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Ἀβάντειος
Abanteios, Abantius, Abantian
The [house] of Abas. Also [attested is] Abantiades.
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Ἄβαρις
Abaris, Avars
Scythian, son of Seuthes. He wrote the so-called Scythinian Oracles and Marriage of the river Hebros and Purifications and a Theogony in prose and Arrival of Apollo among the Hyperboreans in meter. He came …
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Ἀβαρνίς
Abarnis
Name of a city.
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Ἁβρός
delicate
[Meaning] bright, delicate, tender. In the Epigrams: "a cicada sat above a cithara delicately murmuring." "All the same that fellow is dainty and delicate and weakened by the softness of his body and depraved …
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127
Ἀγακλειτός
celebrated, very famous
He who has an exceedingly fine reputation. And [sc. attested is the feminine] a)gakleith/.
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133
Ἀγάλματα
delights, ornaments, statues
[Meaning] the likenesses of the gods, and anything that is decorative in some way. Homer [writes]: "but it is stored away as a delight for the king." And Hesiod calls a necklace an "ornament"; …
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138
Ἄγαμαι καρδίας
I admire at heart
An Atticism, meaning I marvel [at]. Aelian [writes]: "since, also, the [behaviour? remark?] of Menelaus to Paris the son of Priam I neither praise nor admire." "Personally I admire these men as well, and …
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140
Ἀγαμέμνων
Agamemnon
[Genitive] *a)game/mnonos and [vocative] w)= *a)ga/memnon. Also [sc. attested is] "Agamemnonian house", and "Agamemnonian ship".
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142
Ἀγαμήδης
Agamedes
Proper name. Also [sc. attested is] a feminine form Agamede.
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171
Ἀγάστονος
much-groaning
[Meaning] copiously moaning.
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182
Ἀγέλαος
Agelaos, Agelaus
A proper name.
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185
Ἀγελαίη
Agelaie, Booty-driver
[sc. An epithet of] Athena.
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190
Ἀγελείη
Ageleie, Booty-driver
[An epithet of] Athena. From the [fact of her] "driving booty", [a)/gein lei/an]; that is, as a soldier.
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200
Ἀγέραστος
unrecompensed, unrewarded
[Meaning] lacking honor.
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222
Ἀγηνόριον
Agenorion, Agenor-shrine
Name of a place.
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223
Ἀγήνωρ
manly, heroic
[Meaning] the very brave man, or [one] admirable in courage. It also indicates the overweening and arrogant one. It is also a proper name [Agenor]. From the [phrase] a)/gan th=| h)nore/h| ["too much with …
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225
Ἀγήραον
ageless
[Meaning] undecaying.
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253
Ἀγκυλομήτης καὶ Ἀγκυλομήτεω καὶ Ἀγκυλομῆται
crooked of counsel
[a)gkulomh/ths] and a)gkulomh/tew. Also [sc. attested is] a)gkulomh=tai: men of devious devices.
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268
Ἄγλαυρος
Aglauros, Aglaurus
The daughter of Kekrops. It is also a cult-name of Athena.
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283
Ἀγνώμονες
unpardoning, hard-hearted
[Those] of contrary opinion, merciless. Sophocles [writes]: "be ye not hard-hearted to Phoebus and to me."
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299
Ἀγορά
agora, assembly, market-place
[Meaning] the [sc. place of] assembly, whence Nestor [is] an a)gorhth/s ['agora-man']; also the place where the wares are sold, and the wares themselves.
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301
Ἀγορὰ Κερκώπων
market of Kerkopes
They were in Ephesus. Herakles bound them on the orders of Omphale, but he shrank from killing them since their mother begged him. The proverb is spoken in reference to ill-behaved and knavish people.
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326
Ἀγώμενος
envying
Marveling at. But a)go/menos [means] being carried.
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359
Ἄγριος
Agrios, Agrius
Proper name. Also [sc. attested is the adjective] agrios, [meaning] unsociable, not tame. It is also used for an excess of evil. Aelian [writes]: "he sent away the most savage of the bodyguards, took …
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392
Ἀγχείσιος
Anchisios, Anchisius
The [son] of Anchises.
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395
Ἀγχιάλεια
Anchialeia
A city. Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] a)gxi/alos ["coastal"], [meaning] the one near the sea. Not all 'coastal' cities are surrounded by sea. For example, Alexandria is coastal but not surrounded by …
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404
Ἀγχίσης
Anchises, Ankhises
[Genitive] *)agxi/sou. Also [sc. attested is] Anchisides.
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short
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425
Ἀδάμ
Adam
The first human, he who was shaped by the hand of God and formed in the image and likeness of the Creator and Founder; he was also deemed worthy of a dwelling in Paradise. …
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428
Ἀδάμαστος
unmastered
Maiden, unyoked. Sophocles [writes]: "but now Zeus' fierce-eyed maiden goddess [...] has ruined [me], planting in me a berserk illness."
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438
Ἀδεκτώ
Adekto, Adecto
Name of a demon.
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short
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