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62 entries for
Moses
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ε
2155
Ἐπηβολώτατος
most capable, most skilled
[no gloss]
high
short
ε
2313
Ἐπιεικεστάτη
most decent, very decent, most suitable, very suitable
In Herodotus [meaning] moderate, prudent, in good condition.
high
short
ε
2358
Ἐπικαιρότατος
most timely, very timely, most suitable, very suitable
[Meaning] convenient. "In the suitable places of the territories." Meaning [in the] convenient [ones].
high
short
ε
3105
Ἐρυμβόνα τὰ τιμιώτατα εἰς ἀσωτίαν ἀφειδεστάτην
medicine
medicine
2
2
mythology
2
mythology
2
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1
agriculture
1
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1
architecture
1
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1
botany
1
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1
law
1
meter and music
1
meter and music
1
trade and manufacture
1
trade and manufacture
1
1
1
Sean M. Redmond
1
Sean M. Redmond
1
he used to fritter away the most precious things on a most unstinting prodigality
['He used to fritter away' comes] from the verb r(umbonw=. Aelian [sc. uses the phrase].
high
short
δ
10
Δαημονέστατος
most expert (man), very expert (man)
[Meaning]
most/very
experienced [one]. "Alexander was
most/very
expert in both organising and equipping an army." "And both [Epiphanios and Euprepios] were also
most/very
expert in the rites." Also [attested is the genitive plural] dahmonesta/twn …
high
medium
α
4285
Ἀσυνθετώτατον
most agreement-less, very agreement-less
… assigns the word to a mob, with the meaning of
most/very
untrustworthy and
most/very
unstable and making no guarantees because of instability. Alternatively [meaning] pact-less and discordant; for agreements are pacts. Alternatively meaning
most/very
…
high
short
ε
758
Ἐλαφροτάτους
most gentle, very gentle
The ancients say the word in praise, meaning
most/very
mild; the opposite of
most/very
stern and
most/very
arrogant.
high
short
κ
1591
Κιθαραοιδότατος
most proficient on the kithara
"You have produced three sons, who are
most
talented in the arts. First, someone who is friend to everyone and
most/very
wise, the
most
proficient on the kithara, one whom grace has visited." Aristophanes …
high
short
ε
705
Ἐκφανεστάτας
most manifest, very manifest
[Meaning]
most/very
clear. Polybios [writes]: "for, of the things that are at hand, [it is] causing maximum distress [which] always holds the
most
manifest joys."
high
short
ε
2444
Ἐπιλησμότατον
most forgetful, very forgetful
… [writes]: "would you kindly drop dead for the crows, you
most
forgetful and
most
gauche old homunculus."
high
short
ε
3188
Ἕσπερος ὃς κάλλιστα
Hesperus who [is] most beautiful
Here [Homer] calls the Evening star (Hesperus)
most
beautiful, but elsewhere he calls the Morning star
most
brilliant.
high
short
α
1099
Ἀλγίστατον
most painful, very painful
"This [sc. will turn] into a
most/very
painful thing for us."
high
short
δ
1699
Δυστοπώτατα
most strange, very strange
[Meaning things]
most
hard to handle.
high
short
ε
1074
Ἐμφερίστατος
most closely resembling, very like
"In habits and lifestyle
most
closely resembling sphinxes". [This phrase occurs] in Aristophanes in Wasps.
high
short
κ
1388
Κέρδιστος
most crafty, very crafty
[Meaning]
most/very
cunning.
high
short
α
33
Ἀβελτερώτατοι
most thoughtless, very thoughtless
Aristophanes [writes]: "before this
most/very
thoughtless men used to sit gaping -- Dolts, Half-wits".
high
short
α
2872
Ἀπαθέστατα
most impassive [things], very impassive [things]
… nor ever with a countenance arranged in anger, [but] quietly
most
content and optimistic.
high
short
α
4534
Αὐτοφυέστατον
most innate, very innate
[Meaning] not artificial. "[Her] possessing a beauty
most/very
innate and the sort that a hunt-loving maiden might have."
high
short
β
135
Βαρυσυμφορώτατος
most deeply unfortunate
[Meaning] unlucky. "Believing himself to have become the
most
deeply unfortunate of all mankind."
high
short
δ
104
Δαψιλέστατος
most abundant, very abundant
[Meaning]
most/very
lavish. It is also said of streams, and of those who are generous.
high
short
δ
794
Διατορώτατον
most piercing, very piercing
[Meaning]
most/very
clear.
high
short
ε
776
Ἐλέγχιστος
most worthy of reproof, very worthy of reproof
[Meaning]
most/very
shameful.
high
short
ε
959
Ἐμβριθεστάτη
most substantial, very substantial
[Meaning]
most/very
weighty. "He took the city of Ortobriga, which had the reputation of being very substantial both in respect of its size and in respect of the number of its people".
high
short
ε
2357
Ἐπικαιρότατα
most timely, very timely
[Meaning]
most/very
dangerous/critical.
high
short
ε
2711
Ἐπιτομώτατον
most abridged, very abridged
[Meaning] the
most
concise.
high
short
ε
3989
Ἐχεμυθότατος
most reserved, very reserved
[Meaning] he who is
most/very
prudent/sensible.
high
short
ε
4021
Ἔχθιστος
most hated, very hated
[Meaning]
most/very
hateful.
high
short
κ
159
Κακοηθέστατα
most ill-natured
… Aristophanes in Thesmophoriazusae [writes] "for husbands now carry secret keys,
most
ill-natured ones, certain Lakonian ones, with three teeth. So previously it was possible, for women who had had a three-obol seal-ring made, to …
high
short
κ
1188
Καιριώτατα
most timely, very timely
[Meaning things that are]
most/very
dangerous, deadly.
high
short
ε
2379
Ἐπικινδυνότατος
most dangerous, very dangerous
[no gloss]
high
short
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