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α31Ἀβελτεροκόκκυξsilly cuckooThe vacuous and silly man.highshort
α32Ἀβέλτεροςthoughtless[Meaning] mindless, stupid. For the intelligent man [is] be/lteros ["thoughtful, superior"]. "No, by Zeus, not the greedy and thoughtless fellow, but the mindless and conceitedly slow-witted." Menander in Perinthia [writes]: "any servant who takes …highmedium
α33Ἀβελτερώτατοιmost thoughtless, very thoughtlessAristophanes [writes]: "before this most/very thoughtless men used to sit gaping -- Dolts, Half-wits".highshort
α34Ἀβέρβηλοςunsteady[Meaning someone or something] unstable. There is also a word a)bu/rbhlon, [meaning something] shameless, hateful.highshort
α35ἈβεσαλώμAbesalom, AbsalomProper name. [The man] who rose up against his own father David and was destroyed by him in the war.highshort
α36ἈβειρώνAbeironProper name.highshort
α37ἈβηρωθαῖοςAberothaios, AberothaeusProper name.highshort
α38Ἀβήςstupid[Meaning someone or something] unintelligent.highshort
α39ἈβιάAbia, AbijahProper name.highshort
α40ἈβιαδηνόςAbiadenianFrom the city Abiadene.highshort
α41ἈβιάθαρAbiatharProper name.highshort
α42ἈβίαςAbijah, AbiasSon of Rehoboam the son of Solomon. He fought against Jeroboam, Solomon's slave, and in one day killed 1500 powerful men.highshort
α43ἈβίγαςAbigasA river.highshort
α44ἈβιέζερAbiezerProper name.highshort
α45ἈβιμέλεχAbimelechProper name. The son of Gideon. He smote his brothers, seventy sons of Gideon's wives, upon a single stone, and none of them was left except Jotham the youngest son, who ran away. As …highlong
α46ἌβινναAbinna, AbilaName of a city.highshort
α47Ἄβιοςfull-livedAntiphon has a)/bion for one who has acquired a good living. Similarly Homer has a)/culon for "full of timber."highshort
α48ἈβιούδAbioud, AbihudProper name.highshort
α49Ἀβίωτονunlivable[Meaning something] bad [and] annoying, painful. "He found it an unlivable situation if he could not control the city". Also [sc. attested is the masculine] a)bi/wtos, he who is not alive.highshort
α50Ἀβίωτοςunlivable*polubi/wtos ['full of life'], makrobi/wtos ['long-lived'], biwtiko/s ['alive'] [have omega]; except for bi/otos ['life'], bioth/ ['life'], and the verb bioteu/w ['I live'].highshort
α51ἈβισάκAbisak, AbishagProper name.highshort
α52ἈβίσαροςAbisaros, AbisareisName of a place.highshort
α53ἌβιτοςAbitos, AbitusProper name. "Abitos built himself an ascetic's cell."highshort
α54Ἀβλεμέωςfecklessly, heedlessly[Meaning] thoughtlessly.highshort
α55Ἀβλεπτήματιby an oversight[Meaning] by a mistake. "He bore the oversights of ordinary folk patiently, but those of more intellectual people grieved him." Also [sc. attested is the participle] a)bleptou=ntes. "Those committing oversights and ashamed to face …highshort
α56ἌβληροςAbleros, AblerusProper name.highshort
α57Ἀβλῆταunshot, unthrown[Referring to] projectiles, ones that have not been dispatched with a view to wounding. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'unshot arrow': the one badly shot or the one not yet shot. Declines a)blh\s, …highshort
α58Ἀβληχρήνfeeble[Meaning] weak. For what is strong [is] blhxro/n. Aelian [writes]: "so she brought her life to an end gently and with a calm and feeble death, such as even Homer seems to me to …highshort
α59ἈβολήτωρmeeterOr a)/bolos ["un-shedder"], a donkey that has not yet shed its teeth, from which the animal's age is known. Similarly, a young animal that does not yet have its indicators. An 'indicator' is what …highmedium
α60Ἀβουλείinconsiderately, unintentionally[Meaning] without consideration, mindlessly, ignorantly. "Though he certainly had not guessed the king's opinion, he accomplished it quite unintentionally."highshort

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