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Ἀβελτεροκόκκυξ
silly cuckoo
The vacuous and silly man.
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Ἀγαθὴ καὶ μάζα μετ' ἄρτον
after bread a barley cake is good too
In reference to those who give or take second-best. *ma/za [barley cake] has an acute [accent]; for a circumflex does not occur before the position of a long vowel. Aristophanes, though, gives ma/za a …
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Ἀγαθῶν ἀγαθίδες
skeins of good things
The proverb is used in the comic poets in reference to a lot of good things. Also [sc. attested is] 'sea of good things', in reference to an abundance of good things. Also [sc. …
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Ἀγάμενος
admiring, wondering at, marveling at
[Meaning someone] being amazed at. "Admiring this man for his good courage they let him ride on the horse."
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Ἀγγαρεία
compulsory labour, corvee
Surely "of pack mules". Also [sc. attested is] a)/ggaros: [meaning] labourer, servant, porter; whence we speak of a)ggarei/a [to describe] involuntary compulsion and service brought about by force.
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Ἄγαυρος
wastrel
A dandy; but some [say] a good-for-nothing; [used] by Ionians [to mean] a pauper, but by Attic writers [to mean] a fop.
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Ἄγε δῆτα
hey there
[Meaning] come now, you there, over here. And [there is] an epigram addressed to Diogenes the Cynic: "' Hey, Diogenes, tell [us], what fate took you to Hades?' 'A dog's bite took me'". But …
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Ἀγελάρχης
herd-leader
The leader of the herd of oxen.
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Ἀγελαῖος
ordinary
[Meaning] no-account fellow [i)diw/ths]. Or the lead animal in the herd. Also [sc. attested is the genitive plural] "of a)gelai=oi", of no-account fellows, of rustics. "Such-and-such is likely enough of [= in] ordinary men". …
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Ἀγελαιών
pasture
[Meaning] the herd's place.
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Ἀγελαῖοι ἰχθύες
fish in schools
[Meaning] those which are paltry and small.
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Ἀγεληδόν
gregariously, herd-fashion, in a herd
An adverb.
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Ἀγελήτης βοῦς
herding ox
[Meaning] one from a herd.
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Ἀγέληφιν
in a herd
[Meaning] from/out of the herd.
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Ἀγερωχία
haughtiness, manliness, nobility
Arrogance. "The Scythians are supercilious and exceedingly haughty." By virtue of being exceedingly boastful or by virtue of being exceedingly honored. Also [sc. attested is] a)ge/rwxos, [meaning] honorable, manly. Agathias [writes]: "mounting a horse …
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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 …
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219
Ἄγημα
division, guard, force, troop
[Meaning] the king's advancing force of elephants and horses and infantry. But some [sc. say that this term means] the best part of the Macedonian battle array; strong in weaponry and in the conditioning …
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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] …
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245
Ἄγκεσι
[in] forests
[Meaning in] tree-filled and wooded places. In the Epigrams: "with this he slays wild beasts in beast-breeding forests".
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Ἀγκράτος ἐλαύνοντα
riding hard
Xenophon [has this] in place of 'riding fast'.
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Ἀγκυλοχείλης καὶ Ἀγκυλόχειλος
crooked-beaked
Bent-beaked, an epithet of the eagle, which has curved talons. But in reference to Cleon [it means] having crooked hands for theft and seizure.
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270
Ἄγλιθες
garlic-crowns
[Meaning] the heads of garlic plants. Aristophanes [writes]: "like field-mice, you dig garlic-crowns with a peg".
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271
Ἀγλωττία
tonguelessness
[Meaning] quiet, silence. Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] tongueless, [meaning] voiceless, speechless. "Now having fallen to the earth, tongueless and voiceless, I lie, refusing emulous ambition."
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Ἀγναπτότατος βάτος αὖος
stiffest dried skate
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to one who is harsh and obstinate by temperament.
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Ἀγνοεῖ δ' ἀράχνη παῖδας ὡς παιδεύεται
a spider knows not how she educates her children.
[A spider knows not how she educates her children.] For having nurtured them she has died at the hands of her dearest ones. [Sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those who look after …
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279
Ἄγνος
chaste-tree, withy
A plant, which they also call lugos. But it is also a kind of bird.
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Ἀγόμενος διὰ φρατέρων κύων μαστιγοῦται
a dog led through phratry-members is whipped
[no gloss]
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Ἀγονία
sterility
Childlessness, barrenness. Aelian [writes]: "the young generation was being destroyed, and there was also sterility both of the women and of the four-footed flock."
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Ἀγγοπήνια
angopenia
[Meaning] the honeycombs of bees. That is, woven vessels; like xruseoph/nhta ["gold-woven"].
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Ἀγορὰ Κερκώπων
market of Kerkopes
They were in Ephesus. Herakles bound them on the orders of Omphale, but he shrank from killing them since their mother begged him. The proverb is spoken in reference to ill-behaved and knavish people.
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