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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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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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328
Ἀγωνάρχαι
contest-judges
Sophocles [writes]: "and lest any contest-judges or he who is my destroyer should give my arms to the Achaeans." Also [sc. attested is] a proverb: "a contest does not accept excuses." It is applied …
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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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381
Ἄγοι
may hold
[sc. This verb] signifies many things. Isaeus used [it] to mean to carry and to lead in and to drag: "for Xenocles hurt me", he says, "by taking Eumathes off into freedom, when I …
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398
Ἀγχιβατεῖν
to wrangle
The [verb that] Ionians [use for] 'to dispute'. And Heraclitus [sc. has the related noun] 'wrangling'.
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402
Ἀγχίνους
tight-witted
[Meaning] intelligent, mentally acute. "When the emperor advocated [sc. for his strategy] and the holy congress praised the tight-wittedness and good counsel of the emperor...". [It is said] that there are three parts to …
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403
Ἀγχίνοια
tight-wittedness
[Meaning] intelligence. Or "disposition of character for finding out immediately what the appropriate action is." Or "a certain ability to guess properly in a brief period of time." Also [sc. attested is the related …
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405
Ἀγχίσποροι
near-seeded
[Meaning those] close in descent. Damascius [writes]: "[...] but with the strength of a nature noble and 'near-seeded of gods' [...]."
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409
Ἀγχιστίνδην
by closeness, by next-of-kin
[Meaning] in accordance with closeness, like "by merit" and "by wealth."
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420
Ἀδαήμονες
ignorant
[Meaning those who are] inexperienced. "He was rather ignorant about the wisdom of the Egyptians." Asklepiodotos.
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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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426
Ἀδαμάντινα
adamantine [things]
[Meaning] solid [ones]. Apollonius, as if conversing with himself, used to say 'I know', and 'it seems to me' and 'where are you headed', and 'one needs to know'." And [his] opinions [were] brief …
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434
Ἀδεές
fearless, fright-free
[Meaning something] safe, not frightening. As the proverb: "you fear a fear-free fear." It is something said about those who fear things that are not frightening.
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435
Ἀδέητος
free from want, want-free
[Meaning] one who needs nothing and has everything. Antiphon in [book] 1 of Truth [writes]: "because of this he needs nothing, nor does he accept anything from anyone; instead he is unencumbered and free …
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453
Ἀδείμαντος
Adeimantos, Adimantus
A general of the Corinthians, who called Themistocles a city-less man. But he said "Who [is] city-less, when he has 200 triremes?". Plato, too, mentions this man in the Protagoras. For he was one …
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463
Ἄδην
enough, to excess
[Meaning] plenty or to surfeit, sufficiently, abundantly. Or furiously, in excess. In Charmides [sc. Plato writes]: "since we have enough of those things." And Herodotus [writes]: "when they had had enough killing, they drove …
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medium
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475
Ἀδιάρθρωτον
unarticulated
[Meaning] unintelligible, unclear.
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477
Ἀδιάστατον
continuous
[Meaning] what is not yet divided or separated. Antiphon used [the word].
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478
Ἀδιαφορία
indifference
[Meaning] negligence without close observation. "Indifference means two things. One is that which contributes neither to happiness nor to misery, as is the case with wealth, reputation, health, strength and suchlike; for it is …
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480
Ἀδιεξίτητον
inexhaustible, infinitely long, without outlet
[Meaning] without a way through.
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483
Ἀδικεῖν
to do injustice
[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] to harm [someone] willingly. "Not to suffer injustice [is] divine, glorious, and distinctive; for a god will be wronged by no one."
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485
Ἀδικία
injustice
Plato says that injustice is a disease of the soul. No disease of the soul is beneficial. And so every evil is harmful to the one possessing it; injustice [is] an evil; so [it …
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medium
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490
Ἀδιόριστον
undefined, indesignate
[sc. Something] undistinguished/not separated
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