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historiography114
poetry112

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β31Βαθυγνώμωνof profound wisdomA man [of profound wisdom] [and] of hidden thoughts. Rufinus and Glicho, guardians of the [children of the] emperor Theodosius.highshort
β32Βαθύγλωσσοιmen of profound speech[Meaning] eloquent [ones], articulate [ones].highshort
β33Βαθυδίνηςdeep-eddying[Meaning one] having currents in the deep.highshort
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β31

Βαθυγνώμων

of profound wisdom

A man [of profound wisdom] [and] of hidden thoughts. Rufinus and Glicho, guardians of the [children of the] emperor Theodosius.

Βαθυγνώμων ἄνθρωπος καὶ κρυψίνους. Ῥουφῖνος καὶ Γλίχων ἐπίτροποι Θεοδοσίου τοῦ βασιλέως.

science and technology46

science and technology46

meter and music35

meter and music35

Ross Scaife ✝3

Ross Scaife ✝3

Christopher Blackwell1

Christopher Blackwell1

Cindy Whitcomb1

Cindy Whitcomb1

Elizabeth Morgan1

Elizabeth Morgan1

Kevin Arrowood1

Kevin Arrowood1

Oliver Phillips ✝1

Oliver Phillips ✝1

Βαθυκαμπῆ

deeply-curved

[Meaning one] greatly bending. "And a deeply-curved shoulder of swine."

highshort

β35Βαθυλήϊονdeeply-cropping[Referring to a] grain-bearing plain.highshort

β36Βαθυπέπλωνof long-robed [women][Meaning] of large [ones], so it logically follows.highshort

β37Βαθύπλουτοςof deep wealth[Meaning] she who has great wealth. "[They say that] Artemis Laphria is fortunate and of deep wealth."highshort

β38Βαθυρρείτηςdeep-flowing[Meaning] that which has deep streams.highshort

β39ΒαθύςdeepMeaning crafty. Thus Menander [sc. uses the word].highshort

β40Βαθύστρωτος κοίτηdeep-spread couch"The bride pursued it [a mouse] running down from the deep-spread couch." Meaning expensive.highshort

β41Βαθύσχοινονdeep-grown with rushes[Meaning one] bearing tall rushes.highshort

β42Βαθύταταvery deep[Meaning] thick. Aelian [writes]: "for when there is clear weather, even on a completely sunny day, unexpectedly and all of a sudden clouds rush in very deep indeed and a great rain dashes down."highshort

β43Βακάντηςloiterer[Meaning] an idler.highshort

β44Βακάντιβοςloiterer[Meaning an] idler, one who does not mind his own business.highshort

β45ΒακκαῖοιBakkaioi, Bacchaioi, Vaccaei[?Accented] just like Essaioi ["Essenes"]. It is a Spanish people.highshort

β46Βάκηλοςbakêlos[Meaning one who is] big, but ignorant and womanish. A bakêlos [is] a eunuch, a castrated man. And [there is] a proverb: "you are a bakêlos", [brought] against those who are frivolous and unmanly. …highshort

β47ΒάκιςBakis, BacisAn epithet of Peisistratos. [Bakis] was a chresmologue. But Philetas of Ephesos says that there were three Bakises: the one from Eleon in Boiotia, the Athenian, and the Arkadian from the city of Kaphye …highshort

β48Βακτηρεύεινto support with a staff[Meaning] to prop oneself up.highshort

β49Βακτηρία καὶ σύμβολονstaff and tokenThose assigned to jury-service [sc. in classical Athens] used to take from the public attendants a token and a staff, and this is how they acted as jurors. The court had the same colour …highshort

β50Βάκτρονstaff[Meaning] rod/stick. "[Lysimachus] who has now exchanged his panoply for the staff of an old man." It is also called skepanion ["little rod"]. "Instead of a plectrum, I [Eumolpus] support my trembling hands with …highshort

β51ΒάκχαιBacchants[Bacchants] and Satyrs and Pans and Silenuses [sc. are all] attendants of Dionysus.highshort

β52Βακχέβακχον ᾆσαιto sing a BacchebacchusMeaning to sing praise to Dionysos. For Bakkhan [is] Dionysos.highshort

β53Βακχευούσας σὺν τῷ μέλει τῷ βακχείῳ τε καὶ ἐνθέῳcelebrating the mysteries of Dionysos with the bacchic and inspired song[no gloss]highshort

β54Κατεβακχεύοντοcelebrating the mysteries of Bacchus[Meaning he who] is acting frenzied. Also [sc. attested is the related verb] katebakxeu/onto ["they were going like Bacchants"], that is filled with some spirit of divine inspiration. "They were going like Bacchants to …highshort

β55Βακχεία ποιμαντικήBacchic herdsmanship['Bacchic herdmanship']; and [sc. also attested is] *Bakxei=os.highshort

β56Βάκχης τρόπονin a Bacchant's manner, like a Bacchant[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who are always surly and silent; inasmuch as the Bacchants keep silence.highshort

β57ΒάκχοςBakkhos, BacchusThus he used to call not only Dionysos, but also all those who celebrate the orgies; indeed the initiates do not also carry the branches. It is also a kind of wreath. "They wreathed …highshort

β58ΒακχίδηςBacchides, Bakkhides[Meaning] the son of Dionysos.highshort

β59ΒακχυλίδηςBakkhulides, BacchylidesKeian, [i.e.] from Keos the island, but of the city Ioulis (for it has 4 cities, Ioulis, Karthaia, Koressia, Poiessa), son of Medon, [who was] the son of Bacchylides the athlete; a relative of …highshort

β60ΒάκχυριςBakchuris, Bocchuris, Bokchyris[sc. A proverbial epithet] in reference to the most just men. For such a one was he, the king of Egypt.highshort

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