Skip to content
Σ
ReadSuda
Browse
Topics
Random
About
Aa
Settings
Searching…
⌕
Search
Α
Letters
⤨
Random
Aa
Settings
Keyboard shortcuts
j
Next entry
k
Previous entry
g
Toggle Greek
/
Search
?
Show shortcuts
Close
Search
Search the Suda
⌕
Search
All
Headwords
Translation
Greek
Notes
Filters (1)
Keyword
definition
2,478
dialects, grammar, and etymology
1,951
geography
1,037
biography
843
daily life
763
historiography
740
ethics
714
rhetoric
695
history
645
religion
605
comedy
536
military affairs
528
32 more
zoology
395
imagery
388
law
376
mythology
313
epic
302
proverbs
295
economics
285
science and technology
274
food
273
women
272
poetry
241
medicine
227
philosophy
222
Letter
Κ
kappa
1,081
Ε
epsilon
1,061
Λ
lambda
254
Ι
iota
253
Δ
delta
248
Χ
chi
214
Η
eta
160
Α
alpha
153
4 more
ΕΙ
epsiloniota
120
Β
beta
56
Vetting status
high
3,679
Length
Short
3,556
Medium
123
Translator
✓
David Whitehead
3,679
3,679 entries
Relevance
Adler order
Longest first
Translator: David Whitehead
×
Clear all
α
4659
Ἀφύας
Anchovies
[Nick]names of two courtesans, sisters, in Hyperides.
high
short
α
4675
Ἀχαριστεῖν
to be ungrateful
[Meaning] not to show gratitude. So Antiphon [sc. uses the word]. Also [sc. attested is] a)xaristh=sai, [meaning] not to show gratitude or be helpful.
high
short
α
4679
Ἀχαία
Achaia, Achaea
Demeter. Aristophanes [writes]: "he would not even have accepted Achaia". They used to call her this from the beat made by the cymbals and drums during the examination of the girl; or from her …
high
short
gender and sexuality
213
gender and sexuality
213
trade and manufacture
208
trade and manufacture
208
botany
156
botany
156
tragedy
153
tragedy
153
politics
150
politics
150
constitution
144
constitution
144
chronology
143
chronology
143
Christianity
121
Christianity
121
clothing
107
clothing
107
aetiology
98
aetiology
98
meter and music
76
meter and music
76
agriculture
54
agriculture
54
architecture
54
architecture
54
children
54
children
54
athletics
49
athletics
49
art history
32
art history
32
mathematics
31
mathematics
31
stagecraft
22
stagecraft
22
dreams
13
dreams
13
Γ
gamma
Γ
gamma
50
50
ΑΙ
alphaiota
29
ΑΙ
alphaiota
29
αι
25
Αἰγαίωρος
Aigaioros, Aegeorus
A proper name.
high
short
αι
32
Αἰγεῖδαι
Aigeids, Aegeids, Aigeidai, Aegeidae
Demosthenes in the Funeral Speech -- if it is really by him -- [mentions them]. There is a tribe Aigeis [sc. in Athens named] from Aigeus the son of Pandion, and its tribesmen [are] …
high
short
αι
33
Αἰγεῖον
Aigeion, Aegeum
[Meaning] the oracle of Aigeus. Dinarchus in the [speech] Against Polyeuktos [mentions it]. [The] Aigeion is a hero-shrine of Aigeus in Athens.
high
short
αι
36
Αἰγηΐς
Aigeis, Aegeis
The tribe of Aigeus.
high
short
αι
47
Αἰγιλία
Aigilia, Aegilia
A deme of [sc. the Athenian tribe] Antiochis, of which the demesman [is an] Aigialeus. [sc. Or?] Aigilieus.
high
short
αι
48
Αἰγίλιψ
Aigilips, Aegilips
Name of a city. It also means a lofty rock. Homer [writes]: "which pours water down an aigilips rock". So that even the goats [aiges] come to leave it because of the height. There …
high
short
αι
53
Αἴγινα
Aigina, Aegina
A city. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'Aiginaian ship'. Also [sc. attested is] 'Aiginetan', the man from Aigina [Myth, Place].
high
short
αι
78
Αἰδέσασθαι
to be ashamed, to be reconciled
Meaning to be persuaded to change. So Lysias and Demosthenes [sc.use the word]. But in the [speech] Against Aristokrates [Demosthenes uses it] to mean to atone and to persuade.
high
short
αι
107
Αἰθαλείδης
Aithalidian, Aethalidian
Aithaleidai is a deme of the Leontid tribe [sc. in Athens], and its tribesman [is an] Aithaleides.
high
short
αι
128
Αἰθιόπιον
Aithiopion, Aethiopium, Ethiopium
It is a place in Euboia.
high
short
αι
169
Αἰκίας
assault, battery
It is a kind of private lawsuit [sc. in classical Athens] which could be brought as the result of [suffering] blows. Its punishment was not defined in the laws; rather, the plaintiff specified in …
high
short
αι
177
Αἰλία
Ailia, Aelia
Name of a city. Jerusalem.
high
short
αι
205
Αἱμόνιος
Haimonios, Haemonius
A Roman; wounded during the war of the Persians against the Athenians he [nevertheless] ran to Athens, went in to [see] the prytaneis, and said to them 'Rejoice, we are rejoicing'; he then fell …
high
short
αι
215
Αἰνείας
Aineias, Aeneas
This man wrote about fire-signals, as Polybios says, and a handbook about stratagems.
high
short
αι
225
Αἶνος
Ainos, Aenus
It is a city of Thrace, which Greeks first inhabited with Alopekonnesians, who afterwards brought in additional settlers from Mytilene and Kyme. And out of this [comes] Ainites, the citizen [of Ainos].
high
short
αι
239
Αἰξωνεύεσθαι
to be an Aixonian, to play the Aixonian
The [verb that means] to make slanderous accusations. A metaphor from the deme of the Aixoneis; for they are ridiculed in comedy [as] slanderers.
high
short
αι
242
Αἰξωνηίς
Aixonian
It is a deme of the [sc. Athenian] tribe Kekropis. They used to be ridiculed in comedy as slanderers. Hence they used to call speaking ill [of someone] "playing the Aixonian".
high
short
αι
243
Αἰξωνίδα τρίγλην
Aixonian mullet
These seem to be very excellent and to differ from the others in this respect.
high
short
αι
317
Αἴσηπος
Aisepos, Aesepus
Name of a river.
high
short
αι
346
Αἰσχίνης
Aischines, Aeschines
Son of Charinos, a sausage-maker. [He was] a Socratic philosopher. Some, though, say that he was the son of Lysanias. [He was] an Athenian, of [the deme] Sphettos. His dialogues [are entitled] Miltiades, Kallias, …
high
short
αι
361
Αἰσχύνομαι ταῖς προτέραις ἁμαρτίαις
I am ashamed of my former faults
[no gloss]
high
short
αι
374
Αἰτναῖον πῦρ
Etnaean fire
[Meaning] the Sicilian fire, [coming] our of the mountain called Etna. Also [sc. attested is the participle] 'Etna-izing'.
high
short
αι
375
Αἴτνη
Aitne, Aetna, Etna
A mountain of Sicily.
high
short
αι
376
Αἰτναῖος κάνθαρος
Etnaean dung-beetle
[Meaning] the big [kind]. [So called] because the mountain too [is] big. They say that Aristaios was the only Giant to survive; the fire of heaven did not reach him, nor did Etna harm …
high
short
αι
379
Αἰτωλία
Aitolia, Aetolia
A region [of that name].
high
short
αι
380
Αἰτώλιος
Aitolian, Aetolian; owl
[no gloss]
high
short
αι
381
Αἰτωλός
Aitolian, Aetolian
[Meaning] someone from Aitolia/Aetolia.
high
short
← Previous
Page 6 of 123
Next →