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Βελλεροφόντης
Bellerophontes, Bellerophon
The man whom Proetus wished to kill through his letters to Iobates.
high
short
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232
Βελεστίχη
Belestiche
[no gloss]
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short
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233
Βελισάριος
Belisarius, Belisarios
The general, was beautiful and large of body and handsome above all. He showed himself so gentle and accessible to whomever he met that he tended to resemble a very poor and obscure man. …
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234
Βέλος
arrow, dart, missile
Also a wound, used with the same meaning as the thing doing the wounding in Homer..
high
short
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235
Βελονοπώλης
needle-seller
This man was a parasite, as Aristophanes says.
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short
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255
Βηθύλος
bethylos, bethylus
A type of bird.
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short
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256
Βηλός
threshold
[Meaning] a door's step; or [the] sky.
high
short
β
262
Βηρία
Beria, Veria
A city [of that name].
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short
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263
Βηρίνη
Verina
Of Verina, wife of Leo the Great, there were two monuments, one to the northernmost side of saint Agathonicus behind the entry to the staircase, the other in the direction of saint Barbara. And …
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short
β
264
Βῆρος
Verus
A Roman general. This man was not serious, but rather was dissolute from the disease of drunkenness to a very great extent, and because of it was eternally possessed by thoughtless impudence.
high
short
β
265
Βηρούνιον
Berounion, Virunum
Name of a city. For the Noricians are a people, where a divinely-sent monster of a boar was ravaging the land, and everyone who tried to attack it achieved nothing, until a certain man, …
high
medium
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266
Βησᾶς ἕστηκεν οἷον ἀχανής
Besas stands as if gaping
This man stands gaping and rumbling and rather silly.
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short
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268
Βία
force
[Meaning] impetus, strength. "And he by the force of his body pushes the gates inwards."
high
short
β
269
Βιάζω
I constrain, I force
[Used] with an accusative.
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271
Βιαρκέος
life-sustaining, providing sustenance for life
[Meaning] being sufficient for living. In the Epigrams: "three brothers, each from a different kind of netting that provides sustenance for life, these gifts".
high
short
β
272
Βιβάζει
causes to mount
[Meaning he/she/it] makes couple, puts male to female.
high
short
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273
Βιβλιαφόρος
book-carrier
[Meaning a] letter-carrier. "And he sends a book-carrier, advising [someone] not to be upset." Also, every writing is called a bibliaphoros.
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short
β
277
Βιδίνη
Bidine
A city of Scythia.
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short
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278
Βιαιότερον
more forceful
[Meaning] more overwhelming. "The disease was more forceful than the knowledge of the doctors" .
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short
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279
Βίαιοι
violent
[Violent] were these men: Phalaris, Echetos, Dionysius, and the tyrant of the Cassandreians, [the last of these] exceeding all bounds in lawlessness; also Liggis, illegitimate brother of Illos -- he too [was] violent.
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short
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284
Βικάριος
vicarius, vicar
Among Romans [this means a] successor.
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285
Βίκος
jar
[Meaning] a container/vessel. Also [sc. attested is] biki/dion ["little jar"], the transmission with iota. Xenophon [writes]: "for Cyrus sent jars half full of wine". Also [sc. attested is] bi/kos, [meaning] a seed.
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short
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286
Βίκτορα
Victor
[no gloss]
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287
Βινεῖν
to fuck
[Meaning] to have sexual intercourse with; or to suck. In the Epigrams: "sweet it is to fuck. Who denies it? But whenever you ask for money, it becomes more bitter than hellebore" .
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short
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288
Βινεῖν
to fuck
[Meaning] to penetrate. Also "[it is necessary] for me to fuck divided in two". Also [sc. attested is] binh/somen ["we will fuck"]. Aristophanes [writes]: "then having fucked [her], he flew back down again". "So …
high
short
β
289
Βῖνος
Venus
Name of a goddess.
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short
β
291
Βίολα
biola
[Meaning] sandals, shoes.
high
short
β
292
Βίος
life
When paroxytone it has 4 meanings. But bio/s [is] the string of a bow.
high
short
β
293
Βίος
life
Sometimes [it means] the substance of one's possessions, sometimes the act of living itself. And [there is] a proverb: "a ready-kneaded life," in reference to those who are living prosperously in an extravagant and …
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short
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582
Διακεχυμένοι
relaxed
[Meanng they who have been] loosened in the soul by joy. "Some of the young men went to meet Gaius relaxed and also joking somewhat with one another."
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short
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