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Ἀκελιμᾶς
Akelimas, Akepsemas, Akepsimas
[no gloss]
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831
Ἀκέων
wordless(ly), in silence, speechless, (?)attentive(ly)
[Meaning someone] being at peace. In Homer it is derived from a middle in place of 'at peace'. And elsewhere "but you feast sitting wordlessly".
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832
Ἀκερδὴς χάρις
unprofitable reward
[Meaning] one given not appropriately [i.e. disproportionately]. [One] whose profit [is] evil. "May I not somehow, for seeing a cursed man face to face, meet an unprofitable reward."
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833
Ἀκέραιον
unblemished
[Meaning] free from evil, whole, pure. It indicates also the man without blemishes.
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834
Ἀκέραιον συνειδός
unblemished consciousness, sound conscience
One pure and unalloyed. Damascius says: "for there is none of human qualities worth as much as an unblemished consciousness. For one must coexist with his fellows in proper fashion. Even if the true …
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835
Ἀκέραιον
uncorrupted
From the writing of Marcus Antoninus: "even if you are going to live three thousand years and as many tens of thousands, remember nevertheless that no one loses a life other than the one …
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836
Ἀκέραιος
uncorrupted, intact, fresh, unblemished
[Meaning] complete. "Succeeding [sc. those who were] uncorrupted and not expecting, they controlled the land." And elsewhere: "but the honey, inasmuch as [it was] impure and drawn not from thorns but from serpents, upset …
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837
Ἀκεραιοσύνη
unblemishedness
But [sc. also spelled] a)kerwsu/nh.
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838
Ἄκερως βοῦς
hornless ox
[Meaning] one not having horns. Also [sc. attested is] a)/kerwn, neuter [and] single-case.
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839
Ἀκερσεκόμης
unshorn-haired
[Meaning someone] not shearing the hair.
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840
Ἄκεσσα
akessa, (?)access
A Roman tactic consisting of cutting down trees to prepare a defense. "The Romans constructed what in the Romans' language is called the akessa. For, cutting down trees and laying the trunks one upon …
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841
Ἀκέσασθαι καὶ Ἀκέσαι
to heal
[Meaning] to heal. Whence Athenians [or: Attic-dialect-users] call the needlewoman an akestria.
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842
Ἀκεσίας ἰάσατο
Akesias healed
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who heal for the worse. It seems that Akesias treated someone for the worse.
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844
Ἀκεσίλαος
Akesilaos, Acesilaus
A proper name.
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845
Ἀκέσιμον
concerned with healing
[Meaning one who/which is] therapeutic.
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846
Ἄκεσιν
healing
[a)/kesin means the same as] i)/asin.
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847
Ἀκεσίπονον
pain-healing
[Meaning one who/which is] therapeutic.
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848
Ἀκέσματα
remedies
[Meaning] medicines, things that heal. "Avoiding the guards she ran up with her daughter, carrying a remedy for the coming shortage." "There was a man in the Galeotis, formidable both in telling cures of …
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849
Ἀκεσώ
Akeso
A proper name, female.
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850
Ἀκεσώδυνον
pain-healing.
[Meaning one who/which is] able to heal pains.
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851
Ἀκέστας
healers
[Meaning] doctors. Also [sc. attested is] a)ke/stwr, [genitive] a)ke/storos, [also meaning] doctor.
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852
Ἀκέφαλος
headless
A heresy, whose leader was Severus. And look under the [entry] "Eutyches".
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853
Ἀκέφαλος
headless
[Meaning] one who is rightless. And [there is] a proverb: Headless story. The proverb is spoken in reference to those speaking unfinished things.
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854
Ἀκειόμενος
healing
[Meaning one who is] tending to [someone/something] medically.
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855
Ἀκειρεκόμης
unshorn-haired
[Meaning someone] not shearing the hair.
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856
Ἀκεῖσθαι
to heal
[a)kei=sqai means the same as] qerapeu/ein. *)akei=sqai: to say to heal in comedy.
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857
Ἀκή
point
[Meaning a] point of iron. Also [sc. attested is] a)kh/n, [meaning] peace/silence.
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858
Ἀκή
Ake, Acre
A city in Phoenicia, which some say is the old name for the one now called Ptolemais, though Demetrius [says this] not of the [whole] city but of its acropolis.
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859
Ἀκήδεστοι
untended.
[Meaning they who are] getting no care/attention. Or a)kh/deutoi and unburied. Also [sc. attested is] a)kh/distoi [used] likewise.
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860
Ἀκηδής
uncared-for, uncaring
[Meaning one who/which is] unburied, neglected. "The Romans could not stand seeing their own enemies uncared-for." Also [sc. attested is the adverb] a)khdw=s ["in uncared-for fashion"], meaning in unburied fashion. "Seeing a body of …
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