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α628Ἀειλογεῖςyou are always speaking; you are a chatterbox[Meaning] You always talk. Also [sc. attested is the related noun] aeilogia, saying a lot or saying the same thing or forever finding it possible to speak. [sc. Another sense of] aeilogia: being always …highshort
α924ἈκόνιτονaconiteA kind of plant [sc. which is also a] drug. "But by drinking aconite he escaped this [sc. charge] a)koniti/." That is, without trouble.highshort
α1822Ἀνάγεσθαιto put to sea[Referring to] sailing out of Byzantium. Procopius [writes]: "for it is not lawful for anyone to put to sea out of Byzantium [unless sent out] by the men [in office...]". Also [sc. attested is …

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Ἀειλογεῖς

you are always speaking; you are a chatterbox

[Meaning] You always talk. Also [sc. attested is the related noun] aeilogia, saying a lot or saying the same thing or forever finding it possible to speak. [sc. Another sense of] aeilogia: being always called to account…

Ἀειλογεῖς· ἀεὶ λαλεῖς. καὶ Ἀειλογία, πολυλογία ἢ ταυτολογία ἢ τὸ διὰ παντὸς ἐξεῖναι λέγειν. Ἀειλογία· τὸ ἀεὶ λόγον καὶ εὐθύνας ὑπέχειν. οὕτως Δημοσθένης καὶ Ἰσαῖος.

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α1857Ἀναδικάσασθαιto renew an actionThe [verb that means] to bring an action afresh. So Isaeus [sc. uses the term]. Hence also the [phrase] 'renewed motions', those being brought afresh, whenever the witnesses have been convicted of false witness.highshort

α1897ἈνάκειονAnakeion, AnaceumA mountain [of that name]. Or the shrine of the Dioscuri.highshort

α1917Ἀνάκρισιςanakrisis, preliminary hearing[Meaning] an investigation conducted by each official before the [actual beginning of the] lawsuits, concerned with what is leading to the trial. They also investigate whether these [suits] should be brought at all.highshort

α2184Ἀνδροληψίαabduction, seizureIf an Athenian man died outside Attica, and those in that polis in which the deed was done did not hand over the person who seemed to be responsible, the law allowed three of …highmedium

α2661Ἀντιγραφεύςantigrapheus, copy-clerkSimilar to "clerk". The man in charge of those paying certain sums of money to the city, who therefore "copies" them. So Demosthenes in the [speech] Against Androtion, but also Aeschines in the Against …highmedium

α2759Ἀντωμοσίαaffidavit[Meaning] certain documents written by those involved in the lawsuit, both the plaintiff and the defendant, which they then submit to the authorities. It is so called since each of the two of them …highshort

α2833Ἄξονεςaxones, axlesThis is what Athenians called the laws of Solon, because of the fact they had been inscribed on wooden axles. They were square in shape. Demosthenes in the [speech] Against Aristokrates mentions the word. …highshort

α2861Ἄπαγεstop! arrest![Used] with a genitive. [Meaning] cease [something], may it not happen! Alternatively arrest!, meaning employ [the procedure of] arrest [a)pagwgh/]. So Demosthenes [sc. mentions this]. And [there is] a proverb: "stop a stranger in …highshort

α3079Ἀπεσχοίνισενcordoned off, roped off[Meaning he/she/it] separated off. Also [sc. attested is the perfect middle/passive participle] a)pesxoinisme/nos ["having been cordoned off"], [meaning] having been detached. Demosthenes in the [speech] Against Aristogeiton [uses this word] to mean having been …highshort

α3111Ἀπεψηφίσατοvoted offThat is [he/she/it] condemned. "The council reached its judgement on what had been done and voted the fellow off, since the taint of guilt had occurred with him not attacking but defending himself". And …highmedium

α3273ἈπογραφήdepositionWhenever someone says that someone is in possession of some item of city property, the defendant makes a deposition, showing how much he has of it and how he came by it. Perhaps also …highmedium

α3281ἈποδέκταιreceiversIt is an official position amongst [the] Athenians. There were ten; they took over the written accounts and erased the sums being paid, in the presence of the council in the council-house, and gave …highshort

α3456Ἀπονομήshare[Meaning] the apportionment, whether in the case of the city taking some part of the proceeds from the mine-workings or in the case of a division amongst a multiplicity of contractors, so that each …highshort

α3546Ἀπόστασιςdistance[Meaning] withdrawal from a [sc. certain amount of] intervening space. Polybius [writes]: "none of the citizens knew what was happening because of the distance, the city being large". [The terms] 'distance' and 'distancing' [a)postasi/a] …highmedium

α3584Ἀπόταφοςtomb-less[Meaning] one deprived of [sc. burial among] his ancestral tombs. So Dinarchus [uses the word].highshort

α3597Ἀποτιμηταὶapotimetai, guarantors['Guarantors'] and '[a] guarantee' and 'to guarantee' and derivatives from these: those renting the houses of orphans from the [Athenian] archon used to provide securities for the rent; and the archon had to send …highmedium

α3629ἈπόφασιςdeclarationDemosthenes in the [speech] Against Phainippos [uses it to mean] declaring in writing, in detail, how much property someone has, as occurs especially in [property-]exchanges. It is also called a)pografh/.highshort

α3656Ἀποψηφίζονταιthey are voting offDinarchus in the [speech] Against Archestratos [says this] to mean they are condemning him not to be a citizen [sc. any longer]. And Demosthenes calls the process voting-off (a)poyh/fisis).highshort

α3658Ἀποψηφισθένταvoted-off, voted-outIf someone [sc. in classical Athens] seemed to be a foreigner and not a citizen, the [relevant] demesmen used to vote him out in the registration-votes of the demes, and he was called "voted-out". …highmedium

α3689Ἀπροβούλευτονun-predeliberated[Meaning] an [sc. Athenian] decree not taken first to the council [boule] but immediately to the people. So Demosthenes [sc. uses the term].highshort

α3699Ἀπρόσκλητονsummons-lessThe [sc. Athenian lawsuit] which is not the result of a summons. But a)pro/skliton [means something] passion-less.highshort

α3703Ἀπροστασίουhaving no patronIt is a type of [sc. Athenian] lawsuit brought against those not taking a resident to be their patron. For each of them used to refuse one of the citizens to act for him …highshort

α3714Ἀποικοδομεῖςyou are walling offMeaning you are blocking off. So Demosthenes in the [speech] Against Kallikles [sc. uses the word].highshort

α3792Ἀργυρὶς θήκηsilver chest['Silver chest'] and 'silver-bearing land' and 'gold-bearing [sc. land]', that which when mined [yields] gold and silver. There were two kinds of mini-tablet which the Athenians used: one for writing on only for themselves, …highshort

α3807Ἀρδήττης ἈρδήττουArdettes, [genitive] ArdettouA proper name. Also [sc. attested is] Ardettos, a place in Athens, where all Athenians used to swear the jurors' oath in public. But Theophrastos in his [books] On Laws says that this custom …highshort

α4079Ἀρχαιρεσιάζεινto canvass for officeDinarchus [uses the word]. [He means by it] considering one's self fit to be chosen for office.highshort

α4089Ἀρχεῖαarchives[Meaning the place] where the public papers are deposited, a paper-preserve; or the places of the judges; alternatively [spelled] a)rxai=a, as Xenophon [does in book] 8 of Histories. "He brought his sons into the …highshort

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