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Βαβακατρεῦ
babakatreu
It is a barbarian word; the barbarian god is agreeing. For the meaningless words stand for assent.
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Βαβάκινος
babakinos, bakinon
A kind of pot.
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reveller
A raging person.
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Βαβαί
babai!
An expression of surprise.
high
short
β
8
Βαβοῦς
Babo's, Baubo's
A proper name.
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short
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9
Βαβύλας
Babylas
[Meaning] clay. [A] pedestal. [A] rostrum.
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12
Βαγαῖος
Bagaios, Bagaeus
Proper name. "When they cast lots, the lot fell to Bagaios out of all."
high
short
β
13
Βαγεύει
roams
[sc. Means he/she/it] wanders about.
high
short
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14
Βάγιον
bagion
[Meaning something] great.
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short
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15
Βαγώας
Bagoas
Proper name; [the man] who was a eunuch.
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16
Βάδην
step-by-step
[Referring to someone] proceeding at a walk. "Some he sent off ahead, but he himself, leading the army in a square formation, withdrew step-by-step." And elsewhere: "following step-by-step and in a leisurely fashion." Aristophanes …
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short
β
17
Βαδδίν
baddin, linen garment
[Meaning a] sacred robe. Daniel [says]: "I lifted up my eyes and looked, and there was a man clothed in a linen garment."
high
short
β
18
Βάδιζε
walk!
Also [sc. attested is] badi/zou [used] in place of ba/dize. Cratinus [sc. uses it].
high
short
β
19
Βαδιστέα
necessary to go
Meaning necessary to journey. "For me [it is] necessary to go where wisdom and the spirit lead me".
high
short
β
20
Βαδιστικοῦ
good at walking
[Meaning] swift-footed. Aristophanes [writes]: "as I am hardly good at walking".
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short
β
22
Βάδιος
Badios
[Meaning] son. It also signifies a horse's color.
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short
β
23
Βάδος
walk
[Meaning] walking. Aristophanes in Birds [writes]: "this is why we are walking this walk". [sc. Grammatically] formed as a joke. For just as [the noun] tread [comes] from [the verb] to tread -- Homer …
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β
25
Βαθάλη
Bathale
Proper name.
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26
Βαθεῖα κόμη
thick hair
[Meaning] that which is shaggy. "[He/she] cut [his/her] hair; it was long and fair and thick." "Coiffed with thick hair, and with grey [hair] as an old man." "[...] that Laphrian Artemis is rich."
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27
Βαθεῖαν αὔλακα
deep furrow
[sc. The phrase uses a noun] which is a line in the earth [made] by a plow. Metaphorically from this [the phrase as a whole] means deep and hidden thoughts.
high
short
β
28
Βάθος
depth
The depth of a phalanx is everything behind the front line. And the line from company-commander [lochagos] to rear-guard-leader [ouragos] is described in terms of depth. Concerning such things look in the end of …
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short
β
30
Βάθρα
foundations, pedestals, steps, benches
"Just yesterday and the day before they had fled from the tavern, and cleaning its benches and sweeping the floor, but now they had put on purple-bordered mantles and pinned them on with gold …
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medium
β
32
Βαθύγλωσσοι
men of profound speech
[Meaning] eloquent [ones], articulate [ones].
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short
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33
Βαθυδίνης
deep-eddying
[Meaning one] having currents in the deep.
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short
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34
Βαθυκαμπῆ
deeply-curved
[Meaning one] greatly bending. "And a deeply-curved shoulder of swine."
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short
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35
Βαθυλήϊον
deeply-cropping
[Referring to a] grain-bearing plain.
high
short
β
36
Βαθυπέπλων
of long-robed [women]
[Meaning] of large [ones], so it logically follows.
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short
β
37
Βαθύπλουτος
of deep wealth
[Meaning] she who has great wealth. "[They say that] Artemis Laphria is fortunate and of deep wealth."
high
short
β
38
Βαθυρρείτης
deep-flowing
[Meaning] that which has deep streams.
high
short
β
39
Βαθύς
deep
Meaning crafty. Thus Menander [sc. uses the word].
high
short
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