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1
Βαάλ
Baal, Ba'al
[no gloss]
high
short
β
2
Βαβακατρεῦ
babakatreu
It is a barbarian word; the barbarian god is agreeing. For the meaningless words stand for assent.
high
short
β
3
Βαβάκινος
babakinos, bakinon
A kind of pot.
high
short
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4
Βαβάκτης
reveller
A raging person.
high
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short
β
5
Βαβαί
babai!
An expression of surprise.
high
short
β
6
Βαβαὶ Μύξος
hey Myxos!
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who are boasting and bragging. For Myxos was a priest of Artemis, witty, and a braggart.
high
short
β
7
Βαβρίας ἢ Βάβριος
Babrias or Babrius; Babrias or Babrios
[He wrote] Fables, or Iambic-fables. For these are in choliambs, in 10 books. From the Fables of Aesop he produced his own in verse, specifically choliambs, adapting them from the original prose.
high
short
β
8
Βαβοῦς
Babo's, Baubo's
A proper name.
high
short
β
9
Βαβύλας
Babylas
[Meaning] clay. [A] pedestal. [A] rostrum.
high
short
β
10
Βαβύλας
Babylas
Bishop of Antioch. When Numerianus -- or some say Decius -- was prompted by some demon to go into a crowded church, Babylas stood in front of the door and kept him from coming …
high
medium
β
11
Βαβυλωνία κάμινος
Babylonian oven
['Babylonian oven'] and 'Babylonian boys'.
high
short
β
12
Βαγαῖος
Bagaios, Bagaeus
Proper name. "When they cast lots, the lot fell to Bagaios out of all."
high
short
β
13
Βαγεύει
roams
[sc. Means he/she/it] wanders about.
high
short
β
14
Βάγιον
bagion
[Meaning something] great.
high
short
β
15
Βαγώας
Bagoas
Proper name; [the man] who was a eunuch.
high
short
β
16
Βάδην
step-by-step
[Referring to someone] proceeding at a walk. "Some he sent off ahead, but he himself, leading the army in a square formation, withdrew step-by-step." And elsewhere: "following step-by-step and in a leisurely fashion." Aristophanes …
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short
β
17
Βαδδίν
baddin, linen garment
[Meaning a] sacred robe. Daniel [says]: "I lifted up my eyes and looked, and there was a man clothed in a linen garment."
high
short
β
18
Βάδιζε
walk!
Also [sc. attested is] badi/zou [used] in place of ba/dize. Cratinus [sc. uses it].
high
short
β
19
Βαδιστέα
necessary to go
Meaning necessary to journey. "For me [it is] necessary to go where wisdom and the spirit lead me".
high
short
β
20
Βαδιστικοῦ
good at walking
[Meaning] swift-footed. Aristophanes [writes]: "as I am hardly good at walking".
high
short
β
21
Βάδιλλος
shovel
[no gloss]
high
short
β
22
Βάδιος
Badios
[Meaning] son. It also signifies a horse's color.
high
short
β
23
Βάδος
walk
[Meaning] walking. Aristophanes in Birds [writes]: "this is why we are walking this walk". [sc. Grammatically] formed as a joke. For just as [the noun] tread [comes] from [the verb] to tread -- Homer …
high
short
β
24
Βαήλ
Bael, Ba'al
[no gloss]
high
short
β
25
Βαθάλη
Bathale
Proper name.
high
short
β
26
Βαθεῖα κόμη
thick hair
[Meaning] that which is shaggy. "[He/she] cut [his/her] hair; it was long and fair and thick." "Coiffed with thick hair, and with grey [hair] as an old man." "[...] that Laphrian Artemis is rich."
high
short
β
27
Βαθεῖαν αὔλακα
deep furrow
[sc. The phrase uses a noun] which is a line in the earth [made] by a plow. Metaphorically from this [the phrase as a whole] means deep and hidden thoughts.
high
short
β
28
Βάθος
depth
The depth of a phalanx is everything behind the front line. And the line from company-commander [lochagos] to rear-guard-leader [ouragos] is described in terms of depth. Concerning such things look in the end of …
high
short
β
29
Βαθμίδος
base, pedestal, step, threshold
[no gloss]
high
short
β
30
Βάθρα
foundations, pedestals, steps, benches
"Just yesterday and the day before they had fled from the tavern, and cleaning its benches and sweeping the floor, but now they had put on purple-bordered mantles and pinned them on with gold …
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