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α1233Ἀλινδεῖσθαιto roll in the dust[Meaning] to roll around. Also [sc. attested is] a)lindh/qra, [Meaning] a rolling-place. A place where horses cover themselves in dust. Aristophanes [writes]: "scattering many dust-rolls of words". And elsewhere: "and the other, pulling up …highshort
α1239Ἀλιπαρῆmiserable, unfit for a suppliantMeaning wretched. Or importunate, out of which [sc. comes the idea that] we will importune [liparh/somen] him. Sophocles [writes]: "and from poor me, these things small but nonetheless wh' I have, give him: this …highshort
α1241Ἁλίπλαγκτοςsea-roamingThus Pan is called, either because he aided the Athenians in the sea-battle, or because he hunted Typhon with nets, or because seamen honor Pan as an established god, or because [he is] loud-voiced …

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Ἀλινδεῖσθαι

to roll in the dust

[Meaning] to roll around. Also [sc. attested is] a)lindh/qra, [Meaning] a rolling-place. A place where horses cover themselves in dust. Aristophanes [writes]: "scattering many dust-rolls of words". And elsewhere: "and…

Ἀλινδεῖσθαι· κυλίεσθαι. καὶ Ἀλινδήθρα, κυλίστρα. τόπος ἐν ᾧ οἱ ἵπποι κονίονται. Ἀριστοφάνης· συσκεδᾶν πολλὰς ἀλινδήθρας ἐπῶν. καὶ αὖθις· τὸν δ' ἀνασπῶντ' αὐτοπρέμνοις τοῖς …

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α1260Ἀλιτηροῦsinning[Meaning] offending, stained. "Now out of one of the gods and out of a sinning mind [...]."highshort

α1273ἈλκαῖοςAlkaios, AlcaeusAn Athenian, a tragic poet, whom some people want [to say] was [the?] first tragic poet.highshort

α1279ἌλκηστιςAlkestis, AlcestisProper name.highshort

α1284ἈλκιμένηςAlkimenes, AlcimenesA Megarian, a tragic poet. And there is another Alkimenes, an Athenian, a comic poet.highshort

α1311Ἀλόγιστα παροίσομενwe will bear reason-baffling things[Meaning] we will endure indescribable evils. Sophocles [writes]: "at the last we will bear reason-baffling things."highshort

α1317Ἄλλο ἕτερονanother other[Something that] they say pleonastically. Menander in Drunkenness [writes]: "then he had neither fire nor stone nor another other". Krates in Games [wries]: "there is another other holy word in all the tragedies".highshort

α1322Ἀλλοθρόουςforeign-uttering, strange-uttering[Meaning them] foreign-speaking/strange-speaking.highshort

α1331ἈλόπηAlope[Alope]; and [the cognate adjective] Alopeian. A daughter of Kerkyon, from whom [was born] Hippothoon, son of Poseidon, the eponym of the [Attic] tribe Hippothoontis.highshort

α1351Ἀλλ' οὐδέ γ' αὐδᾶν ἔσθ' ἃ μήδε δρᾶν καλόνbut things which it is not right to do are not to be spoken ofGnomic.highshort

α1367Ἄλοχοςspouse[Meaning] wife. From Euripides' Andromeda: "take me, o stranger, whether you want a serving woman or a spouse."highshort

α1404Ἁλωτόνattainable, capturable[Meaning] that which is capable of being taken. "Everything that is sought is attainable; but that which is overlooked escapes." Also [sc. attested is] a(lwtoi/, [meaning those who are] apprehendable, able to be subdued. …highshort

α1421Ἅλοιτοmight spring[Meaning he/she/it] might move, might start. "Might [= 'may'] the ivy of the stage always spring with soft feet on your polished grave, god-like Sophocles."highshort

α1427Ἀλύειis perplexed, is beside oneself[Meaning he/she/it] is sorely troubled, is overwhelmed, is disheartened, is at a loss. "Stop being perplexed and vexed." And sometimes a)lu/w [means] I rejoice.highshort

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

α1493Ἁμαρτεῖνto fail of having[Meaning] to miss getting. [Used] with a genitive.highshort

α1517Ἄμβασιςway-up[a)/mbasis means the same as] a)na/basis ["way-up"]. "And there was no sort of way-up."highshort

α1542Ἀμαιμακέτουirresistible, stubborn[Meaning] inexhaustible. In the Epigrams: "he dedicated the horns not torn apart, the support of a stubborn head."highshort

α1589Ἄμμιγαcombined, confusedly[Meaning] in a mixed-up way. "On account of the wise-minded readiness to learn which the honeyed [Sophocles] practiced, of Muses and Graces combined."highshort

α1594Ἅμιλλαcontest[Meaning] competition, rivalry, equalization. "And once, when these two boys were contending with each other, they stripped off for a contest of javelin-throwing, but then their enthusiasm got the better of them; and somehow …highshort

α1597Ἁμιλλῶμαί σοιI vie with you[Meaning] I compete with you.highshort

α1611Ἀμνηστεῖfails to recall[Meaning he/she/it] fails to recollect. Sophocles [writes]: "for your creator, Lord of [the] Hellenes, never fails to recall."highshort

α1634Ἀμοχθείtoil-free[Meaning] without effort.highshort

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

α1655Ἀμπνοὰς ἔχονταhaving breaths[Meaning one who is] living [and] breathing.highshort

α1664Ἀμοιρῆσαιto have no part in, to get no benefit from[Used] with a genitive. [Meaning] to miss. For a)moire/w ["I have no part"] [means] I do not share. Also [sc. attested is the cognate adjective] a)/moiroi, [meaning those who are] share-less or ill-fated. "That …highshort

α1666Ἀμυγνόνundefiled[Meaning] that which is not dirty, but holy and clean. Thus Sophocles [sc. uses the word].highshort

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

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