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definition6,670
dialects, grammar, and etymology4,660
ethics1,701
historiography1,383
religion1,321
biography1,296
geography1,215
epic1,172
history1,168
comedy1,085
daily life1,059
military affairs997

32 more

imagery896
poetry843
zoology691
rhetoric614
food590
philosophy588
tragedy551
women499
mythology489
medicine487
science and technology475
economics438

Letter

Α alpha3,773
Δ delta1,334
Χ chi464
Β beta445
Ε epsilon347
ΑΙ alphaiota307

Vetting status

high6,670

Length

Short6,252
Medium409
Long9

Translator

Jennifer Benedict3,449
Catharine Roth813
William Hutton587
David Whitehead581
Craig Gibson160
Anne Mahoney151

75 more

Stefano Sanfilippo78
Robert Dyer75
Oliver Phillips â60
Antonella Ippolito58
James Vradelis44

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α2Ἀαγέςunbroken, unbreakable[Meaning something] unshattered, strong.highshort
α3Ἀαδεῖνto disturb[Meaning] to harass, to be at a loss, to be treated unjustly, to go hungry.highshort
α4Ἀάλιονundisciplined[Meaning something] disorderly, powerless. But a(/lion [means] in vain.highshort
α5Ἄαπτοςirresistable, 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' …

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433

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trade and manufacture425

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Christianity377

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gender and sexuality358

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meter and music200

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constitution144

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Marcelo Boeri44

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Nathan Greenberg ✝28

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Giorgos Akrivas20

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James Cousins15

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Konstantinos Kopanias9

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Victoria Papaprodromou5

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Andrea Consogno3

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Kostas Zafeiris3

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Clayton Lehmann2

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James L. P. Butrica â2

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Valentini Kalfadopoulou Mellas2

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α6ἈαρώνAaronProper name.highshort

α7ἈασάμηνI was addled[Meaning] I did wrong, I slipped up; I was damaged, in the sense of "I was overcome by folly."highshort

α8Ἀάσαιto harm, to infatuatehas four meanings: to glut, to go to sleep, to harm, to cause pain.highshort

α9Ἀάσχετοςirresistible[Something/someone] uncontrollable.highshort

α10ἈββᾶAbba, FatherThe ancients called God "Father" from a feeling of relationship. Moses said, "You have forsaken God who begot you." And Malachi: "One God begot us and is our father." They were in a state …highmedium

α11Ἀβάκησανthey kept quiet[Meaning] they were unaware, they did not understand.highshort

α12ἈββακούμHabakkuk, 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] …highshort

α13Ἀβάλεwould that[Meaning] o that. "Would that [...]."highshort

α17Ἄβαπτοςuntempered[Meaning] most/very unsharpened. Also [sc. attested is the superlative] a)bapto/tatos.highshort

α19ἈβαρνίςAbarnisName of a city.highshort

α21Ἀβασάνιστοςuntested[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'.highshort

α22Ἀβάσκανοςunprejudiced[Meaning someone/something] deceit-free, envy-free. "He [Mithradates] became an unprejudiced witness to Caesar of the achievements of Antipater."highshort

α23Ἄβατονinaccessible[Meaning something] sacred, unapproachable, desolate; also an 'inaccessible' road, [meaning] impassable.highshort

α25Ἀβδέλυκταunhateful [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 …highshort

α26ἌβδηραAbderaThe 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 …highshort

α27ἈβδιούAbdiou, ObadiahProper name.highshort

α28Ἀβέβαιοςunreliable, unsteady[Meaning he who/that which is] unstable and easily overturned.highshort

α29Ἀβέβηλαinviolable [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 …highshort

α31Ἀβελτεροκόκκυξsilly cuckooThe vacuous and silly man.highshort

α32Ἀβέλτεροςthoughtless[Meaning] mindless, stupid. For the intelligent man [is] be/lteros ["thoughtful, superior"]. "No, by Zeus, not the greedy and thoughtless fellow, but the mindless and conceitedly slow-witted." Menander in Perinthia [writes]: "any servant who takes …highmedium

α34Ἀβέρβηλοςunsteady[Meaning someone or something] unstable. There is also a word a)bu/rbhlon, [meaning something] shameless, hateful.highshort

α35ἈβεσαλώμAbesalom, AbsalomProper name. [The man] who rose up against his own father David and was destroyed by him in the war.highshort

α36ἈβειρώνAbeironProper name.highshort

α37ἈβηρωθαῖοςAberothaios, AberothaeusProper name.highshort

α38Ἀβήςstupid[Meaning someone or something] unintelligent.highshort

α39ἈβιάAbia, AbijahProper name.highshort

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