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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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Ἀβελτεροκόκκυξ
silly cuckoo
The vacuous and silly man.
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Ἀβέλτερος
thoughtless
[Meaning] mindless, stupid. For the intelligent man [is] be/lteros ["thoughtful, superior"]. "No, by Zeus, not the greedy and thoughtless fellow, but the mindless and conceitedly slow-witted." Menander in Perinthia [writes]: "any servant who takes …
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Ἀβελτερώτατοι
most thoughtless, very thoughtless
Aristophanes [writes]: "before this most/very thoughtless men used to sit gaping -- Dolts, Half-wits".
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Ἄβρα
favorite
Not simply a maidservant nor even the pretty maidservant is called [favorite], but a daughter of one of the house slaves and an honored one, whether born in the house or not. Menander in …
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71
Ἀβέλτερος νοῦς
foolish mind
"[A foolish mind,] empty, naive, young."
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Ἀβρότονον
wormwood
Type of plant.
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101
Ἄβυδος
Abudos, Abydos, Abydus
A city. The word is applied to an informant [sukofa/nths] because of the common belief that the people of Abudos were informers. Also [sc. attested is] an adverb, *)abudo/qi, [meaning] in Abudos. Also [sc. …
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103
Ἀβυρτάκη
sour-sauce, aburtake, abyrtake, abyrtace
A sharp-flavored barbarian dish, prepared from leeks and cress[-seeds] and pomegranate kernels and other such things, quite clearly pungent. Theopompus in Theseus [writes]: "he will reach the land of the Medes, where aburtake is …
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Ἄβυσσον
abyss
[Meaning] that which not even a deep [buqo/s] can contain; but Ionians pronounce buqo/s as busso/s. From which also bussodomeu/ein ["to build in the deep"] appears to be said, from the verb du/nw ["I …
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Ἀγαθὴ καὶ μάζα μετ' ἄρτον
after bread a barley cake is good too
In reference to those who give or take second-best. *ma/za [barley cake] has an acute [accent]; for a circumflex does not occur before the position of a long vowel. Aristophanes, though, gives ma/za a …
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113
Ἀγαθικά
good things
[Meaning] excellent things.
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122
Ἀγαθοῦ Δαίμονος
of the Good Spirit
The ancients had a custom after dinner of drinking 'of the Good Spirit', by taking an extra quaff of unmixed [wine]; and they call this 'of the Good Spirit', but when they are ready …
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Ἀγαθῶν ἀγαθίδες
skeins of good things
The proverb is used in the comic poets in reference to a lot of good things. Also [sc. attested is] 'sea of good things', in reference to an abundance of good things. Also [sc. …
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124
Ἀγάθων
Agathon
A proper name. He was a tragic poet; but he was slandered for effeminacy. Aristophanes [writes]: "Where is Agathon?" -- "He's gone and left me." -- "Where on earth is the wretch?" -- "At …
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131
Ἄγαλμα
decoration, delight, ornament, statue
Anything in which someone takes delight. "And he [A] gives silver, so that he [B] might complete the statue with the utmost artisanry, adding the size and prescribing the nature of the stone."
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133
Ἀγάλματα
delights, ornaments, statues
[Meaning] the likenesses of the gods, and anything that is decorative in some way. Homer [writes]: "but it is stored away as a delight for the king." And Hesiod calls a necklace an "ornament"; …
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138
Ἄγαμαι καρδίας
I admire at heart
An Atticism, meaning I marvel [at]. Aelian [writes]: "since, also, the [behaviour? remark?] of Menelaus to Paris the son of Priam I neither praise nor admire." "Personally I admire these men as well, and …
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143
Ἄγαν ἐγκεῖσθαι τῷδε
to be too vehement against someone
For instance to make accusations and to lambaste.
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145
Ἄγανον
firewood, broken; good, gentle
With proparoxytone accent [this means] wood that has been cut up. Or brushwood and [wood that is] ready to be cut up. But some [sc. define it as wood] which is not chopped. But …
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Ἀγανόφρονος
kindly-minded
"And the cheerful face of kindly-minded peace." [Meaning] easygoing and gentle.
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149
Ἀγανώτερον
milder, kindlier
[Meaning] more/rather desirable, more/rather gentle.
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Ἀγαπησμός
affection
They call friendliness "affection" and "lovingness". In Synaristosai [Ladies Who Lunch] Menander [writes]: "and the affection, such as it was, for each other that arose from difficulty."
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165
Ἄγγαροι
messengers
[Meaning] those who carry letters in relays. They are also [called] 'couriers' [a)sta/ndai]. The words [are] Persian. Aeschylus in Agamemnon [writes]: "beacon sent beacon hither with relaying fire." The word is also used for …
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217
Ἀγῆλαι
to celebrate, to glorify
[Meaning] to honor a god with celebrations. Thus Eupolis in Demes [writes]: "now we too should dedicate to these the twin woolly wreaths and approach in celebration. Hail everyone, we welcome [you]!" Aristophanes in …
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251
Ἀγκύλη
thong, hook
A kind of javelin. Also [sc. attested is the related participle] h)gkulwme/nos ["armed with a javelin"], [meaning] wielding a javelin. But [sc. the headword] also signifies some furnishing of the tent of Moses.
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Ἀγκυλοχείλης καὶ Ἀγκυλόχειλος
crooked-beaked
Bent-beaked, an epithet of the eagle, which has curved talons. But in reference to Cleon [it means] having crooked hands for theft and seizure.
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261
Ἀγκύρισμα
anchor-hold
[Meaning] a kind of wrestling-move. Also [sc. attested is the related participle] a)gkuri/sas, meaning [someone] wrestling down or taking down by the knee. An 'anchor-hold' is also a hunter's container of figs. Aristophanes [writes]: …
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269
Ἀγλευκές
sour
[Meaning] what is bitter. Xenophon used [the word] in the Oeconomicus. But the word seems to be foreign, Sicilian; at any rate it is much used later in Rhinthon. Also [sc. attested is the …
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270
Ἄγλιθες
garlic-crowns
[Meaning] the heads of garlic plants. Aristophanes [writes]: "like field-mice, you dig garlic-crowns with a peg".
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