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- κ2147Κόσμοςcosmos, kosmos; order, ornament, decorum, universe[Meaning] the system and the union [formed] from heaven and earth and those things in the middle. "[The entity] which is a totality of the forms. Since it was necessary that none of the …
- γ230Γῇ θάλατταν συναναμίγνυσινthey mix up the sea with the earthThe proverb [is used] in reference to those who are excessively angered.
- γ258Γῆς βάροςearth's weight… to those contributing to nothing. And [there is] another proverb: "earth's guts", in reference to those worth nothing.
- α1135Ἀλεξιάρη γῆdeath-averting earth[Meaning] that which aids men.
- γ259Γῆς ὀμφαλόςearth's navel… go as a worshipper to the inviolate navel of the earth." That is, no longer do I go to Apollo, nor to his undefiled and holy and unapproachable temple.
- α4099Ἀρχὴν μὲν μὴ φῦναι ἐπιχθονίοισιν ἄριστονFirst, not to be born is best for earth-bound men, and not to look upon the rays of the sharp sun; but, once born, [best] to drive as quickly as possible through Hades' gates[Applied] to those who have lived miserably.
- χ373Χοὴlibationand libations: the earth poured onto [e)pixeome/nh] the dead.
- α877Ἀκιδνόνfeeble… attested is the comparative] a)kidno/teros ["more/rather feeble"], likewise. Homer [writes]: "earth fosters nothing more feeble than man."
- χ322Χθαμαλάhumble [things]; flat [things]The headword adjective is related to obsolete *xama/ ("earth") and so its meaning can be literal or metaphorical; cf. Latin humilis from humus ("earth"). [1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica, and cf. the …
- α447Ἄδειαimpunity… asked one another: why should they stay there? Why on earth should they endure three walls built up to encroach on their breathing and with the war making war on itself with impunity?"
- γ162Γεώλοφονhillock, hummock[Meaning a] hill, mountain, elevation of earth; and thus they also call the man who is thick and insensitive. "For he has acquired this little lot on this pathetic hillock."
- μ878ΜήδειαMedeia, Medea… Jason could yoke the fire-breathing bulls unharmed to plow the earth. And having taken the golden fleece he led Medea [away]. [Note] that the Greeks call naphtha "Medea's olive-oil".
- κ1406ΚέρκωπεςKerkopes, Cercopes, Tailed-men… deceivers; they used to go about over much of the earth deceiving men, roaming all their days".
- β457Βοῦς ἕβδομοςseventh ox… "How, being an ox, do you not cut furrows of earth, but lie down like a rustic drunkard? And how are you, goat, not running off to pastures but stood up as a silver …
- α3860Ἄρρητονaccursed… one which should not be spoken. Sophocles [writes]: "how on earth do I tell an unspeakable story?" Having written [of] or even done something more unspeakable than unspeakable things and beyond evils. "Who then …
- α2010Ἀναπειστηρίανpersuasive[Meaning] able to persuade the listeners. Aristophanes [writes]: "how on earth could this [youth] learn acquittal from a lawsuit, or a summons, or persuasive hot air? Yet Hyperbolos learned this for a talent." Summons: …
- α1578Ἀμησάμενοςhaving shovelled up… up. "Having disturbed the mound and having shovelled up the earth he sought the corpse." And meaning having heaped up with his hands. "Much did your tutor mourn, having heaped up dark dust with …
- α732Ἀθηναίων δυσβουλίαAthenians' ill-counsel… were the first to work the soil [chthon], namely the earth, or on account of their not being incomers.
- ν163Νέμεσιςnemesis, Nemesis… "Nemesis was present, she who watches the things of the earth"; or in other words, she who watches unjust acts. Babrius says [this] in the Fables. And Aelian [writes]: "palpable evidence of Nemesis the …
- κ1405ΚέρκωπεςKerkopes, Cercopes, Monkey-menThere were two brothers on [the] earth, who displayed every sort of wickedness, and they were called Kerkopes, taking this name from the terrible nature of their deeds. For one of them was called …
- χ247Χείρισταbasest [things]… "manager" [xeiristh/n],[meaning] independent worker, assistant. "He told him about the plot and begged him to become a manager of the matter." Meaning fulfiller, completer.
- α1827Ἀναγκαῖονnecessary… whole [universe] and thus engendering all compounds: fire, water, air, earth. For these things are certain composites of atoms and which are unaffected and unchangeable on account of their firmness. Everything occurs by necessity, …
- α4174ἈσκληπιόδοτοςAsklepiodotos, Asclepiodotus… [to see] by report, up to the ends of the earth, reading over as much as the ancients had recorded about them. He was an Alexandrian by birth. Thus, I know by frequent experience …
- α449ἌδερHadad, Ader, Aderos… him in and gave to him a house and a plot of land for sustenance and when [Hadad] came to his prime he loved him very much, so he gave him the sister of …
- α1475ἈμαλασούνθαAmalasountha, Amalasuntha… the barbarian custom." She did not approve, but fearing some plot by them agreed to everything which the barbarians wanted."
- α1178Ἀληθινὸς ἔρωςtrue desire… for philosophy was implanted in him, and having broken every earthborn bond and trampled all hopes for honours and material goods, he came before Proclus".
- α517Ἀδώνιδος κῆποιAdonis' gardens… of lettuce and fennel, which they used to sow in earthenware pots. They apply the proverb to the superficial and shallow. Adonis' gardens: in reference to things that are untimely and transitory and have …
- α716Ἄθεονgodless, sacrilegious… down and suppress what is divine in us into some earthly and sinful and gigantic or titanic prison."
- α809ἌκαστοςAkastos, Acastus"Having laid an ambush, Akastos plotted against Peleus; and he, perceiving this, entered into war." Look under Atalanta.
- μ1357Μοιχείαadultery, seduction… same thing. For both happen secretly. They are also called plots; and neither the adulteress/seductress nor the poisoner loves the man.