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1099
Ἀλγίστατον
most painful, very painful
"This [sc. will turn] into a
most/very
painful thing for us."
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2872
Ἀπαθέστατα
most impassive [things], very impassive [things]
… nor ever with a countenance arranged in anger, [but] quietly
most
content and optimistic.
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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."
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2
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2
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1
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δ
104
Δαψιλέστατος
most abundant, very abundant
[Meaning]
most/very
lavish. It is also said of streams, and of those who are generous.
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short
α
999
Ἀκρογωνιαῖος
extreme-angled, corner-most
[no gloss]
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2805
Ἀξιαπηγητότατα
(things) most worthy of telling.
Meaning [ones] worthy of being related.
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4061
Ἀρυπότατος
most unsordid, very unsordid
[no gloss]
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α
4353
Ἀτηρότατον
most baneful, very baneful
[sc. A word used by Aristophanes] in Wasps. Plato in Phaon [writes] a)thri/as ["banefulness"]. Also [sc. attested is] a)thro/n ["something baneful"]. Aristophanes [writes]: "for wasn't the old man a baneful evil?" And elsewhere: "they …
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δ
61
Δανότατα
most parched, very parched
[Referring to] the driest timbers.
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292
Δεύτατος
most inferior, very inferior
[Meaning] the lowest. From the [verb] deu/esqai ["to be in need of"] and e)ndei=n ["to need"].
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δ
376
Δηθάκις
mostly
[Meaning] very often.
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2763
Ἀντώνιος
Antonios, Antonius
… in words was someone not altogether precise; but he became
most
dedicated to the truth and was very enthusiastic in soul for the service of god, both in a public and in a more …
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4015
Ἀρσάκης
Arsakes, Arsaces
… by a spear against his rib in battle, a man
most
attractive in body and
most
pleasing to look at and
most
kingly in spirit and
most
experienced in the works of war; and …
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χ
485
Χρημάτισις
operation
… by the sacrilege and the unholy operation, he took the
most
bitter and
most
horrible pay."
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α
4361
Ἀττικός
Attikos, Atticus
… good taste, if the opportunity arose, he practiced on the
most
esteemed historians among the Greeks. Because he seemed to be an ordinary person, when he held discourse about these things, he often was …
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β
392
Βορβοροτάραξι
o muck-raker
Aristophanes [sc. uses this word]. Meaning o
most
disruptive one: disrupting and confusing our city like muck; filling the city with confusion and muck. And [there is] a proverb: "by staining clear water with …
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4140
Ἀσέλγεια
licentiousness
… through which [the wind] is pushed and extends at its
most
boisterous."
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527
Ἀδριανός
Hadrianos, Hadrianus, Hadrian
… private citizen. And whereas this hurt people in no way,
most
terrible was his envy of all men who were outstanding in something, many of whom he deposed and many he killed. For he …
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1121
Ἀλέξανδρος
Alexander, Alexandros
… the Bactrian, "whom those serving with Alexander say was the
most
beautiful of the Asian women after the wife of Dareios. And [they say that] when he had seen her Alexander fell in love …
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1190
Ἄλημα
fine-witted; wily knave
… kings and die myself as well." "O child of Laertes,
most
loathsome wily knave of the army, I suppose you laugh and carry on in joy." Meaning o rascal and meddler. But "o
most
…
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1475
Ἀμαλασούνθα
Amalasountha, Amalasuntha
… mother of Atalaric. It was she "who walked for the
most
part in [intelligence and] righteousness, displaying to a great extent the temperament of a man, and for as long as she was the …
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2149
Ἄνδρα
man
… for not even what is planned in respect of the
most
important events happen amongst a few men -- those thinking ahead about them the
most
-- but amongst the masses as a whole. …
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2762
Ἀντωνῖνος
Antoninus, Antoninos
… he understood many of the subtlest things and he spoke
most
preparedly. For he often fell into such fortune that he thoughtlessly disclosed with arrogance and rashness or with something completely similar what things …
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4174
Ἀσκληπιόδοτος
Asklepiodotos, Asclepiodotus
… from earliest childhood was agreed to be the keenest and
most
learned of his age-mates, to the extent that he did not stop busying himself with each of the things which he happened upon, …
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ε
1020
Ἐμπίς
gnat
[Meaning a creature] something like a
mosquito.
A tiny animal which is born around water, like a
mosquito.
It is bigger in size and has a white ring around its middle. Aristophanes [writes]: "you …
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3068
Ἀπέστησεν
removed
… "keeping distant from their former station in a suitable place,
most
of them held back, but two went ahead quite a bit." Meaning they stopped their progress.
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4669
Ἀχαΐα
Akhaia, Achaia, Achaea
… light of the fact that this sort of missile is
most
suitable of all against a siege, the missile of the slingers from Achaia.
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1988
Ἀναξιμένης
Anaximenes
… of Anaximenes with the fall of Sardis. See on this
Mosshammer
(1976) 296, and further in
Mosshammer
(1979) 276-7 with n.5: 'That Anaximenes' floruit was associated with the fall of Sardis is confirmed, at …
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short
χ
63
Χαμάδις
groundwards
… Seven against Thebes 357. Commentary on these passages is the
most
probable source for
most
of the information in this entry. The headword and the supplementary lemma xama=ze are formed from the obsolescent xa/ma …
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short
α
795
Ἀκαμπίας
bendless, unbending
[Meaning] straight-coursed. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] a)ka/mpios dro/mos ["bendless course"], a long and straight walk.
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