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α321Ἀγωγήdeportment, 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 …highshort
α324Ἀγωγόνescorting[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.highshort
α453ἈδείμαντοςAdeimantos, Adimantus

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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…

Ἀγωγή· ἀναστροφὴ, τρόπος· ἢ ἡ κομιδή. καὶ τὸ ἀγόμενον βάρος. Ἀγωγὴ λέγεται καὶ ἡ διὰ τῶν ἠθῶν τοῦ τρόπου κατα- κόσμησις, ὡς λέγεται παίδων ἀγωγή· καὶ ἡ μεταβολή· ἐφ' οὗ…

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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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α455ᾌδεις ὥσπερ εἰς Δῆλον πλέωνyou sing as if sailing into DelosIn reference to someone carefree and enjoying himself.highshort

α457Ἀδήλητοςunhurt[Meaning] undamaged, unharmed. Agathias [writes]: "and they appeared [...] both safe and unhurt." For dhlw= [means] I harm.highshort

α463Ἄδηνenough, to excess[Meaning] plenty or to surfeit, sufficiently, abundantly. Or furiously, in excess. In Charmides [sc. Plato writes]: "since we have enough of those things." And Herodotus [writes]: "when they had had enough killing, they drove …highmedium

α464Ἀδηνέωςunpremeditatedly, without malice[Meaning] simply and effortlessly, by negation of plans [dh/nea] and of designs.highshort

α465Ἀδῄωτονunravaged[Meaning] unsacked, unpillaged. "Wanting to keep the land unravaged, they agreed to give two thousand measures of silver."highshort

α468Ἀδήσειςyou will delight[Meaning] you will please.highshort

α470ἈδιαβηνήAdiabeneThis territory lies this side of Mesopotamia, effectively at the source of the Tigris. In it there is bitumen which is called naphtha. It is called Adiabene because there are rather large rivers in …highmedium

α496Ἄδμωνι τῷ Μιτυληναίῳto Admon of Mytilene[no gloss]highshort

α516Ἄδωνις ἈδώνιδοςAdonis, [genitive] AdonidosA proper name. "And there was holy grief, such as that for Adonis on Libanos and [sc. in] Byblos."highshort

α521ἈδραμύτειονAdramyteionThus [writes] Eupolis. But also [sc. attested is] Adramytenos; and Thucydides [writes] Atramytteion.highshort

α522Ἀδρανίαpowerless[Meaning something] weak. Also [sc. attested is the related noun] a)drani/a ["powerlessness"], [meaning] incapacity, weakness. In the Epigrams: "he dedicated [his fishing gear to Hermes], fearing the powerlessness of old age." And elsewhere: "since …highshort

α524ἈδράστειαAdrasteiaSome say she is the same thing as Nemesis, and that she took the name from a particular king, Adrastos. Alternatively from the ancient Adrastos who suffered divine wrath [nemesis] for his boasts against …highmedium

α542Ἄδυτονadyton, innermost sanctuaryA cave, or the hidden part of the shrine.highshort

α553Ἀένναοςever-flowing[Meaning] that which is always running, that is, flowing. Justinian, "like an ever-flowing river, each day kept slaughtering and plundering his subjects."highshort

α571ἈέτιοςAetios, AetiusFrom Antioch in Syria, the teacher of Eunomios, he happened [to be] of poor and lower-class parentage. His father was one of those in the army who were faring rather poorly; when he had …highlong

α583ἈζέμιλκοςAzemilkos, Azemilcus, AzemilkA proper name.highshort

α586ἈζειῶταιAzeiotai, AzeotaeA Trojan race.highshort

α621Ἄεικεςunalike[Meaning] that which is dissimilar. But [sc. differently accented] a)eike/s ["indecorous"] [means] that which is unsuitable. In the Epigrams: "not indecorous." And elsewhere: "you fall so indecorously into delusions."highshort

α634ἈείρακοςaeirakosThe [word for the] hind among Cretans.highshort

α640Ἀείρρυτοςever-flowing[Meaning] that which always flows.highshort

α642Ἀεί τις ἐν Κύδωνοςalways someone at Kydon's[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who are hospitable and ready to receive [guests]; inasmuch as Kydon the Corinthian was very hospitable.highshort

α664Ἀήτηςgale[Meaning] the wind. And just as h(gh/sw ["I will lead"] [is cognate with the noun] h(ghth/s ["leader"]; [and] poih/sw ["I will create"] [with] poihth/s ["creator"]; so it was necessary [to postulate the sequence] a)/w …highshort

α670Ἀϊδέςunseen[Meaning] that which is incomprehensible.highshort

α683ἌϊθεςAithes, AethesEthnic [adjective].highshort

α685ἌϊνεςAinesEthnic [adjective].highshort

α691Ἀΐσσουσινthey dart[Meaning] they rush, they flit. Polybius [writes]: "for in Rome Marcus Porcius when he heard of the prowess of Scipio, when another man said to him "what have you heard?" said "he alone has …highshort

α706ἈθᾶνεςAthanesName of a people.highshort

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