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Ἄγαν ἐγκεῖσθαι τῷδε
to be too vehement against someone
For instance
to
make accusations and
to
lambaste.
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Ἀπονέμου τῆς ἁμάξης τῶν δὲ ὄνων οὐδὲν μέλει
help yourself to the wagon but don't worry about the donkeys
A proverb concerning those who take care of their own things but neglect those of others; for instance, those who have a wagon of their own, but rent donkeys, and neglect them.
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425
Ἀδάμ
Adam
… and unadulterated state. For rays of a certain sort, so
to
speak, flashed from the soul of that man, rays teeming with divine thoughts and energies, and they coursed through all nature, accurately and …
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Ἀπαντᾶν
to meet and to come together
… the masters." Also [sc. attested is the participle] a)pantwme/nwn ["coming
about"],
meaning happening, occurring. "But not even with such things coming
about,
was anything sufficient
to
stop the onrush of the Romans."
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Ἀποίμωξόν με τοῦ τριωβόλου τὸν ζῶντα μᾶλλον
weep for me who am alive rather than for the triobol -- for I am undone
[1] From the scholia
to
Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 392-3, where the lengthy headword phrase occurs (web address 1 below). [2] Aeschylus fr. 138 Nauck = 227 Mette (with Antilochos in the vocative, not, as here, …
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2383
Ἀνεῖναι
to toss, to let go (up), to roll (dice)
[Meaning]
to
let loose/let go. Also [sc. attested is the phrase]
to
roll a die, meaning
to
throw up a die.
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4484
Αὐτοβοᾷς ὅμοιος ὢν τῷδε
you self-proclaim as similar to this man
… means something like, by crying out you yourself bear witness
about
yourself that you are similar
to
this man.
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726
Ἀθηνᾷ τὸν αἴλουρον
(to compare) the cat to Athena
The proverb is applied
to
those badly equating major things with minor on account of a small similarity; as if someone were
to
compare the cat
to
Athena because of the greyness [sc. of …
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2372
Ἀνείλλεσθαι
to pack in together
[Meaning]
to
come
to
close quarters, and
to
strike each other with spears. Also [sc. attested is] a)nei/lletai, [meaning the same as] a)neilei=tai. Also [sc. attested is] a)nei/leto ["he/she/it drew up"], [meaning he/she/it]
took
…
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4494
Αὐτοκακὸν ἔοικε τῷδε
he seemed evil itself to him
[Meaning] extremely and
to
the point of excess he seemed
to
him well-disposed.
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2901
Ἅπαντα γάρ τοι βρωτὰ πολιορκουμένοις
for all things are food to the besieged
The saying [is] in reference
to
necessity. For the besieged often grasp even at things they should not.
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518
Ἄδων τὴν σπιθαμὴν τοῦ βίου πρὸς ἄνηθον
singing of the span of life to a dill-plant
In reference
to
parsimonious and mean-spirited men.
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4594
Ἀφευθεὶς τὸν πρωκτόν
singed about the anus
Aristophanes [says this] meaning burned
[about
it].
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3291
Ἀποδημεῖν
to be absent, to be out of town
[Used] with a genitive. [Meaning] not
to
be present. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "[Zeus] ought
to
rain while it is clear, and these [Clouds]
to
be absent."
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2702
Ἀντιπαρέξειν
to be about to supply against
[Meaning]
to
deploy against.
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Ἀληθέστερα τῶν ἐπὶ Σάγρᾳ
truer things than those at Sagra
A proverb in reference
to
things that are true, but are not believed. For Sagra [is] a place in Lokris. Menander in Anatithemene mentions the proverb. They say that the Epizephyrian Lokrians were at …
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2925
Ἀπαροῦντα
being about to depart
[Meaning him/it] being
about
to
withdraw. "But the Carthaginians were each day expecting the army
to
be
about
to
depart into its own [sc. country]".
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333
Ἀγωνιούμενοι
about to be contenders
[Meaning they who are]
about
to
enter contests.
"About
to
be contenders, they might not avert their enemies without a fight."
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3708
Ἅπτεσθαι
to touch
[Used] with a genitive. [Meaning]
to
take. *(/aptei ["you
touch"]
and the other [forms] which are pronounced in the present tense with ei are of the later rather than of the Attic [Greeks].
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3668
Ἀπώλεσας τὸν οἶνον ἐπιχέας ὕδωρ
you ruined the wine by pouring in water
[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference
to
those who make a mess of things that were previously going well by means of some small fault. Or in reference
to
those who get what they …
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69
Ἀβραάμ
Abraham
… among patriarchs; [it was he] in whom the Hebrew people
took
pride at first, before they rebelled against God, became estranged from Him, and shed upon themselves the blood of His Only-Begotten Son. This …
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2693
Ἀντίοχος
Antiochus, Antiochos
[Antiochus], a king. This man seemed at first
to
be an attempter of great things and daring and able
to
follow through on his what had been begun, but as he moved along in …
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207
Ἄγευστος θοίνης
without a taste of the feast
… for being inert it is capable of having flavor imparted
to
it; or that which is subject
to
the other senses, like sound; or that which has a small amount of taste, like the …
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2248
Ἀνελεῖν
to overturn; to take up
[Meaning]
to
overthrow. "They insisted, through ambassadors, first that the anti-Megarian decree be overturned and the Greeks be left independent". *)anelei=n is also the term for taking up exposed babies and raising them; and …
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2435
Ἀνῃρῆσθαι
to have been destroyed
[Meaning]
to
have been murdered.
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2371
Ἀνεῖλεν
prophesied, took up, took away, killed
… a wall across the Isthmus. At first the god prophesied
to
the Athenians when they consulted the oracle that they should flee, but when they persisted, he responded
to
them: "far-seeing Zeus grants
to
…
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1392
Ἀλώπηξ τὸν βοῦν ἐλαύνει
a fox drives the ox
The proverb is applied
to
things which do not happen in accordance with reason. "When associating with a fox, expect foxiness."
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2310
Ἀνέρριπτον
I was tossing in the air, they were tossing in the air
… been put at risk. "So speak, as I have been
tossed
by you, your final throw of the die."
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4525
Αὐτός τι νῦν δρῶν εἶτα τοὺς θεοὺς κάλει
do something now (and) then call upon the gods
… idle [relying] on expectations of the gods. It is applied
to
women, and especially those that should be working.
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45
Ἀβιμέλεχ
Abimelech
… Abimelech was passing through with his people, Jotham went up
to
the
top
of the mountain and, raising his voice,
told
the following parable. "Listen
to
me, men of Shechem, and God will listen …
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