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Ἀγόμενος διὰ φρατέρων κύων μαστιγοῦται
a dog led through phratry-members is whipped
[no gloss]
high
short
α
450
Ἀδειάς
safe-haven
A type of altar.
high
short
α
499
Ἀδοκίμαστος
unscrutinized
Being enrolled among adults is called being scrutinized; and he who is not yet enrolled is unscrutinized. Lysias [sc. uses the word] in this way.
high
medicine
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short
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500
Ἀδόκιμος
unsatisfactory, reprobate, disreputable
[Meaning someone or something] unscrutinized.
high
short
α
540
Ἀδύνατοι
incapables, 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.
high
short
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646
Ἀειφυγία
permanent exile, perpetual exile
[Meaning] exile lasting for ever. "[...] to give way to them whole-heartedly, if they drive the murderer from the army with perpetual exile." That is, with banishment.
high
short
α
714
Ἀθέμιστα
lawless [things]
[Meaning] unjust [ones]. Also [sc. attested is the masculine nominative singular] a)qe/mistos, [meaning] unlawful. Also said is a)/qesmos, [meaning] illegal. "Piasos the Thessalian loved Larissa, his own daughter -- a love both illegal and …
high
short
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715
Ἀθέμιτον
lawless
[Meaning] that which is unjust. Also [sc. attested is the superlative] a)qemito/taton; (?)spelled in two ways.
high
short
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723
Ἀθέσμιον
unlawful
[Meaning] that which is unjust.
high
short
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747
Ἀθῷος
guiltless
[Meaning] not liable to punishment. "I washed my hands in guiltless things". Meaning I kept myself guiltless, I took no part in evil. Guiltless, then, [means] not being at fault. Meaning going around, loquacious.
high
short
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768
Ἀθύρειν
to sport
The [verb that means] to play. Plato in Laws [writes]: "again our maid and mistress, charmed by the pastime of the dance, did not take the view that one should sport with empty hands." …
high
short
α
801
Ἀκαρῆ
bit, pittance, scrap
[sc. Something] short, sharp, impossible to cut. Aristophanes [writes]: "somehow or other you've been duped, you who rule many and do not get any benefit of it except that pittance you take away. And …
high
short
α
1109
Ἀλεαίνοιμι
I might keep warm
[Meaning] I might make myself warm. "Then I put this on, so that I might keep warm." Aristophanes [sc. writes this]. [The verb] a)leai/nein [comes] from us gathering together [a)olli/zesqai] during the days. And …
high
medium
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1124
Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μαμαίας
Alexander Mamaias, Alexander son of Mamaia
Ruling with his mother he administered everything subordinate to her; it was she who took care of the empire in every respect. So she persuaded him to judge trials for the most part, so …
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medium
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1140
Ἀλεξόμενον
warding off, resisting
[Meaning him who is] defending. "[That] he who has begun evilly means to do evil - just as in cases of private wrongs the law-makers and the judges relate all the harm that has …
high
medium
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1231
Ἁλιμούσιος
Halimousian, Halimusian
Halimous is a deme of [the Athenian tribe] Leontis. Agasikles is said to have bribed the Halimousians and because of this, although a foreigner, was registered in the citizen body.
high
short
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1250
Ἁλίσκει
you are captured, you are caught, you stand convicted
[Meaning] you are conquered. Also [sc. attested is the third person] a(li/sketai, [meaning he/she/it] is taken, is overpowered.
high
short
α
1313
Ἀλογίου δίκη
prosecution for lack of accounting
A prosecution in which the defendants are officials, (prosecuted for) not giving an account of the sums of money administered during the tenure of their office.
high
short
α
1324
Ἀλοκίζειν
to trace a furrow
Aristophanes [writes]: "me, I have been wanting to trace a furrow [in] my place."
high
short
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1328
Ἁλόντες
having been caught, having been convicted
[Meaning they] having been taken.
high
short
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1352
Ἀλλ' οὐ διὰ τὴν ἐν τῷ ποδὶ πρὸς τὴν λύραν ἀμετρίαν τρίαν
but not through the disproportion in the foot for the lyre
[sc. A saying] in reference to those paying the penalty for a fault other than the ones for which they are themselves being accused and brought forward.
high
short
α
1355
Ἀλλ' οὐκ ἔνεστι συκοφάντου δήγματος
but it does not have [a charm] against an informer's bite
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to ineffectual things. It leaves out the [word] "charm". The attendant says in character that there is no spell on the ring that serves as an antidote for …
high
medium
α
1356
Ἀλλ' οὐ λαχοῦσ' ἔπινες ἐν τῷ γράμματι
so did you not drink in your letter once you had been allotted it?
Aristophanes [sc. writes this]. ["Drink"] meaning served as a juror. For the Athenians were allotted [to juries] by letter from the 10 tribes. For example, the first [tribe] had alpha as its symbol, the …
high
medium
α
1370
Ἁλῶ
would be caught, would be convicted
[Meaning he/she/it] would be taken, would be condemned.
high
short
α
1371
Ἁλῶ
convicted
[sc. This verb is used] with a genitive of possession; "if someone is arrested after being convicted of maltreatment of his parents." And "if someone is convicted of making an illegal proposal or of …
high
short
α
1382
Ἁλῶναι
to be caught, to be convicted
[Meaning] to be taken, to be bound. "And [he] guarding especially [against] being convicted of perjury."
high
short
α
1400
Ἄλλως ἀναλίσκεις ὕδωρ
you are using up water for nothing
[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those toiling in vain in speeches. It is taken from those speaking to water in the [sc. Athenian] jurycourts.
high
short
α
1417
Ἀλοιῶν
threshing, crushing
[Meaning one who/which is] striking, smiting. "Striking him then another way with a cudgel, he killed him." Hence also parricide [patraloi/as], he who strikes [sc. and kills] his father. Also a)loi=a, striking. And Homer …
high
short
α
1423
Ἀλυάττης
Alyattes
King of the Lydians, who was suited by birth to matters of war, but in all else without restraint; for he once dishonored his own sister. He was the father of Alyattes, who while …
high
medium
α
1432
Ἄλυκτον
to be shunned
[Meaning] that which is inescapable.
high
short
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