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Ἀγροίκου μὴ καταφρόνει ῥήτορος
don't despise a rustic rhetor
[Said] because one should not despise even worthless things.
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Ἀδηφαγία
greed
[Meaning] insatiability. Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] adephagos ["greedy"], [meaning someone] incessantly eating, omnivorous, gourmandizing. "Greedy triremes" would be a name for ones on full pay and costing a lot, as a …
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Ἀετὸς τῶν οἰκοδομημάτων
gable of the buildings
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The part at the roof, which some call a pediment [aetoma].
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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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2155
Ἀνδραποδοκάπηλος
slave-dealer, slave-seller
[Meaning a] trafficker of [= in] slaves. The foot in men is called a)ndra/podon [literally "man-foot"], on the principle of the part being subordinate to the whole; for the slave is subordinate to the …
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2416
Ἀνημιωβολιαῖα
half-obol-portions
Meaning each of them [are] half an obol, a half-obol's worth. Nouns come from syntax: kalo\s kai\ a)gaqo/s ['fine and good'], kalokagaqi/a ['fineness-and-goodness']; qeo\s e)xqro/s, ['hateful to gods'] qeoexqri/a ['hatefulness to the gods']; so …
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2437
Ἀνὴρ κόπριος
man of dung
As if from a deme. He is speaking of the dung-collector; alternatively a gardener [kepouros], from dung [kopros].
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2768
Ἀντρῶνες
Antrones
A city in Thessaly. Also [sc. attested is a proverb] "Antronian donkey"; as very large ones occur in Antrones.
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3036
Ἀπεργασάμενος
having finished work
Meaning having rendered [account] of what one had been doing. So Isaeus in the [speech] In reply to Apollodoros. Also [sc. attested is the corresponding infinitive] a)perga/sasqai ["to finish work"], meaning to complete [it]. …
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3250
Ἀποβάτης
dismounter
[Dismounter] and to dismount and dismounting-circuits: a dismounter is [sc. participant in] an equestrian competition, and to dismount [is] to compete as a dismounter. Dismounting-circuits [are] those [so called] from this competition.
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3495
Ἀπορρέξαντες
having sacrificed-out
[Meaning they] having divided out, having given out a [sc. sacrificial] portion.
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3959
Ἀρκτεῦσαι
to be a bear
Lysias used [the verb] "to be a bear" of consecrating virgins, before marriage, to Artemis. For the virgins are called "being bears", as Euripides and Aristophanes show.
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4109
Ἀρχίδιον
petty office, minor post
[Meaning] an official position [expressed] diminutively. Aristophanes [writes]: "and if, on being allocated a petty office, you then wish to grab something".
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4505
Αὐτολήκυθοι
carriers of their own oil-flask
Demosthenes [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 …
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4679
Ἀχαία
Achaia, Achaea
Demeter. Aristophanes [writes]: "he would not even have accepted Achaia". They used to call her this from the beat made by the cymbals and drums during the examination of the girl; or from her …
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