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κ138Καθ' ὕπνουςduring sleep, in sleepInterpretation of dreams: "a dream during sleep says this accurately". "If you die during sleep, you will be without cares." "If you laugh during sleep, you will have difficult turns." "If you cry during …Matched in translationhighshort
ε3583Εὐμολπία πολλάκις τῆς ἡμέρας τρεπόμενοςsweet song -- often during the day turning['Fine singing -- often during the day changing';] ['fine singing'] or fine voicing or fine weather.Matched in translationhighshort
β550Βρονταὶ καθ' ὕπνους ἀγγέλων εἰσὶν λόγοι Βροντάςthunderclaps during sleep are messengers' wordsThunderclaps: look under 'earthly thunderclaps'. Look under 'noise'.

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Καθ' ὕπνους

during sleep, in sleep

Interpretation of dreams: "a dream during sleep says this accurately". "If you die during sleep, you will be without cares." "If you laugh during sleep, you will have difficult turns." "If you cry during sleep, you will…

Καθ' ὕπνους· λύσις ὀνείρων· ὄναρ καθ' ὕπνους νητρεκὲς λαλεῖν τόδε. θανὼν καθ' ὕπνους φροντίδων ἔσῃ δίχα. γελῶν καθ' ὕπνους δυσφόρους ἕξεις τρόπους. κλαίων καθ' ὕπνους παγχαρὴς…

philosophy

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δ1432ΔοῦριςDouris, DurisName of a poet.Matched in headwordhighshort

α1988ἈναξιμένηςAnaximenes… said also of Parmenides. He flourished in the 55th Olympiad during the capture of Sardis, when Cyrus the Persian deposed Croesus.Matched in translationhighshort

δ1210Διὸς κῴδιονZeus' ram-fleece… offer of cakes or sacrificial animals and was especially celebrated during the Diasia, an important Athenian festival (see Thucydides 1.126.6: web address 1). [4] The epithet is related to the function of Zeus as …Matched in noteshighshort

α4029Ἄρτεμις ΛαφρίαArtemis Laphria… the present entry derives) was worshipped at Patrai, in Achaia, during the festival known as the Laphria. During the ceremonies a priestess would enter in a procession in a chariot pulled by deer. The …Matched in noteshighshort

α4298Ἀσφόδελοςasphodel… states that asphodel, which he had seen consumed in famines during his own time, was barely edible. However, Theophrastus, who was less fussy than Galen, praised [in Enquiry into Plants 7.12-13] the utility of …Matched in noteshighshort

α195ἈγέλιοςAgelios, AgeliusThis man was bishop of Constantinople during the reign of Valens. He lived an apostolic life, for he always went about unshod and wore only a single tunic, in observance of what the Gospel …Matched in translationhighshort

α239Ἄγις ἌγιδοςAgis, (genitive) AgidosThe son of Pausanias. This man, during an invasion of Mantinean territory once, besieged them and, having turned the flow of the river against the wall, he weakened it; for it was of unbaked …Matched in translationhighshort

α707Ἀθάνατοιimmortals… of the Persians. [The ones] which Ardabourios destroyed and obliterated during Theodosius' reign. [The ones] which Xerxes, son of Darius, had.Matched in translationhighshort

α767Ἄθυρμαplaything… king and was exhibited to be teased and laughed at during the drinking sessions". And elsewhere: "it is not the part of men to linger with playthings of children". Also in the Epigrams: "they …Matched in translationhighshort

α1292ἈλκμαιονίδαιAlkmaionidai, Alkmeonidai, Alcmaeonidae, Alcmeonids… men in Athens, [named] from Alkmaion, the one [who lived] during the time of Theseus. Also [sc. attested is] "of Aktaionid [ones]", [singular] of an Aktaionid [one]; "you are one of [the] Aktaionid whelps." …Matched in translationhighshort

α1313Ἀλογίου δίκηprosecution for lack of accounting… not giving an account of the sums of money administered during the tenure of their office.Matched in translationhighshort

α1466Ἀμαθέσινignorant, unaware[Meaning to those] unhearing. "He rode during the night to people unaware of what was being done, asking them to attack the enemy."Matched in translationhighshort

α1982ἈναξανδρίδηςAnaxandridesThe son of Anaxander, a Rhodian from Kameiros, lived during the wars of Philip the Macedonian, [?winning his first victory?] in the 101st Olympiad; but according to some [he was] a Colophonian. He wrote …Matched in translationhighshort

α2366Ἀνεχύθηwas poured forth… made to flow out. "And violent hail streamed down, and during the whole day the darkness was most/very thick." Masculine. Also [ac. attested is the corresponding plural] a)nexu/qhsan ["they were poured forth"], [meaning] they …Matched in translationhighshort

α3421ἈπολλώνιοςApollonios, Apollonius… different one, [but also] from Tyana, a younger philosopher born during the reign of the emperor Hadrian, as Agresphon [says] in On Homonyms.Matched in translationhighshort

α3522Ἀπόσιτοςabstinent, fasting… abstinent for two days and nights, and he was abstinent during the days of Pascha, surviving on small quantities of water." Also [sc. attested is the related verb] a)positw=, [meaning] I avoid food.Matched in translationhighshort

α3828Ἀρεστήρpleaser[The name of a] cake that is dedicated during sacrifices. [sc. The term comes] from a)resto/n ["[something] pleasing"].Matched in translationhighshort

α3868ἈρριανόςArrianos, Arrianus, Arrian… philosopher; known as "the new Xenophon". He was in Rome during the reigns of the emperors Hadrian and Marcus [Aurelius] and Antoninus, and garnered honors even so far as becoming a consul himself, just …Matched in translationhighshort

α3922ἈριστομένηςAristomenes… among those of later date in Old Comedy who were during the Peloponnesian [Wars] in the 87th Olympiad. He was called Thyropoios ["Door-Maker"].Matched in translationhighshort

α3936ἈριστώνυμοςAristonymos, Aristonymus… in Deipnosophists. [He lived] while Ptolemy Philadelphos was ruling, and [during] Philopator after him; and he managed the library of the king after Apollonius, when he was 62. Having been prepared to consider fleeing …Matched in translationhighshort

α4107ἈρχιγένηςArchigenes… in Syria. Physician, student of Agathinos. Practiced medicine in Rome during the reign of Trajan. Lived 63 years and composed many works on medicine and natural science.Matched in translationhighshort

α4394Ἄτρυτοςunabating… and more clever men with his own name." And elsewhere: "during the daytime he gave himself over to farming and unabating labors." "For justice, surveying all things, is vigilant by nature, and divine, and …Matched in translationhighshort

α4507ΑὐτόλυκοςAutolykos, Autolycus… convicted of removing his relatives to a place of safety during the Chaironeia crisis, and the jurors condemned him. [Sc. also attested is] autolykoi, poor men, in effect those serving themselves.Matched in translationhighshort

α4679ἈχαίαAchaia, Achaea… this from the beat made by the cymbals and drums during the examination of the girl; or from her distress [a)/xos] about her daughter; or from the sound [h)=xos] which they used to produce …Matched in translationhighshort

αι137Αἴθ' ὄφελες θανεῖν ἢ πανύστατον ὀρχήσασθαιif only you had died or danced for the very last time… when they take her children; and she, not having sight during the day, dances, so to speak. Or when she is dying from a blow she turns about as though she were dancing. Callimachus …Matched in translationhighshort

αι205ΑἱμόνιοςHaimonios, HaemoniusA Roman; wounded during the war of the Persians against the Athenians he [nevertheless] ran to Athens, went in to [see] the prytaneis, and said to them 'Rejoice, we are rejoicing'; he then fell …Matched in translationhighshort

β140ΒασσαρικάBassarika, BassaricaSoterichos wrote a [Bassarika] or Dionysiaka. He lived during the reign of Diocletian. Also [sc. attested is the genitive singular] "of Bassaric". In the Epigrams: "the twisted tambourine, goad of a Bassaric throng". That …Matched in translationhighshort

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