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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
α133Ἀγάλματαdelights, ornaments, statues[Meaning] the likenesses of the gods, and anything that is decorative in some way. Homer [writes]: "but it is stored away as a delight for the king." And Hesiod calls a necklace an "ornament"; …highmedium
α261Ἀγκύρισμαanchor-hold[Meaning] a kind of wrestling-move. Also [sc. attested is the related participle] a)gkuri/sas, meaning [someone] wrestling down or taking down by the knee. An 'anchor-hold' is also a hunter's container of figs. Aristophanes [writes]: …highshort
α314Ἄγοςpollution, leaderPollution, or elbow. What is honourable and worthy of reverence is also called agos; hence priesthoods [are called] all-holy [panageis], and a number of other things. Thucydides [writes]: "the Spartans sent envoys to Athens …highshort
α327Ἀγώνcontest, training, arenaTraining with a view to competitions. [sc. Also attested is the accusative case] a)gw=na; and Homer [sc. uses this term for] the actual place where the competition takes place. Thucydides in [book] 5 [writes]: …highshort
α328Ἀγωνάρχαιcontest-judgesSophocles [writes]: "and lest any contest-judges or he who is my destroyer should give my arms to the Achaeans." Also [sc. attested is] a proverb: "a contest does not accept excuses." It is applied …highmedium
α332ἈγώνιοςcompetitorSomeone in a competition. Also [sc. attested is] the feminine a)gwni/a, [meaning] fear. But a)goni/a with a short 'o' [means] barrenness.highshort
α333Ἀγωνιούμενοιabout to be contenders[Meaning they who are] about to enter contests. "About to be contenders, they might not avert their enemies without a fight."highshort
α336Ἀγώνισμαachievement, prize[Meaning] effort, diligence. "An achievement is there for him to take". Aristophanes [writes]: "personally, I would like to meet some ("wild beast" is left out) and take an achievement worthy of the journey." A …highshort
α338ἈγωνοθέτηςagonotheteThe man [engaged] in [organising] the theatrical [competitions]; but athlothete [is] the man [engaged] in [organising] the athletic [competitions].highshort
α731ἈθήναιοςAthenaios, AthenaeusOf Naucratis. Grammarian. Lived in the time of Marcus. He wrote a book with the title Deipnosophists, in which he records how many of the ancients had a reputation for munificence in giving banquets. …highmedium
α740Ἀθλητάςathletes[Meaning] competitors, men in training. Aelian [uses the word]. "Consequently he not only prepared them to have these things, but he also created athletes in other [kinds of] injustice and filthiness. For what shameful …highshort
α741Ἀθλητήςathlete, championThe man trained thoroughly in [sc. winning] prizes. "The Romans dispatched a man [who was] a champion of wars like Hannibal".highshort
α742Ἆθλονprize[Meaning] an object of competition, the honour, the recompense, the winning of the contest. Also [sc. attested is] a)=qlos, masculine, [meaning] both the deed and the object of competition and the reward. This differs …highshort
α774ἈκαδημίαAcademyA place of exercise in Athens, a wooded suburb in which Plato used to spend his time; named after Hekademos, a hero. It was formerly called the Hecademy, [spelled] with epsilon. Aristophanes in Clouds …highmedium
α795Ἀκαμπίαςbendless, unbending[Meaning] straight-coursed. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] a)ka/mpios dro/mos ["bendless course"], a long and straight walk.highshort
α923Ἀκονιτίdustless[Meaning] away from dust. Without struggle and fight; or comfortably, from a metaphor of athletes who win so comfortably that they do not even get dusty.highshort
α924ἈκόνιτονaconiteA kind of plant [sc. which is also a] drug. "But by drinking aconite he escaped this [sc. charge] a)koniti/." That is, without trouble.highshort
α1023Ἀκροχειρίζεσθαιto struggle at arms length[Meaning] to box or wrestle against another man without close engagement, or to practice with another wholly with the extremities of the hands. Also [sc. attested is the athlete] Akrokhersites, so named because by …highmedium
α1037ἌκτιαAktia, ActiaAn ancient [sc. athletic] contest, as Callimachus makes clear in his [treatise] On contests.highshort
α1117Ἀλεκτρυόνα ἀθλητὴν Ταναγραῖονa cock [and ] an athlete from Tanagra"These sing nobly." "He sends it to be a votive offering and a delight to Asklepios, as if the bird were an attendant or servant in the temple, that man of Aspendos". And [there …highshort
α1124Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ ΜαμαίαςAlexander Mamaias, Alexander son of MamaiaRuling with his mother he administered everything subordinate to her; it was she who took care of the empire in every respect. So she persuaded him to judge trials for the most part, so …highmedium
α1157Ἀλεῖπταιanointers, masseurs, trainers[Meaning] those working for the [sc. athletics] contests. The Theologian [writes]: "trainers of excellence". Also [sc. attested is the singular] a)lei/pths, [meaning] the contest-director.highshort
α1166Ἀλείψαςhaving oiled[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning he] having stimulated. From a metaphor of athletes. "Oiling into endurance those who are being wronged". And Aristophanes [writes]: "you oiled from these [sc. olives] at the New-moons". Because …highshort
α1280ἈλκιβιάδηςAlcibiades, AlkibiadesThe son of Kleinias and of Perikles' sister. An Athenian, a philosopher and a politician. A pupil first of Sophilos, then of Sokrates, whose lover he was too, as some say. Some also record …highmedium
α1350Ἀλλ' οὐδ' ἐγὼ μέντοι πεσών γε κατακείσομαιI have fallen but I will not lie downAristophanes in Clouds [sc. says this]. That is I will not lose heart; in effect I will not succumb to my griefs.highshort
α1362Ἀλλ' οὑτοσὶ τρέχει τὶς Ἀλφειὸν πνέωνbut here is some runner breathing AlpheiosAristophanes [sc. writes this]. [He means] an Olympic runner, from the river flowing by [Olympia].highshort
α1449ἈλφειόςAlpheios, AlpheusA river of the Arcadian city [of that name], which is situated in the Peloponnese. Reaching open water through the Adriatic Sea, and mixing in no way with the brine, it surges up by …highmedium
α1509Ἁματροχίαside-by-side driving[Meaning] a chariot-wheel track.highshort
α1594Ἅμιλλαcontest[Meaning] competition, rivalry, equalization. "And once, when these two boys were contending with each other, they stripped off for a contest of javelin-throwing, but then their enthusiasm got the better of them; and somehow …highshort

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