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Ἐβδελύχθησαν
they were abominated
[Meaning] they were rejected.
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Ἑβδομευόμενα
seven-days-old
They used to mark the seventh and the tenth [days] for newborn children and give them their names, some [say] on the the seventh day, some on the tenth.
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Ἐβιάζοντο
they were under duress
Thucydides also [applies it] to those suffering.
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43
Ἐβύνουν
they used to stuff
[Meaning] they used to fill, they used to block. Aristophanes [writes]: "[the foreigners] used to stuff the mouth[s] of these men with gold". That is, [the mouths] of the orators.
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49
Ἐγένετο καὶ Μάνδρωνι συκίνη ναῦς
even Mandron got a fig-wood ship
[sc. A proverbial phrase] used in reference to those who have been fortunate beyond their hopes and deserts, and then give themselves airs at their present circumstances. For Mandron was chosen admiral amongst Athenians, …
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54
Ἐγγείνωνται
they would engender
[Meaning] they would beget. Homer [writes]: "[I fear...that flies] would engender worms, and would dishonor the corpse."
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60
Ἐγήγαρτος
joy-inducing
[Meaning] agreeable/attractive/charming/gratifying.
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65
Ἐγκάθηνται
put-in secretly
[Meaning one who is] treacherous, a spy. Also [sc. attested is the related verb] e)gka/qhntai ["they are concealed in"], [meaning] they are hidden; for those being hidden are concealed. "[...to see] that stones are …
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70
<20Ἐγκαλινδεῖσθαι σωματικοῖς παθήμασι
to wallow in bodily affections
[no gloss]
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71
Ἐγκαλοῦμαι
I reproach
[Used] with a dative. [As in] "I reproach you for laziness". But [middle-voice] e)gkalou=mai [is used] with an accusative . [As in] "for our part we reproach the most shameful, almost like actions".
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72
Ἐγκαλλωπισαμένου
having adorned himself [with]
[Meaning] priding himself [on]. "Or with the king/emperor having adorned himself with the falsehood".
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80
Ἐγκατέσκηψαν
they fell upon
[Meaning] they rushed at, they ran upon, they laid hold of. "The evils of the Egyptians, those in the city of Alexandria, fell also upon Rome." Varro says [this].
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Ἐγκαυχῶμαι
I pride myself [on]
[Used] with a dative.
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87
Ἐγκεκοισυρωμένην
Koisyra-ed out
Meaning excessively adorned, adopting the manners of Koisyra. The name is an Eretrian one. These men [sc. the Eretrians] are criticized for their luxury. She was wedded to Peisistratos after he had tried to …
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90
Ἐγκέλευστοι
prompted
[Meaning] by prior arrangement. Xenophon [writes]: "they came forward with gifts for Kyaxares, some spontaneously, others prompted by Kyros".
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97
Ἐγκιλικίζεται
is acting the Cilician
[Meaning he/she/it] is acting maliciously, is behaving badly. For the Cilicians had a reputation for wickedness. Hence they also say *kili/kios o)/leqros ["Cilician doom"]. For to act like a Cilician [is] to behave maliciously.
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113
Ἐγκοπή
hindrance, incision
[Meaning an] obstacle, obstruction. "Without incisions and rungs it was not [possible] to climb up the rock."
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115
Ἐγκοτῶ σοι
I bear a grudge against you
"Esau bore a grudge against Jacob his brother."
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118
Ἔγκοτον
spite, spiteful
[Meaning] hostile, innate. Also [sc. attested is the related adverb] 'spitefully', [meaning] angrily. "What envy, which is always spiteful towards good people, holds the sons of Theseus?" So long-lasting anger [is] spite [or: spiteful].
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121
Ἐγκραγών
having shouted at
[Meaning he] having resisted with words, having railed furiously at [someone]. It is construed with a dative.
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123
Ἐγκράτεια
continence, control, self-control
[Meaning] an insuperable attitude regarding rational matters or a disposition unconquerable by pleasures. "It is possible to show that sometimes the serious man is not sound-minded, by changing the sound-minded man into the man …
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124
Ἐγκράτεια
continence, self-control
[Continence] differs from temperance [swfrosu/nh]: for temperance has desires which are calm, but continence [ones which are] strong. [A person] is called continent [e)gkra/ths] not because of passionlessness, but because of having passions but …
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ε
125
Ἐγκράτεια
self-control
[Meaning] abstinence from evils.
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126
Ἐγκρατής
master of, in control of
"And often [Nicanor] grew sick, and the god strengthened him. But when he became master of himself and of his health, he made no time for his saviour." And elsewhere: "and the knave kept …
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133
Ἐγκύκλιον
everyday; general
[Meaning sc. happening] everywhere, universal. Eunapius says concerning Carinus: "but it was an everyday and easy matter with him to sin that way." Meaning to violate [his] children. Those aspiring to office used to …
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140
Ἐγλιξάμην
I strove after
[Meaning] I desired. So Plato [uses the word].
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152
Ἐγὼ δ' ὁ πάντα κωφὸς ὁ πάντ' ἄϊδρις κατημέλησα
I who am entirely deaf and entirely ignorant took no care
Meaning [who am] without common sense.
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ε
157
Ἐγγώνιος τράπεζα
right-angled table
[A table] which is not round and not too circular. "In Maecenas' dining-room there was a right-angled table below the couch, very great in size and incomparable in beauty; and as was likely different …
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medium
ε
158
Ἐγρήγορεν
stayed awake
[Meaning he/she/it] practiced self-control.
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ε
159
Ἐγρήγορος
wakeful
[Meaning] one who is sober.
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