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Ἀναξίβιος
Anaxibios, Anaxibius
A Spartan general.
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2026
Ἀναποδίζειν
to cross-examine
[Meaning] to investigate, as if to come into conflict. Herodotus [sc. uses the word]. Also [sc. attested is the related participle] [matters] being cross-examined, meaning being investigated. Or meaning the same things frequently said …
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2091
Ἀνασυντάξας
having re-assessed
Meaning [he] having assessed afresh. Hyperides [in the speech] Against Polyeuktos [uses the word].
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Ἀναφλύστιοι
Anaphlystians
Anaphlystios, a deme of Attica, of the [tribe] Antiochis. Some historians, however, mention Anaphlystos as a polis.
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2145
Ἄνδηρα
dikes
They call the edges of rivers dikes, because of their being wet [e)/nikma] and watery [diera/]. But Hyperides calls the upper-embankments [thus], because they are above [a)/nw] the watery [parts] [diera/].
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2155
Ἀνδραποδοκάπηλος
slave-dealer, slave-seller
[Meaning a] trafficker of [= in] slaves. The foot in men is called a)ndra/podon [literally "man-foot"], on the principle of the part being subordinate to the whole; for the slave is subordinate to the …
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2164
Ἀνδρεία
manhood
[A term for] the prime of men's lives. Antiphon in the [treatise] On Concord [sc. uses the term thus]. The penis, too, is called "manhood" by some. But courage [andria] and rectitude [dikaiosyne] are …
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2184
Ἀνδροληψία
abduction, seizure
If an Athenian man died outside Attica, and those in that polis in which the deed was done did not hand over the person who seemed to be responsible, the law allowed three of …
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2197
Ἀναία
Anaia, Anaea
A city.
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2303
Ἀνεπόπτευτον
not-fully-initiated
The [term that means] not being admitted to the grade of epoptes [in the Eleusinian Mysteries]; so Hyperides [sc. uses the word]. What admission to the grade of epoptes means, Philochorus shows when he …
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2321
Ἀνεσκευάσαντο
they dismantled themselves
[sc. A way of saying] becoming refugees and, in effect, exhausted. Also [sc. attested is the related perfect participle] a)neskeuasme/noi, [meaning] having put on their armor.
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2340
Ἄνετον
consecrated, exempted
Hyperides [sc. uses this word to mean] a shrine devoted to [a] god. A life, too, can be described as anetos, [meaning] a free and soft [one].
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2350
Ἀνέφαινον
they were declaring, they were revealing
[Meaning] they were making clear.
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2360
Ἀνεχαίτισεν
threw
Meaning [he/she/it] checked or overturned.
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2416
Ἀνημιωβολιαῖα
half-obol-portions
Meaning each of them [are] half an obol, a half-obol's worth. Nouns come from syntax: kalo\s kai\ a)gaqo/s ['fine and good'], kalokagaqi/a ['fineness-and-goodness']; qeo\s e)xqro/s, ['hateful to gods'] qeoexqri/a ['hatefulness to the gods']; so …
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2437
Ἀνὴρ κόπριος
man of dung
As if from a deme. He is speaking of the dung-collector; alternatively a gardener [kepouros], from dung [kopros].
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2598
Ἀνωρθρίαζον
they were shrieking
Andocides [uses the word]. Meaning they were crying aloud.
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2644
Ἄντεια
Anteia
Proper name, of a courtesan. But some write it Antheia.
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2653
Ἀντιάτας
Antiates
[Meaning] those from the city of Antium, which lies 300 stades from Rome.
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2654
Ἀντιβληθέντος
having been retorted
Dinarchus says [this], meaning having been replied.
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2661
Ἀντιγραφεύς
antigrapheus, copy-clerk
Similar to "clerk". The man in charge of those paying certain sums of money to the city, who therefore "copies" them. So Demosthenes in the [speech] Against Androtion, but also Aeschines in the Against …
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2664
Ἀντίθεσις
antithesis
It is a figure of speech, by which opposites are contrasted with each other either partially or wholly. So Isocrates in the Panathenaikos [sc. uses the term].
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2675
Ἀντίκυρα
Antikyra, Anticyra
Name of a certain place.
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2691
Ἀντίου
Antion, Antium
A city, which lies 300 stades from Rome.
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2692
Ἀντιόχεια
Antiocheia, Antiochia, Antioch
[Meaning] the city [of that name]. It was created by Seleukos; but it was named after his son Antiochos. Also [sc. attested is] Antiochis, a name of a tribe.
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2713
Ἀντιπέτρεια
Antipetreia, Antipatreia
Name of a city.
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2726
Ἄντισσα
Antissa
[The name of] one city of those in/on Lesbos.
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2759
Ἀντωμοσία
affidavit
[Meaning] certain documents written by those involved in the lawsuit, both the plaintiff and the defendant, which they then submit to the authorities. It is so called since each of the two of them …
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2768
Ἀντρῶνες
Antrones
A city in Thessaly. Also [sc. attested is a proverb] "Antronian donkey"; as very large ones occur in Antrones.
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2822
Ἀξίοχος
Axiochos, Axiochus
A dialogue called Axiochos was written [sc. and attributed] to Aeschines the Socratic. It has [also] been recorded [as a work] of Plato's.
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