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Ἀλκίφρων
Alkiphron, Alciphron
A
Magnesian,
of
Magnesia-on-Meander,
a philosopher.
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4248
Ἀστράβη
mule, mule's saddle
… Synagoge (codex B alpha2268, and Photius (Lexicon alpha3017); cf. Etymologicum
Magnum
158.50. [4] Glossed o)nhla/ths "donkey-driver" in Synagoge alpha1015 and Photius, Lexicon alpha3016. Cf. omicron 368. [5] A continuation of the material referred to, …
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73
Ἁβραῖς
delicate
… [half-beams] upon very delicate couches and mattresses adorned with some
magnificent
weaving."
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gender and sexuality
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119
Ἀγαθόν
good
… as it is said to be something of such a
magnitude.
And qua substance, what [is] the good? [Something] like a god, [or] intellect. And the good also is said to be something relative, …
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158
Ἀγάπιος
Agapios, Agapius
… where he established a very distinguished school. Relying on the
magnitude
of his talent and the favor of fortune, he became celebrated for his skill and amassed large amounts of money.
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1736
Ἀμφικτυόνες
Amphiktyons, Amphictyons
… convened the peoples. They were twelve: Ionians, Dorians, Perrhaiboi, Boiotians,
Magnesians,
Achaians, Phthiotians, Molians, Dolopes, Aenianians, Delphians, Phocians. But some say it is thus called from being neighbors to and convening in Delphi. Also …
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1835
Ἀναγωγή
launch, launching
… keeping with the size of such an embarking army or
magnficence
of the armaments or the other preparations that exceeded necessity for beauty." And elsewhere: "having surveyed the situation in Egypt, they made their …
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2094
Ἀνασχοῦσα
holding up
… a)nasxw/n, [meaning] stretching out. [Meaning] having appeared, come out, surfaced.
"Magnus
was first to come up out of the trench, manly and pre-eminently bold."
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2341
Ἀνετύφετο
was being fired up
[Meaning he/she/it] was burning, was being aroused. "Besides, some irresistible
magnitude
of ambition was being stoked up in them to capture the pirate chief."
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2452
Ἀννίβας
Hannibal
… to behave?. "In contriving to make the Carthaginians see the
magnitude
of his victory over the Romans and the plight of their opponents, Hannibal sent into Libya three Attic medimni full of golden rings, …
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2830
Ἀξίωσιν
reputation
… in terms of reputation, of the third order, in both
magnitude
of country and multitude of the subjects." "What diverted her from justice was bogus modesty and an inflated reputation and the craftiness of …
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3140
Ἀπεῖχε
was distant
… from having been impressed with both a king and [his]
magnificence,
he revealed by not judging such things worthy even of [his] eyes."
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3167
Ἀπήνη
mule-cart
… sacrifice which followed Aemilia, the wife of Scipio, in her
magnificent
processions."
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3235
Ἁπλότης
simplicity
… between the ancient evils and the new, and not in
magnitude
only of greater and lesser, but also in quality of kinds.
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3361
Ἀποκναίειν
to wear out
… man -- I mean Herakles of course -- with the
magnitude
of the virtue [of Herakleios] by putting him in second place, if we leave them side by side." Theophylactus Simocatta [sc. writes this]. …
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3741
Ἄρασθαι
to lift up, to raise up
… to take, to pack away. By as much as the
magnitude
of the succession was increased in argument, by so much rather this man reduced it by persuasion, since it was at any rate …
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3830
Ἀρετή
arete, excellence, virtue
… addition to these, there are other virtues subordinated to them:
magnanimity,
continence, endurance, insight, soundness of judgment. It occurs analogously in the case of vices. And the one who is virtuous must have both …
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4450
Αὐξέντιος
Auxentios, Auxentius
… water fountain and on it a statue of Dionysos; a
magnificent
vine grew all around it and made the whole place pleasantly shady and sheltered. Here Licinius arrived on the pretext of resting, with …
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α
9
Ἀάσχετος
irresistible
… to gloss the neuter form of the headword at Etymologicum
Magnum
1.32.
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α
11
Ἀβάκησαν
they kept quiet
… to this entry are Photius, Lexicon alpha22 Theodoridis, and Etymologicum
Magnum
2.30-31. Compare also Apollonius Sophistes, Homeric Lexicon 2.16; Hesychius alpha54. The glosses offered here and elsewhere probably represent semantic extrapolation from the Homeric …
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α
19
Ἀβαρνίς
Abarnis
… Rhodius, Argonautica 1.932 (repeated in more legible form in Etymologicum
Magnum
2.11-28) provides an etymological explanation of the origin of the name in Aphrodite's refusal (a)parnh/sasqai) to recognize her offspring Priapos, who was born …
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26
Ἄβδηρα
Abdera
… 'the sea' is unintelligible. [2] Similarly glossed in the Etymologicum
Magnum
and the Lexicon Ambrosianum. An "Abderite" could also signify someone generically stupid: see LSJ s.v. *)abdhri/ths (web address 1 below). [3] These six …
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54
Ἀβλεμέως
fecklessly, heedlessly
… Kaibel); it refers there to intemperate drinking. See also Etymologicum
Magnum
3.24 and other lexica.
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α
69
Ἀβραάμ
Abraham
… 94, notes 1 and 14. [7] The Suda underscores the
magnitude
of the honor with a hyperbolic kat' before e)cai/reton. [8] The statement, rooted in a paternalistic-filial model that originates in Abraham and culminates …
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104
Ἄβυσσον
abyss
… frequently, it has the sense "brood over." [3] cf. Etymologicum
Magnum
4.44. These are principal parts of the verb bu/w, which means "to stuff," followed by buso/s, which does not exist according to LSJ. …
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164
Ἄγγαρος
angaros, courier
… alpha 162, alpha 163, and alpha 165. [1] cf. Etymologicum
Magnum
7.24. [2] Nicolaus of Damascus FGrH 90 F4 (vol. IIA p. 333), with an explanatory gloss drawn from the context of the quotation; …
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172
Ἀγάστορες
womb-mates
… occur in Lycophron, Alexandra 264 (genitive plural). [2] cf. Etymologicum
Magnum
6.20.
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176
Ἄγαυρος
wastrel
Similar entries in Hesychius and, especially, Etymologicum
Magnum
6.30-34 -- though there the headword is oxytone a)gauro/s. LSJ too (web address 1 below) gives it thus, and understands it as gau=ros [gamma 77, gamma …
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187
Ἀγελαῖος
ordinary
… previous sentence are paralleled in Etymologicum Gudianum 4.3 and Etymologicum
Magnum
7.41. [3] cf. alpha 189. [4] The reference is probably to Herodotus 2.93.1, where both i)xqu/es a)gelai=oi and the adverb a)gelhdo/n (alpha 191) …
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190
Ἀγελείη
Ageleie, Booty-driver
See already alpha 185. [1] Similarly glossed in the Etymologicum
Magnum
(where the same etymology is found) and Hesychius. [2] This epic epithet is confined to Athena. The etymology "leader of the host" is …
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