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α1862Ἀναδρομαίretreats, returns[Meaning] ways back. "'Let there be a return, and we are not overthrown'. It is necessary always to have this verse at the ready. Lucius the Roman did not do this and suffered a …Matched in translationhighmedium
α207Ἄγευστος θοίνηςwithout a taste of the feast[Meaning someone] living a (?)refined life. Also [sc. attested is the plural] a)/geustoi, [meaning those] lacking experience. [Something] "lacking taste" has four meanings: either that which is lacking flavor as yet, but capable of …Matched in headwordhighmedium
ε2426Ἐπικύδης

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Ἀναδρομαί

retreats, returns

[Meaning] ways back. "'Let there be a return, and we are not overthrown'. It is necessary always to have this verse at the ready. Lucius the Roman did not do this and suffered a huge downfall. Thus the greatest of…

Ἀναδρομαί· ἀναβάσεις. ἀναδρομὴ γίγνοιτο, κοὐ σφαλλόμεθα. δεῖ πρόχειρον ἔχειν ἀεὶ τὸν στίχον τοῦτον. τοῦτο μὴ ποιήσας Λεύκιος ὁ Ῥωμαῖος μεγάλως ἐσφάλη. οὕτω παρ' ὀλίγον σφάλλεται…

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… head of Hippokrates or Epikydes, they would give him in return gold equal to it in weight. But the Leontinians chose Hippokrates as their general.

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δ807Δίαυλοςdiaulos… two-fold in its method of running, completing the stadion and returning. Those who run seven laps are long-race runners. For this reason, too, they are called long-course runners, for the stadion runners make the …Matched in translationhighmedium

χ175ΧαίρωνChairon, Chaeron… as if it were his own, he spent the revenues, without reference to any law or community decree or official. At this [some people] were indignant and took steps to have themselves appointed auditors …Matched in translationhighmedium

χ586Χρυσοχοεῖονgoldsmithy… arms and sallied forth against them; but once they had returned without accomplishing anything, and gone to a lot of trouble for no purpose they began to taunt each other, saying "you thought you …Matched in translationhighmedium

α1687Ἀμυστὶ πιεῖνto drink in one gulp… 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] to gulp down. Also used …Matched in translationhighmedium

α1933Ἀνάλγητοςunfeeling… Also [sc. attested is the related adverb] a)nalgh/tws ["painlessly"], [meaning] without feeling, without being troubled. Also [sc. attested is the genitive plural] a)nalgh/twn ["of those without feeling"], [meaning] of those without sympathy; or of …Matched in translationhighmedium

α3238Ἁπλῷ λόγῳin a simple statement[Meaning] without qualification. Also Aristotle says a(plw=s "simply," that which is true when said without any qualification. For the Ethiopian being in some respect white -- for he is white in respect to the …Matched in translationhighmedium

α4348Ἀτέχνοιςfor unskilled ones, to unskilled ones, with unskilled ones… [pronounced] barytone [sc. with accent on the next-to-last syllable], meaning without skill, unlearnedly, carelessly. But with perispomenon accent [sc. with circumflex on the last syllable], a)texnw=s, [it means] truthfully. For deceit [is] an art …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε3404Εὐδαιμονίαhappiness… not necessarily unhappy. For happiness and unhappiness are not opposed without intermediate, since it is possible that someone, even being an excellent person, is not happy. And if he is excellent, he is necessarily …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε2627Ἐπιστήμηscience, understanding… well. Science is a disposition of character in the acceptance without dissimulation of presentations. Aristotle calls "philosophical sciences" physics, logic, ethics and metaphysics. But the understanding of the thing itself [is] also science.Matched in translationhighmedium

η60ἩγίαςHegias… covertly celebrated the rites of in-laws in the Attic manner, without their consent, and he changed also, out of zeal, many other long-established things -- [whether] rather dangerously or rather piously. Hence he became …Matched in translationhighmedium

α1423ἈλυάττηςAlyattes… by birth to matters of war, but in all else without restraint; for he once dishonored his own sister. He was the father of Alyattes, who while a youth was hubristic and without restraint, …Matched in translationhighmedium

α1657Ἀμπρεύοντεςhauling… yoke. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "we will haul without a mule"; meaning we will drag the timber [or: wagon] without a donkey.Matched in translationhighmedium

α1676Ἀμύνασθαιto ward off, to requite, to repay… 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 those who have been victims of a …Matched in translationhighmedium

α2673Ἀντικρύover against, right opposite; right on, straight on… clearly. The poet says [it] with the syllable long and without the sigma. "Right up against his flank it pierced his tunic." Or a)/ntikrus, meaning at once, clearly. "Someone would have said they are …Matched in translationhighmedium

α3242Ἄπνουςnot breathing… Non-Breather was someone who for 30 days kept his body without breath and without food. This man [Empedocles] was also a magician. And he says about himself: "You [who read this poem] shall learn …Matched in translationhighmedium

α4303Ἄσχολοςleisure-less… For sxolh/ ["leisure"] [means] free time in customary speech. "Neither without necessity to tell someone or to write in a letter that I am without leisure, nor in such a manner continually to excuse …Matched in translationhighmedium

α4316ἌτταλοςAttalos, Attalus… and daring, truly offers great utility for every initiative, but without the aforesaid things has for most men become the partial cause of misfortunes and, in short, of destruction. For it gives birth both …Matched in translationhighmedium

β147Βασιλείαkingship[Kingship] is rule without accountability. "The good are not only free, but also kings. For kingship is rule without accountability, which none but the wise can maintain." Kingship. Neither nature nor justice gives kingdoms …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε563Ἐκ περιουσίαςsuperfluously, advantageously… concept] 'superfluous' differs from 'necessary'. Now, necessary are those things without which it is impossible to exist. By contrast, superfluous are those things whose presence is not necessary and, as Aristotle says, [there is …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε1418Ἕνωσιςunion, unification… as in reference to things moving away from [something] and returning again; for example a lamp of fire approaching and returning again.Matched in translationhighmedium

ε1904Ἕωςuntil, before, while… your feet." It is continuous. Also, "the dove did not return to Noah before the earth was dried up." In the end, it did not return. Also, "'while you grow old, I am,' says …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε2102Ἐπεφάνηwas shown forth… shown forth," so that he might refer to the existence without a beginning. From these things it is necessary to perceive clearly, that the same Lord "was shown" and "was shown forth." For He …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε3955Ἔφοροιephors… of Heraclea fell into serious factional conflict. Subsequently, wishing to return to amity and become reconciled they chose Klearchos ephor to return them to harmony". And elsewhere: "he [Apollonius] wrote to the ephors to …Matched in translationhighmedium

η655Ἡ Φάνου θύραthe door of Phanos, the door of Phanus… he prepared it such that no one might open it without making a noise. Some say that when his wife was cuckolding him he engineered the outer door so that it would not be …Matched in translationhighmedium

ι199ἹέρωνHieron, Hiero… the kingship of the Syracusans and command of the[ir] allies, without inheriting either riches or fame or anything else ready-made from fortune, and furthermore without killing or exiling or harassing any citizen. And he …Matched in translationhighmedium

α1785Ἀμφορεαφόρουςamphora-bearers, amphora-carriers… carries a jar for hire. "Then some amphora-bearer bringing a return." [So says] Menander in The Girl Who Gets Flogged. And Aristophanes in Heroes [says]: "run inside for the wine, taking an empty amphora, …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ1214Διότιbecause… and of what has been distinguished; for example, to know without qualification that this is a body, or that it is a body of such a kind, i.e. a celestial or a terrestrial body, …Matched in translationhighmedium

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