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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
α470ἈδιαβηνήAdiabeneThis territory lies this side of Mesopotamia, effectively at the source of the Tigris. In it there is bitumen which is called naphtha. It is called Adiabene because there are rather large rivers in …highmedium
α545ἌελλαwhirlwindA dense mass of winds.highshort
α559Ἀέριον ὕδωρaerial water[Meaning] that [which is] in the air. Also [sc. attested is the masculine] a)e/rios, [meaning] one [who is] in the air.highshort
α561Ἀεροβατεῖνto tread the airTo walk on the air. To go on the air. And Socrates said: "I tread the air and I observe the sun, so that it does not draw the moisture into the watercress".highshort
α571ἈέτιοςAetios, AetiusFrom Antioch in Syria, the teacher of Eunomios, he happened [to be] of poor and lower-class parentage. His father was one of those in the army who were faring rather poorly; when he had …highlong
α572Ἀετίτης καὶ ἀχάτης καὶ λυχνίτηςeagle-stone and agate and lychnite[sc. Each one is] a type of stone.highshort
α596Ἀζηρεῖdries out, parches[He/she/it] dries up. But a)zei/rei [means he/she/it] boils.highshort
α613Ἀείδελονdark, obscure, invisible[Meaning] unseen. Also [sc. attested is] a)eide/s ["deformed/unsightly"], [meaning something] painful. Also [sc. attested is] a)eide/steron ["more/rather shapeless"], [meaning] formless. "[Craftsmen] who take the formless and rather shapeless copper and stretch and fashion it …highshort
α616Ἀειδίνητοςever-revolvingThat which is always turning.highshort
α654Ἄηκεςsharp[sc. A term applied to] the whetted sword.highshort
α796Ἄκανθαprickle, thorn, spike[Meaning] the plant, and the sea-monster's spine. Also the [fact that] a caltrop [takes its design] from this. "The wild beast in violent onslaught strikes against his bonds with his spike and cuts through …highshort
α826Ἄκαιναakaina[Meaning a] ten-foot measure. It is a rod, by which they goad their cattle, with the Pelasgians having invented this.highshort
α840Ἄκεσσαakessa, (?)accessA Roman tactic consisting of cutting down trees to prepare a defense. "The Romans constructed what in the Romans' language is called the akessa. For, cutting down trees and laying the trunks one upon …highshort
α857Ἀκήpoint[Meaning a] point of iron. Also [sc. attested is] a)kh/n, [meaning] peace/silence.highshort
α876Ἀκίδαςbarbs[Meaning] the points of missiles. Also [sc. attested is] a)kidwto/n ["pointed"], that which has points.highshort
α912Ἀκοήhearing; hearsay[Meaning] the part of the body [with this capacity]. It is also rumor. "What I hear about you is not good hearing". Eli the priest says [this] to his sons. Look concerning hearing under …highshort
α922Ἀκόνηwhetstone[Meaning a particular kind of] stone. And [there is] a proverb: "you are feeding a whetstone", in reference to those consuming food but deriving no benefit to the body.highshort
α937Ἀκούει καλῶςhas a fine hearingMeaning [he/she/it] is well spoken of. Thus Herodotus [sc. uses the phrase]. [It is recorded] that hearing happens not by the entrance of the outside air into the ear, but by the contact of …highmedium
α947ἈκωδώνιστονunbelledMeaning [something] untried, untested; for 'to bell' is to put to the test. It is derived from those who go around and use bells to test whether those who are stationed at the watchposts …highshort
α948Ἀκωκήpoint[Meaning] the sharpness of a spear, the sharp [part] of a lance. Arrian [writes]: "they had heavy spears six cubits [long]; there was no iron point on them, but their fire-hardened sharp [end] accomplished …highshort
α953Ἄκρα κόρυμβαhigh-points; fruit-clusters[Meaning] the high-posts of ships, the parts projecting out at the stern or prow. [The places] on which they used to draw/inscribe the totems. Korumboi [are] berries which hang on the branches in grape-cluster …highshort
α1010Ἀκρόνηονship-top[Meaning] the top [or: end] of a ship.highshort
α1017Ἀκροστόλιαstemposts, sternposts[Meaning] the topmost parts of the ship. "Bringing round and bending the front parts of the raft gently upward into the shape of a prow, as if [they were] improvising [the] stemposts and beaks …highshort
α1021Ἀκρότομοςcut-off, sharp, abrupt[Meaning] hard, lofty. Or a very sharp stone, the one cutting. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "akrotomos rock", [meaning] the hard and uncuttable [sort]. But [sc. also attested is neuter] "akrotomon mountain", [meaning] …highmedium
α1026ἌκρωνAkron, AcronOf Akragas; physician, son of Xenon; he taught at Athens contemporaneously with Empedocles; so he is older than Hippocrates. He wrote On Medicine in the Doric dialect, and On Nutrition of the Healthy in …highmedium
α1038Ἀκτίτης λίθοςAktite stone[See] above under Akte.highshort
α1077Ἅλας ἄγων καθεύδειςyou are asleep while carrying salt[sc. A proverb] in reference to those sleeping or being idle in great danger. For when some merchant-shipper has filled the ship with salt, the bilge water comes up and the salt is dissolved. …highshort
α1192Ἄλλην μὲν ἐξηντλοῦμεν ἣ δ' ἐπεισρέειthe rest we drained but it still flows in[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those labouring and accomplishing a lot of nothing. As to a ship's bilge-water.highshort
α1215ἈλιγέρνηςAligernes, Aligernos, Aligernus, AligernA proper name. "Missiles sent from this Goth were carried with much whirring and an immeasurable swiftness. Just as if they were striking some stone or else something hard and unyielding, they shattered everything …highmedium