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α2606Ἀντάλλαγονsubstitute… antallos, for the man who has been exchanged for another. Menander in Basket-bearer [writes]: "she needed to employ her own daughter as substitute." In Widow: "willingly your sister will do this for you and …Matched in translationhighshort
α2004ἈναπετῶI will unfold, I will display[a)napetw= means the same as] a)napeta/sw. Menander [writes]: "as I come forward I will display this one to others and I will not restrain myself any longer." Also in Girl in Love and in …Matched in translationhighshort
α3104Ἀπ' ἐχθρῶν πολλὰ μανθάνουσιν οἱ σοφοίfrom enemies the wise learn many things… the enemy himself compels [sc. you to know it]". And Menander [writes]: "might we not be saved whence we are destroyed?" From our enemies. For when we fear our enemies we are helped by …

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Ἀντάλλαγον

substitute

They say antallagos, not antallos, for the man who has been exchanged for another. Menander in Basket-bearer [writes]: "she needed to employ her own daughter as substitute." In Widow: "willingly your sister will do this…

Ἀντάλλαγον καλοῦσι τὸν ἀντὶ ἑτέρου ἠλλαγμένον, οὐχὶ ἄνταλλον. Μένανδρος Κανηφόρῳ· ἐδεῖτο χρῆσαι τὴν σεαυτῆς θυγατέρα ἀντάλλαγον. Χήρᾳ· ἑκοῦσα ἡ ἀδελφὴ ποιήσει τούτοις οἱ…

meter and music3

meter and music3

trade and manufacture2

trade and manufacture2

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α3367Ἀπόκριναιanswer!… But they say a)pokrinei=tai ["he/she/it will answer"] rather than a)pokriqh/setai. Menander in Basketbearer [writes]: "but these things he will answer, even if I myself speak to you." In Suppositious Girl [he writes]: "but to …Matched in translationhighmedium

α3545Ἀπόσταstand away! get out of the way!… not only a)po/sthqi ["stand away!"] but also para/sta ["stand by"]. Menander in Slave-boy [writes]: "then stand away a little!" In Double Deceiver [he writes]: "stand by me! I will knock at the door and …Matched in translationhighshort

α524ἈδράστειαAdrasteia… however, add that she is different from Nemesis herself: so Menander and Nicostratus.Matched in translationhighmedium

α1139Ἀλεξιφάρμακαcharms[Meaning things] able to keep off spells. Menander in Child [writes]: "Ephesia walks thus around those getting married, speaking charms".Matched in translationhighshort

α1173Ἀληθέστερα τῶν ἐπὶ Σάγρᾳtruer things than those at Sagra… are not believed. For Sagra [is] a place in Lokris. Menander in Anatithemene mentions the proverb. They say that the Epizephyrian Lokrians were at war with the neighboring Krotoniates and asked the Lacedaemonians for …Matched in translationhighmedium

α1175Ἀλήθεια καὶ ἀληθής Ἀληθῆtruth and true… the plural a)lhqh= ["true things"] and ta\s a)lhqei/as ["the truths"]. Menander in Aphrodisian [writes]: "if the truths which someone tells you straight [...]."Matched in translationhighshort

α1317Ἄλλο ἕτερονanother other[Something that] they say pleonastically. Menander in Drunkenness [writes]: "then he had neither fire nor stone nor another other". Krates in Games [wries]: "there is another other holy word in all the tragedies".Matched in translationhighshort

α1440Ἁλύσιονnecklace[Meaning a] type of chain around the neck. Menander in Carian Woman [writes]: "let someone give you a necklace around your neck."Matched in translationhighshort

α1446Ἀλφάνειbrings in, yields, fetches [a price][Meaning he/she/it] earns. Menander in Children of the Same Father [writes]: "she whom, [it is] clear, no bridegroom is fetching." Aristophanes in Thesmophoriazusae [writes]: "alas I was wretched that day, when the herald told …Matched in translationhighshort

α1785Ἀμφορεαφόρουςamphora-bearers, amphora-carriers… for hire. "Then some amphora-bearer bringing a return." [So says] Menander in The Girl Who Gets Flogged. And Aristophanes in Heroes [says]: "run inside for the wine, taking an empty amphora, and food and …Matched in translationhighmedium

α1861ἈνάδοχονguarantorThey say [a)na/doxos], not a)nadoxeu/s. Menander in Widow [writes]: "guarantor of the monies to the sister."Matched in translationhighshort

α1873Ἀναθέσθαιto take back… and to repent. It is frequent in the philosopher Plato. Menander in Aphrodisian [writes]: "after escaping the illness which she had, she did not have to take back the words which had been spoken."Matched in translationhighshort

α1950Ἀναλυθῆναιto have been released (from a spell)… means] to have used some [kind of] purification by drugs. Menander in Hero [Author, Myth] [writes]: "you have used sweetest medicines, having been scarcely released."Matched in translationhighshort

α1998Ἀνάπαυλανrest… other most worthy men providing a respite from the war." Menander [writes]: "for thus the greatest leader of the Huns came upon his rest." That is, he died. Also [sc. attested is the accusative …Matched in translationhighmedium

α2048Ἀνάριστοςunbreakfasted… matter of being unbreakfasted on account of these things." But Menander [writes] a)na/riston. Also [sc. attested is the accusative plural] a)nari/stous, [meaning men] not yet having breakfasted. "[...] wanting to take on his opponents …Matched in translationhighmedium

α2053Ἀνάρροπονbackwards… Romans, pushed them out and turned the infantry backwards". And Menander [writes]: "with the Avars coming down a few at a time, the generals immediately took a decision to attack them, and from this …Matched in translationhighshort

α2109ἈνατρέχωI reverseMeaning I undo. Menander [sc. uses the word].Matched in translationhighshort

α2289Ἀνέπαφονinviolate[Meaning something] blameless, innocent, intact, untouched. Menander in Girl from Perinthus [writes]: "nor would [he] choose the other inviolate bodies".Matched in translationhighshort

α2325Ἀνέσπακεhas drawn forth… [sc. uses the word]. [Meaning he/she/it] has found, has taken. Menander in Beaten Girl [writes]: "for, o dear gods, these men have drawn forth their words from somewhere."Matched in translationhighshort

α2567Ἀνορωρυγμένονdug-upThey say [a)norwrugme/non], not a)nwrugme/non. Menander in Urn [writes]: "to make away with himself as soon as he saw this dug-up."Matched in translationhighshort

α2891Ἀπαμφιέσαντεςhaving stripped off… ["he/she/it will strip off"], [meaning] will uncover. In Hated Man [Menander writes]: "for sometimes liquor will strip off this affectedness of mine even though it wants to go unnoticed." Also [sc. attested is the …Matched in translationhighshort

α2934Ἀπασκαρίζεινto convulse, to twitch… [writes]: "to convulse just like a perch on the ground". Menander [writes]: "I will convulse with laughter today".Matched in translationhighshort

α2983Ἀπέδρανthey fled… there and fled. Pherecrates in Oven [sc. uses the word]. Menander in Thessalians [writes]: "then I fled alone".Matched in translationhighshort

α3080Ἀπετάφρευονthey fenced off with a ditchMenander [writes]: "for the Romans did not fence [camps] off with ditches earlier nor indeed did they have this sort of knowledge at all in their repetoire until Mauricius the son of Paulos began …Matched in translationhighmedium

α3096ἈπέφησενdeniedMeaning [he/she/it] spoke against. Menander [sc. uses the word].Matched in translationhighshort

α3361Ἀποκναίεινto wear out… you sleep? You're wearing me out with your walking around." Menander in Hated Man [sc. writes this]. "For I do not wear out the man -- I mean Herakles of course -- with the …Matched in translationhighmedium

α3536Ἀποσοβεῖshoos away… a)posobw=men ["let us be off!"], [meaning] let us hurry away. Menander [sc. uses the word].Matched in translationhighshort

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