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Ἀδέψητον
untanned, undressed
[sc. Something] raw.
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470
Ἀδιαβηνή
Adiabene
This 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 …
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545
Ἄελλα
whirlwind
A dense mass of winds.
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Ἀέριον ὕδωρ
aerial water
[Meaning] that [which is] in the air. Also [sc. attested is the masculine] a)e/rios, [meaning] one [who is] in the air.
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571
Ἀέτιος
Aetios, Aetius
From 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 …
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572
Ἀετίτης καὶ ἀχάτης καὶ λυχνίτης
eagle-stone and agate and lychnite
[sc. Each one is] a type of stone.
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654
Ἄηκες
sharp
[sc. A term applied to] the whetted sword.
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796
Ἄκανθα
prickle, 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 …
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826
Ἄκαινα
akaina
[Meaning a] ten-foot measure. It is a rod, by which they goad their cattle, with the Pelasgians having invented this.
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876
Ἀκίδας
barbs
[Meaning] the points of missiles. Also [sc. attested is] a)kidwto/n ["pointed"], that which has points.
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912
Ἀκοή
hearing; 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 …
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937
Ἀκούει καλῶς
has a fine hearing
Meaning [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 …
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953
Ἄκρα κόρυμβα
high-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 …
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Ἀκρόνηον
ship-top
[Meaning] the top [or: end] of a ship.
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1017
Ἀκροστόλια
stemposts, 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 …
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1021
Ἀκρότομος
cut-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] …
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1077
Ἅλας ἄγων καθεύδεις
you 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. …
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1192
Ἄλλην μὲν ἐξηντλοῦμεν ἣ δ' ἐπεισρέει
the 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.
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1215
Ἀλιγέρνης
Aligernes, Aligernos, Aligernus, Aligern
A 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 …
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1240
Ἁλίπεδον
halipedon
[Meaning a] level plain next to the sea. Some people call Piraeus this. It is also an accessible place which once was sea and afterwards became a plain. Hence one must aspirate the first …
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1253
Ἁλιτενής
shallow
Appian [writes]: "the Carthaginians sallied forth against the engines of the Romans not by land, for there was no passage, nor in ships, for the sea was shallow, but naked: some soaked up to …
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1330
Ἀλοῶ
I thresh, smite, drive around, smash
The [verb that means] I break. Also [sc. attested is the active participle] a)low=n ["threshing"], [meaning one who is] leading [beasts] around in a circle from without, as those on the threshing floors [do]. …
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1400
Ἄλλως ἀναλίσκεις ὕδωρ
you are using up water for nothing
[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those toiling in vain in speeches. It is taken from those speaking to water in the [sc. Athenian] jurycourts.
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1409
Ἁλσὶ διασμηχθεὶς ὄναιτ' ἂν οὑτοσί
this man might be helped if he were rubbed with salt
[sc. A saying] in reference to those committing follies; metaphorically from jars and wine, into which salt is thrown so that it won't turn and smell like vinegar too easily. Since we are accustomed …
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1410
Ἄλσος
grove
[Meaning] a wooded place. "And the ships, which they had built from the Olympic groves and the place that grew its foliage long for Zeus, rotted away."
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1424
Ἀλύβη
Alube, Alybe
Name of a pillar.
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1438
Ἁλυσείδιον
chain-mail
[Chain-mail]; and [sc. also attested is the phrase] 'chain-mail corslet'.
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1459
Ἅμμα
[Kasiotic] knot
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who are crooked in their ways; [sc. named] from the Pelusians in Kasion, who by native skill used to tie knots when joining beams to beams.
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1487
Ἁμαξεία
haulage
[Meaning] the cargo of wagons.
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1489
Ἁμαξιτόν
wagon-road
[Meaning a] public highway. Malchus [writes]: "the entrance into Cilicia was a wagon-road, terribly steep and impossible for an army to enter, if anyone prevented."
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