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Βαρυσυμφορώτατος
most deeply unfortunate
[Meaning] unlucky. "Believing himself to have become the
most
deeply unfortunate of all mankind."
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1484
Ἐν τῷ φρονεῖν γὰρ μηδὲν ἥδιστος βίος
for the most pleasant life lies in understanding nothing
Sophocles [says this]. In [the sense of] not perceiving the evils, since it will be quite ridiculous [if it were] as though he is praising witlessness.
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2807
Ἐποποῖ
epopoi (in hoopoe-ese)
… classified by analogy into paradigms of form and accentuation. The
most
important Canons of the time were those of Theognostus, compiled in the 9th Century. The words in this entry were classified (in the …
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1535
Δρόμοις
[in] races
… deeds correspond with his nature, and came out holding the
most
glorious prize of victory". He is talking about Orestes, [who is] in effect not failing the ends [of the race], but he is …
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1194
Διόπτης
able to look through [something]
… by Adler, whose tendency was to attribute mistakes in quotations
mostly
to the copies of scholia or lexica the Suda was consulting. However, I would modify the received text, here to kato/pta and every …
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392
Βορβοροτάραξι
o muck-raker
Aristophanes [sc. uses this word]. Meaning o
most
disruptive one: disrupting and confusing our city like muck; filling the city with confusion and muck. And [there is] a proverb: "by staining clear water with …
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1696
Δύστηνος
wretched
[Meaning] suffering, unfortunate, miserable. But in Sophokles [the superlative]
'most
wretched' is applied to the
most
abominable, not to pity. [See for example the passage] where he says "o Elektra, child of a
most
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1190
Ἄλημα
fine-witted; wily knave
… kings and die myself as well." "O child of Laertes,
most
loathsome wily knave of the army, I suppose you laugh and carry on in joy." Meaning o rascal and meddler. But "o
most
…
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1093
Δίκης
of justice
… and "impartial" and "inflexible". And this [image] is celebrated by
most
[poets], but it is also a result of necessity, for this is the nature of the Just. Hesiod says, on the other hand, …
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425
Ἀδάμ
Adam
… different names, such as "Kronos" and "Zeus", and -- the
most
wicked thing of all -- the Criminal even had the gall to drag down the blessed and ineffable nature [of God] and associate …
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1605
Δυσδιάλλακτον
hard to reconcile
[Meaning]
most/very
mournful.
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253
Αἰόλος
undulating, wavelike, advancing in a winding or rolling fashion, agile in turning side to side; multicoloured, discoloured, black or chestnut with white markings; easily moved, changeable, wily, quick-witted, liable to metamorphosis, disturbed in mind; whirling; self-generating in movement, ever-turning; lively, flashing, shimmering
… for the theory" (Chantraine). In 1950 Ernst Fraenkel advanced the
most
persuasive etymology. The word, originally *vaivolos, is from the IE root uel-, seen in a)/ella, ei)le/w (as Porphyry saw), Latin volvo and English …
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Αἰανὴς κύκλος
dread circle
… accentuation the adjective "dread" applies to "night" rather than "circle".
Most
mss. of Sophocles actually exhibit this alternative accentuation, but some Sophoclean mss. and
most
modern editors present the form recorded in the headword …
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954
Δίεσιν
diesis, interval
… the diatonic one to be earliest, because it was the
most
proper to human voices. The enharmonic is defined as the
most
elegant one, but also the hardest; the audience got used to hearing …
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1108
Δίκροτα
dikrota, two-banked
… 6 tw=n dikro/twn, oi(=s ma/lista xra/sqai *liburnoi\ dokou=sin ("the dikrota,
mostly
used by the Liburnoi, as it seems". Feminine in Appian, Mithridatica 99; Greek Anthology 7.640. [1] i.e. ships with two banks of oars. …
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249
Ἀγκών
elbow
… "And he placed the siege-engines in the way that seemed
most
timely, and he hit both the wall-angles [angkones] and the trenches from both sides." Also [sc. attested is] a)gkw=nes, a certain part of …
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251
Ἀγκύλη
thong, hook
… the headword] also signifies some furnishing of the tent of
Moses.
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359
Ἄγριος
Agrios, Agrius
… an excess of evil. Aelian [writes]: "he sent away the
most
savage of the bodyguards, took the woman, and defiled her by force as she was calling upon the goddess and lamenting." Also [sc. …
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1019
Ἀκροσφαλεῖς
precarious
… well, that is the time he should examine his life
most
of all, so disaster does not sneak up on him."
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2363
Ἀνέχει
exalts
… hold back. To prevent. "Both to hold back, for the
most
part, his attacks and excursions and to give himself leisure."
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3967
Ἁρμάτειος τροχός Ἁρμάτειος
chariot wheel
["Chariot wheel"] but [sc. also attested is] "chariot nome" [a(rma/teios no/mos], and "chariot tune" [a(rma/teion me/los], from a(/rma ["chariot"].
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4240
Ἀστιβὲς ἄλσος
untrodden glade
… the land is untrodden, I will bury this sword, my
most
hated of weapons, and bury it where no one might see; but let night and Hades keep it below." I will find, he …
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4527
Αὐτοσφαγῆ
suicide
… says: "may they seize and carry off those evil men
most
evilly and with complete destruction, [and] just as they see me fall a suicide, so slain by their own hands may they perish …
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187
Αἷμα
blood
… claim to be of this family and blood." And the
most
vital of the four humors which are in us. Sophocles in Electra calls the knife "blood."
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181
Δεκατεύειν
to pay a tithe
… [after birth] they give the names. He writes as follows:
"most
babies are ‘taken up’ on the seventh day, on which account they also give the names then."
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1364
Δόξα
reputation
… spoken in vain? If they say that Athens is the
most
pious, and alone able to save the wretched stranger and alone enough to help him, where is this [help] for me?"
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588
Ἐκποκιῶ
I will de-fleece
… fleece from you." In reference to female hairs for the
most
part. He is alluding to the etymology of 'fleece'. But Lycophron [sc. uses it in the sense of] simply the hairs. It appears …
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962
Ἐμβριθῆ νοῦν
severe thought, weighty thought
… war". And elsewhere: "[...] and to stand up in the
most
serious way and defend the city".
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1441
Ἐνστάτης
adversary, opponent
… an adversary to his household." And elsewhere: "[he] was a
most
bitter adversary to them."
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2382
Ἐπίκλημα
accusation
… Agathias [writes]: "judging it to be impossible, they thought it
most
seemly to shake off the accusation." And elsewhere: "Pakoros, the king of the Parthians, brought certain other accusations to the emperor Trajan, and …
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