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α316Ἄγουσανhaving the weight of, weighingBeing equal in weight. "So having prepared a golden Victory, having the weight of 10,000 gold coins, he sent ambassadors to Rome to convey it to the people."Matched in translationhighshort
α260Ἀγκυρηβόλιονanchor-weight[Meaning] the iron [sc. weight] of the boat.Matched in translationhighshort
α2811Ἀξιόλογα βάρηnoteworthy weights… that we might send from the towers well-aimed [and] noteworthy weights of stones." "And [he] having strewn the roads with noteworthy stones." "And [he] having bridged the marshes with noteworthy coverings." That is, attractive, …

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Ἄγουσαν

having the weight of, weighing

Being equal in weight. "So having prepared a golden Victory, having the weight of 10,000 gold coins, he sent ambassadors to Rome to convey it to the people."

Ἄγουσαν· ἰσοσταθμοῦσαν. διόπερ κατασκευάσας Νίκην χρυσῆν, ἄγουσαν ὁλκὴν χρυσίων μυρίων, ἐξαπέστειλε πρεσβευτὰς εἰς τὴν Ῥώμην τοὺς ταύτην κομιοῦντας τῷ δήμῳ.

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α3602Ἀποτομίαseverity[Meaning] harshness, disagreeableness. "Because of the severity of the decision, [the Aetolians] had a fear, and not a chance one, for themselves." Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] a)po/tomon ["severe"], [meaning] harsh.Matched in translationhighshort

α289Ἀγνύθεςloom-weights[Meaning] the stones of the loom.Matched in headwordhighshort

α2064Ἀνασηκῶσαιto balance out, to make up weight[Meaning] to pay back or to regain, just like those who balance scales, effectively equalizing what is less or more. Thus Aristophanes [sc. uses the verb].Matched in headwordhighshort

α3558Ἀποστησάμενονhad [it] weighed out… [it] for weighing. Also [sc. attested is] a)posth/sontai ["they will weight out"], the equivalent of saying they will take by weight. Also [sc. attested is] a)posth/sasqai, [meaning] to repay a debt.Matched in translationhighshort

α463Ἄδηνenough, to excess… gluttony and drunkenness they were given over to bulk and weight; they were altogether incapable of runs and labours. And they were quickly made faint with sweat and wheezing whenever something [like running and …Matched in translationhighmedium

α663Ἀήσυρονlight-as-air[Meaning] that which is slender, that which is in mid-air and nimble, that which is light-weight, from being borne along [su/resqai] on the air [a)e/ri]. In reference to birds. [sc. But exemplified also in …Matched in translationhighshort

α1936Ἀνάλημμαembankment[Meaning an] elevated part, support. "Realising the weight of the embankments and how impossible it was to shake the walls, he made the battle at close range".Matched in translationhighshort

α2072Ἀνασοβηθείςhaving been startled… the unfamiliarity of being tied and because of the strangling weight, and having become still more startled they tore him to pieces."Matched in translationhighshort

α2298Ἀνεπισταθμεύτουςbilleting-exempt… Thasians be ungarrisoned, tribute-exempt, and billeting-exempt". Alternatively, [those] not receiving weights, that is, at equilibrium.Matched in translationhighshort

α2355Ἀνέφερονthey were bringing up, they were recovering… recovered." Meaning I was [better]. And elsewhere: "because of the weight of the weapons not even one person out of those who were sinking recovered."Matched in translationhighshort

α3075Ἀπεσφακέλισενhad a seizure, had frost-bitten limbs… mortified, was convulsed. But it also means sank under a weight of misery; further, died suddenly. Aristophanes [sc. uses this word] to mean he/she/it was dragged away.Matched in translationhighshort

α3397ἈπολινάριοςApollinarios, Apollinarius… soundest basis for written composition. Apollinarius was more powerful, Basil weightier, in speech. Such was their ability in speech and written composition; and in the same degree these men presented a character attractive to …Matched in translationhighmedium

α3523Ἀποσκευαζόμενοςdiscarding, discounting, disowning, jettisoning… the plural] a)poskeuazo/menoi, [meaning they] detaching and throwing away a weight. From a metaphor of sailors jettisoning the cargo of a boat because of the surging of the sea. And elsewhere: "and they discount[ed] …Matched in translationhighshort

α3750Ἀράχνηspider's web… Inachus: "all the weavers' things were a spider's web in weight". Callimachus [writes]: "a spider's-web work". Cratinus in Pytinê [writes]: "you are holding your stomach in the middle of spiders' webs." Pherecrates in Tyranny …Matched in translationhighmedium

α3819Ἄραιτοmight lift, might raise… terrible to speak of, neither suffering nor god-sent disaster, whose weight the nature of man could not lift." And elsewhere: "[chariots and corpses] which not even a hundred Egyptians could lift." Often they mention …Matched in translationhighshort

α3825Ἀρρεπήςinsignificant, insubstantial[Meaning] light [sc. in weight].Matched in translationhighshort

α3909ἈρίστιπποςAristippos, Aristippus… his child was carrying money and was burdened by the weight he said, "Then cast off what's weighing you down." When he was being plotted against on a voyage he cast into the sea …Matched in translationhighmedium

α4690Ἄχειροςhandless… formed] by metaplasm. The Pisidian [writes]: "One no longer bears weight [sc. solely] on the neck, footless, handless; everyone has a full complement of limbs." He says [this] about the cruelty of Chosroes.Matched in translationhighshort

α113Ἀγαθικάgood things… adjective spoudai=os, translated here as 'excellent', can also mean serious, weighty, morally good, and various other such terms. See sigma 970; and web address 1 for the LSJ entry.Matched in noteshighshort

α1304Ἁλμυρόνsalty, salt… Problemata attributed to Aristotle raises several 'Problems' over the comparative weight and temperature of salt and fresh water (Problemata 926a21-25, 934b23-38).Matched in noteshighshort