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253 entries for
Lysis
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2426
Λύσις ὀνείρου
interpretation of a dream
[It is] well-omened to be intimate with a man most dear [to you].
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351
Λύσις ὀνείρου Νικηφόρου πατριάρχου ἰαμβικοί
dream-interpretation of Nikephoros the patriarch in iambics
Seeing cows leads to bad business. Dead cows reveal times of famine.
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χ
309
Χίλιοι διακόσιοι
Twelve Hundred
Isaeus says "there is no
Lysides
in the Twelve Hundred". The richest Athenians, those who performed liturgies, were twelve hundred [in number]. Other orators also mention them.
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ε
2452
Ἐπίλυσιν
response
[1] The headword is accusative case of the noun e)pi/lusis. The best-known instance -- Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 134: e)pi/lusin fo/bwn, e)pi/lusin di/dou -- means 'release' and so makes a bad fit with this …
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3959
Ἀρκτεῦσαι
to be a bear
Lysias
used [the verb] "to be a bear" of consecrating virgins, before marriage, to Artemis. For the virgins are called "being bears", as Euripides and Aristophanes show.
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χ
266
Χειρουργίας
of handiwork
… present [parei=nai]. The best and most accurate handicraftsmen were Pheidias,
Lysippus,
Polycleitus. [They were] sculptors.
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1029
Διθυραμβοδιδάσκαλοι
dithyramb-directors
… 414 BC). (The frustrated young husband of this name in
Lysistrata
[829-953, 411 BC, cf. alphaiota 101] is probably not intended as a comment on the dithyrambic poet [see Henderson in his edition on …
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1466
Ἐντετριμμένη
painted, powdered, rubbed-in
… verb is suggestive of women's cosmetics: compare the plural at
Lysistrata
149, and see generally LSJ s.v. (The connection with the sieve is sustained by the fact that it too will have a covering …
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α
2813
Ἄξιον
proper; cheap
… to purchases, whenever something is sold at a good price.
Lysias
in the [oration] Against the Corn-dealers [writes]: "they will say that they buy the corn out of good-will towards the city, so that …
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δ
171
Δέκα
ten
… however, each of these officials was called a tenth-man, as
Lysias
shows.
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δ
261
Δερμιστής
skin-eater
Lysias
maintains that the worm is so called, whereas Aristarchus [applies the term to] the snake. But perhaps, rather, someone who eats skins would be more appropriately so called.
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ε
792
Ἐλεοκόπους
eleo-beaters, olive-tenders(?)
Lysias
[sc. uses the term in the sense of] those beating the marshes, the e having been interposed, as in the phrase "marsh-grown [eleothrepton] celery" in Homer. But perhaps the word has arisen from …
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ε
2327
Ἐπιθέτους ἑορτάς
extra festivals
… them, [such as] the non-traditional jurisdiction of the Areopagos council.
Lysias
speaks of "extra letters", those given to certain people to carry. And "to add letters" means to hand them over. And "he added" …
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ε
2508
Ἐπίπεμπτον
additional-fifth
Lysias
said [this] to mean a simple fifth.
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ε
2724
Ἐπιτρέπειν τοῖς οἰκείοις
to entrust [the arbitration of a dispute] to one's friends
… uses the phrase] to mean choosing them as jurors, whereas
Lysias
said "[he] entrusted to men," meaning [he] appointed conciliators.
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η
225
Ἡλικία τῆς πόλεως
manhood of the city
… of an age [sc. to fight], the young men. So
Lysias
and Demosthenes in [the] Philippics [sc. use the phrase].
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135
Ἀγαλματοποιοί
statue-makers, sculptors
That is, craftsmen; these [are] in the strict sense
Lysippus,
Polycleitus, Pheidias.
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499
Ἀδοκίμαστος
unscrutinized
… scrutinized; and he who is not yet enrolled is unscrutinized.
Lysias
[sc. uses the word] in this way.
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560
Ἀέρκτον
unhedged
Meaning [sc. something] unfenced [a)/frakton] and seen from all sides.
Lysias
[uses the word].
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901
Ἀκμάζει
is flourishing, is in the prime
… [meaning] you do what young men do. Thus Hyperides and
Lysias.
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α
1439
Ἅλυσις
chain
[a(/lusis, genitive] a(lu/sews.
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1715
Ἀμφιδέας
anklets, chains
… leg-bands of a particular kind. But in a special sense
Lysias
in the [speech] Against Euthydikos says: "[he was] unable to break out, because of the doors being bound with rings."
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1822
Ἀνάγεσθαι
to put to sea
… the perpetrator and proceeding [sc. in law] against him. So
Lysias
and Dinarchus [sc. use the word].
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2015
Ἀνάπηρον ψυχήν
crippled soul, mutilated soul
… who is excessively maimed in a limb of his body.
Lysias
in the [speech] On the obol given to invalids [writes]: "and what prevents [...] you helping yourselves to [my] obol, on the basis …
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2043
Ἀνάργυρος
moneyless
… even if he might have sufficient property from other possessions.
Lysias
in the [speech] On the will of Epigenes [writes]: "since, therefore, Epigenes was forced to command a trireme though infirm, since he was …
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2196
Ἀνδρωνῖτις
men's chamber, men's quarters
… short time earlier the general had been defeated by the
Lusitanians.
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α
2829
Ἀξιῶν
deeming
Meaning [he] considering, supposing.
Lysias
and Plato [sc. use the word]. Also meaning [he] beseeching, entreating. Or also/even meaning [he] considering.
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α
2832
Ἀξιοῖ
deems
Antiphon and
Lysias
[sc. say this] instead of [he/she] thinks.
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2929
Ἀπαρτίαν
chattels, household utensils, moveables
… number"], a number and reckoning made even [and] complete. Thus
Lysias
[sc. uses the word]. But Herodotus [in book] seven [sc. also uses the word]. Xerxes says to Pythios the Lydian: "so that the …
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3124
Ἀπείπατο
denied, refused
… [sc. attested is] a)peipei=n meaning to command not to do.
Lysias
in the [speech] Against Ktesiphon [writes]: "as regards the children of the other Athenians whose fathers helped you and are still living, to …
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