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Ἀνέφαινον
they were declaring, they were revealing
[Meaning] they were making clear.
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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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4143
Ἀσήμαντα
unmarked
[Meaning] things described as unsealed. For they used to call seals "marks". Also [sc. attested is the dative] a)shma/ntois, [meaning ones that are] unguarded, not having leaders, [i.e.] the men in charge. The metaphor …
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α
4233
Ἀστεροπαῖος
Asteropaios, Asteropaeus
A proper name.
high
short
α
4285
Ἀσυνθετώτατον
most agreement-less, very agreement-less
Demosthenes in the [speech] On the Malconducted Embassy assigns the word to a mob, with the meaning of most/very untrustworthy and most/very unstable and making no guarantees because of instability. Alternatively [meaning] pact-less and …
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αι
48
Αἰγίλιψ
Aigilips, Aegilips
Name of a city. It also means a lofty rock. Homer [writes]: "which pours water down an aigilips rock". So that even the goats [aiges] come to leave it because of the height. There …
high
short
αι
380
Αἰτώλιος
Aitolian, Aetolian; owl
[no gloss]
high
short
αι
383
Αἰφηρητιάδης
Aipheretiades
A patronymic.
high
short
β
467
Βούτης
Boutes, Butes
This man held the priesthood, and those [sc. descended] from him were [sc. initially] called Boutadai. But [sc. now] the descendants of Boutes are called Eteoboutadai ["Real-Boutadai"]; for e)teo/n indicates "true".
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δ
110
Δαιδάλου ποιήματα
Daidalos' creations, Daedalus' creations
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those pursuing skills with exactitude. [It arose] because the old craftsmen used to make the eyes closed, but Daidalos opened them, and spread the feet. And Homer …
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short
δ
487
Δηριάασθον
they both wrangle
[no gloss]
high
short
δ
489
Δῆρις
battle
[Nominative dh=ris], [genitive] dh/rews, [dative] dh/rei.
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δ
968
Διέσχεν
passed through; separated
[Meaning] went through. 'For some of them separated (meaning divided) the phalanx; and after sliding over [the shields] the wagons did little harm'.
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δ
1058
Δικασπόλοι
justice-dispensers
[Meaning] judges.
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short
δ
1117
Δίκτυς
Dictys, Diktys
An historian [of that name]. He wrote Ephemeris; it is a prose version, in 9 books, of post-Homeric events; [also] Italic Affairs, [Account] of the Trojan battle-order. This man wrote up the events concerning …
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δ
1118
Δίκτυς
Dictys, Diktys
During the reign of Claudius, after an earthquake had flattened Crete and many graves had been opened, in one of these there was found the historical treatise of Dictys, covering the Trojan War; Claudius …
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δ
1242
Διωναία
Dionaia, Dionaea
[sc. Another name for] Aphrodite. Also [sc. attested is] Dione, [meaning] the same.
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δ
1248
Διώρης
Diores
A proper name.
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short
δ
1344
Δόλοψ
Dolops
A proper name.
high
short
δ
1347
Δολώνεια
Doloneia, Dolonia
A city [of that name].
high
short
δ
1416
Δουλίχιος
Doulichios, Doulichion, Dolicha, Doliche, Dulichium
An island [of that name].
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short
δ
1429
Δούρειος
planked, wooden
[sc. As in] the Greeks' wooden horse. Aristophanes [writes]: "in size as big as the wooden one, they would have the width to drive past each other, [...] and as to the length, [...] …
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short
δ
1446
Δωδωναῖος
Dodonian
[sc. An epithet of] Zeus, inasmuch as he used to be honored in Dodona, in Thesprotia.
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short
δ
1472
Δῶρον
hand, hand's-breadth
[Meaning] a palm[s'-breadth]. And Homer [says]: 'it was sixteen hands'.
high
short
δ
1523
Δρῆσος
Dresos, Dresus
A proper name. Also name of a river.
high
short
δ
1526
Δρηστοσύνη
service, work
[no gloss]
high
short
δ
1568
Δῦθι
don!
[Meaning] put on!
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ε
231
Ἐδητύος
of meat, of viands
[Meaning] of food.
high
short
ε
327
Ἔθνος
nation, people, tribe
[Meaning] the majority/mass. "[...] they were considered seducers, rent-boys, burglars, cut-purses and tribes of that sort". [The word] ethnos [can mean] not only a large and populous people but also, in a special sense, …
high
short
ε
347
Ἑκαμήδη
Hekamede, Hecamede
[The name of] Nestor's concubine. [It comes] from the [phrase] e(ka/s ['far off'] mh/desqai ['to plan'], which is to deliberate.
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