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dialects, grammar, and etymology1,672
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comedy301
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32 more

daily life274
poetry254
rhetoric205
philosophy204
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women154
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law148
economics147
zoology147
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medicine127
mythology127

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Ε epsilon895
Α alpha409
Η eta214
Δ delta190
ΕΙ epsiloniota70
Β beta56
Χ chi53
Ι iota50

2 more

Γ gamma28
ΑΙ alphaiota27

Vetting status

high1,992

Length

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Medium206
Long20

Translator

Catharine Roth793
Jennifer Benedict331
William Hutton241
David Whitehead177
Antonella Ippolito49
Robert Dyer32

69 more

Anne Mahoney30
Stefano Sanfilippo27
Craig Gibson25
Marcelo Boeri25
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α2010Ἀναπειστηρίανpersuasive[Meaning] able to persuade the listeners. Aristophanes [writes]: "how on earth could this [youth] learn acquittal from a lawsuit, or a summons, or persuasive hot air? Yet Hyperbolos learned this for a talent." Summons: …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε1228Ἐνέκειντοthey were persisting, they were pressing hard[Meaning] they were occupying themselves persistently. "If of course anything was lacking, they were seizing it and persisting in the siege."Matched in translationhighshort
α2111Ἀνά τοί με πείθεις ἀλλ' ἐκεῖνο οὔπω λέγειςso you are persuading me; but that you do not yet sayMeaning so then you are persuading me.Matched in translationhigh

α2010

Ἀναπειστηρίαν

persuasive

[Meaning] able to persuade the listeners. Aristophanes [writes]: "how on earth could this [youth] learn acquittal from a lawsuit, or a summons, or persuasive hot air? Yet Hyperbolos learned this for a talent." Summons:…

Ἀναπειστηρίαν· δυναμένην πείθειν τοὺς ἀκούοντας. Ἀριστοφάνης· πῶς ἂν μάθοι πόθ' οὗτος ἀπόφευξιν δίκης ἢ κλῆσιν ἢ χαύνωσιν ἀναπειστηρίαν; καίτοι ταλάντου τοῦτ' ἔμαθ' Ὑπέρβολος.…

gender and sexuality

gender and sexuality

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science and technology117

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trade and manufacture73

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meter and music58

Ross Scaife ✝12

Ross Scaife ✝12

Malcolm Heath11

Malcolm Heath11

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Oliver Phillips ✝11

Matthew Farmer10

Matthew Farmer10

D. Graham J. Shipley8

D. Graham J. Shipley8

Elizabeth Vandiver7

Elizabeth Vandiver7

Alexandra Trachsel5

Alexandra Trachsel5

Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝5

Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝5

Carl Widstrand5

Carl Widstrand5

Nathan Greenberg ✝5

Nathan Greenberg ✝5

Amelia Mathias4

Amelia Mathias4

Chad Schroeder4

Chad Schroeder4

Dennis McHenry4

Dennis McHenry4

Giorgos Akrivas4

Giorgos Akrivas4

Gabriel Bodard2

Gabriel Bodard2

James L. P. Butrica ✝2

James L. P. Butrica ✝2

Kenneth Bumbaco2

Kenneth Bumbaco2

Nicholas Wilshere2

Nicholas Wilshere2

Phiroze Vasunia2

Phiroze Vasunia2

Richard Rodriguez2

Richard Rodriguez2

Wm. Blake Tyrrell2

Wm. Blake Tyrrell2

Alan Sommerstein1

Alan Sommerstein1

Alexander Tulin1

Alexander Tulin1

Andrea Consogno1

Andrea Consogno1

Andrew Morrison1

Andrew Morrison1

Braden Studhalter1

Braden Studhalter1

Bradley Buszard1

Bradley Buszard1

Claudia Mársico1

Claudia Mársico1

Constantina Katsari1

Constantina Katsari1

Ekaterini Tsalampouni1

Ekaterini Tsalampouni1

Joseph L. Rife1

Joseph L. Rife1

Joseph McAlhany1

Joseph McAlhany1

Joseph Wrightson1

Joseph Wrightson1

Konstantinos Kopanias1

Konstantinos Kopanias1

Kostas Zafeiris1

Kostas Zafeiris1

Nicholas Fincher1

Nicholas Fincher1

Robert de Brose1

Robert de Brose1

Victoria Papaprodromou1

Victoria Papaprodromou1

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ε1158Ἐνδελεχισμόςpersistence… the evening and every day. "Fighting from poverty in very persistent matters [and] wishing to be rid [of them ...] they went into Byzantium."Matched in translationhighshort

ε2628Ἐπιστήμονοςof a wise [person], wise person's[Meaning] of an experienced [person].Matched in translationhighshort

δ655Διαμείνῃςyou were to persist, you would persistAorist subjunctive.Matched in headwordhighshort

ε2618Ἐπιστέλλειsends a message… the murderers." "But the general passed the words of the Persians on to the emperor through a secretary."Matched in translationhighshort

χ418ΧοσρόηςChosroes, Khosrau, KhosrawThe Persians' king. "They praise him and they wonder at his merit -- not [only] the Persians, but even some of the Romans -- since (they say) he was a lover of literature and …Matched in translationhighmedium

ι122Ἰδιώτηςlayman, private individual, unskilled person… similarly among the philosophers he was both a taciturn and person of hidden thoughts for the most part, but he had poured out his whole soul towards the common increase of virtue and the …Matched in translationhighshort

α1121ἈλέξανδροςAlexander, Alexandros… affairs of kings among men, guard my rule over the Persians and the Medes as you see fit. But if I myself cannot be king of Asia any more, then give my rule to …Matched in translationhighlong

ε3601Εὔνουςwell-disposed, well-minded… friend does not think entirely properly. This topos has something persuasive and acceptable and dialectic to it, but is not something that is sound in respect to everything; for one who has a good …Matched in translationhighmedium

α3339ἈποκατέστηνI restored… manuscript ambiguity as whether the headword and gloss are third person singulars -- so that the headword is likely to be extracted from the quotation given -- or first persons; she prints the latter …Matched in noteshighshort

α3697Ἀπροσήγορος ἄνθρωποςunaddressable fellow, unaddressable person[Meaning one] whom [it is] not possible to address because of the roughness of his manner.Matched in headwordhighshort

δ1277ΔιοικίζωI cause [persons] to live apartThe [verb that means] I separate [them]. Also [sc. attested is the middle/passive] dioiki/zesqai ["to be made to live apart"], [meaning] to be separated. But dioikw= ["I manage"] [is] the [verb that means] I …Matched in headwordhighshort

ε1159Ἐνδελεχῶςcontinuously, persistently[Meaning] unremittingly.Matched in headwordhighshort

ε3168Ἐς ὀψιγόνουςto late-born (persons)[Meaning to] those after this [time].Matched in headwordhighshort

ι132ἹδρίωI perspire[Meaning] I sweat.Matched in headwordhighshort

ι134Ἱδρώονταςperspiring, sweating[i(drw/ontas means the same as] i(drou=ntas.Matched in headwordhighshort

χ151Χαύνωσινmystification… ever learn evasion of a lawsuit, or a summons, or persuasive mystification?" 'Summons': that is, testimony; 'mystification' [is] a refutation of lawsuits; 'persuasive' [is] like deceit and persuading the listeners with empty speech -- …Matched in translationhighshort

δ929Διεξιφίσωyou fought to the death… meaning that the number of the Greek forces of the Persian had been increased; and they were responsible for the freedom of the Greeks -- they alone from all of the Greeks destroying the …Matched in translationhighmedium

α4015ἈρσάκηςArsakes, Arsaces… much. Also [sc. attested is the term] Arsakids/Arsacids, [meaning] the Persians' kings. Arsakes, the Parthian, having expelled the Macedonians who ruled the Persian empire for 203 years, handed the kingdom over to the Parthians. …Matched in translationhighmedium

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 translationhighshort

δ181Δεκατεύεινto pay a tithe… these the Greeks swore that, if they should conquer [the Persians], they would campaign [against the collaborators] and impose a tithe to the Pythian on all." "When I was invited to the tenth-day ceremony …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ930Διεξοδικούςdetailed, discursive, elaborate… in accordance with circumstances and fortunes and times and the persons and the places and such things as are appropriate to the particular circumstances: for political debates, panegyrics, and judicial trials concern such things. …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ1573Δύναμιςcapability, capacity, ability, potentiality, powerSuppose someone should represent the ability of one of the persons to be avoided, as if in defining a thief or a sophist or a slanderer he would say that the slanderer is someone …Matched in translationhighlong

α3068Ἀπέστησενremoved… emendation due to Schweighäuser, Büttner-Wobst (p. 515) reads kaqi=kto (third person singular, pluperfect indicative middle-passive of the verb kaqikne/omai, I come down to, reach, touch) for the Suda's kaqh=sto (third person singular, pluperfect indicative …Matched in noteshighshort

α4147ἈσίαAsia… and Cayster valleys, then to the kingdoms of Lydia and Persia (the latter first in Aeschylus, Persians 929?), then to the Roman province in western Anatolia, but, quite early also, to the easternmost of …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3139ἘσθήρEsther… ʾaḥašwerōš (Latin Ahasuerus), which seems to reflect a transliteration of Persian Kshaiarsha. This equates to the Greek *Ce/rchs, but no historical source links Esther with that king (Xerxes I, reigned 486-465: xi 54). Rather, …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4576Ἀφελέςsimple… Ilissos of the throat; what should I say? If a person does not stop up his mouth, you will deluge their mouths."Matched in translationhighmedium

β490Βωμολόχοςaltar-ambusher… get something. For these people used to beg a lot persistently at the altars, flattering to get something from people sacrificing. Agathias [writes]: "'it is not my custom at least,' Narses said, 'to take …Matched in translationhighmedium

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