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α2877Ἀπαλλάξαςhaving put aside, having put off, having abandonedMeaning [he] having persuaded to leave. Cratinus and Demosthenes and others [sc. use the word]. [sc. The related aorist infinitive is] a)palla/cai. Also [sc. attested is the subjunctive] a)palla/cwmen, meaning let us dismiss. Xenophon …Matched in translationhighmedium
α2719Ἀντιποιηθένταhaving been contentious[Meaning him] having striven for. "For it is necessary that those who have been contentious have not already gratified him who wished it". Also [sc. attested is] a)ntipoiou/menon; [used] with a genitive. [Meaning] carefully …Matched in translationhighmedium
α4599Ἀφεὶς καὶ Ἀπαλλάξαςhaving let go and having set free'Having let go' is when someone releases [someone] from the charges which he charged against him. But 'having set free' is when he persuades the person doing the charging to withdraw and cease bringing …Matched in translationhighmedium
α2101Ἀνατεινάμενοςhaving held out as a threat[Meaning he] having threatened. "The king, although he held out many threats against those who had participated in the transaction, did nothing." And elsewhere: "the Egyptians, having held out threats and mockery, slew four …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ1328Δοκιμασθείςhaving been scrutinizedDemosthenes [uses this word] to mean having been registered amongst [the] adults. For he also refers to having been scrutinized before the archons. The term "having been scrutinized" used also to be applied to …Matched in translationhighmedium
η19Ἡβήσαντεςhaving come of age[Meaning they] having matured . Eunapius [writes]: "and the boys having come of age and gained control of their heart and hands". Also "to have been of age for two years" is said whenever …Matched in translationhighmedium
α3375Ἀπολαβόντεςhaving intercepted[Meaning they] having cut off. "Having intercepted the army in the narrow and difficult ravines, they compelled them to accept disgraceful terms." And Josephus [writes]: "having pursued the enemy they intercept them in a …Matched in translationhighmedium
α4595Ἀφειδήσαςhaving been unsparing[Used] with a genitive. [Meaning he] having been neglectful. "And in your manner you two were very unsparing and very murderous." Also [sc. attested is the related abstract noun] a)feidi/a ["unsparingness"], [meaning] relentlessness. Also …Matched in translationhighmedium
β173Βαστάσαςhaving raised upMeaning having approved as fit. Eupolis [writes]: "come on now, do you want to hear the composition of an ode or something in the ancient mode? You will say both. But I, after listening, …Matched in translationhighmedium
μ582Μεμυστιλημένοιhaving scooped bread to eat soupHaving feasted, having drawn up soup with bread-pieces which are hollow and resemble spoons. Hence also the name [sc. given] to spoons (mustrion), which is something like a piece of bread for scooping soup …Matched in translationhighmedium
α2202Ἀναιρεθείςhaving been taken upMeaning [he] having been picked up [a)nalhfqei/s] [sc. and nurtured]. Thus Isocrates [sc. uses the term]. Also [sc. attested is] a)nairei=n, [meaning] to conceive in the womb, and to raise the offspring, and to …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2199Κούφοιςlight… [this] to his child. Also [sc. attested is] e)kkoufi/sas ["he having weighed anchor"], meaning he having arrived, he having sailed out. "Dionysios by name, merchant by profession, having often made many long sea-voyages, as …Matched in translationhighmedium
α3110ἈπεψησάμηνI wiped away… wipe off with stones." Also [sc. attested is] a)peyh/sas ["he having boiled down"], [meaning he] having made boiled. Or meaning having begun anew. Aristophanes [writes]: "I have boiled down Demos for you and made …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ682Καταξαίνειν εἰς φοινικίδαto card [someone] into purple… in the rank of enemies, would likely signify garments, since having been made purple [means] having been made bloody. And a burning coal [is called] quma/lwy.Matched in translationhighmedium
α3586Ἀποτεθρίακενhas unpetalledMeaning [he/she/it] plucked, made smooth. But properly [it means he/she/it] pruned fig-trees; for thria ["fig-leaves"] are the leaves of the fig-tree. Aristophanes [writes]: "which of the Odomanti has unpetalled his prick?" The Odomanti [are] …Matched in translationhighmedium
β185ΒάττοςBattos, Battus… badly for her and contriving everything against her, and finally having accused her of lewdness, she convinces her husband that these things are true. Persuaded by his wife, he contrived an unholy deed against …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε3038Ἑρμῆς ὁ ΤρισμέγιστοςHermes the Trismegistos… before the Pharaoh. He was called Trismegistos ['thrice-great'], because he made a statement about the triad, saying [that] a single deity exists in triadic form thus: "there existed an intellectual light prior to the …Matched in translationhighmedium
ει267Εἰσήρρησενwent into[Meaning he/she/it] made an entry with bad results. Aristophanes [writes]: "for ever since he went into the house for disaster." Meaning went in, rushed in, on the basis that [Kleon] had proceeded with force …Matched in translationhighmedium
χ370ΧόεςPitchers, Choes… murder (it was a festival of Dionysos Le[m]naios), and since, having murdered his mother, he might not be able to drink with them, something along the following lines was contrived. Having set up pitchers …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε2843ἘπώνυμοιEponymsCitizens and foreigners whose excellence made them suitable used to be honoured [sc. in classical Athens] with bronze statues; and one subset of these gave their names[s] to the tribes. They say that this …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ1187Διοπετέςheaven-sent… one would be able to say that the cult-image was made by hand; having concocted a rumour they sent it forth into the hearing of those who had been tricked, and this rumour led …Matched in translationhighmedium
μ23ΜαγνῆτιςMagnesian, magnetic… was a mechanism of deceit and wickedness of this kind: having made a statue of bronze and nailing iron inside the head, they fixed this stone above in the coffers of the ceiling opposite. …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε3650ΕὐπείθιοςEupeithios, Eupithius… in his habits he was drawn to vulgarity, and indeed having something worse than a common man, and to summarize, he fell far short of his father. But Archiadas was altogether not a little …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ208Δελφίςdolphin… fish [of that name]. Also a naval engine of war [made from] iron, or lead. Aristophanes [writes]: "before he comes upon you, hoist up your dolphins in readiness and bring your boat alongside". [He …Matched in translationhighmedium
γ146Γεννηταίclan-members… clans. These men are just like the demesmen and phratry-members, having an association by some custom. The clan contains 30 men. The phratries were called "trittyes," because [the Athenians] used to divide each of …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2500ΚροῖσοςCroesus, KroisosCroesus, king of [the] Lydians, having reigned supreme over Asia in his excessive wealth surpassed all the kings of the Assyrians, and wrote to Cyrus the king of the Assyrians thus: "we command you …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε1136Ἐναύεινto kindle, to light a fire… or light a fire [for him]. On these decisions they made solemn execrations, especially for the Epirotes, that none of those who fled should be given asylum in the region". And elsewhere Aelian [writes]: …Matched in translationhighmedium
β137Βασανίζεινto test… was relieved of his suspicion." Also [sc. attested is] basani/sas ["having tested"]; with an accusative. All [authors] worth speaking of use it to mean having made trial of [dokima/sas]. Aristophanes [uses it] this way: …Matched in translationhighmedium
ι545ἹππίαςHippias… he was already an old man. And they arrived and made a sweep through Eretria and sent those who had been captured to the king. He settled them near Sousa, and there is an …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε3579ΕὐμένηςEumenes… greater and brighter [than they]. First, that is to say, having inherited from his father the kingdom when it had shrunk entirely to a few meagre little towns, he made his own empire a …Matched in translationhighmedium