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- α4483Αὐτοαπλότηςsimplicity itself"But in character the king/emperor was simplicity itself, and a certain muted reasonableness [was a feature of his character], and [he was] pliant and agreeable when it came to beneficences, and serious and intense …
- α4490Αὐτὸ δείξειwill show itselfA proverb. 'The deed' is left out.
- α4472Αὐτὴ κάμινος αὐτὸς εἵλκυσε καπνὸς ἢ τροχόςthe oven itself, the smoke itself or the wheel dragged on… Adler indicates no textual problems.) The first element does, of itself, constitute a proverbial saying: so Photius, explicitly, with a gloss very similar to the present one; also Hesychius, who has such a gloss …
- α4587ἈφέλειαsimplicityAnd Damascius says that Isidore, besides simplicity, loved truthfulness especially, and undertook to be straight-talking beyond what was necessary, and had no pretence in himself whatsoever.
- α4494Αὐτοκακὸν ἔοικε τῷδεhe seemed evil itself to him[Meaning] extremely and to the point of excess he seemed to him well-disposed.
- α4482ΑὐτόitselfThe philosophers used to call 'itself' anything that was said in its proper sense. By means of this 'itself' they also signified the abstract form, saying 'mankind itself' and 'opinion itself', that is, properly …
- α3235Ἁπλότηςsimplicity[Simplicity is] of two kinds. The one [is] intelligent and just, the other foolish and unjust. After all, the contemporary multiplicity also develops in some with justice and good sense, but in others with …
- α4492Αὐτόετεςwithin a year[Meaning] along with the year itself.
- α4600Ἁφήtouch… is also called 'feeling'. And [it can mean] the sense itself. Look under "five senses".
- α447Ἄδειαimpunity… on their breathing and with the war making war on itself with impunity?"
- α1531Ἀμβολάδηνbubbling up[Meaning] throwing [sc. itself] up. Herodotus [sc. uses it to mean] excessively.
- α4474Αὐτῆμαρthat very day[Meaning] on the day itself.
- α2336Ἀνεσχήκειwas risen[Meaning] lifted [itself] up. "And the bright moon was risen - not far short of a full moon, indeed".
- α485Ἀδικίαinjustice… [it is] harmful. For injustice does injustice even to nature itself, to the extent that it itself is appropriated. It is also destructive, partly of the civic community, partly of all exchange; to humans …
- α4061Ἀρυπότατοςmost unsordid, very unsordidThis superlative form is unattested outside lexicography, and a)/rupos itself is extremely rare, but for the etymology see rho 301, rho 302.
- α4427Αὐθημερόνthat very day[Meaning] on the day itself.
- α2947Ἀπαυτοματισθεῖσαhaving been produced spontaneously[Meaning] not having been completed from herself/itself.
- α423Ἀδακρυτίtearlessly… but is too common to identify. The glossing adverb is itself glossed at alpha 891.
- α2248Ἀνελεῖνto overturn; to take up… or indeed broken it, [the council] passed a vote about itself, [to the effect] that it should be crowned. But the [version] with dative [sc. must be understood differently]: having overturned this law, [the …
- α2376Ἀνείλιττεwas unravelingEvidently a quotation, but unidentifiable. The headword itself is imperfect (which might have the sense of try, or begin), third person singular, of a)neli/ttw,
- α3746ἈραφήνιοςAraphenian… headword is the demotic adjective; the name of the deme itself is Araphen.
- α3403Ἀπολογοῦμαί σοιI defend myself to you… Plutarch, Themistocles 23) against you. Either way, the headword phrase itself illustrates the principle.
- α2586Ἀνωθῆσανpushing up[Meaning] moving against what is above. "The beast pushing itself up and coming out of the sea shook off the man, releasing [him] into the swimming."
- α1524Ἀμβλωθρίδιαabortive children… attested is the singular] a)mblwqri/dion, [meaning] both the abortive drug itself and also the destroyed [embryo].
- α4539Αὐτῷ στεφάνῳcrown and all, garland and all[Meaning] with the crown itself. "So that each man, drunk, can take a torch and depart, crown and all."
- α1482Ἀμάμυξιςamamyxis… a kind of grape-cluster - though some [say] the vine [itself] is so called. The noun also occurs in Epicharmus and in Sappho.
- α1487ἉμαξείαhaulageThe headword (cognate with "wagon" itself: alpha 1486, and cf. alpha 1488, alpha 1489, alpha 1490) is attested only in lexicography and on inscriptions: see LSJ entry at web address 1).
- α3164Ἀπηνέστερονmore harsh, rather harsh… more/rather severe. "The leap is not harsh nor hazardous in itself. And [he] did what [he] said."
- α159ἈγαπῴηνI would love; if you please… according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (338). The headword itself must be quoted from somewhere: perhaps Plato, Republic 473B (a passage quoted by Stobaeus). See also alpha 160 (and under alpha 150).
- α4617ἈφικνοῦμαιI arriveThe headword itself, a)fiknou=mai, does not take the genitive, but the verb appended -- e)fiknou=mai, aorist e)fiko/mhn -- can.