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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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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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Ἄβρα
favorite
Not simply a maidservant nor even the pretty maidservant is called [favorite], but a daughter of one of the house slaves and an honored one, whether born in the house or not. Menander in …
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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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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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Ἀγαθοεργία
beneficence
Damascius [writes]: "to sum everything up in one statement, what Pythagoras said about man being very similar to the divine is something that he [Isidore] clearly demonstrated in his deeds: his beneficent zeal and …
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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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Ἀγαθόν
good
In general [it is] something beneficial, but in particular what is either identical with or not different from benefit; hence, both virtue itself and what participates in it are called "good" in three ways: …
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Ἀγαθόν
good
The word has multiple meanings. Predicated of the good are the 10 genera, that is to say the 10 categories. "To produce, since some things are [understood as] good because [of being] productive. For …
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Ἀγαθοῦ Δαίμονος
of the Good Spirit
The ancients had a custom after dinner of drinking 'of the Good Spirit', by taking an extra quaff of unmixed [wine]; and they call this 'of the Good Spirit', but when they are ready …
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Ἀγάθων
Agathon
A proper name. He was a tragic poet; but he was slandered for effeminacy. Aristophanes [writes]: "Where is Agathon?" -- "He's gone and left me." -- "Where on earth is the wretch?" -- "At …
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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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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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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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Ἀγαπητὰ ἤθη
desirable habits
[Meaning] the fine and good ones.
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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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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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Ἀγαπῴην
I would love; if you please
In the optative.
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Ἀγαστός
admirable
[Meaning] wondrous.
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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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Ἀγένεια
low birth
Bad birth.
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Ἄγευστος θοίνης
without a taste of the feast
[Meaning someone] living a (?)refined life. Also [sc. attested is the plural] a)/geustoi, [meaning those] lacking experience. [Something] "lacking taste" has four meanings: either that which is lacking flavor as yet, but capable of …
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Ἁγιστείας
rituals
[Meaning those] of holiness, of cleansing, of service.
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Ἀγκών
elbow
"In the royal palace of Gelimer was a building full of darkness, which the Carthaginians used to call [the] Elbow; therein were thrown all toward whom the tyrant was ill-disposed. There, in the time …
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Ἁγνεία
purity
[Meaning] pureness. An intensity of temperance.
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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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