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α333Ἀγωνιούμενοιabout to be contenders[Meaning they who are] about to enter contests. "About to be contenders, they might not avert their enemies without a fight."highshort
α336Ἀγώνισμαachievement, prize[Meaning] effort, diligence. "An achievement is there for him to take". Aristophanes [writes]: "personally, I would like to meet some ("wild beast" is left out) and take an achievement worthy of the journey." A …highshort
α445Ἀδέρκτωςunseeingly, blindly[They are] not looking, but closing the eyes: "we pass by unseeingly."

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Ἀγωνιούμενοι

about to be contenders

[Meaning they who are] about to enter contests. "About to be contenders, they might not avert their enemies without a fight."

Ἀγωνιούμενοι· εἰς ἀγῶνας ἐμβαλοῦντες. τοὺς πολεμίους ἀγωνιούμενοι ἀποτράποιντο ἀμαχεί.

economics

economics

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trade and manufacture48

science and technology38

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α447Ἄδειαimpunity[Meaning] relaxation, lack of fear. Josephus [writes]: "when the conspirators saw the Romans they initiated a wicked agreement and asked one another: why should they stay there? Why on earth should they endure three …highshort

α454ᾌδειν κελεύονθ' ὡσπερεὶ τέττιγα ἑστιῶνταasking [me] to sing as if entertaining cicadasFor it is a talkative creature. But [sc. differently-accented] a)dei=n [means] to please.highshort

α456Ἀδηκότεςbeing sated[Meaning they] having suffered hardship.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

α537Ἀδύνατα εἶναιto be impossiblesInstead of impossible. For often Thucydides has used plurals instead of singulars, especially for this expression. Impossible is that which is not capable of being true; such as, the earth flies. 'With the general …highshort

α546Ἀελλάδες ἵπποιstorm-swift mares[Meaning] the fast [ones]. This too [is] an expression from tragedy.highshort

α547Ἀελλόπουςstorm-footed[Meaning she who/that which is] swift with respect to the feet.highshort

α550Ἄελπτονbeyond expectation, unexpected, unhoped-forSophocles [writes]: "nothing is beyond expectation, but the dreadful oath is conquered and so are stubborn minds." Ajax says [this]. *)/aelpton [sc. is the same as] a)ne/lpiston. Or [something] hard, difficult to manage.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

α572Ἀετίτης καὶ ἀχάτης καὶ λυχνίτηςeagle-stone and agate and lychnite[sc. Each one is] a type of stone.highshort

α578ἈετώματαgablesThey call the roofs of shrines wings and gables. Aristophanes [writes]: "we shall crown the houses in gable style." Meaning we shall cover [them].highshort

α579Ἀζαλέας δρῦςparched oaksWith a view to what is being explained. Whether because the trees shed their leaves in that same season and are dried out from the roots and uprooted by the snowstorms, or because when …highshort

α633Ἀείπλαναever-wandering [lips][Meaning] straying [ones], foolish [ones], [ones] full of nonsense. "The ever-wandering lips of an old woman."highshort

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

α644Ἀείϋπνοςever-sleeping[Meaning] one who/which is always asleep.highshort

α645Ἀείφρουροςalways on watch, everlasting[no gloss]highshort

α651Ἀηδών καὶ ἀηδοῦςnightingale, songstressAnd [in the genitive singular] a)hdou=s; such [was] Sappho according to Mytilenians. Sophocles [writes]: "ill-starred, she will not sing the lament of the piteous nightingale, but she will sing shrill dirges and the thuds …highmedium

α655Ἄημαblast[Meaning] the breath of the wind. "The dreadful blast of winds puts the roaring sea to bed; almighty sleep binds and releases, he does not hold forever. Can we not learn to grow wise? …highmedium

α656ἌημαιI swing, I hang (?)[sc. The word occurs] in the Epigrams: "a shield from the mortal shoulders of Timanor, I swing beneath the roof in the temple of Pallas." Meaning I am dedicated.highshort

α659ἈηνόβαρβοςAhenobarbus[A name meaning] bronze-beard [chalkopogon].highshort

α663Ἀήσυρονlight-as-air[Meaning] that which is slender, that which is in mid-air and nimble, that which is light-weight, from being borne along [su/resqai] on the air [a)e/ri]. In reference to birds. [sc. But exemplified also in …highshort

α666Ἄητονinsatiate, swollen[Meaning] that which is being blown up.highshort

α676Ἄϊδος κυνῆHades' dog-skin [helmet]Aristophanes [writes]: "take for my sake the shadow-shaggy Hades helmet from Hieronymos." The proverb was [sc. originally] said about those who are invisible. But now about those who grow their hair exceedingly long. For …highmedium

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

α725Ἀθήλυντονunwomanish[Meaning someone or something] inflexible, hard.highshort

α727Ἀθηνᾶς ἄγαλμα δόρυ κρατεῖAthena's statue holds a spearBecause of the steadfastness and masculinity [sc. of such an attribute]; likewise also a shield, from her turning-away every treachery through her wisdom; for [wisdom] is [close] to intelligence. And they gave her a …highshort

α736Ἀθηρηλοιγόςchaff-consuming[Referring to] the winnowing-fan, the thing that is destroying the chaff.highshort

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