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Ἄβατον
inaccessible
[Meaning something] sacred, unapproachable, desolate; also an 'inaccessible' road, [meaning] impassable.
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short
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25
Ἀβδέλυκτα
unhateful [things]
[Meaning] those which do not cause pollution, at which one would not feel disgust or hatred. The word [is] somewhat tragic. Aeschylus in Myrmidons [writes]: "indeed, for I love them, they are unhateful to …
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short
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49
Ἀβίωτον
unlivable
[Meaning something] bad [and] annoying, painful. "He found it an unlivable situation if he could not control the city". Also [sc. attested is the masculine] a)bi/wtos, he who is not alive.
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63
Ἀβουλία
ill-advisedness
[Meaning] unrefinedness, foolishness. Also stupidity.
high
short
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64
Ἀβούλως
ill-advisedly
[Meaning] unthinkingly, ignorantly. A line [of verse]: "badly, ill-advisedly, unthinkingly, without reason."
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70
Ἁβρὰ βαίνων
walking delicately
[Meaning someone] being conceited, being indolent. "Walking truly delicately, that fellow seemed to be holding his eyebrows up in the air."
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89
Ἁβροσύνη
splendor
[Meaning] brightness.
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92
Ἀβρότη
divine, holy
[sc. a term applied to] night. Because it is deprived [a-] of people [brotoi].
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96
Ἁβροχίτων
delicate-tunic'd
[Meaning someone] wearing delicate things.
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99
Ἁβρύνεται
puts on airs
[Meaning] adorns oneself, is conceited, is boastful.
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109
Ἀγάθαρχος
Agatharkhos, Agatharchos, Agatharchus
A proper name. He was an outstanding painter from nature, the son of Eudemos, of Samian stock.
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short
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124
Ἀγάθων
Agathon
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 …
high
medium
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125
Ἀγαθώνιος
Agathonios, Agathonius
A proper name. [The man] who was king of Tartessos. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "Agathon's pipe-playing": the soft and relaxed [kind]; alternatively that which is neither loose nor harsh, but temperate and …
high
short
α
127
Ἀγακλειτός
celebrated, very famous
He who has an exceedingly fine reputation. And [sc. attested is the feminine] a)gakleith/.
high
short
α
130
Ἀγάλλει
glorifies, honours
[Meaning he/she/it] makes, prepares, adorns.
high
short
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133
Ἀγάλματα
delights, 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"; …
high
medium
α
145
Ἄγανον
firewood, broken; good, gentle
With 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 …
high
medium
α
165
Ἄγγαροι
messengers
[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 …
high
medium
α
170
Ἀγάσματα
objects of wonder
[Meaning] objects of awe, things at which one would wonder [a)ga/saito]. Sophocles uses [the word].
high
short
α
171
Ἀγάστονος
much-groaning
[Meaning] copiously moaning.
high
short
α
173
Ἀγαστός
admirable
[Meaning] wondrous.
high
short
α
214
Ἀγηλατεῖν
to drive out, to drive out a curse
[Meaning] to pursue, to drive into exile, to set upon. Herodotus [sc. uses it in the sense of] to do violence.
high
short
α
215
Ἀγηλατεῖν
to banish as accursed
[Meaning] to drive out as a curse and accursed people. If [the breathing is] rough, [it means] to drive out curses; but if smooth, it means to drive away. "You seem to me to …
high
short
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216
Ἀγηλατοί
curse-expelling
[A term applicable to] thunderbolts. But a)ghlatoi= [is] a verb, [meaning he/she/it] leads, thunderbolts or pursues.
high
short
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217
Ἀγῆλαι
to celebrate, to glorify
[Meaning] to honor a god with celebrations. Thus Eupolis in Demes [writes]: "now we too should dedicate to these the twin woolly wreaths and approach in celebration. Hail everyone, we welcome [you]!" Aristophanes in …
high
short
α
235
Ἁγίζων
sanctifying
[Meaning one who is] making a sacrifice. "Come, making a cattle sacrifice at the hearth." Also [sc. attested is the related participle] a(giasqe/ntwn, [meaning] rites having been performed. Also [sc. attested is the form] …
high
short
α
249
Ἀγκών
elbow
"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 …
high
medium
α
251
Ἀγκύλη
thong, hook
A kind of javelin. Also [sc. attested is the related participle] h)gkulwme/nos ["armed with a javelin"], [meaning] wielding a javelin. But [sc. the headword] also signifies some furnishing of the tent of Moses.
high
short
α
262
Ἀγλαΐα
splendor
[Meaning] brightness. Also [sc. attested is the dative plural] a)glai/ais, [meaning by/with] brightnesses.
high
short
α
283
Ἀγνώμονες
unpardoning, hard-hearted
[Those] of contrary opinion, merciless. Sophocles [writes]: "be ye not hard-hearted to Phoebus and to me."
high
short
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