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αι382Αἱ Οἰδίποδος ἀραίthe curses of Oedipus[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those experiencing major misfortunes.highshort
αι383ΑἰφηρητιάδηςAipheretiadesA patronymic.highshort
β47ΒάκιςBakis, BacisAn epithet of Peisistratos. [Bakis] was a chresmologue. But Philetas of Ephesos says that there were three Bakises: the one from Eleon in Boiotia, the Athenian, and the Arkadian from the city of Kaphye …highshort
β49Βακτηρία καὶ σύμβολονstaff and tokenThose assigned to jury-service [sc. in classical Athens] used to take from the public attendants a token and a staff, and this is how they acted as jurors. The court had the same colour …highshort
β69Βαλβίς Βαλβῖδοςstarting-post; starting-post's[Meaning a] low column, the starting-point, and the turn. "Just like those driving four-horse chariots despatched from some starting-post, once the gate had been opened." Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "at [the] starting-posts", …highmedium
β83ΒαλιαρίδωνBalearic"Accurate slingers of the [Balearic] Islands".highshort
β92Βάναυσοςartisan, mechanic, banausos[Meaning] any craftsman working by a fire. For a furnace is a baunos. Also, "[Caecilius] ordered the artisans from the agora to bring missiles and stack them up outside at the foot of the …highshort
β93Βάναυσοςvulgar, mechanical, banausic, plebeian"As regards his administration, the things he took pride in were those in which a vulgar tax-collector would take pride. For he used to boast about the fact that there was a lot of …highshort
β100Βάραθρονcleft, pitA deep place where, at Athens, criminals and men sentenced to death were thrown in; just as the Spartans [threw such people] into the Keadas.highshort
β101ΒάραθρονcleftIt is a pit, into which they used to throw down those condemned to death. But in [the] Philippics Demosthenes used the term not technically but figuratively, as if to say "in a hellhole".highshort
β107Βάρβιτοςbarbitos, long-armed lyreA kind of musical instrument.highshort
β110Βάρβιτονbarbitos, long-armed lyre[Meaning a] psaltery, kithara. A kind of musical instrument. "O friend, you who loved the dear barbitos". This is said about Anakreon. [sc. The barbitos features in] a saying in reference to dissimilar things. …highshort
β117ΒαρκαίοιςBarkaian (ones), Barcaean (ones)[Meaning] Libyan [ones]. For Barke [is] a city of Libya, its present name Ptolemais.highshort
β120ΒάροςweightIn reference to very large cities. "Having come over to the Carthaginians, Capua brought along, by its weight, the other cities too".highshort
β121Βάροςweight, influence, gravitas, dignityConcerning Polemon [it has been written]: "he had gravitas of a kind found in some Dorian household management". "Both foreseeing and fearing the influence and the quarrelsomeness of mankind." Meaning the bulk, the strength. …highmedium
β122ΒάροςBaros, BarusA proper name. He was a priest. And look for the story about him under "I am Embaros".highshort
β142Βάσσαροςfox, bassarosMeaning a] fox in Herodotus.highshort
β154ΒασίλειοιroyalSix thousand [royal] boys; by order of Alexander the Macedonian they were doing military drill in Egypt.highshort
β158Βασιλικὴ διαδρομήroyal parade, royal progress[Meaning] the parade that takes place with the current "king" present. This man is one of the nine archons at Athens; [it is his parade] which is called royal.highshort
β160Βασιλίνδαprincess[Meaning] queen.highshort
β161Βασιλίνδαking of the castleA kind of game.highshort
β168Βασκαίνειis malevolent, is slanderous[Used] with a dative. Meaning complains and blames and maligns. So Demosthenes in the [speech] For Ktesiphon [sc. uses the word]. And later he says "no measure of mine has been malevolent and harsh …highshort
β178ΒάταλοςBatalos, BatalusSo Demosthenes was called while he was young, for being effeminate; but when older [he was called] Argas, from a snake of that name.highshort
β190Βάτραχος ἐκ Σερίφουa frog out of Seriphos[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those without a voice. Inasmuch as when the frogs in Seriphos were carried to Skyros they did not make a sound.highshort
β191Βατράχῳ ὕδωρwater to a frogLike fat to a ferret. In reference to those giving what the recipients relish. Also [sc. attested is] "you are pouring wine for frogs", in reference to those providing what the recipients have no …highshort
β216Βεβαιώσεωςwarranty[Bebaiosis] is the name of a lawsuit [in Athens], in which litigants were those who had bought something.highshort
β257Βῆμαplatform, podium, rostrum[Meaning] the stone [sc. platform] of the lawcourt. Aristophanes [writes]: "'what use will you find for the platform?' -- 'I will put my bowls and jugs [on it]'".highshort
β260ΒήνηBeneName of a city of Crete.highshort
β267ΒησσηΐςBessa-men, Besa-menBessa is a deme of [sc. the Athenian tribe] Antiochis.highshort
β274Βίβλινος οἶνοςBibline wineSo called from a place.highshort

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