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- α3341Ἀποκεκλήκαμενwe have prohibited… have forbidden. And Aristophanes in Birds [writes]: "we have prohibited Zeus-born gods from passing through the city any longer."
- α2371Ἀνεῖλενprophesied, took up, took away, killed… flee, but when they persisted, he responded to them: "far-seeing Zeus grants to the Triton-born [i.e. Athena] that the wooden wall alone will not fall; it will protect you and your children. But do …
- α425ἈδάμAdam… his original foundation and position and caused him to be borne headfirst into pit-like and unlit places which reach all the way down to the joyless recesses of Hades. And from this point human …
- α4099Ἀρχὴν μὲν μὴ φῦναι ἐπιχθονίοισιν ἄριστονFirst, not to be born is best for earth-bound men, and not to look upon the rays of the sharp sun; but, once born, [best] to drive as quickly as possible through Hades' gates[Applied] to those who have lived miserably.
- α4487Αὐτογένεθλονself-born[Meaning] self-produced.
- α1340Ἁλοσύδνηςsea-born[Meaning] of the sea.
- α1261Ἀλιτόμηνοςuntimely-born[Meaning] one who has missed the final month, the h)lito/mhnos.
- α3374Ἀποκυηθένborn[Meaning something] given birth to. Also [sc. attested is] a)pokui/skw ["I bear"], [meaning] I produce.
- α1180Ἀλλ' ἢ καλῶς ζῆν ἢ καλῶς τεθνηκέναι τὸν εὐγενῆ χρή πάντ' ἀκήκοας λόγονBut the well-born man should either live well or die well - end of storySophocles [says this].
- α4429Αὐθιγενήςborn here, native to this place[Meaning] autochthonous, genuine. "'I am Persian, and from the time of my fathers a Persian native to this place, yes master. To defile fire is more grievous to us than a difficult death.'"
- α1214Ἁλιγενήςsea-spawned[Meaning] born in the sea.
- α1752Ἀμφιπάτορεςof different fathers[Meaning] those born of the same father, but a different mother.
- α1256Ἀλιτήμορος(?)witless[Meaning someone] born deranged.
- α4144Ἄσημονundistinguished[Meaning] what is low-born, and what signifies nothing. Also [sc. attested is the masculine] a)/shmos, [meaning] the ignoble person.
- α4683ἈχαιόςAchaeus, Achaios… of Pythodorus or Pythodorides, an Eretrian, a tragedian, he was born in the 74th Olympiad and he staged 44 plays, though some have recorded 30, others 24; he was victorious with [sc. only] 1. …
- α3394Ἀπόλιδαςcitiless, polis-less[Meaning] low-born [men], [sc. so called] for not living in a city [polis]; hicks.
- α4213Ἄσπλαγχνοςgutless… craven, cowardly. Sophocles [writes]: "not by nature gutless [sc. though] born of that man." [Meaning] by nature weak and other than that of his father.
- α3421ἈπολλώνιοςApollonios, ApolloniusA different one, [but also] from Tyana, a younger philosopher born during the reign of the emperor Hadrian, as Agresphon [says] in On Homonyms.
- α2589Ἀνῳκισμένοςsettled up-country[Meaning someone] born in the uplands, or being up[-country]. Also [sc. attested is the related infinitive] a)nwiki/sqai.
- α3960ἈρκτῖνοςArctinus, Arktinos… as Artemon of Klazomenai says in Concerning Homer; he was born in the 9th Olympiad, 410 years after the Trojan [Wars].
- α822Ἀκαχείατοthey were grieving[Meaning] they were mourning. Also [sc. attested is the imperative] a)kaxi/zeo ["grieve"], [meaning] mourn.
- α2735ἈντιφάνηςAntiphanes… Dionysius a Rhodian; a comic poet of the middle comedy, [born] from slaves as some [say]. He was born in the 93rd Olympiad and he wrote 365 comedies, though others [say] 280; he won …
- α3624Ἀπουρίαapouria, slave-daughter[Meaning] she [who is] spawn out of unequal marriages, [i.e.] born from a female or male slave.
- α1524Ἀμβλωθρίδιαabortive children[Meaning] untimely-born [ones]. Miscarried embryos. Also [sc. attested is the singular] a)mblwqri/dion, [meaning] both the abortive drug itself and also the destroyed [embryo].
- α1990Ἀναξιοπαθοῦντεςbeing indignant at unworthiness[Meaning they] considering [something] not worthy. "Being indignant at unworthiness, the Cretans did not accept him, on the basis that he was seduction-born."
- α1257Ἀλιτήριοςsinning… against gods. Aristophanes in Knights [writes]: "I say you were born out of those sinning against the goddess [sc. Athena]."
- α1331ἈλόπηAlope… cognate adjective] Alopeian. A daughter of Kerkyon, from whom [was born] Hippothoon, son of Poseidon, the eponym of the [Attic] tribe Hippothoontis.
- α198Ἀγεννῶςignobly[Meaning] in an unmanly way. Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] "ignoble", in reference to something weak and ill-born. Also [sc. attested is the relative abstract noun] "ignobility", [meaning] unmanliness and cowardice. "Thus …
- α1722ἈμφιδρόμιαAmphidromiaThey hold this [ceremony] for new-born babies on their fifth [day], in which the women who came together for the delivery cleanse their hands; they run round the hearth carrying the child and the …
- α1289ἈλκμάνAlkman, Alcman… a lyric poet, son of Damas or Titaros. He was born in the 27th Olympiad, when Ardys, the father of Alyattes, was king of Lydia; and being an especially passionate man, he was the …