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α449ἌδερHadad, Ader, AderosThe offender, who rebelled against Solomon. He was a child, of the Edomite race, of royal descent. When Joab, David's general, had subdued Edom and in six months had killed all those who were …highmedium
α463Ἄδηνenough, to excess[Meaning] plenty or to surfeit, sufficiently, abundantly. Or furiously, in excess. In Charmides [sc. Plato writes]: "since we have enough of those things." And Herodotus [writes]: "when they had had enough killing, they drove …highmedium
α470ἈδιαβηνήAdiabeneThis 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 …highmedium
α485ἈδικίαinjusticePlato says that injustice is a disease of the soul. No disease of the soul is beneficial. And so every evil is harmful to the one possessing it; injustice [is] an evil; so [it …highmedium
α524ἈδράστειαAdrasteiaSome say she is the same thing as Nemesis, and that she took the name from a particular king, Adrastos. Alternatively from the ancient Adrastos who suffered divine wrath [nemesis] for his boasts against …highmedium
α651Ἀηδών καὶ ἀηδοῦςnightingale, songstressAnd [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 …highmedium
α653Ἀήθεσσονthey were unaccustomed (to)[Meaning] they were unused [to]. Also [sc. attested is] a)hqe/ssousin ["they are unaccustomed (to)"], [meaning] they are unacquainted [with]. The present tense a)hqe/ssw ["I am unaccustomed (to)"], [like] a)hdi/zomai ["I am disgusted"], a)i/w ["I …highmedium
α655Ἄημαblast[Meaning] the breath of the wind. "The dreadful blast of winds puts the roaring sea to bed; almighty sleep binds and releases, he does not hold forever. Can we not learn to grow wise? …highmedium
α676Ἄϊδος κυνῆHades' dog-skin [helmet]Aristophanes [writes]: "take for my sake the shadow-shaggy Hades helmet from Hieronymos." The proverb was [sc. originally] said about those who are invisible. But now about those who grow their hair exceedingly long. For …highmedium
α705ἈθάνατοςimmortalPhilosophers assign the [word] "immortal" to animate things, but the [word] "imperishable" to inanimate ones. "Plato, when maintaining that the soul is immortal, assigns an equivocal term to immortal things. [This is] because what …highmedium
α729ἈθηναίαςAthenaiai, Athenaeae, Athenian womenMetakleides in his books about Homer said the women were not called [Athenaiai] but Attikai, and he also gives the reason: "for the men alone there," he says, "they call Athenaioi, but women Attikai, …highmedium
α731ἈθήναιοςAthenaios, AthenaeusOf Naucratis. Grammarian. Lived in the time of Marcus. He wrote a book with the title Deipnosophists, in which he records how many of the ancients had a reputation for munificence in giving banquets. …highmedium
α732Ἀθηναίων δυσβουλίαAthenians' ill-counsel[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who prosper against expectations and undeservedly. For taking decisions badly is practiced by Athenians; Athena offers to turn that which has been decided badly to good; …highmedium
α735ἈθηνόδωροςAthenodoros, AthenodorusStoic philosopher, of the time of the Roman emperor Octavian. Under Octavian there was every reason for unbridled excess of power to be a universal misfortune, but the aforementioned Athenodoros persuaded him away from …highmedium
α774ἈκαδημίαAcademyA place of exercise in Athens, a wooded suburb in which Plato used to spend his time; named after Hekademos, a hero. It was formerly called the Hecademy, [spelled] with epsilon. Aristophanes in Clouds …highmedium
α783ἈκάκιοςAkakios, AcaciusThe patriarch of Constantinople, he was revered as no other. For he was the guardian of orphans, and it was evident to all that he managed the affairs of the orphans well and with …highmedium
α788Ἀκαλήφηstinging nettle, sea-anemone[Meaning a] nettle, both the terrestrial [kind] and the maritime [kind] which is like a mollusc shell. Aristophanes in Phoenician Women [writes]: "probably, of course, the first of all plants to grow were the …highmedium
α793ἈκαμάτιοςAkamatios, AcamatiusOf Heliopolis, more refined than the other citizens; but so amateurish was his behaviour that, without learning anything either in advance or in retrospect from those who had written on such subjects, he deemed …highmedium
α802Ἀκαρῆinstant[The same as] instantly, [i.e. used as] an adverb; [meaning] in a short time, in a moment. But Aristophanes in Wealth [sc. uses the phrase] "in an instant": "I was thrown down out of …highmedium
α834Ἀκέραιον συνειδόςunblemished consciousness, sound conscienceOne pure and unalloyed. Damascius says: "for there is none of human qualities worth as much as an unblemished consciousness. For one must coexist with his fellows in proper fashion. Even if the true …highmedium
α835ἈκέραιονuncorruptedFrom the writing of Marcus Antoninus: "even if you are going to live three thousand years and as many tens of thousands, remember nevertheless that no one loses a life other than the one …highmedium
α836Ἀκέραιοςuncorrupted, intact, fresh, unblemished[Meaning] complete. "Succeeding [sc. those who were] uncorrupted and not expecting, they controlled the land." And elsewhere: "but the honey, inasmuch as [it was] impure and drawn not from thorns but from serpents, upset …highmedium
α843ἈκέσιοςAkesios, AcesiusBishop of the Novatians who lived in the time of Constantine the Great. "And he [Constantine] asked him whether he accepted what had been decided upon in the council, the definition of faith and …highmedium
α848Ἀκέσματαremedies[Meaning] medicines, things that heal. "Avoiding the guards she ran up with her daughter, carrying a remedy for the coming shortage." "There was a man in the Galeotis, formidable both in telling cures of …highmedium
α860Ἀκηδήςuncared-for, uncaring[Meaning one who/which is] unburied, neglected. "The Romans could not stand seeing their own enemies uncared-for." Also [sc. attested is the adverb] a)khdw=s ["in uncared-for fashion"], meaning in unburied fashion. "Seeing a body of …highmedium
α878Ἀκκιζόμενοςacting coyly, being prudish, toying[Meaning one who is] dissembling, acting female, or pretending, from some stupid woman who was named Akko. It also signifies the man saying something but pretending not to want to. And Aelian [writes]: "she …highmedium
α904Ἀκμήmoment, point, still[Meaning] sharpness, the exact decisive moment of the intensity of the matter, and power, and youth. But "akme of opportunity" [means] good fortune. Thus Isocrates [writes]: "[it is best] to grasp the akme of …highmedium
α905Ἀκμὴ καλεῖa moment is calling[Meaning] an opportunity is calling. So Aelian said [this] about urgency: "At the instant of his pain and suffering, he did not know the road that would take him there [sc. to the god]. …highmedium
α918Ἀκόλουθονconsequent, following on, in conformity[Meaning] similar. "The outcome results [sc. in a manner] following on from the first operations". Also [sc. attested is the related aorist participle] a)kolouqh/sas ["he having followed up"], [meaning] he having brought about similarly. …highmedium
α937Ἀκούει καλῶςhas a fine hearingMeaning [he/she/it] is well spoken of. Thus Herodotus [sc. uses the phrase]. [It is recorded] that hearing happens not by the entrance of the outside air into the ear, but by the contact of …highmedium