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Ἄγκος
glen
A high place of a mountain. "He was in doubt whether to go on foot into the high-topped glen."
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Ἀγκών
elbow
"In the royal palace of Gelimer was a building full of darkness, which the Carthaginians used to call [the] Elbow; therein were thrown all toward whom the tyrant was ill-disposed. There, in the time …
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257
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Ankyra, Ancyra, Ankara
A city. See under Galatai.
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α
258
Ἄγκυραν
anchor
[Note] that Anacharsis the Scythian philosopher invented the anchor and the potter's wheel. He lived in the time of Croesus.
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259
Ἀγκυρανῶν πόλις
Ankyrans' city, Ancyrans' city
[Note] that the present Ankyrans were called of old Hellenogalatians.
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269
Ἀγλευκές
sour
[Meaning] what is bitter. Xenophon used [the word] in the Oeconomicus. But the word seems to be foreign, Sicilian; at any rate it is much used later in Rhinthon. Also [sc. attested is the …
high
short
α
272
Ἄγμασι
shards
[Meaning in/with] fragments, changes. "They had secretly thrown shards of amphorae into the marshy parts of the places."
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short
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282
Ἀγνούσιος
Hagnousian, Agnousian
[H]agnous is a deme of the [sc. Athenian] tribe Akamantis, the tribesman from which [is a] [H]agnousian.
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short
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293
Ἀγομένων τῶν ἡμετέρων
our [possessions] being led off
Meaning them being snatched and being looted. "[They] leading and carrying, in every form plundering and ravaging the land." And elsewhere: "since no one was defending, they went on leading and carrying with great …
high
short
α
295
Ἀγονία
sterility
Childlessness, barrenness. Aelian [writes]: "the young generation was being destroyed, and there was also sterility both of the women and of the four-footed flock."
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short
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301
Ἀγορὰ Κερκώπων
market of Kerkopes
They were in Ephesus. Herakles bound them on the orders of Omphale, but he shrank from killing them since their mother begged him. The proverb is spoken in reference to ill-behaved and knavish people.
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short
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302
Ἀγορανομίας
market-supervisorship, market-supervisorships
[Meaning] auditorship/s. The term is applied to those who oversee sales in the cities. Also [sc. attested is the related concrete noun] "market-supervisors" [agoranomoi]: the officials who manage the sales in the marketplace [sc. …
high
medium
α
321
Ἀγωγή
deportment, carriage, upbringing
[Meaning] behaviour, manner; or conveyance. Also the driven load. Upbringing is also said to be the arrangement of one's manner through one's habits, as one speaks of upbringing of children; also the transference [of …
high
short
α
324
Ἀγωγόν
escorting
[Meaning] leading. And the Pisidian [writes]: "he turned to the channels of the Tigris." The statement [is] about Chosroes. Also [sc. attested is] a)gwgou/s ["escorts"], [meaning] guides.
high
short
α
329
Ἄγγωνες
angones
Javelins native to the Franks.
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short
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339
Ἄγρα
Agra
A shrine of Demeter outside the city [sc. of Athens], near the [river] Ilissus.
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short
α
354
Ἀγριᾶνες
Agrianes, Agrianians
A military unit.
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short
α
357
Ἄγριον ὑποβλέπει με
looks at me angrily
To 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 …
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short
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369
Ἀγρότας
countrymen, rurals
[Meaning] rustics. Also [sc. attested is the nominative singular] a)gro/ths ["countryman"], [meaning] he who lives in the country. "But you were bent over like a drunken countryman." And in the Epigrams: "the three kinsmen …
high
short
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379
Ἀγροιλῆθεν
from-Agroile; Agryle
Agroile is a deme of the Erechtheid tribe [sc. in Athens]. A demesman [sc. of this deme] used once to be called Agroileus ["Agroilian"].
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short
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384
Ἀγύλαιος
Agylaios, Agylaeus
Proper name.
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short
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395
Ἀγχιάλεια
Anchialeia
A city. Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] a)gxi/alos ["coastal"], [meaning] the one near the sea. Not all 'coastal' cities are surrounded by sea. For example, Alexandria is coastal but not surrounded by …
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short
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396
Ἀγχιάλη
Anchiale, Anchialeia
A city, which Sardanapalus, the king of the Assyrians, built in one day. He built Tarsus the same way.
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short
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397
Ἀγχιβαθής
near-deep
[Meaning] one [that is] close-deep.
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short
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399
Ἀγχίθυρος
next-door, near the door
[Meaning] closest. A neighbor. "Their forces were situated next-door and as neighbors to each other."
high
short
α
402
Ἀγχίνους
tight-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 …
high
short
α
410
Ἀγχίστροφοι
changeable
[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 …
high
short
α
411
Ἀγχιτέρμων
border-sharer
[Meaning] a neighbor.
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short
α
440
Ἀδέλφιος
Adelphios, Adelphius
A proper name.
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short
α
453
Ἀδείμαντος
Adeimantos, Adimantus
A general of the Corinthians, who called Themistocles a city-less man. But he said "Who [is] city-less, when he has 200 triremes?". Plato, too, mentions this man in the Protagoras. For he was one …
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