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Γάλα
milk
[Milk] disperses the conspiracies of hostile people. Milk is a fosterer of mild manners.
high
short
γ
29
Γαλῆ
weasel
[Meaning] the animal [of that name]. By some it is called kerdw/ and i(lari/a. The noun is equal in numerical value [in] 'justice' [di/kh], 'weasel' [galh=], 'pains' [a)/lgh]; for it consists of the same …
high
short
γ
98
Γεδεών
Gideon
A general of the Hebrews. When he intended to go to war with the Midianites and the Arabs and Amalekites, God stood over him [in a dream] and advised that he lead the army …
high
medium
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γ
113
Γέλων
Gelon
Proper name. But ge/lwn [sc. is also an alternative for] ge/lwta. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "I am laughing at you." Interpretation of a dream: if you laugh in your sleep you will …
high
short
γ
124
Γεννάδιος
Gennadios, Gennadius
Patriarch of Constantinople. When he went at night into the holy sanctuary to pray, he saw a demonic apparition and heard it crying out that while he [Gennadios] lived, he [the demon] is yielding, …
high
short
γ
200
Γέροντα σαυτὸν εἰ βλέπεις ἕξεις γέρας
if you see yourself an old man you will have honor
[no gloss]
high
short
γ
311
Γλυκεῖ' ὀπώρα φύλακος ἐκλελοιπότος
with the watchman having abandoned sweet fruits
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who reap others' profits without toil. Interpretation of a dream: nibbling sweets you will have bitter ways.
high
short
γ
349
Γνωρίζω
I interpret
[Meaning] I understand, I inquire into. "For if I interpret this now for you, I have experienced the [truth?] of the proverb, explaining your dream to you."
high
short
γ
489
Γυμνὸς
sitting naked you would get out of your problems
[no gloss]
high
short
δ
62
Δαξισμός
irritation
"He was stopped from running about by some trouble [and] irritation of the heart."
high
short
δ
89
Δᾶτις
Datis
A Persian, who made it his business to speak Greek [sc. but did so badly]. They say he used xai/romai, instead of saying xai/rw. And that [sort of thing] is "Datism". Datis: "this man …
high
medium
δ
152
Δεδίσσω
I terrify
[Meaning] I frighten. Verbs with double sigma accept six [different] vowels. Alpha: a)/llos ["other," gives] a)lla/ssw ["alter, change"]. Epsilon: pu=r, [genitive] puro/s ["fire," gives] pure/ssw ["I have a fever"]. Eta: pth/ssw ["I scare"]. Iota: …
high
short
δ
218
Δένδρεϊ
with a tree
[de/ndrei is the same as] tw|= de/ndrw|. Interpretation of a dream: when dry trees have appeared [there will be] vain toils.
high
short
δ
410
Δήλων
of visions
[Meaning] of apparitions. Also [sc. attested is the nominative plural] dh=loi; [used] with a dative; [meaning] apparitions, dreams.
high
short
δ
605
Διακριθέν
separated
[sc. Something] divided, strained. "And moreover, [the liquefied mustard] had been separated beforehand by the so-called collander."
high
short
δ
989
Διειδές
clear
[Meaning something] bright, translucent. Also [sc. applied to] pure water.
high
short
δ
1155
Διοκλῆς
Diokles, Diocles
Athenian or Phliasian, an ancient comic poet, contemporary with Sannyrion and Philyllius. His plays [are] Sea, Bees, Dreams, Bacchae, Thyestes (2 versions). They say that this man also invented the music made with saucers, …
high
short
δ
1323
Δόκησις
fancy
[Meaning] conjecture. Or that which is not [anything], but is considered [to be]. What is presentation and shadow and dream.
high
short
δ
1355
Δομνῖνος
Domninos, Domninus
A philosopher, Syrian by descent, from both Laodicea and Larissa, a city of Syria; a pupil of Syrianus and the schoolmate of Proclus, according to Damascius. He was a capable man in mathematics, but …
high
long
δ
1535
Δρόμοις
[in] races
[In] the gymnasia on Crete. "[In] the race he made his deeds correspond with his nature, and came out holding the most glorious prize of victory". He is talking about Orestes, [who is] in …
high
medium
δ
1573
Δύναμις
capability, capacity, ability, potentiality, power
Suppose someone should represent the ability of one of the persons to be avoided, as if in defining a thief or a sophist or a slanderer he would say that the slanderer is someone …
high
long
δ
1672
Δυσώδης
foul-smelling
['Foul-smelling'] and [sc. also attested is the related noun] duswdi/a ["foul smell"], [referring to] the breath. Interpretation of a dream: regard a foul smell as [sc. a portent of] unpleasantness.
high
short
ε
472
Ἐκκλησίαν
church
Christ called the church his own body, and through this [church] he ministers as a man; but he receives offerings as God. The church offers the symbols of his body and of his blood, …
high
short
ε
767
Ἐλαιών
olive-grove
[Genitive] e)laiw=nos: [meaning] that which contains [sc. olive-trees]. Interpretation of a dream: if you see olive-oil you will escape all harm.
high
short
ε
1503
Ἐνύπνιον
vision in sleep, dream
[It is called e)nu/pnion "in sleep"] inasmuch as one is sleeping. But [we call] o)/neiros [a dream] which, when sleep ceases, wakes and stirs up [o)ri=non] the soul. Or [it is derived] from ei)/rein, …
high
short
ε
1548
Ἐξαπάτη
deceit
[Symeon] the Logothete in the Martyrdom of Kalikelados [writes]: "in a short time [they] recognizing that the visions [were] not deceit and dream, but wakefulness and truth ..."
high
short
ε
1714
Ἐξηγρόμην
I awakened, I woke up
[Meaning] I was awakening. Aristophanes [writes]: "and then I woke up." In reference to those being deceived. For when Dionysus has proclaimed that he destroyed 13 enemy ships in the sea-battle, Herakles adds, "and …
high
medium
ε
1720
Ἐξῆκον
going out, surpassing
Aelian [uses the word]. Meaning going beyond. "And they [or: I] saw a vision surpassing in size and higher than the mast-head."
high
short
ε
1727
Ἐξῆλθεν
came out
[Meaning he/she/it] went out, was fulfilled. "For Zeno the prophecy came out contrary to the expectation which he had; for instead of in the royal city, as he supposed, the end of his life …
high
short
ε
1963
Ἐπανέχειν
to rely upon
"[...] to employ native intelligence and not to rely [only] upon books."
high
short
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