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γ226Γηγενεῖςearth-born (ones)… "did you learn these clever things by going to the earth-born ones?" Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "by an earth-born gust", meaning one great enough that it makes earthquakes; for [it was] an …Matched in translationhighshort
χ328Χθονίας βροντάςearth-shaking thunderclaps"Celebrate [his] earth-shaking thunderclaps". Meaning sing a hymn. "Earth-shaking" [meaning] frightening. For they trace the genealogy of all terrible things to the earth. But others [see this as thunderclaps] that bring about a loud …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ1618Κιμωλίαcimolite, Cimolian earthA white clay/earth.

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earth-born (ones)

[Meaning] wan and corpse-like [ones]. Or impious and god-battling [ones], because of the Giants. Thus Aristophanes accuses philosophers in Clouds: "did you learn these clever things by going to the earth-born ones?"…

Γηγενεῖς· ὠχροὺς καὶ νεκρώδεις. ἢ ἀσεβεῖς καὶ θεομάχους, διὰ τοὺς Γίγαντας. οὕτω διαβάλλει τοὺς φιλοσόφους Ἀριστοφάνης Νεφέλαις· ταῦτ' ἔμαθες τὰ δεξιὰ εἴσω παρελθὼν παρὰ τοὺς…

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χ617Χυτρεοῦνearthenware… cooking-pot. Aristophanes [writes]: "o unhappy me, for taking you -- earthenware -- to be a god".Matched in translationhighshort

γ230Γῇ θάλατταν συναναμίγνυσινthey mix up the sea with the earthThe proverb [is used] in reference to those who are excessively angered.Matched in headwordhighshort

δ1205ΔιοσημείαZeus-omen, Zeus-sign… that [phenomenon] is called dioshmi/a". Some natural phenomena, such as earthquakes, thunders and storms, were held by the Athenians to be bad omens, so that they would interrupt an assembly and suspend a deliberation …Matched in noteshighmedium

α425ἈδάμAdam… wisdom and discrimination. Instead all humans scattered across the entire earth continue following his pronouncements unaltered. And the first-born one's surpassing judgment in all things did not stop there, but also extended to the …Matched in translationhighlong

κ1744ΚλειγένηςKleigenes, Cligenes… all who are masters of ash-mixing, sham-soda dust and Kimolian earth." "Ash-mixing" [is] ash mixed with soda. "Kimolian" [is a kind of] white earth. So he is saying that [Kleigenes] is most rascally [skilled] …Matched in translationhighshort

χ5Χάλαζαhail, hailstorm… through the air by the wind and carried down to earth. But snow [is] moisture, frozen out of a cloud. Hailstorms: they are freezings of the moisture overhead in the air, above the earth; …Matched in translationhighmedium

χ84ΧάοςChaos… Chaos, Night, black Erebus, and broad Tartarus. There was neither earth, nor air, nor heaven. Black-winged Night begat the first wind-egg in the boundless bosom of Erebus. And after the cycles of the years, …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ1132Δῖνοςrotation… [writes]: "but ethereal rotation". Others [maintain] that it is an earthenware vessel; that is, a deep drinking-cup, called a dinos. Aristophanes says that dinos and the clouds [are] divinities.Matched in translationhighshort

δ1504Δραπέτης κλῆροςrunaway lot… of Aristodemus: that Cresphontes wickedly threw a moist lump of earth into the water-pot when lots were cast for Messenia. Sophocles [writes]: "not tossing the lot as a runaway down in the middle [...], …Matched in translationhighmedium

κ2035Κονιόπουςdust-foot, sandal… from the [verb] kai/nw ["I slay"), [meaning] I cut; cut-up earth. It is also written as konipoda, namely a narrow sandal, so narrow that the foot was covered with dust.Matched in translationhighshort

α104Ἄβυσσονabyss… and small seas, David naturally called this [i.e., abyss] the earth's surrounding garment. Also, "abyss calls to abyss", the same prophet says, meaning figuratively military divisions and the excessive size of the multitude. "I …Matched in translationhighmedium

α124ἈγάθωνAgathon… Agathon?" -- "He's gone and left me." -- "Where on earth is the wretch?" -- "At a banquet of the blessed." This Agathon was good by nature, "missed by his friends" and brilliant at …Matched in translationhighmedium

α732Ἀθηναίων δυσβουλίαAthenians' ill-counsel… were the first to work the soil [chthon], namely the earth, or on account of their not being incomers.Matched in translationhighmedium

α1183Ἀληλεσμένονground-up… change of life, previously wild and thorny, before tending the earth and seeds came about. Hence from this care came the saying a)lhlesme/non bi/on.Matched in translationhighmedium

α2010Ἀναπειστηρίανpersuasive[Meaning] able to persuade the listeners. Aristophanes [writes]: "how on earth could this [youth] learn acquittal from a lawsuit, or a summons, or persuasive hot air? Yet Hyperbolos learned this for a talent." Summons: …Matched in translationhighmedium

α2082Ἀνάστατοιanastatoi… when the sun and the moon appear early over the earth; but Apollodorus [says that it is] because they fasten bundles of firewood to them when bringing them. But a phthoïs are[sic!] pastries, which …Matched in translationhighmedium

α2234Ἀνεκάςupwards… Crates in Heroes [writes]: "[bring up] your neck from the earth, looking up at them."Matched in translationhighshort

α2757Ἀντῳδήantode, response… I fall down voiceless and tongueless and lie on the earth, having renounced my zealous mimicry".Matched in translationhighshort

β399Βοσκήσομενwe will feed… such an unveiled pollution he shows thus, which neither the earth nor the sacred rain nor the light will welcome."Matched in translationhighshort

γ184Γέρανοι λίθους καταπεπωκυῖαιshe-cranes which have swallowed stones… finished their journey; but if [the stone goes] to the earth, they take a rest. Aristophanes says this: "cranes having swallowed stones". Cranes flying carry pebbles in their mouths as a support so as …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ89ΔᾶτιςDatis… to make trial of the cities and to ask for earth and water. All the islanders gave it to them; but the Athenians took deep offense and banished the envoys. The Lacedaemonians agreed to …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ119Δαίμωνgod, demi-god, spirit, fortune, genius… he who surveys everything and examines 'what is under the earth', [as] he says, and seeks out with evidence what is in the souls of his neighbors, but does not perceive that it is …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ287Δεῦροhither… I myself, by Apollo, will send them down below the earth."Matched in translationhighshort

δ1054Διιτρέφης πυτιναῖα ἔχων πτεράDiitrephes with wicker-flask wings… if [Aristophanes] said: with nothing other than wine-jar feet and earthenware knobs. This man [Dieitrephes] was nouveau riche and grasping and wicked. Plato in Festivals [writes]: "and a foreigner, the madman, the Cretan, the …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ1183Διονυσίων σκώμματαinsults of the Dionysia… as the poet says -- a 'useless weight on the earth'". "But he has been tossed to the crows and is gone unseen, unheard of, shown to be twistier than a hinge in matters …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε1643Ἐξεράσατε τοὺς λίθουςdisgorge the stones… expression is made from the [word] e)/ra, which is the earth.Matched in translationhighshort

ε1800Ἐξόνbeing allowed, being possible"Why on earth do we buy meat-hooks for our buckets, it being possible to let down an old woman like this and draw up the buckets from the wells?" In reference to lascivious and …Matched in translationhighshort

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