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1022
Ἀκροφυσίων λόγους
words from bellows
See "to show words from bellows".
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1050
Ἀλαβαστοθήκας
perfume-bottle boxes, scent-bottle boxes
Demosthenes calls boxes of scent-bottles [this]. In common parlance they call them murothekai ["unguent-boxes"]. Alabastoi are flasks of which one cannot take hold because of [their] smoothness. Aristophanes [writes]: "into the scent-bottle one ladle …
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1052
Ἀλλὰ γάρ
but for all that
Instead of "but". Eupolis [sc. uses the idiom]. "But for all that, despondent men never yet set up a trophy." The proverb [is used] in reference to those who because of despondency are unable …
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α
1057
Ἀλαζών
boaster, imposter
[Meaning one who is] deceitful, arrogant, false. [So called] from living a wandering life (e)n a)/lh| zh=n). Also [sc. attested is] a)lazonoxaunoflu/aros, [meaning] a drunkard and babbler. Or a)lazw/n, [meaning someone] living otherwise [a)/llws …
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α
1058
Ἀλαζών
boaster, imposter
[Meaning] a wanderer. So Alkaios [sc. uses the word]. But Plato [says] a)lazo/nes meaning liars. Or a)lazw/n, [meaning] one who boasts and holds an opinion of himself greater than he deserves. "But he used …
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1060
Ἀλαλαλαὶ ἰὴ παίων
alalalai ie paion
Choral exclamation.
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α
1067
Ἀλλαντοπώλης
sausage-seller
[Meaning] the man selling types of guts, gut-seller. For a)lla=s [is] the gut, [and in the genitive it is] a)lla=ntos. "Instead of a trophy they set up a standard for the general. And hanging …
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1073
Ἀλλ' ἅπαν γένοιτ' ἂν ἤδη
but now anything might happen
["But now anything might happen.] I applaud the old proverb. For one must look under every stone, lest a politician bite." The proverb [is as follows]: "under every stone a scorpion sleeps: watch out!"
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α
1076
Ἀλλᾶς ἀλλᾶντος
sausage, of a sausage
[Meaning a] type of prepared intestine. Also [sc. attested is] a)llantopw/lhs ["sausage-seller"], [Meaning] he who sells these things.
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1078
Ἅλας θυμίτας
thymed salts
[Meaning ones] prepared out of [= with] thyme. And [there is] another saying: "it's raining with salts", in reference to excessive prosperity.
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1081
Ἀλλ' ἔστιν ἡμῖν Μεγαρική τις μηχανή
but we have some Megarian contrivance
Meaning a tricky, knavish contrivance. For the Megarians used to be criticized for knavery, [i.e.] saying some things, but doing others.
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1083
Ἀλᾶται
roams
[Meaning he/she/it] wanders, roves.
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α
1087
Ἀλλὰ χρή
but it is necessary
[Meaning] let it be. This shows affirmation; as does also ma/la ["indeed"].
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α
1097
Ἄλγησις
pain
[Meaning] distress. Aristophanes in Thesmophoriazusae [writes]: "o old man, old man, I heard the censure of your envy, but the pain I did not feel." Meaning I was not distressed.
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short
α
1099
Ἀλγίστατον
most painful, very painful
"This [sc. will turn] into a most/very painful thing for us."
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α
1109
Ἀλεαίνοιμι
I might keep warm
[Meaning] I might make myself warm. "Then I put this on, so that I might keep warm." Aristophanes [sc. writes this]. [The verb] a)leai/nein [comes] from us gathering together [a)olli/zesqai] during the days. And …
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medium
α
1114
Ἀλεκτορίδες
hens
The female bird[s]. "And they killed the hens themselves, to prevent them, by crying and singing over their eggs, from exposing the adulterer". Also [sc. attested is the masculine singular] a)lektori/dhs, the son of …
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short
α
1117
Ἀλεκτρυόνα ἀθλητὴν Ταναγραῖον
a cock [and ] an athlete from Tanagra
"These sing nobly." "He sends it to be a votive offering and a delight to Asklepios, as if the bird were an attendant or servant in the temple, that man of Aspendos". And [there …
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1118
Ἀλλ' ἐμός γ' οὐκ ἂν ἐκ τᾶς ἔλθῃ πόκα πορπησάμενος
but mine would not come out of the ranks with his shield-strap
My husband, [she] is saying, has in effect buckled himself up. Meaning thrown away his shield. As soon as he is here, he departs for the war, and would not leave the battle.
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1137
Ἀλεξίκακον
for warding off evil
[Meaning] remedial/remedy, antidote. Purifying and taking care of evil. Also [sc. attested is the vocative] a)leci/kake, that is evil-averter, one keeping terrible things away.
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1138
Ἄλεξις
Alexis
Of Thourioi, [the place] previously called Sybaris; a comic playwright. He produced 245 plays. He was the paternal uncle of Menander the comic playwright. And he had a son, Stephanos, a comic playwright himself.
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short
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1139
Ἀλεξιφάρμακα
charms
[Meaning things] able to keep off spells. Menander in Child [writes]: "Ephesia walks thus around those getting married, speaking charms".
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α
1143
Ἀλλ' ἔσθι' ἐλθὼν τοὺς Μεγακλέους κίονας
but go and eat the pillars of Megacles
As if he said the wealth [of Megacles]. He is indicating through these [words] that nothing was left to him, except the courtyard. Meaning the stones of Megacles' house. For these alone were left …
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short
α
1146
Ἀλετρίβανος
pestle
Some [sc. write this] with a rough breathing, from grinding salt [a(/las tri/bein], others with a smooth, from pounding [a)lei=n]. And whereas doi=duc [is an] Attic [word for this], a)letri/banos is Asian. Also found …
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α
1147
Ἀλέοιμι
I might keep warm
Meaning I might make myself warm. Aristophanes [sc. uses the word].
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1164
Ἀλλ' εἴ τις ὑμῶν ἐν Σαμοθρᾴκῃ μεμυημένος ἐστι
but if there is someone among you initiated in Samothrace, now is a fine time to pray that both feet of the pursuer be put out of joint
In Samothrace there were certain initiation-rites, which they supposed efficacious as a charm against certain dangers. In that place were also the mysteries of the Corybantes and those of Hecate and the Zerinthan cave, …
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medium
α
1166
Ἀλείψας
having oiled
[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning he] having stimulated. From a metaphor of athletes. "Oiling into endurance those who are being wronged". And Aristophanes [writes]: "you oiled from these [sc. olives] at the New-moons". Because …
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short
α
1172
Ἄληθες
truly
Meaning really. They think it right to give the first [syllable] an acute accent, when what is said in a question means [something like] this, such as "really, truly." "Truly, o child of the …
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short
α
1173
Ἀληθέστερα τῶν ἐπὶ Σάγρᾳ
truer things than those at Sagra
A proverb in reference to things that are true, but are not believed. For Sagra [is] a place in Lokris. Menander in Anatithemene mentions the proverb. They say that the Epizephyrian Lokrians were at …
high
medium
α
1175
Ἀλήθεια καὶ ἀληθής Ἀληθῆ
truth and true
They say them in the plural a)lhqh= ["true things"] and ta\s a)lhqei/as ["the truths"]. Menander in Aphrodisian [writes]: "if the truths which someone tells you straight [...]."
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