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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
α47Ἄβιοςfull-livedAntiphon has a)/bion for one who has acquired a good living. Similarly Homer has a)/culon for "full of timber."highshort
α95ἈβρότονονwormwoodType of plant.highshort
α103Ἀβυρτάκηsour-sauce, aburtake, abyrtake, abyrtaceA sharp-flavored barbarian dish, prepared from leeks and cress[-seeds] and pomegranate kernels and other such things, quite clearly pungent. Theopompus in Theseus [writes]: "he will reach the land of the Medes, where aburtake is …highshort
α145Ἄγανονfirewood, broken; good, gentleWith proparoxytone accent [this means] wood that has been cut up. Or brushwood and [wood that is] ready to be cut up. But some [sc. define it as wood] which is not chopped. But …highmedium
α184Ἀγελαία σταφυλήordinary bunch of grapes[Meaning] the cheap [sort]. Also [sc. attested is] a)gelai=a ["ordinary things"], [meaning] those with no distinction.highshort
α245Ἄγκεσι[in] forests[Meaning in] tree-filled and wooded places. In the Epigrams: "with this he slays wild beasts in beast-breeding forests".highshort
α256Ἄγκυρα πλοίουanchor of a shipSee under embryoikos.highshort
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
α270Ἄγλιθεςgarlic-crowns[Meaning] the heads of garlic plants. Aristophanes [writes]: "like field-mice, you dig garlic-crowns with a peg".highshort
α279Ἄγνοςchaste-tree, withyA plant, which they also call lugos. But it is also a kind of bird.highshort
α280Ἄγνονchaste-tree, withyThey are not speaking of the lugos. And Chionides uses it in the masculine in Heroes: "and verily, by Zeus, I don't seem anymore to be different from an agnos growing in a mountain …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
α305ἈγοράσωI will go to marketMeaning I will spend time in [the] marketplace. Aristophanes [writes]: "and I will go to market in arms alongside Aristogeiton." Meaning I will spend time in the market with Aristogeiton, near Aristogeiton. That is, …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
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
α353Ἀγρία συκῆwild figSee under "unripe" [anerinastos].highshort
α364Ἄγριπποςagrippos[Meaning] the wild olive. Also a proverb: "more barren than an agrippos".highshort
α370Ἀγροτέραςof wilde[Meaning] of wild. In the Epigrams: "Dionysos himself dedicated to you this club of wilde olive[-wood]."highshort
α374Ἄγρωστιςwild grassA type of plant.highshort
α416Ἄγχουσαalkanet, bugloss, rougeA type of plant, which has a red root used by women to redden their faces. "Alkanet will harm [you] as will that white lead of yours".highshort
α425ἈδάμAdamThe first human, he who was shaped by the hand of God and formed in the image and likeness of the Creator and Founder; he was also deemed worthy of a dwelling in Paradise. …highlong
α430Ἀδαχεῖνto scrapeThe [verb that means] to grate, not [spelled] with the "o" [i.e. not] o)dach=sai. Also [sc. attested is] a)daxei=n, [meaning] to be grating. "For he is always grating the barley right here and gathering …highshort
α478Ἀδιαφορίαindifference[Meaning] negligence without close observation. "Indifference means two things. One is that which contributes neither to happiness nor to misery, as is the case with wealth, reputation, health, strength and suchlike; for it is …highlong
α514Ἀδώνειοι καρποίAdonis' crops; crops of AdonisRaised gardens are called [this].highshort
α515ἈδωνίαAdonia, Adonis-mourningWith a short vowel [sc. in the penultimate syllable]. "We hold the Adonia and we weep for Adonis." Pherecrates [sc. writes this]. They also call the image of Adonis, in this way, an Adonion. …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
α518Ἄδων τὴν σπιθαμὴν τοῦ βίου πρὸς ἄνηθονsinging of the span of life to a dill-plantIn reference to parsimonious and mean-spirited men.highshort
α536Ἁδύsweet[Doric form for] h(du/. Theocritus [writes]: "sweet is the whisper and that pinetree, goatherd."highshort

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