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962
Ἀκρατοπότης
unmixed-wine-drinker
[Meaning] a drunkard, one who drinks unmixed wine insatiably.
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964
Ἄκρατος
unmixed
Xenophon [writes]: "the wine was entirely unmixed, unless someone poured water in." And elsewhere: "the woman skilled at sipping three times a cup of unmixed wine."
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967
Ἀκράτου
unmixed, unrestrained, untempered, violent
[Meaning] boiling-over. "[...] lest an irrational crowd [...] [mis]interpret the misfortune because of violent emotion."
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969
Ἀκρατῶς
intemperately
[Meaning] vehemently, rapidly. "Cavalrymen were charging intemperately and shouting all the while."
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970
Ἀκραιβατηνή
Akraibatene, Acraebatene
Name of a city.
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971
Ἀκραιφνές
inviolate
[Meaning something] pure, lofty, perfect. "On laying down his command, Fabius advised Aemilius' staff to wear down the relentless and ungovernable quality of Hannibal's nature by long delays of the war."
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973
Ἀκραιφνής
fresh
"Some help arrives and, being fresh, it gave much impetus, to the Romans toward discouragement, but to the barbarians toward encouragement." That is fit for service, whole.
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974
Ἀκραιφνοῦς
pure, sheer
[Meaning] not-death-showing, as if [to say] unharmed; for kh/r [is] death. "Out of poverty (as you know) sheer, but just, Cyprian, receive these gifts." In the Epigrams.
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1614
Ἀμνόν
lamb
[Meaning] a year-old sheep. "Istros in Attic Expressions [says]: '[A lamb is first called] a)/rna, then [the present headword] a)mno/n, then a)rneio/n, then lipognw/mona ["having shed its teeth"],' but mosxi/wn [is] the first[?]." Also …
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2424
Ἀνὴρ ἀνδρὸς διαφέρει
one man differs from another.
"For though the army of Lucullus was always seditious, Pompey, after taking this over, held them without their being seditious in any way."
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2798
Ἀνύτειν
to accomplish
[Meaning] to fulfill, to be effective. "Since the barbarians were not able to accomplish anything further, either as in a siege sitting on the breastwork or pressing on to a battle on the walls, …
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4221
Ἀστάρτη
Astarte, Ashteroth
The one called Aphrodite by the Greeks, who took the name from the planet. They tell in myth that the morning star is hers.
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561
Βροῦτος
Brutus
A general of [the] Romans, he wrote Letters and an epitome of the books of Polybius the historian. He is admired for the form of his letters, that is [their] style. Look under "tribunes."
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132
Δαιτρός
apportioner, carver, distributor
[Meaning someone] distributing miniscule portions to those feasting. For thus they used to feast apportioning both the sheep and the drink. Hence [Homer] says: "of an equal banquet." [Meaning] of equally distributed food. Or …
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181
Δεκατεύειν
to pay a tithe
[Meaning] to give a tenth. "As to these the Greeks swore that, if they should conquer [the Persians], they would campaign [against the collaborators] and impose a tithe to the Pythian on all." "When …
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Χαμώς
Chamos, Chemosh
He was a god of [the] Tyrians or the Ammonites, just as Astarte [was] a goddess of [the] Sidonians, [sc. both of] whom Solomon served.
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