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Ἀγενής
family-less
Isaeus [sc. uses this word] to mean a)/pais["childless"].
high
short
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282
Ἀγνούσιος
Hagnousian, Agnousian
[H]agnous is a deme of the [sc. Athenian] tribe Akamantis, the tribesman from which [is a] [H]agnousian.
high
short
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303
Ἀγοράς
gatherings, markets
Hyperides [sc. uses the word] to mean meetings. For he says in the [speech] Against Polyeuktos: "these men often hold gatherings". And the word also means other things.
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378
Ἀγροίκου μὴ καταφρόνει ῥήτορος
don't despise a rustic rhetor
[Said] because one should not despise even worthless things.
high
short
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459
Ἀδημονῶ
I am bewildered
The [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.
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short
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469
Ἀδηφαγία
greed
[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 …
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short
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628
Ἀειλογεῖς
you 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 …
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short
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923
Ἀκονιτί
dustless
[Meaning] away from dust. Without struggle and fight; or comfortably, from a metaphor of athletes who win so comfortably that they do not even get dusty.
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1601
Ἅμιπποι
horse-attached
According to Isaeus [this means] those campaigning with horses. But others say that certain horses are yoked together and someone drives them, mounted on one and leading the other alongside; and these are called …
high
short
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1822
Ἀνάγεσθαι
to put to sea
[Referring to] sailing out of Byzantium. Procopius [writes]: "for it is not lawful for anyone to put to sea out of Byzantium [unless sent out] by the men [in office...]". Also [sc. attested is …
high
short
α
1823
Ἀναγεῖς
wretches
[Spelled] with an alpha [this means] the unclean; with an epsilon [it would mean] those under a curse and pollution. So Aeschines in the [speech] Against Ktesiphon [sc. uses the second of these terms].
high
short
α
1824
Ἀναγινωσκομένους
being induced
Meaning [them] being persuaded. So Antiphon and Isaeus and Herodotus [sc. use the word].
high
short
α
1857
Ἀναδικάσασθαι
to renew an action
The [verb that means] to bring an action afresh. So Isaeus [sc. uses the term]. Hence also the [phrase] 'renewed motions', those being brought afresh, whenever the witnesses have been convicted of false witness.
high
short
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1872
Ἀναθέσθαι
to retract
Antiphon in the [treatise] On Forethought says: "to retract one's life as if it were a draughts-piece is not possible". Meaning to live afresh, having repented in one's former life.
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short
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1888
Ἀνακαλυπτήρια
unveiling-presents
[Meaning] gifts given to brides from both the husband and [his?] family friends , whenever [the brides] are first unveiled and viewed by the menfolk. These are also [called] wedding-presents.
high
short
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1890
Ἀνακαίασιν
at Anakaia, at Anacaea
Anakaia [is] a deme of the tribe Hippothontis.
high
short
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1897
Ἀνάκειον
Anakeion, Anaceum
A mountain [of that name]. Or the shrine of the Dioscuri.
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short
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1917
Ἀνάκρισις
anakrisis, preliminary hearing
[Meaning] an investigation conducted by each official before the [actual beginning of the] lawsuits, concerned with what is leading to the trial. They also investigate whether these [suits] should be brought at all.
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short
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1984
Ἀναξίβιος
Anaxibios, Anaxibius
A Spartan general.
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2091
Ἀνασυντάξας
having re-assessed
Meaning [he] having assessed afresh. Hyperides [in the speech] Against Polyeuktos [uses the word].
high
short
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2123
Ἀναφλύστιοι
Anaphlystians
Anaphlystios, a deme of Attica, of the [tribe] Antiochis. Some historians, however, mention Anaphlystos as a polis.
high
short
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2145
Ἄνδηρα
dikes
They 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/].
high
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2155
Ἀνδραποδοκάπηλος
slave-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 …
high
medium
α
2184
Ἀνδροληψία
abduction, seizure
If 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 …
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medium
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2303
Ἀνεπόπτευτον
not-fully-initiated
The [term that means] not being admitted to the grade of epoptes [in the Eleusinian Mysteries]; so Hyperides [sc. uses the word]. What admission to the grade of epoptes means, Philochorus shows when he …
high
short
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2340
Ἄνετον
consecrated, exempted
Hyperides [sc. uses this word to mean] a shrine devoted to [a] god. A life, too, can be described as anetos, [meaning] a free and soft [one].
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short
α
2360
Ἀνεχαίτισεν
threw
Meaning [he/she/it] checked or overturned.
high
short
α
2598
Ἀνωρθρίαζον
they were shrieking
Andocides [uses the word]. Meaning they were crying aloud.
high
short
α
2644
Ἄντεια
Anteia
Proper name, of a courtesan. But some write it Antheia.
high
short
α
2654
Ἀντιβληθέντος
having been retorted
Dinarchus says [this], meaning having been replied.
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short
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