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Αἴβιλος
Aibilos, Aebilus
Proper name.
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Αἰβιωναῖος
Aibionaios, Aebionaeus
Proper name.
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Αἰγανέα
hunting-spear
[Meaning a] javelin [made] entirely of iron. In the Epigrams: "Teucer the Arab dedicated [to Pan] the skin of a lion [...] and even his rustic hunting-spear."
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Αἶγα
goat
This animal seems to be hostile to the vine. At any rate there is evidently an epigram regarding the nanny-goat as follows: "Even if you eat me to the root, nevertheless I will still …
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Αἰγεῖον
Aigeion, Aegeum
[Meaning] the oracle of Aigeus. Dinarchus in the [speech] Against Polyeuktos [mentions it]. [The] Aigeion is a hero-shrine of Aigeus in Athens.
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Αἰγείρου θέα
poplar
The white [sc. variety]. A type of plant. Poplar's view: there was a poplar in Athens near to the shrine; there they used to set up the benches before the theater existed. From this …
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Αἰγιεῖς οὔτε τρεῖς οὔτε τέσσαρες
Aigians (are) neither three nor four
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to the excessively paltry. For the Aigians in Argos [Myth, Place], after they had beaten the Aitolians, asked the Pythia who were [the best of Greeks]. She responded …
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Αἰγίοχος
Aegis-bearer
[Referring to] Zeus.
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Αἰγίς
garment; net; web; cuirass; wood-grain
[Meaning] the [thing] plaited from garlands and the net that has been braided from garlands. So Lycurgus and Herodotus [sc. use the word]. The priestess in Athens carrying [or: wearing] the sacred aigis used …
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Αἴγλη
radiance; Aigle
[Meaning] a throw at dice, brilliance, gleam. Cratinus [sc. uses the word]. And [sc. in so doing] he reveals [that it is] a type of round sacrificial cake, and rite of sacrifice, as Leagoras …
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Αἴγλης Χάριτες
Aigle's Graces
They [i.e. genealogists] plausibly traced the lineage of the Graces; for Helios is also Aigle's, since he seems [to make] the Graces be bright.
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Αἰγὸς τρόπον
goat-fashion, like a goat
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who bring an evil on themselves. From a Corinthian proverb, "The nanny-goat giving the knife."
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Αἰγοφάγος
Goat-eater
[no gloss]
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76
Αἰγυπτία κληματίς
Egyptian vine-branch.
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to lean and fairly tall men; such a man was Zeno of Citium. It is said that he consulted the oracle to learn how he might live the …
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Αἴγυπτος
Aigyptos, Aegyptus, Egypt
A personal name. Also the country of the Egyptians. [Note] that when Hermes, the son of Pekos who is also Zeus, arrived, Mestrem was the king of those there; his was the name they …
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Αἰδεσία
Aidesia, Aedesia
Wife of Hermeias. She was related by birth to the great Syrianos, and was the fairest and finest of all the women in Alexandria. In her character she was similar to her husband: simple, …
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Αἰδῶ
respect, shame
[Meaning] the genitals, and the moon among Chaldaeans. Also a rushing movement among Laconians. Also the nurse of Athena, and the altar on the [sc. Athenian] acropolis.
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Αἰδοῖον
pudendum, shameful thing
[Meaning] the membrum. [That] which is also called 'necessary' by some; since it is a symbol of necessity. He who has large pudenda used to be called a)ndrosa/qwn ["manroot"].
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Αἰένυπνος
ever-sleeping
[sc. A way of describing] death, the one who is always sleeping. But it must be read as a single [word]. Sophocles [writes]: "upon you, in fact, I call, the ever-sleeping one." But a)ei/upnos …
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Αἴεσχος
aieschos
[Meaning] a branch of laurel.
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Αἰεὶ ἐστώ
eternal being
Antiphon [uses this word for] eternity and that which always stands in the same [form], just as happiness is called eu)estw/ ["well-being"]. The reading of Diogenianus in the second [book] of Antiphon's Truth.
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Αἰθαλόεις θεός
sooty god
[Referring to] Hephaistos, since [he is a] blacksmith. The same [god] is called famed-for-craft [klutote/xnhs], since his skill at smithy-work is renowned.
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Αἰθεροβατεῖν
to aether-tread, to tread the aether
[Meaning] to walk on the aether. "And the one who thought that he was treading the aether and holding onto the very pole of heaven and travelling around with the stars did not notice …
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Αἰθιόπιον
Aithiopion, Aethiopium, Ethiopium
It is a place in Euboia.
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Αἴθων
blazing
[Referring to] violent hunger. [So called] from a certain Aithon son of Helios; [it was he] who chopped down Demeter's sacred grove and suffered due punishment and for this was was ever famished.
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163
Αἰκατερίνα
Ekaterina, Ekaterini, Katherine
Proper name.
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Αἴ κε πάθοι τά κ' ἔρεξε δίκη δ' ἰθεῖα γένοιτο
if he should endure the sufferings which he has inflicted, the punishment would be just
An oracle given concerning the murders and injustices of Aurelian. Aristophanes [writes]: "every one of the Athenians when he goes in yells at the servants and asks: 'Where is my pot? Who gave away …
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Αἰλιανός
Aelian, Aelianus, Ailianos
Of Praeneste in Italy. High-priest and sophist; surnamed Claudius. He was nicknamed 'honey-tongued' or 'honey-voiced'. He was a sophist in Rome itself in the period after Hadrian.
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181
Αἴλινον
mournful, plaintive
It is [used] equally to refer to a dirge and to refer to a hymn; [named] from Ailinos the [son] of Kalliope.
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Αἴλιος Ἀδριανός
Aelius Hadrianus, Hadrian, Adrianos
Look under 'abomination of desolation'.
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