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47 entries for
yesterday-talking
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Χθεσιφωνῶν
yesterday-talking
[Meaning] bad-mouthing.
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323
Χθές
yesterday
… by. Note that Plato has "I went down" first and
"yesterday"
second. The Theologian had
"yesterday"
to catch the eye, and then "on the bright day of lights" parenthetically. Therefore each had a preference, …
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325
Χθιζοί
yesterday's men
… useless. Also [sc. attested is the form] xqizino/s, [also meaning]
yesterday's.
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2537
Ἄνθρωπος λυπησιλόγος
a man who gives pain by talking
… means he who is paining those nearby because of his
talking.
Cratinus [sc. uses the phrase].
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3503
Εὐθύγλωττος
straight-talking
"He was also straight-talking beyond what was necessary". Meaning true.
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ε
3521
Εὐθυρρήμων
straight-talking
[Meaning] truth-speaking. Also [sc. attested is] a verb eu)qurhmonw= ["I am a straight-talker"]. When Aristophanes says to\ dei=na ["such-and-such"], he avoids saying directly that what is about to be said is distasteful, so that …
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156
Χαίρειν
let him say goodbye to talking rubbish
[Meaning] let him blush at
talking
nonsense. Also [sc. attested is] "to rejoice", [meaning] to moan, to groan.
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2263
Ἀνέμῳ διαλέγῃ
you are talking to a wind
[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those who are not heard. [Another] proverb [is]: "directions of winds"; "for locals know best not only the directions of the winds, according to the proverb, but …
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4228
Ἀστεϊζόμενος
talking wittily
[Meaning one who is] showing off, making a display of himself, cleverly inventing. Also [sc. attested is] a)stei+smo/s, the [noun that means] to act as a fellow citizen.
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αι
41
Αἰγιαλῷ λαλεῖς
you are talking to a beach
[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to the inaudible. Also 'you are conversing with a wind." Likewise in reference to the inaudible.
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ε
929
Ἐμματάζων
talking foolishly
[Meaning he] speaking idly.
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κ
621
Καταληρῶ
I overcome by talking
[Used] with a genitive.
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ε
1297
Ἕνη
old
… [the participle] e)/xwn [in the idiom] lhrei=s e)/xwn ['keep on
talking
nonsense', where
'talking
nonsense' alone would suffice]. See generally LSJ s.v. e)/xw, B.III.2.
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ε
2766
Ἐπίχαρμος
Epicharmos, Epicharmus
… appears to have argued that a debtor who borrowed money
yesterday
does not owe it today, since he is already a different man from the borrower; and that the man whom you invited
yesterday
…
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2683
Ἀντίμαχος
Antimachus, Antimachos, Antimakhos
… Psekas ["Sputterer"] since he sprinkled [with spit] whomever he was
talking
with. There was also an Olympian called Psekas because of this. This Antimachus resolved to propose a decree to forbid the satirizing of …
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2921
Ἀπαργμάτων ὡρίων καιριώτερον
more fitting than seasonable grave-offerings
The Theologian says [this] in his
Yesterday
on the bright day of lights. Meaning enagismata, ["offerings"] which they used to throw into tombs. But kairiw/teron [sc. also means] more necessary.
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3459
Ἀπ' ὄνου καταπεσών
having fallen from a donkey
… handle donkeys. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "why, pray, are you
talking
nonsense, as if you had fallen from a donkey?" But the philosopher Plato says the proverb with "the mind" taking the place of …
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α
4075
Ἀρχαῖος
simple
… naive. Plato [sc. uses the word in this sense]. Or
[talking?]
nonsense. But [the related adverb] a)rxai/ws [means] carelessly, unobservantly; or even foolishly, naively. "[They] humming tunes simple-honeyed-Sidon-Phrynichus-lovely."
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4587
Ἀφέλεια
simplicity
And Damascius says that Isidore, besides simplicity, loved truthfulness especially, and undertook to be straight-talking beyond what was necessary, and had no pretence in himself whatsoever.
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αι
37
Αἰγιάζειν
to talk of goats
"But you sit here
talking
of goats."
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165
Αἴ κε πάθοι τά κ' ἔρεξε δίκη δ' ἰθεῖα γένοιτο
if he should endure the sufferings which he has inflicted, the punishment would be just
… the sprat? Has my last year's bowl perished? Where is
yesterday's
garlic? Who nibbled on the olives?'" These [are] all trivial matters. But "perished" [is used] instead of "is broken."
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30
Βάθρα
foundations, pedestals, steps, benches
"Just
yesterday
and the day before they had fled from the tavern, and cleaning its benches and sweeping the floor, but now they had put on purple-bordered mantles and pinned them on with gold …
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δ
1535
Δρόμοις
[in] races
… out holding the most glorious prize of victory". He is
talking
about Orestes, [who is] in effect not failing the ends [of the race], but he is appearing equal to the ends. Meaning equal …
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ε
745
Ἐλασίβροντ' ἀναρρηγνὺς ἔπη
breaking forth thunder-driving words
… ['Thunder-driving'] meaning [things] driven by thunder, that is [he is]
talking
big and using expressions that are overly weighty and full of noise. Either he is mocking Kleon for his voice, since he used …
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ε
1032
Ἐμποδών
in the way
… the restoration of liberty [speech] on behalf of Eumathes "but
yesterday,
men of Athens; for this is entirely in the way". Hierocles, amongst others, used the word to mean impeding: he says in [book] …
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1709
Ἐξηγήσασθαι
to expound
[To expound] differs from to describe. For description is simply
talking
about things one knows, and speaking either to listeners who do not know them or even to those who do. But exposition is …
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ε
1884
Ἕωλα
leftover, stale, out-of-date
[Meaning]
yesterday's
[things]. Also [sc. attested is the singular] 'leftover' [thing, used] likewise, [meaning] that which is cold, spoiled, useless, enervated; that which is left the next day. "Full of leftovers and meats." [Meaning] …
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ε
1885
Ἑωλοκρασία
leftover-mixture
[Meaning]
yesterday's
food, strictly speaking. It was a custom among young diners and overnight guests to take take possession, from the leftover dinners of those who were asleep, the juices mixed for such a …
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ε
2406
Ἐπίκουρος
Epicurus, Epikouros
… with the escort of the god, did not tolerate him
talking
nonsense, but silenced the mad rage of his words [...]. Then he jumped up, telling Epicurus and his doctrines to go to hell.
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ε
2935
Ἐρεσχελία
joking around
[Meaning]
talking
nonsense.
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