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Ἀαγές
unbroken, unbreakable
[Meaning something] unshattered, strong.
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Ἄαπτος
irresistable, invulnerable
[Meaning someone/something] unharmed. Herodianus says about a)/aptos that it comes from i)a/ptw ['I harm'], and after adding alpha-privative and dropping the 'i' [it becomes] a)/aptos, "whom no one can harm." Or perhaps the 'a' …
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Ἀασάμην
I was addled
[Meaning] I did wrong, I slipped up; I was damaged, in the sense of "I was overcome by folly."
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α
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Ἀάσαι
to harm, to infatuate
has four meanings: to glut, to go to sleep, to harm, to cause pain.
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short
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9
Ἀάσχετος
irresistible
[Something/someone] uncontrollable.
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α
11
Ἀβάκησαν
they kept quiet
[Meaning] they were unaware, they did not understand.
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13
Ἀβάλε
would that
[Meaning] o that. "Would that [...]."
high
short
α
47
Ἄβιος
full-lived
Antiphon has a)/bion for one who has acquired a good living. Similarly Homer has a)/culon for "full of timber."
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α
54
Ἀβλεμέως
fecklessly, heedlessly
[Meaning] thoughtlessly.
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56
Ἄβληρος
Ableros, Ablerus
Proper name.
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57
Ἀβλῆτα
unshot, unthrown
[Referring to] projectiles, ones that have not been dispatched with a view to wounding. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'unshot arrow': the one badly shot or the one not yet shot. Declines a)blh\s, …
high
short
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58
Ἀβληχρήν
feeble
[Meaning] weak. For what is strong [is] blhxro/n. Aelian [writes]: "so she brought her life to an end gently and with a calm and feeble death, such as even Homer seems to me to …
high
short
α
85
Ἄβρομος
noisy
A clamorous person.
high
short
α
90
Ἀβροτάζω
I miss (someone on the way)
[Meaning] I am mistaken/I err.
high
short
α
92
Ἀβρότη
divine, holy
[sc. a term applied to] night. Because it is deprived [a-] of people [brotoi].
high
short
α
101
Ἄβυδος
Abudos, Abydos, Abydus
A city. The word is applied to an informant [sukofa/nths] because of the common belief that the people of Abudos were informers. Also [sc. attested is] an adverb, *)abudo/qi, [meaning] in Abudos. Also [sc. …
high
short
α
104
Ἄβυσσον
abyss
[Meaning] that which not even a deep [buqo/s] can contain; but Ionians pronounce buqo/s as busso/s. From which also bussodomeu/ein ["to build in the deep"] appears to be said, from the verb du/nw ["I …
high
medium
α
126
Ἀγαθοὶ δ' ἀριδάκρυες ἄνδρες
tearful men are good
In reference to those who are strongly inclined toward pity.
high
short
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127
Ἀγακλειτός
celebrated, very famous
He who has an exceedingly fine reputation. And [sc. attested is the feminine] a)gakleith/.
high
short
α
131
Ἄγαλμα
decoration, delight, ornament, statue
Anything in which someone takes delight. "And he [A] gives silver, so that he [B] might complete the statue with the utmost artisanry, adding the size and prescribing the nature of the stone."
high
short
α
133
Ἀγάλματα
delights, ornaments, statues
[Meaning] the likenesses of the gods, and anything that is decorative in some way. Homer [writes]: "but it is stored away as a delight for the king." And Hesiod calls a necklace an "ornament"; …
high
medium
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138
Ἄγαμαι καρδίας
I admire at heart
An Atticism, meaning I marvel [at]. Aelian [writes]: "since, also, the [behaviour? remark?] of Menelaus to Paris the son of Priam I neither praise nor admire." "Personally I admire these men as well, and …
high
short
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144
Ἀγάννιφον
very snowy
Homer [sc. uses this adjective, when mentioning] the extremely snow-covered mountain.
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147
Ἀγανοφροσύνη
kindliness, kind-mindedness
[Meaning] mildness, gentleness.
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short
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151
Ἀγαπήνορος
loving the manly, manly, courageous
Having an affinity for manliness.
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short
α
154
Ἀγαπητόν
beloved, scarce
[Meaning] that which is loved or unique. Also [sc. attested is the related adverb] a)gaphtw=s ["scarcely"]. "So great was the foolishness among their leaders that they scarcely saw whether they would not be fighting …
high
short
α
166
Ἀγάσαιτο
might be amazed
[Meaning he/she/it] might marvel. Also [sc. attested is] a)/gasqai in Homer in reference to the [sense] 'to marvel at' and 'to be envious'.
high
short
α
171
Ἀγάστονος
much-groaning
[Meaning] copiously moaning.
high
short
α
178
Ἀγαίομαι
I admire, I am jealous [of]
[Meaning] I envy. Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] a)gai=os ["admirable"], one who is enviable.
high
short
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181
Ἀγέλαστα
not to be laughed at, unamusing
[Meaning] those [actions] that deserve not laughter, but indignation.
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