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β121Βάροςweight, influence, gravitas, dignityConcerning Polemon [it has been written]: "he had gravitas of a kind found in some Dorian household management". "Both foreseeing and fearing the influence and the quarrelsomeness of mankind." Meaning the bulk, the strength. …highmedium
β122ΒάροςBaros, BarusA proper name. He was a priest. And look for the story about him under "I am Embaros".highshort
β123ΒάρρωνBarron, VarroHistorian. [He wrote] an epitome of events in the time of Alexander the Macedonian.highshort
β124ΒαρῶI depress, I weigh down[Used] with an accusative.highshort
β125Βαρῶνof barges[Meaning] of walls.highshort
β126Βαρσύμης ΠέτροςBarsumes PetrosSee under de/cios.highshort
β127Βαρύβρομοςdeep-roaring[Meaning] deep-sounding. "And [the] deep-roaring sea." [Called so] because of the noise of the waves.highshort
β128Βαρυδαίμωνill-fated[Meaning] unfortunate. "But he, being a Cretan and naturally quick-witted, was weighing up every fact and sounding out every intention." ["Was weighing up"] meaning was examining.highshort
β129Βαρυηχέοςdeep-voiced[Meaning one] sounding loudly. For deep rivers, as they flow, produce a great sound. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "from deep-voiced Ocean."highshort
β130Βαρύμηνιςheavy in wrath[Meaning someone] bearing malice.highshort
β131Βαρυνόμενοςweighed-down[Meaning] wearying. Polybius [writes]: "but he got up and proceeded, weighed-down partly by sickness, partly by age. For he was 70 years old."highshort
β132ΒαρύνωI weigh down[Used] with an accusative. Also [sc. attested is] bariw=: [also used] with an accusative.highshort
β133Βαρυπήμωνgrief-burdened[Meaning] wretched, weighed-down, miserable.highshort
β134Βαρυπρεπήςdeeply-impressive, magnificent[Meaning] expensive. "And for the middle part of the day deeply-impressive feasting had surrounded Leo(n) and he was inviting [others?] to it."highshort
β135Βαρυσυμφορώτατοςmost deeply unfortunate[Meaning] unlucky. "Believing himself to have become the most deeply unfortunate of all mankind."highshort
β136ΒασάνBashan[Meaning] shame/dishonor. "Said the Lord, 'I will turn from Bashan.'" David says [this].highshort
β137Βασανίζεινto testIt does not mean abusing or punishing or whipping in the Attic [authors], but interrogating without blows and investigating the truth through words; from the goldsmith's touchstone [ba/sanos], used metaphorically. And Polybius [writes]: "then, …highmedium
β138ΒασανῖτιςBasanitisA territory [of that name].highshort
β139Βάσανοςtouchstone, testIt is the stone which tests gold when it is rubbed against it. Thus Antiphon and Pindar and Sophokles. But Hyperides calls ba/sanoi the things said in interrogation by those who are being tested …highmedium
β140ΒασσαρικάBassarika, BassaricaSoterichos wrote a [Bassarika] or Dionysiaka. He lived during the reign of Diocletian. Also [sc. attested is the genitive singular] "of Bassaric". In the Epigrams: "the twisted tambourine, goad of a Bassaric throng". That …highshort
β141ΒασσαρίςBassarid[Describing a] courtesan, prostitute. In the Epigrams: "Bassarid Eurynome, cliff-runner, who once gouged many breasts of long-horned bulls."highshort
β142Βάσσαροςfox, bassarosMeaning a] fox in Herodotus.highshort
β143ΒασιλεύωI reignWhen it means I have authority and I rule, it is construed with a genitive; but when it means I make [someone] king, with an accusative. "And this one alone of all he treated …highshort
β144Βασιλεὺς μέγαςGreat King[Referring to] the [king] of the Persians. To the other kings they added also the names of those who were ruled: as "of the Lakedaimonians," "of the Macedonians." A king differs from a tyrant. …highmedium
β145Βασιλέως ἐγκέφαλοςking's brain, king's morselSee under Zeus's morsel. Interpretation of a dream: one addressing a lord remains unsuccessful.highshort
β146Βασιλείαkingship; kingdom[Meaning] the rank [sc. of king]. Also the nation which is ruled by a king; such as of [that] Persians, Indians, Arabs.highshort
β147Βασιλείαkingship[Kingship] is rule without accountability. "The good are not only free, but also kings. For kingship is rule without accountability, which none but the wise can maintain." Kingship. Neither nature nor justice gives kingdoms …highmedium
β148Βασιλείαkingship, sovereigntyKingship [is] a possession of things held in common, but the people's things [are] not kingship's possession. Therefore the forcible and violent collection of taxes should be hated as tyrannical insolence, but the reasoned …highshort
β149Βασιλείδηςprince[Meaning] the [son] of the king.highshort
β150ΒασίλειοςBasil, Basilius, BasileiosBishop of Cappadocian Caesarea (which in the past used to be called Mazaca); a close friend of Gregory the bishop of Nadianda [= Nazianzus]. He came from illustirous parents, Basil and Emmelia, whose family …highmedium