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3920
Ἀριστοκρατία
aristocracy
[Meaning] the dominion [kratesis] of the best men [aristoi].
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short
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3926
Ἀριστονομία
ordering by the best
[Meaning] the dispensation [dianome] of the best men [aristoi].
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3979
Ἁρμοσταί
harmosts
[Meaning] those appointed from a king/emperor to peoples. "The Faliscans paid heed to none of the natives as harmost, suspecting them all." Harmosts then were those sent out by [the] Lakedaimonians to rule their …
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4078
Ἀρχαιρεσία
magistrate-election
[Meaning] making a choice in respect of officials. Also [sc. attested is the Ionic form] a)rxairesi/h, [meaning] to live by the favour of the masses, or to make voluntary contributions of money. Herodotus [sc. …
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4090
Ἄρχειν
to hold office
In more common parlance they even used to call minor responsibilities and tasks "offices", and to have served on the council [could be termed] "to have held office"; for [it is] a light responsibility. …
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short
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4091
Ἀρχή
authority, rule
[sc. There is] the natural [kind], as of a lion among beasts and of eagles among birds; and the elected [kind], as with a king of men. Marinus says: "the authority became ours, not …
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short
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4094
Ἀρχήν
initially, to begin with
[Meaning] at first, right away. "For they did not think Narses would even undertake the office."
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4096
Ἀρχὴ ἄνδρα δείκνυσιν
office exposes a man
[sc. A proverb] applied to those who are decent men before holding office but become violent in the post itself. They say that this a dictum of Solon's, though Aristotle and Theophrastus [says it …
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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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4119
Ἄρχων Ἄρχοντες
archon (and) archons
[There are] nine of them: six thesmothetes, archon [eponymous], king, polemarch. And before the laws of Solon they were not allowed to sit in judgment together; instead, the king sat by what was called …
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4217
Ἀσταθμεύτους
not encamped; without soldiers quartered
"The king conceded that the Thasians be without garrison, not subject to tribute, without soldiers quartered on them and that they use their own laws."
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short
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4273
Ἀστυφέλικτον
undisturbed
[Meaning] immovable.
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4389
Ἄτριψ
unaccustomed
[sc. Means] unlearned, unpracticed. "For nor was Papirius unaccustomed of [= to] these things." And elsewhere: "for he was unaccustomed of [= to] this road."
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4501
Αὐτοκράτωρ
autocrat, absolute ruler, plenipotentiary
[Meaning a] despot, leader. The word [is] Greek. But it is used for anyone who has made war and ruled over opponents. And it was a common term for both generals and [sc. Roman] …
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4502
Αὐτοκράτορα
autocrat, fully-empowered
[Meaning] anyone/everyone who is unaccountable.
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4503
Αὐτοκράτορες
with full powers, plenipotentiary
Meaning those who have power over these decisions. Aristophanes in Birds [writes]: "we have come with full powers as far as all these things go."
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4507
Αὐτόλυκος
Autolykos, Autolycus
This man was an Areopagite and was convicted of removing his relatives to a place of safety during the Chaironeia crisis, and the jurors condemned him. [Sc. also attested is] autolykoi, poor men, in …
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4512
Αὐτονομουμένη πόλις
autonomously-governed polis
One using its own laws and not subject to others.
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4537
Αὐτόχρημα ὅμοιον
exactly the same, straight away
[Meaning] altogether similar. Aelian [writes]: "leaping straight away over the trenches, one named Clatius threw his hands on Hasdrubal's ship as it was hastening to flee and vigorously kept hold of the stern." And …
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medium
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4696
Ἀχίλλειος εὐχή
Achillean prayer
"That someday a longing for Achilles shall come to the sons of the Achaeans." Camillus, the general of the Romans, prayed an Achillean prayer, that in time the Romans would yearn for Camillus. It …
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4717
Ἀχρηστία
uselessness
Appian [writes]: "Horatius had had his limbs tortured, and did not achieve the consulship either in wartime or in peacetime because of the uselessness of his limbs."
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short
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4728
Ἀψήφιστον
not-voted-for
"He who controls what is not-voted-for in an inquiry completes the entire indictment."
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short
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4735
Ἀψίνης
Apsines
Of Gadara. Sophist. Begotten (so the story has it) by Pan. A pupil of Heraclides of Lycia in Smyrna, and then of Basilicus in Nicomedia. He was sophist in Athens under the emperor Maximian, …
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αι
8
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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32
Αἰγεῖδαι
Aigeids, Aegeids, Aigeidai, Aegeidae
Demosthenes in the Funeral Speech -- if it is really by him -- [mentions them]. There is a tribe Aigeis [sc. in Athens named] from Aigeus the son of Pandion, and its tribesmen [are] …
high
short
αι
36
Αἰγηΐς
Aigeis, Aegeis
The tribe of Aigeus.
high
short
αι
47
Αἰγιλία
Aigilia, Aegilia
A deme of [sc. the Athenian tribe] Antiochis, of which the demesman [is an] Aigialeus. [sc. Or?] Aigilieus.
high
short
αι
107
Αἰθαλείδης
Aithalidian, Aethalidian
Aithaleidai is a deme of the Leontid tribe [sc. in Athens], and its tribesman [is an] Aithaleides.
high
short
αι
156
Αἴθυγμα
glimmer
[Meaning a] stirring. "He dreamed his way through his reign and produced a kind of glimmer or apparition of monarchy. In this way he was no obstacle to the man becoming consul."
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short
αι
200
Αἰμίλιος
Aemilius
The consul, who defeated Perseus the king of the Macedonians. He was a judicious man who knew how to handle good fortune and was self-sufficient. For he received the man along with his royal …
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medium
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