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Ἰακχάζουσι
they call on Bacchus
[Meaning] they call out, they guard.
Herodotus
[sc. uses the word].
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5
Ἄαπτος
irresistable, invulnerable
[Meaning someone/something] unharmed.
Herodianus
says about a)/aptos that it comes from i)a/ptw ['I harm'], and after adding alpha-privative and dropping the 'i' [it becomes] a)/aptos, "whom no one can harm." Or perhaps the 'a' …
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86
Ἁβρόν
delicate
In
Herodotus
[sc. this means something] beautiful, stubborn, awe-inspiring, dainty.
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358
Ἀγριοποιόν
wild-maker, wild-making
… a wild-making fellow. [sc. Meaning him who is] introducing savage
heroes.
Aristophanes [says] about Aeschylus: "I know him and understand him well; I've watched him for a long time; a wild-making fellow, stubborn of …
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α
15
Ἀβάντειος
Abanteios, Abantius, Abantian
… 2 below) or a homonymous son of Poseidon. Cf. also
Herodianus
Peri orthographias 3.2.429.34 and 465.14. [2] Not the Abas of alpha 20, but one of the mythological figures of that name; in fact …
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Ἄβαρις
Abaris, Avars
… on the passage about to be cited (so Adler). Cf.
Herodotos
4.36.1 (web address 1). [3] Gregory of Nazianzus PG 36.524b. [4] This material is from Harpokration s.v. *)/abaris [5] 768-765 BCE. Harpokration (see …
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22
Ἀβάσκανος
unprejudiced
… 1.192 (see web address 1 below). For Antipater, father of
Herod
the Great, see OCD(4) s.v. Antipater(6), pp.107-8. 'Caesar' is Julius Caesar. Mithradates is not one of the six kings of Pontus who bore …
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354
Ἀγριᾶνες
Agrianes, Agrianians
… inhabited the headwaters of the R. Strymon, in present-day Bulgaria
(Herodotus,
Strabo, et al.; Barrington Atlas map 49 grid E1). The present gloss, however, highlights their military role: they were a small but nevertheless …
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363
Ἀγρίππας
Agrippa
… two dynastic families - the Julio-Claudians in Rome and the
Herods
in Judaea.
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372
Ἀγρωνίδης
Agronides
… Dio 12.49.3, etc.); alternatively he is the Agron mentioned in
Herodotus
1.7, founder of the Heraclid dynasty in Sardis.
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αι
4
Αἰάζειν
to wail
… For a related noun see alphaiota 3. [1] Like in
Erotian
and elsewhere; similarly in Hesychius. [2] Likewise in the Synagoge.
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αι
5
Αἰακίδης
Aiakides, Aeacides
Likewise in other lexica and grammars Homer uses this word twice in this case (nominative), both times as a patronymic, i.e. in reference to Aeacus' son Peleus (e.g. Iliad 16.15: web address 1). However, …
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αι
9
Αἴαξ
Aiax, Aias, Ajax
… ps.-Zonaras alpha64.15-16. The name is presumably that of two Greek
heroes
in the epic cycle: the son of Telamon and the son of Oileus. See Perseus Encyclopedia entry at web address 1, and OCD(4) …
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γ
1
Γαβαώ
Gabao, Gabaon, Gibeon
Likewise, according to Adler, in two entries of the Ambrosian Lexicon (92 and 55 respectively). The place in question is better known as Gibeon, present-day el Jib in the West Bank, some 8 km …
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4
Ἐαδότα
having given pleasure, having pleased
… and Odyssey 18.422, where the headword participle occurs; also (e.g.)
Herodian,
Schematismi Homerici 108. Again at epsiloniota 7. The form is an Aeolic dialect form of the perfect participle active of a(nda/nw 'please, give …
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Ἑανόν
fine, light
Likewise in
Herodian
and ps.-Zonaras (though as e)ano/n there). The headword is neuter nominative/accusative singular of this adjective (for which cf. epsilon 9). Repeated with ei- spelling at epsiloniota 9. Either way, it must …
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η
4
Ἦ
I was
… ("I was") is an Ionic form, used for example by
Herodotus.
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