Skip to content

Browse Topics Random About

Searching…

The Byzantine encyclopedia of the ancient world, in English and Greek.

Read

Browse Α–Ω
Topics
Random entry

Project

About & credits
Report an error
Original SOL ↗

Follow

@ReadSuda
@readsuda.org

A new reader for the Suda On Line translation, made by 200+ volunteer translators and editors. Greek text after Adler’s edition. Translations © their translators and SOL, licensed CC BY-NC-SA.

Free · non-commercial · no ads · no accounts[email protected]Maintained with ❤️ by Rick Lithan

⌕Search ΑLetters ⤨Random

Keyboard shortcuts

j: Next entry
k: Previous entry
g: Toggle Greek
/: Search
?: Show shortcuts

Search

Search the Suda

All Headwords Translation Greek Notes

Keyword

comedy364
definition288
dialects, grammar, and etymology225
daily life180
ethics164
biography162
geography130
zoology122
imagery121
religion119
history117
food109

32 more

military affairs104
historiography92
poetry89
women89
gender and sexuality82
proverbs82
economics73
mythology70
tragedy68
philosophy62
medicine58
rhetoric56

Letter

Α alpha112
Κ kappa58
Δ delta45
Ε epsilon41
Χ chi25
Λ lambda22
Β beta19
Γ gamma13

5 more

Ι iota8
Η eta7

Vetting status

high364

Length

Medium364

Translator

Jennifer Benedict113
David Whitehead48
Catharine Roth44
William Hutton44
Nick Nicholas14
Robert Dyer13

38 more

Craig Gibson7
Ross Scaife ✝7
Anne Mahoney5
Marcelo Boeri5
Oliver Phillips ✝5

Filters (2)

Keyword

comedy364
definition288
dialects, grammar, and etymology225
daily life180
ethics164
biography162
geography130
zoology122
imagery121
religion119
history117
food109

32 more

military affairs104
historiography92
poetry89
women89
gender and sexuality82
proverbs82
economics73
mythology70
tragedy68
philosophy62
medicine58
rhetoric56

Letter

Α alpha112
Κ kappa58
Δ delta45
Ε epsilon41
Χ chi25
Λ lambda22
Β beta19
Γ gamma13

5 more

Ι iota8
Η eta7

Vetting status

high364

Length

Medium364

Translator

Jennifer Benedict113
David Whitehead48
Catharine Roth44
William Hutton44
Nick Nicholas14
Robert Dyer13

38 more

Craig Gibson7
Ross Scaife ✝7
Anne Mahoney5
Marcelo Boeri5
Oliver Phillips ✝5

364 entries

Relevance Adler order Longest first

comedy ×
Length: medium ×
Clear all

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
α3110ἈπεψησάμηνI wiped away[Meaning] I wiped off. For they say a)poya=n for e)kma/ssein ["to wipe off"]. Also [sc. attested is] a)pe/yhsan ["they wiped away"], [meaning] they shook off. "If [our forefathers] fell on the shoulder in some …highmedium
α3132ἈπείρηκαI have renounced[Used] with a dative. [Meaning] I am tired out. "But he being in the last stage of life had grown old and seemed to have renounced his cares." And elsewhere: "because of this, you …

α3109

Ἀπεχρήσατο

attacked

[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…

Ἀπεχρήσατο· αἰτιατικῇ. ἀπέκτεινε. καὶ Ἀπεχρήσαντο, διεχρήσαντο, ἀπέκτειναν. Λημνίαις Ἀριστοφάνης· τοὺς ἄνδρας ἀπεχρήσαντο τοὺς παιδοσπόρους. Ἀπέχρησε δὲ ἐχρησμοδότησε. καὶ τρὶς…

trade and manufacture

trade and manufacture

56

56

science and technology49

science and technology49

meter and music40

meter and music40

ΕΙ epsiloniota

ΕΙ epsiloniota

6

6

ΑΙ alphaiota4

ΑΙ alphaiota4

Antonella Ippolito

Antonella Ippolito

4

4

Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝4

Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝4

D. Graham J. Shipley4

D. Graham J. Shipley4

Stefano Sanfilippo4

Stefano Sanfilippo4

Ioannis Doukas3

Ioannis Doukas3

Wm. Blake Tyrrell3

Wm. Blake Tyrrell3

Elizabeth Vandiver2

Elizabeth Vandiver2

Nathan Greenberg ✝2

Nathan Greenberg ✝2

Carl Widstrand1

Carl Widstrand1

Cynthia Shiroma1

Cynthia Shiroma1

Konstantinos Kopanias1

Konstantinos Kopanias1

Mage Macchione1

Mage Macchione1

Mary Pendergraft1

Mary Pendergraft1

Matthew Farmer1

Matthew Farmer1

Nicholas Wilshere1

Nicholas Wilshere1

highmedium

α3238Ἁπλῷ λόγῳin a simple statement[Meaning] without qualification. Also Aristotle says a(plw=s "simply," that which is true when said without any qualification. For the Ethiopian being in some respect white -- for he is white in respect to the …highmedium

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

α3361Ἀποκναίεινto wear out[Meaning] to annoy, to wear thin. "Why don't you sleep? You're wearing me out with your walking around." Menander in Hated Man [sc. writes this]. "For I do not wear out the man -- …highmedium

α3367Ἀπόκριναιanswer![Used] with a dative. [Meaning the same as] a)pokri/qhti. Demosthenes [writes]: "come here and answer me!" But they say a)pokrinei=tai ["he/she/it will answer"] rather than a)pokriqh/setai. Menander in Basketbearer [writes]: "but these things he …highmedium

α3379Ἀπολάψειςyou will lap upIf it is a)pole/yeis with the epsilon, that is a)polepi/seis ["you will peel"]. Having peeled the shell. Having peeled [her] just like an egg. But if [it is] a)pola/yeis ["you will lap up"], [it …highmedium

α3432Ἀπομαγδαλίαcrumb, sop[Meaning] the dough with which cooks wipe things up -- they used to call it a handwiper -- which they would toss to the dogs when they were done with work. Or, food for …highmedium

α3468Ἀποπάτημαturd, shit[Meaning] the same thing [as] dung. Eupolis in Golden Race [writes]: "for what is that man? A turd [and] a fox." Cratinus in Runaway Slaves [writes]: "and when I found Kerkyon shitting on the …highmedium

α3501Ἀπόρρηταunspeakable [things][Meaning] incomprehensible [ones], hidden [ones]. They used to say aporrêta to imply prohibited things, not only forbidden ones. "And they are saying things that should not be spoken to our enemies." Aristophanes [writes this] …highmedium

α3506ἈπορῶI puzzle (and) I write (and) I de-hair myself (and) I do sums looking away into the countrysideI write [gra/fw] means I doodle and I draw likenesses in the dirt, I sketch some games with my finger and suchlike. And "I de-hair myself" [parati/llomai] [means] I pluck hairs from my nostrils …highmedium

α3508Ἀπορρῶγαςprecipices[Meaning] cleaved-off promontories. "When he found any precipices affording passage, Diocletian closed them off too." Also [sc. attested is the nominative singular] a)porrw/c, [meaning] a fragment of a mountain. And a branch of a …highmedium

α3561Ἀποστοματίζεινto recite, to dictate[Meaning] to speak from memory. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] a)po\ sto/matos ["by mouth, orally"], [meaning] without documents. "But he commanded them to speak orally to the leaders of the Mardians." Also [sc. …highmedium

α3567Ἀποσυκάζειςyou are fig-squeezing[Meaning] you are accusing, you are testing. For a)posuka/zein is to examine the ripened figs. Therefore he added "pressing". For we test whether the figs have ripened or not by squeezing [them]. So since …highmedium

α3586Ἀποτεθρίακενhas unpetalledMeaning [he/she/it] plucked, made smooth. But properly [it means he/she/it] pruned fig-trees; for thria ["fig-leaves"] are the leaves of the fig-tree. Aristophanes [writes]: "which of the Odomanti has unpetalled his prick?" The Odomanti [are] …highmedium

α3683Ἀπράγμωνbusiness-free[Meaning] toil-free. "It is necessary that men of excellence be business-free, and avoid performing something contrary to duty. And they will drink wine, but not get drunk. Furthermore they will not go out of …highmedium

α3729Ἀράβιος ἄγγελοςArabian messengerMenander in Dedicated Girl or Messenian Woman [uses the phrase]. From the proverb [about the] "Arabian piper". "So I started an Arabian pipe going"; it is applied to those who speak incessantly. Long ago, …highmedium

α3750Ἀράχνηspider's webIn the feminine, [it is] the web. But a)ra/xnhs as a masculine [is] the creature; [so called] from its having narrow tracks [a)raia\ i)/xnh]. "Three girls of an age, skilled just as a spider …highmedium

α3756Ἀργαλέον φρονέοντα παρ' ἄφροσι πόλλ' ἀγορεύεινpainful for someone of sound mind to say many things to the senselessA saying of Euripides in Bacchae. Also [sc. attested is] a)rgale/on ["painful"], [meaning] difficult. It is said from a)/lgos ["pain"], a)lgale/on with a change of lambda into rho. Something difficult was called "work" [e)/rgon] …highmedium

α3822Ἄρρενmale, masculine[Male] and masculinely and half-man [hêmiandros] and half-woman [hêmigunaix] and double-sexed [digenês] and effeminate [thêludrias] and hermaphrodite and eunuch [ithris], whose vigor has been cut off; also [sc. attested is] male-looking [arrenôpos], [meaning] one …highmedium

α3863ἈρρηφορίαarrêphoriaA sacrifice [of that name]. If [it is written] with an alpha, [it is] a)rrhfori/a ["carrying of things that cannot be named"], since the maidens used to carry in boxes things that cannot be …highmedium

α3932ἈριστοφάνηςAristophanesA Rhodian or Lindian, though some said an Egyptian, some a Kameirean; but an Athenian by adoption; for he was admitted to citizenship among them; a comic poet, son of Philippos, born [or: lived] …highmedium

α3940ἈριφράδηςAriphradesThis man was reviled for always associating with women. He was a cithara-player. Aristophanes [writes]: "Now Ariphrades is a rascal. But he even wants it [that way]; he is not just a rascal -- …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

α3962Ἄρκυςhunting-net[Meaning] the net for [catching] wild beasts. The flaxen [nets], which they cast to hunt lions. [sc. The word comes] from the [verb] e(/lkw ["I drag"], with a change of the lambda into rho; …highmedium

α3977Ἁρμονίανharmony[Meaning] the string being well and skilfully [positioned] in the melodies of songs. Harmony follows upon things which are fitted together [h(rmosme/nois], for it is necessary that there be strings, and then that they …highmedium

α4036Ἄρτιαeven, exact[Meaning things that are] fitted, complete, sound. These things are also said to be "joined" [a)/rmena]. Also [sc. attested is the related verb] a)rtia/zein, [meaning] to play at odds or evens [a)/rtia]. "We play …highmedium

α4072Ἀρχαῖονprincipal, ancientThe orators used [the word] "principal" of borrowed money, the money which some call "capital", kephalaion, according to a certain custom of usage. Demosthenes in the [speech] Against Nikostratos [writes]: "he lent money to …highmedium

α4112ἈρχίλοχοςArchilochus, Archilochos, Arkhilokhos"The gods never forget the important people even after they die. Archilochus at any rate was a noble poet in most respects, if one overlooks his shameful speech and his foul utterances, just as …highmedium

← PreviousPage 3 of 13Next →