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α1183Ἀληλεσμένονground-upThucydides [writes]: "and to buy the ground-up corn they wanted for a lot of money". Also [sc. the phrase] a)lhlesme/non bi/on ["a ground-up life"] some applied to those used to living on acorns, but …highmedium
α1197Ἄληπτοςevasive, hard to catch[Meaning] uncontrollable. "To state the reason why he was hard for his enemies to catch". Aristophanes [sc. uses the word].highshort
α1227Ἀλίμενονharbourless[Meaning] the [furrow] which does not have an end, or even a start.highshort
α1233Ἀλινδεῖσθαιto roll in the dust[Meaning] to roll around. Also [sc. attested is] a)lindh/qra, [Meaning] a rolling-place. A place where horses cover themselves in dust. Aristophanes [writes]: "scattering many dust-rolls of words". And elsewhere: "and the other, pulling up …highshort
α1240Ἁλίπεδονhalipedon[Meaning a] level plain next to the sea. Some people call Piraeus this. It is also an accessible place which once was sea and afterwards became a plain. Hence one must aspirate the first …highmedium
α1244Ἅλιςenough[Meaning] plentifully, sufficiently. "When he had had enough of this vengeance, he ordered him carried into the city, with both hands tied behind his back". Aristophanes [writes]: "enough sardine for me: I'm stretched out …highshort
α1257Ἀλιτήριοςsinning[Meaning] unholy, one who is mired in defilement and a wrongdoer against gods. Aristophanes in Knights [writes]: "I say you were born out of those sinning against the goddess [sc. Athena]."highshort
α1262ἈλιτρίαmischiefMeaning sin. Aristophanes [sc. uses the word]. Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] a)litro/s, [meaning] sinful.highshort
α1273ἈλκαῖοςAlkaios, AlcaeusAn Athenian, a tragic poet, whom some people want [to say] was [the?] first tragic poet.highshort
α1274ἈλκαῖοςAlkaios, AlcaeusA Mytilenian, then an Athenian; a comic poet of the Old Comedy - the fifth; son of Mikkos. He wrote ten plays.highshort
α1284ἈλκιμένηςAlkimenes, AlcimenesA Megarian, a tragic poet. And there is another Alkimenes, an Athenian, a comic poet.highshort
α1298Ἀλκυονίδες ἡμέραιAlcyon days, Halcyon days, kingfisher days[Meaning] those of fine weather. People differ on their number. For Simonides in Pentathla says they are 11, as does Aristotle in [his book] Concerning Animals, but Demagoras of Samos [says] 7, and Philochorus …highmedium
α1302Ἁλμάδεςsalteds[Meaning] brine-steeped olives.highshort
α1303Ἅλμη οὐκ ἔνεστ' αὐτῷthere is no salt in him; there is no sauce in him[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to the sour and unpleasant [man].highshort
α1305ἈλοάωνthreshingAlso [sc. attested is] a)loa/santa ["him having threshed"]; Pherecrates said a)loa/santa with an alpha; "at once to alienate with draught horses the man who had threshed." But to cut with blows [is] a)loh=sai with …highshort
α1317Ἄλλο ἕτερονanother other[Something that] they say pleonastically. Menander in Drunkenness [writes]: "then he had neither fire nor stone nor another other". Krates in Games [wries]: "there is another other holy word in all the tragedies".highshort
α1323Ἄλοκιin a furrow[a)/loki means the same as] au)/laki, [i.e.] in a cut of the plow.highshort
α1324Ἀλοκίζεινto trace a furrowAristophanes [writes]: "me, I have been wanting to trace a furrow [in] my place."highshort
α1330ἈλοῶI thresh, smite, drive around, smashThe [verb that means] I break. Also [sc. attested is the active participle] a)low=n ["threshing"], [meaning one who is] leading [beasts] around in a circle from without, as those on the threshing floors [do]. …highmedium
α1332Ἄλοπονunscutched[Meaning something] unpeeled. "She is coming out for her unscutched flax-stalk."highshort
α1335Ἄλλος ἄλλονone anotherMeaning each other.highshort
α1337Ἄλλος βίος ἄλλη δίαιταanother life (and) another way of livingA proverb in reference to those who have turned to a better life.highshort
α1344Ἀλλότριον ἀμᾷς θέροςyou are reaping someone else's summer-crop[sc. A saying] in reference to those harvesting other people's fruits.highshort
α1349Ἀλλ' οὐ γάρ ἐστι τῶν ἀναισχύντων φύσει γυναικῶν οὐδὲν κάκιον εἰς ἅπαντα πλὴν ἄλλαι γυναῖκεςfor there is nothing more wicked in everything than naturally shameless women except other womenThat is, except another woman.highshort
α1350Ἀλλ' οὐδ' ἐγὼ μέντοι πεσών γε κατακείσομαιI have fallen but I will not lie downAristophanes in Clouds [sc. says this]. That is I will not lose heart; in effect I will not succumb to my griefs.highshort
α1353Ἀλλ' οὐ θέμιςbut not lawful[Meaning] but [it is] not possible. "But [it is] not lawful to tell, except to the students." He is introducing these things for ridicule and calumny. For slandering and envying [is] alien to philosophers, …highshort
α1355Ἀλλ' οὐκ ἔνεστι συκοφάντου δήγματοςbut it does not have [a charm] against an informer's bite[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to ineffectual things. It leaves out the [word] "charm". The attendant says in character that there is no spell on the ring that serves as an antidote for …highmedium
α1356Ἀλλ' οὐ λαχοῦσ' ἔπινες ἐν τῷ γράμματιso did you not drink in your letter once you had been allotted it?Aristophanes [sc. writes this]. ["Drink"] meaning served as a juror. For the Athenians were allotted [to juries] by letter from the 10 tribes. For example, the first [tribe] had alpha as its symbol, the …highmedium
α1358Ἁλουργιαῖονsea-madeMeaning [sc. something] sea-wrought [a(lourge/s]. Antiphanes [sc. uses the word].highshort
α1359Ἁλουργίςsea-robe[Meaning a] purple mantle. Since the rose [is] purple, Aristophanes introduced the halourgis for a wreath of roses. But a(lourgh/s ["sea-wrought"] [sc. is an adjective describing] clothing, [genitive] a(lourgou=s, [dative] a(lourgei=. "Sea-wrought clothing."highshort