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biography19
mythology18

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α290Ἄγνυταιis shattered[Meaning he/she/it] is broken. Also [sc. attested is] a)/gnuton, likewise. Also [sc. attested is] a)gnumena/wn, [meaning] being crushed together.highshort
α298Ἀγγοπήνιαangopenia[Meaning] the honeycombs of bees. That is, woven vessels; like xruseoph/nhta ["gold-woven"].highshort
α1033Ἀκταίνεινto lift up, to raise[Meaning] to be licentious. To prance and to leap irregularly, or to start towards intercourse.high

α290

Ἄγνυται

is shattered

[Meaning he/she/it] is broken. Also [sc. attested is] a)/gnuton, likewise. Also [sc. attested is] a)gnumena/wn, [meaning] being crushed together.

Ἄγνυται· κλᾶται. καὶ Ἄγνυτον, ὁμοίως. καὶ Ἀγνυμενάων, συντριβομένων.

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α1040Ἀκοίτηςbedfellow, husbandIn the masculine gender [meaning] the husband. But a)/koitis in the feminine [means] the wife. And the [accusative] plural is ta\s a)koi/tis ["the wives"].highshort

α1046Ἀκύμοναcalm, wave-less[Meaning] undisturbed. Also [sc. attested is] a)ku/mwn, [meaning] she who is not giving birth, as e)gku/mwn [is] she who has conceived. Also [sc. attested is the comparative] a)kumo/teros ["more/rather calm"].highshort

α1053Ἄλλα δ' ἀλλαχοῦ καλάdifferent (names) are good in different places.Inasmuch as different men call the Eumenides by different names. So other names are judged good by other people, but we prefer to call them Eumenides ["Favoring Ones"] by euphemism instead of Erinnyes ["Furies"].highshort

α1060Ἀλαλαλαὶ ἰὴ παίωνalalalai ie paionChoral exclamation.highshort

α3114Ἄπειyou will go awayMeaning you will depart. Sophocles [sc. uses the word].highshort

α3134Ἀπεῖρξενkept from[Meaning he/she/it] prevented.highshort

α3173Ἀπῇξενdarted away[Meaning he/she/it] attacked/rushed upon.highshort

α3203Ἀπίηdistant, far-off[Meaning] foreign.highshort

α3217ἌπιςApisA god of Egyptians. And see above under "Apides." [It is said] that Apis the Egyptian was the first to bring the art of medicine into Greece.highshort

α3224Ἄπλαστοςunfashioned, unfeigned[Meaning] true, without deceit. "And rushing upon them together sweet dignity and unfeigned modesty informed the philosopher sufficiently and already made the young man known to him." But a)/plastos [also means] large. "Him a …highshort

α4122ἍσσαwhicheverWhen it means "as many as" and "whatever," it has rough breathing; but when [it means] "some," it has smooth breathing. "Of these whatever I hold in by heart and memory." And "some to …highshort

α4408ΑὐγάζωI see clearly, I illumine[Used] with an accusative.highshort

α4412Αὔγουστος ΚαῖσαρAugustus CaesarAlso called Sebastos and Octavianus, [wrote] On his own life and deeds [in] 13 books, and a tragedy of Ajax and Achilles. "Augustus, in accordance with his own decree, counts individually all the inhabitants …highshort

αι122Αἰθὴρether, skyHomer [treats] ai)qh/r as feminine: "out of [the] bright sky." And Pindar also: "through [the] desolate sky." [sc. He calls it 'desolate'] because being fiery it gives no nourishment. And elsewhere: "driving a chariot …highshort

αι187Αἷμαblood[Blood] and family. "I 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."highshort

αι221Αἰνίγματαriddles[Meaning] questions.highshort

αι223Αἰνικτάriddling (things), (things) expressed in riddles[Meaning ones that are] unintelligible, hidden. "How riddling and unclear is everything you say to me."highshort

αι231ΑἰνῶI approve, I decline[Meaning] I beg off, refuse. Sophocles [sc. uses the word]. Also [sc. attested is] e)painw= ["I approve, I thank you, I decline"]. Also [sc. attested is] ai)nw= se ["I praise you"].highshort

αι247Αἰόλη νύξsparkling night, swift-circling night, ever-turning nightThat is black, or speckled because of the stars.highshort

αι256Αἰῶναage[Meaning] life, life-style. Sophocles [writes]: "[there is an old story] that you could not know the age of mortals before someone dies, whether it is good or bad. But I, even before going to …highshort

αι263Αἰώρημαhalter, hanging-cord, sling[no gloss]highshort

αι274Αἰπύlofty[Meaning something] high, large. "[Phoebus], holding the lofty hill of Leukas, seen from far by sailors." "And you, Helios, who drive your chariot up the sky, when you see the land of my fathers, …highshort

αι280Αἶρεlift[Meaning] bring. Homer [writes]: "do not lift me wine." And Aristophanes [writes]: "lift, lift a barley-cake as quickly as possible for the dung-beetle."highshort

αι296Αἱρεῖtakes[Meaning he/she/it] destroys, kills. Sophocles [writes]: "for war willingly takes no bad man, but always the good men."highshort

αι300Αἱρεῖςyou take[Meaning] you believe, you judge. From the Theologian: "and the word persuades [us] not to set an obstacle."highshort

αι307Αἱρήσω τάχαI will take quicklyThose trying to pursue certain people are accustomed to say this. Also [sc. attested is] ai(rou=ntes h(|rh/meqa ["in taking we have been taken"], in reference to those who expect to defeat some people and …highshort

αι308ΑἱρήσομαιI will choose[Meaning] I will take, I will examine, I will plan.highshort

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