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definition409
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ethics204
biography193
history166
comedy163
historiography160
daily life142
religion134
geography128
military affairs127
philosophy111

32 more

imagery102
rhetoric98
food82
zoology81
economics79
law77
poetry70
women67
tragedy64
science and technology57
medicine55
mythology54

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Α alpha239
Δ delta77
Χ chi41
Β beta33
Ε epsilon12
ΑΙ alphaiota7

Vetting status

high409

Length

Medium409

Translator

Jennifer Benedict205
William Hutton46
Catharine Roth38
David Whitehead31
Marcelo Boeri23
Robert Dyer10

28 more

Craig Gibson7
Anne Mahoney6
Oliver Phillips â6
Antonella Ippolito5
Stefano Sanfilippo4

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α10ἈββᾶAbba, FatherThe ancients called God "Father" from a feeling of relationship. Moses said, "You have forsaken God who begot you." And Malachi: "One God begot us and is our father." They were in a state …highmedium
α32Ἀβέλτεροςthoughtless[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 …highmedium
α59ἈβολήτωρmeeterOr a)/bolos ["un-shedder"], a donkey that has not yet shed its teeth, from which the animal's age is known. Similarly, a young animal that does not yet have its indicators. An 'indicator' is what …

gender and sexuality

gender and sexuality

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trade and manufacture44

trade and manufacture44

meter and music28

meter and music28

D. Graham J. Shipley

D. Graham J. Shipley

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Gabriel Bodard2

Gabriel Bodard2

Ross Scaife ✝2

Ross Scaife ✝2

Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝1

Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝1

Carl Widstrand1

Carl Widstrand1

Elizabeth Vandiver1

Elizabeth Vandiver1

Giorgos Akrivas1

Giorgos Akrivas1

Ioannis Doukas1

Ioannis Doukas1

James Vradelis1

James Vradelis1

Joseph McAlhany1

Joseph McAlhany1

Nathan Greenberg ✝1

Nathan Greenberg ✝1

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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 …highmedium

α104Ἄβυσσονabyss[Meaning] that which not even a deep [buqo/s] can contain; but Ionians pronounce buqo/s as busso/s. From which also bussodomeu/ein ["to build in the deep"] appears to be said, from the verb du/nw ["I …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

α119ἈγαθόνgoodThe word has multiple meanings. Predicated of the good are the 10 genera, that is to say the 10 categories. "To produce, since some things are [understood as] good because [of being] productive. For …highmedium

α122Ἀγαθοῦ Δαίμονοςof the Good SpiritThe ancients had a custom after dinner of drinking 'of the Good Spirit', by taking an extra quaff of unmixed [wine]; and they call this 'of the Good Spirit', but when they are ready …highmedium

α124ἈγάθωνAgathonA proper name. He was a tragic poet; but he was slandered for effeminacy. Aristophanes [writes]: "Where is Agathon?" -- "He's gone and left me." -- "Where on earth is the wretch?" -- "At …highmedium

α133Ἀγάλματαdelights, ornaments, statues[Meaning] the likenesses of the gods, and anything that is decorative in some way. Homer [writes]: "but it is stored away as a delight for the king." And Hesiod calls a necklace an "ornament"; …highmedium

α145Ἄγανονfirewood, broken; good, gentleWith proparoxytone accent [this means] wood that has been cut up. Or brushwood and [wood that is] ready to be cut up. But some [sc. define it as wood] which is not chopped. But …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

α207Ἄγευστος θοίνηςwithout a taste of the feast[Meaning someone] living a (?)refined life. Also [sc. attested is the plural] a)/geustoi, [meaning those] lacking experience. [Something] "lacking taste" has four meanings: either that which is lacking flavor as yet, but capable of …highmedium

α209Ἄγειν καὶ φέρεινto plunder and to pillageMarauding and despoiling. But a)/gein [can mean], without distinction, both to carry away things, even from dead bodies, and to gather [them]. "When [Baian] crossed to the land opposite the stream, immediately he set …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

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

α334ἈγωνιῶI am in a torment[Meaning] I am at risk; also the [verb that means] I am afraid. Polybius [writes]: "many of the inland cities joined the Romans, in a torment about their land forces." Also [sc. attested is …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

α449ἌδερHadad, Ader, AderosThe offender, who rebelled against Solomon. He was a child, of the Edomite race, of royal descent. When Joab, David's general, had subdued Edom and in six months had killed all those who were …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

α470ἈδιαβηνήAdiabeneThis territory lies this side of Mesopotamia, effectively at the source of the Tigris. In it there is bitumen which is called naphtha. It is called Adiabene because there are rather large rivers in …highmedium

α485ἈδικίαinjusticePlato says that injustice is a disease of the soul. No disease of the soul is beneficial. And so every evil is harmful to the one possessing it; injustice [is] an evil; so [it …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

α653Ἀήθεσσονthey were unaccustomed (to)[Meaning] they were unused [to]. Also [sc. attested is] a)hqe/ssousin ["they are unaccustomed (to)"], [meaning] they are unacquainted [with]. The present tense a)hqe/ssw ["I am unaccustomed (to)"], [like] a)hdi/zomai ["I am disgusted"], a)i/w ["I …highmedium

α655Ἄημαblast[Meaning] the breath of the wind. "The dreadful blast of winds puts the roaring sea to bed; almighty sleep binds and releases, he does not hold forever. Can we not learn to grow wise? …highmedium

α705ἈθάνατοςimmortalPhilosophers assign the [word] "immortal" to animate things, but the [word] "imperishable" to inanimate ones. "Plato, when maintaining that the soul is immortal, assigns an equivocal term to immortal things. [This is] because what …highmedium

α729ἈθηναίαςAthenaiai, Athenaeae, Athenian womenMetakleides in his books about Homer said the women were not called [Athenaiai] but Attikai, and he also gives the reason: "for the men alone there," he says, "they call Athenaioi, but women Attikai, …highmedium

α774ἈκαδημίαAcademyA place of exercise in Athens, a wooded suburb in which Plato used to spend his time; named after Hekademos, a hero. It was formerly called the Hecademy, [spelled] with epsilon. Aristophanes in Clouds …highmedium

α788Ἀκαλήφηstinging nettle, sea-anemone[Meaning a] nettle, both the terrestrial [kind] and the maritime [kind] which is like a mollusc shell. Aristophanes in Phoenician Women [writes]: "probably, of course, the first of all plants to grow were the …highmedium

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