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- 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.
- 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.
- α2336Ἀνεσχήκειwas risen[Meaning] lifted [itself] up. "And the bright moon was risen - not far short of a full moon, indeed".
- 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.
- α2947Ἀπαυτοματισθεῖσαhaving been produced spontaneously[Meaning] not having been completed from herself/itself.
- 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,
- 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).
- α4511Αὐτὸν κέκρουκας τὸν βατῆρα τῆς θύραςyou have hit the very threshold of the door… speaking truthfully; in effect, you have come to the truth itself.
- α2547Ἀνόδοντονtoothless… nominative in the quotation (below) but accusative as the headword itself. [1] Pherecrates fr. 74 Kock, now 79 K.-A.
- α781Ἀκάκητοςguileless; of AkakesionThough the manuscript tradition is unproblematic in itself, the headword here should clearly be not a)ka/khtos but *)akakh/sios. See alpha 780 and the Pausanias passage cited there, in which Hermes Akakesios is mentioned; and …
- α925Ἀκοντίinvoluntarily… the latter is by far the more common. The headword itself, in fact, is not attested until Plutarch (Life of Fabius Maximus 5.2.) and remains very rare thereafter.
- α3056Ἀπέσβηκεhe had quenched… Statesman [Politicus] 269B (web address 1 below), the headword form itself is also attested in Xenophon, Cyropaedia 8.8.13.
- α1226Ἀλικροῦδαraw-food… of the Latin crudum. The first part of the headword itself comes from Latin alimentum "food" (information supplied by Dr Nick Nicholas).
- α1776Ἀμφίτρητονpierced-through… case). [2] Either the wife of Poseidon or the sea itself: see LSJ s.v.
- α1882Ἀναθρώσκειsprings up… of the headword verb appears. (Likewise Hesychius s.v.) The headword itself, however, must be quoted from somewher else -- perhaps Herodotus (3.64.2 or 7.18.1).
- α2307Ἀνεργήσειwill confine… not this kola/sei but kwlu/sei ("will prevent"). The headword verb itself must be quoted from somewhere but is not independently attested.
- α4091Ἀρχήauthority, rule… it] half of everything as the proverb says. [It was] itself the whole of everything."
- α1408Ἄλσηgroves, sacred groves… See also Iliad 20.8. For the present gloss (teme/nh) glossed itself, see tau 297.
- α2459Ἀνιέρειοςvictimless (offering)[1] Same glossing in Photius and elsewhere. The headword itself is unattested outside lexicography. [2] LSJ s.v. cites instances from tragedy.
- α3311Ἀποθανεῖνto die"If someone should know the thing itself and by division of the concept resolve its associated ideas, no longer will it be supposed to be anything other than a process of nature. But if …
- α4380Ἀτραπιτόςpath, walk… in ps.-Herodian 176, and similarly elsewhere. For the headword a)trapito/s itself see Homer, Odyssey 13.195 (plural) and generally LSJ s.v. [2] Here in fact accusative plural, presumably quoted from somewhere; there are numerous possibilities.
- α2714Ἀντιπέτρου βήματοςrock-like base… your foot beyond that rock-like base". "Bronze" [is] the material itself; a "brazen" statue [is] the derivative adjective, like "gold" and "golden".
- α4530Αὐτοτελήςself-sufficient… no appeal to another [suit]. And [it is] absolutely authoritative itself.
- α4070Ἀρχαϊκόνarchaic"Since they understood the simplicity and archaic [nature] of Spyridon's share of piety and moreover his utter ignorance of Greek education, they used to prevent him from going out in public and contending with …