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Α alpha145
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ΑΙ alphaiota10

Vetting status

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Length

Short237
Medium32
Long1

Translator

Jennifer Benedict115
Catharine Roth37
David Whitehead34
William Hutton22
Antonella Ippolito8
Robert Dyer4

34 more

Anne Mahoney3
Carl Widstrand3
Stefano Sanfilippo3
Tony Natoli3
Alex Florez2
Alina Kelman2

270 entries for Herodotus

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ε924Ἔλυτρονcase… 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 …Matched in noteshighshort
α2203Ἀναισίμουused up… [sc. attested is the infinitive] a)naisimou=n ["to use up"] in Herodotus meaning to expend, to spend. Also [sc. attested is the subjunctive] a)naisimw=si ["they would use up"]. "They strangled their women, so that they …Matched in translationhighshort
α2216Ἀνέγνωσανthey induced[Meaning] they persuaded, they instructed. They incited. Herodotus [writes]: "[Astyages] impaled the dream-interpreters who had induced him to release Cyrus."Matched in translationhigh

ε924

Ἔλυτρον

case

[Meaning] a covering, a spread. A wrap likewise. Also the receptacle of a spear. It also signifies the shell of the oyster.

Ἔλυτρον· κάλυμμα, ἐκπέτασμα. ἐνείλημμα ὁμοίως. καὶ ἡ θήκη τοῦ δόρατος. σημαίνει καὶ τὸ τοῦ ὀστρέου ὄστρακον.

meter and music4

meter and music4

Cindy Whitcomb2

Cindy Whitcomb2

Ioannis Doukas2

Ioannis Doukas2

Ross Scaife ✝2

Ross Scaife ✝2

Alexander Tulin1

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Oliver Phillips ✝1

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α3809Ἄρδινbarb… point of a missile, or weapons [sent] from the hand. Herodotus [sc. uses the word]. Also [sc. attested is] a)/rdis in the plural, meaning quivers.Matched in translationhighshort

α4078Ἀρχαιρεσίαmagistrate-election… of the masses, or to make voluntary contributions of money. Herodotus [sc. uses the word].Matched in translationhighshort

β436Βουλήσεται κἂν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ τυχεῖν ὢν μᾶλλον ἢ κρῖναι κακῶςhe will wish even to be in Egypt rather than to make a bad judgment… in Egypt he thinks that it does not rain. As Herodotus [says]: "for then Thebes was rained upon, never having been rained upon before."Matched in translationhighshort

α2928Ἀπαρτίcompletely, altogether… that has been completed [a)phrtisme/non] and [sc. thus is] full. Herodotus [writes]: "from this point it was seventy stades altogether". And Pherecrates in Krapatalloi [writes]: "tell me, of course, to anticipate it completely". And …Matched in translationhighshort

α3943Ἄρθμιαamicable relations[Meaning] friendly relations. Herodotus [writes]: "since the Athenians are not amicable towards us, but the barbarians [are our] allies." Also [sc. attested is the related participle] a)rqmh/santes ["they having become amicable"], [meaning they] having …Matched in translationhighshort

αι60Αἰγίςgarment; net; web; cuirass; wood-grain… net that has been braided from garlands. So Lycurgus and Herodotus [sc. use the word]. The priestess in Athens carrying [or: wearing] the sacred aigis used to visit the [sc. houses of] newly-married women. …Matched in translationhighshort

β598Βυσσόνdepth; ocean's depth… [sc. attested is the nominative] busso/s, [meaning] ocean's depth, in Herodotus.Matched in translationhighshort

ε904Ἐλόχησενplatooned[sc. This word occurs] in Herodotus meaning [he] organized into platoons.Matched in translationhighshort

ε1417Ἐννώσαςhaving thought[It occurs] in Herodotus instead of dianohqei/s.Matched in translationhighshort

χ303Χιλήfodder… 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] …Matched in translationhighmedium

χ609Χυτόνheap, pile… a] mound. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] hewn stone. Herodotus [sc. uses the headword thus].Matched in translationhighshort

α86ἉβρόνdelicateIn Herodotus [sc. this means something] beautiful, stubborn, awe-inspiring, dainty.Matched in translationhighshort

α212Ἄγηawe, curse, charm; breakingIt is indeclinable. [It means] wonder, delight, disbelief, eagerness; in Herodotus, malice; in Homer, amazement, shock, smashing, breaking, destruction; some [define it as] sacrificial offerings. So a)/gh, paroxytone, [means] amazement; but a)gh/ [is] the …Matched in translationhighshort

α214Ἀγηλατεῖνto drive out, to drive out a curse[Meaning] to pursue, to drive into exile, to set upon. Herodotus [sc. uses it in the sense of] to do violence.Matched in translationhighshort

α215Ἀγηλατεῖνto banish as accursed… the one who arranged to drive out these things". And Herodotus [writes]: "he arrived with a large force and drove out seven hundred Athenian families as accursed."Matched in translationhighshort

α413Ἀγχότεροςmore nearbyCloser. Herodotus [writes]: "the entryway seemed narrower and more nearby."Matched in translationhighshort

α463Ἄδηνenough, to excess… Plato writes]: "since we have enough of those things." And Herodotus [writes]: "when they had had enough killing, they drove off the rest of them." "When the fire had spread about enough to the …Matched in translationhighmedium

α549Ἀελπτέοντεςhaving no hope[Meaning they] having no confidence. Herodotus [writes]: "they having no hope that the Greeks would prevail."Matched in translationhighshort

α937Ἀκούει καλῶςhas a fine hearingMeaning [he/she/it] is well spoken of. Thus Herodotus [sc. uses the phrase]. [It is recorded] that hearing happens not by the entrance of the outside air into the ear, but by the contact of …Matched in translationhighmedium

α1140Ἀλεξόμενονwarding off, resisting… blow". Also [sc. attested is the accusative plural] a)lecome/nous in Herodotus, meaning [them] resisting or aiding. "A third of the Massagetae slaughtered the survivors of Cyrus' army, although they were resisting". Also [sc. attested …Matched in translationhighmedium

α1251ἉλισμένοιmusteredIn Herodotus, meaning [men] gathered together. "[Xerxes] heard [...] that a [small] force had been mustered there".Matched in translationhighshort

α1308Ἀλογίαdisregard[Meaning] unconcern. Herodotus [writes]: "the scout discovered the Lacedaemonians combing [their hair] and was amazed, to have encountered such great disregard. And Xerxes, hearing these things, had no means of gauging their reality."Matched in translationhighshort

α1497Ἁμαρτίανsin, missing the markThe Attic Greeks [say] a(marti/a, Herodotus and other Ionians [say] a(marta/s.Matched in translationhighshort

α1531Ἀμβολάδηνbubbling up[Meaning] throwing [sc. itself] up. Herodotus [sc. uses it to mean] excessively.Matched in translationhighshort

α1714Ἀμφιδέαςbracelets[A term for] chains in Herodotus. But others [apply the word to] anklets/armlets.Matched in translationhighshort

α1824Ἀναγινωσκομένουςbeing inducedMeaning [them] being persuaded. So Antiphon and Isaeus and Herodotus [sc. use the word].Matched in translationhighshort

α1833Ἀνάγνωσιςrecognition[Meaning] realisation or persuasion. Herodotus [sc. uses the word]. Also [sc. attested is the related word] a)naginw/skein [used] in the orators in reference to persuasion. For a)naginw/skein ["to recognise"] is to know what has …Matched in translationhighshort

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