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Διεδοιδύκησε
he made a pestle-fist
[Meaning] he described
a
sphere with his hand,
having
made
it like
a
pestle.
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3459
Ἀπ' ὄνου καταπεσών
having fallen from a donkey
A
proverb [deriving] from those who
attempt
horsemanship when they
are
not even
able
to handle donkeys.
Aristophanes
in Clouds [writes]: "why, pray,
are
you talking nonsense,
as
if you had fallen from
a
…
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4177
Ἀσκὸς ἐν πάχνῃ
a wineskin in a frost
David says: "I have become
as
a
wineskin in
a
frost."
A
wineskin when heated becomes porous
and
when inflated it swells, but in the frost it is hardened
and
frozen. Thus
also
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α
2024
Ἀναπλήσας
having filled up, having defiled
[Meaning he]
having
made
full. But Plato [uses it] to mean he
having
polluted.
Matched in translation
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short
α
2877
Ἀπαλλάξας
having put aside, having put off, having abandoned
Meaning [he]
having
persuaded to leave. Cratinus
and
Demosthenes
and
others [sc. use the word]. [sc. The related
aorist
infinitive is]
a)palla/cai.
Also
[sc.
attested
is the subjunctive]
a)palla/cwmen,
meaning let us dismiss. Xenophon …
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medium
α
2896
Ἀπανθήσαντα
having faded, having withered
[Meaning]
having
dried-up. "I
am
most happy, I who have
anointed
my head with good ointments [...] For they stay on the head
a
long time. The others, once
having
faded,
all
fly
away."
…
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short
ει
188
Εἰρημένον
having been stated, having been told
[Meaning]
having
been said. "It
having
been stated to them to meet here." In
Attic
dialect, meaning
having
been told to come."Not
about
a
slight matter." Meaning [not
about
something] cheap.
Matched in translation
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short
α
2425
Ἀνὴρ δὲ φεύγων οὐ νένει λύρας κτύπον
a fleeing man does not await a lyre's sound
A
proverb in reference to those
having
to do everything hastily
and
quickly.
Matched in translation
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short
δ
918
Διενέγκαντες
having lasted out, having carried on
[Meaning they]
having
overcome. "For indeed they last out many things with us, both invasions
and
battles."
And
elsewhere: "with me
having
carried on thus for
a
month of days."
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short
δ
1491
Δραγμὴ χαλαζῶσα
a drachma falling as hail; a handful falling as hail
In the time of Diophantus the theor{et}ikon came into being,
a
drachma.
And
when
a
hailstorm from the sky stopped
at
that time, the joke was that it was
a
handful of hailstones.
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short
η
505
ᾙρημένην
having chosen, having been chosen
[Meaning] elected by show of hands.
Also
h(|rhme/non ["chosen"], decided, selected. "Since they happened to have chosen the Persian side for the most part, [that] they were disparaged by both the Colchians themselves
and
…
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short
α
3349
Ἀποκηδήσαντες
having been careless
Meaning [they]
having
been cowardly. Homer [sc. uses the word]. But in Sophron [sc. it means]
having
been cowardly
[and]
having
paid no heed.
Also
[sc.
attested
is]
a)pokhdh/sontai
["they will be careless"], [meaning] …
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short
δ
458
Δημοσιεύων
being a public [doctor]
[Used] with
an
accusative.
[Meaning] I do my work
as
a
gift.
Aristophanes
writes: "but, my poor fellow, I do not happen to be
a
public doctor". For the doctors
appointed
by popular vote …
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short
κ
489
Καταβροχθίσας
having gulped down
[Meaning]
having
swallowed up,
having
drunk down. The [participle] katabroxqi/sas is said in reference to those who swallow
all
at
once
and
insatiably. "I,
having
gulped down the stomach of
a
cow
and
the …
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short
ε
2483
Ἐπινενασμέναι
having been heaped
[Meaning they]
having
been filled.
Aristophanes
[writes]: "the tables
are
[in
a
state of]
having
been heaped with
all
good things
and
having
been prepared."
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β
196
Βάψας τὴν κώπην
having dipped the oar
[Having
dipped the oar] you set sail,
having
come to the nautodikai, who used to judge the [cases] of being foreign. Or from those who make drugs. For they say,
"having
dipped [it] I …
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short
β
436
Βουλήσεται κἂν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ τυχεῖν ὢν μᾶλλον ἢ κρῖναι κακῶς
he will wish even to be in Egypt rather than to make a bad judgment
As
[if] in reference to
a
curse; since Egypt used to be slandered
as
being infested by robbers. Or he wishes that he is
as
far
away
as
possible, where rain will not harm …
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short
δ
583
Διακλιμακίσας
having used the klimax
[Meaning he]
having
wrestled with. For klimax
and
klimakismos ['executing the klimax']
[are]
a
certain type of wrestling-hold.
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α
2891
Ἀπαμφιέσαντες
having stripped off
[Meaning they]
having
unclothed.
Also
[sc.
attested
is]
a)pamfiei=
["he/she/it will strip off"], [meaning] will uncover. In Hated Man [Menander writes]: "for sometimes liquor will strip off this
affectedness
of mine even though it …
Matched in translation
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short
ε
710
Ἐκφθαρείς
having been utterly destroyed
[Meaning]
having
gone out. This is how they say going out for
a
bad result. But ei)sfqarei/s [means] going in somewhere for
a
bad result.
Matched in translation
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short
α
1876
Ἀναθείς
having set on
[Meaning he/she/it]
having
turned towards. The [participle]
a)naqei/s
is
applied
to inanimate objects. But
Aristophanes
in Wealth used it of living beings.
"Having
set the fellow on some cliff I will kill [him]."
Matched in translation
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α
3495
Ἀπορρέξαντες
having sacrificed-out
[Meaning they]
having
divided out,
having
given out
a
[sc. sacrificial] portion.
Matched in translation
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short
α
3036
Ἀπεργασάμενος
having finished work
Meaning
having
rendered
[account]
of what one had been doing. So Isaeus in the [speech] In reply to
Apollodoros.
Also
[sc.
attested
is the corresponding infinitive]
a)perga/sasqai
["to finish work"], meaning to complete [it]. …
Matched in translation
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short
ε
1564
Ἐξαρτήσας
having hung on
Meaning [he] finding out, or [he]
having
suspended.
Also
[sc.
attested
is] e)cartw=mai ["I
am
hung on"], [meaning] I
am
pierced through.
Aristophanes
[says]:
"[am
I not then pulling]
and
hung on,
and
getting …
Matched in translation
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short
α
1
Ἂ ἄ
ah! ah!
In
Aristophanes
an
adverb
accompanying
surprise
and
command.
"Ah!
ah!
Don't get that torch near me!"
'Ah!
ah!'
must be read separately, not elided;
and
they both have smooth breathing.. For if they were …
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short
ε
1693
Ἐξεικασμένος
made like
[Meaning someone who has been] fashioned.
Aristophanes
[writes]: "don't be
afraid
-- he hasn't been
made
like." Meaning fashioned to
a
likeness. For the comic poets had
a
habit of making the masks resemble …
Matched in translation
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short
κ
936
Κατεκλίνομεν
we made lie down
Meaning we leaned on. So
Attic
writers [sc. express themselves].
Aristophanes
in Plutus [writes]:
"and
when
a
round-cake was dedicated upon the
altar,
we
made
Plutus lie down,
as
was fitting." The [prefix] kata/ …
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α
1355
Ἀλλ' οὐκ ἔνεστι συκοφάντου δήγματος
but 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 …
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γ
205
Γέρροιν
with a pair of wickers
Eupolis says
a)po\
staurou= ["from
a
fence"].
And
Demosthenes [writes]:
"and
they set the wickers on fire."
And
[sc. the term can
also
mean] places which
are
fenced in;
also
Persian shields
[made]
out …
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α
4374
Ἀτοπίας πλέων πρᾶγμα
a matter full of absurdity
Meaning [full of]
a
marvel. "With Chosroes enticing him to come to this point of
absurdity."
Meaning of irrationality, of thoughtlessness.
And
elsewhere: "someone would wonder
at
the
absurdity
of the man, who
at
…
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