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κ1614Κιμβέρινον ἐνδύσομαιI will put on a Kimberine[This is] a kind of outer-garment, [named] after a place. Aristophanes [writes]: "I will put on a Kimberine".Matched in translationhighshort
ε2909Ἔργον εἰπεῖνa job to say[Meaning] it is difficult to say. And Sophocles [writes]: "but no point lamenting these things in vain" - meaning [no] advantage - "rather, the business must be begun with some speed."Matched in translationhighshort
α1280ἈλκιβιάδηςAlcibiades, AlkibiadesThe son of Kleinias and of Perikles' sister. An Athenian, a philosopher and a politician. A pupil first of Sophilos, then of Sokrates, whose lover he was too, as some say. Some also record …

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Κιμβέρινον ἐνδύσομαι

I will put on a Kimberine

[This is] a kind of outer-garment, [named] after a place. Aristophanes [writes]: "I will put on a Kimberine".

Κιμβέρινον ἐνδύσομαι· εἶδος ἱματίου, ἀπὸ τόπου. Ἀριστοφάνης· κιμβέρινον ἐνδύσομαι.

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δ451Δημοποίητοςnaturalized citizen[Meaning] one who is adopted by the demos and has become a citizen. For Perikles, the son of Xanthippos, proposed a law that someone whose parents were not both citizens would not himself be …Matched in translationhighmedium

α385ἈγύρριοςAgyrrhios, AgyrrhiusA proper name. [The man] who was slandered for weakness, that he actually breaks wind. Aristophanes in Plutus [says this]. And he was also ridiculed for over-boldness. Also [sc. attested is] Agyrrhios, an Athenian …Matched in translationhighshort

κ1621ΚίμωνKimon, CimonAn Athenian. This man was slandered before the citizens for having lain with his sister Elpinike and for this reason was ostracized by the Athenians. This man wrote the Hipposkopikon, a remarkable book.Matched in translationhighshort

λ81Λαμάχων(from) Lamachoses[Referring to] Lamachos, a reckless general of [the] Athenians. When the Athenians sailed to Sicily they elected him general together with Alkibiades and Nikias. He was fond of warfare. Aristophanes [writes]: "I have made …Matched in translationhighshort

α2115Ἀναυμαχίουfor anaumachion, for non-naval-fightingJust as there were penalties prescribed in the laws for not going on an expedition and for leaving one's post [ta/cis] and for throwing away one's arms, so also for fighting at sea. This …Matched in translationhighshort

κ1616Κίμβικαkimbika, stinginess.[Meaning] a wasp's nest[?], or an apiary[?], or parsimony, or distortion.Matched in translationhighshort

κ1618Κιμωλίαcimolite, Cimolian earthA white clay/earth.Matched in translationhighshort

λ276ΛεωσθένηςLeosthenesA general of [the] Athenians. This man, with quite ready zealousness at the critical time in the war against the Macedonians and with his good fortune failing, proceeds against the enemy and makes a …Matched in translationhighshort

κ1622Κιμώνεια λείψαναKimoneian remainsAlso [sc. attested is the] Kimoneion, a shrine of Kimon.Matched in translationhighshort

κ1615ΚίμβροςCimbrian[A term for] a raider. Also [sc. attested is the genitive plural] "of the Cimbri". "He told them to leave the bodies of the Cimbri untouched until it was day, thinking them to be …Matched in translationhighshort

κ1620ΚίμωνKimon, CimonSon of Miltiades, he led an expedition as general against the barbarians who had come down [sc. to the coast] with Themistokles. He sailed to Cyprus and Pamphylia and waged war, and he was …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε471Ἐκκλησίανassembly[Meaning a] bringing-together of a crowd. Aristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "is an assembly not happening because of wealth?" For we assemble wishing either to preserve something of our own or to appropriate something belonging …Matched in translationhighshort

κ1611ΚίλιξKilix, CilixA proper nameMatched in translationhighshort

ε470Ἐκκλησία κυρίαprincipal assemblyThe ekklesia [assembly] in which they used to confirm [make kyrios] the decrees, is called kyria. There are regular ekklesiai, those that are called kyriai, three per month at Athens, on the first and …Matched in translationhighshort

δ243Δέονnecessary… Perikles, I spent 'on the necessary'." When general of [the] Athenians Perikles, required to give an account of money [given] to the Lacedaimonians' harmost Kleandros for [sc. the purpose of inducing him to commit] …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ449Δημόκοινονpublic-common[Meaning] public [sc. property]. Something of the public's. Also [sc. attested is the masculine] dhmo/koinos, [meaning a] public torturer. Or the demios.Matched in translationhighshort

δ450ΔημονιάδηςDemoniadesA proper name.Matched in translationhighshort

ε2908ἘργοκλῆςErgokles, ErgoclesA general of [the] Athenians.Matched in translationhighshort

ε2910ἘργόφιλοςErgophilos, ErgophilusA general of [the] Athenians.Matched in translationhighshort

κ1612ΚίλιοςKilios, CiliusA proper name.Matched in translationhighshort

κ1751ΚλεινίαςKleinias, CliniasA proper name. [Note] that Alkibiades [was] the son of Kleinias.Matched in translationhighshort

α4254Ἀστρατείαnon-campaigningFrom the scholia to Aristophanes, Peace 526, where the headword, a feminine abstract noun, occurs in the genitive case. The term astrateia did not literally mean 'peace' but denoted either exemption from military service …Matched in noteshighshort

α4471Αὑτηΐthis hereAristophanes [writes]: "this here chamberpot, if you want to urinate, will be next to you, nearby on the peg."Matched in translationhighshort

κ1623Κιννάβαριkinnabar, cinnabarA compound of mercury, producing the colour vermilion. See generally LSJ s.v. Information and illustration at web address 1. Similar entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (924).Matched in noteshighshort