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Ἀγόμενος διὰ φρατέρων κύων μαστιγοῦται
a dog led through phratry-members is whipped
[no gloss]
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short
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336
Ἀγώνισμα
achievement, prize
[Meaning] effort, diligence. "An achievement is there for him to take". Aristophanes [writes]: "personally, I would like to meet some ("wild beast" is left out) and take an achievement worthy of the journey." A …
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454
ᾌδειν κελεύονθ' ὡσπερεὶ τέττιγα ἑστιῶντα
asking [me] to sing as if entertaining cicadas
For it is a talkative creature. But [sc. differently-accented] a)dei=n [means] to please.
high
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470
Ἀδιαβηνή
Adiabene
This territory lies this side of Mesopotamia, effectively at the source of the Tigris. In it there is bitumen which is called naphtha. It is called Adiabene because there are rather large rivers in …
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476
Ἀδιάσκευον
unequipped
[Meaning] unadorned, unoutfitted. "Taking an unequipped horse and inconspicuousness armouring, he drove [them?] at a march against the enemy".
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short
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478
Ἀδιαφορία
indifference
[Meaning] negligence without close observation. "Indifference means two things. One is that which contributes neither to happiness nor to misery, as is the case with wealth, reputation, health, strength and suchlike; for it is …
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long
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496
Ἄδμωνι τῷ Μιτυληναίῳ
to Admon of Mytilene
[no gloss]
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short
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508
Ἀδορεί
unskinnedly
[Meaning] skinlessly.
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509
Ἄδορος
skin
[Meaning a] leather bag. Also [sc. attested is] a)/doron, [meaning something] unskinned. Also [sc. attested is the dative plural] a)do/rois, [meaning] to/for unskinned.
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546
Ἀελλάδες ἵπποι
storm-swift mares
[Meaning] the fast [ones]. This too [is] an expression from tragedy.
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547
Ἀελλόπους
storm-footed
[Meaning she who/that which is] swift with respect to the feet.
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566
Ἀερσίπους
high-footed, high-stepping
[Meaning] one who/which is lifting the feet to a height.
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569
Ἀέτειον πτερὸν
eagle's wing
and [sc. eagle's] flesh.
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short
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570
Ἀετιδεῖς
eaglets
[Meaning] the offspring of eagles. Aelian [sc. uses the word]. Also [attested is] pelargidei=s ["storklets"], [meaning] the offspring of storks.
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short
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572
Ἀετίτης καὶ ἀχάτης καὶ λυχνίτης
eagle-stone and agate and lychnite
[sc. Each one is] a type of stone.
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573
Ἀετὸν ἵπτασθαι διδάσκεις
you are teaching an eagle to fly
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those attempting to teach certain people things that they understand better than [do] those wishing to teach.
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574
Ἀετὸν κάνθαρος μαιεύσομαι
I a dung-beetle will hatch an eagle
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those avenging themselves on their betters, with whom the bad thing started. For it is said that the dung-beetle steals the eggs of the eagle.
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575
Ἀετὸς ἐν νεφέλαις
eagle in clouds
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who are hard to catch; inasmuch as an eagle is not caught when in clouds.
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577
Ἀετοῦ γῆρας κορύδου νεότης
eagle's old age, lark's youth
Inasmuch as the eagle, even when old, is better than every [other] bird.
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578
Ἀετώματα
gables
They call the roofs of shrines wings and gables. Aristophanes [writes]: "we shall crown the houses in gable style." Meaning we shall cover [them].
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621
Ἄεικες
unalike
[Meaning] that which is dissimilar. But [sc. differently accented] a)eike/s ["indecorous"] [means] that which is unsuitable. In the Epigrams: "not indecorous." And elsewhere: "you fall so indecorously into delusions."
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short
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634
Ἀείρακος
aeirakos
The [word for the] hind among Cretans.
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short
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636
Ἄειρεν
drew [out], removed
[Meaning he/she/it] threw [out]. "And [he] drew [out] filthy ablutions."
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short
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643
Ἀεὶ τοῖς ἐρῶσιν σύνεσμεν
always we associate with love(r)s
Aristophanes [sc. says this] about birds. Because lovers give noble birds to please their beloveds. And the nuthatch or some other sort of bird appears fortunate for lovers. "I, o Leukippe, [am] a fortunate …
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short
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650
Ἀηδόνειος ᾠδή καὶ Ἀηδόνειον μέλος
nightingale's song and nightingale's strain
[no gloss]
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651
Ἀηδών καὶ ἀηδοῦς
nightingale, songstress
And [in the genitive singular] a)hdou=s; such [was] Sappho according to Mytilenians. Sophocles [writes]: "ill-starred, she will not sing the lament of the piteous nightingale, but she will sing shrill dirges and the thuds …
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medium
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663
Ἀήσυρον
light-as-air
[Meaning] that which is slender, that which is in mid-air and nimble, that which is light-weight, from being borne along [su/resqai] on the air [a)e/ri]. In reference to birds. [sc. But exemplified also in …
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short
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675
Ἄϊδος κυνῆ
Hades' dog-skin [helmet]
A proverb [directed] toward those concealing themselves with certain devices. For such was the dog-skin [helmet] of Hades, which Perseus used when he cut the throat of the Gorgon.
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short
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687
Ἀΐξας
having darted
[Meaning] having rushed. "Having darted into the coop sheltering your chicks, a four-coiled serpent deprived you of your young."
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short
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690
Ἀΐσθων
breathing out
[Meaning] one who/which is exhaling.
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