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- α829ἈκελιμᾶςAkelimas, Akepsemas, Akepsimas[no gloss]
- α831Ἀκέωνwordless(ly), in silence, speechless, (?)attentive(ly)[Meaning someone] being at peace. In Homer it is derived from a middle in place of 'at peace'. And elsewhere "but you feast sitting wordlessly".
- α832Ἀκερδὴς χάριςunprofitable reward[Meaning] one given not appropriately [i.e. disproportionately]. [One] whose profit [is] evil. "May I not somehow, for seeing a cursed man face to face, meet an unprofitable reward."
- α833Ἀκέραιονunblemished[Meaning] free from evil, whole, pure. It indicates also the man without blemishes.
- α834Ἀκέραιον συνειδόςunblemished consciousness, sound conscienceOne pure and unalloyed. Damascius says: "for there is none of human qualities worth as much as an unblemished consciousness. For one must coexist with his fellows in proper fashion. Even if the true …
- α835ἈκέραιονuncorruptedFrom the writing of Marcus Antoninus: "even if you are going to live three thousand years and as many tens of thousands, remember nevertheless that no one loses a life other than the one …
- α836Ἀκέραιοςuncorrupted, intact, fresh, unblemished[Meaning] complete. "Succeeding [sc. those who were] uncorrupted and not expecting, they controlled the land." And elsewhere: "but the honey, inasmuch as [it was] impure and drawn not from thorns but from serpents, upset …
- α837ἈκεραιοσύνηunblemishednessBut [sc. also spelled] a)kerwsu/nh.
- α838Ἄκερως βοῦςhornless ox[Meaning] one not having horns. Also [sc. attested is] a)/kerwn, neuter [and] single-case.
- α839Ἀκερσεκόμηςunshorn-haired[Meaning someone] not shearing the hair.
- α840Ἄκεσσαakessa, (?)accessA Roman tactic consisting of cutting down trees to prepare a defense. "The Romans constructed what in the Romans' language is called the akessa. For, cutting down trees and laying the trunks one upon …
- α841Ἀκέσασθαι καὶ Ἀκέσαιto heal[Meaning] to heal. Whence Athenians [or: Attic-dialect-users] call the needlewoman an akestria.
- α842Ἀκεσίας ἰάσατοAkesias healed[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who heal for the worse. It seems that Akesias treated someone for the worse.
- α844ἈκεσίλαοςAkesilaos, AcesilausA proper name.
- α845Ἀκέσιμονconcerned with healing[Meaning one who/which is] therapeutic.
- α846Ἄκεσινhealing[a)/kesin means the same as] i)/asin.
- α847Ἀκεσίπονονpain-healing[Meaning one who/which is] therapeutic.
- α848Ἀκέσματαremedies[Meaning] medicines, things that heal. "Avoiding the guards she ran up with her daughter, carrying a remedy for the coming shortage." "There was a man in the Galeotis, formidable both in telling cures of …
- α849ἈκεσώAkesoA proper name, female.
- α850Ἀκεσώδυνονpain-healing.[Meaning one who/which is] able to heal pains.
- α851Ἀκέσταςhealers[Meaning] doctors. Also [sc. attested is] a)ke/stwr, [genitive] a)ke/storos, [also meaning] doctor.
- α852ἈκέφαλοςheadlessA heresy, whose leader was Severus. And look under the [entry] "Eutyches".
- α853Ἀκέφαλοςheadless[Meaning] one who is rightless. And [there is] a proverb: Headless story. The proverb is spoken in reference to those speaking unfinished things.
- α854Ἀκειόμενοςhealing[Meaning one who is] tending to [someone/something] medically.
- α855Ἀκειρεκόμηςunshorn-haired[Meaning someone] not shearing the hair.
- α856Ἀκεῖσθαιto heal[a)kei=sqai means the same as] qerapeu/ein. *)akei=sqai: to say to heal in comedy.
- α857Ἀκήpoint[Meaning a] point of iron. Also [sc. attested is] a)kh/n, [meaning] peace/silence.
- α858ἈκήAke, AcreA city in Phoenicia, which some say is the old name for the one now called Ptolemais, though Demetrius [says this] not of the [whole] city but of its acropolis.
- α859Ἀκήδεστοιuntended.[Meaning they who are] getting no care/attention. Or a)kh/deutoi and unburied. Also [sc. attested is] a)kh/distoi [used] likewise.
- α860Ἀκηδήςuncared-for, uncaring[Meaning one who/which is] unburied, neglected. "The Romans could not stand seeing their own enemies uncared-for." Also [sc. attested is the adverb] a)khdw=s ["in uncared-for fashion"], meaning in unburied fashion. "Seeing a body of …