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Ἄβατον
inaccessible
[Meaning something] sacred, unapproachable, desolate; also an 'inaccessible' road, [meaning] impassable.
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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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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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Ἀβουλία
ill-advisedness
[Meaning] unrefinedness, foolishness. Also stupidity.
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Ἀβούλως
ill-advisedly
[Meaning] unthinkingly, ignorantly. A line [of verse]: "badly, ill-advisedly, unthinkingly, without reason."
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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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Ἁβροσύνη
splendor
[Meaning] brightness.
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Ἀβρότη
divine, holy
[sc. a term applied to] night. Because it is deprived [a-] of people [brotoi].
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Ἁβροχίτων
delicate-tunic'd
[Meaning someone] wearing delicate things.
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Ἁβρύνεται
puts on airs
[Meaning] adorns oneself, is conceited, is boastful.
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Ἀγριοποιόν
wild-maker, wild-making
And a wild-making fellow. [sc. Meaning him who is] introducing savage heroes. Aristophanes [says] about Aeschylus: "I know him and understand him well; I've watched him for a long time; a wild-making fellow, stubborn …
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Ἄγριος
Agrios, Agrius
Proper name. Also [sc. attested is the adjective] agrios, [meaning] unsociable, not tame. It is also used for an excess of evil. Aelian [writes]: "he sent away the most savage of the bodyguards, took …
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Ἀγυιαί
highways
[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 …
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Ἀγύρτης
mendicant
[Meaning a] beggar, mountebank. One who asks for more, greedy. Or a vulgar person. And it is also a throw with dice and a Gallus and a seer, as Apion [says]. In the Epigrams: …
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Ἀγχιάλεια
Anchialeia
A city. Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] a)gxi/alos ["coastal"], [meaning] the one near the sea. Not all 'coastal' cities are surrounded by sea. For example, Alexandria is coastal but not surrounded by …
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Αἴαγμα
wail, wailing
[Meaning a] lament. Also [meaning an] affliction.
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Αἰάζειν
to wail
[Meaning] to lament. Or the [verb that means] to express pity.
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Αἰανὴς κύκλος
dread circle
[Meaning one that is] dark, unceasing. Sophocles [writes]: "night's dread circle". Or [sc. with different accent] ai)anh=s, [meaning] lamenting. From the [verb] ai)a/zw, [meaning] I lament.
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Αἰάντειος γέλως
Aiantean laughter, Ajax's laughter
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those laughing insanely. Also [sc. attested is] "Aiantean house," [meaning] that of Ajax. Also [sc. attested is] "Aiantian tribe," [meaning] that of Ajax.
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