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  1. μ390Μέγα σεμναίgreatly venerable [goddesses]That is very marvelous and extremely venerable [ones].Matched in translationhighshort
  2. α599Ἁζητόςvenerable[Meaning] august/ revered.Matched in headwordhighshort
  3. γ191Γεραιάvenerable woman[Meaning] an old woman. Also [sc. attested is the plural] venerable women, those women consecrated to Dionysos.Matched in translationhighshort
  4. αι80Αἰδέσιμονvenerable[Meaning] worthy of honor, excellent. Or illustrious.Matched in headwordhighshort
  5. αι89Αἰδοῖοςvenerable… Damascius [says]: "Isidore was awestruck at the sight of Proclus, venerable and marvelous to see; he thought he was seeing in him the very face of true philosophy."Matched in translationhighshort
  6. γ192Γεραιόςvenerable[Meaning] honoured. Also one who is full of wrinkles. In the Epigrams: "a fair-coated pomegranate and wrinkle-skinned figs." And elsewhere: "from which the old man sent forth sweet scent from his soft lips."Matched in headwordhighshort
  7. αι82Αἰδήμωνmodest[Meaning] venerable.Matched in translationhighshort
  8. ε1090Ἐναγήςconsecrated, accursed[Meaning] venerable, or also impure. "From these [deeds?] that man approached the ritual [as someone] e)nagh/s."Matched in translationhighshort
  9. ι627Ἰσηλίκωνof age-mates… old women, a pious chorus -- and letting down their venerable hair they invoked the gods."Matched in translationhighshort
  10. γ196ΓερήνιοςGerenian… attempting to explicate this epithet of Nestor, epitome of the venerable elder. For "Gerena," in Messenia, see Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Gerenia.Matched in noteshighshort
  11. δ628Διάλεξιςspeech, conversation, discourse… a deviation of a usual voice toward what is more venerable and rustic.Matched in translationhighshort
  12. ε1086Ἐναγέςconsecrated, accursed[Meaning] that which is venerable and holy. For a)/gos [is] the object of holy awe. From this also [comes the phrase] "amazement holds me." Also, "How I wonder at you, woman." By euphemism pollution …Matched in translationhighshort
  13. δ505ΔιαβηνόςDiabenos… nevertheless, the Orthodox Calendar observance, on 9th September, of 'the Venerable Theophanes the Confessor and Faster of Mt. Diabenos' (died. c.300); this mountain is elsewhere called Dabis.Matched in noteshighshort
  14. κ2095Κορκορυγάςrumblings… of the fact that this was the name of Athens' venerable and longstanding priestess of Athena Polias. See on this J. Henderson, Aristophanes, Lysistrata (Oxford 1987) xxxviii-ix. [3] Aristophanes, Lysistrata 490-1 (web address 2), …Matched in noteshighshort

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