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- α3809Ἄρδινbarb[Meaning the] point of a missile, or weapons [sent] from the hand. Herodotus [sc. uses the word]. Also [sc. attested is] a)/rdis in the plural, meaning quivers.
- α876Ἀκίδαςbarbs[Meaning] the points of missiles. Also [sc. attested is] a)kidwto/n ["pointed"], that which has points.
- α3968ἉρμάτιοςHarmatios, Harmatius… poor man who when he had come recently from the barbarians Hamartius had welcomed and first made a count, then the general of the Illyrians, and he readied a great deal of money to …
- α2273Ἀνεννόητονinconceivable, without conception… [a course of action] without conception of battle and how barbarians behave." Or a)nenno/htoi, [meaning those] having no understanding about this. Polybius [writes]: "the generals were without conception of all of these things."
- α1475ἈμαλασούνθαAmalasountha, Amalasuntha… they wished to be ruled by him in a more barbarian way. And once, when his mother beat him after she had caught him doing something wrong in public, he went crying into the …
- α3011Ἀπέλιπεleft behind… a very great reputation of [= for] rectitude among the barbarians."
- α3654Ἀποχρησάμενοςhaving misused, having used to the full"When the barbarians demanded peace-offerings, having granted some of them, he did not abuse his successes, but left the greatest reputation for justice with the barbarians." Meaning he did not flaunt [sc. his victories]. …
- α1384Ἁλώνητονsalt-bought[Meaning] that which is purchased by salt. Equivalent to barbarous. Also [there is] a proverb: 'a salt-bought slave'. In reference to those worthy of no account; inasmuch as merchants conveying salt inland used to …
- α3126Ἀπειπώνrenouncing… he would not touch food, unless he might investigate the barbarian slaughter. Renouncing the feasting he hastened to the sight."
- α458Ἀδηλίαuncertainty… the war he easily trusted that he would take the barbarian [kingdom]." But a)dhli/a [is] also obscurity.
- α2025Ἀναπνέοντεςgathering breath… stood to fight the forces of the king/emperor, but the barbarians realized that they were approaching, albeit in silence."
- α3943Ἄρθμιαamicable relations… "since the Athenians are not amicable towards us, but the barbarians [are our] allies." Also [sc. attested is the related participle] a)rqmh/santes ["they having become amicable"], [meaning they] having become friends.
- α997Ἀκροβολισμόςskirmishing[Meaning] provocation. And [meaning] to strike the top. "Leading the barbarians, he consulted with his brother and said 'I will make an ambush; you employ skirmishings and arrows'." ["He consulted"] meaning he gave plans …
- α3544Ἀποσπώντωνabducting… "The women fled to [the temple of] Artemis, with the barbarian following them savagely; and with the mercenaries abducting and the others held tight, the cord round the throat was severed."
- α1379Ἀλώμενοςroaming… And elsewhere: "I myself, roaming after the arrival of the barbarians, went into Phara."
- α4624Ἀφίστωνthey were keeping away, they were driving away… turning away, they were preventing. "The Romans were driving the barbarians away from the siege."
- α973Ἀκραιφνήςfresh… much impetus, to the Romans toward discouragement, but to the barbarians toward encouragement." That is fit for service, whole.
- α3189Ἀπηχέςdiscordant… to rebuke in a reproachful way those who utter something barbarous or ungrammatical or discordant." "[He] awaiting a highly novel and discordant death."
- α103Ἀβυρτάκηsour-sauce, aburtake, abyrtake, abyrtaceA sharp-flavored barbarian dish, prepared from leeks and cress[-seeds] and pomegranate kernels and other such things, quite clearly pungent. Theopompus in Theseus [writes]: "he will reach the land of the Medes, where aburtake is …
- α3049Ἀπεροῦνταseeking to avert… the emperor were sent, to avert the attack of the barbarians." Also [sc. attested is] a)perou=sin ["they will bid farewell to/give up"], [meaning] they are renouncing, and they will desist from the war. "Never …
- α2612Ἀντανήγοντοthey attacked[Meaning] they stood against, opposed. "So the barbarians too attacked and sailed by the promontory of Pachynon with their ships arrayed in 2 columns." And elsewhere: "for the men there, dying in the name …
- α209Ἄγειν καὶ φέρεινto plunder and to pillage… and pillaged everything, and at that point none of the barbarians there dared to come to blows with him; instead they took refuge in the most overgrown and sheltered parts of the woods".
- α4343Ἀτέραμνονtough… rejected the gift." "There was no one so tough and barbarian at heart who did not obey and hearken unto the words streaming from that holy mouth."
- α2798Ἀνύτεινto accomplish[Meaning] to fulfill, to be effective. "Since the barbarians were not able to accomplish anything further, either as in a siege sitting on the breastwork or pressing on to a battle on the walls, …
- α889Ἄκιτινreed, made of reed… is accusative singular. [1] Greek Anthology 6.307.3 (Phanias), on the barber Eugathes who forsakes his trade for philosophy, but returns to it when facing starvation. The excerpt is quoted from phi 120; cf. Gow …
- α2154ἈνδραποδίζωI enslave, I reduce to slavery[Used] with an accusative. "The barbarians annulled the agreements and openly enslaved the alliance". Also [sc. attested is the related noun] a)ndrapodismo/s ["enslavery"], [meaning] captivity. Also [sc. attested is] a)ndrapodisth/s ["slave-dealer"]. The Thessalians are …
- α3803ἈρδαβούριοςArdabourios, Ardaburius, Ardabur… Aspar; noble in spirit, [he who] often strongly repulsed the barbarians overrunning Thrace. To him therefore, as rewards for excellence, the Emperor Marcianus offered command of the eastern infantry army. But after accepting this …
- α3729Ἀράβιος ἄγγελοςArabian messenger… because it was vulgar. But many of the slaves were barbarians and Arabians, about whom a proverb is said: "he plays the pipe for a drachma, but he stops for four." Also "Arabian piper", …
- α2762ἈντωνῖνοςAntoninus, Antoninos… used their porters. Thus he was loved both by the barbarians and by the soldiers, being a common man for all of them, since he was called "soldier" rather than "emperor" by them. And …
- α2366Ἀνεχύθηwas poured forth… Aelian fr. 68e Domingo-Forasté, 65 Hercher (an anecdote about a barbarian attack on a city); cf. sigma 680, upsilon 75. Neither of them contains the actual headword, a)nexu/qh, which must therefore be extracted from …