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Ἀγορῆθεν
from the agora
Out of the agora.
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317
Ἄγουσιν ἑορτὴν οἱ κλέπται
the thieves are keeping festival.
The expression [is] very charming and suitably witty in accordance with the charm of comedy. It signifies those who steal with impunity.
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320
Ἀγωγή
conveyance
Transportation of anything, which is also known as 'supplying'; as one speaks of conveyance of grain or of wine.
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322
Ἀγώγιον
freight
[Meaning] the load carried on a wagon. Thus Xenophon [sc. uses the word].
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short
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325
Ἀγωαῖος
for leading
In the Epigrams: "and a dog-leash for leading".
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338
Ἀγωνοθέτης
agonothete
The man [engaged] in [organising] the theatrical [competitions]; but athlothete [is] the man [engaged] in [organising] the athletic [competitions].
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340
Ἀγναπτότατος βάτος αὖος
stiffest dried skate
In application to one harsh and obstinate by temperament.
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short
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1002
Ἀκροθίνια
spoils, 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 …
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medium
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1635
Ἀμώμενοι
reaping
[Meaning they who are] harvesting. Also [sc. attested is] a)mw=sin ["they reap"] similarly. Aristophanes [writes]: "reaping these ears of other people's corn, he's put them in the stocks and is drying them out and …
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1817
Ἀναγαλλίς
Anagallis
[Anagallis], the female grammarian from Corcyra, who attributes the invention of ball-games to Nausicaa, the daughter of Alcinous.
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2190
Ἀνδρὸς γέροντος ἀσταφὶς τὸ κρανίον
an old man's head is a dried grape
From part [sc. to whole]. In reference to those no longer of any use, because their whole body [is] weak. Also: 'An old man's jaws are staffs', in reference to those who eat a …
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3902
Ἀριστείδης
Aristeides, Aristides, Aelius Aristides
Of Hadriani. Sophist. (Hadriani is a city in Mysia, now Bithynia.) Pupil of the rhetor Polemo of Smyrna. Son of Eudaemon, who was a philosopher and priest in the temple of Zeus in his …
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αι
347
Αἰσχίνης
Aeschines, Aischines, Aiskhines
Of Athens. Rhetor. Son of Atrometus and Glaucothea; he studied rhetoric with Alcidamas of Elea. Some have written that his parents were slaves. This man, when he was collaborating in some legal case and …
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αι
348
Αἰσχίνης
Aeschines, Aischines, Aiskhines
Of Athens; son of the elementary teacher Atrometus and Leucothea the priestess. He himself was an actor, then a secretary, then an orator; he was a traitor, who betrayed Cersobleptes and the Phocians. He …
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876
Δίδυμος
Didymus, Didymos
Of Alexandria. [He wrote] Georgics in 15 books.
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1171
Διονύσιος
Dionysius, Dionysios
Of Halicarnassus; lived under Caesar Hadrian. Sophist. He was called 'Musician', because of his expertise in music. He wrote 24 books of Treatises on Rhythm; a History of Music in 36 books, in which …
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1208
Διοσκόριος
Dioskorios, Dioscorius
Of Myra. Grammarian. Prefect of the city and of the praetorians. He was tutor to the daughters of Leon the emperor in Byzantium.
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