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1768
Ἀμφίσματα
matters of contention
[Meaning]
matters
of dispute. Hellanicus [sc. uses the word].
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Ἀτοπίας πλέων πρᾶγμα
a matter full of absurdity
… at nu 222). The phrase "full of absurdity" (without "a
matter")
comes from Aristophanes, Frogs 1372, where "of a marvel" is a scholiast's gloss. [2] Part of Menander Protector fr. 9.1 Blockley (102-103), on …
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4425
Αὐθέκαστα
matter-of-fact things
[Meaning] just the things that happen, that is indiscriminately, and abruptly, and precipitously. Or simple things and true things, with the epitome of precision. Also [sc. attested is the masculine nominative singular] authekastos, a …
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2
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2827
Ἀξίωμα
proposition
… is that which is true or false or a self-contained
matter
deniable or affirmable in itself; for instance, "it is day", "Dion is walking". Among philosophers the term "proposition" (axioma) has taken its name …
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4092
Ἀρχή
principle
… active and the passive. The active is the reason in
matter,
i.e. god. The passive, then, is unqualified substance, i.e.
matter.
Principles and elements are different. For while the former are ungenerated and indestructible, …
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979
Ἀκριβής
accurate, precise
… for assumptions occur to the serious person even concerning contingent
matters.
By changing the [term] "accurate" into "clear" or into "true," we shall more easily show what is proposed: for every assumption of the …
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2201
Ἀναίνεσθαι
to reject, to spurn
Generally [sc. this means] denying, but specifically with regard to
matters
concerning marriages and sexual
matters.
Also [sc. attested is] a)nai/nomai, [meaning] I reject, I abandon.
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2629
Ἀντεπιχειρεῖν
to make a counter-attack, to make a counter-argument
… soul [is] not deathless, because its form is implicated in
matter,
and nothing which has a form implicated in
matter
is separable from that material: this was not an objection, but an attempt to …
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81
Ἀβρογάστης
Abrogastes, Arbogast
… the palace, not to do harm or wrong in any
matters
of the court.
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114
Ἀγαθοεργία
beneficence
… and moreover a third thing: he took care of external
matters
as much as he was able."
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344
Ἀγραφίου δίκη
dike agraphiou, lawsuit about erasure
… a conviction, those in charge at the time about these
matters
write the debtors' names on notice-boards, appending how much the debt is [sc. in each case]. Whenever each one pays, the record is …
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383
Ἀγυιαί
highways
… in Krapataloi [writes]: "o master Aguieus, remember me in these
matters."
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478
Ἀδιαφορία
indifference
… full equivalent of an appraiser, which an expert in the
matters
sets, just as it is said that wheat is exchanged for barley along with a mule. Preferred things, then, are those which have …
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904
Ἀκμή
moment, point, still
… sharpness, the exact decisive moment of the intensity of the
matter,
and power, and youth. But "akme of opportunity" [means] good fortune. Thus Isocrates [writes]: "[it is best] to grasp the akme of the …
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1121
Ἀλέξανδρος
Alexander, Alexandros
… to those who are praised to the skies; and in
matters
of war he accomplished things that were more marvelous than believable. And having gone to war against Dareios, he prevailed victorious over him. …
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1173
Ἀληθέστερα τῶν ἐπὶ Σάγρᾳ
truer things than those at Sagra
… Hence the story became a proverb in reference to truthful
matters.
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1423
Ἀλυάττης
Alyattes
King of the Lydians, who was suited by birth to
matters
of war, but in all else without restraint; for he once dishonored his own sister. He was the father of Alyattes, who while …
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1458
Ἅμα
as soon as, at the same time
… same meaning. For he says in Proems: "but if the
matter
seems better for me then, and at the same time I shall provide testimonies of excellence". And in Demosthenes in the [speech] On …
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1569
Ἀμείλικτον
merciless, unsoftened, unyielding
… [writes]: "So merciless were they both in truth, and the
matter
proceeded more notoriously."
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1698
Ἀμφήριστον
mutually-contested, evenly-matched
… be left behind, but deprived of the power to leave
[matters]
evenly-matched." "Evenly-matched as to strength and size, but far superior in intelligence and courage."
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1763
Ἀμφισβητεῖν
to dispute
… disputing with the others". "So it was no longer a
matter
of dispute but that this was the man who had died."
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1764
Ἀμφισβητεῖν
to claim
… with one side maintaining that the estate is [not] a
matter
for litigation, as there is a son of the deceased either by descent or by adoption, while the other side say that because …
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1848
Ἀναδέξασθαι
to endure
… would endure anything rather than have his preference in these
matters
revealed to the Rhodians; and by this he also absolved Herakleides from suspicion." Also [sc. attested is] a)nade/xomai ["I take up"], meaning I …
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1883
Ἀναθύειν
to undertake
The [term which means] to take up the
matter
through time. Pherecrates [writes]: "the older women again undertake [it]."
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1957
Ἀναμασώμενοι
mulling over, ruminating
Meaning [they] pondering. "Scarcely mulling the
matter
over they understood it." The judges [are meant]. Aristophanes [says this]. Also [sc. attested is the feminine] a)namattw/menai, [meaning they] ruminating.
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1981
Ἀναξαγόρας
Anaxagoras
… of Clazomenae. He was nicknamed 'Mind', since he said that
matter
and mind are the guardian of all things. This is the man who said that the sun is a red-hot mass. That is, …
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2026
Ἀναποδίζειν
to cross-examine
… uses the word]. Also [sc. attested is the related participle]
[matters]
being cross-examined, meaning being investigated. Or meaning the same things frequently said or done afresh.
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2048
Ἀνάριστος
unbreakfasted
… the cithara straightway unbreakfasted." Timocles in Neaira [writes]: "secondly, the
matter
of being unbreakfasted on account of these things." But Menander [writes] a)na/riston. Also [sc. attested is the accusative plural] a)nari/stous, [meaning men] not …
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2119
Ἀναφαίνεις
you display
[Meaning] you make
[matters]
clear.
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2124
Ἀναφοράν
referral
… term]. Also [sc. attested is the genitive] a)nafora=s ["recourse"]: "the
[matter]
being ordered by one party which seems to be ordered jointly, [yet] with no recourse to the other remaining." Or [no] consultation.
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