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Ἀέξετο
was growing, was waxing
[Meaning he/she/it] was increasing.
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short
α
556
Ἀερέθονται
they drive on
[Meaning] they are urged on exceedingly
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short
α
557
Ἀεργηλή
non-working
[Meaning] idle, non-functioning. In the Epigrams: "tired from trembling old age [Daphnis the piper] with his non-working hand dedicates this staff [to Pan]."
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α
558
Ἀεργός
non-working
[Meaning] idle.
high
short
α
562
Ἀερόεν
airy, cloudy, murky
[Meaning] great.
high
short
α
566
Ἀερσίπους
high-footed, high-stepping
[Meaning] one who/which is lifting the feet to a height.
high
short
α
579
Ἀζαλέας δρῦς
parched oaks
With a view to what is being explained. Whether because the trees shed their leaves in that same season and are dried out from the roots and uprooted by the snowstorms, or because when …
high
short
α
580
Ἀζαλέη
parched
[Meaning one that is] dry.
high
short
α
584
Ἀζειάδης
Azeiades, Azeus' son
In Homer. A proper name. Also [sc. attested is] the patronymic *)azei/dao.
high
short
α
585
Ἀζείδης
Azeides, Azeus' son
A proper name.
high
short
α
600
Ἀζηχές
unceasingly, continuously
[Meaning] incessantly.
high
short
α
606
Ἀεί
always
They were in the habit of applying the [word] "always" even to a short time, as also/even Homer: "always having an unceasing anger." Also Sophocles: "know well that he has quit his always life." …
high
short
α
612
Ἄειδε
sing!
[a)/eide means the same as] a)|de, [i.e.] speak!
high
short
α
620
Ἀεικέλιος
unseemly, shameful, contemptible
[Meaning] he who/that which is easily-despised.
high
short
α
621
Ἄεικες
unalike
[Meaning] that which is dissimilar. But [sc. differently accented] a)eike/s ["indecorous"] [means] that which is unsuitable. In the Epigrams: "not indecorous." And elsewhere: "you fall so indecorously into delusions."
high
short
α
626
Ἀεικίσσουσιν
they will desecrate
They will outrage.
high
short
α
635
Ἄειρε
draw
[Meaning] offer. Homer [writes]: "do not draw for me sweet wine."
high
short
α
651
Ἀηδών καὶ ἀηδοῦς
nightingale, songstress
And [in the genitive singular] a)hdou=s; such [was] Sappho according to Mytilenians. Sophocles [writes]: "ill-starred, she will not sing the lament of the piteous nightingale, but she will sing shrill dirges and the thuds …
high
medium
α
653
Ἀήθεσσον
they were unaccustomed (to)
[Meaning] they were unused [to]. Also [sc. attested is] a)hqe/ssousin ["they are unaccustomed (to)"], [meaning] they are unacquainted [with]. The present tense a)hqe/ssw ["I am unaccustomed (to)"], [like] a)hdi/zomai ["I am disgusted"], a)i/w ["I …
high
medium
α
657
Ἀήμεναι
to blow
[Meaning] to breathe.
high
short
α
662
Ἀήσυλον
wicked
[Meaning] that which is unjust.
high
short
α
663
Ἀήσυρον
light-as-air
[Meaning] that which is slender, that which is in mid-air and nimble, that which is light-weight, from being borne along [su/resqai] on the air [a)e/ri]. In reference to birds. [sc. But exemplified also in …
high
short
α
664
Ἀήτης
gale
[Meaning] the wind. And just as h(gh/sw ["I will lead"] [is cognate with the noun] h(ghth/s ["leader"]; [and] poih/sw ["I will create"] [with] poihth/s ["creator"]; so it was necessary [to postulate the sequence] a)/w …
high
short
α
666
Ἄητον
insatiate, swollen
[Meaning] that which is being blown up.
high
short
α
671
Ἀΐδηλον πῦρ
destructive fire
[Meaning] that which is annihilating. Also [sc. attested is the related adverb] a)i+dh/lws ["destructively"], [meaning] ruinously.
high
short
α
672
Ἀΐδης
Aides
[sc. This is] Hades, by resolution [sc. of the initial diphthong]. Also [sc. attested is the dative] *)ai+dwnei=, and *)ai+dwnh=i, [sc. each meaning] to/for Hades.
high
short
α
677
Ἀϊδρείη
ignorance
[Meaning] inexperience.
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short
α
678
Ἄϊδρις
ignorant
[Meaning] unlearned, inexperienced. "But I [am] completely obtuse, completely ignorant, I did not notice." Meaning senseless. For i)/dris [means] experienced. The Theologian [writes]: "I am an old man and experienced of [ = in] …
high
short
α
681
Ἄϊεν
breathed
[Meaning he/she/it] exhaled.
high
short
α
684
Ἄϊκες
flights
[Meaning] assaults/attacks.
high
short
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