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961
Ἐμβρίθεια
severity, weight
[no gloss]
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β
540
Βρῖθος
weight
… for they could neither be easily overturned because of their
weight,
nor be burned because of the iron [plating]." And elsewhere: "he took an iron-weighted club in his right hand."
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113
Βαρεῖα χείρ
weighty hand; weighty band
[Meaning] a powerful [one]. "A sufficient number gathered, both a
weighty
band and unexpected."
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ε
960
Ἐμβριθέστατος
most weighty, very weighty
"For [sc. besides] being very
weighty
and sufficiently learned in his discourses, he also engaged in poetry."
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α
316
Ἄγουσαν
having the weight of, weighing
Being equal in
weight.
"So having prepared a golden Victory, having the
weight
of 10,000 gold coins, he sent ambassadors to Rome to convey it to the people."
Matched in translation
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κ
1332
Κεντηνάριον
centenarium, hundred-pounds-weight
… transliteration of the Latin term for a hundred pounds in
weight;
first attested in Hero [Author, Myth] of Alexandria (1 CE?), On Measures 60.2, and frequently used by Byzantine authors, particularly Malalas and Procopius. …
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α
260
Ἀγκυρηβόλιον
anchor-weight
[Meaning] the iron [sc.
weight]
of the boat.
Matched in translation
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short
α
2811
Ἀξιόλογα βάρη
noteworthy weights
… that we might send from the towers well-aimed [and] noteworthy
weights
of stones." "And [he] having strewn the roads with noteworthy stones." "And [he] having bridged the marshes with noteworthy coverings." That is, attractive, …
Matched in translation
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α
3602
Ἀποτομία
severity
[Meaning] harshness, disagreeableness. "Because of the
severity
of the decision, [the Aetolians] had a fear, and not a chance one, for themselves." Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] a)po/tomon ["severe"], [meaning] harsh.
Matched in translation
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short
β
120
Βάρος
weight
… come over to the Carthaginians, Capua brought along, by its
weight,
the other cities too".
Matched in translation
high
short
α
289
Ἀγνύθες
loom-weights
[Meaning] the stones of the loom.
Matched in headword
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α
2064
Ἀνασηκῶσαι
to balance out, to make up weight
[Meaning] to pay back or to regain, just like those who balance scales, effectively equalizing what is less or more. Thus Aristophanes [sc. uses the verb].
Matched in headword
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β
119
Βαρόεις
weighty
[no gloss]
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γ
258
Γῆς βάρος
earth's weight
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those contributing to nothing. And [there is] another proverb: "earth's guts", in reference to those worth nothing.
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ε
958
Ἐμβριθές
weighty
[Meaning something] solid, sturdy. "[...] the opinion which had prevailed concerning the emperor Justin, that he was very serious and careful." "And Peter the rhetorician and teacher was serious and unassailable in the practice …
Matched in headword
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short
α
3558
Ἀποστησάμενον
had [it] weighed out
… [it] for weighing. Also [sc. attested is] a)posth/sontai ["they will
weight
out"], the equivalent of saying they will take by
weight.
Also [sc. attested is] a)posth/sasqai, [meaning] to repay a debt.
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χ
335
Χλαῖνα
pallium, chlaina
[Meaning] a thick and winter-weight garment. [So called] from the [verb] 'I warm' (xlai/nw). But a chiton [is] a light-weight garment, an undershirt; [so called] from the the fact it flows on [e)gxei=sqai] the …
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ε
3360
Εὐαγής
brilliant, holy, undefiled
… the Epigrams: "this dust covers the Pierian trumpet, Pindar the
weighty
smith of holy hymns."
Matched in translation
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short
α
663
Ἀήσυρον
light-as-air
[Meaning] that which is slender, that which is in mid-air and nimble, that which is light-weight, from being borne along [su/resqai] on the air [a)e/ri]. In reference to birds. [sc. But exemplified also in …
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α
1936
Ἀνάλημμα
embankment
[Meaning an] elevated part, support. "Realising the
weight
of the embankments and how impossible it was to shake the walls, he made the battle at close range".
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α
2072
Ἀνασοβηθείς
having been startled
… the unfamiliarity of being tied and because of the strangling
weight,
and having become still more startled they tore him to pieces."
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short
α
2298
Ἀνεπισταθμεύτους
billeting-exempt
… Thasians be ungarrisoned, tribute-exempt, and billeting-exempt". Alternatively, [those] not receiving
weights,
that is, at equilibrium.
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short
α
2355
Ἀνέφερον
they were bringing up, they were recovering
… recovered." Meaning I was [better]. And elsewhere: "because of the
weight
of the weapons not even one person out of those who were sinking recovered."
Matched in translation
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α
3075
Ἀπεσφακέλισεν
had a seizure, had frost-bitten limbs
… mortified, was convulsed. But it also means sank under a
weight
of misery; further, died suddenly. Aristophanes [sc. uses this word] to mean he/she/it was dragged away.
Matched in translation
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short
α
3523
Ἀποσκευαζόμενος
discarding, discounting, disowning, jettisoning
… the plural] a)poskeuazo/menoi, [meaning they] detaching and throwing away a
weight.
From a metaphor of sailors jettisoning the cargo of a boat because of the surging of the sea. And elsewhere: "and they discount[ed] …
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α
3819
Ἄραιτο
might lift, might raise
… terrible to speak of, neither suffering nor god-sent disaster, whose
weight
the nature of man could not lift." And elsewhere: "[chariots and corpses] which not even a hundred Egyptians could lift." Often they mention …
Matched in translation
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short
α
3825
Ἀρρεπής
insignificant, insubstantial
[Meaning] light [sc. in
weight].
Matched in translation
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short
α
4690
Ἄχειρος
handless
… formed] by metaplasm. The Pisidian [writes]: "One no longer bears
weight
[sc. solely] on the neck, footless, handless; everyone has a full complement of limbs." He says [this] about the cruelty of Chosroes.
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δ
71
Δαρετίου
Daretian
… dedicated a tripod of a hundred litrae and fifty talents'
[weight]
of Daretian gold, the tithe of a tithe."
Matched in translation
high
short
δ
750
Διασηκῶσαι
to weigh
… but to inspect and to weigh and to examine the
weight
of something with the hand.
Matched in translation
high
short
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