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Ἀαγές
unbroken, unbreakable
[Meaning something] unshattered, strong.
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3
Ἀαδεῖν
to disturb
[Meaning] to harass, to be at a loss, to be treated unjustly, to go hungry.
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undisciplined
[Meaning something] disorderly, powerless. But a(/lion [means] in vain.
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α
5
Ἄαπτος
irresistable, invulnerable
[Meaning someone/something] unharmed. Herodianus says about a)/aptos that it comes from i)a/ptw ['I harm'], and after adding alpha-privative and dropping the 'i' [it becomes] a)/aptos, "whom no one can harm." Or perhaps the 'a' …
high
short
α
6
Ἀαρών
Aaron
Proper name.
high
short
α
7
Ἀασάμην
I was addled
[Meaning] I did wrong, I slipped up; I was damaged, in the sense of "I was overcome by folly."
high
short
α
8
Ἀάσαι
to harm, to infatuate
has four meanings: to glut, to go to sleep, to harm, to cause pain.
high
short
α
9
Ἀάσχετος
irresistible
[Something/someone] uncontrollable.
high
short
α
11
Ἀβάκησαν
they kept quiet
[Meaning] they were unaware, they did not understand.
high
short
α
12
Ἀββακούμ
Habakkuk, Abbakoum, Avvakoum
[A name meaning] father of awakening. For the [word] abba means father, and koum means awakening. So also in the Holy Gospel: "Talitha, koum," that is, "young girl, get up." From which [it is] …
high
short
α
13
Ἀβάλε
would that
[Meaning] o that. "Would that [...]."
high
short
α
17
Ἄβαπτος
untempered
[Meaning] most/very unsharpened. Also [sc. attested is the superlative] a)bapto/tatos.
high
short
α
19
Ἀβαρνίς
Abarnis
Name of a city.
high
short
α
21
Ἀβασάνιστος
untested
[Meaning someone/something] unexercised or unexamined, unscrutinized. The word comes from the test of the goldsmith's stone, on which they scrutinize gold. Aelian in his On Providence used the word 'untested' to mean 'without pain'.
high
short
α
22
Ἀβάσκανος
unprejudiced
[Meaning someone/something] deceit-free, envy-free. "He [Mithradates] became an unprejudiced witness to Caesar of the achievements of Antipater."
high
short
α
23
Ἄβατον
inaccessible
[Meaning something] sacred, unapproachable, desolate; also an 'inaccessible' road, [meaning] impassable.
high
short
α
25
Ἀβδέλυκτα
unhateful [things]
[Meaning] those which do not cause pollution, at which one would not feel disgust or hatred. The word [is] somewhat tragic. Aeschylus in Myrmidons [writes]: "indeed, for I love them, they are unhateful to …
high
short
α
26
Ἄβδηρα
Abdera
The sea, and a name of a city and 'Abderite' [is] the citizen [of it]. Also Phalera and Kythera [sc. are spelled with eta]; but Gadeira, Stageira, Topeira, and Dobeira [sc. are spelled with …
high
short
α
27
Ἀβδιού
Abdiou, Obadiah
Proper name.
high
short
α
28
Ἀβέβαιος
unreliable, unsteady
[Meaning he who/that which is] unstable and easily overturned.
high
short
α
29
Ἀβέβηλα
inviolable [places]
[Meaning] places that must not be walked on, holy and sacred places. For be/bhla meant what is not holy or sacred, where anyone may walk. Also [sc. attested is] be/bhloi, [meaning] those who do …
high
short
α
31
Ἀβελτεροκόκκυξ
silly cuckoo
The vacuous and silly man.
high
short
α
34
Ἀβέρβηλος
unsteady
[Meaning someone or something] unstable. There is also a word a)bu/rbhlon, [meaning something] shameless, hateful.
high
short
α
35
Ἀβεσαλώμ
Abesalom, Absalom
Proper name. [The man] who rose up against his own father David and was destroyed by him in the war.
high
short
α
36
Ἀβειρών
Abeiron
Proper name.
high
short
α
37
Ἀβηρωθαῖος
Aberothaios, Aberothaeus
Proper name.
high
short
α
38
Ἀβής
stupid
[Meaning someone or something] unintelligent.
high
short
α
39
Ἀβιά
Abia, Abijah
Proper name.
high
short
α
40
Ἀβιαδηνός
Abiadenian
From the city Abiadene.
high
short
α
41
Ἀβιάθαρ
Abiathar
Proper name.
high
short
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