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143
Ἄγαν ἐγκεῖσθαι τῷδε
to be too vehement against someone
For instance to make
accusations
and
to lambaste.
Matched in translation
high
short
α
2665
Ἀντικάθηται
takes a stand against
Meaning [he/she/it] opposes.
Also
[sc.
attested
is the infinitive]
a)ntikaqi/stasqai
["to take
a
stand"] similarly. "[He] being unable to take
a
stand
against
the mob."
Matched in translation
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short
ε
2360
Ἐπικεκηρυχέναι
to have proclaimed a price on someone's head
Whenever
a
city or
a
ruler wanted
someone
outside their control to be done
away
with,
an
announcement
used to be made promising money to the man who did
away
with him or took …
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65
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47
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43
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62
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31
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31
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31
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25
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23
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23
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22
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22
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22
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22
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20
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20
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20
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16
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12
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ε
2054
Ἐπενεγκών
bringing a charge against
[Used] with
a
dative. [Meaning he] convicting. Procopius [writes]: "[...]
and
bringing
against
him the charge that he really did tell the truth
as
little
as
possible, he cut off both of his two …
Matched in translation
high
short
α
2668
Ἀντικατέστησαν
they took a stand against
… they opposed. Diodorus [writes]: "rhose who had been left took
a
stand
against
one
another."
Matched in translation
high
short
δ
804
Διαύλειον προσαυλεῖ τις
someone pipes a pipe-interval
This [is
a]
stage direction. They say that it is called
a
'pipe interval' when,
after
complete silence has fallen, the piper plays offstage.
Aristophanes
in Frogs [sc. uses the phrase].
Matched in translation
high
short
ε
667
Ἐκτοπίσαι
to remove (someone) from a place
[Meaning] to situate
[someone]
far
away.
Always
[spelled] with iota.
Matched in translation
high
short
ε
2677
Ἐπιτειχίζει
builds a wall against
[Meaning he/she/it] constructs
against.
Matched in translation
high
short
ε
3275
Ἑταιρῶ
I am a companion, I keep (someone) company
In reference to
a
prostitute.
Matched in translation
high
short
ε
197
Ἔδαισεν
gave a feast [for someone]
Same or similar entry in other lexica. The headword is
aorist
active,
third person singular, of dai/numi. (The
aorist
middle of this verb follows
at
epsilon 198.) Latte on Hesychius s.v. regards it
as
…
Matched in notes
high
short
α
334
Ἀγωνιῶ
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 …
Matched in translation
high
medium
α
2673
Ἀντικρύ
over against, right opposite; right on, straight on
[Meaning] opposite, from
an
opposite position. But [sc. differently-accented]
a)/ntikrus
[means]
altogether,
or completely, or obviously. [Meaning] in the face of, clearly. The poet says [it] with the syllable long
and
without the sigma. …
Matched in translation
high
medium
δ
181
Δεκατεύειν
to pay a tithe
[Meaning] to give
a
tenth.
"As
to these the Greeks swore that, if they should conquer [the Persians], they would campaign
[against
the collaborators]
and
impose
a
tithe to the Pythian on
all."
"When …
Matched in translation
high
medium
β
429
Βουλεύσεως
conspiracy
It is the name of
a
charge [sc. in
Athenian
law],
attached
to two sets of circumstances. One is when
someone
plots
to bring
about
the death of somebody, irrespective of whether the target …
Matched in translation
high
medium
ε
2709
Ἐπιτολμῆσαι
to make a daring attack on
[Used] with
a
dative. [Meaning] to
plot
against.
"And
he persuades them to make
a
daring
attack
on Lykides
and
Sosibios,
and,
such
as
he is,
and
they being merchants, flatters them
and
easily …
Matched in translation
high
short
χ
191
Χελώνη μυιῶν
a tortoise [uncaring] of flies
[sc.
a
proverbial phrase] in reference to those who think little of
someone/something.
Also
[sc.
attested
is] 'to
a
tortoise'. "You think your frankness is 'worth four obols',
as
the saying goes. You do …
Matched in translation
high
medium
η
121
Ἢ ἐν ὁδῷ καθελών
or overpowering on a road
Meaning taking
[someone]
after
he had been carried off. That is,
attacking
[him while he was] in some
ambush.
Demosthenes in the [speech]
Against
Aristokrates
[sc. uses the phrase].
Matched in translation
high
short
ε
2301
Ἐπιδοκιμάζω
I make trial of [someone or something on behalf of someone else]
Meaning I fight on behalf of
[someone/something].
[Used] with
a
genitive.
Matched in translation
high
short
α
2629
Ἀντεπιχειρεῖν
to make a counter-attack, to make a counter-argument
*)antepixeirei=n
occurs in
Aristotle;
a)ntepixeirei=n
is not to bring
an
objection to things that
are
being said, but to
attempt
to infer in reply through other
[arguments]
syllogistically, that what is being shown [is] …
Matched in translation
high
medium
α
4509
Αὐτομαχεῖν
to fight one's own battle
… to go to law on one's own behalf, not through
someone
else.
Also
[sc.
attested
is the
aorist
infinitive]
au)tomaxh=sai:
when
someone
lays claim to
a
house or
a
plot
of land,
and
the …
Matched in translation
high
medium
α
168
Ἀγασθῶ τινι
[if/when] I was amazed at someone, I was impressed by someone
Meaning I would wonder
at
someone.
Xenophon [writes]: "whenever I was impressed by
any
of the soldiers."
Matched in translation
high
short
δ
1329
Δοκιμασίαν ἐπαγγεῖλαι
to institute a dokimasia.
[Meaning] the declaration
against
a
person of
a
suit of [= for] debauchery. The dokimasia of debauchery does not
apply
to everyone, but to
active
politicians [politeuomenoi rhetores]
and
those who propose decrees.
Matched in translation
high
short
α
3756
Ἀργαλέον φρονέοντα παρ' ἄφροσι πόλλ' ἀγορεύειν
painful for someone of sound mind to say many things to the senseless
A
saying of Euripides in Bacchae.
Also
[sc.
attested
is]
a)rgale/on
["painful"], [meaning] difficult. It is said from
a)/lgos
["pain"],
a)lgale/on
with
a
change of lambda into rho. Something difficult was called "work" [e)/rgon] …
Matched in translation
high
medium
α
207
Ἄγευστος θοίνης
without 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 …
Matched in translation
high
medium
α
2733
Ἀντιτυπῆσαι
to resist, to strike against
[Meaning] to oppose.
Also
[sc.
attested
is the related noun]
a)ntitupi/a
["resistance"], [meaning] opposition, rigidity. It is
also
used for similarity. In the Epigrams: "the stone that produces fire in resistance to striking."
Also
…
Matched in translation
high
medium
η
40
Ἡγεμονία δικαστηρίου
presidency of a jurycourt
Aeschines
[in the speech]
Against
Ktesiphon [sc. uses the phrase]. Different lawsuits were
allotted
to different
archons,
and
each of the officials used to take into
a
jurycourt,
as
president
and
chairman, the cases …
Matched in translation
high
medium
α
2737
Ἀντιφερίζεις
you are measuring yourself against
[Meaning] you
are
striving with. To equate one's self. "Measuring yourself
against
Themistocles,
are
you? He made our city full, having found it [merely] rim-full."
Aristophanes
says [this].
Matched in translation
high
short
α
4374
Ἀτοπίας πλέων πρᾶγμα
a matter full of absurdity
Meaning [full of]
a
marvel. "With Chosroes enticing him to come to this point of
absurdity."
Meaning of irrationality, of thoughtlessness.
And
elsewhere:
"someone
would wonder
at
the
absurdity
of the man, who
at
…
Matched in translation
high
medium
α
905
Ἀκμὴ καλεῖ
a 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]. …
Matched in translation
high
medium
α
2648
Ἀντήρεις
answering, set-over-against
… placed-opposite, meaning [sc. in this instance] equal to the dirges;
a
metaphor from those rowing, whenever they row equally
and
the ship is not thrust to one side. So
"answering"
[means] striking in response …
Matched in translation
high
short
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