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- α1137Ἀλεξίκακονfor warding off evil[Meaning] remedial/remedy, antidote. Purifying and taking care of evil. Also [sc. attested is the vocative] a)leci/kake, that is evil-averter, one keeping terrible things away.
- α1139Ἀλεξιφάρμακαcharms[Meaning things] able to keep off spells. Menander in Child [writes]: "Ephesia walks thus around those getting married, speaking charms".
- α1138ἌλεξιςAlexisOf Thourioi, [the place] previously called Sybaris; a comic playwright. He produced 245 plays. He was the paternal uncle of Menander the comic playwright. And he had a son, Stephanos, a comic playwright himself.
- α1135Ἀλεξιάρη γῆdeath-averting earth[Meaning] that which aids men.
- α1136Ἀλεξιβέλεμνονdart-averting[Meaning] one which repels missiles. In the Epigrams: "and the dart-averting tunic from the chest".
- α3194Ἄπιαpears… fruit. Plato said a)pi/ous in Laws. It occurs also in Alexis and in Savages of Pherecrates: "grab the pears before stirring [them] up."
- α335ἈγωνίςAgonisAlexis (alpha 1138) wrote a comedy entitled Agonis or Hippiscus: Arnott (1996) 51-70
- α2048Ἀνάριστοςunbreakfasted… Aristophanes in Polyidos [writes]: "I go through the agora unbreakfasted." Alexis in Liar [writes]: "I could not last the whole day unbreakfasted -- not today." Antiphanes in Leukadian [writes]: "he will play the cithara …
- α2523Ἀνθρακιάcharcoals… called. Also [sc. attested is] anthrakion, a short tripod in Alexis.
- α1930Ἀναλαμβάνεινto gather up… harmony of words to praise the gods." But concerning clothing Alexis speaks as follows: "for this one thing I consider to be among those unbecoming to gentlemen: to walk without rhythm in the streets, …
- α4481Αὐτίτηνhomemade… term in this way (fr. 1 Kock); and see also Alexis fr. 285 Kock, now 286 K.-A. (vinegar).
- α3515Ἀποσάξανταhaving caulked, having sealed off… (from a camel)'; so e.g. Genesis 24.32 LXX; Anna Comnena, Alexias 15.6.4.
- α3250Ἀποβάτηςdismounter… Theophrastus on this. See also Kassel-Austin, PCG II p.34 (s.v. Alexis). "Dismounting" meant, in practice, vaulting from one horse to another: see LSJ.