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3087
Ἐροιάδα
Eroiadai, Eroeadae
Eroiadai
is a deme of the Hippothontid tribe [sc. in Athens].
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3075
Ἐρωτικόν
erotic, amorous
[Meaning] relating to desire. Also [sc. attested is the adverb] e)rwtikw=s ["amorously"], [meaning] in a desirous manner.
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Ἅρπεζον>20 ὅτι τὸ ἐκ χαλίκων ᾠκοδομημένον τειχίον ἄνευ πηλοῦ παρὰ Ἡροδότῳ τινὲς ἅρπεζον καλοῦσιν
hedging
Some call the wall built from pebbles without mortar in
Herodotus
"hedging" [a(/rpezon].
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ε
3061
Ἐρωδιός
heron
A kind of bird. The so-called stork. Or [a bird] similar to it. As being a sort of e(lwdio/s, from spending time e)n e(/lesi, that is in wet locales.
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3071
Ἔρως
love, erotic desire
[Meaning] the first and supreme element of the enquiry that looks deeply into things that exist, together with love of labor and readiness of mind. Love is a very powerful hunter of all beautiful …
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3070
Ἔρως
love
… 143.30-144.3. [6] This is presumably again a Stoic issue. The
erotic
person, it is said, is so called in two senses: (i) the one who, in being excellent or good (spoudaios), is qualified in …
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3060
Ἐρόγευον
I was distributing alms, they were distributing alms
… and cf. LSJ Supplement: 'r(ogeu/w, pay in kind, fr. Latin
erogare').
It must be quoted from somewhere -- perhaps Constantine Porphyrogenitus, De cerimoniis aulae Byzantinae 807.17 (its only other attestation); if so it is …
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1729
Ἀμφιθαλὴς ἔρως
blooming-around Eros
[Meaning] he who is blossoming in both parents, not orphaned of either one.
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3058
Ἔρουλοι
Erouloi, Heruli
Name of a people.
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3062
Ἐρώεις
eroeis
[Meaning] one who withdraws. But e)rw/|hs ["(?)you might draw back (from)"] [is] in the optative.
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643
Ἀεὶ τοῖς ἐρῶσιν σύνεσμεν
always we associate with love(r)s
Aristophanes [sc. says this] about birds. Because lovers give noble birds to please their beloveds. And the nuthatch or some other sort of bird appears fortunate for lovers. "I, o Leukippe, [am] a fortunate …
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1178
Ἀληθινὸς ἔρως
true desire
[Meaning] the [kind] not excited about the beauty of the body. "A true desire for philosophy was implanted in him, and having broken every earthborn bond and trampled all hopes for honours and material …
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1651
Ἐξ ἔρωτος
out of desire
Out of desire a disease sometimes ensues; the very thing from which Antiochos the child [sic] of Seleukos suffered. Then the condition was detected by doctors.
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3054
Ἔρομαί σε
I ask you
[Meaning] let me inquire of you. Also [sc. attested is]
e)ro/meqa
["we ask"], [meaning] let us ask.
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3055
Ἐρόμενος
asking
… is treated with affection by lovers. Also [sc. attested is]
e)rome/nh,
[meaning] she who inquires, but e)rwme/nh [means] she who desires.
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3056
Ἔρον
love
[e)/ron
means the same as] to\n e)/rwta.
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3059
Ἐρώγασιν
they are broken
[Meaning] they were split.
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3063
Ἐρωή
force, impulse, quick motion, rush
[Meaning] withdrawal.
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3064
Ἐρωήσας
forcing back
Meaning [he] bringing down, busting. "Forcing back the destructive horn". Callimachus [sc. writes this]. Aalso, "[your dark blood] will flow about [my] spear". Homer [sc. writes this].
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3065
Ἐρωμανής
love-maddened
[Meaning] one who is being driven mad [sc. when] in love.
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3067
Ἐρῶν
loving
[Used] with a genitive. [Meaning he] yearning for, desiring.
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3068
Ἐρώμενος
being loved
[Meaning he] being desired.
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3074
Ἐρώτησις ἔνδοξος
probable question
[Reputable question,] dialectical premise. Now not every premise [is] a question but the dialectical [premise sc. is]. Not every question [is] a dialectical premise, for there are many kinds of question. For those who …
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3076
Ἐρωτῶ σε
I ask you
[Used] with [sc. as indicated] an accusative. [Meaning] I beg you, I supplicate you, I request. And elsewhere: "he asked to come to him at dinner." Meaning he begged.
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223
Ἀγήνωρ
manly, heroic
[Meaning] the very brave man, or [one] admirable in courage. It also indicates the overweening and arrogant one. It is also a proper name [Agenor]. From the [phrase] a)/gan th=| h)nore/h| ["too much with …
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924
Ἔλυτρον
case
… Lexica Segueriana 217.1) is perhaps a misreading (cf. Glossae in
Herodotum
1.52, on
Herodotus
1.185.4). Other lexica and grammars gloss this headword with "covering" (ka/lumma): ps.-Herodian 31 and (according to Adler) the unedited Lexicon …
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303
Χιλή
fodder
… own country, where there was fodder and water for horses."
Herodotus
[sc. says this]. "[...] to bring inside the walls as much grain and fodder as was in the region." [The word] xilo/s [is] …
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4596
Ἀφεῖκα
I have released
… a)fe/wka [is] Doric. But the Ionians use [it] also, as
Herodotus
[exemplifies].
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2639
Ἐπιστρεφέως
intently
Meaning carefully. In
Herodotus
[it] also [means] deceitfully.
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3573
Εὐμαρέη
convenience
[Meaning] a privy in
Herodotus.
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