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α3593Ἀποτειχίζωνwalling off[Meaning he] blocking off. "Having walled off my stomach I am no longer susceptible to any of the drugs, nor would I take in enough of the drug". Also [sc. attested is the aorist …highmedium
α3597Ἀποτιμηταὶapotimetai, guarantors['Guarantors'] and '[a] guarantee' and 'to guarantee' and derivatives from these: those renting the houses of orphans from the [Athenian] archon used to provide securities for the rent; and the archon had to send …highmedium
α3606Ἄπο τοῦ πράγματοςaway from the subjectMeaning far [from it].high

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[Meaning he] blocking off. "Having walled off my stomach I am no longer susceptible to any of the drugs, nor would I take in enough of the drug". Also [sc. attested is the aorist infinitive] a)poteixi/sai, [meaning] to…

Ἀποτειχίζων· ἀποφράσσων. ἀποτειχίσας δὲ τὴν γαστέρα οὐδενὶ τῶν φαρμάκων ἔτι εἰμὶ ἁλώσιμος, οὐδ' ἂν ἄδην ἐμφορῶμαι τοῦ φαρμάκου. καὶ Ἀποτειχίσαι, τὸ λαβεῖν τειχίον, καὶ…

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α3629ἈπόφασιςdeclarationDemosthenes in the [speech] Against Phainippos [uses it to mean] declaring in writing, in detail, how much property someone has, as occurs especially in [property-]exchanges. It is also called a)pografh/.highshort

α3639Ἀποφορᾶνto offcutMeaning taking away and making space between. So Isaeus [sc. uses the word]. Also [sc. attested is] a)poforh/ in Herodotos, the tax paid by slaves to their masters.highshort

α3656Ἀποψηφίζονταιthey are voting offDinarchus in the [speech] Against Archestratos [says this] to mean they are condemning him not to be a citizen [sc. any longer]. And Demosthenes calls the process voting-off (a)poyh/fisis).highshort

α3658Ἀποψηφισθένταvoted-off, voted-outIf someone [sc. in classical Athens] seemed to be a foreigner and not a citizen, the [relevant] demesmen used to vote him out in the registration-votes of the demes, and he was called "voted-out". …highmedium

α3689Ἀπροβούλευτονun-predeliberated[Meaning] an [sc. Athenian] decree not taken first to the council [boule] but immediately to the people. So Demosthenes [sc. uses the term].highshort

α3699Ἀπρόσκλητονsummons-lessThe [sc. Athenian lawsuit] which is not the result of a summons. But a)pro/skliton [means something] passion-less.highshort

α3703Ἀπροστασίουhaving no patronIt is a type of [sc. Athenian] lawsuit brought against those not taking a resident to be their patron. For each of them used to refuse one of the citizens to act for him …highshort

α3704ἈπρότωνgangstersDinarchus in the [speech] Against Pytheas [writes]: "with the orators having leapt like gangsters into the port". In certain [copies], though, "like parnopes" is written. But parnopes [are] a kind of locust.highshort

α3714Ἀποικοδομεῖςyou are walling offMeaning you are blocking off. So Demosthenes in the [speech] Against Kallikles [sc. uses the word].highshort

α3746ἈραφήνιοςAraphenianA deme of [sc. the Athenian tribe] Aigeis.highshort

α3760ἈργάςArgas, serpentThe most dreadful of his generation is called 'Argas'. Demosthenes is likened to him by Aeschines. But others [use it of] a person who behaves most terribly and bestially. And in particular Argives used …highshort

α3778ἈργίννουσαArginnousa, Arginousai, ArginusaeAn island.highshort

α3784ἌργουσαArgoura, ArgousaA city of Euboia, situated in Chalkidian [sc. territory].highshort

α3792Ἀργυρὶς θήκηsilver chest['Silver chest'] and 'silver-bearing land' and 'gold-bearing [sc. land]', that which when mined [yields] gold and silver. There were two kinds of mini-tablet which the Athenians used: one for writing on only for themselves, …highshort

α3796Ἀργυροκοπεῖονsilver-mint[Meaning the place] where the coinage is struck; what some now call a sealing-place.highshort

α3797Ἀργυρόπεζαsilver-footed[Meaning] she who has silver feet. For pe/za [is] the foot. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'silver-footed throne'. But the throne of Xerxes, which is also called prisoner-of-war, was dedicated in the Parthenon …highshort

α3807Ἀρδήττης ἈρδήττουArdettes, [genitive] ArdettouA proper name. Also [sc. attested is] Ardettos, a place in Athens, where all Athenians used to swear the jurors' oath in public. But Theophrastos in his [books] On Laws says that this custom …highshort

α3848Ἀρρηνοφορεῖνto carry the sacred objectsFour [women] used to be elected, from those of noble birth, but two were chosen to begin the weaving of the robe and the other things pertaining to it. They used to wear white …highshort

α3883ἈριματθαῖοςArimathaian, Arimathaean, ArimatheanFrom a place [sc. of that name].highshort

α3898ἈρισταῖοςAristaios, Aristaeus[The name of] one of the Giants, [the one] who survived. But [sc. a different name is] Aristeus, [genitive] Aristeos. And Aristion likewise. He is a Samian or Plataian, and, since a lad, a …highmedium

α3959Ἀρκτεῦσαιto be a bearLysias used [the verb] "to be a bear" of consecrating virgins, before marriage, to Artemis. For the virgins are called "being bears", as Euripides and Aristophanes show.highshort

α4030ἈρτεμισίαArtemisiaThis woman was outstanding in serving [the] Persians; because of her the king said that the men had become women and the women men. Two Artemisias existed, Carian by nationality and queens both. The …highshort

α4031ἈρτεμίσιοςArtemisios, Artemisius[The name for] the month of May among Macedonians. Also [sc. attested is] Artemision: in a special sense Hyperides often used this name for the statue of Artemis. It is also said of a …highshort

α4058ἈρύβαςArybas, ArybbasHe was a son of Alketas, and king of [the] Molottians.highshort

α4074Ἀρχαῖοςold-fashioned[Meaning] someone/something ancient. Isocrates in the Panegyricus [says] "speaking old-fashionedly", that is, using rather archaic words. But Demosthenes in [the] Philippics [sc. is found] saying "they behaved so old-fashionedly, or rather, like good citizens"; …highshort

α4079Ἀρχαιρεσιάζεινto canvass for officeDinarchus [uses the word]. [He means by it] considering one's self fit to be chosen for office.highshort

α4089Ἀρχεῖαarchives[Meaning the place] where the public papers are deposited, a paper-preserve; or the places of the judges; alternatively [spelled] a)rxai=a, as Xenophon [does in book] 8 of Histories. "He brought his sons into the …highshort

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