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2981
Ἀπέδοξεν
it seemed good not, it was resolved not
… ou)k; the gloss should read 'Meaning: it did not seem
good'.
The headword must be quoted from somewhere: there are instances in Herodotus, Xenophon, Pausanias and Philostratus. Impersonal a)pe/docen is the opposite of e)/docen …
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2601
Ἀντ' ἀγαθῶν ἀγαθίδες
skeins of good things
… the addition of a)nt' affects the translation somewhat: 'instead of
good
things, skeins'.)
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2670
Ἀντικείμενα
opposites
… middle participle in the neuter plural. [1] Alexander has kalo\n
"good":
if the
good
is sweet, it follows that what is not sweet is not
good
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163
Χαίρειν
to say 'hello'
… xai=re in the gloss ("hello!"). It was also used for
"Good-bye".
See also chi 162. [1]
"Good
luck!" is a translation of eu)= pra/ttois ("may you do well"; see epsilon 3605).
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3070
Ἔρως
love
… two senses: (i) the one who, in being excellent or
good
(spoudaios), is qualified in accordance with virtue: (ii) the one who, in being bad, is qualified in accordance with vice as a reproach, …
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1172
Ἄληθες
truly
… Plato, Laws 730B-C, "Truth heads the list of all things
good,
for gods and men alike" (tr. T.J. Saunders). Zintzen suggests that Isidore or Damascius may have been imitating this passage, and notes a …
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1409
Ἁλσὶ διασμηχθεὶς ὄναιτ' ἂν οὑτοσί
this man might be helped if he were rubbed with salt
… pats the creditor's belly, pretending that one could make a
good
wineskin out of it; hides were salted as a preliminary to tanning (R.J. Forbes, Studies in Ancient Technology [Leyden 1955-] v.3.19)". See also …
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1530
Ἀμβλύς
blunt, dim
… lexica; references at Photius alpha1159 Theodoridis. [2] There is no
good
reason for this name to appear here; Bernhardy therefore suggested that it has become displaced from alpha 1528, where it had glossed the …
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2686
Ἀντινομῶ
I disobey
… text is correct (LSJ s.v. question it), there is a
good
example in Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 6.20: qeoi=s d' a)ntinomei=n mani/a "It is madness to disobey the gods."
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4298
Ἀσφόδελος
asphodel
… its seed if roasted, and its tuberous roots made a
good
meal when chopped up with figs. It was eaten again in Greece during the First World War" (R. Sallares, The Ecology of the …
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4389
Ἄτριψ
unaccustomed
… Papirii, but Favuzzi [see under alpha 1518] 47-49 makes a
good
case for regarding this one as the boy Papirius, from an anecdote of Cato's preserved in Aulus Gellius (Attic Nights 1.23); he precociously …
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4713
Ἀχράς
achras, wild pear
… explanation of the humour in Aristophanes, TN has it on
good
authority that the wild-pear tends to harden the stool, particularly when eaten to excess. See also omicron 27. [2] The date is 393 …
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β
427
Βουλεύοντι
[to him] taking counsel
… (web address 1 below); Diodotus outlines the duties of a
good
citizen.
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349
Δείνωσις
exacerbation, exaggeration; frowning
… to hit a target at which one is aiming. The
goodness
or badness of cleverness depends on the quality of the target (skopo/s) the agent has set before him: if it is fine or …
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197
Καλαμίτης
Kalamites, Calamites; reed-like
… the Lycian "Hero [Author, Myth] Physician". See Essay 6 in
Goodwin's
edition of Demosthenes: also Bonner (below) pp. 43-48. [2] Either a woman's proper name or the noun meaning "grasshopper", derived from the insect's …
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