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Ἀάσχετος
irresistible
[Something/someone] uncontrollable.
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short
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64
Ἀβούλως
ill-advisedly
[Meaning] unthinkingly, ignorantly. A line [of verse]: "badly, ill-advisedly, unthinkingly, without reason."
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71
Ἀβέλτερος νοῦς
foolish mind
"[A foolish mind,] empty, naive, young."
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125
Ἀγαθώνιος
Agathonios, Agathonius
A proper name. [The man] who was king of Tartessos. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "Agathon's pipe-playing": the soft and relaxed [kind]; alternatively that which is neither loose nor harsh, but temperate and …
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short
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264
Ἀγλαόκοιτος
splendid-bedded
[Meaning] highly honored.
high
short
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305
Ἀγοράσω
I will go to market
Meaning I will spend time in [the] marketplace. Aristophanes [writes]: "and I will go to market in arms alongside Aristogeiton." Meaning I will spend time in the market with Aristogeiton, near Aristogeiton. That is, …
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350
Ἀγρεία ἀοιδή
rustic song
The rural [kind]. "He stretched the hide down a rustic plane tree." In the Epigrams. Also [sc. attested is] a)grei=os, [meaning] the yokel, the ignoramus. Or someone from the country. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: …
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368
Ἀγρονόμοι
country-dwellers
Those living in the country. "Singing cicada drunk on dewdrops, you celebrate the country-dwelling Muse who sings in solitude." In the Epigrams.
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short
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385
Ἀγύρριος
Agyrrhios, Agyrrhius
A proper name. [The man] who was slandered for weakness, that he actually breaks wind. Aristophanes in Plutus [says this]. And he was also ridiculed for over-boldness. Also [sc. attested is] Agyrrhios, an Athenian …
high
short
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388
Ἀγύρτης
mendicant
[Meaning a] beggar, mountebank. One who asks for more, greedy. Or a vulgar person. And it is also a throw with dice and a Gallus and a seer, as Apion [says]. In the Epigrams: …
high
short
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433
Ἄδεν
pleased
[Meaning he/she/it] sufficed. In Fables: "nor did the gleaming leopard please him, since he was filled with rage."
high
short
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455
ᾌδεις ὥσπερ εἰς Δῆλον πλέων
you sing as if sailing into Delos
In reference to someone carefree and enjoying himself.
high
short
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493
Ἀδμήτου μέλος καὶ Ἁρμοδίου
Admetos' song and Harmodios'
[A proverbial phrase] in reference to things which are easy and simple: for drinking-songs were said to be of this kind.
high
short
α
511
Ἀδδώ
Addo
A proper name. But a)/|dw [is] a verb, with dative.
high
short
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518
Ἄδων τὴν σπιθαμὴν τοῦ βίου πρὸς ἄνηθον
singing of the span of life to a dill-plant
In reference to parsimonious and mean-spirited men.
high
short
α
557
Ἀεργηλή
non-working
[Meaning] idle, non-functioning. In the Epigrams: "tired from trembling old age [Daphnis the piper] with his non-working hand dedicates this staff [to Pan]."
high
short
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562
Ἀερόεν
airy, cloudy, murky
[Meaning] great.
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624
Ἀεικήλιον
unsuitable, shameful
[Meaning] that which is indecorous.
high
short
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650
Ἀηδόνειος ᾠδή καὶ Ἀηδόνειον μέλος
nightingale's song and nightingale's strain
[no gloss]
high
short
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656
Ἄημαι
I 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.
high
short
α
698
Ἀϊτία
aitia
[Meaning] the gut/note/sausage/string.
high
short
α
735
Ἀθηνόδωρος
Athenodoros, Athenodorus
Stoic philosopher, of the time of the Roman emperor Octavian. Under Octavian there was every reason for unbridled excess of power to be a universal misfortune, but the aforementioned Athenodoros persuaded him away from …
high
medium
α
764
Ἄθρυπτος
unbroken
[Meaning] manly, not slacking, nor softening, nor becoming flaccid. Damascius [writes]: "the life-style they allotted themselves was measured and unbroken, neither wrong-doing on account of poverty nor slacking on account of wealth, but moderate …
high
short
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788
Ἀκαλήφη
stinging nettle, sea-anemone
[Meaning a] nettle, both the terrestrial [kind] and the maritime [kind] which is like a mollusc shell. Aristophanes in Phoenician Women [writes]: "probably, of course, the first of all plants to grow were the …
high
medium
α
860
Ἀκηδής
uncared-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 …
high
medium
α
864
Ἀκήλητον
inexorable
[Meaning one who/which is] implacable, harsh. In the Epigrams about Orpheus: "who even charmed with his lyre the heavy intent and inexorable wrath of cruel Klymenos."
high
short
α
934
Ἀκοστήσας
grain-fed, having fed on grain
Out of a)kostai/ [come] kriqai/. kriqia/sas ["barley-fed"]: [meaning] either a)kolasth/as through syncope; or becoming pained by standing; or seeking some cure and remedy for standing. Also in the Epigrams: "the pierced reed pipe, your …
high
short
α
994
Ἀκροατὴς καὶ Ἀκροᾶσθαι
hearer and to hear
[sc. This noun and verb mean, respectively] the learner and to learn. Damascius [writes]: "he heard words [which were] aged and tempered by a certain wisdom". Also [sc. attested is the related noun] a)kroama/twn …
high
short
α
1034
Ἀκταίων
Aktaion, Actaeon
[Genitive] *)aktai/wnos, a proper name. Also [sc. attested is the genitive plural of the related adjective] *)aktaioni/dwn. "You are one of the Aktaionid whelps." In the Epigrams. *)aktaioni/dwn [is spelled] with an omicron because …
high
short
α
1042
Ἀκύλας
Akulas; Aculas; Aquila
Grammarian, musician.
high
short
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