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β167Βασκανίαprejudice, slanderand [sc. also attested is the related adjective ba/skanos, meaning] prejudiced/slanderous. They apply the [word] slanderous simply to verbal abuse. "You do not lie, despite being very slanderous."highshort
β173Βαστάσαςhaving raised upMeaning having approved as fit. Eupolis [writes]: "come on now, do you want to hear the composition of an ode or something in the ancient mode? You will say both. But I, after listening, …highmedium
β181Βατήρthreshold[Meaning] the beginning of the dug-up landing area for those [sc. competing in the long jump] in the pentathlon. "You have struck the very threshold of the argument," one says. Meaning the most important …

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prejudice, slander

and [sc. also attested is the related adjective ba/skanos, meaning] prejudiced/slanderous. They apply the [word] slanderous simply to verbal abuse. "You do not lie, despite being very slanderous."

Βασκανία καὶ Βάσκανος. ὅτι τὸ βάσκανος ἁπλῶς ἐπὶ λοιδορίας τιθέασιν. οὐ ψεύδει καίπερ σφόδρα βάσκανος οὖσα.

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β182Βατίςskate, rayA type of fish. Also [sc. attested are] skatespotters, [meaning] epicures.highshort

β186Βάττου σίλφιονBattos' silphium, Battus' silphium[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those receiving rare honors. For the Cyrenaeans gave a special silphium to one of the Battoi, and on one side of the coin they stamped [a picture …highshort

β187Βάττου σίλφιονBattos' silphium, Battus' silphiumAristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "you would not even give me Battos' silphium". [This refers to] the [plant] in Libya, which cures many ailments; it is sweet-smelling and very expensive. For Battos founded Cyrene.highshort

β188ΒάτωνBaton, BatoA comic poet; his plays [are] Fellow-Cheater, Murderer, Benefactors.highshort

β189Βατράχειονfrog-greenA type of color. From this also [comes] the frog-green coat. They used to color their faces with frog-green before masks were invented. Also [sc. attested is] 'frog-green [coat]', a type of brightly-colored clothing, …highshort

β192Βαΰζωνyelping[Meaning one who/which is] barking. Aristophanes [writes]: "for I too used to be such a one yelping". [h)=n is used] instead of h)/mhn.highshort

β194Βαῦνοςfurnace[Meaning] oven. Out of which also [comes the word] banausoi ["mechanics"]. [sc. "Mechanics" are] those working with fire, craftsmen.highshort

β196Βάψας τὴν κώπηνhaving 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 …highshort

β206Βδελύττεσθαιto feel loathing at[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] to feel disgust at, to suffer nausea, to recoil from. Apollodorus of Cyrene [sc. uses it to mean] to hate. From this also [comes the noun] bdelugmi/a ["nausea"], [resulting] …highmedium

β208Βδύλλετεyou are in deadly fear of[Meaning] you disparage, you are seized with fear, and you tremble. Aristophanes [writes]: "why are you in deadly fear of us? Surely we do not seem to be many? But this is not even …highshort

β209Βδύλλειis in deadly fear of[Meaning he/she/it] has been struck with fear, feels a loathing at, hates. "[...] and the poor man is totally in deadly fear [of him]."highshort

β214ΒεβαλανωμένονconstipatedMeaning being restrained by excrement. Aristophanes: "do not overlook me having burst apart, nor being constipated" .highshort

β224Βεβυσμέναstuffed-full (ones)[Meaning] secret [ones], or (?)destined [ones]. Also [sc. attested is the corresponding singular] bebusme/non, [meaning] filled-up. [Or] covered-up. Aristophanes [writes]: "give me a little pot stuffed-full with a sponge". [He says this] either because …highmedium

β235Βελονοπώληςneedle-sellerThis man was a parasite, as Aristophanes says.highshort

β287Βινεῖνto fuck[Meaning] to have sexual intercourse with; or to suck. In the Epigrams: "sweet it is to fuck. Who denies it? But whenever you ask for money, it becomes more bitter than hellebore" .highshort

β288Βινεῖνto fuck[Meaning] to penetrate. Also "[it is necessary] for me to fuck divided in two". Also [sc. attested is] binh/somen ["we will fuck"]. Aristophanes [writes]: "then having fucked [her], he flew back down again". "So …highshort

δ583Διακλιμακίσαςhaving used the klimax[Meaning he] having wrestled with. For klimax and klimakismos ['executing the klimax'] [are] a certain type of wrestling-hold.highshort

δ586Διακναιόμενοςbeing worn away[Meaning someone or something] being filed smooth, or being pained. Aristophanes [writes]: "some strange desire presses upon me, which has worn away at me."highshort

δ587Διακναισθήσεταιwill be worn away[Meaning he/she/it] will be destroyed. To wear away in its proper sense means to scrape cheese with a cheese-knife.highshort

δ589Διακόνιονdiakonion, flat-cakeSome [say that it is] the bottom part of a flat-cake, but Menecles in the Chest of Rare Words has said the following about it: "whenever Athenians perform the so-called eiresione to Apollo, playing …highmedium

δ591Διακορεῦσαιto deflower a girl[Meaning] to deflower a maiden; as if to cut through [her].highshort

δ600ΔιακωδωνίσωI will prove by ringingLike I will test; Aristophanes [sc. uses this verb]. Because some of the birds are tested by the sound of a bell. And they used to test horses in this way with bells, [to …highmedium

δ664Διαμυλλαίνῃyou grimace[Meaning] you behave disgracefully. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "but this man was grimacing, as if clever." Aristophanes says [this].highshort

δ680Διαξῆναιto card[Meaning] to break apart. Aristophanes [writes]: "to card at the tips." For flocks of wool have their ends and tips compressed; and whenever they pluck them, the flock is broken apart. And so in …highshort

δ684Διαπατταλευθήσῃ χαμαίyou will be pegged out on the ground[The expression derives] from those who are stretching out hides. It means to track down and to seek for carefully.highshort

δ685Διαπατταλευθήσῃyou will be pegged outMeaning you will be stretched out on the ground. For stretching out the hides on the ground, so that they might not shrink and contract from the heat of the sun, they stretch them …highshort

δ700Διαπίνομενwe compete in drinking"[We compete in drinking] always near the fire". See above under "we compete in starving".highshort

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