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- α3809Ἄρδινbarb[Meaning the] point of a missile, or weapons [sent] from the hand. Herodotus [sc. uses the word]. Also [sc. attested is] a)/rdis in the plural, meaning quivers.
- α876Ἀκίδαςbarbs[Meaning] the points of missiles. Also [sc. attested is] a)kidwto/n ["pointed"], that which has points.
- χ418ΧοσρόηςChosroes, Khosrau, Khosraw… and a great deal of flattery, who had a very barbarian lifestyle, who was always on the lookout for wars and conspiracies, how could a man who was set on such a course of …
- χ187Χελιδόνων μουσεῖαswallows' museums… proverbial phrase] in reference to those who do foreign and barbarian things. For the [term] 'swallow' [is] applied to barbarians; for it implies 'Thracian swallow'. And in what follows: "where the swallow squawks around …
- α3968ἉρμάτιοςHarmatios, Harmatius… poor man who when he had come recently from the barbarians Hamartius had welcomed and first made a count, then the general of the Illyrians, and he readied a great deal of money to …
- α2273Ἀνεννόητονinconceivable, without conception… [a course of action] without conception of battle and how barbarians behave." Or a)nenno/htoi, [meaning those] having no understanding about this. Polybius [writes]: "the generals were without conception of all of these things."
- α1475ἈμαλασούνθαAmalasountha, Amalasuntha… they wished to be ruled by him in a more barbarian way. And once, when his mother beat him after she had caught him doing something wrong in public, he went crying into the …
- ε1020Ἐμπίςgnat… George of Pisidia, Bellum Avaricum line 64; Per l'incursione dei barbari 64 Tartaglia; on barbarian attacks on Constantinople: Avars in 612/614 and 623 and Persians in 609 and 615; cf. Tartaglia (161, note 13). …
- α3011Ἀπέλιπεleft behind… a very great reputation of [= for] rectitude among the barbarians."
- α3654Ἀποχρησάμενοςhaving misused, having used to the full"When the barbarians demanded peace-offerings, having granted some of them, he did not abuse his successes, but left the greatest reputation for justice with the barbarians." Meaning he did not flaunt [sc. his victories]. …
- α1384Ἁλώνητονsalt-bought[Meaning] that which is purchased by salt. Equivalent to barbarous. Also [there is] a proverb: 'a salt-bought slave'. In reference to those worthy of no account; inasmuch as merchants conveying salt inland used to …
- γ407ΓουνάσομαιI will entreat… implore. I will plead. "No longer will I entreat the barbarian [woman], nor cry for myself."
- γ382Γονυκλινήςon bended knee… and on bended knee he tended the wife of the barbarian."
- α458Ἀδηλίαuncertainty… the war he easily trusted that he would take the barbarian [kingdom]." But a)dhli/a [is] also obscurity.
- α2025Ἀναπνέοντεςgathering breath… stood to fight the forces of the king/emperor, but the barbarians realized that they were approaching, albeit in silence."
- γ511Γυρῶνof rounded (things)… [ones] which have been swallowed. In the Epigrams: "and throat-piercing barbs of rounded fish-hooks".
- β356Βοηδρομεῖνto run to help… the citizens running to help for this, a certain other barbarian appeared and wounded the other who was attacking, and nothing was decided."
- α3943Ἄρθμιαamicable relations… "since the Athenians are not amicable towards us, but the barbarians [are our] allies." Also [sc. attested is the related participle] a)rqmh/santes ["they having become amicable"], [meaning they] having become friends.
- γ89Γεγαννυμένοςexulting in… in royal pomp and great flattery and choosing a very barbarous way of life thus disposed?"
- β44Βακάντιβοςloiterer… Epistle 66, characterized by the writer as a foreign ("slightly barbarous") word.
- α997Ἀκροβολισμόςskirmishing[Meaning] provocation. And [meaning] to strike the top. "Leading the barbarians, he consulted with his brother and said 'I will make an ambush; you employ skirmishings and arrows'." ["He consulted"] meaning he gave plans …
- α3544Ἀποσπώντωνabducting… "The women fled to [the temple of] Artemis, with the barbarian following them savagely; and with the mercenaries abducting and the others held tight, the cord round the throat was severed."
- α1379Ἀλώμενοςroaming… And elsewhere: "I myself, roaming after the arrival of the barbarians, went into Phara."
- α4624Ἀφίστωνthey were keeping away, they were driving away… turning away, they were preventing. "The Romans were driving the barbarians away from the siege."
- β396ΒορίανθοςBorianthos, Viriathus, Viriatus"Some barbarians killed Borianthus after he had become tyrant, thinking that by this the general of the Romans would be moved to benevolence. And indeed when some of the murderers of Borianthus approached they …
- α3049Ἀπεροῦνταseeking to avert… the emperor were sent, to avert the attack of the barbarians." Also [sc. attested is] a)perou=sin ["they will bid farewell to/give up"], [meaning] they are renouncing, and they will desist from the war. "Never …
- α2612Ἀντανήγοντοthey attacked[Meaning] they stood against, opposed. "So the barbarians too attacked and sailed by the promontory of Pachynon with their ships arrayed in 2 columns." And elsewhere: "for the men there, dying in the name …
- α4343Ἀτέραμνονtough… rejected the gift." "There was no one so tough and barbarian at heart who did not obey and hearken unto the words streaming from that holy mouth."
- α889Ἄκιτινreed, made of reed… is accusative singular. [1] Greek Anthology 6.307.3 (Phanias), on the barber Eugathes who forsakes his trade for philosophy, but returns to it when facing starvation. The excerpt is quoted from phi 120; cf. Gow …
- α2154ἈνδραποδίζωI enslave, I reduce to slavery[Used] with an accusative. "The barbarians annulled the agreements and openly enslaved the alliance". Also [sc. attested is the related noun] a)ndrapodismo/s ["enslavery"], [meaning] captivity. Also [sc. attested is] a)ndrapodisth/s ["slave-dealer"]. The Thessalians are …