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- α277Ἀγνοεῖ δ' ἀράχνη παῖδας ὡς παιδεύεταιa spider knows not how she educates her children.… proverbial saying] in reference to those who look after something against their own interest.
- χ7Χαλαράloose [ones], open [ones]… was open and gentle to those in need, even to someone of those men who were opposed to him."
- α261Ἀγκύρισμαanchor-hold… wrestling-move. Also [sc. attested is the related participle] a)gkuri/sas, meaning [someone] wrestling down or taking down by the knee. An 'anchor-hold' is also a hunter's container of figs. Aristophanes [writes]: "striking, anchoring, then turning …
- χ1ΧαβρίαςKhabrias,Chabrias… 378, during which he invented a useful method of defence against hoplites, the decisive naval victory over Sparta near Naxos in 376, and the extension of the Second Athenian Confederacy" (G.L. Cawkwell in OCD(4) …