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1043
Ἀκυληΐα
Aquileia
A populous city of Italy, lying on [= by] the sea. Also [sc. attested are] 'Aquileians', [meaning] the citizens [of it].
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1044
Ἀκύλλιος
Aquillius, Aquilius
Proper name.
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1045
Ἄκυλος
acorn, pig-acorn
[Meaning] the fruit of the holm-oak. But e)/kulos [is] a kind of plant.
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1046
Ἀκύμονα
calm, wave-less
[Meaning] undisturbed. Also [sc. attested is] a)ku/mwn, [meaning] she who is not giving birth, as e)gku/mwn [is] she who has conceived. Also [sc. attested is the comparative] a)kumo/teros ["more/rather calm"].
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1047
Ἅλα
brine, salt
[Meaning] sea.
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1048
Ἀλλά
but
[Used] instead of "but when" and instead of "at least" [ge].
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1049
Ἅλα
salt
[Meaning] excrements. In [the] Odyssey: "you would not give even salt out of [your] house to your suppliant."
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1050
Ἀλαβαστοθήκας
perfume-bottle boxes, scent-bottle boxes
Demosthenes calls boxes of scent-bottles [this]. In common parlance they call them murothekai ["unguent-boxes"]. Alabastoi are flasks of which one cannot take hold because of [their] smoothness. Aristophanes [writes]: "into the scent-bottle one ladle …
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1051
Ἀλάβαστρον
alabastron, unguent-flask
[Meaning a] vessel of [= for] unguent, without handles, [made] of stone, or a stone unguent-box.
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1052
Ἀλλὰ γάρ
but for all that
Instead of "but". Eupolis [sc. uses the idiom]. "But for all that, despondent men never yet set up a trophy." The proverb [is used] in reference to those who because of despondency are unable …
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1053
Ἄλλα δ' ἀλλαχοῦ καλά
different (names) are good in different places.
Inasmuch as different men call the Eumenides by different names. So other names are judged good by other people, but we prefer to call them Eumenides ["Favoring Ones"] by euphemism instead of Erinnyes ["Furies"].
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1054
Ἄλλαγμα
exchange, price, sale
The prophet says: "and there was no profit in our outcries."
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1055
Ἀλαζονεύεσθαι
to brag, to make false pretensions.
[Used] with a genitive.
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1056
Ἀλαζονεία
boastfulness
[Meaning] arrogance. Polybius [writes]: "for most of them displayed an unfortunate emulation of the boastfulness and bad timing of the others." But in the Apostle a)lazo/nas should be understood as "those who boast in …
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1057
Ἀλαζών
boaster, imposter
[Meaning one who is] deceitful, arrogant, false. [So called] from living a wandering life (e)n a)/lh| zh=n). Also [sc. attested is] a)lazonoxaunoflu/aros, [meaning] a drunkard and babbler. Or a)lazw/n, [meaning someone] living otherwise [a)/llws …
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1058
Ἀλαζών
boaster, imposter
[Meaning] a wanderer. So Alkaios [sc. uses the word]. But Plato [says] a)lazo/nes meaning liars. Or a)lazw/n, [meaning] one who boasts and holds an opinion of himself greater than he deserves. "But he used …
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1059
Ἀλαλαγμός
shouting
[Meaning a] victory hymn. Or a sound [made] by those who are more confident against those who are afraid. So a)lalagmo/s [is] a raising of the voice. And with the dative [sc. is attested …
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1060
Ἀλαλαλαὶ ἰὴ παίων
alalalai ie paion
Choral exclamation.
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1944
Ἀναλογῶ
I make proportional
In the sense of I fit [used] with a dative. "When the builders raise the greatness of the buildings to a height, they lay the foundations in proportion to the height." Also in the …
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Ἀνήειμεν
we were going up
[Meaning] we went up.
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3114
Ἄπει
you will go away
Meaning you will depart. Sophocles [sc. uses the word].
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3115
Ἀπεῖδεν
looked at
"But the general, when he looked at him with burning anger, punished Getes with death". Meaning looked at [him] with fierceness.
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3116
Ἀπειθεῖν
to disobey
[Used] with a dative. [Meaning] to distrust. Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] a)peiqh/s ["unaccommodating"], [applied] not only to the disobedient man, but also to a place. Aelian [writes]: "for the Romans, wherever …
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3117
Ἀπειθῶ
I disobey
[Used] with a dative. [Spelled] with a diphthong [ei]. But a)piqw= [is] perispomenon, as in "whom oak trees did not disobey, whom the lifeless rock followed."
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3118
Ἀπεικάζω
I compare, I liken
[Used] with a dative.
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3119
Ἀπείκασμα
copy, representation
[Meaning a] likeness.
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3120
Ἀπεικός
unfitting, unreasonable
[Meaning something] strange, unseemly. But [sc. the related adverb is] a)peiko/tws.
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3121
Ἀπειλή
threat
[Meaning] anger.
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3122
Ἀπειλημμένος
threatened
[Meaning one who/which has been] overcome.
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3123
Ἀπειλητῆρες
threateners
[Meaning] boasters. Also [sc. attested is the related participle] a)peilw=n ["he threatening"]; [used] with a dative. [Meaning one who is] boasting.
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