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α198Ἀγεννῶςignobly[Meaning] in an unmanly way. Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] "ignoble", in reference to something weak and ill-born. Also [sc. attested is the relative abstract noun] "ignobility", [meaning] unmanliness and cowardice. "Thus …highshort
α202Ἀγερωχίαhaughtiness, manliness, nobilityArrogance. "The Scythians are supercilious and exceedingly haughty." By virtue of being exceedingly boastful or by virtue of being exceedingly honored. Also [sc. attested is] a)ge/rwxos, [meaning] honorable, manly. Agathias [writes]: "mounting a horse …highshort
α204Ἄγεταιis marrying[He] is courting, is taking in marriage. Aelian [writes]: "Iobas the Maurousian is marrying his sister".

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Ἀγεννῶς

ignobly

[Meaning] in an unmanly way. Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] "ignoble", in reference to something weak and ill-born. Also [sc. attested is the relative abstract noun] "ignobility", [meaning] unmanliness and…

Ἀγεννῶς· ἀνάνδρως. καὶ Ἀγεννὲς, ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀσθενοῦς καὶ ἐπὶ δυσγενοῦς. καὶ Ἀγεννία, ἡ ἀνανδρία καὶ ἡ δειλία. ἔθεντο οὖν Ῥωμαῖοι σπονδὰς ἀγεννεῖς διὰ δέος πρὸς Οὔννους.

poetry

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186

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Christianity148

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constitution147

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trade and manufacture127

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meter and music68

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Ross Scaife ✝

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25

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Oliver Phillips ✝24

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Ioannis Doukas18

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Konstantinos Kopanias14

James Vradelis8

James Vradelis8

Matthew Farmer8

Matthew Farmer8

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Nicholas Wilshere8

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Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝7

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Carl Widstrand7

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Nathan Greenberg ✝6

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Gabriel Bodard4

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Giorgos Akrivas4

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Richard Rodriguez4

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Alexandra Trachsel3

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Andrea Consogno3

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Elizabeth Vandiver3

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Kenneth Bumbaco3

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Kostas Zafeiris3

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Sean M. Redmond3

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Amelia Mathias2

Constantina Katsari2

Constantina Katsari2

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James L. P. Butrica ✝2

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Joseph McAlhany2

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Valentini Kalfadopoulou Mellas2

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Alexander Tulin1

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Timothy Pepper1

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α209Ἄγειν καὶ φέρεινto plunder and to pillageMarauding and despoiling. But a)/gein [can mean], without distinction, both to carry away things, even from dead bodies, and to gather [them]. "When [Baian] crossed to the land opposite the stream, immediately he set …highmedium

α211Ἀγείρειcollects[Meaning he/she/it] gathers. Also [sc. attested is the participle] "those who collect". "For their manner was sacred and nothing like those who collect [alms?]." And elsewhere: "wishing to go undetected, he shaves his head …highmedium

α214Ἀγηλατεῖνto drive out, to drive out a curse[Meaning] to pursue, to drive into exile, to set upon. Herodotus [sc. uses it in the sense of] to do violence.highshort

α215Ἀγηλατεῖνto banish as accursed[Meaning] to drive out as a curse and accursed people. If [the breathing is] rough, [it means] to drive out curses; but if smooth, it means to drive away. "You seem to me to …highshort

α218Ἀγήλειενmight glorify[He/she/it] might honor. "Mucianus the Roman wanted to be honored by everyone more than anybody else, and he used to grow angry at anyone, not because that person might insult him but because he …highshort

α219Ἄγημαdivision, guard, force, troop[Meaning] the king's advancing force of elephants and horses and infantry. But some [sc. say that this term means] the best part of the Macedonian battle array; strong in weaponry and in the conditioning …highshort

α222ἈγηνόριονAgenorion, Agenor-shrineName of a place.highshort

α229ἈγησίλαοςAgesilaos, AgesilausA proper name. He was a notable and noble king of Lacedaemonians and is celebrated by many of the orators.highshort

α230ἈγήταςAgetasThe general of the Aetolians.highshort

α239Ἄγις ἌγιδοςAgis, (genitive) AgidosThe son of Pausanias. This man, during an invasion of Mantinean territory once, besieged them and, having turned the flow of the river against the wall, he weakened it; for it was of unbaked …highshort

α249Ἀγκώνelbow"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 …highmedium

α250Ἀγκράτος ἐλαύνονταriding hardXenophon [has this] in place of 'riding fast'.highshort

α259Ἀγκυρανῶν πόλιςAnkyrans' city, Ancyrans' city[Note] that the present Ankyrans were called of old Hellenogalatians.highshort

α261Ἀγκύρισμαanchor-hold[Meaning] a kind of wrestling-move. Also [sc. attested is the related participle] a)gkuri/sas, meaning [someone] wrestling down or taking down by the knee. An 'anchor-hold' is also a hunter's container of figs. Aristophanes [writes]: …highshort

α272Ἄγμασιshards[Meaning in/with] fragments, changes. "They had secretly thrown shards of amphorae into the marshy parts of the places."highshort

α275ἉγνίαςHagniasA proper name.highshort

α282ἈγνούσιοςHagnousian, Agnousian[H]agnous is a deme of the [sc. Athenian] tribe Akamantis, the tribesman from which [is a] [H]agnousian.highshort

α285ἈγνώνειοςHagnoneian, HagnonianThe son of [H]agnon. Also [sc. attested is] [H]agnonides.highshort

α287Ἀγνῶταςunknown[Meaning them] not being recognized. "He brought a man unknown to me, who also happened to be unknown to him." "They had just left farming and entered into the danger of war, which was …highshort

α293Ἀγομένων τῶν ἡμετέρωνour [possessions] being led offMeaning 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 …highshort

α295ἈγονίαsterilityChildlessness, barrenness. Aelian [writes]: "the young generation was being destroyed, and there was also sterility both of the women and of the four-footed flock."highshort

α302Ἀγορανομίαςmarket-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. …highmedium

α303Ἀγοράςgatherings, marketsHyperides [sc. uses the word] to mean meetings. For he says in the [speech] Against Polyeuktos: "these men often hold gatherings". And the word also means other things.highshort

α305ἈγοράσωI will go to marketMeaning I will spend time in [the] marketplace. Aristophanes [writes]: "and I will go to market in arms alongside Aristogeiton." Meaning I will spend time in the market with Aristogeiton, near Aristogeiton. That is, …highshort

α314Ἄγοςpollution, leaderPollution, or elbow. What is honourable and worthy of reverence is also called agos; hence priesthoods [are called] all-holy [panageis], and a number of other things. Thucydides [writes]: "the Spartans sent envoys to Athens …highshort

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

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