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Αἴγαγρος
wild-goat
A kind of animal.
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Αἰγανέα
hunting-spear
[Meaning a] javelin [made] entirely of iron. In the Epigrams: "Teucer the Arab dedicated [to Pan] the skin of a lion [...] and even his rustic hunting-spear."
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Αἶγας ἀνιεμένους
(them) skinning goats
See under a)nieme/nh.
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Αἶγα
goat
This animal seems to be hostile to the vine. At any rate there is evidently an epigram regarding the nanny-goat as follows: "Even if you eat me to the root, nevertheless I will still …
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26
Αἰγέα
goatskin
[Meaning] the hide of a goat.
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28
Αἶγες
goats
[sc. A term for] large waves in the common tongue. Also [sc. attested is the verb] e)paigi/zw ["I goat up"], meaning I blow forcefully. When the star of the nanny-goat shines, winds blow forcefully, …
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34
Αἴγειον
goaty, goatskin
[Meaning a] tune and the hide of a goat. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] goaty [i.e. goatskin] wineskin.
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37
Αἰγιάζειν
to talk of goats
"But you sit here talking of goats."
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42
Αἰγίβοτος γῆ
goat-pasturing land
[Meaning land] suitable to pasture goats.
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44
Αἰγίζειν
to rend asunder
[Meaning] to tear apart. [The verb is formed] out of a metaphor; from which also 'to be rent asunder' [ai)gi/zesqai] [is derived] from squalls [kataigi/des]. Aeschylus [uses the word]. The same [author] in Hedone …
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46
Αἰγίθαλος
tit, titmouse
[Meaning] the creature [of that name]. Also the dance [of that name].
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48
Αἰγίλιψ
Aigilips, Aegilips
Name of a city. It also means a lofty rock. Homer [writes]: "which pours water down an aigilips rock". So that even the goats [aiges] come to leave it because of the height. There …
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49
Αἴγιλλος
aigillos, aegillus, haver-grass
A type of herb.
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50
Αἰγίλουρος
(?)goat-tail
[no gloss]
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αι
54
Αἴγινθος
Aiginthos, Aeginthus
Proper name.
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56
Αἰγίοχος
Aegis-bearer
[Referring to] Zeus.
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αι
57
Αἰγίπλαγκτος
Aigiplanktos, Aegiplanctus, goat-wandered
[no gloss]
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59
Αἰγίς
aegis, aigis, goatskin
[Meaning] the hide which Libyans wear.
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61
Αἰγίς
storm
[Meaning] cloudburst/squall. Pherecrates in Ant-people [writes]: "oh unlucky me, a storm, a storm is arriving!"
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67
Αἰγόκερως
goat-horned; Capricorn
[Referring to] a type of animal.
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69
Αἰγὸς τρόπον
goat-fashion, like a goat
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who bring an evil on themselves. From a Corinthian proverb, "The nanny-goat giving the knife."
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70
Αἰγοφάγος
Goat-eater
[no gloss]
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73
Αἰγῶν ὀνόματα
nanny-goats' names
That is, useless things; for [all] nanny-goats [are] alike. But names are applied to things that differ as a means of distinguishing them.
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74
Αἰγυπιόν
vulture, black vulture
Thus the ancients [referred to a vulture], [i.e. ai)gu/pios] rather than gu/y. But [sc. also attested is] ai)gupiw=n in the [genitive] plural, [meaning] of vultures. Herodotus [uses the word]. The nominative case [is] ai)gupio/s, …
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97
Αἰετός
eagle
[Meaning] the bird [of that name]. The Pisidian says [sc. of eagles]: "they have a nature not susceptible to thirst, nor again does their solidity need a dusting-place; rather, they are above thirst and …
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98
Αἰετὸς ἐν νεφέλαις
an eagle in clouds
[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those who are difficult to catch. Inasmuch as an eagle when it is in the clouds cannot be caught.
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104
Αἰεὶ φέρει τι Λιβύη κακόν
always Libya produces something bad
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who do bad things and who are always discovering some new kind of bad thing. Since Libya is accustomed to produce a great variety of beasts.
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120
Αἴθη
Aithe
Name of a mare. Homer [writes]: "Agamemnon's Aithe."
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137
Αἴθ' ὄφελες θανεῖν ἢ πανύστατον ὀρχήσασθαι
if only you had died or danced for the very last time
[sc. This is said] because they lead the owl around when they take her children; and she, not having sight during the day, dances, so to speak. Or when she is dying from a …
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αι
153
Αἴθριππος
sky-horse (?)
[Meaning] a swift one.
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