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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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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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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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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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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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1890
Ἀνακαίασιν
at Anakaia, at Anacaea
Anakaia [is] a deme of the tribe Hippothontis.
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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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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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2145
Ἄνδηρα
dikes
They call the edges of rivers dikes, because of their being wet [e)/nikma] and watery [diera/]. But Hyperides calls the upper-embankments [thus], because they are above [a)/nw] the watery [parts] [diera/].
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2155
Ἀνδραποδοκάπηλος
slave-dealer, slave-seller
[Meaning a] trafficker of [= in] slaves. The foot in men is called a)ndra/podon [literally "man-foot"], on the principle of the part being subordinate to the whole; for the slave is subordinate to the …
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2303
Ἀνεπόπτευτον
not-fully-initiated
The [term that means] not being admitted to the grade of epoptes [in the Eleusinian Mysteries]; so Hyperides [sc. uses the word]. What admission to the grade of epoptes means, Philochorus shows when he …
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2321
Ἀνεσκευάσαντο
they dismantled themselves
[sc. A way of saying] becoming refugees and, in effect, exhausted. Also [sc. attested is the related perfect participle] a)neskeuasme/noi, [meaning] having put on their armor.
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2340
Ἄνετον
consecrated, exempted
Hyperides [sc. uses this word to mean] a shrine devoted to [a] god. A life, too, can be described as anetos, [meaning] a free and soft [one].
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2350
Ἀνέφαινον
they were declaring, they were revealing
[Meaning] they were making clear.
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2360
Ἀνεχαίτισεν
threw
Meaning [he/she/it] checked or overturned.
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Ἀνημιωβολιαῖα
half-obol-portions
Meaning each of them [are] half an obol, a half-obol's worth. Nouns come from syntax: kalo\s kai\ a)gaqo/s ['fine and good'], kalokagaqi/a ['fineness-and-goodness']; qeo\s e)xqro/s, ['hateful to gods'] qeoexqri/a ['hatefulness to the gods']; so …
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2437
Ἀνὴρ κόπριος
man of dung
As if from a deme. He is speaking of the dung-collector; alternatively a gardener [kepouros], from dung [kopros].
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2598
Ἀνωρθρίαζον
they were shrieking
Andocides [uses the word]. Meaning they were crying aloud.
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2654
Ἀντιβληθέντος
having been retorted
Dinarchus says [this], meaning having been replied.
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2692
Ἀντιόχεια
Antiocheia, Antiochia, Antioch
[Meaning] the city [of that name]. It was created by Seleukos; but it was named after his son Antiochos. Also [sc. attested is] Antiochis, a name of a tribe.
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2759
Ἀντωμοσία
affidavit
[Meaning] certain documents written by those involved in the lawsuit, both the plaintiff and the defendant, which they then submit to the authorities. It is so called since each of the two of them …
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2832
Ἀξιοῖ
deems
Antiphon and Lysias [sc. say this] instead of [he/she] thinks.
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2833
Ἄξονες
axones, axles
This is what Athenians called the laws of Solon, because of the fact they had been inscribed on wooden axles. They were square in shape. Demosthenes in the [speech] Against Aristokrates mentions the word. …
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2843
Ἄοπτα
unseen [things]
Antiphon [sc. uses the word]. Meaning [things] invisible and not seen, but having given the impression of being seen.
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2861
Ἄπαγε
stop! arrest!
[Used] with a genitive. [Meaning] cease [something], may it not happen! Alternatively arrest!, meaning employ [the procedure of] arrest [a)pagwgh/]. So Demosthenes [sc. mentions this]. And [there is] a proverb: "stop a stranger in …
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3036
Ἀπεργασάμενος
having finished work
Meaning having rendered [account] of what one had been doing. So Isaeus in the [speech] In reply to Apollodoros. Also [sc. attested is the corresponding infinitive] a)perga/sasqai ["to finish work"], meaning to complete [it]. …
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3079
Ἀπεσχοίνισεν
cordoned off, roped off
[Meaning he/she/it] separated off. Also [sc. attested is the perfect middle/passive participle] a)pesxoinisme/nos ["having been cordoned off"], [meaning] having been detached. Demosthenes in the [speech] Against Aristogeiton [uses this word] to mean having been …
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