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α21Ἀβασάνιστοςuntested[Meaning someone/something] unexercised or unexamined, unscrutinized. The word comes from the test of the goldsmith's stone, on which they scrutinize gold. Aelian in his On Providence used the word 'untested' to mean 'without pain'.highshort
α101ἌβυδοςAbudos, Abydos, AbydusA city. The word is applied to an informant [sukofa/nths] because of the common belief that the people of Abudos were informers. Also [sc. attested is] an adverb, *)abudo/qi, [meaning] in Abudos. Also [sc. …highshort
α115Ἀγαθοεργοίagathoergoi, benefactorsMen selected according to valor. From the Ephors.

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[Meaning someone/something] unexercised or unexamined, unscrutinized. The word comes from the test of the goldsmith's stone, on which they scrutinize gold. Aelian in his On Providence used the word 'untested' to mean…

Ἀβασάνιστος· ἀγύμναστος ἢ ἀνεξέταστος, ἀδοκίμαστος. εἴρηται δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς βασάνου τῆς χρυσοχοϊκῆς λίθου, ἐν ᾗ δοκιμάζουσι τὸ χρυσίον. ἐχρήσατο δὲ Αἰλιανὸς ἐν τῷ περὶ προνοίας τῷ…

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Oliver Phillips ✝2

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α169ἈγασικλῆςAgasikles, AgasiclesA proper name. He is said to have bribed the Halimousians, and for that reason, although he was a foreigner, to have been accorded [sc. Athenian] citizenship.highshort

α292Ἀγόμενος διὰ φρατέρων κύων μαστιγοῦταιa dog led through phratry-members is whipped[no gloss]highshort

α307Ἀγοραίαν δίκηνagora lawsuit, forensic lawsuit[Meaning] the (?)defense plea.highshort

α308Ἀγοραῖος νοῦςmarketplace mind[Meaning] the one altogether cheap and vulgar and not elite or thoughtful. Also [sc. attested is] Agoraios Hermes. Aristophanes [writes]: "by Hermes Agoraios, I look and I perjure myself." That is, [Hermes] who is …highshort

α309Ἀγοραῖοιmarketplace [men]Has circumflex accent on the penultimate syllable; [meaning] men involved in a marketplace. Damascius [writes]: "[...] but he stood by and begged those who were defrauding, even including (?)skilled judges." But with the acute …highshort

α311Ἀγορῆθενfrom the agoraOut of the agora.highshort

α319Ἀγωγεύςprosecutor, thongThe person introducing the lawsuit, the prosecutor. Also [sc. attested is] a)gwgeu/s [sc. in another sense], thong. Also [sc. attested is] a)gwgei= ["with a thong"], [meaning] with a rein, by which horses are guided.highshort

α342Ἄγραφα ἀδικήματαunwritten crimes[Meaning] those about which there is no written law.highshort

α343Ἀγραφίουde-listingA form of lawsuit against those in debt to the public treasury and written up for this, but erased before they paid it. So Demosthenes and Dinarchus and Lycurgus.highshort

α345Ἀγράφου μετάλλου δίκηprosecution for an unregistered mineWhen those who worked the silver mines [sc. in Athens] wanted to begin a new working, they would notify those the people had put in charge of mines and would register a twenty-fourth part …highshort

α377Ἄγροικος ὀργήνboorish in angerLitigious, choleric, prone to anger. Aristophanes [writes]: "for we have a master who is boorish in anger." Also [sc. attested is] a)groi/ths, [meaning] the country man.highshort

α381Ἄγοιmay hold[sc. This verb] signifies many things. Isaeus used [it] to mean to carry and to lead in and to drag: "for Xenocles hurt me", he says, "by taking Eumathes off into freedom, when I …highshort

α407Ἀγχιστεύςnext-of-kinAlso [sc. attested is] a)gxistei/a ["closeness"], [meaning] kinship. Also [sc. attested is] a)gxistei=s ["those who are close"], those from the siblings and cousins and uncles on the paternal and maternal sides nearest to the …highshort

α408Ἀγχιστείαcloseness, being next of kin, right of inheritanceThe sharing of property. In Aristophanes: "let there be no anchisteia for a bastard". Also [sc. attested is] a [related] verb a)gxisteu/w ["I am an anchisteus"]; [used] with a genitive.highshort

α409Ἀγχιστίνδηνby closeness, by next-of-kin[Meaning] in accordance with closeness, like "by merit" and "by wealth."highshort

α436Ἀδεκάστωςincorruptibly[Meaning] impartially, justly, without taking bribes, properly.highshort

α437Ἀδεκατεύτουςnot having tithedAristophanes [sc. says this for those who are in the position of] not having paid taxes; for they dedicated in the Prytaneion tithes of the bellies of the sacrificial animals as their tenth share.highshort

α450Ἀδειάςsafe-havenA type of altar.highshort

α483Ἀδικεῖνto do injustice[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] to harm [someone] willingly. "Not to suffer injustice [is] divine, glorious, and distinctive; for a god will be wronged by no one."highshort

α486ἈδικίουmisdemeanorA sort of crime. It is the name of a lawsuit. It requires single payment, if it is returned before the ninth prytany; if not, the payment is double.highshort

α499ἈδοκίμαστοςunscrutinizedBeing enrolled among adults is called being scrutinized; and he who is not yet enrolled is unscrutinized. Lysias [sc. uses the word] in this way.highshort

α500Ἀδόκιμοςunsatisfactory, reprobate, disreputable[Meaning someone or something] unscrutinized.highshort

α540Ἀδύνατοιincapables, handicappeds[Meaning] those incapacitated in the body. After being approved by the [sc. Athenian] council, these men received, some say two obols a day, some say an obol. But Philochorus says nine drachmas a month.highshort

α591Ἀζήμιθρονloss-free[Meaning] penalty-free.highshort

α592Ἀζήμιοςpenalty-free, with impunity[Meaning] unharmed. Strictly speaking a "zemia" is the loss of life [zwh=s mei/wsis]; alternatively, what is abominable in life [e)n zwh=| miaro/n]. Aristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "you surely do not expect, after cheating us, …highshort

α598Ἀζήτητονuninvestigated[Meaning]that which is prevented from undergoing investigation and prosecution. Thus Aeschines [sc. uses the word].highshort

α610ἈειγυβένςaeigubensThat is, " listen [all]" in Latin. The aei means "listen" and the bens means "all."highshort

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