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α835ἈκέραιονuncorruptedFrom the writing of Marcus Antoninus: "even if you are going to live three thousand years and as many tens of thousands, remember nevertheless that no one loses a life other than the one …highmedium
α852ἈκέφαλοςheadlessA heresy, whose leader was Severus. And look under the [entry] "Eutyches".highshort
α853Ἀκέφαλοςheadless[Meaning] one who is rightless. And [there is] a proverb: Headless story. The proverb is spoken in reference to those speaking unfinished things.

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From the writing of Marcus Antoninus: "even if you are going to live three thousand years and as many tens of thousands, remember nevertheless that no one loses a life other than the one that he lives, or lives one…

Ἀκέραιον· ἐκ τῆς Μάρκου Ἀντωνίνου συγγραφῆς· κἂν τρισχίλια ἔτη βιώσεσθαι μέλλῃς καὶ τοσαυτάκις μύρια, ὅμως μέμνησο, ὅτι οὐδεὶς ἄλλον ἀποβάλλει βίον ἢ τοῦτον ὃν ζῇ, ἢ ἄλλον ζῇ ἢ ὃν…

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α860Ἀκηδήςuncared-for, uncaring[Meaning one who/which is] unburied, neglected. "The Romans could not stand seeing their own enemies uncared-for." Also [sc. attested is the adverb] a)khdw=s ["in uncared-for fashion"], meaning in unburied fashion. "Seeing a body of …highmedium

α1298Ἀλκυονίδες ἡμέραιAlcyon days, Halcyon days, kingfisher days[Meaning] those of fine weather. People differ on their number. For Simonides in Pentathla says they are 11, as does Aristotle in [his book] Concerning Animals, but Demagoras of Samos [says] 7, and Philochorus …highmedium

α1303Ἅλμη οὐκ ἔνεστ' αὐτῷthere is no salt in him; there is no sauce in him[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to the sour and unpleasant [man].highshort

α2310ἈνέρριπτονI was tossing in the air, they were tossing in the airI was/they were undertaking. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "the die has been thrown"; in effect, has been put at risk. "So speak, as I have been tossed by you, your final throw …highshort

α2383Ἀνεῖναιto toss, to let go (up), to roll (dice)[Meaning] to let loose/let go. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] to roll a die, meaning to throw up a die.highshort

αι64Αἴγληradiance; Aigle[Meaning] a throw at dice, brilliance, gleam. Cratinus [sc. uses the word]. And [sc. in so doing] he reveals [that it is] a type of round sacrificial cake, and rite of sacrifice, as Leagoras …highshort

αι246Αἰόλλειturns, variegates[Meaning he/she/it] varies [i.e. mixes colours or coloured substances, changes colour], turns, confuses [sc. the issue].highshort

αι249ΑἰολοκένταυροςAeolocentaur, (?)Were-centaur[no gloss]highshort

β487Βωμολοχεύμασιwith the low buffoonery and rascally tricks of the altar-ambushers.[Meaning] with all sorts of rascally subterfuges.highshort

β488Βωμολοχεύσαιτο(if one) were to play the wit at the altarMeaning [if] one were to say something vulgar or cheap. Aristophanes in Clouds on corruption of the harmonics: "[them] tuning the harmony that our fathers passed on. But if one of them were to …highmedium

β489Βωμολόχοςaltar-ambusher[Meaning] he who lies in wait around the altars, with the purpose of getting something from those who are sacrificing. But metaphorically also [it means] he who flatters certain people, in pretty much the …highmedium

γ457Γρῖφοςriddle, conundrum[Meaning] a [sc. fishermen's] net. It also means an utterance hard to explain and intricately woven. The [utterance] having a feature in it unexpressed.highshort

δ692Διαπέσοιμιmay I collapse, may I faili.e. may I fail to achieve my hope. Aristophanes [writes]: "unless I exterminate you, if there is any one of my lies left in me, may I collapse over the place!"highshort

δ1499Δραματουργήσαςhaving staged a drama, having fabricated[Meaning he] having put together.highshort

δ1504Δραπέτης κλῆροςrunaway lot[Meaning] the one that happened with wicked trickery. This has been told in the history of Cresphontes and the sons of Aristodemus: that Cresphontes wickedly threw a moist lump of earth into the water-pot …highmedium

δ1505Δραπετίνδαrunaway gameA type of children's game.highshort

δ1650Δυσκολοκάμπτους ᾠδάςintricate-twisted songs[Meaning] ones in broken rhythm/voice. Aristophanes [writes]: "if one of them were to [...] twist a tune, such as these intricate-twisted ones today in the style of Phrynis that singers today sing, let him …highshort

ε695Ἐκκυβεύεινto gamble (everything) on dice[Meaning] to throw oneself into danger. "Thinking it, as the poet says, a ruse, he decided in no way to gamble (everything) on dice or to take a risk with his forces; he stayed …highshort

ε1174Ἐνδιαεριανερινηχέτουςendiaerianerinêchetous[sc. An example of] compound words of dithyrambic poets; such as the poet Ion of Chios. See also under "dithyramb-directors."highshort

ε3006Ἐρριπτασμένονtossed about, prostrated again and again[Meaning] exhausted by exercise, found. So that I, full of anxiety, toss and turn; for that is the way the anxious are. But it is better to think of it as a metaphor from …highmedium

ε3013Ἐρρίφθω κύβοςlet the die have been cast[none]highshort