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definition771
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law216
philosophy195

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David Whitehead316
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Catharine Roth97
William Hutton81
Malcolm Heath71
Antonella Ippolito27

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Craig Gibson13
Anne Mahoney11
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α381Ἄγοιmay hold[sc. This verb] signifies many things. Isaeus used [it] to mean to carry and to lead in and to drag: "for Xenocles hurt me", he says, "by taking Eumathes off into freedom, when I …highshort
α385ἈγύρριοςAgyrrhios, AgyrrhiusA proper name. [The man] who was slandered for weakness, that he actually breaks wind. Aristophanes in Plutus [says this]. And he was also ridiculed for over-boldness. Also [sc. attested is] Agyrrhios, an Athenian …highshort
α426Ἀδαμάντιναadamantine [things][Meaning] solid [ones]. Apollonius, as if conversing with himself, used to say 'I know', and 'it seems to me' and 'where are you headed', and 'one needs to know'." And [his] opinions [were] brief …high

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[sc. This verb] signifies many things. Isaeus used [it] to mean to carry and to lead in and to drag: "for Xenocles hurt me", he says, "by taking Eumathes off into freedom, when I was leading [him] into slavery." But…

Ἄγοι· πολλὰ σημαίνει. Ἰσαῖος δὲ ἀντὶ τοῦ φέρειν καὶ ἐνάγειν καὶ ἕλκειν ἔλαβεν· ἔβλαψε γάρ με, φησί, Ξενοκλῆς ἀφελόμενος Εὐμάθην εἰς ἐλευθερίαν, ἄγοντος ἐμοῦ εἰς δουλείαν. Ἀντιφῶν…

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α441Ἀδελφειόςbrother[Meaning the same as] a)delfo/s; but a)delfidou=s [is] first cousin. And [sc. the accusative is] to\n a)delfidou=n. Also [sc. attested is the cognate verb] a)delfi/zein, meaning "to call [someone] brother". Isocrates and Hecataeus the …highshort

α459ἈδημονῶI am bewilderedThe [verb that means] I am in great distress. "At first he was bewildered and dumbfounded by the present evil". Also [sc. attested is] "her being bewildered", [meaning] being at a loss.highshort

α469Ἀδηφαγίαgreed[Meaning] insatiability. Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] adephagos ["greedy"], [meaning someone] incessantly eating, omnivorous, gourmandizing. "Greedy triremes" would be a name for ones on full pay and costing a lot, as a …highshort

α475Ἀδιάρθρωτονunarticulated[Meaning] unintelligible, unclear.highshort

α482Ἀδιήγητονindescribable[Meaning] that which is not able to be narrated in full through an excess of evil. So as to become an 'indescribable' evil.highshort

α483Ἀδικεῖνto do injustice[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] to harm [someone] willingly. "Not to suffer injustice [is] divine, glorious, and distinctive; for a god will be wronged by no one."highshort

α499ἈδοκίμαστοςunscrutinizedBeing enrolled among adults is called being scrutinized; and he who is not yet enrolled is unscrutinized. Lysias [sc. uses the word] in this way.highshort

α527ἈδριανόςHadrianos, Hadrianus, HadrianEmperor of the Romans. He was of senatorial descent, his father having been the general Afer -- for thus he was [sur]named; he was by nature fluent in each language; and he left behind …highlong

α528ἈδριανόςHadrian, Adrianos, Adrian, Hadrianos, Hadrianus, AdrianusSophist. A pupil of Herodes; floruit under Marcus Antoninus; as a teacher he was a rival to the rhetor Aristides in Athens. He was also sophist in Rome, and was secretary with responsibility for …highshort

α540Ἀδύνατοιincapables, handicappeds[Meaning] those incapacitated in the body. After being approved by the [sc. Athenian] council, these men received, some say two obols a day, some say an obol. But Philochorus says nine drachmas a month.highshort

α560ἈέρκτονunhedgedMeaning [sc. something] unfenced [a)/frakton] and seen from all sides. Lysias [uses the word].highshort

α594ἈζηνιεύςAzenieus, Azenia-manAzenia is a deme of the Hippothoontid tribe, of which a tribesman was called Azenieus. They say that the people of Attica of ancient times pronounced Azenians and Erchians and Halians and the like …highshort

α598Ἀζήτητονuninvestigated[Meaning]that which is prevented from undergoing investigation and prosecution. Thus Aeschines [sc. uses the word].highshort

α605Ἄειblows[sc. Meaning he/she/it] breathes. But [sc. differently accented] a)ei/ ["always"] means until and means as far as.highshort

α621Ἄεικεςunalike[Meaning] that which is dissimilar. But [sc. differently accented] a)eike/s ["indecorous"] [means] that which is unsuitable. In the Epigrams: "not indecorous." And elsewhere: "you fall so indecorously into delusions."highshort

α628Ἀειλογεῖςyou are always speaking; you are a chatterbox[Meaning] You always talk. Also [sc. attested is the related noun] aeilogia, saying a lot or saying the same thing or forever finding it possible to speak. [sc. Another sense of] aeilogia: being always …highshort

α646Ἀειφυγίαpermanent exile, perpetual exile[Meaning] exile lasting for ever. "[...] to give way to them whole-heartedly, if they drive the murderer from the army with perpetual exile." That is, with banishment.highshort

α717Ἀθεωρητίunobservedly[Meaning] without observation. Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] a)qew/rhtos ["not-to-be-observed"], [meaning] not-to-be-seen.highshort

α734ἈθηνόδωροςAthenodoros, AthenodorusThis man was an Athenian soldier. There is also another, a pupil of Dionysius the Areopagite; he wrote various works. Also another sophist; brother of Gregory Thaumaturgus.highshort

α766Ἀθυμότεροςmore dejected, rather dejected[Meaning] more/rather spiritless, in more/rather bad spirits.highshort

α770Ἀθυρογλωττίαimpudent loquacity[Meaning] the unbridled tongue.highshort

α772Ἀθύρωτον στόμαdoorless mouthThus doorless, not gateless. Aristophanes in Frogs [sc. uses the phrase]. Also [in] Phrynichus. But some write "gateless" when they mean "opened and not having a gate", that is to say not curbed or …highshort

α782Ἀκακίαguilelessness[Meaning] goodness.highshort

α784ἈκάκιοςAkakios, AcaciusAn extremely eloquent rhetor in the time of Julian and the sophist Libanius. He attacked Julian and found fault with his judgments, along with Tuscianus from Phrygia, himself an eloquent rhetor.highshort

α789Ἀκαλλιέρητονill-omened[Meaning a] sacrifice [which is] disorganized.highshort

α811Ἀκατάβλητονirrefragable[Meaning one that is] unconquerable; from not striking down; that is, the [argument] which nothing strikes down. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "for then Pheidippides had not yet learned the irrefragable argument for me."highshort

α832Ἀκερδὴς χάριςunprofitable reward[Meaning] one given not appropriately [i.e. disproportionately]. [One] whose profit [is] evil. "May I not somehow, for seeing a cursed man face to face, meet an unprofitable reward."highshort

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