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Ἀγαθά
goods, goodies
Xenophon used the word of foodstuffs and drinks which bring enjoyment and good cheer. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "Good Things Kilikon" - with "has" omitted. Kilikon [is] a proper name. He was …
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125
Ἀγαθώνιος
Agathonios, Agathonius
A proper name. [The man] who was king of Tartessos. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "Agathon's pipe-playing": the soft and relaxed [kind]; alternatively that which is neither loose nor harsh, but temperate and …
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Ἀγαλεών
Agaleon
Name of a mountain.
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Ἀγενής
family-less
Isaeus [sc. uses this word] to mean a)/pais["childless"].
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282
Ἀγνούσιος
Hagnousian, Agnousian
[H]agnous is a deme of the [sc. Athenian] tribe Akamantis, the tribesman from which [is a] [H]agnousian.
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303
Ἀγοράς
gatherings, markets
Hyperides [sc. uses the word] to mean meetings. For he says in the [speech] Against Polyeuktos: "these men often hold gatherings". And the word also means other things.
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459
Ἀδημονῶ
I am bewildered
The [verb that means] I am in great distress. "At first he was bewildered and dumbfounded by the present evil". Also [sc. attested is] "her being bewildered", [meaning] being at a loss.
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469
Ἀδηφαγία
greed
[Meaning] insatiability. Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] adephagos ["greedy"], [meaning someone] incessantly eating, omnivorous, gourmandizing. "Greedy triremes" would be a name for ones on full pay and costing a lot, as a …
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576
Ἀετὸς τῶν οἰκοδομημάτων
gable of the buildings
The part at the roof, which some call a pediment [aetoma].
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628
Ἀειλογεῖς
you are always speaking; you are a chatterbox
[Meaning] You always talk. Also [sc. attested is the related noun] aeilogia, saying a lot or saying the same thing or forever finding it possible to speak. [sc. Another sense of] aeilogia: being always …
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707
Ἀθάνατοι
immortals
Ten thousand select [troops] of the Persians. [The ones] which Ardabourios destroyed and obliterated during Theodosius' reign. [The ones] which Xerxes, son of Darius, had.
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923
Ἀκονιτί
dustless
[Meaning] away from dust. Without struggle and fight; or comfortably, from a metaphor of athletes who win so comfortably that they do not even get dusty.
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924
Ἀκόνιτον
aconite
A kind of plant [sc. which is also a] drug. "But by drinking aconite he escaped this [sc. charge] a)koniti/." That is, without trouble.
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1601
Ἅμιπποι
horse-attached
According to Isaeus [this means] those campaigning with horses. But others say that certain horses are yoked together and someone drives them, mounted on one and leading the other alongside; and these are called …
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1754
Ἀμφίπολις
Amphipolis
It is a polis of Thrace; it was previously called Nine Ways. Some say that it was named Amphipolis [literally: "Around-City"] because the site had people living round it. Amphipolis declines *)amfipo/lews [in the …
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1822
Ἀνάγεσθαι
to put to sea
[Referring to] sailing out of Byzantium. Procopius [writes]: "for it is not lawful for anyone to put to sea out of Byzantium [unless sent out] by the men [in office...]". Also [sc. attested is …
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1823
Ἀναγεῖς
wretches
[Spelled] with an alpha [this means] the unclean; with an epsilon [it would mean] those under a curse and pollution. So Aeschines in the [speech] Against Ktesiphon [sc. uses the second of these terms].
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1824
Ἀναγινωσκομένους
being induced
Meaning [them] being persuaded. So Antiphon and Isaeus and Herodotus [sc. use the word].
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1843
Ἀνάγυρος
Anagyros, Anagyrous, Anagyrus
A deme of Attica. And a flower, which smells when crushed. And [there is] a proverb from it, "You are moving the anagyros", in reference to those who bring evils on themselves. Anagyros is …
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1857
Ἀναδικάσασθαι
to renew an action
The [verb that means] to bring an action afresh. So Isaeus [sc. uses the term]. Hence also the [phrase] 'renewed motions', those being brought afresh, whenever the witnesses have been convicted of false witness.
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1872
Ἀναθέσθαι
to retract
Antiphon in the [treatise] On Forethought says: "to retract one's life as if it were a draughts-piece is not possible". Meaning to live afresh, having repented in one's former life.
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1888
Ἀνακαλυπτήρια
unveiling-presents
[Meaning] gifts given to brides from both the husband and [his?] family friends , whenever [the brides] are first unveiled and viewed by the menfolk. These are also [called] wedding-presents.
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1890
Ἀνακαίασιν
at Anakaia, at Anacaea
Anakaia [is] a deme of the tribe Hippothontis.
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1897
Ἀνάκειον
Anakeion, Anaceum
A mountain [of that name]. Or the shrine of the Dioscuri.
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1917
Ἀνάκρισις
anakrisis, preliminary hearing
[Meaning] an investigation conducted by each official before the [actual beginning of the] lawsuits, concerned with what is leading to the trial. They also investigate whether these [suits] should be brought at all.
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1924
Ἄνακτες
lords
[Lords] and ladies. Aristotle in the Constitution of [the] Cypriots says: "they call the sons and brothers of the king lords, his sisters and wives ladies". Also [sc. attested are] a)na/ktora, [meaning] shrines. Also …
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1936
Ἀνάλημμα
embankment
[Meaning an] elevated part, support. "Realising the weight of the embankments and how impossible it was to shake the walls, he made the battle at close range".
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2026
Ἀναποδίζειν
to cross-examine
[Meaning] to investigate, as if to come into conflict. Herodotus [sc. uses the word]. Also [sc. attested is the related participle] [matters] being cross-examined, meaning being investigated. Or meaning the same things frequently said …
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2091
Ἀνασυντάξας
having re-assessed
Meaning [he] having assessed afresh. Hyperides [in the speech] Against Polyeuktos [uses the word].
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2123
Ἀναφλύστιοι
Anaphlystians
Anaphlystios, a deme of Attica, of the [tribe] Antiochis. Some historians, however, mention Anaphlystos as a polis.
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