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Ἄβας
Abas
A sophist, who left Historical Commentaries and an Art of Rhetoric.
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Ἀβασάνιστος
untested
[Meaning someone/something] unexercised or unexamined, unscrutinized. The word comes from the test of the goldsmith's stone, on which they scrutinize gold. Aelian in his On Providence used the word 'untested' to mean 'without pain'.
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Ἀβουλεῖν
to be unwilling
[Meaning] not to wish, or not to resolve. Plato [sc. uses the word].
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Ἄβρων
Abron, Habron
Phrygian or Rhodian, grammarian, student of Tryphon, sophist at Rome, the offspring of slaves, according to Hermippus.
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101
Ἄβυδος
Abudos, Abydos, Abydus
A city. The word is applied to an informant [sukofa/nths] because of the common belief that the people of Abudos were informers. Also [sc. attested is] an adverb, *)abudo/qi, [meaning] in Abudos. Also [sc. …
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Ἀγάζω>20 γενικῇ
I exalt overmuch
[Used] with a genitive.
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Ἀγαθικά
good things
[Meaning] excellent things.
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Ἀγαθοθέλεια
desire for the good
[Meaning] the choice of good things. "When it comes to getting things done a desire for the good alone does not suffice; there is also a need for strength and perseverence."
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Ἀγαλματοφορούμενος
image-bearing, image-carrying, enshrined as an image
[Meaning] carrying in one's mind images or impressions of things that one has thought of. Philo [sc. uses the term] this way.
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141
Ἀγάμενος
admiring, wondering at, marveling at
[Meaning someone] being amazed at. "Admiring this man for his good courage they let him ride on the horse."
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150
Ἀγαπᾶν
to love, to receive favorably, to be content with.
[Meaning] to give a favorable reception [to someone/something]. [*)agapa=n] to love: to be satisfied with something and to seek nothing more. Hence also the [phrase] "I would love [it/you if]...".
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153
Ἀγαπητὰ ἤθη
desirable habits
[Meaning] the fine and good ones.
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157
Ἀγάπιος
Agapios, Agapius
Athenian philosopher, after the death of Proclus, under Marinus. He was admired for his love of learning and for his setting of dilemmas that were hard to solve.
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158
Ἀγάπιος
Agapios, Agapius
This man was an Alexandrian by birth; raised from childhood amidst cultured discourse, he became a commentator on medical teachings and went to Byzantium where he established a very distinguished school. Relying on the …
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159
Ἀγαπῴην
I would love; if you please
In the optative.
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173
Ἀγαστός
admirable
[Meaning] wondrous.
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180
Ἄγε δῆτα
hey there
[Meaning] come now, you there, over here. And [there is] an epigram addressed to Diogenes the Cynic: "' Hey, Diogenes, tell [us], what fate took you to Hades?' 'A dog's bite took me'". But …
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197
Ἀγένεια
low birth
Bad birth.
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242
Ἁγιστείας
rituals
[Meaning those] of holiness, of cleansing, of service.
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274
Ἁγνεία
purity
[Meaning] pureness. An intensity of temperance.
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278
Ἀγνόημα
ignorance
"They were ignorant to an extent of ignorance such as no-one would have been ignorant who had grasped a little dialectic and was able to understand something about it."
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280
Ἄγνον
chaste-tree, withy
They are not speaking of the lugos. And Chionides uses it in the masculine in Heroes: "and verily, by Zeus, I don't seem anymore to be different from an agnos growing in a mountain …
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284
Ἀγνωμόνως
senselessly
[Meaning] mindlessly, or gracelessly. The unlearned are called senseless -- without discernment -- in Plato. And Demosthenes in the Philippics [sc. uses the word] to mean a)logi/stws ["without reason"] and a)bou/lws ["without counsel"]. And …
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288
Ἄγνοια
ignorance
If someone were to say that ignorance is a lack of understanding, he is mistaken. Ignorance is the condition [of being] wretched and beguiled.
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315
Ἀγοστῷ
in an embrace
[Meaning] in the embrace. In the Epigrams: "you did not go unnoticed by the Graces nor by joyful Academe, in whose embrace I tell all comers of your beneficence".
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320
Ἀγωγή
conveyance
Transportation of anything, which is also known as 'supplying'; as one speaks of conveyance of grain or of wine.
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321
Ἀγωγή
deportment, carriage, upbringing
[Meaning] behaviour, manner; or conveyance. Also the driven load. Upbringing is also said to be the arrangement of one's manner through one's habits, as one speaks of upbringing of children; also the transference [of …
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333
Ἀγωνιούμενοι
about to be contenders
[Meaning they who are] about to enter contests. "About to be contenders, they might not avert their enemies without a fight."
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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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375
Ἀγροικίζω
I am a boor
Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] a)/groikos, [meaning] senseless, ill-tempered; harsh and uneducated, or someone living in the country. But it is as a metaphor that some define rusticness as harshness of character; …
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