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1461
Ἀμάδοκος
Amadokos, Amadocus
There were two, father and son; [and it was the latter] who entered into the war against Kersobleptes to become an ally of Philip.
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short
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1557
Ἀμετάκλητον
irrevocable
"Not only did the multitude have an irrevocable urge to defect from the king; they also wanted to bring him to punishment."
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short
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1563
Ἀμείβεσθαι
to respond
[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] to reply, to come back [sc. with words]. "Leontios said so much; but Theudibaldos responded thus." Meaning answered.
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α
1613
Ἀμνοκῶν
lamb-witted.
[Meaning] sheep-like, stupid, simple-minded; for sheep [are] like this. Aristophanes [writes]: "and you look out for whoever of the citizens is lamb-witted, rich and not rascally and afraid of trouble [sc. in court]." That …
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medium
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1635
Ἀμώμενοι
reaping
[Meaning they who are] harvesting. Also [sc. attested is] a)mw=sin ["they reap"] similarly. Aristophanes [writes]: "reaping these ears of other people's corn, he's put them in the stocks and is drying them out and …
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short
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1642
Ἀμωντιανός
Amontianos, Amontianus
A Roman, [who] became a senator.
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1676
Ἀμύνασθαι
to ward off, to requite, to repay
Thucydides [sc. uses this word] to mean a)mei/besqai ["to requite"], but Simonides [uses it] to mean to return favours, and Sophocles to mean a)palech=sai ["to ward off"]. The orators apply the [word] a)mu/nasqai to …
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1690
Ἀμφάρης
Amphares
A proper name.
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1740
Ἀμφιλαφῆ
abundant, large, wide-spreading
[Meaning] double [sc. in sense], both technical and sophistic. "[Severianus] used to explain Isokratean speeches to me -- and it was then I saw a man both wide-ranging and at the same time abundant …
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1742
Ἀμφίλογον
disputable
[Meaning something] contestable, in doubt. Arrian [writes]: "that it was necessary for Axidares to rule Armenia, it did not seem to me you [would consider] disputable."
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short
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1759
Ἀμφιρύτη
sea-girt
[Meaning] encircled with a current. In [the] Epigrams: "sea-girt Cos, yet again you bear sorrow, as for Hippocrates."
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short
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1802
Ἀνάβαινε
step up
It should be known that the ancients used to say a)nabai/nein for entering into a speaking-platform, but katabai/nein [meant] departing thence, from the ancient custom. Aristophanes [writes]: "sausage-seller, come here, come here, o dearest …
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1874
Ἀνάθεσις
postponement
[Meaning] delay. "They undertook to give [him] the money, but asked for a postponement of three days."
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1887
αἰτιατικῇ
recovering
[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] restoring, taking back to the prior disposition. "He hastened to recover the goodwill and the support of his subjects from the disadvantage which had happened."
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1916
Ἀνακρέων
Anakreon, Anacreon
Of Teos. Lyric poet. Skythinos' son, though some suggested Eumelos', others Parthenios', others Aristokritos'. He wrote elegies and iambics, all in Ionic dialect. He was born in the time of Polykrates the tyrant of …
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medium
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2010
Ἀναπειστηρίαν
persuasive
[Meaning] able to persuade the listeners. Aristophanes [writes]: "how on earth could this [youth] learn acquittal from a lawsuit, or a summons, or persuasive hot air? Yet Hyperbolos learned this for a talent." Summons: …
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medium
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2044
Ἀναρρηγνύς
breaking forth, breaking out
[Meaning one who is] striking, getting ready, putting together. Aristophanes [writes]: "breaking forth thunder-driving words." This also has [something] of a certain greater emphasis.
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2062
Ἀνασείειν
to agitate
[Meaning] to shake out, as also we [say]. "For, not agitating [them?], he was following (?)Kalamis". Also [ac. attested is] a)nasei/w, [meaning] I persuade or I incite to battle. "Agitating the Syracusans and declaring …
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2098
Ἀνατάσεις
threats
[Meaning] arrogant intimidations. "I/they kept quiet about the kindnesses, but I/they spoke of the threats and intimidations." Also [sc. attested is the singular] a)na/tasis, [meaning] the threat [made] with bitterness and audacity. Polybius [writes]: …
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2099
Ἀνατετυρβακώς
having confounded
[Meaning he] having disturbed. [The verb] turba/sai is properly the term for stirring up the ground. Aristophanes [writes]: "having confounded our entire city."
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short
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2191
Ἀνδροτίων
Androtion
Son of Andron; of Athens; rhetor and demagogue; pupil of Isocrates.
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2193
Ἄνδρων
Andron
He was one of the 400.
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2241
Ἀνεκτά
tolerable, sustainable
Agathias says about Theuderichos: "he rounded up neighboring tribes. For he did not consider [them] to be tolerable." Meaning worthy of indulgence. And Polybius [writes]: "hence neither to go unobserved nor for the Romans …
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2248
Ἀνελεῖν
to overturn; to take up
[Meaning] to overthrow. "They insisted, through ambassadors, first that the anti-Megarian decree be overturned and the Greeks be left independent". *)anelei=n is also the term for taking up exposed babies and raising them; and …
high
medium
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2267
Ἀνεμύτας
Anemutas
A Theban by race.
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short
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2319
Ἀνέσειον
they were inciting
[Meaning] they were rousing, they were agitating. "The Cretans, fearing they might suffer punishment of some kind, were inciting the crowd, calling [for them] to safeguard the freedom which had been handed down from …
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short
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2376
Ἀνείλιττε
was unraveling
[(He) was unravelling] the tyranny.
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short
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2432
Ἀνῄρηκεν
has done away with
Meaning [he/she/it] put [someone] out of the way. Demosthenes [sc. uses the word].
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short
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2452
Ἀννίβας
Hannibal
The Carthaginian was so called. "For the Carthaginians chose as general Hasdrubal, son-in-law of [Hamilcar] Barca. And he chose as lieutenant-general Hannibal, the man who became famous not much later for military commands. Hannibal …
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long
α
2607
Ἀντ' ἄλλης ἀρχῆς ἐστι τοῦτο δρᾶν
this is what we do instead of [starting] another empire
That is, innovating instead of ruling, and neglecting the old customs.
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short
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