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α4140ἈσέλγειαlicentiousnessMeaning extravagance. Thus Aeschines [sc. uses this word]. Or a)se/lgeia, [meaning] prostitution, impurity. Defilement. It is derived, so they say, from this reason. Selgê is a city of Pisidia, where the people used to …highmedium
α4202ἈσπασίαAspasiaShe became notorious. She was Milesian in descent, clever with regards to words. They say she was simultaneously teacher and beloved of Pericles. It is supposed she became the cause of two wars, the …highmedium
α4211Ἀσπιδηφόροιshield-bearers[Meaning] warriors. Also [sc. attested is the variant] a)spidiw/ths ["shield-man"], [meaning] one who manoeuvres a shield. Also [sc. attested is] a)spido/n ["shield-wise"], an adverb, [meaning] after the manner of sunaspismo/s ["shield by shield"]. Also …highmedium
α4235Ἀστεῖοςurbane[Meaning] quick on the uptake, pleasant to look at, graceful, beautiful, humorous. Also [sc. attested is the comparative, and dative] a)steiote/rw| ["more/rather urbane"], meaning more/rather intelligent. "He found an opportunity to mislead the deceived …highmedium
α4303Ἄσχολοςleisure-less[Meaning] one who does not have free time. For sxolh/ ["leisure"] [means] free time in customary speech. "Neither without necessity to tell someone or to write in a letter that I am without leisure, …highmedium
α4304Ατταwhichever, someHas four meanings. Meaning as many as or whichever in Antiphon, but meaning some or some kind of in Demosthenes in the Philippics. But sometimes atta is redundant. In the speech On the Fraudulent …highmedium
α4313Ἀταλαίπωρονunpainstaking[Meaning] without effort. Or something said off-hand and not with show. Or what is easy and obvious. Aelian [writes]: "[...] if there is something sound in the earlier speech. But that one, with an …highmedium
α4348Ἀτέχνοιςfor unskilled ones, to unskilled ones, with unskilled ones[Meaning] for/to/with guileless ones, or for/to/with inexperienced ones. Also [sc. attested is] a)te/xnws, [pronounced] barytone [sc. with accent on the next-to-last syllable], meaning without skill, unlearnedly, carelessly. But with perispomenon accent [sc. with circumflex …highmedium
α4374Ἀτοπίας πλέων πρᾶγμαa matter full of absurdityMeaning [full of] a marvel. "With Chosroes enticing him to come to this point of absurdity." Meaning of irrationality, of thoughtlessness. And elsewhere: "someone would wonder at the absurdity of the man, who at …highmedium
α4382ἈτρέαAtreus[*)Atre/a] and generally those accusatives from [nouns] ending in the combination -eus they draw out, but those which have the eu preceded by a vowel they contract: [such as] *Xoa= and *Mhlia= and *Sounia=. …highmedium
α4418Αὐαίνεταιis wasting away[Meaning he/she/it] is drying out. For au)=oi [means those who are] dry. Also [sc. attested is the related noun] au(asmo/s, [meaning] dryness. The first [syllable] has a rough breathing. Aristophanes [writes]: "then the child …highmedium
α4466Αὐταῖσι διαβολαῖςslanders and allAn Attic expression. He said this since Kleon, by slandering the other generals and currying favor with the masses, persuaded the Athenians to turn their eyes to him. As if we were to say: …highmedium
α4493Αὐτόθενfrom this very place, from that very placeMeaning from here/hence/thence. "There is no way they will not go thither from this very place." [So says] Aristophanes in Acharnians. And elsewhere: "yet it was necessary to set out from that very place, …highmedium
α4505Αὐτολήκυθοιcarriers of their own oil-flaskDemosthenes [in the speech] Against Konon [uses the word]. Either it means individuals geared up and ready to do and experience anything whatever, or it means poor men, possessing nothing but oil-flasks. Alternatively, self-employed …highmedium
α4537Αὐτόχρημα ὅμοιονexactly the same, straight away[Meaning] altogether similar. Aelian [writes]: "leaping straight away over the trenches, one named Clatius threw his hands on Hasdrubal's ship as it was hastening to flee and vigorously kept hold of the stern." And …highmedium
α4544Αὐχμεῖς αἰσχρῶςyou are shamefully dirty[Meaning] you seem to be filthy. Since justice is neglected [by you]. But he replied: "You, though, are doing well." Also [sc. attested are] au)xmoi/ ["droughts"], [meaning] rainless times. Aristophanes also [writes]: "for the …highmedium
α4565ἈφαυανθήσομαιI will be dried up[Meaning] I will be withered. Also [sc. attested is] a)fau/ei ["he/she/it dries out"]. Aristophanes [writes]: "reaping others' corn ears, he ties them up and dries them out in the stall, and tries to sell …highmedium
α4576Ἀφελέςsimple"But he uttered something which, while foreign and simple, was nevertheless effective [and] useful: that it is necessary first to scare away the bees and then to take up the honey in a more …highmedium
α4603Ἀφηλικέστεροςrather superannuated"Caesar dismissed those of his troops who were rather superannuated but put on shows for those who were of an age suitable for military service". Arrian [writes]: "[...] since the protectorship of that superannuated …highmedium
α4660Ἀφύα ἐς πῦρanchovy into fireThe proverb [is used] in reference to those who have a quick end; inasmuch as it happens that an anchovy cooks very quickly. It is said in the singular in Aristophanes in Broilers, a)fu/h; …highmedium
α4702ἌχθομαιI am sick [of], I am grieved by[Meaning] I am distressed, I am irritated. Aristophanes [writes]: "I am sick of their peacocks and their quackery." Meaning their ornamental gowns; since a peacock [is] ornamental; or because they used to wear purple …highmedium
α4716Ἄχρησταuseless (things), unprofitable (things)And [there is] a proverb: "don't spend [sc. time] on useless things." Never do good for an old man, nor a malignant slave/boy, nor a talkative woman, nor a stupid slave/boy or a neighbor's …highmedium
αι237Αἲξ οὐρανίαheavenly goat[Referring to] the kinds of white bean with which they used to put a question to the vote and elect [sc. officials]. Cratinus [says that] just as the goat Amaltheia was Zeus' nurse, so …highmedium
αι299Αἴρειν ἔξω πόδα πηλοῦto lift one's foot out of the mud[sc. A saying] in reference to those wishing not to be in difficulties. Another version is "to lift one's foot out of blame." [The verb] ai)/rein also means to bring: "Bring, bring the cake …highmedium
αι334ΑἴσωποςAesopA Samian or Sardian, though Eugeiton said that he was a Mesembrian, and others [call him] a Phrygian from Kotiaiaon. He became a logopoios, which is an inventor of stories and responses. Being welcomed …highmedium
αι335ΑἴσωποςAesopThe composer of stories, a Samian, a slave not more by fortune than by his own choosing; neither senseless nor in terms of this very thing a man. For as the law [or: custom] …highmedium
β69Βαλβίς Βαλβῖδοςstarting-post; starting-post's[Meaning a] low column, the starting-point, and the turn. "Just like those driving four-horse chariots despatched from some starting-post, once the gate had been opened." Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "at [the] starting-posts", …highmedium
β99ΒάραθρονpitA certain well-like and dark chasm in Attica, in which they used to throw evil-doers; in this chasm there were hooks, some on top and some below. There they threw the Phrygian [priest] of …highmedium
β137Βασανίζεινto testIt does not mean abusing or punishing or whipping in the Attic [authors], but interrogating without blows and investigating the truth through words; from the goldsmith's touchstone [ba/sanos], used metaphorically. And Polybius [writes]: "then, …highmedium
β144Βασιλεὺς μέγαςGreat King[Referring to] the [king] of the Persians. To the other kings they added also the names of those who were ruled: as "of the Lakedaimonians," "of the Macedonians." A king differs from a tyrant. …highmedium