children and give them their names, some [say] on the the seventh day, some on the tenth.
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226
Ἐδημοσίωσαν
they confiscated
[Meaning] they made public property. "Under Zeno Theoderic had his property confiscated, despite having sent ahead a thousand camel-loads of gold and silver." And elsewhere: "Aeschines, when he was collaborating in some legal case …
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613
Ἐκρινόμεθα
we were making a decision
[Meaning] for a long time we were at variance and in dispute with each other. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "so for a while we were making a decision."
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660
Ἐκ τιτυννῶν
from babies, from tots
[Meaning] from an early age.
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1684
Ἐξέχειν τὸν ἥλιον
the sun to shine out
[Meaning] to have appeared. "Shine out, dear sun". A proverbial verse-fragment spoken by children, whenever it is cold and cloudy. Aristophanes in Islands [writes]: "so you will say, just like the children, 'shine out, …
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2297
Ἐπιδιετὲς ἡβῆσαι
to be two years past puberty
Meaning to be sixteen years old. For puberty lasts until fourteen. But the "ephebes" in Athens were what eighteen-year-olds used to be called; and they would remain as ephebes for two years, after which …
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2298
Ἐπίδικα
(things) disputed at law
[Meaning ones] to which someone would lay a legal claim, on the basis that they belong to him by right of succession -- provided the deceased had no sons or grandsons: these things are …
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2384
Ἐπίκληρος
epikleros, heiress
Whenever a girl is an orphan, without father or mother and also lacking brothers, and she happens to have property in her name, they call this girl an heiress; likewise [do they call] a …
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2385
Ἐπίκληρος
epikleros, heiress
The Athenians had a law [or: custom] that when there was a legitimate daughter and a nothos son, the nothos did not inherit the family property. Alternatively [the term epikleros means] she who has …
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2493
Ἐπίνικος
Epinikos, Epinicus
He too [was] a comic poet. His plays include Child-foisting Wives, as Athenaeus [says].
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2571
Ἐπισθένης
Episthenes
This man lived during the reign of Seuthes as king of the Thracians, and was a byword for pederasty.
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2668
Ἐπίτεξ ἦν ἡ γυνή
the woman was at childbirth-point
Meaning at the actual moment of parturition.
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2733
Ἐπιτροπεύω
I act as guardian
[Used] with a genitive. But [sc. also] with an accusative: [e.g.] "and [Antipatros] acted as guardian for the son of Alexander, the one called [son] of Heracles".
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3160
Ἐς Κυνόσαργες
into Kynosarges, into Cynosarges
As if [into] Kynosarkes; [sc. so named] from the incident when, after a lavish sacrifice, a dog went in and snatched the meat from the offering and took it away. A temple was established …
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3729
Εὐρύσακες
Broadshield, Eurysakes, Eurysaces
[Meaning] he who has a large shield. Sophocles [writes]: "look, son, this shield bears your name -- Eurysakes: seven hides thick, impenetrable, and with a well-stitched hand-strap".
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40
Ἡγεμονία δικαστηρίου
presidency of a jurycourt
Aeschines [in the speech] Against Ktesiphon [sc. uses the phrase]. Different lawsuits were allotted to different archons, and each of the officials used to take into a jurycourt, as president and chairman, the cases …
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medium
χ
9
Χαλάσω τὴν ἱερὰν ἄγκυραν
I will loose the holy anchor
An anchor [features in this phrase] figuratively from ships, [meaning] safety. So Sophocles in Phaedra and Euripides in Hecuba [also use it]. [It is called] holy [meaning that it is] a large [anchor or] …
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χ
18
Χαλεπὸν χορίου κύνα γεύειν
[it is] dangerous when a dog tastes [the] afterbirth
The covering of the foetus is called afterbirth [chorion]. Once the dogs have tasted this they scheme against the foetuses too, because of greed.
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