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Ἀγροίκου μὴ καταφρόνει ῥήτορος
don't despise a rustic rhetor
[Said] because one should not despise even worthless things.
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short
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469
Ἀδηφαγία
greed
[Meaning] insatiability. Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] adephagos ["greedy"], [meaning someone] incessantly eating, omnivorous, gourmandizing. "Greedy triremes" would be a name for ones on full pay and costing a lot, as a …
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576
Ἀετὸς τῶν οἰκοδομημάτων
gable of the buildings
The part at the roof, which some call a pediment [aetoma].
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1842
Ἀναγυράσιος
Anagyrasian
Anagyrous is a deme of the [sc. Athenian] tribe Erechtheis, the demesman from which [is an] Anagyrasian. Also [sc. attested is the proverbial phrase] "Anagyrasian spirit". And [there is] a shrine of Anagyros in …
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2155
Ἀνδραποδοκάπηλος
slave-dealer, slave-seller
[Meaning a] trafficker of [= in] slaves. The foot in men is called a)ndra/podon [literally "man-foot"], on the principle of the part being subordinate to the whole; for the slave is subordinate to the …
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medium
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2416
Ἀνημιωβολιαῖα
half-obol-portions
Meaning each of them [are] half an obol, a half-obol's worth. Nouns come from syntax: kalo\s kai\ a)gaqo/s ['fine and good'], kalokagaqi/a ['fineness-and-goodness']; qeo\s e)xqro/s, ['hateful to gods'] qeoexqri/a ['hatefulness to the gods']; so …
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2437
Ἀνὴρ κόπριος
man of dung
As if from a deme. He is speaking of the dung-collector; alternatively a gardener [kepouros], from dung [kopros].
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2768
Ἀντρῶνες
Antrones
A city in Thessaly. Also [sc. attested is a proverb] "Antronian donkey"; as very large ones occur in Antrones.
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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]. …
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3250
Ἀποβάτης
dismounter
[Dismounter] and to dismount and dismounting-circuits: a dismounter is [sc. participant in] an equestrian competition, and to dismount [is] to compete as a dismounter. Dismounting-circuits [are] those [so called] from this competition.
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3495
Ἀπορρέξαντες
having sacrificed-out
[Meaning they] having divided out, having given out a [sc. sacrificial] portion.
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3959
Ἀρκτεῦσαι
to be a bear
Lysias used [the verb] "to be a bear" of consecrating virgins, before marriage, to Artemis. For the virgins are called "being bears", as Euripides and Aristophanes show.
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4109
Ἀρχίδιον
petty office, minor post
[Meaning] an official position [expressed] diminutively. Aristophanes [writes]: "and if, on being allocated a petty office, you then wish to grab something".
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4505
Αὐτολήκυθοι
carriers of their own oil-flask
Demosthenes [in the speech] Against Konon [uses the word]. Either it means individuals geared up and ready to do and experience anything whatever, or it means poor men, possessing nothing but oil-flasks. Alternatively, self-employed …
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4679
Ἀχαία
Achaia, Achaea
Demeter. Aristophanes [writes]: "he would not even have accepted Achaia". They used to call her this from the beat made by the cymbals and drums during the examination of the girl; or from her …
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239
Αἰξωνεύεσθαι
to be an Aixonian, to play the Aixonian
The [verb that means] to make slanderous accusations. A metaphor from the deme of the Aixoneis; for they are ridiculed in comedy [as] slanderers.
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242
Αἰξωνηίς
Aixonian
It is a deme of the [sc. Athenian] tribe Kekropis. They used to be ridiculed in comedy as slanderers. Hence they used to call speaking ill [of someone] "playing the Aixonian".
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243
Αἰξωνίδα τρίγλην
Aixonian mullet
These seem to be very excellent and to differ from the others in this respect.
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361
Αἰσχύνομαι ταῖς προτέραις ἁμαρτίαις
I am ashamed of my former faults
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376
Αἰτναῖος κάνθαρος
Etnaean dung-beetle
[Meaning] the big [kind]. [So called] because the mountain too [is] big. They say that Aristaios was the only Giant to survive; the fire of heaven did not reach him, nor did Etna harm …
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69
Βαλβίς Βαλβῖδος
starting-post; starting-post's
[Meaning a] low column, the starting-point, and the turn. "Just like those driving four-horse chariots despatched from some starting-post, once the gate had been opened." Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "at [the] starting-posts", …
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110
Βάρβιτον
barbitos, long-armed lyre
[Meaning a] psaltery, kithara. A kind of musical instrument. "O friend, you who loved the dear barbitos". This is said about Anakreon. [sc. The barbitos features in] a saying in reference to dissimilar things. …
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short
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178
Βάταλος
Batalos, Batalus
So Demosthenes was called while he was young, for being effeminate; but when older [he was called] Argas, from a snake of that name.
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257
Βῆμα
platform, podium, rostrum
[Meaning] the stone [sc. platform] of the lawcourt. Aristophanes [writes]: "'what use will you find for the platform?' -- 'I will put my bowls and jugs [on it]'".
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short
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361
Βολβός
bulb, tuber
Aristophanes [writes]: "when you have eaten a bowl of bulbs". In reference to the very lecherous. For bulbs [are] suitable for sexual intercourse. It is a kind of pulse, or also onion.
high
short
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362
Βολεῶνας
dunghills
This is what the Attic [writers] call [places] where the dung of oxen and asses and sheep is thrown.
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367
Βολίτου δίκην
case of a cow-pat
[sc. A proverbial phrase directed] toward those undertaking lawsuits over trivia. For the law of Solon punishes even those filching a cow-pat.
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short
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431
Βουλεία
council-ship
The act of someone in the [sc. Athenian] council doing business appropriate to councillors. So Dinarchus and Aristophanes [sc. use the word]. Both the orators and Aristophanes customarily call serving on the council [boulh/] …
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short
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432
Βούλει διαμάχεσθαι Γηρυόνι τετραπτίλῳ
do you want to do battle with a four-winged Geryon?
That is, with a three-headed [one]. For he had three crests on his helmet and gave Herakles a hell of a struggle.
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short
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486
Βωμολοχεύεσθαι
altar-ambusher
Properly speaking "altar-ambushers" was the name for those who sat under the altars during the sacrifices and pleaded disarmingly [for a share of the offering], but beyond that [sc. the term is applied to] …
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