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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 …highshort
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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