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α2177Ἀνδρόγυνοςandrogynous[A word applied to] Dionysos, as one doing both active, male things and passive, female ones. Alternatively "effeminate", and hermaphroditic. Also [sc. attested is the genitive plural] a)/ndrogu/nwn, [meaning of men who are] weak, …highshort
α3933ἈριστοφάνηςAristophanesOf Byzantium, a grammarian, son of Apelles a troop-commander, student of Kallimakhos and of Zenodotos, the former as a young man, the latter as a boy; and in addition to these [he also studied …highshort
α4261ἈστυάνασσαAstyanassaHandmaid of Menelaus' wife Helen; [the one] who first invented the sexual positions and wrote about forms of sexual intercourse; Philainis and Elephantine later imitated her, women who acted out such vulgarities in dances.

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androgynous

[A word applied to] Dionysos, as one doing both active, male things and passive, female ones. Alternatively "effeminate", and hermaphroditic. Also [sc. attested is the genitive plural] a)/ndrogu/nwn, [meaning of men who…

Ἀνδρόγυνος· ὁ Διόνυσος, ὡς καὶ τὰ ἀνδρῶν ποιῶν καὶ τὰ γυναικῶν πάσχων. ἢ ἄνανδρος, καὶ ἑρμαφρόδιτος. καὶ Ἀνδρογύνων, ἀσθενῶν, γυναικῶν καρδίας ἐχόντων.

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αι140ΑἴθωI blazeThe [verb that means] I burn.highshort

αι141ΑἰθώAitho, AethoName of a city.highshort

αι142Αἴθωνblazing[Referring to] violent hunger. [So called] from a certain Aithon son of Helios; [it was he] who chopped down Demeter's sacred grove and suffered due punishment and for this was was ever famished.highshort

αι143ΑἰθωνίδηςAithonides, AethonidesProper name.highshort

αι144Αἴθρανοςfoot-warmer[Meaning] a woman's footstool, on which, through their hole, they are warmed by the coals.highshort

αι145Αἴθρειputs under the sky[Meaning he/she/it] exposes to the elements.highshort

αι146ΑἴθρηAithre, AethraProper name.highshort

αι147Αἰθρηγενέτηςskyborn[no gloss]highshort

αι148Αἰθρίαin the open air[Meaning] outside under the sky. Another word for it is u(/paiqron. Also [meaning] fair weather. Xenophon [writes]: "those who had torched the houses paid the price when they camped outside uncomfortably in the open …highshort

αι149Αἴθρια στέφηopen-air garlands, outdoor garlands[Meaning] the ones brought out of [sc. the land of] the Hyperboreans, [so called] as [being] always placed in the out-of-doors [u(/paiqron].highshort

αι150ΑἰθριαίνηςAithriaines, AethriaenesProper name.highshort

αι151ΑἴθριξAithrix, AethrixProper name.highshort

αι152Αἴθριονaithrion, atrium[ai)/qrion]; and [sc. also attested is the masculine] ai)/qrios, [meaning] one beneath the open sky.highshort

αι153Αἴθριπποςsky-horse (?)[Meaning] a swift one.highshort

αι154Αἶθρονblaze[Meaning] burning heat.highshort

αι155Αἴθυιαgull, shearwater[Meaning] a mortar. Also a sea-bird. "Under a gull's wings they released the ship's hawsers." For when gulls dive, it is the worst omen for sailors. They say the reason for this is that …highshort

αι230Αἶνοςtale, story[Meaning a] proverbial story. Or [intended as] praise, and encomium. There is a certain tale: how a man and not a man killed me, a bird and not a bird, but just the same …highmedium

αι275Αἰπύκερως ἔλαφοςhigh-horned stag[Meaning one] having lofty horns.highshort

αι357ΑἰσχύλοςAiskhylos, Aischylos, AeschylusAthenian, tragic poet, son of Euphorion and brother of Ame[i]nias, Euphorion, and Kynageiros, who [all] fought bravely at Marathon together with him. He also had two sons who were tragedians, Euphorion and Euaion. He …highmedium

β239ΒενετιανόςBenetianos, VenetianusPersonal name.highshort

β283ΒιθίαςBithiasPersonal name. "And hope in Bithias failed in this way."highshort

β400ΒοσόρBosorAn outer-garment dyed from scarlet in the Hebrew language.highshort

δ59ΔανάκηdanakeThis is the name of a coin, which in the old days they gave to the corpses as they buried [them]; [it was the] passenger's-fare on the Acherousian boat. Acherousia is a lake in …highshort

δ205Δελφάκιονsuckling-pig[Meaning] a piglet. Aristophanes [writes]: "ah, wretched me, I have become a suckling-pig." He said this because he had been scorched about the anus. Meaning singed. For after the suckling-pigs had been sacrificed they …highshort

δ974Διετίτρηpoked through"The Libyans' boats, being small and running up under the Romans' ships, poked through their sterns and broke off their steering-oars."highshort

δ1127Δινδύμοιςin Didyma[It is recorded that] those living in Milesian Didyma, in seeking favor with Xerxes, betrayed the temple of the indigenous Apollo to the barbarians. Also look under Branchidai.highshort

δ1142ΔιογένηςDiogenes[Diogenes] or Oinomaos [Author, Myth], Athenian, tragedian. He flourished at the suppression of the 30. His plays [are]: Achilles, Helen, Herakles, Thyestes, Medea, Oedipus, Chrysippus, Semele.highshort

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