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Ἀγνύθες
loom-weights
[Meaning] the stones of the loom.
high
short
α
290
Ἄγνυται
is shattered
[Meaning he/she/it] is broken. Also [sc. attested is] a)/gnuton, likewise. Also [sc. attested is] a)gnumena/wn, [meaning] being crushed together.
high
short
α
293
Ἀγομένων τῶν ἡμετέρων
our [possessions] being led off
Meaning them being snatched and being looted. "[They] leading and carrying, in every form plundering and ravaging the land." And elsewhere: "since no one was defending, they went on leading and carrying with great …
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α
294
Ἀγόμφωτον
not-bolted
[sc. Something] not-nailed.
high
short
α
295
Ἀγονία
sterility
Childlessness, barrenness. Aelian [writes]: "the young generation was being destroyed, and there was also sterility both of the women and of the four-footed flock."
high
short
α
297
Ἀγόνων χοῶν
[than] unfruitful drink-offerings
It is used in two ways. The Theologian says [this]; that is, [more pious] than the offerings which are poured for the dead and are therefore unfruitful. Also [sc. attested is] a)goni/a, barrenness. "That …
high
short
α
298
Ἀγγοπήνια
angopenia
[Meaning] the honeycombs of bees. That is, woven vessels; like xruseoph/nhta ["gold-woven"].
high
short
α
299
Ἀγορά
agora, assembly, market-place
[Meaning] the [sc. place of] assembly, whence Nestor [is] an a)gorhth/s ['agora-man']; also the place where the wares are sold, and the wares themselves.
high
short
α
300
Ἀγοράζειν
to frequent the market-place; to market
[Meaning] to buy something and to spend time in [the] marketplace. Aristophanes in Wealth [sc. applies this verb] to what we customarily [say] for to buy. "And to market a dress for his sisters."
high
short
α
308
Ἀγοραῖος νοῦς
marketplace mind
[Meaning] the one altogether cheap and vulgar and not elite or thoughtful. Also [sc. attested is] Agoraios Hermes. Aristophanes [writes]: "by Hermes Agoraios, I look and I perjure myself." That is, [Hermes] who is …
high
short
α
309
Ἀγοραῖοι
marketplace [men]
Has circumflex accent on the penultimate syllable; [meaning] men involved in a marketplace. Damascius [writes]: "[...] but he stood by and begged those who were defrauding, even including (?)skilled judges." But with the acute …
high
short
α
624
Ἀεικήλιον
unsuitable, shameful
[Meaning] that which is indecorous.
high
short
α
1027
Ἀκρώνυξ
nail-tip, mountain-top
[Meaning both] the tip of the nail and the top of the mountain. And [sc. also attested is] a)krwnuxi/a [used] likewise. "When he happened upon a detachment guarding a position at the top of …
high
medium
α
1028
Ἀκρώρεια
mountain-ridge
[Meaning] prominence, summit. For the mountain was divided into three parts: into ridge, into slopes, into limit. The ridge is the summit, while the sides of the mountain [are its] slopes, and the last …
high
short
α
1029
Ἄκρος
high, summit, top
Meaning perfect. "[He] having reached the top." But a)/krws [is] an adverb.
high
short
α
1030
Ἀκρωτηριάζω
I amputate
[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] I cut off the extremities. Also [sc. attested is the related noun] a)krwthriasmo/s ["amputation"].
high
short
α
1032
Ἀκταίη
coastal, seashore
[Meaning (?)land] by the sea. In the Epigrams: "these gifts to you from a seashore profit." And elsewhere: "and I/they saw a crowd of seashore frogs."
high
short
α
1033
Ἀκταίνειν
to lift up, to raise
[Meaning] to be licentious. To prance and to leap irregularly, or to start towards intercourse.
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α
1034
Ἀκταίων
Aktaion, Actaeon
[Genitive] *)aktai/wnos, a proper name. Also [sc. attested is the genitive plural of the related adjective] *)aktaioni/dwn. "You are one of the Aktaionid whelps." In the Epigrams. *)aktaioni/dwn [is spelled] with an omicron because …
high
short
α
1035
Ἀκτή
headland
[Meaning a] beach by the sea.
high
short
α
1036
Ἀκτή
Akte, Acte
In a particular sense a part of Attica by the sea; from where the Actite stone [sc. originates]. But they also used to use this name for [sc. the entirety of] Attica, some [deriving …
high
short
α
1037
Ἄκτια
Aktia, Actia
An ancient [sc. athletic] contest, as Callimachus makes clear in his [treatise] On contests.
high
short
α
1039
Ἀκοινώνητος
incommunicable, unshared, unsociable
[Meaning one who/that which is] strict.
high
short
α
1040
Ἀκοίτης
bedfellow, husband
In the masculine gender [meaning] the husband. But a)/koitis in the feminine [means] the wife. And the [accusative] plural is ta\s a)koi/tis ["the wives"].
high
short
α
1043
Ἀκυληΐα
Aquileia
A populous city of Italy, lying on [= by] the sea. Also [sc. attested are] 'Aquileians', [meaning] the citizens [of it].
high
short
α
1044
Ἀκύλλιος
Aquillius, Aquilius
Proper name.
high
short
α
1045
Ἄκυλος
acorn, pig-acorn
[Meaning] the fruit of the holm-oak. But e)/kulos [is] a kind of plant.
high
short
α
1046
Ἀκύμονα
calm, wave-less
[Meaning] undisturbed. Also [sc. attested is] a)ku/mwn, [meaning] she who is not giving birth, as e)gku/mwn [is] she who has conceived. Also [sc. attested is the comparative] a)kumo/teros ["more/rather calm"].
high
short
α
1047
Ἅλα
brine, salt
[Meaning] sea.
high
short
α
1048
Ἀλλά
but
[Used] instead of "but when" and instead of "at least" [ge].
high
short
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