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Ἀγιναργεῖος
Aginargeios, Aginargeus
Proper name.
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2062
Ἀνασείειν
to agitate
[Meaning] to shake out, as also we [say]. "For, not
agitating
[them?], he was following (?)Kalamis". Also [ac. attested is] a)nasei/w, [meaning] I persuade or I incite to battle.
"Agitating
the Syracusans and declaring …
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237
Ἀγίνεον
they were bringing
[Meaning] they were carrying. For
a)ginw=
[is] the present.
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αι
250
Αἰολομίτρης
agile with a waistband [or: having a multicoloured or twisted or flashing waistband]; having a multicoloured diadem
… illustration of the mitre as girdle) and increased his upper-body
agility
in shield and spear fighting. We may, with some confidence, take this as the meaning of the headword in Homer. (ii) After Homer …
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253
Αἰόλος
undulating, wavelike, advancing in a winding or rolling fashion, agile in turning side to side; multicoloured, discoloured, black or chestnut with white markings; easily moved, changeable, wily, quick-witted, liable to metamorphosis, disturbed in mind; whirling; self-generating in movement, ever-turning; lively, flashing, shimmering
[Meaning] easily-moved/agile, multicoloured [or: intricate, or: changeable]. Or swift; [so called] from the whirlwind [hurricane or tornado], which comes from ‘to blow’ and ‘to wind/roll up’.
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232
Ἁγιάσατε
sanctify!
[Meaning] prepare beforehand, proclaim!
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233
Ἁγιάσαι
to sanctify
[Meaning] to offer as a sacrifice, to burn in sacred fashion.
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234
Ἁγίασμα
sanctuary, holy place
… David [says]: "Judah was his sanctuary." Also [sc. attested is]
a(giasti/a
["sanctity"], [meaning] holiness. But
a)gistei/a
[sc. is spelled with] with a diphthong.
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235
Ἁγίζων
sanctifying
… at the hearth." Also [sc. attested is the related participle]
a(giasqe/ntwn,
[meaning] rites having been performed. Also [sc. attested is the form]
a(gia/zw,
[used] with an accusative.
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240
Ἁγίσαι καὶ καθαγίσαι
to sanctify and to dedicate
[sc. Both mean] to offer as sacrifice. For
a(gi/zw
["I sanctify" is] the present.
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241
Ἁγιστεύειν
to perform sacred rites
[Meaning] to sanctify. Also [sc. attested is]
a(gisteu/santes
["they having performed sacred rites"], [meaning] they having performed the rites of the sacrifice.
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242
Ἁγιστείας
rituals
[Meaning those] of holiness, of cleansing, of service.
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1995
Ἀναπάλλει
agitates, stirs up
[Meaning he/she/it] leaps up, shakes to and fro.
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2068
Ἀνασκαλεύων
agitating
[Meaning one who/which is] stirring up, being troubled, mulling over.
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434
Βουλὴ ἁγίων
council of holy men
[Meaning] the conclave of the saints.
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ε
3396
Εὐγηρότατος
aging very well
[Referring to an] excellent old man, worthy of honor.
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293
Ἀγομένων τῶν ἡμετέρων
our [possessions] being led off
… 22.3, 7 postquam res sociorum ante oculos prope suos ferri
agique
vidit; 38.15 ut ferri
agique
res suas viderunt, 3.37 (the same). [2] Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. …
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α
1690
Ἀμφάρης
Amphares
… in the 240s BCE; an enemy of the reforming King
Agis
IV. See Plutarch, Life of
Agis
18-21.
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1685
Ἀμύσσειν
to mangle
[Meaning] to
agitate,
to lacerate, to scrape, to tear at. "Now mangling his cheeks with his talons, now pecking his eyes with his beak." "When he came out of his own division, a raven …
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2309
Ἀνερρίπιζεν
was fanning up, was rekindling
[Meaning he/she/it] was stirring up, was
agitating,
was arousing.
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2319
Ἀνέσειον
they were inciting
[Meaning] they were rousing, they were
agitating.
"The Cretans, fearing they might suffer punishment of some kind, were inciting the crowd, calling [for them] to safeguard the freedom which had been handed down from …
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3073
Ἀπεστυφέλιξεν
drove away by force
[Meaning he/she/it] moved,
agitated.
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3567
Ἀποσυκάζεις
you are fig-squeezing
… is blackmailing; and "he presses" by taking bribes from and
agitating
those who are held accountable for their conduct, that is those who have not yet presented the accounts of the office with which …
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4140
Ἀσέλγεια
licentiousness
… prodigiously fat": Aristophanes says [this] in Wealth. Meaning heavy. "Being
agitated
and croaking with licentiousness, just as crows caw." Meaning they are being awfully noisy. Also [sc. attested is] a)selgh/s, in reference to a …
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4378
Ἄτρακτον
arrow; spindle
… the spinning thread." And elsewhere: "and the staggering whistling spindle,
agile
spinner of the pliant thread."
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δ
768
Διαστῆσαι
to set at odds
Meaning to
agitate
and, in a way, render ineffective.
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δ
1012
Διηρέθιζεν
provoked
[Meaning he/she/it] stirred,
agitated,
rekindled. "He [sc. would have] incited and provoked beastliness and savagery, if he had ever become lord of the land."
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1315
Δνοπαλίξεις
shakings
That is movements and
agitations
of the hands. The nominative [singular is] dnopa/licis ["shaking"].
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ε
515
Ἔκνισεν
chafed, scratched
[Meaning he/she/it]
agitated,
fixed upon. Appian [writes]: "passion for the girl was chafing Syphax the dynast. The Carthaginians gave her [to him]."
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ε
698
Ἐκύκα
was mixing up
[Meaning he/she/it] was
agitating.
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