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historiography190
history173
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comedy133
medicine132
science and technology126
poetry124
military affairs115
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gender and sexuality

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Jennifer Benedict347
Catharine Roth190
William Hutton134
David Whitehead127
Marcelo Boeri82
Malcolm Heath38

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Craig Gibson17
Robert Dyer17
Oliver Phillips ✝12
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α776Ἀκάθαρτοςimpure, unclean, uncleansed[Meaning] prone to err. "At any rate, the evil man [is] impure with respect to the soul, and the opposite [man is] pure."highshort
α793ἈκαμάτιοςAkamatios, AcamatiusOf Heliopolis, more refined than the other citizens; but so amateurish was his behaviour that, without learning anything either in advance or in retrospect from those who had written on such subjects, he deemed …highmedium
α800Ἄκαρhair's-breadthMeaning little or nothing. Thus Antiphon.highshort

α776

Ἀκάθαρτος

impure, unclean, uncleansed

[Meaning] prone to err. "At any rate, the evil man [is] impure with respect to the soul, and the opposite [man is] pure."

Ἀκάθαρτος· ἁμαρτητική. ἀκάθαρτος γὰρ τὴν ψυχὴν ὅ γε κακός, καθαρὸς δὲ ὁ ἐναντίος.

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Ioannis Doukas8

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James Vradelis8

Carl Widstrand7

Carl Widstrand7

Matthew Farmer5

Matthew Farmer5

Elizabeth Vandiver4

Elizabeth Vandiver4

Kenneth Bumbaco4

Kenneth Bumbaco4

Nicholas Wilshere4

Nicholas Wilshere4

Ross Scaife ✝4

Ross Scaife ✝4

D. Graham J. Shipley3

D. Graham J. Shipley3

Konstantinos Kopanias3

Konstantinos Kopanias3

Nathan Greenberg ✝3

Nathan Greenberg ✝3

Claudia Mársico2

Claudia Mársico2

Gabriel Bodard2

Gabriel Bodard2

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Giorgos Akrivas2

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Joseph Wrightson2

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Phiroze Vasunia2

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Sean M. Redmond2

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Alexandra Trachsel1

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Amelia Mathias1

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Andrea Consogno1

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Jeffery Murphy1

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Massimo Forconi1

α801Ἀκαρῆbit, pittance, scrap[sc. Something] short, sharp, impossible to cut. Aristophanes [writes]: "somehow or other you've been duped, you who rule many and do not get any benefit of it except that pittance you take away. And …highshort

α803Ἀκαρίδιοςmomentary[Meaning] very short. "Human life [is] momentary and after a short time we are all laid out [sc. as corpses]."highshort

α805ἈκαρνᾶναAkarnanian, Acarnanian"Personally, I admire the men, but the Akarnanian most of all above these men". Also [sc. attested is] Akarnanades: see under a)palgou=ntes ["being despondent"].highshort

α810Ἀκατάληπτον ἀπροσίτου διαφέρειincomprehensible differs from unapproachableAlso look under "unapproachable."highshort

α830Ἀκενόσπουδονshunning of vain pursuits"From Diognetos I learned the shunning of vain pursuits, and incredulity." Marcus the philosopher emperor says [this].highshort

α834Ἀκέραιον συνειδόςunblemished consciousness, sound conscienceOne pure and unalloyed. Damascius says: "for there is none of human qualities worth as much as an unblemished consciousness. For one must coexist with his fellows in proper fashion. Even if the true …highmedium

α835ἈκέραιονuncorruptedFrom the writing of Marcus Antoninus: "even if you are going to live three thousand years and as many tens of thousands, remember nevertheless that no one loses a life other than the one …highmedium

α838Ἄκερως βοῦςhornless ox[Meaning] one not having horns. Also [sc. attested is] a)/kerwn, neuter [and] single-case.highshort

α853Ἀκέφαλοςheadless[Meaning] one who is rightless. And [there is] a proverb: Headless story. The proverb is spoken in reference to those speaking unfinished things.highshort

α856Ἀκεῖσθαιto heal[a)kei=sqai means the same as] qerapeu/ein. *)akei=sqai: to say to heal in comedy.highshort

α860Ἀκηδήςuncared-for, uncaring[Meaning one who/which is] unburied, neglected. "The Romans could not stand seeing their own enemies uncared-for." Also [sc. attested is the adverb] a)khdw=s ["in uncared-for fashion"], meaning in unburied fashion. "Seeing a body of …highmedium

α874Ἀκίβδηλονunadulterated[Meaning] pure. "And they say good men are unadulterated, and also vigilant for their own improvement, through preparation which hides away what is worthless while causing the appearance of what is good in things …highshort

α882Ἀκινάκηςscimitar[Meaning a] little Persian spear.highshort

α888Ἀκίνητα κινεῖνto move the unmoveable[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to things [being done] to excess. Because one should not even move altars, or tombs.highshort

α889Ἄκιτινreed, made of reedIn the Epigrams: "and he spurned a reed comb."highshort

α918Ἀκόλουθονconsequent, following on, in conformity[Meaning] similar. "The outcome results [sc. in a manner] following on from the first operations". Also [sc. attested is the related aorist participle] a)kolouqh/sas ["he having followed up"], [meaning] he having brought about similarly. …highmedium

α924ἈκόνιτονaconiteA kind of plant [sc. which is also a] drug. "But by drinking aconite he escaped this [sc. charge] a)koniti/." That is, without trouble.highshort

α936Ἀκουάζεσθεyou hear[Used] in Homer meaning you perceive, since hearing is the route of perception. As [in] the [phrase]. "but they, perceiving [a)i+/ontes] the blow."highshort

α937Ἀκούει καλῶςhas a fine hearingMeaning [he/she/it] is well spoken of. Thus Herodotus [sc. uses the phrase]. [It is recorded] that hearing happens not by the entrance of the outside air into the ear, but by the contact of …highmedium

α956Ἀκρασίαςof incontinence, of lack of restraint, of want of self-control[Meaning of] irregularity, [sc. so called] from not being blended in [sugkekra=sqai]. Josephus [writes]: "the Romans are conquered through their hands' lack of restraint." *)akrasi/a and a)kolasi/a ["intemperance"] are different. For the latter, intemperance, …highshort

α958Ἀκράτειαpowerlessness, debility, incontinence[no gloss]highshort

α979Ἀκριβήςaccurate, precise[sc. Something] "accurate" seems to indicate also what is necessary. And suppose we wish to establish [the statement] that every assumption of a serious person [is] accurate. For "accurate" seems to be [the assumption] …highmedium

α994Ἀκροατὴς καὶ Ἀκροᾶσθαιhearer and to hear[sc. This noun and verb mean, respectively] the learner and to learn. Damascius [writes]: "he heard words [which were] aged and tempered by a certain wisdom". Also [sc. attested is the related noun] a)kroama/twn …highshort

α1015ἈκρόπολιςacropolisDamascius [writes]: "for the most prominent of the fortresses have, by and large, a shared nature. One would recognize what is being said from what happens where acropoleis are concerned. For while these seem …highshort

α1018Ἀκροσφαλεῖςprecarious[Meaning them] toppled-over. "He ordered them to proceed against the footless and precarious Huns". For a Hun would not easily tread the earth without horses.highshort

α1023Ἀκροχειρίζεσθαιto struggle at arms length[Meaning] to box or wrestle against another man without close engagement, or to practice with another wholly with the extremities of the hands. Also [sc. attested is the athlete] Akrokhersites, so named because by …highmedium

α1026ἌκρωνAkron, AcronOf Akragas; physician, son of Xenon; he taught at Athens contemporaneously with Empedocles; so he is older than Hippocrates. He wrote On Medicine in the Doric dialect, and On Nutrition of the Healthy in …highmedium

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