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Ἄγνον
chaste-tree, withy
They are not speaking of the lugos. And Chionides uses it in the masculine in Heroes: "and verily, by Zeus, I don't seem anymore to be different from an agnos growing in a mountain …
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286
Ἄγνωτα
unknown
From the [adjective] a)/gnwtos, [neuter nominative/accusative plural]. For there is no transformation from a)gnw/s into a neuter gender. "Words [...] unknown to the audience." Aristophanes in Frogs [sc. says this].
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Ἀγορά
agora, assembly, market-place
[Meaning] the [sc. place of] assembly, whence Nestor [is] an a)gorhth/s ['agora-man']; also the place where the wares are sold, and the wares themselves.
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Ἀγοράζειν
to frequent the market-place; to market
[Meaning] to buy something and to spend time in [the] marketplace. Aristophanes in Wealth [sc. applies this verb] to what we customarily [say] for to buy. "And to market a dress for his sisters."
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302
Ἀγορανομίας
market-supervisorship, market-supervisorships
[Meaning] auditorship/s. The term is applied to those who oversee sales in the cities. Also [sc. attested is the related concrete noun] "market-supervisors" [agoranomoi]: the officials who manage the sales in the marketplace [sc. …
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medium
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304
Ἀγοράσαι
to buy at market
Hyperides [sc. uses this] to mean to purchase. They say a)gora/sw, a)gorw= being sub-literate; there are plenty of examples everywhere, but take for instance [one] of Aristophanes, from Aiolosikon: "but hurry, there was no …
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305
Ἀγοράσω
I will go to market
Meaning I will spend time in [the] marketplace. Aristophanes [writes]: "and I will go to market in arms alongside Aristogeiton." Meaning I will spend time in the market with Aristogeiton, near Aristogeiton. That is, …
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306
Ἀγορᾶς ὥραν
market's hour, market's time
[Meaning the hour/time] not for selling things, but for the other transactions that go on in the marketplace at dawn, or indeed before the marketplace gets full. Pherekrates [writes]: "always to drink and get …
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308
Ἀγοραῖος νοῦς
marketplace mind
[Meaning] the one altogether cheap and vulgar and not elite or thoughtful. Also [sc. attested is] Agoraios Hermes. Aristophanes [writes]: "by Hermes Agoraios, I look and I perjure myself." That is, [Hermes] who is …
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317
Ἄγουσιν ἑορτὴν οἱ κλέπται
the thieves are keeping festival.
The expression [is] very charming and suitably witty in accordance with the charm of comedy. It signifies those who steal with impunity.
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328
Ἀγωνάρχαι
contest-judges
Sophocles [writes]: "and lest any contest-judges or he who is my destroyer should give my arms to the Achaeans." Also [sc. attested is] a proverb: "a contest does not accept excuses." It is applied …
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335
Ἀγωνίς
Agonis
A name of a courtesan.
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336
Ἀγώνισμα
achievement, prize
[Meaning] effort, diligence. "An achievement is there for him to take". Aristophanes [writes]: "personally, I would like to meet some ("wild beast" is left out) and take an achievement worthy of the journey." A …
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338
Ἀγωνοθέτης
agonothete
The man [engaged] in [organising] the theatrical [competitions]; but athlothete [is] the man [engaged] in [organising] the athletic [competitions].
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350
Ἀγρεία ἀοιδή
rustic song
The rural [kind]. "He stretched the hide down a rustic plane tree." In the Epigrams. Also [sc. attested is] a)grei=os, [meaning] the yokel, the ignoramus. Or someone from the country. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: …
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358
Ἀγριοποιόν
wild-maker, wild-making
And a wild-making fellow. [sc. Meaning him who is] introducing savage heroes. Aristophanes [says] about Aeschylus: "I know him and understand him well; I've watched him for a long time; a wild-making fellow, stubborn …
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360
Ἀγρίους
wild men
Aeschines in the speech Against Timarchos calls men who are very agitated by the love of boys "wild men". And Menander says a gambler is "wild" if he is too eager for gambling. The …
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371
Ἀγροῦ πυγή
rump of the country; fat of the land
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to the comfortably-off and those attending perseveringly to some kind of task.
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376
Ἄγροικος ἐξ ἄστεος
a rustic out of town
He did not make this juxtaposition idly. For he is not ashamed to call himself rustic: he insults himself as foolish and rustic in various ways; rather, first of all he is unaware that …
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377
Ἄγροικος ὀργήν
boorish in anger
Litigious, choleric, prone to anger. Aristophanes [writes]: "for we have a master who is boorish in anger." Also [sc. attested is] a)groi/ths, [meaning] the country man.
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378
Ἀγροίκου μὴ καταφρόνει ῥήτορος
don't despise a rustic rhetor
[Said] because one should not despise even worthless things.
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383
Ἀγυιαί
highways
[Meaning] streets, alleys, or long roads; [sc. so called] from their not having limbs and offshoots and bends. But streets [amphoda] have exits from each side and differ in this respect. Some give aguias …
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medium
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385
Ἀγύρριος
Agyrrhios, Agyrrhius
A proper name. [The man] who was slandered for weakness, that he actually breaks wind. Aristophanes in Plutus [says this]. And he was also ridiculed for over-boldness. Also [sc. attested is] Agyrrhios, an Athenian …
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408
Ἀγχιστεία
closeness, being next of kin, right of inheritance
The sharing of property. In Aristophanes: "let there be no anchisteia for a bastard". Also [sc. attested is] a [related] verb a)gxisteu/w ["I am an anchisteus"]; [used] with a genitive.
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410
Ἀγχίστροφοι
changeable
[Those] gathered together, or quickly turning about. Procopius [writes]: "the battle had become fierce and at close range, and both sides were making quick-turning pursuits against each other." And elsewhere: "then you, deploying the …
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412
Ἀγχόνη
noose, strangling
Slipknot, rope, [when it is] paroxytone; but "strangling", the deed, [is] oxytone. The activity. Also [sc. attested is the related aorist participle] a)gxonh/sas ["he having strangled"]: he having choked. But [sc. also attested is] …
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416
Ἄγχουσα
alkanet, bugloss, rouge
A type of plant, which has a red root used by women to redden their faces. "Alkanet will harm [you] as will that white lead of yours".
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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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430
Ἀδαχεῖν
to scrape
The [verb that means] to grate, not [spelled] with the "o" [i.e. not] o)dach=sai. Also [sc. attested is] a)daxei=n, [meaning] to be grating. "For he is always grating the barley right here and gathering …
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431
Ἀδαῖον
unfired, Adaios, Adaeus
[Meaning] unburnt. Also [sc. attested is] Adaios, a proper name.
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