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α1022Ἀκροφυσίων λόγουςwords from bellowsSee "to show words from bellows".highshort
α1050Ἀλαβαστοθήκαςperfume-bottle boxes, scent-bottle boxesDemosthenes 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 …highshort
α1052Ἀλλὰ γάρbut for all thatInstead 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 …highshort
α1057Ἀλαζώνboaster, 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 …highshort
α1058Ἀλαζώνboaster, 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 …highshort
α1060Ἀλαλαλαὶ ἰὴ παίωνalalalai ie paionChoral exclamation.highshort
α1067Ἀλλαντοπώληςsausage-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 …highshort
α1073Ἀλλ' ἅπαν γένοιτ' ἂν ἤδηbut 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!"highshort
α1076Ἀλλᾶς ἀλλᾶντοςsausage, of a sausage[Meaning a] type of prepared intestine. Also [sc. attested is] a)llantopw/lhs ["sausage-seller"], [Meaning] he who sells these things.highshort
α1078Ἅλας θυμίταςthymed salts[Meaning ones] prepared out of [= with] thyme. And [there is] another saying: "it's raining with salts", in reference to excessive prosperity.highshort
α1081Ἀλλ' ἔστιν ἡμῖν Μεγαρική τις μηχανήbut we have some Megarian contrivanceMeaning a tricky, knavish contrivance. For the Megarians used to be criticized for knavery, [i.e.] saying some things, but doing others.highshort
α1083Ἀλᾶταιroams[Meaning he/she/it] wanders, roves.highshort
α1087Ἀλλὰ χρήbut it is necessary[Meaning] let it be. This shows affirmation; as does also ma/la ["indeed"].highshort
α1097Ἄλγησιςpain[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.highshort
α1099Ἀλγίστατονmost painful, very painful"This [sc. will turn] into a most/very painful thing for us."highshort
α1109ἈλεαίνοιμιI 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 …highmedium
α1114ἈλεκτορίδεςhensThe 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 …highshort
α1117Ἀλεκτρυόνα ἀθλητὴν Ταναγραῖονa 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 …highshort
α1118Ἀλλ' ἐμός γ' οὐκ ἂν ἐκ τᾶς ἔλθῃ πόκα πορπησάμενοςbut mine would not come out of the ranks with his shield-strapMy 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.highshort
α1137Ἀλεξίκακονfor 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.highshort
α1138ἌλεξιςAlexisOf 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.highshort
α1139Ἀλεξιφάρμακαcharms[Meaning things] able to keep off spells. Menander in Child [writes]: "Ephesia walks thus around those getting married, speaking charms".highshort
α1143Ἀλλ' ἔσθι' ἐλθὼν τοὺς Μεγακλέους κίοναςbut go and eat the pillars of MegaclesAs 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 …highshort
α1146ἈλετρίβανοςpestleSome [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 …highshort
α1147ἈλέοιμιI might keep warmMeaning I might make myself warm. Aristophanes [sc. uses the word].highshort
α1164Ἀλλ' εἴ τις ὑμῶν ἐν Σαμοθρᾴκῃ μεμυημένος ἐστιbut 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 jointIn 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, …highmedium
α1166Ἀλείψαςhaving 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 …highshort
α1172ἌληθεςtrulyMeaning 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 …highshort
α1173Ἀληθέστερα τῶν ἐπὶ Σάγρᾳtruer things than those at SagraA 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 …highmedium
α1175Ἀλήθεια καὶ ἀληθής Ἀληθῆtruth and trueThey 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 [...]."highshort

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