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Ἀγναπτότατος βάτος αὖος
stiffest dried skate
In application to one harsh and obstinate by temperament.
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Ἀθήναιος
Athenaios, Athenaeus
Of 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. …
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1002
Ἀκροθίνια
spoils, akrothinia
[Meaning] the first-fruits of the annual crops. But in the strict sense akrothinia is the name for the first-fruits which those [who make their living] out of importing dedicate, because they are saved from …
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Ἀνδρὸς γέροντος ἀσταφὶς τὸ κρανίον
an old man's head is a dried grape
From part [sc. to whole]. In reference to those no longer of any use, because their whole body [is] weak. Also: 'An old man's jaws are staffs', in reference to those who eat a …
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431
Ἑκηβόλιος
Hekebolios, Hecebolius
A sophist of Constantinople. Although under Constantine this man pretended to be an ardent Christian, under Julian he revealed himself as an unreasoning [pagan] Greek: he threw himself before the gate of the oratory …
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Εὐγένιος
Eugenios, Eugenius
Son of Trophimus of Augustopolis, the one in Phrygia. Grammarian. He taught in Constantinople, and achieved great distinction, when he was already elderly, under the emperor Anastasius. He wrote a colometry of lyrics by …
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