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2832
Ἀξιοῖ
deems
Antiphon and Lysias [sc. say this] instead of [he/she] thinks.
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short
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2833
Ἄξονες
axones, axles
This is what Athenians called the laws of Solon, because of the fact they had been inscribed on wooden axles. They were square in shape. Demosthenes in the [speech] Against Aristokrates mentions the word. …
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short
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2843
Ἄοπτα
unseen [things]
Antiphon [sc. uses the word]. Meaning [things] invisible and not seen, but having given the impression of being seen.
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philosophy
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213
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213
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208
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98
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49
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α
2861
Ἄπαγε
stop! arrest!
[Used] with a genitive. [Meaning] cease [something], may it not happen! Alternatively arrest!, meaning employ [the procedure of] arrest [a)pagwgh/]. So Demosthenes [sc. mentions this]. And [there is] a proverb: "stop a stranger in …
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3036
Ἀπεργασάμενος
having finished work
Meaning having rendered [account] of what one had been doing. So Isaeus in the [speech] In reply to Apollodoros. Also [sc. attested is the corresponding infinitive] a)perga/sasqai ["to finish work"], meaning to complete [it]. …
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short
α
3079
Ἀπεσχοίνισεν
cordoned off, roped off
[Meaning he/she/it] separated off. Also [sc. attested is the perfect middle/passive participle] a)pesxoinisme/nos ["having been cordoned off"], [meaning] having been detached. Demosthenes in the [speech] Against Aristogeiton [uses this word] to mean having been …
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short
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3111
Ἀπεψηφίσατο
voted off
That is [he/she/it] condemned. "The council reached its judgement on what had been done and voted the fellow off, since the taint of guilt had occurred with him not attacking but defending himself". And …
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medium
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3250
Ἀποβάτης
dismounter
[Dismounter] and to dismount and dismounting-circuits: a dismounter is [sc. participant in] an equestrian competition, and to dismount [is] to compete as a dismounter. Dismounting-circuits [are] those [so called] from this competition.
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short
α
3269
Ἀπόγνοια
despair
[Meaning] desperation. Thucydides [writes]: "they burned the boats, so that despair would leave them no option but to gain control of the land".
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short
α
3273
Ἀπογραφή
deposition
Whenever someone says that someone is in possession of some item of city property, the defendant makes a deposition, showing how much he has of it and how he came by it. Perhaps also …
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medium
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3274
Ἀπόγραφος
imitator
"Onesikritos, as an imitator, takes second place to his model." That is, to Xenophon.
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short
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3281
Ἀποδέκται
receivers
It is an official position amongst [the] Athenians. There were ten; they took over the written accounts and erased the sums being paid, in the presence of the council in the council-house, and gave …
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short
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3294
Ἀποδιδόμενοι
returning
Antiphon [sc. uses this middle-voice participle] instead of [the active] a)podido/ntes. Also a)podido/meqa ["we return"]; with genitive. Instead of we give up [a)podi/domen] or we sell.
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3340
Ἀποκαυλίζεσθαι
to snap the point off
[To snap the point off] the mechanical ram.
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3383
Ἀπολελοιπότες
having left behind
Meaning [they] having defeated. The metaphor [comes] from runners. For those who are winning leave behind those being defeated. So [I]socrates in Panathenaikos and Panegyrikos.
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short
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3384
Ἀπολέμητον
unwarred on, not fought over
[Meaning] unharassed. "They having descended into a territory prosperous and, for long periods of time, unwarred on".
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α
3434
Ἀπομάττεσθαι
to model
[Meaning] to restore, to imitate, and to represent. Also [sc. attested is the related participle] a)poma/ttwn [used by] Demosthenes in the [speech] For Ktesiphon. Some [use it] to mean rubbing down, others to mean …
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3439
Ἀπόμισθος
dismissed without pay
[Meaning] unpaid - when someone has done a job for pay and is sent away unpaid. The word occurs in Lysias in the speech In reply to Callicles. But [plural] a)po/misqoi in Demosthenes [means] …
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3456
Ἀπονομή
share
[Meaning] the apportionment, whether in the case of the city taking some part of the proceeds from the mine-workings or in the case of a division amongst a multiplicity of contractors, so that each …
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short
α
3475
Ἀποπεφασμένον
declared
[Meaning something] forbidden. Or meaning [something] advertised and made evident. So Dinarchus and Lysias and Demosthenes in the [speech] Against Neaira [sc. use the term].
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short
α
3483
Ἀποπομπαῖος
evil-dismissing
[Referring to] a kid, a goat. Also [sc. attested is the plural] a)popompai=oi; certain gods used to be called this. Also [sc. attested is the related abstract noun] a)popomph/ ["evil-dismissal"], meaning evil-aversion.
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short
α
3495
Ἀπορρέξαντες
having sacrificed-out
[Meaning they] having divided out, having given out a [sc. sacrificial] portion.
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3509
Ἀπορώτατος
most out-of-the-way, very out-of-the-way
Meaning impossible to find a way to. So Isaeus in the [speech] For the daughter of Mnesaios [sc. uses the word].
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3515
Ἀποσάξαντα
having caulked, having sealed off
Dinarchus [uses this] to mean [him] having blocked the hole.
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3546
Ἀπόστασις
distance
[Meaning] withdrawal from a [sc. certain amount of] intervening space. Polybius [writes]: "none of the citizens knew what was happening because of the distance, the city being large". [The terms] 'distance' and 'distancing' [a)postasi/a] …
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medium
α
3558
Ἀποστησάμενον
had [it] weighed out
Demosthenes in the [speech] Against Timotheos [says this] to mean took [it] for weighing. Also [sc. attested is] a)posth/sontai ["they will weight out"], the equivalent of saying they will take by weight. Also [sc. …
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short
α
3559
Ἀποστολαί
dispatches
[Meaning] discharges, gifts. Also [sc. attested is] a)po/stolos, the man sent out with an army in preparation for war. "Shattering some of the boats with their dispatches". That is, with their discharges. Also [sc. …
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medium
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3565
Ἀποστροφή
outlet
[Used] to mean katastrophe ["overturning"].
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short
α
3581
Ἀπόταξις
individual assessment
The [term that means] assessing separately those who had previously been assessed together to pay the specified tribute. Antiphon in the [speech] On behalf of the tribute of the Samothrakians [uses the term].
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short
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3584
Ἀπόταφος
tomb-less
[Meaning] one deprived of [sc. burial among] his ancestral tombs. So Dinarchus [uses the word].
high
short
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