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  1. ν359Νῆφεbe sober[Meaning] stay awake. "But the cause is not keeping in mind what Epicharmus well said, 'Be sober and remember to be suspicious: these are the joints of the mind.'"Matched in translationhighshort
  2. α1137Ἀλεξίκακονfor warding off evil… [sc. attested is the vocative] a)leci/kake, that is evil-averter, one keeping terrible things away.Matched in translationhighshort
  3. ε2632Ἐπιστολήletter, missive, order… he issues orders to the priest who was sleeping." "[...] keeping to the god's orders he is very mindful also of his [own] ascent towards him [sc. the god]."Matched in translationhighshort
  4. δ907Διεκωδώνισενthoroughly sounded out… he/she/it tried and deceived. The metaphor [comes] either from patrols keeping watch by night with their trumpets; or from those examining fighting quails by the sound of the trumpet.Matched in translationhighshort
  5. δ994ΔιείργωI keep apart, I separate… being a beginning." But [sc. also used] with an accusative: "keeping wealth apart not only from the longed-for bosoms of Abraham."Matched in translationhighshort
  6. δ1456Δωρητόνfreely-given… a gift. The tragedy [says]: "How much envy you are keeping, as for the sake of this office, which the city gave to me freely-given [and] unsought, Kreon, who has been my trusted friend …Matched in translationhighshort
  7. ε463Ἐκλειπίαfailure, lack (of something)[Meaning] yielding. "[Sabinus] judged unjust the failure in [keeping] the faith due to those who had taken the oath, and he slew himself."Matched in translationhighshort
  8. ε1771Ἐξιστάμενοςmaking way [for]… affairs, yielding to Julian only the name and dress, but keeping the truer authority in his own hands." [The term] is also applied to [someone] astounded.Matched in translationhighshort
  9. μ1359Μοιχόςadulterer, seducer… From mh/ ["not"] and oi)/xomai ["I leave, go"]. The man keeping an eye on his wife does not leave [mh\ oi)/xetai], where [sc. her lover] might come in. But muxo/s ["nook"] [is] a dark …Matched in translationhighshort
  10. κ2096Κορκορυγμοίrumblings… other lexica (see the references at Photius kappa972 Theodoridis), but, pace LSJ s.v., ps.-Lucian, Philopatris 3, has korkorogismo/s.Matched in noteshighshort
  11. α4369Ἀτλήτῳinsufferable[Meaning] unbearable. In the Epigrams: "[she] keeping the head of an insufferable beast as a toy." Also [sc. attested is the related participle] a)tlhtw=n ["being unable to endure"], [meaning] not tolerating, not bearing, taking …Matched in translationhighshort
  12. α1835Ἀναγωγήlaunch, launching… "And a launching of the ships took place not in keeping with the size of such an embarking army or magnficence of the armaments or the other preparations that exceeded necessity for beauty." And …Matched in translationhighshort
  13. ι411ἸόλαοςIolaos, Iolaus… he is mentioned (by a Boeotian: a fact more in keeping with the prevalence of this cult than the one claimed here).Matched in noteshighshort
  14. κ2678Κυματωγήbeach, seashore… the sea and at the mouths of the Phasis were keeping their dinghies aloft and even tied up around the mastheads of the masts." "They were traveling the same way as the river across …Matched in translationhighshort
  15. α2056Ἀνάρτησιςcrucifixion, suspension; suspense… he returned to them with a letter suspending them [i.e. keeping them in suspense] by the same hopes."Matched in translationhighshort
  16. μ1394Μυκήσαντοςafter it had roared, when it had roared… the gates of heaven, which the Hours had in their keeping". And in the Epigrams: "after it [sc. a drum] had roared heavily, the boldest of animals [i.e. the lion] ran away faster than …Matched in translationhighshort
  17. α3031Ἀπεπλίξατοtrotted off, strode off… and nonchalantly and got away. For pli/c ["trot"] [is] a pace; and pli/gmata [are] leaps. Whence also [we find] "astride" [expressed by] a)mfipli/c in Sophocles in Triptolemos. And Homer [writes]: "well did they gallop, …Matched in translationhighshort
  18. μ457ΜελάνθιοςMelanthios, Melanthius… 'harpies' [meaning] gobblers of fish, for Harpies [are] rapacious divinities; keeping the old women away from the fish so they will not go to market; or those who lie with old women, for whores …Matched in translationhighmedium
  19. μ772Μετέωροςraised-up, stirred-up… in Thucydides. Meaning they had been agitated and were not keeping quiet.Matched in translationhighmedium
  20. ε3793Εὐφημησμός Εὐφήμου στόμα φροντίδοςreligious silence… denotes the silent; for the [verb] eu)fhmei=n is applied to keeping silence.Matched in translationhighshort
  21. β208Βδύλλετεyou are in deadly fear of… 209. [1] This "synonym" does not seem to be in keeping with the other two, but it is the only definition offered by LSJ.Matched in noteshighshort
  22. α4173ἈσκληπιάδηςAsclepiades, Asklepiades… the doctors, [named] from Asclepius. He [derived his name] from keeping bodies tough [askele] and gentle [epia]. Asclepius, the patron of medicine, could heal Pauson and Irus and any other hopeless case. See under …Matched in translationhighmedium
  23. α3068Ἀπέστησενremoved… and continued prosperous the whole time." And Polybius elsewhere [writes]: "keeping distant from their former station in a suitable place, most of them held back, but two went ahead quite a bit." Meaning they …Matched in translationhighshort
  24. α1733Ἀμφίκοροςmiddle child… amphikoros is accepted by LSJ as a term which does (pace Photius) mean the middle of three brothers. LSJ a)mfi/kouros has three parts: a tree-trunk lopped of its branches (as in a fragment of …Matched in noteshighshort
  25. ε2238Ἐπιβολήthought, principle, impost, penalty, fine… funds badly or for those holding others' property and not keeping it in the open. The penalty which the archons prescribe is called e)pibolh/, and the verb is e)piba/llein.Matched in translationhighmedium
  26. ε3116Ἐσάλευεwas riding… one of his children." The expression means that he was keeping his hopes fixed on them. And Aelian [writes]: "since, however, he was already riding on the ultimates, his relatives took him into [a …Matched in translationhighmedium
  27. ε3598ΕὐνόμιοςEunomios, Eunomius [of Cyzicus]… man "became secretary to Aetius who was nicknamed the Atheist. Keeping company with him he emulated his sophistical style. He did not perceive that he was playing with clever expressions and making sophisms for …Matched in translationhighmedium
  28. α3970ἉρμάτοςHarmatos, Harmatius… smiles; and after these things the problem was one of keeping love hidden from sight. When they had communicated the situation to Daniel the eunuch and Maria the waiting-woman, they managed to cure this …Matched in translationhighmedium
  29. ι84ἸγνάτιοςIgnatius, Ignatios… 136-7, at 136 (adding for good measure the comment that, pace Adler, this material cannot possibly come from Hesychius of Miletus).Matched in noteshighshort
  30. δ234Δεξιόςclever… catering to the opportunities and preferring his own advantage to keeping faith, inasmuch as the kothornos fits men and women as footwear. It appears that he also voted for the three penalties, to be …Matched in translationhighmedium

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