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definition128
dialects, grammar, and etymology106
biography90
ethics71
historiography69
history64
religion56
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imagery31
daily life28

32 more

medicine26
rhetoric23
Christianity22
economics20
poetry20
epic19
gender and sexuality19
law19
women19
zoology17
comedy16
mythology16
tragedy16

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Α alpha65
Δ delta35
Ε epsilon34
Γ gamma6
Β beta5
Χ chi5
Ι iota5
Κ kappa5

2 more

Η eta2
ΕΙ epsiloniota1

Vetting status

high163

Length

Short117
Medium40
Long6

Translator

Jennifer Benedict63
Catharine Roth26
William Hutton15
David Whitehead11
Antonella Ippolito8
Marcelo Boeri7

20 more

Oliver Phillips ✝5
Anne Mahoney4
Ioannis Doukas3
Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝2
D. Graham J. Shipley2
Konstantinos Kopanias

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α1847Ἀναδέξασθαιto await… 1848. In the present entry it is perhaps (though not demonstrably) extracted from the first quotation given. [1] Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler tentatively suggested Aelian.) [2] Polybius 1.52.8. [3] Polybius fr. 100 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes …Matched in noteshighshort
α1848Ἀναδέξασθαιto endure… 1847. In the present entry it is perhaps (though not demonstrably) extracted from the Polybian quotation given. [1] Polybius 13.5.3; again, in part, at alpha 3018. [2] Likewise in Photius. [3] cf. generally alpha …Matched in noteshighshort
α2087Ἀνάστρῳstarless… headword, dative singular of this adjective, is probably (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given. [1] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 12 Habrich. (This poetic statement is a faint echo of Homer, Iliad 18.61.)Matched in noteshigh

α1847

Ἀναδέξασθαι

to await

[Meaning] to hold back, to wait for. "He encamped in the precinct, wanting to await the coming ferries to bear him across." And Polybius [writes]: "and [Junius was] awaiting those who were lagging behind on the voyage…

Ἀναδέξασθαι· ἀναλαβεῖν, ἐκδέξασθαι. ὁ δὲ εἰς τὸ τέμενος κατεσκήνωσεν, βουλόμενος ἀναδέξασθαι τὰ μέλλοντα διακομίζειν αὐτὸν πορθμεῖα. καὶ Πολύβιος· τούς τε κατὰ πλοῦν ἀφυστεροῦντας…

food

food

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14

science and technology13

science and technology13

meter and music7

meter and music7

trade and manufacture5

trade and manufacture5

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Stefano Sanfilippo2

Stefano Sanfilippo2

Amelia Mathias1

Amelia Mathias1

Gabriel Bodard1

Gabriel Bodard1

Nathan Greenberg ✝1

Nathan Greenberg ✝1

Nicholas Wilshere1

Nicholas Wilshere1

Ross Scaife ✝1

Ross Scaife ✝1

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α2098Ἀνατάσειςthreats… in the accusative case; it is therefore probably (if not demonstrably) extracted from the first quotation given. [1] Polybius fr. 108 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes that Casaubon attributed this fragment to Polybius (p. 529). Bernhardy …Matched in noteshighshort

α2108Ἀνατραπέντεςconfused… of a)natre/pw, masculine nominative plural. It is perhaps (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given. [1] Aelian fr. 76b Domingo-Forasté (part of 73 Hercher); cf. already alpha 463, and again sigma 974. [2] …Matched in noteshighshort

α2127Ἀναφρονήσαντεςhaving come back to their right mindSame entry in ps.-Zonaras. The headword, perhaps (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given, is aorist active participle, masculine nominative plural, of a)nafrone/w. [1] Quotation (again at gamma 356) unidentifiable. See also alpha …Matched in noteshighshort

α2158Ἀνδράριονmanikin… shows, is the accusative case; it is perhaps, though not demonstrably, extracted from the quotation given. For the plural see under pi 358. [2] Agathias, Histories 1.7 (p.30 Niebuhr). During the Gothic War (535-554 …Matched in noteshighshort

α2209Ἀνεβάλλετοwas striking up, was starting up… other lexica and scholia. The headword is perhaps (though not demonstrably) extracted from the first quotation given. [1] Arrian, History of Alexander's Successors fr. 21 Roos-Wirth (FGrH 156 F124). [2] See already alpha 1810.Matched in noteshighshort

α2270Ἀνενεγκώνhaving come roundThe headword participle is perhaps (though not demonstrably) extracted from the first quotation given. [1] Quotation unidentifiable. [2] Again at epsilon 827. [3] Iamblichus fr. 83 Habrich.Matched in noteshighshort

α2273Ἀνεννόητονinconceivable, without conception… neuter nominative/accusative singular of this adjective) is perhaps, though not demonstrably, extracted from the first quotation given. [1] Polybius fr. 6 Büttner-Wobst; see already under alpha 1312; cf. also kappa 2591, kappa 2602 and …Matched in noteshighshort

α2274Ἀνέντεςhaving loosened[1] The headword is perhaps, though not demonstrably, extracted from the quotation given. For the first gloss cf. alpha 2458. [2] Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort

α2315Ἀνέρρωσενstrengthened anewThe headword is perhaps (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given. [1] Part of Aelian fr. 44a Domingo-Forasté (41 Hercher); cf. epsilon 126.Matched in noteshighshort

α2328Ἀνέστελλονthey were repulsing… tense, of the verb a)naste/llw -- is perhaps (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given. [2] Aelian fr. 250b Domingo-Forasté (252 Hercher); cf. already alpha 1968 and again epsilon 215.Matched in noteshighshort

α2330Ἀνέστησανthey forced [someone] to emigrateThe headword is perhaps (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given. [1] Menander Protector fr. 18.6 Blockley (164-167), on the displeasure of Tiberius Caesar (cf. tau 553 and PLRE IIIb s.v. Tiberius Constantinus(1)) …Matched in noteshighshort

α2336Ἀνεσχήκειwas risenSame entry in ps.-Zonaras. The headword is perhaps (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given. [1] Perhaps from the Parthica of Arrian (see Roos p.49 n.184).Matched in noteshighshort

α2353ἈνέφερενofferedThe headword is perhaps, though not demonstrably, extracted from the quotation given. For this verb see also alpha 2352, alpha 2354, alpha 2355. [1] Quotation unidentifiable. (Attributed to Polybius by Valckenaer, to Aelian by …Matched in noteshighshort

α2355Ἀνέφερονthey were bringing up, they were recoveringThe headword is perhaps, though not demonstrably, extracted from the first quotation given. For this verb see also alpha 2352, alpha 2353, alpha 2354. [1] Quotation unidentifiable. [2] Quotation not identified by Adler, but …Matched in noteshighshort

α2528Ἀνθρώπινονhumanity… nominative/accusative singular or masculine accusative singular, is perhaps (though not demonstrably) generated by the neuter genitive singular in the quotation given. [1] From Diogenes Laertius 4.7 (on Xenocrates and Phryne). [2] See e.g. Lucian, …Matched in noteshighshort

α2635ἈντέσχεwithstoodThe headword is perhaps (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given. [1] Josephus, Jewish War 3.321 (quoted approximately: see web address 1 below).Matched in noteshighshort

α2688ἈντίξοονadverseThe headword adjective is probably (though not demonstrably) extracted from the first quotation given. [1] Herodotus 6.7 (of what the participants in the Ionian Revolt resolve not to do; the emphasis in pezo\n me\n …Matched in noteshighshort

α2978Ἀπεδοκίμαζενused to rejectThe headword is probably (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given. [1] cf. alpha 3299. [2] Polybius 8.9.7, quoting Theopompus (FGrH 115 F225) on Philip II of Macedon.Matched in noteshighshort

α3150ἈπήλαυσεenjoyedThe headword (aorist of a)polau/w) is perhaps, though not demonstrably, extracted from the quotation given. [1] Marcellinus, Life of Thucydides 26; see again under alpha 3377. The "misfortune" was the loss (from an Athenian …Matched in noteshighshort

α3205Ἀπιθήςinflexible, unyielding… the present context its nominative case has perhaps, though not demonstrably, been generated by the genitive in the quotation given. [1] Aelian fr. 56a Domingo-Foraste (53 Hercher); see continuation at alpha 3550. This surely …Matched in noteshighshort

α3375Ἀπολαβόντεςhaving interceptedThe headword participle is perhaps (though not demonstrably) extracted from the first quotation given. [1] Adler did not identify the quotation, but suggested that it was transmitted via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti. It is …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3430Ἀπολυόμενοςdismissing… The headword, a present middle-voice participle, is probably (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given. For this verb cf. alpha 3431 (active). [1] Quotation unidentifiable. (Attributed to Polybius by Valckenaer.)Matched in noteshighshort

α3616Ἀποτροπιαζόμενοιaverting… alpha 3615. [1] The headword participle is probably (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given. [2] From the scholia to Sophocles, Electra 445; cf. mu 274. [3] Same material in other lexica.Matched in noteshighshort

α3976Ἁρμοζόμενοςfitting… cf. eta 532, eta 533. It is perhaps (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given. [2] Polybius 8.25.9 (here abbreviated) on Philemenus at Tarentum (a city in southern Italy, cf. tau 112), 213/12 …Matched in noteshighshort

α4278Ἀσυμφυῆnot in keeping (with)… headword, neuter plural of this adjective, is perhaps (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given. [1] Also in ps.-Zonaras. [2] Quotation unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort

α4386ἈτρέπτωςunhesitatinglyThe headword adverb is probably (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given. [1] Aelian fr. 70f Domingo-Forasté (part of 67 Hercher), of the Delphic priestess and King Croesus.Matched in noteshighshort

α4636Ἀφοπλίζεινto strip of armsThe headword infinitive is perhaps (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given. [1] Likewise already, it seems, in Hesychius alpha8718, though truncated there. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. [3] From a scholium on Homer, Iliad …Matched in noteshighshort

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