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α342Ἄγραφα ἀδικήματαunwritten crimes[Meaning] those about which there is no written law.highshort
α345Ἀγράφου μετάλλου δίκηprosecution for an unregistered mineWhen those who worked the silver mines [sc. in Athens] wanted to begin a new working, they would notify those the people had put in charge of mines and would register a twenty-fourth part …highshort
α350Ἀγρεία ἀοιδήrustic songThe rural [kind]. "He stretched the hide down a rustic plane tree." In the Epigrams. Also [sc. attested is] a)grei=os, [meaning] the yokel, the ignoramus. Or someone from the country. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: …highshort
α352Ἀγρία μέλιτταwild bee[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who are exceedingly wicked and cruel.highshort
α356Ἀγριόθυμοςsavage-minded, wild-minded[Meaning] savage in the soul.highshort
α357Ἄγριον ὑποβλέπει μεlooks at me angrilyTo be used in preference to "stares at." "The elephants were running up and trumpeting in anger." Also [sc. attested is] "[they] looking angrily". And elsewhere: "he would have incited and provoked beastliness and …highshort
α359ἌγριοςAgrios, AgriusProper name. Also [sc. attested is the adjective] agrios, [meaning] unsociable, not tame. It is also used for an excess of evil. Aelian [writes]: "he sent away the most savage of the bodyguards, took …highshort
α361Ἀγριότηςwildness[Meaning] impulse. "For an amazing motive force, it seems, pushing a man in this direction [is?] wildness." In reference to a love of money. Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] a)griw/tatos ["most/very wild"], …highshort
α362$10Ἀγριωπόςwild-eyed"The wild-eyed, uncontrollably boastful." He is speaking of sin. From w)/y, [genitive] w)po/s, which means the eye; that is, the shameless and wild [kind].highshort
α375ἈγροικίζωI am a boorAlso [sc. attested is the related adjective] a)/groikos, [meaning] senseless, ill-tempered; harsh and uneducated, or someone living in the country. But it is as a metaphor that some define rusticness as harshness of character; …highshort
α376Ἄγροικος ἐξ ἄστεοςa rustic out of townHe did not make this juxtaposition idly. For he is not ashamed to call himself rustic: he insults himself as foolish and rustic in various ways; rather, first of all he is unaware that …highmedium
α377Ἄγροικος ὀργήνboorish in angerLitigious, choleric, prone to anger. Aristophanes [writes]: "for we have a master who is boorish in anger." Also [sc. attested is] a)groi/ths, [meaning] the country man.highshort
α387Ἀγυρτείαmendicancy"An interaction, of the kind that he sought, emboldened toward a certain mendicancy."highshort
α388Ἀγύρτηςmendicant[Meaning a] beggar, mountebank. One who asks for more, greedy. Or a vulgar person. And it is also a throw with dice and a Gallus and a seer, as Apion [says]. In the Epigrams: …highshort
α389Ἀγύρτηςmendicant[Meaning] a charlatan and a cheat. To collect [money] and make a collection [of it], to go around and wander around boasting about a victory or something else of the sort. The agyrtes is …highshort
α399Ἀγχίθυροςnext-door, near the door[Meaning] closest. A neighbor. "Their forces were situated next-door and as neighbors to each other."highshort
α402Ἀγχίνουςtight-witted[Meaning] intelligent, mentally acute. "When the emperor advocated [sc. for his strategy] and the holy congress praised the tight-wittedness and good counsel of the emperor...". [It is said] that there are three parts to …highshort
α403Ἀγχίνοιαtight-wittedness[Meaning] intelligence. Or "disposition of character for finding out immediately what the appropriate action is." Or "a certain ability to guess properly in a brief period of time." Also [sc. attested is the related …highshort
α405Ἀγχίσποροιnear-seeded[Meaning those] close in descent. Damascius [writes]: "[...] but with the strength of a nature noble and 'near-seeded of gods' [...]."highshort
α408Ἀγχιστείαcloseness, being next of kin, right of inheritanceThe sharing of property. In Aristophanes: "let there be no anchisteia for a bastard". Also [sc. attested is] a [related] verb a)gxisteu/w ["I am an anchisteus"]; [used] with a genitive.highshort
α410Ἀγχίστροφοιchangeable[Those] gathered together, or quickly turning about. Procopius [writes]: "the battle had become fierce and at close range, and both sides were making quick-turning pursuits against each other." And elsewhere: "then you, deploying the …highshort
α416Ἄγχουσαalkanet, bugloss, rougeA type of plant, which has a red root used by women to redden their faces. "Alkanet will harm [you] as will that white lead of yours".highshort
α418Ἀγχώμαλονclosely-matchedAlso [sc. attested is] a)gxwma/lou, [meaning] equal, nearly even. "After they engaged and fought a closely-matched battle, neither taking any prisoners nor making any further headway, they departed." And elsewhere: "a ferocious cavalry battle …highshort
α422Ἄδακρυς πόλεμοςtearless war, war without tears[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who succeed in their affairs without any risk and with great ease and against expectation.highshort
α425ἈδάμAdamThe first human, he who was shaped by the hand of God and formed in the image and likeness of the Creator and Founder; he was also deemed worthy of a dwelling in Paradise. …highlong
α426Ἀδαμάντιναadamantine [things][Meaning] solid [ones]. Apollonius, as if conversing with himself, used to say 'I know', and 'it seems to me' and 'where are you headed', and 'one needs to know'." And [his] opinions [were] brief …highshort
α433Ἄδενpleased[Meaning he/she/it] sufficed. In Fables: "nor did the gleaming leopard please him, since he was filled with rage."highshort
α435Ἀδέητοςfree from want, want-free[Meaning] one who needs nothing and has everything. Antiphon in [book] 1 of Truth [writes]: "because of this he needs nothing, nor does he accept anything from anyone; instead he is unencumbered and free …highshort
α436Ἀδεκάστωςincorruptibly[Meaning] impartially, justly, without taking bribes, properly.highshort
α437Ἀδεκατεύτουςnot having tithedAristophanes [sc. says this for those who are in the position of] not having paid taxes; for they dedicated in the Prytaneion tithes of the bellies of the sacrificial animals as their tenth share.highshort

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