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Ἂ ἄ
ah! ah!
In Aristophanes an adverb accompanying surprise and command. "Ah! ah! Don't get that torch near me!" 'Ah! ah!' must be read separately, not elided; and they both have smooth breathing.. For if they were …
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Ἀβαχθανῆ
abakhthani
A Hebrew expression.
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Ἀβραάμ
Abraham
The first among patriarchs; [it was he] in whom the Hebrew people took pride at first, before they rebelled against God, became estranged from Him, and shed upon themselves the blood of His Only-Begotten …
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Ἁβροκόμας
Abrokomas, Habrokomas, Abrocomas
This man was satrap under Artaxerxes, king of the Persians.
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112
Ἀγαθίας
Agathias
A lawyer, of Myrina; the one who wrote the History as a continuation of Procopius of Caesarea, [comprising] the affairs involving Belisarius and the events in Italy and Libya; that is the affairs involving …
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157
Ἀγάπιος
Agapios, Agapius
Athenian philosopher, after the death of Proclus, under Marinus. He was admired for his love of learning and for his setting of dilemmas that were hard to solve.
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195
Ἀγέλιος
Agelios, Agelius
This man was bishop of Constantinople during the reign of Valens. He lived an apostolic life, for he always went about unshod and wore only a single tunic, in observance of what the Gospel …
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196
Ἄγγελος
angel
The angels are circumscribed only by the comprehension of the intellect; not in space, nor in body, nor in time; for they came into existence before the sun. Scripture calls the servants of retribution …
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230
Ἀγήτας
Agetas
The general of the Aetolians.
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249
Ἀγκών
elbow
"In the royal palace of Gelimer was a building full of darkness, which the Carthaginians used to call [the] Elbow; therein were thrown all toward whom the tyrant was ill-disposed. There, in the time …
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258
Ἄγκυραν
anchor
[Note] that Anacharsis the Scythian philosopher invented the anchor and the potter's wheel. He lived in the time of Croesus.
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259
Ἀγκυρανῶν πόλις
Ankyrans' city, Ancyrans' city
[Note] that the present Ankyrans were called of old Hellenogalatians.
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269
Ἀγλευκές
sour
[Meaning] what is bitter. Xenophon used [the word] in the Oeconomicus. But the word seems to be foreign, Sicilian; at any rate it is much used later in Rhinthon. Also [sc. attested is the …
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345
Ἀγράφου μετάλλου δίκη
prosecution for an unregistered mine
When those who worked the silver mines [sc. in Athens] wanted to begin a new working, they would notify those the people had put in charge of mines and would register a twenty-fourth part …
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379
Ἀγροιλῆθεν
from-Agroile; Agryle
Agroile is a deme of the Erechtheid tribe [sc. in Athens]. A demesman [sc. of this deme] used once to be called Agroileus ["Agroilian"].
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425
Ἀδάμ
Adam
The first 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. …
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486
Ἀδικίου
misdemeanor
A sort of crime. It is the name of a lawsuit. It requires single payment, if it is returned before the ninth prytany; if not, the payment is double.
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528
Ἀδριανός
Hadrian, Adrianos, Adrian, Hadrianos, Hadrianus, Adrianus
Sophist. A pupil of Herodes; floruit under Marcus Antoninus; as a teacher he was a rival to the rhetor Aristides in Athens. He was also sophist in Rome, and was secretary with responsibility for …
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529
Ἀδριανοί
Adrianoi, Hadrianoi, Adriani, Hadriani
A city of Mysia, [the area which is] the present Bithynia.
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571
Ἀέτιος
Aetios, Aetius
From Antioch in Syria, the teacher of Eunomios, he happened [to be] of poor and lower-class parentage. His father was one of those in the army who were faring rather poorly; when he had …
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707
Ἀθάνατοι
immortals
Ten thousand select [troops] of the Persians. [The ones] which Ardabourios destroyed and obliterated during Theodosius' reign. [The ones] which Xerxes, son of Darius, had.
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731
Ἀθήναιος
Athenaios, Athenaeus
Of Naucratis. Grammarian. Lived in the time of Marcus. He wrote a book with the title Deipnosophists, in which he records how many of the ancients had a reputation for munificence in giving banquets. …
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735
Ἀθηνόδωρος
Athenodoros, Athenodorus
Stoic philosopher, of the time of the Roman emperor Octavian. Under Octavian there was every reason for unbridled excess of power to be a universal misfortune, but the aforementioned Athenodoros persuaded him away from …
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783
Ἀκάκιος
Akakios, Acacius
The patriarch of Constantinople, he was revered as no other. For he was the guardian of orphans, and it was evident to all that he managed the affairs of the orphans well and with …
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784
Ἀκάκιος
Akakios, Acacius
An extremely eloquent rhetor in the time of Julian and the sophist Libanius. He attacked Julian and found fault with his judgments, along with Tuscianus from Phrygia, himself an eloquent rhetor.
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843
Ἀκέσιος
Akesios, Acesius
Bishop of the Novatians who lived in the time of Constantine the Great. "And he [Constantine] asked him whether he accepted what had been decided upon in the council, the definition of faith and …
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942
Ἀκουσίλαος
Akousilaos, Akusilaos, Acusilaus
Son of Kabas; an Argive, from the city of Kerkas, which is near Aulis; a very ancient historian. He wrote Genealogies from bronze tablets, which, the story goes, his father found while digging a …
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943
Ἀκουσίλαος
Akousilaos; Akusilaos; Acusilaus
An Athenian, son of Agathokleia. He acquired a passionate enthusiasm for oratory in Athens, went to Rome under Galba and devoted himself to rhetorical discourse. From the interest earned on his business dealings, on …
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1026
Ἄκρων
Akron, Acron
Of Akragas; physician, son of Xenon; he taught at Athens contemporaneously with Empedocles; so he is older than Hippocrates. He wrote On Medicine in the Doric dialect, and On Nutrition of the Healthy in …
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1121
Ἀλέξανδρος
Alexander, Alexandros
The son of Philip and Olympias, who was king of the Macedonians from age 18 and died at 33 years of age. This man was "very beautiful in body and very devoted to hard …
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