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α505Ἀδοξόταταutter improbabilities, very improbable [things][Meaning] paradoxical things, impossible things in Aristotle: "paradoxa are the opposite of endoxa, which are not altogether impossible things."highshort
α517Ἀδώνιδος κῆποιAdonis' gardens[Made] out of lettuce and fennel, which they used to sow in earthenware pots. They apply the proverb to the superficial and shallow. Adonis' gardens: in reference to things that are untimely and transitory …highshort
α528ἈδριανόςHadrian, Adrianos, Adrian, Hadrianos, Hadrianus, AdrianusSophist. A pupil of Herodes; floruit under Marcus Antoninus; as a teacher he was a rival to the rhetor Aristides in Athens. He was also sophist in Rome, and was secretary with responsibility for …high

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Ἀδοξότατα

utter improbabilities, very improbable [things]

[Meaning] paradoxical things, impossible things in Aristotle: "paradoxa are the opposite of endoxa, which are not altogether impossible things."

Ἀδοξότατα· τὰ παράδοξα, τὰ ἀδύνατα παρὰ Ἀριστοτέλει· ἔστι δὲ παράδοξα τὰ τοῖς ἐνδόξοις ἐναντία, ἃ οὐ πάντως ἤδη καὶ ἀδύνατά ἐστιν.

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α534Ἅδρησιςmaturity[Meaning] ripeness, inaction.highshort

α537Ἀδύνατα εἶναιto be impossiblesInstead of impossible. For often Thucydides has used plurals instead of singulars, especially for this expression. Impossible is that which is not capable of being true; such as, the earth flies. 'With the general …highshort

α541Ἀδυσώπητονinexorable[Meaning] not respecting persons.highshort

α561Ἀεροβατεῖνto tread the airTo walk on the air. To go on the air. And Socrates said: "I tread the air and I observe the sun, so that it does not draw the moisture into the watercress".highshort

α571ἈέτιοςAetios, AetiusFrom Antioch in Syria, the teacher of Eunomios, he happened [to be] of poor and lower-class parentage. His father was one of those in the army who were faring rather poorly; when he had …highlong

α607ἈείalwaysOf this [there are] 11 meanings. "The wise man must always be the same, in sharp pains, in the loss of a child, or in serious illnesses". Such was Apollonius of Tyana. And [there …highshort

α614Ἀειδὴςformless[Formless] soul. Also [sc. attested is the related noun] a)eidi/a ["formlessness"], [meaning] shapelessness.highshort

α615Ἀειδήςformless, indistinct[Meaning] he who/that which is unseen/invisible.highshort

α616Ἀειδίνητοςever-revolvingThat which is always turning.highshort

α618Ἀεὶ ἔστωeternal beingAntiphon [sc. uses this word for] eternity and that which always stands in the same [circumstances]. Just as happiness is called eu)estw/ ["well-being"]. The reading of Diogenianus in Truth [in the] second [book].highshort

α646Ἀειφυγίαpermanent exile, perpetual exile[Meaning] exile lasting for ever. "[...] to give way to them whole-heartedly, if they drive the murderer from the army with perpetual exile." That is, with banishment.highshort

α670Ἀϊδέςunseen[Meaning] that which is incomprehensible.highshort

α694Ἀϊστωθείηmight be made to disappear[Meaning he/she/it] might be made unseen.highshort

α695Ἀΐστωρunknowing, unaware[Meaning] inexperienced, unlearned.highshort

α705ἈθάνατοςimmortalPhilosophers assign the [word] "immortal" to animate things, but the [word] "imperishable" to inanimate ones. "Plato, when maintaining that the soul is immortal, assigns an equivocal term to immortal things. [This is] because what …highmedium

α716Ἄθεονgodless, sacrilegious"It is sacrilegious not to preserve the immortality of the soul and exalt it to the godlike and unite it to the divine with invulnerable and indissoluble bonds, but by contrast to drag down …highshort

α717Ἀθεωρητίunobservedly[Meaning] without observation. Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] a)qew/rhtos ["not-to-be-observed"], [meaning] not-to-be-seen.highshort

α718Ἀθεραπευσίαneglect[Meaning] complete disregard. "The army fared badly because of the neglects of their bodies."highshort

α731ἈθήναιοςAthenaios, AthenaeusOf Naucratis. Grammarian. Lived in the time of Marcus. He wrote a book with the title Deipnosophists, in which he records how many of the ancients had a reputation for munificence in giving banquets. …highmedium

α734ἈθηνόδωροςAthenodoros, AthenodorusThis man was an Athenian soldier. There is also another, a pupil of Dionysius the Areopagite; he wrote various works. Also another sophist; brother of Gregory Thaumaturgus.highshort

α735ἈθηνόδωροςAthenodoros, AthenodorusStoic philosopher, of the time of the Roman emperor Octavian. Under Octavian there was every reason for unbridled excess of power to be a universal misfortune, but the aforementioned Athenodoros persuaded him away from …highmedium

α738Ἀθησαύριστονunhoardable, untreasurable[Meaning sc. something] unsuitable for storage.highshort

α763Ἄθροισμαaggregate, assemblage, gatheringThe [noun that means a] heap.highshort

α764Ἄθρυπτοςunbroken[Meaning] manly, not slacking, nor softening, nor becoming flaccid. Damascius [writes]: "the life-style they allotted themselves was measured and unbroken, neither wrong-doing on account of poverty nor slacking on account of wealth, but moderate …highshort

α765Ἄθυμοςdejected, faintheartedMeaning despondent. Plato [in] Republic [book] 5 [sc. uses the word]. That is, one who is distressed. "The soldiers, despite seeming fainthearted and with their bodies worn out in the earlier battle, took their …highshort

α774ἈκαδημίαAcademyA place of exercise in Athens, a wooded suburb in which Plato used to spend his time; named after Hekademos, a hero. It was formerly called the Hecademy, [spelled] with epsilon. Aristophanes in Clouds …highmedium

α775ἈκαδημίαAcademyThree gymnasia existed [sc. in Athens]:[the] Lykeion, [the] Kynosarges, [and the] Academy. [sc. The last of these] was named from Akademos who had dedicated it. And in the neuter [it is] Akademeon. The term …highshort

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