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trade and manufacture69

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458 entries for having made a libation

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χ483Χρηματισάμενοιhaving made a gain[Meaning they] having conducted business. And [active-voice] xrhmati/sai is to conduct business, [but middle-voice] xrhmati/sasqai [is] to profit. [The word occurs] in Thucydides.Matched in translationhighshort
χ354Χλωρανθείςhaving been made paleMeaning [someone] having been born pale/green. Thus Sophocles [sc. uses the word].Matched in translationhighshort
χ240Χειραλειπτήσαςhaving practiced wrestling-holds"Fabius the Dictator, like a good athlete, only entered the fray after having practiced wrestling-holds for a long time". Meaning having trained his grip.

χ483

Χρηματισάμενοι

having made a gain

[Meaning they] having conducted business. And [active-voice] xrhmati/sai is to conduct business, [but middle-voice] xrhmati/sasqai [is] to profit. [The word occurs] in Thucydides.

Χρηματισάμενοι· πραγματευσάμενοι. καὶ χρηματίσαι μέν ἐστι τὸ πρᾶξαι, χρηματίσασθαι τὸ κερδᾶναι. παρὰ Θουκυδίδῃ.

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William Hutton3

William Hutton3

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Claudia Mársico2

Gabriel Bodard2

Gabriel Bodard2

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Oliver Phillips ✝2

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Alan Sommerstein1

Andrew Morrison1

Andrew Morrison1

Carl Widstrand1

Carl Widstrand1

Ezequiel Gustavo Rivas1

Ezequiel Gustavo Rivas1

Mary Pendergraft1

Mary Pendergraft1

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χ482Χρηματισαμένωνwith them having gained[Meaning] with them having received money. Arrian [writes]: "with them having gained too, there was a third embassy."Matched in translationhighshort

χ145Χασσάμενοςhaving given ground[Meaning he] having withdrawn. Homer [says]: "and having given ground [Thoas] was shaken". While withdrawing they used to shake the spears which were stuck in the shield, in order that they would be scattered.Matched in translationhighshort

χ376Χοϊκόςmud, made of mud[Meaning] clay/made of clay.Matched in translationhighshort

χ373Χοὴlibationand libations: the earth poured onto [e)pixeome/nh] the dead.Matched in translationhighshort

χ401ΧορηγῶI lead a chorus, I pay for a chorus, I minister to[Used] with a dative.Matched in translationhighshort

χ394Χοόςof a chous[sc. A measure/quantity] of two pints. For a xou=s [is] two pints and a xoeu/s is six. Aristophanes [writes]: "if a huckster or huckstress falsifies the measure of the chous or the kotulai [...]"Matched in translationhighshort

χ191Χελώνη μυιῶνa tortoise [uncaring] of flies[sc. a proverbial phrase] in reference to those who think little of someone/something. Also [sc. attested is] 'to a tortoise'. "You think your frankness is 'worth four obols', as the saying goes. You do …Matched in translationhighmedium

χ477υνκνοων—Χρήματα χρήματ' ἀνήρ πενιχρὸς δ' οὐδέποτ' ἐσθλόςmoney money (is the) man but a pauper (is) never noble[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those who are successful due to wealth. Aristodemos says [this]. And Alcaeus mentions Aristodemus: "for as Aristodamos once in Sparta", he says, "spoke a speech that was …Matched in translationhighmedium

χ206Χερμαδίῳwith a stone[Meaning] with a rock that fills the hand. "Not even the blow of stones thrust you back, nor the cloud of arrows." Also [sc. attested is] xerma/dos, [meaning] of a rock that fills the …Matched in translationhighshort

χ610Χύτραν ποικίλλεινto decorate a cooking-pot[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to things that are impossible. And things that are endless.Matched in translationhighshort

χ224Χειᾷin a hole… the only thing snakes contrive: the containing of the body as into a sheath.Matched in translationhighshort

χ249Χειροβρῶτιwith a hand-gnawing[Referring to] a fetter, one eating both hands off.Matched in translationhighshort

χ308Χιλιῶν δραχμῶνof a thousand, of drachmasThe Attic[-speakers] pronounce [these words] perispomenon.Matched in translationhighshort

χ430ΧωνεύωI cast a mouldThe [verb that means] I cast into a mould. Also [sc. attested is the term] xwnei/a ["metal-casting"], [formed] out of the [verb] xwneu/w. Also [sc. attested is] xwnnu/w [used] similarly.Matched in translationhighshort

χ408Χορὸν δίδωμιI grant a chorusThe equivalent of being in good repute and winning; for in Athens not all poets of tragedy and comedy came by a chorus but [only] those who were in good repute and had proved …Matched in translationhighshort

χ284Χῆνα ὀμνύναιto swear by a gooseSo as not to name the gods in all circumstances Rhadamanthys ordered [people] to swear by a goose and a ram; not, as some [say], Socrates.Matched in translationhighshort

χ294Χήτειfor a lack[Meaning] for a deprivation. "[...] not to dawdle in the [matters?] pressing, for a lack of both strangers and foreigners as fellow-workers."Matched in translationhighshort

χ363Χοάνηςof a melting-pot[Meaning] of a crucible. Also [sc. attested is a neuter plural form] xo/ana, [meaning] metal-castings.Matched in translationhighshort

χ343ΧλίδωνοςChlidon's; of a bracelet, of an anklet… genitive case, evidently quoted from somewhere. If the headword is a proper name, Chlidon, it is perhaps extracted from Plutarch, Moralia 595A, where (as also in Pelopidas 8) Chlidon is a Theban messenger involved …Matched in noteshighshort

χ370ΧόεςPitchers, ChoesIt was a particular festival amongst Athenians, celebrated on the twelfth [day] of [the] month Anthesterion. But Apollodorus says that Anthesteria is the name for the festival as a whole, celebrated in honour of …Matched in translationhighmedium

χ28Χαλίφρονοςof a light-minded[Meaning] of a thoughtless.Matched in translationhighshort

χ97Χάραξ τὴν ἄμπελονa stake (deceived) the vine[sc. A proverbial phrase used] when something being preserved is harmed by the thing preserving it.Matched in translationhighshort

χ192Χελώνης κρέα φαγεῖνto eat the flesh of a tortoiseSee under 'either one should eat the flesh of a tortoise [or not eat it]'.Matched in translationhighshort

χ230Χειμασκήσανταhaving spent the winter drilling"[Scipio] formed an opinion, and considered that the troops would set about their business better having spent the winter drilling".Matched in translationhighshort

χ261Χειροτονήσαντεςhaving elected[Meaning they] having picked out.Matched in translationhighshort

χ507Χρησμῴδημαa divine revelation[Meaning] a prophecy.Matched in translationhighshort

χ534Χρόνος γὰρ εὐμαρὴς θεόςfor time (is) a kindly godThat is, time passes by in a kindly way. Or thus: time is indifferent to pursuing the unjust.Matched in translationhighshort

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