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comedy73
definition56
dialects, grammar, and etymology48
daily life28
ethics26
geography21
biography18
imagery16
food15
history11
religion11
women10

29 more

mythology9
trade and manufacture9
tragedy8
poetry7
proverbs7
rhetoric7
botany6
epic6
gender and sexuality6
historiography6
politics6
zoology6

Letter

Μ mu73

Vetting status

high73

Length

Short69
Medium4

Translator

David Whitehead32
Catharine Roth18
Nick Nicholas8
Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝5
Christopher Blackwell3
D. Graham J. Shipley1

6 more

Ioannis Doukas1
Katina Ball1
Marcelo Boeri1
Nathan Greenberg ✝1
Robert Dyer1

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μ12Μὰ γῆν μὰ παγίδας μὰ νεφέλας μὰ δίκτυαby earth (and) by snares (and) by clouds (and) by netsThus they used to swear by random things, [for example] by springs, by rivers. Aristophanes in Birds [sc. illustrates this].highshort
μ20ΜάγνηςMagnes[Magnes,] of the city of Ikarion; Attic or Athenian; comic poet. As a young man he overlaps in time with the aged Epicharmus. He composed 9 comedies, and won 2 victories. This man was …highmedium
μ24Μαγνητῶν κακάMagnesians' evils"And I have nothing that I can say worthily about him, whether the name I apply to them is the Magnesians' evils, or the Termerian [evil], or simply the entirety of tragedy togther with …

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Μὰ γῆν μὰ παγίδας μὰ νεφέλας μὰ δίκτυα

by earth (and) by snares (and) by clouds (and) by nets

Thus they used to swear by random things, [for example] by springs, by rivers. Aristophanes in Birds [sc. illustrates this].

Μὰ γῆν, μὰ παγίδας, μὰ νεφέλας, μὰ δίκτυα· οὕτω καὶ τὰ τυχόντα ὤμνυον, μὰ κρήνας, μὰ ποταμούς. Ἀριστοφάνης Ὄρνισι.

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μ30Μάδδανbarley-cake[ma/dda means the same as] ma/za, [i.e.] nourishment. The Megarians [say it] this way with two deltas.highshort

μ31Μὰ Δίαby ZeusNot saying [this] in the sense of ma\ to\n *di/a, as some suppose: but they used to use it instead of ma\ *di/a, just as [they used] nh\ *di/a in the sense of nai/ …highshort

μ33Μαδῶνταlosing hair[Meaning him] bald, altogether lacking hair.highshort

μ34Μᾶζαbarley-cake[Meaning] bread, dough. Or tough bread. "Whoever eats barley bread, eats the barley cake mixed with water; but whoever eats wheaten bread, eats bread moistened with water." The Megarians [say] ma/dda with two deltas.highshort

μ35Μᾶζαbarley-cakeProperly the food, the one made of milk and grain, from the [verb] to be kneaded. It is properispomenon. In reference to the dung-beetle Aristophanes has used it by misapplication. For he does not …highmedium

μ37Μαζίσκας διαμεμιγμέναςmixed barley-sconesMeaning kneaded [barley-scones].highshort

μ38Μαζονομεῖονbread-boardA particular [kind of] vessel.highshort

μ42Μάθημαlearning, lesson[Meaning a] pursuit, occupation, mode of life, way of life, allegation, [something] from which we are likely to spend time in connection with our affairs. But to learn better [metamaqei=n] is to cease. Strictly …highshort

μ44ΜαθητιῶI wish to be a student[Meaning] I desire to learn. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "for I wish to be a student. But open the door." Also [sc. attested is the related noun] maqhtai=si, [meaning] to/for the students.highshort

μ45Μαθώνhaving learned[Meaning he] having seen. "Having learned [this], the Celt laughed and mocked, as if he were a man about to do combat with a boy." And elsewhere: "as [he/she] learned that he also was …highshort

μ51Μακαρίαblessedness, Makaria[A way of referring to] death. [Makaria was] a daughter of Hades. And [there is] a proverb: "be gone into blessedness", meaning into misery and utter destruction. Or "begone into blessedness" [is said] by …highshort

μ53Μάκαρι σὺν τύχᾳwith blessed fortune[In this phrase ma/kari is used] instead of makari/a|. Aristophanes [writes]: "fly around the blessed one with blessed fortune." And elsewhere Aristophanes [writes]: "o blessed Automenes, how blessed we consider you, since you have …highshort

μ57Μακαρίταςblessed ones[Meaning] the dead [referred to] euphemistically, on the grounds that those who died are blessed, because they no longer perceive anything terrible. Some Dorians call them zameri/tai, as if they have already obtained a …highmedium

μ58Μακάρων νήσοισινin the islands of the blessedThe acropolis of the Thebans in Boiotia [sc. was called this] long ago, as Parmenides [says].highshort

μ67Μάκελλαmattock[Meaning an agricultural/horticultural] fork. Aristophanes [writes]: "o fool, fool, do not stir up the cowardly wrath of the gods, so that justice may not utterly destroy your entire race with Zeus's mattock". It is …highshort

μ68Μακκοᾷis gaga[Meaning he/she/it] is devoid of intelligence, is stupid. We said that Makko was stupid. Aristophanes [writes]: "[as long as] the face of the people sits gaga". Also [sc. attested is the perfect] 'has become …highshort

μ69ΜακκὼMakko[Makko] and Laimo: women, who became dumb, that is slow-witted.highshort

μ70Μακρὰ γραμμήlong line[Meaning] the condemning one; whereas for acquittal [the juror] used to note a short.highshort

μ78Μακρὸν ποιῶI make long[Meaning] I elongate/extend/prolong. So Philippides [sc. uses the word].highshort

μ81Μακρούςlong"I will not listen to you speaking long speeches." He is not saying I will not let slip the long [ones], but I will listen to those spoken briefly; rather, that all speeches are …highshort

μ83Μακρῷfar beyond, by farMeaning by much. Eunapius [writes]: "Carinus the emperor, having come into power and wielding supreme authority, engaged in so great an evil tyranny that he made golden the tyranny acted out in tragic drama. …highshort

μ86Μάκτραkneading-trough[Meaning] a long mortar, in which they knead dough. Aristophanes in Plutus [writes]: "and instead of a kneading-trough a broken side of a cask."highshort

μ92Μαλακίωνlittle softy[Meaning] a softy.highshort

μ108Μαλθακώτερονsofter[Meaning] toward the sweeter [side] of life, and [the one] in a good state. Aristophanes in Frogs [writes]: "but to turn always toward the softer is [the mark] of a clever man and a …highshort

μ109Μαλθάξαιto soften[Meaning] to make good, to appease. "[It is said that] those being softened with gifts even came together at his invitations." And elsewhere: "for in one [way] only was it possible for that man …highshort

μ110Μάλθηmalthe[Meaning] softened wax.highshort

μ115Μᾶλλον μᾶλλονmore and moreMeaning ever more. Alexis in Atthis [writes]: "how Zeus casts clouds at first quietly, then more and more." Anaxilas in Hours [and] Alexis in Pezonike [sc. also use the phrase]. This 'more' is said …highmedium

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