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definition6,419
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Ε epsilon127

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Medium609
Long28

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definition6,419
dialects, grammar, and etymology5,318
ethics2,162
biography1,897
geography1,725
religion1,679
historiography1,648
daily life1,485
history1,481
comedy1,331
epic1,227
military affairs1,205

32 more

imagery1,060
poetry1,033
zoology915
rhetoric794
philosophy780
food754
women664
mythology656
tragedy635
medicine613
science and technology578
economics567
law516

Letter

Α alpha4,755
Δ delta1,717
Χ chi638
Β beta613
ΑΙ alphaiota409
Ε epsilon127

Vetting status

high8,199

Length

Short7,622
Medium609
Long28

Translator

Jennifer Benedict4,237
Catharine Roth894
William Hutton752
David Whitehead715
Craig Gibson205
Anne Mahoney188

85 more

Malcolm Heath143
Robert Dyer97
Stefano Sanfilippo92
Antonella Ippolito74
Oliver Phillips â73
James Vradelis

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α1Ἂ ἄah! ah!In Aristophanes an adverb accompanying surprise and command. "Ah! ah! Don't get that torch near me!" 'Ah! ah!' must be read separately, not elided; and they both have smooth breathing.. For if they were …highshort
α2Ἀαγέςunbroken, unbreakable[Meaning something] unshattered, strong.highshort
α3Ἀαδεῖνto disturb[Meaning] to harass, to be at a loss, to be treated unjustly, to go hungry.highshort
α4Ἀάλιονundisciplined[Meaning something] disorderly, powerless. But a(/lion [means] in vain.high

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500

trade and manufacture500

trade and manufacture500

Christianity484

Christianity484

gender and sexuality473

gender and sexuality473

meter and music295

meter and music295

constitution186

constitution186

architecture120

architecture120

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Ross Scaife ✝51

Ross Scaife ✝51

Carl Widstrand48

Carl Widstrand48

Marcelo Boeri47

Marcelo Boeri47

Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝35

Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝35

Nicholas Wilshere34

Nicholas Wilshere34

Nathan Greenberg ✝33

Nathan Greenberg ✝33

Gabriel Bodard27

Gabriel Bodard27

Sean M. Redmond18

Sean M. Redmond18

Elizabeth Vandiver17

Elizabeth Vandiver17

James Cousins17

James Cousins17

D. Graham J. Shipley16

D. Graham J. Shipley16

Richard Davis15

Richard Davis15

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Konstantinos Kopanias10

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Constantina Katsari8

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Victoria Papaprodromou5

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Robert de Brose4

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Andrea Consogno3

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Joseph Wrightson3

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Mary Pendergraft3

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Phiroze Vasunia3

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Alan Sommerstein2

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Cindy Whitcomb2

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James L. P. Butrica â2

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Valentini Kalfadopoulou Mellas2

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Wm. Blake Tyrrell2

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Alexander Tulin1

Bradley Buszard1

Bradley Buszard1

Christopher Blackwell1

Christopher Blackwell1

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Diane Spurlock1

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Elizabeth Morgan1

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Ezequiel Gustavo Rivas1

Jeffery Murphy1

Jeffery Murphy1

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Kevin Arrowood1

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Massimo Forconi1

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Patrick T. Rourke1

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Peter Anderson1

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α5Ἄαπτοςirresistable, invulnerable[Meaning someone/something] unharmed. Herodianus says about a)/aptos that it comes from i)a/ptw ['I harm'], and after adding alpha-privative and dropping the 'i' [it becomes] a)/aptos, "whom no one can harm." Or perhaps the 'a' …highshort

α6ἈαρώνAaronProper name.highshort

α7ἈασάμηνI was addled[Meaning] I did wrong, I slipped up; I was damaged, in the sense of "I was overcome by folly."highshort

α8Ἀάσαιto harm, to infatuatehas four meanings: to glut, to go to sleep, to harm, to cause pain.highshort

α9Ἀάσχετοςirresistible[Something/someone] uncontrollable.highshort

α10ἈββᾶAbba, FatherThe ancients called God "Father" from a feeling of relationship. Moses said, "You have forsaken God who begot you." And Malachi: "One God begot us and is our father." They were in a state …highmedium

α11Ἀβάκησανthey kept quiet[Meaning] they were unaware, they did not understand.highshort

α12ἈββακούμHabakkuk, Abbakoum, Avvakoum[A name meaning] father of awakening. For the [word] abba means father, and koum means awakening. So also in the Holy Gospel: "Talitha, koum," that is, "young girl, get up." From which [it is] …highshort

α13Ἀβάλεwould that[Meaning] o that. "Would that [...]."highshort

α14Ἄβαλενthrew[a)/balen is found] meaning e)/balen.highshort

α15ἈβάντειοςAbanteios, Abantius, AbantianThe [house] of Abas. Also [attested is] Abantiades.highshort

α16Ἄβαξι[in/on/with] planks, abacusesWhat we call a)ba/kia. The Lawmaker [says] in the Martyrdom of Saint Thecla: "Tryphaina was overcome by suffering, and was seen lying like the dead on the slabs." So he says.highshort

α17Ἄβαπτοςuntempered[Meaning] most/very unsharpened. Also [sc. attested is the superlative] a)bapto/tatos.highshort

α18ἌβαριςAbaris, AvarsScythian, son of Seuthes. He wrote the so-called Scythinian Oracles and Marriage of the river Hebros and Purifications and a Theogony in prose and Arrival of Apollo among the Hyperboreans in meter. He came …highmedium

α19ἈβαρνίςAbarnisName of a city.highshort

α20ἌβαςAbasA sophist, who left Historical Commentaries and an Art of Rhetoric.highshort

α21Ἀβασάνιστοςuntested[Meaning someone/something] unexercised or unexamined, unscrutinized. The word comes from the test of the goldsmith's stone, on which they scrutinize gold. Aelian in his On Providence used the word 'untested' to mean 'without pain'.highshort

α22Ἀβάσκανοςunprejudiced[Meaning someone/something] deceit-free, envy-free. "He [Mithradates] became an unprejudiced witness to Caesar of the achievements of Antipater."highshort

α23Ἄβατονinaccessible[Meaning something] sacred, unapproachable, desolate; also an 'inaccessible' road, [meaning] impassable.highshort

α24ἈβαχθανῆabakhthaniA Hebrew expression.highshort

α25Ἀβδέλυκταunhateful [things][Meaning] those which do not cause pollution, at which one would not feel disgust or hatred. The word [is] somewhat tragic. Aeschylus in Myrmidons [writes]: "indeed, for I love them, they are unhateful to …highshort

α26ἌβδηραAbderaThe sea, and a name of a city and 'Abderite' [is] the citizen [of it]. Also Phalera and Kythera [sc. are spelled with eta]; but Gadeira, Stageira, Topeira, and Dobeira [sc. are spelled with …highshort

α27ἈβδιούAbdiou, ObadiahProper name.highshort

α28Ἀβέβαιοςunreliable, unsteady[Meaning he who/that which is] unstable and easily overturned.highshort

α29Ἀβέβηλαinviolable [places][Meaning] places that must not be walked on, holy and sacred places. For be/bhla meant what is not holy or sacred, where anyone may walk. Also [sc. attested is] be/bhloi, [meaning] those who do …highshort

α30ἌβελAbelSon of Adam. This man was chaste and just, and a shepherd of flocks; out of these he offered a sacrifice to God and was accepted, but was then killed because he was envied …highmedium

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