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α124ἈγάθωνAgathonA proper name. He was a tragic poet; but he was slandered for effeminacy. Aristophanes [writes]: "Where is Agathon?" -- "He's gone and left me." -- "Where on earth is the wretch?" -- "At …highmedium
α133Ἀγάλματαdelights, ornaments, statues[Meaning] the likenesses of the gods, and anything that is decorative in some way. Homer [writes]: "but it is stored away as a delight for the king." And Hesiod calls a necklace an "ornament"; …highmedium
α145Ἄγανονfirewood, broken; good, gentleWith proparoxytone accent [this means] wood that has been cut up. Or brushwood and [wood that is] ready to be cut up. But some [sc. define it as wood] which is not chopped. But …

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A proper name. He was a tragic poet; but he was slandered for effeminacy. Aristophanes [writes]: "Where is Agathon?" -- "He's gone and left me." -- "Where on earth is the wretch?" -- "At a banquet of the blessed." This…

Ἀγάθων· ὄνομα κύριον. τραγικὸς δὲ ἦν· διεβέβλητο δὲ ἐπὶ μαλακίᾳ. Ἀριστοφάνης· Ἀγάθων δὲ ποῦ 'στιν; ἀπολιπών μ' οἴχεται. ποῖ γῆς ὁ τλήμων; ἐς μακάρων εὐωχίαν. οὗτος ὁ Ἀγάθων…

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α165Ἄγγαροιmessengers[Meaning] those who carry letters in relays. They are also [called] 'couriers' [a)sta/ndai]. The words [are] Persian. Aeschylus in Agamemnon [writes]: "beacon sent beacon hither with relaying fire." The word is also used for …highmedium

α249Ἀγκώνelbow"In the royal palace of Gelimer was a building full of darkness, which the Carthaginians used to call [the] Elbow; therein were thrown all toward whom the tyrant was ill-disposed. There, in the time …highmedium

α328Ἀγωνάρχαιcontest-judgesSophocles [writes]: "and lest any contest-judges or he who is my destroyer should give my arms to the Achaeans." Also [sc. attested is] a proverb: "a contest does not accept excuses." It is applied …highmedium

α383Ἀγυιαίhighways[Meaning] streets, alleys, or long roads; [sc. so called] from their not having limbs and offshoots and bends. But streets [amphoda] have exits from each side and differ in this respect. Some give aguias …highmedium

α651Ἀηδών καὶ ἀηδοῦςnightingale, songstressAnd [in the genitive singular] a)hdou=s; such [was] Sappho according to Mytilenians. Sophocles [writes]: "ill-starred, she will not sing the lament of the piteous nightingale, but she will sing shrill dirges and the thuds …highmedium

α655Ἄημαblast[Meaning] the breath of the wind. "The dreadful blast of winds puts the roaring sea to bed; almighty sleep binds and releases, he does not hold forever. Can we not learn to grow wise? …highmedium

α676Ἄϊδος κυνῆHades' dog-skin [helmet]Aristophanes [writes]: "take for my sake the shadow-shaggy Hades helmet from Hieronymos." The proverb was [sc. originally] said about those who are invisible. But now about those who grow their hair exceedingly long. For …highmedium

α731ἈθήναιοςAthenaios, AthenaeusOf Naucratis. Grammarian. Lived in the time of Marcus. He wrote a book with the title Deipnosophists, in which he records how many of the ancients had a reputation for munificence in giving banquets. …highmedium

α848Ἀκέσματαremedies[Meaning] medicines, things that heal. "Avoiding the guards she ran up with her daughter, carrying a remedy for the coming shortage." "There was a man in the Galeotis, formidable both in telling cures of …highmedium

α904Ἀκμήmoment, point, still[Meaning] sharpness, the exact decisive moment of the intensity of the matter, and power, and youth. But "akme of opportunity" [means] good fortune. Thus Isocrates [writes]: "[it is best] to grasp the akme of …highmedium

α905Ἀκμὴ καλεῖa moment is calling[Meaning] an opportunity is calling. So Aelian said [this] about urgency: "At the instant of his pain and suffering, he did not know the road that would take him there [sc. to the god]. …highmedium

α1002Ἀκροθίνιαspoils, akrothinia[Meaning] the first-fruits of the annual crops. But in the strict sense akrothinia is the name for the first-fruits which those [who make their living] out of importing dedicate, because they are saved from …highmedium

α1428Ἀλύεινto be beside oneself, to be overwhelmedThe [verb that means] to be vexed in distraction. It sometimes also means to rejoice, from warmth [alea] and frenzy. Homer [writes]: "are you beside yourself because you have beaten that vagabond Irus?" Hence …highmedium

α1654Ἀμπλάκημαfailure[Meaning a sc. moral] mistake. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] a)mplaki/ais ["with failures"], [meaning] with [sc. moral] mistakes. The Stoics believe that all [sc. moral] mistakes should be regarded as equal. For if …highmedium

α1676Ἀμύνασθαιto ward off, to requite, to repayThucydides [sc. uses this word] to mean a)mei/besqai ["to requite"], but Simonides [uses it] to mean to return favours, and Sophocles to mean a)palech=sai ["to ward off"]. The orators apply the [word] a)mu/nasqai to …highmedium

α1796Ἀναβάδηνlifted up; propped up[Meaning] on high, to lie down and have ones legs up. Aristophanes [writes]: "now I take a rest starving with my feet lifted up." Or sitting down on a high place. And again: "how …highmedium

α1825Ἀναγκαία τράπεζαnecessary table, needy table[Meaning] a cheap and poor one. And Sophocles says: "O lord Ajax, there is no evil greater for men than this necessary fortune." He is speaking of what is "necessary" in two senses, sometimes …highmedium

α1842ἈναγυράσιοςAnagyrasianAnagyrous is a deme of the [sc. Athenian] tribe Erechtheis, the demesman from which [is an] Anagyrasian. Also [sc. attested is the proverbial phrase] "Anagyrasian spirit". And [there is] a shrine of Anagyros in …highmedium

α1862Ἀναδρομαίretreats, returns[Meaning] ways back. "'Let there be a return, and we are not overthrown'. It is necessary always to have this verse at the ready. Lucius the Roman did not do this and suffered a …highmedium

α1912ἈνακωχεύειrefrainsIn Sophocles [this means] reins in. Also [sc. attested is the infinitive] a)nakwxeu/ein, [meaning] to fix the sails and let the ship ride when a storm arises at sea. Strictly speaking one says 'to …highmedium

α1933ἈνάλγητοςunfeelingAlso [sc. attested is] dusana/lghtos ["hard-hearted"] in Sophocles: that is, hard to move, unfeeling, apathetic, unmerciful, stony. "For I should be hard-hearted not to have pity for such a supplication." Also [sc. attested is …highmedium

α2082ἈνάστατοιanastatoiA type of flat-cake. These used to be made for the Arrêphoroi themselves. Certain flat-cakes called charisioi ["thank-offering cakes"] also used to be spoken of. These were mixed and made from the leftovers, and …highmedium

α2190Ἀνδρὸς γέροντος ἀσταφὶς τὸ κρανίονan old man's head is a dried grapeFrom part [sc. to whole]. In reference to those no longer of any use, because their whole body [is] weak. Also: 'An old man's jaws are staffs', in reference to those who eat a …highmedium

α2337Ἄνετέ μ'let me be"[Let me be], comforters, let me be. For these things shall be called irremediable. I will never cease from my pains, thus innumerable [is the sum] of my laments." [sc. These are lines] of …highmedium

α2363Ἀνέχειexalts[Meaning he/she/it] reveres, honors. Sophocles [writes]: "since Ajax exalts you, his spear-won mate, loving your bed." Meaning since Ajax honors you as spear-won, loving your bed. Or thus: but since Ajax exalts you the …highmedium

α2379Ἀνειμέναιlaid open, let loose[Meaning they who have been] released. [They who have been] neglected. And in Sophocles [sc. is attested] a)neime/nh, meaning [she] having license in every respect. "You seem to be turned loose again; for Aegisthus …highmedium

α2422Ἀνήνυτονendless[Meaning something] immeasurable, great. Polybius [writes]: "when great difficulty was coming to light concerning the rations, and insofar as the journey was seeming endless in its length." Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "of …highmedium

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