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α1428Ἀλύεινto be beside oneself, to be overwhelmedThe [verb that means] to be vexed in distraction. It sometimes also means to rejoice, from warmth [alea] and frenzy. Homer [writes]: "are you beside yourself because you have beaten that vagabond Irus?" Hence …highmedium
α1448ἈλφειόςAlpheios, AlpheusA river [of that name]. Homer [writes]: "[the river Alpheios,] which flows broad through the land of the Pylians." [The one] which "is hidden immediately after its source and carries on for quite a …highmedium
α1449ἈλφειόςAlpheios, AlpheusA river of the Arcadian city [of that name], which is situated in the Peloponnese. Reaching open water through the Adriatic Sea, and mixing in no way with the brine, it surges up by …highmedium
α1458Ἅμαas soon as, at the same time[Used] with a dative. Demosthenes used this for "straightway" and "on the spot", and in his treatise For Orators he says: "death, you see, is not a piteous plight to those who think rightly; …highmedium
α1475ἈμαλασούνθαAmalasountha, AmalasunthaShe [was the] mother of Atalaric. It was she "who walked for the most part in [intelligence and] righteousness, displaying to a great extent the temperament of a man, and for as long as …highmedium
α1483ἈμάνAman, HamanThis man managed the regal affairs of Darius and promised to bring in many talents to the king, if he destroyed the Judaeans. As he prevailed, a message was sent out to all the …highmedium
α1510Ἅμματα[Kasiotic] knots[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who are crooked in their ways. [So called] from the Pelousians in Kasion, who by natural skill used to weave knots in order to attach one …highmedium
α1513ἈμάχιοςAmachios, AmachiusThis man was the chief official of a small Phrygian city under Julian the Apostate, and a fanatical pagan. As the shrines were open, a certain Makedonios and Theodoulos and Tatianos in zeal for …highmedium
α1514Ἄμαχονimpossible, unconquerable[Meaning something] difficult to overcome. Pindar [writes]: "[it is] impossible to conceal one's inherent nature." Aelian [writes]: "they brought back an impossible multitude of fishes and raised up a trophy and erected altars." And …highmedium
α1575Ἀμηγέπηany which way, somehow or other[Meaning] in whatever way, after whatever fashion. Also said are a)mwsge/pws and a)mo/qen and a)mouge/pou and a)mhg/epoi and a)mwsge/poi. Aristophanes [writes]: "you always get paid positions somehow or other." Meaning wherever it might happen, …highmedium
α1613Ἀμνοκῶνlamb-witted.[Meaning] sheep-like, stupid, simple-minded; for sheep [are] like this. Aristophanes [writes]: "and you look out for whoever of the citizens is lamb-witted, rich and not rascally and afraid of trouble [sc. in court]." That …highmedium
α1632ἈμοῦςAmous, AmounAn Egyptian. As a young man he was averse to marriage; but when some of his relatives encouraged him not to condemn marriage, but to take a wife, he complied and entered into a …highmedium
α1639ἈμμωνιανόςAmmonianos, AmmonianusGrammarian, honoured by his association with Syrianus and also by their innate similarity in character and physique -- in Homer's words, 'in appearance and stature and nature most similar'; for each of them was …highmedium
α1654Ἀμπλάκημαfailure[Meaning a sc. moral] mistake. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] a)mplaki/ais ["with failures"], [meaning] with [sc. moral] mistakes. The Stoics believe that all [sc. moral] mistakes should be regarded as equal. For if …highmedium
α1657Ἀμπρεύοντεςhauling[Meaning they who are] conveying. For an a)/mpron is a sort of rope, with which they usually drag or convey large loads. But a)mpreu/ein ["to haul"] [is] properly to convey with a wagon, but …highmedium
α1671ἈμύκλαιshoesA sort of ornament, which Empedocles had on his feet. For he had a golden wreath on his head and bronze amyklai on his feet and Delphic fillets in his hands; and thus he …highmedium
α1676Ἀμύνασθαιto ward off, to requite, to repayThucydides [sc. uses this word] to mean a)mei/besqai ["to requite"], but Simonides [uses it] to mean to return favours, and Sophocles to mean a)palech=sai ["to ward off"]. The orators apply the [word] a)mu/nasqai to …highmedium
α1677ἈμυνίαςAmyniasA proper name. Or someone ready to defend himself [a)mu/nesqai]. "But rather [stupid is] Amynias the son of Swank, the man whose forbears wore their hair in buns." [So says] Aristophanes [and goes on]. …highmedium
α1684Ἄμυρις μαίνεταιAmyris is madThe proverb refers to the man of sound mind. For a sacred envoy [theoros] had been sent to Delphi by [the] Sybarites concerning their good fortune, and the god had prophesied that there would …highmedium
α1685Ἀμύσσεινto mangle[Meaning] to agitate, to lacerate, to scrape, to tear at. "Now mangling his cheeks with his talons, now pecking his eyes with his beak." "When he came out of his own division, a raven …highmedium
α1687Ἀμυστὶ πιεῖνto drink in one gulp['In one gulp' is] an adverb. It is said in reference to those who drink without breathing and without resting, that is without even closing the mouth. Related to this is also the [verb] …highmedium
α1736ἈμφικτυόνεςAmphiktyons, AmphictyonsThe Amphictyon is a Greek council, convened in Thermopylai. [The] Amphiktyons took their name from from Amphiktyon the son of Deukalion. For it was he, as king, who convened the peoples. They were twelve: …highmedium
α1750Ἀμφιορκίαamphiorkia, double-oath, reciprocal oath[sc. This is the term for what happens] when both the plaintiff and the defendant swear, [in the course of] bringing a charge of theft against certain people. But this often was seen to …highmedium
α1751ἈμφίωνAmphionThis man [was the] discoverer of ancient music. Concerning him, the Transgressor says in a letter: "for you have leisure, and you possess a fine nature, and you love philosophy, if anyone ever has; …highmedium
α1763Ἀμφισβητεῖνto dispute[Meaning] not to be in agreement, but, in effect, to diverge and be in dispute. "Ptolemy, knowing that his own ancestors had held Coele Syria, prepared to make great disputation in support of these …highmedium
α1764Ἀμφισβητεῖνto claim[To claim] and to counter-claim. Those involved in litigation [about] the estate are said to claim or to counter-claim, with one side maintaining that the estate is [not] a matter for litigation, as there …highmedium
α1785Ἀμφορεαφόρουςamphora-bearers, amphora-carriers[Meaning] hirelings who carry jars. Also [sc. attested is the singular] amphoreaphoros, he who carries a jar for hire. "Then some amphora-bearer bringing a return." [So says] Menander in The Girl Who Gets Flogged. …highmedium
α1793Ἀμφοῖνof both[a)mfoi=n means the same as] a)mfote/rwn. "Many men were caught between the two sides and utterly destroyed." Also [sc. attested is the phrase] a)mfoi=n podoi=n ["with both feet"], meaning with all one's might. Aristophanes …highmedium
α1796Ἀναβάδηνlifted up; propped up[Meaning] on high, to lie down and have ones legs up. Aristophanes [writes]: "now I take a rest starving with my feet lifted up." Or sitting down on a high place. And again: "how …highmedium
α1825Ἀναγκαία τράπεζαnecessary table, needy table[Meaning] a cheap and poor one. And Sophocles says: "O lord Ajax, there is no evil greater for men than this necessary fortune." He is speaking of what is "necessary" in two senses, sometimes …highmedium