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1033
Ἀκταίνειν
to lift up, to raise
[Meaning] to be licentious. To prance and to leap irregularly, or to start towards intercourse.
high
short
α
1039
Ἀκοινώνητος
incommunicable, unshared, unsociable
[Meaning one who/that which is] strict.
high
short
α
1041
Ἀκύλας
Aquila
Philosopher. Wrote scholia on the logic of syllogisms.
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75
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α
1048
Ἀλλά
but
[Used] instead of "but when" and instead of "at least" [ge].
high
short
α
1052
Ἀλλὰ γάρ
but for all that
Instead of "but". Eupolis [sc. uses the idiom]. "But for all that, despondent men never yet set up a trophy." The proverb [is used] in reference to those who because of despondency are unable …
high
short
α
1058
Ἀλαζών
boaster, imposter
[Meaning] a wanderer. So Alkaios [sc. uses the word]. But Plato [says] a)lazo/nes meaning liars. Or a)lazw/n, [meaning] one who boasts and holds an opinion of himself greater than he deserves. "But he used …
high
short
α
1128
Ἀλέξανδρος Αἰγαῖος
Alexandros Aigaios, Alexandrus Aegaeus, Alexander of Aegae
Peripatetic philosopher; teacher of the emperor Nero, along with the philosopher Chaeremon. He had a son called Caelinus. This man used to call Nero 'clay mixed with blood'. In my view, bad pupils have …
high
medium
α
1150
Ἀλευάδαι
Aleuadai, Aleuadae, Aleuads
The most noble men in Larissa of Thessaly, descended from a King Aleuas.
high
short
α
1169
Ἀλλ'
but then...?
Meaning unless. Also meaning simple h)/ ["than"]. But sometimes it is also used meaning a)lla\ a)/ra ["but surely"] and meaning simple a)/ra. Plato [writes]: "but then [...] have we come too late for the …
high
short
α
1172
Ἄληθες
truly
Meaning really. They think it right to give the first [syllable] an acute accent, when what is said in a question means [something like] this, such as "really, truly." "Truly, o child of the …
high
short
α
1178
Ἀληθινὸς ἔρως
true desire
[Meaning] the [kind] not excited about the beauty of the body. "A true desire for philosophy was implanted in him, and having broken every earthborn bond and trampled all hopes for honours and material …
high
short
α
1182
Ἄληκτα
unallocated [things]
Things that are undivided yet are in some respect common are said to be "unallocated" before they are shared out.
high
short
α
1187
Ἀλληλουχία
coherence, consistency, continuity
[Meaning] mutual support and possession.
high
short
α
1198
Ἄληπτος
evasive, hard to catch
[Meaning] not to be conquered. But [the related adverb] a)lh/ptws [means] incomprehensibly.
high
short
α
1280
Ἀλκιβιάδης
Alcibiades, Alkibiades
The son of Kleinias and of Perikles' sister. An Athenian, a philosopher and a politician. A pupil first of Sophilos, then of Sokrates, whose lover he was too, as some say. Some also record …
high
medium
α
1283
Ἀλκιδάμας
Alkidamas, Alcidamas
An Elean, from Elea of Asia, a philosopher; son of Diocles, who wrote on music; student of Gorgias from Leontini.
high
short
α
1286
Ἀλκίνοος
strong-minded; Alkinoos, Alcinous
[Meaning] mighty. Also [sc. attested is] Alkinoos [as] a proper [name].
high
short
α
1288
Ἀλκίφρων
Alkiphron, Alciphron
A Magnesian, of Magnesia-on-Meander, a philosopher.
high
short
α
1304
Ἁλμυρόν
salty, salt
[The Problem] that salt water is warmer than fresh.
high
short
α
1310
Ἀλογία
absurdity
[Meaning] the [sc. phenomenon of] having no rationale, but acting irrationally. Thus Demosthenes and Plato [sc. use the word].
high
short
α
1315
Ἄλογοι ἐρανισταί
unaccounted-for club-members
[Meaning] those who have not yet paid the sum required of them. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'irrational faculties of the soul'. Look under boulesis.
high
short
α
1345
Ἀλλοτριονομοῦντες
assigning things to the wrong place
[Meaning they who are] making an interchange of names or distributing something to something else totally unsuitably.
high
short
α
1352
Ἀλλ' οὐ διὰ τὴν ἐν τῷ ποδὶ πρὸς τὴν λύραν ἀμετρίαν τρίαν
but not through the disproportion in the foot for the lyre
[sc. A saying] in reference to those paying the penalty for a fault other than the ones for which they are themselves being accused and brought forward.
high
short
α
1353
Ἀλλ' οὐ θέμις
but not lawful
[Meaning] but [it is] not possible. "But [it is] not lawful to tell, except to the students." He is introducing these things for ridicule and calumny. For slandering and envying [is] alien to philosophers, …
high
short
α
1357
Ἁλουργά
sea-wrought
[Meaning of] sea-purple. "The girdles, and the sea-wrought undergarment, and the Laconian robes."
high
short
α
1386
Ἀλωπεκῆθεν
from Alopeke
Alopeke is a deme of the [tribe] Antiochis. And the demesman [of it is an] Alopekeus.
high
short
α
1395
Ἄλλως
otherwise
[Meaning] in vain, or particularly, or after another fashion. Also found is thna/llws with the article, and a)/llws te. "Nor did the prayers and the hostile curses against the god slip otherwise."
high
short
α
1398
Ἄλλως
otherwise
"[He] supposing that this was not possible, if [it is] otherwise, or if it should seem possible, that it would be advantageous to him." Meaning after another fashion, or in vain, or especially. And …
high
short
α
1418
Ἀλλοίωσις
alteration
Alteration is a change from [sc. something] endowed with form into [sc. something else] endowed with form, the same substratum remaining. But the [term] affection [pa/qos] is found in two senses: that which leads …
high
short
α
1457
Ἀλφούς
dull-whites, off-whites
[sc. Masculine] white or [sc. feminine] white [ones].
high
short
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