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Βαλβίς Βαλβῖδος
starting-post; starting-post's
[Meaning a] low column, the starting-point, and the turn. "Just like those driving four-horse chariots despatched from some starting-post, once the gate had been opened." Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "at [the] starting-posts", …
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Βάρος
weight, influence, gravitas, dignity
Concerning Polemon [it has been written]: "he had gravitas of a kind found in some Dorian household management". "Both foreseeing and fearing the influence and the quarrelsomeness of mankind." Meaning the bulk, the strength. …
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kingship
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[Kingship] is rule without accountability. "The good are not only free, but also kings. For kingship is rule without accountability, which none but the wise can maintain." Kingship. Neither nature nor justice gives kingdoms …
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Βάσσος Κορίνθιος
Bassos the Corinthian
Apollonios had a dispute with this man. "For this man was thought and believed to be a parricide, but he pretended to a wisdom of his own, and no bridle could be set upon …
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Βίος
life, lifestyle
From the works of Philo. "The church of Christ establishes two styles of life, the one supernatural and above the common human way of life, not accepting marriage nor the procreation of children nor …
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Βλάκα
idiot, fool
Accusative case. [Meaning] a simpleton and a mindless person. It is said because of a certain fish, similar to the (?)sheatfish, so useless that not even a dog could make use of it. [In …
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Βούλησις
wish, rational desire
"Wish and choice are practical faculties of the soul. [...] And wish belongs by itself to the rational soul itself, while choice belongs to the part [of the soul] which is involved with lack …
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Βρενθύεσθαι
to be haughty, to take umbrage
[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] to get carried away by rage or to pretend to be angry. "But he, putting on airs, got far more haughty." Also [sc. attested is] brenqu/etai ["is haughty"], [meaning] …
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