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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
α188Ἀγελαιώνpasture[Meaning] the herd's place.highshort
α209Ἄγειν καὶ φέρεινto plunder and to pillageMarauding and despoiling. But a)/gein [can mean], without distinction, both to carry away things, even from dead bodies, and to gather [them]. "When [Baian] crossed to the land opposite the stream, immediately he set …highmedium
α287Ἀγνῶταςunknown[Meaning them] not being recognized. "He brought a man unknown to me, who also happened to be unknown to him." "They had just left farming and entered into the danger of war, which was …highshort
α297Ἀγόνων χοῶν[than] unfruitful drink-offeringsIt is used in two ways. The Theologian says [this]; that is, [more pious] than the offerings which are poured for the dead and are therefore unfruitful. Also [sc. attested is] a)goni/a, barrenness. "That …highshort
α341Ἄγραυλοιfield-dwelling[Meaning] those passing the night or camping in a field.highshort
α350Ἀγρεία ἀοιδήrustic songThe rural [kind]. "He stretched the hide down a rustic plane tree." In the Epigrams. Also [sc. attested is] a)grei=os, [meaning] the yokel, the ignoramus. Or someone from the country. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: …highshort
α351Ἀγρεῖφναrake, harrowA farm tool, with which they collect hay. "Alkimos [dedicated] his toothless rake and a share of a noise-loving shovel bereft of its olivewood handle."highshort
α355Ἀγρίδιονlittle field[no gloss]highshort
α365Ἀγρίφηrake, harrow[Meaning] a fork, a farm tool with multiple protrusions.highshort
α366Ἀγρολέτειραland-waster[sc. An epithet of] Artemis.highshort
α368Ἀγρονόμοιcountry-dwellersThose living in the country. "Singing cicada drunk on dewdrops, you celebrate the country-dwelling Muse who sings in solitude." In the Epigrams.highshort
α369Ἀγρόταςcountrymen, rurals[Meaning] rustics. Also [sc. attested is the nominative singular] a)gro/ths ["countryman"], [meaning] he who lives in the country. "But you were bent over like a drunken countryman." And in the Epigrams: "the three kinsmen …highshort
α371Ἀγροῦ πυγήrump of the country; fat of the land[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to the comfortably-off and those attending perseveringly to some kind of task.highshort
α375ἈγροικίζωI am a boorAlso [sc. attested is the related adjective] a)/groikos, [meaning] senseless, ill-tempered; harsh and uneducated, or someone living in the country. But it is as a metaphor that some define rusticness as harshness of character; …highshort
α376Ἄγροικος ἐξ ἄστεοςa rustic out of townHe did not make this juxtaposition idly. For he is not ashamed to call himself rustic: he insults himself as foolish and rustic in various ways; rather, first of all he is unaware that …highmedium
α377Ἄγροικος ὀργήνboorish in angerLitigious, choleric, prone to anger. Aristophanes [writes]: "for we have a master who is boorish in anger." Also [sc. attested is] a)groi/ths, [meaning] the country man.highshort
α378Ἀγροίκου μὴ καταφρόνει ῥήτοροςdon't despise a rustic rhetor[Said] because one should not despise even worthless things.highshort
α380ἈγροιώτηςrusticThe farming people, the one[s] in the country. "To this rustic, single-storthynx Priapos." For a storthynx is the point of the spear or the iron [part] of a missile. But the feminine form [is] …highshort
α460Ἀδηλώσαςhaving disguised, having obfuscated[Meaning he] having made [someone or something] unrecognizable. "Having disguised himself with a dirty cloak and taken a scythe as a worker on the land would [sc. wear/carry ...]."highshort
α517Ἀδώνιδος κῆποιAdonis' gardens[Made] out of lettuce and fennel, which they used to sow in earthenware pots. They apply the proverb to the superficial and shallow. Adonis' gardens: in reference to things that are untimely and transitory …highshort
α608Ἀεὶ γεωργὸς ἐς νέωτα πλούσιοςa farmer is always rich tomorrow[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those always nurturing a hope of escaping terrors, but falling into the same ones again.highshort
α719Ἀθέρεςchaff, stalksA type of grain.highshort
α732Ἀθηναίων δυσβουλίαAthenians' ill-counsel[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who prosper against expectations and undeservedly. For taking decisions badly is practiced by Athenians; Athena offers to turn that which has been decided badly to good; …highmedium
α736Ἀθηρηλοιγόςchaff-consuming[Referring to] the winnowing-fan, the thing that is destroying the chaff.highshort
α738Ἀθησαύριστονunhoardable, untreasurable[Meaning sc. something] unsuitable for storage.highshort
α790Ἀκάμανταuntiring[Meaning one who/which is] inexhaustible. "Untiring destroyer of grape shoots, a boar".highshort
α807Ἀκαρπότερος Ἀδώνιδος κήπουmore barren than a garden of Adonis[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those unable to give birth to anything productive. Things grown in pots are described [in these terms].highshort
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 …highmedium
α930Ἀκόρητοςbug-less, unswept[Meaning one who/which is] unadorned, disorderly; for korei=n ["to sweep"] [means] to adorn. This man is unswept, as if full and not swept out, growing and multiplying and abounding. All [sc. the words used …highshort

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