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Βαάλ
Baal, Ba'al
[no gloss]
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Βαβακατρεῦ
babakatreu
It is a barbarian word; the barbarian god is agreeing. For the meaningless words stand for assent.
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Βαβάκτης
reveller
A raging person.
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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.
high
short
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8
Βαβοῦς
Babo's, Baubo's
A proper name.
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short
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10
Βαβύλας
Babylas
Bishop of Antioch. When Numerianus -- or some say Decius -- was prompted by some demon to go into a crowded church, Babylas stood in front of the door and kept him from coming …
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medium
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11
Βαβυλωνία κάμινος
Babylonian oven
['Babylonian oven'] and 'Babylonian boys'.
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short
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12
Βαγαῖος
Bagaios, Bagaeus
Proper name. "When they cast lots, the lot fell to Bagaios out of all."
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short
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14
Βάγιον
bagion
[Meaning something] great.
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17
Βαδδίν
baddin, linen garment
[Meaning a] sacred robe. Daniel [says]: "I lifted up my eyes and looked, and there was a man clothed in a linen garment."
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19
Βαδιστέα
necessary to go
Meaning necessary to journey. "For me [it is] necessary to go where wisdom and the spirit lead me".
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short
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24
Βαήλ
Bael, Ba'al
[no gloss]
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short
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26
Βαθεῖα κόμη
thick hair
[Meaning] that which is shaggy. "[He/she] cut [his/her] hair; it was long and fair and thick." "Coiffed with thick hair, and with grey [hair] as an old man." "[...] that Laphrian Artemis is rich."
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short
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32
Βαθύγλωσσοι
men of profound speech
[Meaning] eloquent [ones], articulate [ones].
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34
Βαθυκαμπῆ
deeply-curved
[Meaning one] greatly bending. "And a deeply-curved shoulder of swine."
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short
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37
Βαθύπλουτος
of deep wealth
[Meaning] she who has great wealth. "[They say that] Artemis Laphria is fortunate and of deep wealth."
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short
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45
Βακκαῖοι
Bakkaioi, Bacchaioi, Vaccaei
[?Accented] just like Essaioi ["Essenes"]. It is a Spanish people.
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46
Βάκηλος
bakêlos
[Meaning one who is] big, but ignorant and womanish. A bakêlos [is] a eunuch, a castrated man. And [there is] a proverb: "you are a bakêlos", [brought] against those who are frivolous and unmanly. …
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47
Βάκις
Bakis, Bacis
An epithet of Peisistratos. [Bakis] was a chresmologue. But Philetas of Ephesos says that there were three Bakises: the one from Eleon in Boiotia, the Athenian, and the Arkadian from the city of Kaphye …
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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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short
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51
Βάκχαι
Bacchants
[Bacchants] and Satyrs and Pans and Silenuses [sc. are all] attendants of Dionysus.
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short
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Βακχέβακχον ᾆσαι
to sing a Bacchebacchus
Meaning to sing praise to Dionysos. For Bakkhan [is] Dionysos.
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short
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Βακχευούσας σὺν τῷ μέλει τῷ βακχείῳ τε καὶ ἐνθέῳ
celebrating the mysteries of Dionysos with the bacchic and inspired song
[no gloss]
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54
Κατεβακχεύοντο
celebrating the mysteries of Bacchus
[Meaning he who] is acting frenzied. Also [sc. attested is the related verb] katebakxeu/onto ["they were going like Bacchants"], that is filled with some spirit of divine inspiration. "They were going like Bacchants to …
high
short
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55
Βακχεία ποιμαντική
Bacchic herdsmanship
['Bacchic herdmanship']; and [sc. also attested is] *Bakxei=os.
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short
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56
Βάκχης τρόπον
in a Bacchant's manner, like a Bacchant
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who are always surly and silent; inasmuch as the Bacchants keep silence.
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short
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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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short
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71
Βάλλ' ἐς κόρακας
go to the crows!
That is, go away to destruction and corruption. From a story found in the proverbs.
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short
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78
Βάλλειν μήλοις
to hit with apples
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who happen upon those they love. Also [sc. attested is] ba/llw ["I hit"]: [used] with an accusative. "Those far away [he was] hitting with arrows out …
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short
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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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