Skip to content
Σ
ReadSuda
Browse
Topics
Random
About
Aa
Settings
Searching…
⌕
Search
Α
Letters
⤨
Random
Aa
Settings
Keyboard shortcuts
j
Next entry
k
Previous entry
g
Toggle Greek
/
Search
?
Show shortcuts
Close
Search
Search the Suda
⌕
Search
All
Headwords
Translation
Greek
Notes
Filters (2)
Keyword
✓
definition
216
dialects, grammar, and etymology
165
imagery
55
comedy
40
ethics
40
biography
33
geography
32
historiography
31
epic
30
religion
29
military affairs
27
poetry
25
31 more
daily life
24
history
24
food
21
science and technology
20
women
19
zoology
19
trade and manufacture
16
Christianity
15
gender and sexuality
14
medicine
14
philosophy
14
rhetoric
13
Letter
Δ
delta
96
Β
beta
64
Ε
epsilon
56
Vetting status
high
216
Length
Short
208
Medium
8
Translator
✓
Craig Gibson
216
216 entries
Relevance
Adler order
Longest first
definition
×
Translator: Craig Gibson
×
Clear all
β
162
Βασιλίς
queen
[Meaning] the wife of a king. As also bath-woman, the [wife] of a bath-man.
high
short
β
165
Βάσιμος
accessible
[Meaning] passable. Easy to approach. Also [sc. attested are] "accessible places", the ones that are possible to pass through.
high
short
β
166
Βάσις
stepping
[Meaning] walking. "Like some keen-scented stepping of a Spartan bitch."
high
short
tragedy
13
tragedy
13
botany
11
botany
11
economics
10
economics
10
mythology
9
mythology
9
meter and music
7
meter and music
7
agriculture
6
agriculture
6
clothing
6
clothing
6
politics
6
politics
6
architecture
5
architecture
5
children
5
children
5
law
5
law
5
proverbs
5
proverbs
5
art history
4
art history
4
athletics
3
athletics
3
aetiology
2
aetiology
2
chronology
1
chronology
1
constitution
1
constitution
1
dreams
1
dreams
1
stagecraft
1
stagecraft
1
β
167
Βασκανία
prejudice, slander
and [sc. also attested is the related adjective ba/skanos, meaning] prejudiced/slanderous. They apply the [word] slanderous simply to verbal abuse. "You do not lie, despite being very slanderous."
high
short
β
173
Βαστάσας
having raised up
Meaning having approved as fit. Eupolis [writes]: "come on now, do you want to hear the composition of an ode or something in the ancient mode? You will say both. But I, after listening, …
high
medium
β
176
Βατά
accessible (things)
[Meaning] passable [ones]. Arrian [writes]: "all things seemed to be accessible and attainable for Alexander".
high
short
β
177
Βάταλος
Batalos
[Meaning] disgusting, shameful.
high
short
β
179
Βαταναία
Batanaia, Batanaea
[Meaning a] territory [of that name].
high
short
β
180
Βατταρισμοί
stutterings
[Meaning] nonsenses.
high
short
β
181
Βατήρ
threshold
[Meaning] the beginning of the dug-up landing area for those [sc. competing in the long jump] in the pentathlon. "You have struck the very threshold of the argument," one says. Meaning the most important …
high
short
β
182
Βατίς
skate, ray
A type of fish. Also [sc. attested are] skatespotters, [meaning] epicures.
high
short
β
183
Βαττολογία
battology, empty repetition
[Meaning] garrulouness. [The term come] from a certain Battos, who composed long hymns consisting of many lines that repeated what was just said.
high
short
β
184
Βατός
accessible
[Referring to] a passable place.
high
short
β
185
Βάττος
Battos, Battus
A person's name. [It means] stuttering and lisping. There was a Cretan city named Oaxos, in which Etearchos [was] king, who for his motherless daughter, whose name was Phronime [...]. Providing badly for her …
high
medium
β
187
Βάττου σίλφιον
Battos' silphium, Battus' silphium
Aristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "you would not even give me Battos' silphium". [This refers to] the [plant] in Libya, which cures many ailments; it is sweet-smelling and very expensive. For Battos founded Cyrene.
high
short
β
189
Βατράχειον
frog-green
A type of color. From this also [comes] the frog-green coat. They used to color their faces with frog-green before masks were invented. Also [sc. attested is] 'frog-green [coat]', a type of brightly-colored clothing, …
high
short
β
192
Βαΰζων
yelping
[Meaning one who/which is] barking. Aristophanes [writes]: "for I too used to be such a one yelping". [h)=n is used] instead of h)/mhn.
high
short
β
193
Βαυκαλᾶν
to sing a lullaby
[Meaning] to nurse little children with the accompaniment of singing.
high
short
β
194
Βαῦνος
furnace
[Meaning] oven. Out of which also [comes the word] banausoi ["mechanics"]. [sc. "Mechanics" are] those working with fire, craftsmen.
high
short
β
195
Βαυὼ
Bauo and Demo
Names of wise women. "Bauo had Demo as a guest."
high
short
β
198
Βδέλλεται
milks
[Meaning] gets milk from. Plato says "milks" in the Theaetetus.
high
short
β
199
Βδέλυγμα
abomination
Every statue and every relief sculpture of a human being used to be called this amongst Jews.
high
short
β
200
Βδέλυγμα ἐρημώσεως
abomination of desolation
[Referring to] the statue of the emperor Hadrian. For Hadrian utterly destroyed the city [i.e. Jerusalem]. For after the desolation that occurred under Vespasian and Titus, the Jews organizing in the reign of Hadrian …
high
short
β
201
Βδέλυγμα ἐρημώσεως
abomination of desolation
[Meaning a] sign of desolation. There were certain statues forbidden by the law that were brought into [the Temple]. Pilate did this by bringing a statue of the emperor into the Temple at night.
high
short
β
203
Βδελυγμία
nausea
Chrysostom used this word in his commentary on the Gospel according to John.
high
short
β
204
Βδελυρός
disgusting
[Referring to someone who] does shameful things. Aelian [writes]: "and she is more disgusting than all other women, and she filled the most sacrosanct virgins' quarters with her own wicked deeds". Also [sc. attested …
high
short
β
206
Βδελύττεσθαι
to feel loathing at
[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] to feel disgust at, to suffer nausea, to recoil from. Apollodorus of Cyrene [sc. uses it to mean] to hate. From this also [comes the noun] bdelugmi/a ["nausea"], [resulting] …
high
medium
β
207
Βδέννυσθαι
to vomit
It means to empty out the stomach, not to break wind. It is also used as a local expression right up until the present; for we say bde/ei ["he/she/it farts"].
high
short
β
208
Βδύλλετε
you are in deadly fear of
[Meaning] you disparage, you are seized with fear, and you tremble. Aristophanes [writes]: "why are you in deadly fear of us? Surely we do not seem to be many? But this is not even …
high
short
β
209
Βδύλλει
is in deadly fear of
[Meaning he/she/it] has been struck with fear, feels a loathing at, hates. "[...] and the poor man is totally in deadly fear [of him]."
high
short
Page 1 of 8
Next →