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α2015Ἀνάπηρον ψυχήνcrippled soul, mutilated soul[Meaning] one that is hurt, not healthy, but injured and wasted. Also [sc. attested is] a)na/phros ["cripple"], [meaning] one who is lame. One who is excessively maimed in a limb of his body. Lysias …highmedium
α2024Ἀναπλήσαςhaving filled up, having defiled[Meaning he] having made full. But Plato [uses it] to mean he having polluted.highshort
α2034Ἀναπόνιπτοςunwashed[Meaning] having neither washed nor cleaned one's hands, but unclean. "And then drinking the broth and unwashed I will out-shout the orators." Also [sc. attested is] a)napo/niptron ["not to be washed out"], [meaning] indelible.highshort
α2038Ἀναπτήτωlet flutter[Meaning] let [him/her/it] be elated.highshort
α2043Ἀνάργυροςmoneyless[Meaning] one who has acquired no money, even if he might have sufficient property from other possessions. Lysias in the [speech] On the will of Epigenes [writes]: "since, therefore, Epigenes was forced to command …highshort
α2050Ἄναρθραunarticulated [things][Meaning] unformed [ones], unexplained [ones]. [The term] is applied to a syllable missing a letter, or to a word missing a syllable.highshort
α2061Ἀνασεσυρμένηνexposed[Meaning] disorderly, indecorous. "[An] exposed and outrageous comedy". "They call the jesting man charming and the witty man clever, but the exposed man raw and simple. From these it follows also that the austere …highshort
α2062Ἀνασείεινto agitate[Meaning] to shake out, as also we [say]. "For, not agitating [them?], he was following (?)Kalamis". Also [ac. attested is] a)nasei/w, [meaning] I persuade or I incite to battle. "Agitating the Syracusans and declaring …highshort
α2070Ἀνασκευασθείσης τῆς τραπέζηςwhen the bank had been bankruptedDemosthenes says [this]; in effect, when it became ruined.highshort
α2091Ἀνασυντάξαςhaving re-assessedMeaning [he] having assessed afresh. Hyperides [in the speech] Against Polyeuktos [uses the word].highshort
α2110Ἀνατρητοὺς ἐμβάδαςworn-through shoes[Meaning] footwear that has been torn apart and bored through. "But the shoes? - They too weathered the storm with [me]." Aristophanes [sc. writes this].highshort
α2115Ἀναυμαχίουfor anaumachion, for non-naval-fightingJust as there were penalties prescribed in the laws for not going on an expedition and for leaving one's post [ta/cis] and for throwing away one's arms, so also for fighting at sea. This …highshort
α2123ἈναφλύστιοιAnaphlystiansAnaphlystios, a deme of Attica, of the [tribe] Antiochis. Some historians, however, mention Anaphlystos as a polis.highshort
α2124ἈναφοράνreferralThe [term that means] referring the blame of [= for] crimes to others. Demosthenes [in the speech] Against Ctesiphon [sc. uses the term]. Also [sc. attested is the genitive] a)nafora=s ["recourse"]: "the [matter] being …highshort
α2128Ἀναφοιτῆσαιto walk up[Meaning] to go up.highshort
α2145ἌνδηραdikesThey call the edges of rivers dikes, because of their being wet [e)/nikma] and watery [diera/]. But Hyperides calls the upper-embankments [thus], because they are above [a)/nw] the watery [parts] [diera/].highshort
α2146Ἄνδηραborders [for plants or flowers][Meaning] some part of the garden, just like the flower bed and the water-conduit [would be]. Didymus speaks [of them]. "[...] so that he could remove the irregularity of the plot by the construction …highshort
α2148ἈνδοκίδηςAndocides, AndokidesOf Athens; rhetor; one of the ten principal ones. Son of Leogoras, and a descendant of Odysseus' son Telemachus and Nausicaa, according to Hellanicus.highshort
α2155Ἀνδραποδοκάπηλοςslave-dealer, slave-seller[Meaning a] trafficker of [= in] slaves. The foot in men is called a)ndra/podon [literally "man-foot"], on the principle of the part being subordinate to the whole; for the slave is subordinate to the …highmedium
α2180ἈνδροκλείδηςAndrokleides, Androcleides, AndroclidesThe son of Synesius, the Lydian from Philadelphia. This man taught in the time of Porphyry the philosopher, since he mentions him in his Concerning the Troublesome Rhetoricians.highshort
α2184Ἀνδροληψίαabduction, seizureIf an Athenian man died outside Attica, and those in that polis in which the deed was done did not hand over the person who seemed to be responsible, the law allowed three of …highmedium
α2191ἈνδροτίωνAndrotionSon of Andron; of Athens; rhetor and demagogue; pupil of Isocrates.highshort
α2193ἌνδρωνAndronHe was one of the 400.highshort
α2201Ἀναίνεσθαιto reject, to spurnGenerally [sc. this means] denying, but specifically with regard to matters concerning marriages and sexual matters. Also [sc. attested is] a)nai/nomai, [meaning] I reject, I abandon.highshort
α2202Ἀναιρεθείςhaving been taken upMeaning [he] having been picked up [a)nalhfqei/s] [sc. and nurtured]. Thus Isocrates [sc. uses the term]. Also [sc. attested is] a)nairei=n, [meaning] to conceive in the womb, and to raise the offspring, and to …highmedium
α2226Ἀνεζωπυρήθηwas rekindled[Meaning he/she/it] was heated up.highshort
α2242Ἀνέλεγκτονirrefutable[Meaning] not capable of being refuted.highshort
α2245Ἀνελέγετοused to read through[Meaning he/she/it] used to go over, used to practice. "Simonides had as good a memory as anyone. Apollonius the Tyanian was like him. He kept his voice silent, but used to read through quite …highmedium
α2248Ἀνελεῖνto overturn; to take up[Meaning] to overthrow. "They insisted, through ambassadors, first that the anti-Megarian decree be overturned and the Greeks be left independent". *)anelei=n is also the term for taking up exposed babies and raising them; and …highmedium
α2260Ἀνέμου παιδίονwind's child[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to the changeable and capricious.highshort