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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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