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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
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
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I 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 the participle] a)gwniw=n…

Ἀγωνιῶ· κινδυνεύω· καὶ τὸ φοβοῦμαι. Πολύβιος· πολλαὶ δὲ πόλεις προσετίθεντο τῶν μεσογαίων τοῖς Ῥωμαίοις, ἀγωνιῶσαι τὰς πεζικὰς δυνάμεις. καὶ Ἀγωνιῶν, δεδιώς. ἀγωνιῶν δὲ τὴν…

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Ἄδην

enough, 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 …

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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

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

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

α802Ἀκαρῆinstant[The same as] instantly, [i.e. used as] an adverb; [meaning] in a short time, in a moment. But Aristophanes in Wealth [sc. uses the phrase] "in an instant": "I was thrown down out of …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

α904Ἀκμήmoment, point, still[Meaning] sharpness, the exact decisive moment of the intensity of the matter, and power, and youth. But "akme of opportunity" [means] good fortune. Thus Isocrates [writes]: "[it is best] to grasp the akme of …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

α918Ἀκόλουθονconsequent, following on, in conformity[Meaning] similar. "The outcome results [sc. in a manner] following on from the first operations". Also [sc. attested is the related aorist participle] a)kolouqh/sas ["he having followed up"], [meaning] he having brought about similarly. …highmedium

α937Ἀκούει καλῶςhas a fine hearingMeaning [he/she/it] is well spoken of. Thus Herodotus [sc. uses the phrase]. [It is recorded] that hearing happens not by the entrance of the outside air into the ear, but by the contact of …highmedium

α939ἈκούωI listen[Used] with a genitive, but [sc. also] with an accusative. "Everyone who listens to these words of mine." Also, "he who listens to my word and does not believe." That is, [he who] is …highmedium

α1021Ἀκρότομοςcut-off, sharp, abrupt[Meaning] hard, lofty. Or a very sharp stone, the one cutting. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "akrotomos rock", [meaning] the hard and uncuttable [sort]. But [sc. also attested is neuter] "akrotomon mountain", [meaning] …highmedium

α1023Ἀκροχειρίζεσθαιto struggle at arms length[Meaning] to box or wrestle against another man without close engagement, or to practice with another wholly with the extremities of the hands. Also [sc. attested is the athlete] Akrokhersites, so named because by …highmedium

α1109ἈλεαίνοιμιI might keep warm[Meaning] I might make myself warm. "Then I put this on, so that I might keep warm." Aristophanes [sc. writes this]. [The verb] a)leai/nein [comes] from us gathering together [a)olli/zesqai] during the days. And …highmedium

α1140Ἀλεξόμενονwarding off, resisting[Meaning him who is] defending. "[That] he who has begun evilly means to do evil - just as in cases of private wrongs the law-makers and the judges relate all the harm that has …highmedium

α1167Ἄληroaming, delusion[Meaning] wandering. "He supposed that no one would surpass him in courage, and this delusion got the better of him to such an extent that he adopted the attire of Achilles and thus went …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

α1215ἈλιγέρνηςAligernes, Aligernos, Aligernus, AligernA proper name. "Missiles sent from this Goth were carried with much whirring and an immeasurable swiftness. Just as if they were striking some stone or else something hard and unyielding, they shattered everything …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

α1240Ἁλίπεδονhalipedon[Meaning a] level plain next to the sea. Some people call Piraeus this. It is also an accessible place which once was sea and afterwards became a plain. Hence one must aspirate the first …highmedium

α1258Ἀλιτήριοιsinners[Meaning] offenders, but they used to be called a)lith/rioi ["sinners"] for the following reason: once famine gripped the Athenians, and the poor were seizing the flour [a)/leura] from those milling [it] [a)lou=ntes]. From them, …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

α1356Ἀλλ' οὐ λαχοῦσ' ἔπινες ἐν τῷ γράμματιso did you not drink in your letter once you had been allotted it?Aristophanes [sc. writes this]. ["Drink"] meaning served as a juror. For the Athenians were allotted [to juries] by letter from the 10 tribes. For example, the first [tribe] had alpha as its symbol, the …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

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