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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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short
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Ἀαγές
unbroken, unbreakable
[Meaning something] unshattered, strong.
high
short
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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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982
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945
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945
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942
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942
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774
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168
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168
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93
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93
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93
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77
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Ioannis Doukas
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62
Matthew Farmer
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53
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52
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44
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44
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39
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34
Ronald Allen
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33
Nicholas Wilshere
33
Alexandra Trachsel
31
Alexandra Trachsel
31
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30
Nathan Greenberg ✝
30
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Gregory Hays
29
Debra Hamel
28
Debra Hamel
28
Abram Ring
26
Abram Ring
26
Emily Rossow
26
Emily Rossow
26
Elizabeth Vandiver
25
Elizabeth Vandiver
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Gabriel Bodard
25
Gabriel Bodard
25
Tony Natoli
25
Tony Natoli
25
Marta Steele
22
Marta Steele
22
Richard Davis
22
Richard Davis
22
Nicholas Fincher
21
Nicholas Fincher
21
Giorgos Akrivas
20
Giorgos Akrivas
20
James Cousins
20
James Cousins
20
John Arnold
19
John Arnold
19
Sean M. Redmond
18
Sean M. Redmond
18
Amelia Mathias
16
Amelia Mathias
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Kenneth Bumbaco
16
Kenneth Bumbaco
16
Constantina Katsari
14
Constantina Katsari
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Meredith Grau
12
Meredith Grau
12
Andrew Morrison
10
Andrew Morrison
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Ekaterini Tsalampouni
10
Ekaterini Tsalampouni
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George Mallon
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Lauren Curtis
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Adrian Packel
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Dennis McHenry
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James Hicks
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Akihiko Watanabe
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Alan Sommerstein
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Chad Schroeder
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Joseph McAlhany
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David Mirhady
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Andrea Consogno
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John Hyland
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Kyle Heath
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Robert de Brose
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Victoria Papaprodromou
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Braden Studhalter
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Joseph Wrightson
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Richard Hamilton
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Susan Shapiro
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Alex Florez
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Alina Kelman
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Cindy Whitcomb
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Edward Whitehouse
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Kevin Arrowood
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Mary Pendergraft
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Samuel Huskey
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Steven Embree
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Wm. Blake Tyrrell
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Adam McCollum
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Charlie Brooks
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Clayton Lehmann
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Cynthia Shiroma
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Elizabeth Morgan
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George Gazis
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George Pesely
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Jason Karnes
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Katina Ball
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Kristen Bentley
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Luca Benelli
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Peter Lech
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Phiroze Vasunia
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Alexander Tulin
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Amelia Brown
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Charles Kain
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Christopher Blackwell
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Claudia Mársico
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Hugh Cayless
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Joseph L. Rife
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Kenneth Mayer
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Kiril Galev
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Lee Fields
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Mage Macchione
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Martin Harbsmeier
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Michiel Cock
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Monte Johnson
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Nathalie Sado
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Neel Smith
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Norita Dobyns
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Patrick Manuello
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Patrick T. Rourke
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Peter Anderson
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Peter Green
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Robert Leigh
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Timothy Pepper
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William Hall
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Yukai Li
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α
4
Ἀάλιον
undisciplined
[Meaning something] disorderly, powerless. But a(/lion [means] in vain.
high
short
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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short
α
6
Ἀαρών
Aaron
Proper name.
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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."
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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.
high
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.
high
short
α
20
Ἄβας
Abas
A sophist, who left Historical Commentaries and an Art of Rhetoric.
high
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'.
high
short
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.
high
short
α
24
Ἀβαχθανῆ
abakhthani
A Hebrew expression.
high
short
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 …
high
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 …
high
short
α
27
Ἀβδιού
Abdiou, Obadiah
Proper name.
high
short
α
28
Ἀβέβαιος
unreliable, unsteady
[Meaning he who/that which is] unstable and easily overturned.
high
short
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 …
high
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".
high
short
α
34
Ἀβέρβηλος
unsteady
[Meaning someone or something] unstable. There is also a word a)bu/rbhlon, [meaning something] shameless, hateful.
high
short
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