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α30ἌβελAbelSon of Adam. This man was chaste and just, and a shepherd of flocks; out of these he offered a sacrifice to God and was accepted, but was then killed because he was envied …highmedium
α68ἌβραfavoriteNot 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 …highmedium
α87Ἁβρόςdelicate[Meaning] bright, delicate, tender. In the Epigrams: "a cicada sat above a cithara delicately murmuring." "All the same that fellow is dainty and delicate and weakened by the softness of his body and depraved …

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Son of Adam. This man was chaste and just, and a shepherd of flocks; out of these he offered a sacrifice to God and was accepted, but was then killed because he was envied by his brother Cain. Cain happened to be a…

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α117ἈγαθοκλῆςAgathokles, AgathoclesThis man became tyrant [of Syracuse] and, as Timaeus says, in his early youth was a common prostitute, ready [to give himself] to the most debauched, a jackdaw, a buzzard, presenting his backside to …highmedium

α118ἈγαθόνgoodIn general [it is] something beneficial, but in particular what is either identical with or not different from benefit; hence, both virtue itself and what participates in it are called "good" in three ways: …highmedium

α165Ἄγγαροιmessengers[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 …highmedium

α211Ἀγείρειcollects[Meaning he/she/it] gathers. Also [sc. attested is the participle] "those who collect". "For their manner was sacred and nothing like those who collect [alms?]." And elsewhere: "wishing to go undetected, he shaves his head …highmedium

α249Ἀγκώνelbow"In the royal palace of Gelimer was a building full of darkness, which the Carthaginians used to call [the] Elbow; therein were thrown all toward whom the tyrant was ill-disposed. There, in the time …highmedium

α302Ἀγορανομίαςmarket-supervisorship, market-supervisorships[Meaning] auditorship/s. The term is applied to those who oversee sales in the cities. Also [sc. attested is the related concrete noun] "market-supervisors" [agoranomoi]: the officials who manage the sales in the marketplace [sc. …highmedium

α328Ἀγωνάρχαιcontest-judgesSophocles [writes]: "and lest any contest-judges or he who is my destroyer should give my arms to the Achaeans." Also [sc. attested is] a proverb: "a contest does not accept excuses." It is applied …highmedium

α344Ἀγραφίου δίκηdike agraphiou, lawsuit about erasureWhen people owe [money] to the public treasury, as the result of a conviction, those in charge at the time about these matters write the debtors' names on notice-boards, appending how much the debt …highmedium

α376Ἄγροικος ἐξ ἄστεοςa rustic out of townHe 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 …highmedium

α383Ἀγυιαίhighways[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 …highmedium

α463Ἄδηνenough, to excess[Meaning] plenty or to surfeit, sufficiently, abundantly. Or furiously, in excess. In Charmides [sc. Plato writes]: "since we have enough of those things." And Herodotus [writes]: "when they had had enough killing, they drove …highmedium

α651Ἀηδών καὶ ἀηδοῦςnightingale, songstressAnd [in the genitive singular] a)hdou=s; such [was] Sappho according to Mytilenians. Sophocles [writes]: "ill-starred, she will not sing the lament of the piteous nightingale, but she will sing shrill dirges and the thuds …highmedium

α676Ἄϊδος κυνῆHades' dog-skin [helmet]Aristophanes [writes]: "take for my sake the shadow-shaggy Hades helmet from Hieronymos." The proverb was [sc. originally] said about those who are invisible. But now about those who grow their hair exceedingly long. For …highmedium

α732Ἀθηναίων δυσβουλίαAthenians' ill-counsel[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who prosper against expectations and undeservedly. For taking decisions badly is practiced by Athenians; Athena offers to turn that which has been decided badly to good; …highmedium

α735ἈθηνόδωροςAthenodoros, AthenodorusStoic philosopher, of the time of the Roman emperor Octavian. Under Octavian there was every reason for unbridled excess of power to be a universal misfortune, but the aforementioned Athenodoros persuaded him away from …highmedium

α834Ἀκέραιον συνειδόςunblemished consciousness, sound conscienceOne pure and unalloyed. Damascius says: "for there is none of human qualities worth as much as an unblemished consciousness. For one must coexist with his fellows in proper fashion. Even if the true …highmedium

α878Ἀκκιζόμενοςacting coyly, being prudish, toying[Meaning one who is] dissembling, acting female, or pretending, from some stupid woman who was named Akko. It also signifies the man saying something but pretending not to want to. And Aelian [writes]: "she …highmedium

α905Ἀκμὴ καλεῖa moment is calling[Meaning] an opportunity is calling. So Aelian said [this] about urgency: "At the instant of his pain and suffering, he did not know the road that would take him there [sc. to the god]. …highmedium

α1002Ἀκροθίνιαspoils, akrothinia[Meaning] the first-fruits of the annual crops. But in the strict sense akrothinia is the name for the first-fruits which those [who make their living] out of importing dedicate, because they are saved from …highmedium

α1173Ἀληθέστερα τῶν ἐπὶ Σάγρᾳtruer things than those at SagraA proverb in reference to things that are true, but are not believed. For Sagra [is] a place in Lokris. Menander in Anatithemene mentions the proverb. They say that the Epizephyrian Lokrians were at …highmedium

α1183Ἀληλεσμένονground-upThucydides [writes]: "and to buy the ground-up corn they wanted for a lot of money". Also [sc. the phrase] a)lhlesme/non bi/on ["a ground-up life"] some applied to those used to living on acorns, but …highmedium

α1218Ἁλιεύς ἁλιέωςfisherman [and] fisherman's; seaman [and] seaman'sand [sc. also attested is the plural] a(liei=s, in reference also to rivers. "Seamen mustered out of the surrounding cities set out on the day appointed for the launch." Arrian says [this]. And [there …highmedium

α1298Ἀλκυονίδες ἡμέραιAlcyon days, Halcyon days, kingfisher days[Meaning] those of fine weather. People differ on their number. For Simonides in Pentathla says they are 11, as does Aristotle in [his book] Concerning Animals, but Demagoras of Samos [says] 7, and Philochorus …highmedium

α1330ἈλοῶI thresh, smite, drive around, smashThe [verb that means] I break. Also [sc. attested is the active participle] a)low=n ["threshing"], [meaning one who is] leading [beasts] around in a circle from without, as those on the threshing floors [do]. …highmedium

α1355Ἀλλ' οὐκ ἔνεστι συκοφάντου δήγματοςbut it does not have [a charm] against an informer's bite[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to ineffectual things. It leaves out the [word] "charm". The attendant says in character that there is no spell on the ring that serves as an antidote for …highmedium

α1409Ἁλσὶ διασμηχθεὶς ὄναιτ' ἂν οὑτοσίthis man might be helped if he were rubbed with salt[sc. A saying] in reference to those committing follies; metaphorically from jars and wine, into which salt is thrown so that it won't turn and smell like vinegar too easily. Since we are accustomed …highmedium

α1449ἈλφειόςAlpheios, AlpheusA river of the Arcadian city [of that name], which is situated in the Peloponnese. Reaching open water through the Adriatic Sea, and mixing in no way with the brine, it surges up by …highmedium

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