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Ἂ ἄ
ah! ah!
In Aristophanes an adverb accompanying surprise and command. "Ah! ah! Don't get that torch near me!" 'Ah! ah!' must be read separately, not elided; and they both have smooth breathing.. For if they were …
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Ἀαγές
unbroken, unbreakable
[Meaning something] unshattered, strong.
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3
Ἀαδεῖν
to disturb
[Meaning] to harass, to be at a loss, to be treated unjustly, to go hungry.
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4
Ἀάλιον
undisciplined
[Meaning something] disorderly, powerless. But a(/lion [means] in vain.
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α
5
Ἄαπτος
irresistable, invulnerable
[Meaning someone/something] unharmed. Herodianus says about a)/aptos that it comes from i)a/ptw ['I harm'], and after adding alpha-privative and dropping the 'i' [it becomes] a)/aptos, "whom no one can harm." Or perhaps the 'a' …
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α
6
Ἀαρών
Aaron
Proper name.
high
short
α
7
Ἀασάμην
I was addled
[Meaning] I did wrong, I slipped up; I was damaged, in the sense of "I was overcome by folly."
high
short
α
8
Ἀάσαι
to harm, to infatuate
has four meanings: to glut, to go to sleep, to harm, to cause pain.
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short
α
9
Ἀάσχετος
irresistible
[Something/someone] uncontrollable.
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α
11
Ἀβάκησαν
they kept quiet
[Meaning] they were unaware, they did not understand.
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short
α
12
Ἀββακούμ
Habakkuk, Abbakoum, Avvakoum
[A name meaning] father of awakening. For the [word] abba means father, and koum means awakening. So also in the Holy Gospel: "Talitha, koum," that is, "young girl, get up." From which [it is] …
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α
13
Ἀβάλε
would that
[Meaning] o that. "Would that [...]."
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short
α
14
Ἄβαλεν
threw
[a)/balen is found] meaning e)/balen.
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short
α
15
Ἀβάντειος
Abanteios, Abantius, Abantian
The [house] of Abas. Also [attested is] Abantiades.
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short
α
16
Ἄβαξι
[in/on/with] planks, abacuses
What we call a)ba/kia. The Lawmaker [says] in the Martyrdom of Saint Thecla: "Tryphaina was overcome by suffering, and was seen lying like the dead on the slabs." So he says.
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short
α
17
Ἄβαπτος
untempered
[Meaning] most/very unsharpened. Also [sc. attested is the superlative] a)bapto/tatos.
high
short
α
19
Ἀβαρνίς
Abarnis
Name of a city.
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short
α
20
Ἄβας
Abas
A sophist, who left Historical Commentaries and an Art of Rhetoric.
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short
α
21
Ἀβασάνιστος
untested
[Meaning someone/something] unexercised or unexamined, unscrutinized. The word comes from the test of the goldsmith's stone, on which they scrutinize gold. Aelian in his On Providence used the word 'untested' to mean 'without pain'.
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α
22
Ἀβάσκανος
unprejudiced
[Meaning someone/something] deceit-free, envy-free. "He [Mithradates] became an unprejudiced witness to Caesar of the achievements of Antipater."
high
short
α
23
Ἄβατον
inaccessible
[Meaning something] sacred, unapproachable, desolate; also an 'inaccessible' road, [meaning] impassable.
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short
α
24
Ἀβαχθανῆ
abakhthani
A Hebrew expression.
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α
25
Ἀβδέλυκτα
unhateful [things]
[Meaning] those which do not cause pollution, at which one would not feel disgust or hatred. The word [is] somewhat tragic. Aeschylus in Myrmidons [writes]: "indeed, for I love them, they are unhateful to …
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short
α
26
Ἄβδηρα
Abdera
The sea, and a name of a city and 'Abderite' [is] the citizen [of it]. Also Phalera and Kythera [sc. are spelled with eta]; but Gadeira, Stageira, Topeira, and Dobeira [sc. are spelled with …
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short
α
27
Ἀβδιού
Abdiou, Obadiah
Proper name.
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short
α
28
Ἀβέβαιος
unreliable, unsteady
[Meaning he who/that which is] unstable and easily overturned.
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α
29
Ἀβέβηλα
inviolable [places]
[Meaning] places that must not be walked on, holy and sacred places. For be/bhla meant what is not holy or sacred, where anyone may walk. Also [sc. attested is] be/bhloi, [meaning] those who do …
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short
α
31
Ἀβελτεροκόκκυξ
silly cuckoo
The vacuous and silly man.
high
short
α
33
Ἀβελτερώτατοι
most thoughtless, very thoughtless
Aristophanes [writes]: "before this most/very thoughtless men used to sit gaping -- Dolts, Half-wits".
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short
α
34
Ἀβέρβηλος
unsteady
[Meaning someone or something] unstable. There is also a word a)bu/rbhlon, [meaning something] shameless, hateful.
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