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β61Βαλανάγραbolt-hook[Meaning] a key, [the word deriving] from hooking [a)greu/ein] the bolt [ba/lanos]. A bolt is the iron [part] for the bar, which [sc. nowadays] we call a ma/gganon ["door-pin"]. Also [sc. attested are] ba/lanoi …highshort
β62ΒαλανεώτηςBalaneate[no gloss]highshort
β63Βαλανεύςbath-attendant, bath-man[sc. A proverbial term] in reference to a meddlesome and officious person.highshort

β61

Βαλανάγρα

bolt-hook

[Meaning] a key, [the word deriving] from hooking [a)greu/ein] the bolt [ba/lanos]. A bolt is the iron [part] for the bar, which [sc. nowadays] we call a ma/gganon ["door-pin"]. Also [sc. attested are] ba/lanoi…

Βαλανάγρα· ἡ κλείς, παρὰ τὸ ἀγρεύειν τὴν βάλανον. βάλανος δέ ἐστι τὸ εἰς τὸν μοχλὸν σιδήριον, ὃ καλοῦμεν μάγγανον. καὶ βάλανοι, τὰ μάγγανα τῆς κλειδώσεως. καὶ βεβαλάνωται, ἀντὶ…

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meter and music35

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Ross Scaife ✝3

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Christopher Blackwell1

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Elizabeth Morgan1

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β64

Βαλανειομφάλους

acorn-bossed

The comic writers call cups [this]. A bath-house [balaneion] was [so-]called because when eating acorns [balanoi] they used to burn the shells. They say that the people reduce the air in the bath, drawing …

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β65Βαλανίςbath-woman[Meaning] the wife of the bath-attendant.highshort

β66Βάλανοςdate; head of the penis[Meaning] the genitals and a tool. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] ba/lanoi foini/kwn ["dates of date-palms"]. "They used to drink a wine from the palm date". And elsewhere: "the dates of the date …highshort

β67Βαλάντιονpurse[Meaning a] pouch. Eunapius [writes]: "[...] whether he would be avaricious and a slave of their purses. And when they learned these things clearly in this regard they brought the war to a close."highshort

β68Βαλαντιοτόμοςcut-purse, purse-cutter[Meaning a] thief. Also [sc. attested are] balantiotomoi ["purse-cutters"]. "When they spent a lot of money they were considered seducers, catamites, burglers, purse-cutters, kidnappers and such-like sorts." Purse-cutters [are] those who steal purses [balantia].highshort

β69Βαλβίς Βαλβῖδοςstarting-post; starting-post's[Meaning a] low column, the starting-point, and the turn. "Just like those driving four-horse chariots despatched from some starting-post, once the gate had been opened." Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "at [the] starting-posts", …highmedium

β70Βάλε βάλε τὸ τρίτον εἴηcast, cast, for the third time may it beMeaning if only it were [advantageous] for me.highshort

β71Βάλλ' ἐς κόρακαςgo to the crows!That is, go away to destruction and corruption. From a story found in the proverbs.highshort

β72ΒαλεντινιανόςValentinianos, Valentinianus, ValentinianEmperor of [the] Romans. But some [sc. spell it] Oualentinianos. See also under Sallustius.highshort

β73ΒαλεριανόςValerianos, Valerianus, ValerianEmperor of [the] Romans.highshort

β74Βάλλ' ἐς Μακαρίανbe gone into blessedness[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who give themselves over into danger by their courage.highshort

β75Βάλλ' ἐς Μακαρίανbe gone into blessednessi.e. into Hades. For Macaria [was the daughter] of Heracles; when Eurystheus brought an army against Athens she donated herself as a sacrifice for the salvation of the rest. This same thing they also …highshort

β76Βάλλεταιis hit[Meaning he/she/it] is struck, is afire. "The ship is hit with a thunderbolt, and there was fear that the vessel would be engulfed in flames and sink."highshort

β77Βαλεῖνto hit, to throwThe [verb that means] to send from afar. But ou)ta/sai ["to hurt"] and nu/cai ["to pierce"] and tu/yai ["to strike"] [mean] to wound from the hand. *ba/llein ["to hit"] in Homer is also [used] …highshort

β78Βάλλειν μήλοιςto hit with apples[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who happen upon those they love. Also [sc. attested is] ba/llw ["I hit"]: [used] with an accusative. "Those far away [he was] hitting with arrows out …highshort

β79Βάλλ' εἰς ἔχοντα τὴν ἐπιστήμηνstrike at him who has the knowledge[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those denigrating their fellow-craftsmen.highshort

β80Βάλλ' εἰς ὕδωρcast into the waterThat [is], throw into the sea.highshort

β81Βακτηρία καὶ σχῆμα καὶ τριβώνιον ἢ τριώβολονstaffs and manner and little cloak, or three-obol feeThis [sc. phrase is use] in reference to those mocking the jurors at Athens.highshort

β82Βαλίανdappled[Referring to] a spotted hind. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] bali/wn a)ne/mwn ["of dappled breezes"]: "stay [,] winds of dappled breezes". That is, those blowing excessively. From Synesius the Cyrenaean. And elsewhere: "hunting …highshort

β83ΒαλιαρίδωνBalearic"Accurate slingers of the [Balearic] Islands".highshort

β84ΒαλίοςBalios, Piebald[The name of a] horse.highshort

β85Βαλμόςbalmos[Meaning the] breast, chest.highshort

β86Βάλλωνpelting, smiting"[Pelting] Socrates and Zeno with jokes out of Dionysiac festivals, and judging their followers deserving to be driven out from the whole land and sea, as being banes of both cities and commonwealth; but …highshort

β87Βαλὼν φεύξεσθ' οἴει;do you suppose you will strike and escape?[sc. A proverbial phrase addressed] to those who have done some evil deed and suppose they are escaping.highshort

β88ΒαλτάσαρBaltasar, BalthasarThus Daniel was called as an honor for his clear understanding of secret things.highshort

β89Βάμμα ΚυζικηνόνCyzicene dyeAttic [writers] call impure indecorum [this]. And [there is] another proverb: "Sardinian dye [bamma Sardianikon], meaning may I not make you red; like, so that I do not turn you crimson. For Sardo [= …highshort

β90Βάμβαξ ἢ πάμβαξcotton[bambax,] or pambax and pambakis: that which is called bambakion by many. In the Epigrams: "and his clothes-chest of cotton things".highshort

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