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1,156 entries for
interpretation of a dream
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α
2426
Λύσις ὀνείρου
interpretation of a dream
[It is] well-omened to be intimate with
a
man most dear [to you].
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351
Λύσις ὀνείρου Νικηφόρου πατριάρχου ἰαμβικοί
dream-interpretation of Nikephoros the patriarch in iambics
Seeing cows leads to bad business. Dead cows reveal times
of
famine.
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short
η
39
Ἡγεμονία δικαστηρίου
presidency of a jurycourt
It was not permitted to bring
all
lawsuits before
all
of
the
archons.
Rather, before the
Archon
they tried cases involving orphans
and
matters involving insanity
and
adjudications
about
inheritances,
and
the records
of
…
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8
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5
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α
2411
Ἂν ἡ λεοντῆ μὴ ἐξικνῆται
If you don't have the skin of a lion fasten on that of a fox
The sense [is]: if you clearly don't have the
ability
to ward something
off,
use trickery.
And
Homer [writes]: "either by trickery or by force." "Either openly or sneakily."
Matched in headword
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short
α
246
Ἄγκεινθ' Ἡφαίστοιο
are offered of Hephaistos
["Are
offered"]
meaning
"are
dedicated"
[a)na/keintai].
Matched in headword
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short
α
3763
Ἀργελόφους
scrag-ends, scraps, offcuts, offal
Aristophanes
[writes]: "but you love to nibble on scrag-ends
of
your empire."
Matched in headword
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short
η
40
Ἡγεμονία δικαστηρίου
presidency of a jurycourt
Aeschines
[in the speech]
Against
Ktesiphon [sc. uses the phrase]. Different lawsuits were
allotted
to different
archons,
and
each
of
the
officials
used to take into
a
jurycourt,
as
president
and
chairman, the cases …
Matched in headword
high
medium
α
4096
Ἀρχὴ ἄνδρα δείκνυσιν
office exposes a man
[sc.
A
proverb]
applied
to those who
are
decent men before holding
office
but become violent in the post itself. They say that this
a
dictum
of
Solon's, though
Aristotle
and
Theophrastus [says it …
Matched in headword
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short
α
4362
Ἀτιμαγέλου
of a maverick
[Meaning]
of
one not taking part in the herd. "The cow-milker broke
off
the horn
of
a
maverick bull."
Matched in headword
high
short
δ
533
Διαγραφὴ δίκης
cancellation of a lawsuit
When the defendant [sc. in
a
trial in classical
Athens]
is
acquitted
of
the charge, either by
acquiescence
of
the prosecutor or by determination
of
a
circumstance,
and
he is no longer being charged …
Matched in headword
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short
α
3080
Ἀπετάφρευον
they fenced off with a ditch
Menander [writes]: "for the Romans did not fence [camps]
off
with ditches earlier nor indeed did they have this sort
of
knowledge
at
all
in their repetoire until Mauricius the son
of
Paulos began …
Matched in headword
high
medium
ε
591
Ἐκ πολλῶν ἀχύρων ὀλίγον καρπὸν συνήγαγον
out of a lot of chaff they collected a small harvest
[sc.
A
proverbial phrase] in reference to those who labour hard but reap small harvests.
Matched in headword
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short
α
2013
Ἀναπηνίζω
I wind thread off a reel
[Meaning] I gather up, I loosen, I wind up.
Matched in headword
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short
ει
335
Εἴ τι Πεισάνδρου βδελύττῃ τοὺς λόφους καὶ τὰς ὀφρῦς
if you abominate at all the crests and eyebrows of Peisandros
… subject to much public criticism for cowardice. He was bellicose
and
belligerent for reasons
of
private gain. But he was
also
a
coward. He used to wear
a
triple crest
and
distinctive
armour,
with …
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short
ε
2787
Ἐπλημμέλησαν
they struck a false note, they were off-key
[Meaning] they were disorderly, they were lackadaisical. For [something]
'off-key'
[means] lackadaisical
and
unrefined. "[...] in order that
anticipating
on
account
of
the evils they were
off-key
in, in the second danger they could …
Matched in headword
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short
ε
1061
Ἐμοὶ δὲ τοιοῦτον ἔργον ἔστ' εἰργασμένον
such a deed have I accomplished as to stop the mouths of each and every one of my enemies as long as there is anything left of the shields from Pylos
Kleon is harking back to the events
at
Pylos
and
Sphacteria. It was the custom to dedicate the
arms
[captured] from wars in the temples. So
as
long, he is saying,
as
the
arms
…
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short
χ
308
Χιλιῶν δραχμῶν
of a thousand, of drachmas
The
Attic[-speakers]
pronounce [these words] perispomenon.
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short
α
1164
Ἀλλ' εἴ τις ὑμῶν ἐν Σαμοθρᾴκῃ μεμυημένος ἐστι
but if there is someone among you initiated in Samothrace, now is a fine time to pray that both feet of the pursuer be put out of joint
In Samothrace there were certain initiation-rites, which they supposed efficacious
as
a
charm
against
certain dangers. In that place were
also
the mysteries
of
the Corybantes
and
those
of
Hecate
and
the Zerinthan cave, …
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medium
α
3503
Ἀπορροῆς
of an outflow, of a stream
[Meaning]
of
a
drop.
Matched in headword
high
short
ε
1535
Ἔξαμμον μιλίου
exammon of the Milion
See under the [entry] 'Basilica'.
Matched in headword
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short
α
2992
Ἀπέκνισε ξύλον
chopped off a timber
[Meaning he/she/it] cut [it]
off.
Matched in headword
high
short
ε
2291
Ἐπιδειπνεῖς
you dine off [something], you eat a second meal
… may dine on it, stir up the dust in haste."
And
[thus] you might be
able
to dine
a
second time.
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short
α
518
Ἄδων τὴν σπιθαμὴν τοῦ βίου πρὸς ἄνηθον
singing of the span of life to a dill-plant
In reference to parsimonious
and
mean-spirited men.
Matched in headword
high
short
ε
3228
Ἔστι τις δίκης ὀφθαλμός
there is an eye of justice which mere mortals should never despise
[no gloss]
Matched in headword
high
short
β
378
Βόμβυξ
silkworm, wasp, silk garment, deep-toned pipe, cap of a pipe, lowest note on a pipe
[Meaning
a?]
herdsman.
Matched in headword
high
short
χ
343
Χλίδωνος
Chlidon's; of a bracelet, of an anklet
[no gloss]
Matched in headword
high
short
α
2712
Ἀντὶ πέρκης σκορπίον
a scorpion instead of a perch
A
proverb in reference to those choosing worse things instead
of
better.
Matched in headword
high
short
ε
1530
Ἐξ ἁμάξης
from a wagon, out of a wagon
The festival that is called Lenaia
among
Athenians,
in which the poets used to compete by writing certain songs designed to inspire laughter; [the one] that Demosthenes [sc. had in mind when he] said …
Matched in headword
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short
ε
1423
Ἐν παρενθήκης μέρει
by way of an addition, by way of a parenthesis
[Meaning] by way
of
a
surplus.
Matched in headword
high
short
α
207
Ἄγευστος θοίνης
without a taste of the feast
[Meaning someone] living
a
(?)refined life.
Also
[sc.
attested
is the plural]
a)/geustoi,
[meaning those] lacking experience. [Something] "lacking taste" has four meanings: either that which is lacking flavor
as
yet, but capable
of
…
Matched in headword
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medium
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