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Χ chi5

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Jennifer Benedict56
Catharine Roth12
William Hutton5
David Whitehead4
Malcolm Heath4
Robert Dyer4

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Stefano Sanfilippo3
Gabriel Bodard2
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105 entries for Crates

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α2211Ἀνεβίωreturned to life… to life"], meaning I made [someone] come to life again. Crates [sc. uses the word]. [One should say] a)nabiw/sketai and a)nabiw/kei rather than a)nabioi=; they also say a)nazh=n ["to come to life"].Matched in translationhighshort
α2234Ἀνεκάςupwards… in Autolycus [writes]: "and you, disgusting, lifted up your leg." Crates in Heroes [writes]: "[bring up] your neck from the earth, looking up at them."Matched in translationhighshort
α2285Ἀνεπάγγελτοςuninvited[Meaning] unbidden. Cratinus in Dionysus Masquerading as Paris [writes]: "one of these leech-throated uninvited who has come for dinner."Matched in translationhighshort

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Ἀνεβίω

returned to life

[Meaning he/she/it] came to life again. Also [sc. attested is] a)nebiwsa/mhn ["I returned [someone] to life"], meaning I made [someone] come to life again. Crates [sc. uses the word]. [One should say] a)nabiw/sketai and…

Ἀνεβίω· ἀνέζησε. καὶ Ἀνεβιωσάμην, ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀναβιῶναι ἐποίησα. Κράτης. Ἀναβιώσκεται καὶ Ἀναβιώσκει μᾶλλον ἢ ἀναβιοῖ· λέγουσι δὲ καὶ ἀναζῆν.

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α2305Ἀνεπτεροῦτοwas on tiptoe with excitement… yuxh/n ["to excite the soul"], that is to arouse [it]. Cratinus [sc. uses it].Matched in translationhighshort

α2320Ἀνεσίανrelaxation[Meaning] an abatement, and also an indemnity. Cratinus in Cowherds [sc. uses the word].Matched in translationhighshort

α2369Ἀνεικάσασθεyou parodied[Meaning] you mocked. Cratinus in Runaways [sc. uses the word].Matched in translationhighshort

α2443Ἄνηστιςunfasting… Also [sc. attested is] a)/nhstis, [used for] nh=stis ["fasting"] in Cratinus in the Dionysalexander. "For alas you [are] the first uninvited guest to come to dinner fasting."Matched in translationhighshort

α2537Ἄνθρωπος λυπησιλόγοςa man who gives pain by talking… he who is paining those nearby because of his talking. Cratinus [sc. uses the phrase].Matched in translationhighshort

α2563Ἄνοργοιanger-lessMeaning [those] without anger. Cratinus [sc. uses the term].Matched in translationhighshort

α2819Ἄξιος λαβεῖν ὁ μισθόςthe wage [is] worth taking… worthy, so that [one should] take it." It is in Cratinus. Homer was the first to use this figure: "for you shall be easier to slay, with that man dead." And elsewhere: "it is …Matched in translationhighmedium

α2877Ἀπαλλάξαςhaving put aside, having put off, having abandonedMeaning [he] having persuaded to leave. Cratinus and Demosthenes and others [sc. use the word]. [sc. The related aorist infinitive is] a)palla/cai. Also [sc. attested is the subjunctive] a)palla/cwmen, meaning let us dismiss. Xenophon …Matched in translationhighmedium

α3348Ἀποκεῖσθαι πόρρωto be placed at a distance[Meaning] to be dishonoured. Thus Cratinus [sc. uses this phrase].Matched in translationhighshort

α3372Ἀποκτιννύναιto kill[Meaning] to murder. They say a)pokti/nnusi rather than a)poktinnu/ein. Cratinus in Herdsmen [writes]: "and shadow-boxing with the sky, he kills with his threats." Also [sc. the correct perfect is] a)pekto/nasin ["they have killed"], not …Matched in translationhighshort

α3420ἈπολλώνιοςApollonios, Apollonius… would rather philosophize with beasts than men . The Theban Crates threw his property into the sea, so ensuring that it was of no use either to beasts or men .Matched in translationhighlong

α3468Ἀποπάτημαturd, shit… "for what is that man? A turd [and] a fox." Cratinus in Runaway Slaves [writes]: "and when I found Kerkyon shitting on the vegetables this morning I throttled him." Also [sc. attested is the …Matched in translationhighmedium

α3496Ἀπορεῖν καὶ σφακελίζειν τῷ δεινῷto wither and to mortify in a horrible way… to have an infection and to convulse because of this. Cratinus [sc. uses the phrase].Matched in translationhighshort

α3561Ἀποστοματίζεινto recite, to dictate… Dispensations [writes]: "if you wish, I will say everything orally." Cratinus [uses] this the same as a)po\ glw/tths ["from the tongue"] in Laws: "but, by Zeus, I neither know my letters nor have experience …Matched in translationhighmedium

α3750Ἀράχνηspider's web… a spider's web in weight". Callimachus [writes]: "a spider's-web work". Cratinus in Pytinê [writes]: "you are holding your stomach in the middle of spiders' webs." Pherecrates in Tyranny [writes]: "so spiders' webs just as …Matched in translationhighmedium

α3892ἈρίσταρχοςAristarchus, Aristarchos, Aristarkhos… the grammarian, and had very many disagreements with the grammarian Crates of Pergamum in Pergamum. His pupils included about 40 grammarians. He died in Cyprus, killing himself by starvation, because he was suffering from …Matched in translationhighmedium

α4723Ἀψάλακτοςunmolested, scot-free… subject to vengeance. For what is 'unmolested' [is] untouched. So Crates [sc. uses the word].Matched in translationhighshort

β18Βάδιζεwalk!Also [sc. attested is] badi/zou [used] in place of ba/dize. Cratinus [sc. uses it].Matched in translationhighshort

β250Βήbaa… imitates the bleating of sheep; Attic-speakers do not say bai/. Cratinus in Dionysalexandros: "of course the last one goes along saying 'beh beh' like a sheep."Matched in translationhighshort

β502Βῶσονshout (for)[Meaning] help. Cratinus [sc. uses this imperative].Matched in translationhighshort

δ272Δεσμώτηςchain-man… enchained himself, like the enchained Prometheus, and the one enchaining. Cratinus in Osier-Flask [writes] in reference to the prison-guards: "for he will see her in not much time tarred and burned before the chain-men."Matched in translationhighshort

δ1213Διὸς ψῆφοςZeus's tribunal, Zeus's vote… it is called, in which Athena and Poseidon were judged. Cratinus in Archilochoi [writes]: "where they are called chairs and game-boards of great Zeus." For the place, in which they were judged, is called …Matched in translationhighshort

δ1504Δραπέτης κλῆροςrunaway lot… is] "in Drapetides" ["Runaway Women"] in the feminine form in Cratinus.Matched in translationhighmedium

ε137Ἐγκυρῆσαιto light uponMeaning to meet with. So Cratinus [sc. used the word].Matched in translationhighshort

ε1784Ἐξόδιοι νόμοιexit nomes, finales… which the choruses and pipers used to go out. Thus Cratinus [writes]: "so that I may pipe the exit nomes for you."Matched in translationhighshort

ε2131Ἐπειοῦ δειλότεροςmore cowardly than EpeiosSo said Cratinus the writer of comedy, perhaps because [this man] had served as taxiarch of the Oineid tribe and had shown himself as rather cowardly. For Epeios was certainly a coward.Matched in translationhighshort

ε2189Ἐπηνήκιζενwas cheating[Meaning he/she/it] was deceiving. So Cratinus [sc. uses the word].Matched in translationhighshort

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