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Ἄελλα
whirlwind
A dense mass of winds.
high
short
α
546
Ἀελλάδες ἵπποι
storm-swift mares
[Meaning] the fast [ones]. This too [is] an expression from tragedy.
high
short
α
547
Ἀελλόπους
storm-footed
[Meaning she who/that which is] swift with respect to the feet.
high
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trade and manufacture
trade and manufacture
286
286
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281
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258
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258
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249
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226
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47
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ΑΙ
alphaiota
ΑΙ
alphaiota
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1
α
548
Ἀελπέων
un-hoping, despairing
[Meaning he who is] not hoping.
high
short
α
549
Ἀελπτέοντες
having no hope
[Meaning they] having no confidence. Herodotus [writes]: "they having no hope that the Greeks would prevail."
high
short
α
550
Ἄελπτον
beyond expectation, unexpected, unhoped-for
Sophocles [writes]: "nothing is beyond expectation, but the dreadful oath is conquered and so are stubborn minds." Ajax says [this]. *)/aelpton [sc. is the same as] a)ne/lpiston. Or [something] hard, difficult to manage.
high
short
α
551
Ἄελπτα
unexpected [things]
[Meaning] unhoped-for [ones], unlooked-for [ones]. Aristophanes [writes]: "in truth there are many unexpected [things] in this long life."
high
short
α
552
Ἀένναον
ever-flowing
[Meaning] that which is unceasing.
high
short
α
553
Ἀένναος
ever-flowing
[Meaning] that which is always running, that is, flowing. Justinian, "like an ever-flowing river, each day kept slaughtering and plundering his subjects."
high
short
α
554
Ἀέρα δαίρειν
to thrash air
[no gloss]
high
short
α
555
Ἀέξετο
was growing, was waxing
[Meaning he/she/it] was increasing.
high
short
α
556
Ἀερέθονται
they drive on
[Meaning] they are urged on exceedingly
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short
α
557
Ἀεργηλή
non-working
[Meaning] idle, non-functioning. In the Epigrams: "tired from trembling old age [Daphnis the piper] with his non-working hand dedicates this staff [to Pan]."
high
short
α
558
Ἀεργός
non-working
[Meaning] idle.
high
short
α
559
Ἀέριον ὕδωρ
aerial water
[Meaning] that [which is] in the air. Also [sc. attested is the masculine] a)e/rios, [meaning] one [who is] in the air.
high
short
α
560
Ἀέρκτον
unhedged
Meaning [sc. something] unfenced [a)/frakton] and seen from all sides. Lysias [uses the word].
high
short
α
566
Ἀερσίπους
high-footed, high-stepping
[Meaning] one who/which is lifting the feet to a height.
high
short
α
567
Ἄεσις
damage
A kind of suffering.
high
short
α
568
Ἀετασία
affliction
[Meaning] grief/pain.
high
short
α
569
Ἀέτειον πτερὸν
eagle's wing
and [sc. eagle's] flesh.
high
short
α
570
Ἀετιδεῖς
eaglets
[Meaning] the offspring of eagles. Aelian [sc. uses the word]. Also [attested is] pelargidei=s ["storklets"], [meaning] the offspring of storks.
high
short
α
571
Ἀέτιος
Aetios, Aetius
From Antioch in Syria, the teacher of Eunomios, he happened [to be] of poor and lower-class parentage. His father was one of those in the army who were faring rather poorly; when he had …
high
long
α
572
Ἀετίτης καὶ ἀχάτης καὶ λυχνίτης
eagle-stone and agate and lychnite
[sc. Each one is] a type of stone.
high
short
α
573
Ἀετὸν ἵπτασθαι διδάσκεις
you are teaching an eagle to fly
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those attempting to teach certain people things that they understand better than [do] those wishing to teach.
high
short
α
574
Ἀετὸν κάνθαρος μαιεύσομαι
I a dung-beetle will hatch an eagle
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those avenging themselves on their betters, with whom the bad thing started. For it is said that the dung-beetle steals the eggs of the eagle.
high
short
α
575
Ἀετὸς ἐν νεφέλαις
eagle in clouds
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who are hard to catch; inasmuch as an eagle is not caught when in clouds.
high
short
α
577
Ἀετοῦ γῆρας κορύδου νεότης
eagle's old age, lark's youth
Inasmuch as the eagle, even when old, is better than every [other] bird.
high
short
α
578
Ἀετώματα
gables
They call the roofs of shrines wings and gables. Aristophanes [writes]: "we shall crown the houses in gable style." Meaning we shall cover [them].
high
short
α
579
Ἀζαλέας δρῦς
parched oaks
With a view to what is being explained. Whether because the trees shed their leaves in that same season and are dried out from the roots and uprooted by the snowstorms, or because when …
high
short
α
580
Ἀζαλέη
parched
[Meaning one that is] dry.
high
short
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