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Βαάλ
Baal, Ba'al
[no gloss]
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2
Βαβακατρεῦ
babakatreu
It is a barbarian word; the barbarian god is agreeing. For the meaningless words stand for assent.
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3
Βαβάκινος
babakinos, bakinon
A kind of pot.
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4
Βαβάκτης
reveller
A raging person.
high
short
β
5
Βαβαί
babai!
An expression of surprise.
high
short
β
6
Βαβαὶ Μύξος
hey Myxos!
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who are boasting and bragging. For Myxos was a priest of Artemis, witty, and a braggart.
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short
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7
Βαβρίας ἢ Βάβριος
Babrias or Babrius; Babrias or Babrios
[He wrote] Fables, or Iambic-fables. For these are in choliambs, in 10 books. From the Fables of Aesop he produced his own in verse, specifically choliambs, adapting them from the original prose.
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8
Βαβοῦς
Babo's, Baubo's
A proper name.
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9
Βαβύλας
Babylas
[Meaning] clay. [A] pedestal. [A] rostrum.
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11
Βαβυλωνία κάμινος
Babylonian oven
['Babylonian oven'] and 'Babylonian boys'.
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12
Βαγαῖος
Bagaios, Bagaeus
Proper name. "When they cast lots, the lot fell to Bagaios out of all."
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short
β
13
Βαγεύει
roams
[sc. Means he/she/it] wanders about.
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short
β
14
Βάγιον
bagion
[Meaning something] great.
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15
Βαγώας
Bagoas
Proper name; [the man] who was a eunuch.
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16
Βάδην
step-by-step
[Referring to someone] proceeding at a walk. "Some he sent off ahead, but he himself, leading the army in a square formation, withdrew step-by-step." And elsewhere: "following step-by-step and in a leisurely fashion." Aristophanes …
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short
β
17
Βαδδίν
baddin, linen garment
[Meaning a] sacred robe. Daniel [says]: "I lifted up my eyes and looked, and there was a man clothed in a linen garment."
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18
Βάδιζε
walk!
Also [sc. attested is] badi/zou [used] in place of ba/dize. Cratinus [sc. uses it].
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short
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19
Βαδιστέα
necessary to go
Meaning necessary to journey. "For me [it is] necessary to go where wisdom and the spirit lead me".
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short
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20
Βαδιστικοῦ
good at walking
[Meaning] swift-footed. Aristophanes [writes]: "as I am hardly good at walking".
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21
Βάδιλλος
shovel
[no gloss]
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22
Βάδιος
Badios
[Meaning] son. It also signifies a horse's color.
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short
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23
Βάδος
walk
[Meaning] walking. Aristophanes in Birds [writes]: "this is why we are walking this walk". [sc. Grammatically] formed as a joke. For just as [the noun] tread [comes] from [the verb] to tread -- Homer …
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short
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24
Βαήλ
Bael, Ba'al
[no gloss]
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25
Βαθάλη
Bathale
Proper name.
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26
Βαθεῖα κόμη
thick hair
[Meaning] that which is shaggy. "[He/she] cut [his/her] hair; it was long and fair and thick." "Coiffed with thick hair, and with grey [hair] as an old man." "[...] that Laphrian Artemis is rich."
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short
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27
Βαθεῖαν αὔλακα
deep furrow
[sc. The phrase uses a noun] which is a line in the earth [made] by a plow. Metaphorically from this [the phrase as a whole] means deep and hidden thoughts.
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short
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28
Βάθος
depth
The depth of a phalanx is everything behind the front line. And the line from company-commander [lochagos] to rear-guard-leader [ouragos] is described in terms of depth. Concerning such things look in the end of …
high
short
β
29
Βαθμίδος
base, pedestal, step, threshold
[no gloss]
high
short
β
31
Βαθυγνώμων
of profound wisdom
A man [of profound wisdom] [and] of hidden thoughts. Rufinus and Glicho, guardians of the [children of the] emperor Theodosius.
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short
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32
Βαθύγλωσσοι
men of profound speech
[Meaning] eloquent [ones], articulate [ones].
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