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Βαβαί
babai!
An expression of surprise.
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Βαβαὶ Μύξος
hey Myxos!
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who are boasting and bragging. For Myxos was a priest of Artemis, witty, and a braggart.
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Βαβρίας ἢ Βάβριος
Babrias or Babrius; Babrias or Babrios
[He wrote] Fables, or Iambic-fables. For these are in choliambs, in 10 books. From the Fables of Aesop he produced his own in verse, specifically choliambs, adapting them from the original prose.
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Βάδιζε
walk!
Also [sc. attested is] badi/zou [used] in place of ba/dize. Cratinus [sc. uses it].
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20
Βαδιστικοῦ
good at walking
[Meaning] swift-footed. Aristophanes [writes]: "as I am hardly good at walking".
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21
Βάδιλλος
shovel
[no gloss]
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29
Βαθμίδος
base, pedestal, step, threshold
[no gloss]
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34
Βαθυκαμπῆ
deeply-curved
[Meaning one] greatly bending. "And a deeply-curved shoulder of swine."
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36
Βαθυπέπλων
of long-robed [women]
[Meaning] of large [ones], so it logically follows.
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38
Βαθυρρείτης
deep-flowing
[Meaning] that which has deep streams.
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40
Βαθύστρωτος κοίτη
deep-spread couch
"The bride pursued it [a mouse] running down from the deep-spread couch." Meaning expensive.
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50
Βάκτρον
staff
[Meaning] rod/stick. "[Lysimachus] who has now exchanged his panoply for the staff of an old man." It is also called skepanion ["little rod"]. "Instead of a plectrum, I [Eumolpus] support my trembling hands with …
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57
Βάκχος
Bakkhos, Bacchus
Thus he used to call not only Dionysos, but also all those who celebrate the orgies; indeed the initiates do not also carry the branches. It is also a kind of wreath. "They wreathed …
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Βακχυλίδης
Bakkhulides, Bacchylides
Keian, [i.e.] from Keos the island, but of the city Ioulis (for it has 4 cities, Ioulis, Karthaia, Koressia, Poiessa), son of Medon, [who was] the son of Bacchylides the athlete; a relative of …
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Βάλε βάλε τὸ τρίτον εἴη
cast, cast, for the third time may it be
Meaning if only it were [advantageous] for me.
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82
Βαλίαν
dappled
[Referring to] a spotted hind. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] bali/wn a)ne/mwn ["of dappled breezes"]: "stay [,] winds of dappled breezes". That is, those blowing excessively. From Synesius the Cyrenaean. And elsewhere: "hunting …
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85
Βαλμός
balmos
[Meaning the] breast, chest.
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Βάμβαξ ἢ πάμβαξ
cotton
[bambax,] or pambax and pambakis: that which is called bambakion by many. In the Epigrams: "and his clothes-chest of cotton things".
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91
Βαμβαίνει
chatters
[Meaning he/she] is unsure, trembles with the feet and speaks unintelligibly with the tongue.
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108
Βάρδιστοι
slowmost (ones)
[Meaning] slowest [ones].
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110
Βάρβιτον
barbitos, long-armed lyre
[Meaning a] psaltery, kithara. A kind of musical instrument. "O friend, you who loved the dear barbitos". This is said about Anakreon. [sc. The barbitos features in] a saying in reference to dissimilar things. …
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113
Βαρεῖα χείρ
weighty hand; weighty band
[Meaning] a powerful [one]. "A sufficient number gathered, both a weighty band and unexpected."
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114
Βάρεις
barges
[Meaning] boats, walls, stoas, courtyards, towers, balls. "He was in charge of barges [or: bastions]". That is, of walls. "Even if your horrible barge is heavily laden, accept me, the dog Diogenes deceased."
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129
Βαρυηχέος
deep-voiced
[Meaning one] sounding loudly. For deep rivers, as they flow, produce a great sound. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "from deep-voiced Ocean."
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130
Βαρύμηνις
heavy in wrath
[Meaning someone] bearing malice.
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136
Βασάν
Bashan
[Meaning] shame/dishonor. "Said the Lord, 'I will turn from Bashan.'" David says [this].
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139
Βάσανος
touchstone, test
It is the stone which tests gold when it is rubbed against it. Thus Antiphon and Pindar and Sophokles. But Hyperides calls ba/sanoi the things said in interrogation by those who are being tested …
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140
Βασσαρικά
Bassarika, Bassarica
Soterichos wrote a [Bassarika] or Dionysiaka. He lived during the reign of Diocletian. Also [sc. attested is the genitive singular] "of Bassaric". In the Epigrams: "the twisted tambourine, goad of a Bassaric throng". That …
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141
Βασσαρίς
Bassarid
[Describing a] courtesan, prostitute. In the Epigrams: "Bassarid Eurynome, cliff-runner, who once gouged many breasts of long-horned bulls."
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144
Βασιλεὺς μέγας
Great King
[Referring to] the [king] of the Persians. To the other kings they added also the names of those who were ruled: as "of the Lakedaimonians," "of the Macedonians." A king differs from a tyrant. …
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