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Ἀγενής
family-less
Isaeus
[sc. uses this word] to mean a)/pais["childless"].
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1465
Ἀμαζόνειον
Amazoneion, Amazoneum
A shrine, which [the] Amazons established. So
Isaeus
[sc. uses the term]. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] Amazonian horn.
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Ἄγοι
may hold
[sc. This verb] signifies many things.
Isaeus
used [it] to mean to carry and to lead in and to drag: "for Xenocles hurt me", he says, "by taking Eumathes off into freedom, when I …
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628
Ἀειλογεῖς
you are always speaking; you are a chatterbox
… being always called to account and scrutiny. So Demosthenes and
Isaeus
[sc. use it].
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1360
Ἁλουργοπωλική
sea-wrought-selling
The so-called purple-selling [porfuropwlikh/]. Thus
Isaeus
[sc. uses the term].
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1601
Ἅμιπποι
horse-attached
According to
Isaeus
[this means] those campaigning with horses. But others say that certain horses are yoked together and someone drives them, mounted on one and leading the other alongside; and these are called …
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1824
Ἀναγινωσκομένους
being induced
Meaning [them] being persuaded. So Antiphon and
Isaeus
and Herodotus [sc. use the word].
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1827
Ἀναγκαῖον
necessary
… resorted to force out of necessity." Meaning because of necessities.
Isaeus
calls the [sc. Athenian] prison a)nagkai=on. But Callisthenes said a)nwgai/wn and that is how, rather, it should be written. "What is necessary is …
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1857
Ἀναδικάσασθαι
to renew an action
The [verb that means] to bring an action afresh. So
Isaeus
[sc. uses the term]. Hence also the [phrase] 'renewed motions', those being brought afresh, whenever the witnesses have been convicted of false witness.
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1892
Ἀνάκαιον
jail
… used to put rascally slaves and those freedman who revolted..
Isaeus
in the [speech] Against Hermon Concerning a Pledge [writes]: "he threw Hermocrates into jail, alleging he was a freedman and did not release …
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2628
Ἀντεπιτίθησιν
replies
Meaning [he/she] answers a letter.
Isaeus
[uses the word].
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3036
Ἀπεργασάμενος
having finished work
… having rendered [account] of what one had been doing. So
Isaeus
in the [speech] In reply to Apollodoros. Also [sc. attested is the corresponding infinitive] a)perga/sasqai ["to finish work"], meaning to complete [it]. Aristophanes …
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3509
Ἀπορώτατος
most out-of-the-way, very out-of-the-way
Meaning impossible to find a way to. So
Isaeus
in the [speech] For the daughter of Mnesaios [sc. uses the word].
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3639
Ἀποφορᾶν
to offcut
Meaning taking away and making space between. So
Isaeus
[sc. uses the word]. Also [sc. attested is] a)poforh/ in Herodotos, the tax paid by slaves to their masters.
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4599
Ἀφεὶς καὶ Ἀπαλλάξας
having let go and having set free
… to withdraw and cease bringing the charge. Thus Demosthenes and
Isaeus
[sc. use these word]. But one can also use the terms in the following way: one 'releases' [someone] only from those charges which …
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4639
Ἀφοσιούμεθα
we make atonement, we fulfill (an obligation), we do (something) for form's sake
… something completely, but, for example, to lead on or pretend;
Isaeus
says [this]. Also [sc. attested is] a)fosiw/sas ["having fulfilled"], [meaning he] having cleansed, or having entertained; or performing the rite, that is, a …
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Ἁγνίας
Hagnias
The equivalent entry in Harpokration (stemming from
Isaeus
fr. 64 Sauppe and citing Androtion FGrH 324 F18 and Philochorus FGrH 328 F147) shows that a particular individual of this name is meant, an Athenian …
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858
Ἀκή
Ake, Acre
… mention of Ake in one of the Attic orators see
Isaeus
4.7, with Valckenaer's e)c *)Akh=s for e(ca/kis; and for the same in another genre Philo Mechanicus, Poliorketika B53 Diels-Schramm [90.16 Th.], with Buecheler's …
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1275
Ἀλκέτας
Alketas, Alcetas
… an entry generated by the mention of this individual in
Isaeus
fr. 93 Sauppe. Also in Photius. [1] A prominent tribe in Epeiros (NW Greece). For King Alketas (first half of the fourth century …
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1890
Ἀνακαίασιν
at Anakaia, at Anacaea
… on the appearance of this locative in a fragment of
Isaeus'
lost speech Against Diocles.
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2155
Ἀνδραποδοκάπηλος
slave-dealer, slave-seller
… equivalent one in Harpokration ("what is now called..."), generated by
Isaeus
fr. 53 Sauppe.
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2490
Ἀνθεμόκριτος
Anthemokritos, Anthemocritus
… s.v., an entry generated by the mention of A. in
Isaeus
fr. 83 Sauppe: "and the bath-house next to the statue of Anthemocritus". For this episode see principally Plutarch, Perikles 30. Following the lead …
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3495
Ἀπορρέξαντες
having sacrificed-out
… nominative plural, of a)porre/zw. From Harpokration (and Photius) s.v., citing
Isaeus
(fr.105 Sauppe) and "comedy" for this.
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3746
Ἀραφήνιος
Araphenian
From Harpokration s.v., where
Isaeus
fr. 39 Sauppe is cited. The headword is the demotic adjective; the name of the deme itself is Araphen.
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4590
Ἀφ' Ἑστίας
from Hearth, from Hestia
… part of the entry is (over-)abridged from Harpokration s.v., where
Isaeus
fr. 84 Sauppe is cited for the phrase, and 'fully' [pa/ntws] is part of the explanation. For initiation (sc. in the Eleusinian Mysteries) …
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