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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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32
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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68
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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95
Ἀβρότονον
wormwood
Type of plant.
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350
Ἀγρεία ἀοιδή
rustic song
The rural [kind]. "He stretched the hide down a rustic plane tree." In the Epigrams. Also [sc. attested is] a)grei=os, [meaning] the yokel, the ignoramus. Or someone from the country. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: …
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358
Ἀγριοποιόν
wild-maker, wild-making
And a wild-making fellow. [sc. Meaning him who is] introducing savage heroes. Aristophanes [says] about Aeschylus: "I know him and understand him well; I've watched him for a long time; a wild-making fellow, stubborn …
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360
Ἀγρίους
wild men
Aeschines in the speech Against Timarchos calls men who are very agitated by the love of boys "wild men". And Menander says a gambler is "wild" if he is too eager for gambling. The …
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371
Ἀγροῦ πυγή
rump of the country; fat of the land
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to the comfortably-off and those attending perseveringly to some kind of task.
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376
Ἄγροικος ἐξ ἄστεος
a rustic out of town
He did not make this juxtaposition idly. For he is not ashamed to call himself rustic: he insults himself as foolish and rustic in various ways; rather, first of all he is unaware that …
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377
Ἄγροικος ὀργήν
boorish in anger
Litigious, choleric, prone to anger. Aristophanes [writes]: "for we have a master who is boorish in anger." Also [sc. attested is] a)groi/ths, [meaning] the country man.
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383
Ἀγυιαί
highways
[Meaning] streets, alleys, or long roads; [sc. so called] from their not having limbs and offshoots and bends. But streets [amphoda] have exits from each side and differ in this respect. Some give aguias …
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Αἰάντειος γέλως
Aiantean laughter, Ajax's laughter
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those laughing insanely. Also [sc. attested is] "Aiantean house," [meaning] that of Ajax. Also [sc. attested is] "Aiantian tribe," [meaning] that of Ajax.
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Βαβακατρεῦ
babakatreu
It is a barbarian word; the barbarian god is agreeing. For the meaningless words stand for assent.
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Βαβάκτης
reveller
A raging person.
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Βαβαί
babai!
An expression of surprise.
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Βαβαὶ Μύξος
hey Myxos!
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who are boasting and bragging. For Myxos was a priest of Artemis, witty, and a braggart.
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