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  1. α1Ἂ ἄah! ah!In Aristophanes an adverb accompanying surprise and command. "Ah! ah! Don't get that torch near me!" 'Ah! ah!' must be read separately, not elided; and they both have smooth breathing.. For if they were …highshort
  2. α24ἈβαχθανῆabakhthaniA Hebrew expression.highshort
  3. α69ἈβραάμAbrahamThe first among patriarchs; [it was he] in whom the Hebrew people took pride at first, before they rebelled against God, became estranged from Him, and shed upon themselves the blood of His Only-Begotten …highlong
  4. α83ἉβροκόμαςAbrokomas, Habrokomas, AbrocomasThis man was satrap under Artaxerxes, king of the Persians.highshort
  5. α112ἈγαθίαςAgathiasA lawyer, of Myrina; the one who wrote the History as a continuation of Procopius of Caesarea, [comprising] the affairs involving Belisarius and the events in Italy and Libya; that is the affairs involving …highmedium
  6. α157ἈγάπιοςAgapios, AgapiusAthenian philosopher, after the death of Proclus, under Marinus. He was admired for his love of learning and for his setting of dilemmas that were hard to solve.highshort
  7. α195ἈγέλιοςAgelios, AgeliusThis man was bishop of Constantinople during the reign of Valens. He lived an apostolic life, for he always went about unshod and wore only a single tunic, in observance of what the Gospel …highshort
  8. α196ἌγγελοςangelThe angels are circumscribed only by the comprehension of the intellect; not in space, nor in body, nor in time; for they came into existence before the sun. Scripture calls the servants of retribution …highshort
  9. α230ἈγήταςAgetasThe general of the Aetolians.highshort
  10. α249Ἀγκώνelbow"In the royal palace of Gelimer was a building full of darkness, which the Carthaginians used to call [the] Elbow; therein were thrown all toward whom the tyrant was ill-disposed. There, in the time …highmedium
  11. α258Ἄγκυρανanchor[Note] that Anacharsis the Scythian philosopher invented the anchor and the potter's wheel. He lived in the time of Croesus.highshort
  12. α259Ἀγκυρανῶν πόλιςAnkyrans' city, Ancyrans' city[Note] that the present Ankyrans were called of old Hellenogalatians.highshort
  13. α269Ἀγλευκέςsour[Meaning] what is bitter. Xenophon used [the word] in the Oeconomicus. But the word seems to be foreign, Sicilian; at any rate it is much used later in Rhinthon. Also [sc. attested is the …highshort
  14. α345Ἀγράφου μετάλλου δίκηprosecution for an unregistered mineWhen those who worked the silver mines [sc. in Athens] wanted to begin a new working, they would notify those the people had put in charge of mines and would register a twenty-fourth part …highshort
  15. α379Ἀγροιλῆθενfrom-Agroile; AgryleAgroile is a deme of the Erechtheid tribe [sc. in Athens]. A demesman [sc. of this deme] used once to be called Agroileus ["Agroilian"].highshort
  16. 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
  17. α486ἈδικίουmisdemeanorA sort of crime. It is the name of a lawsuit. It requires single payment, if it is returned before the ninth prytany; if not, the payment is double.highshort
  18. α528ἈδριανόςHadrian, Adrianos, Adrian, Hadrianos, Hadrianus, AdrianusSophist. A pupil of Herodes; floruit under Marcus Antoninus; as a teacher he was a rival to the rhetor Aristides in Athens. He was also sophist in Rome, and was secretary with responsibility for …highshort
  19. α529ἈδριανοίAdrianoi, Hadrianoi, Adriani, HadrianiA city of Mysia, [the area which is] the present Bithynia.highshort
  20. α571ἈέτιοςAetios, AetiusFrom Antioch in Syria, the teacher of Eunomios, he happened [to be] of poor and lower-class parentage. His father was one of those in the army who were faring rather poorly; when he had …highlong
  21. α707ἈθάνατοιimmortalsTen thousand select [troops] of the Persians. [The ones] which Ardabourios destroyed and obliterated during Theodosius' reign. [The ones] which Xerxes, son of Darius, had.highshort
  22. 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
  23. α735ἈθηνόδωροςAthenodoros, AthenodorusStoic philosopher, of the time of the Roman emperor Octavian. Under Octavian there was every reason for unbridled excess of power to be a universal misfortune, but the aforementioned Athenodoros persuaded him away from …highmedium
  24. α783ἈκάκιοςAkakios, AcaciusThe patriarch of Constantinople, he was revered as no other. For he was the guardian of orphans, and it was evident to all that he managed the affairs of the orphans well and with …highmedium
  25. α784ἈκάκιοςAkakios, AcaciusAn extremely eloquent rhetor in the time of Julian and the sophist Libanius. He attacked Julian and found fault with his judgments, along with Tuscianus from Phrygia, himself an eloquent rhetor.highshort
  26. α843ἈκέσιοςAkesios, AcesiusBishop of the Novatians who lived in the time of Constantine the Great. "And he [Constantine] asked him whether he accepted what had been decided upon in the council, the definition of faith and …highmedium
  27. α942ἈκουσίλαοςAkousilaos, Akusilaos, AcusilausSon of Kabas; an Argive, from the city of Kerkas, which is near Aulis; a very ancient historian. He wrote Genealogies from bronze tablets, which, the story goes, his father found while digging a …highshort
  28. α943ἈκουσίλαοςAkousilaos; Akusilaos; AcusilausAn Athenian, son of Agathokleia. He acquired a passionate enthusiasm for oratory in Athens, went to Rome under Galba and devoted himself to rhetorical discourse. From the interest earned on his business dealings, on …highshort
  29. α1026ἌκρωνAkron, AcronOf Akragas; physician, son of Xenon; he taught at Athens contemporaneously with Empedocles; so he is older than Hippocrates. He wrote On Medicine in the Doric dialect, and On Nutrition of the Healthy in …highmedium
  30. α1121ἈλέξανδροςAlexander, AlexandrosThe son of Philip and Olympias, who was king of the Macedonians from age 18 and died at 33 years of age. This man was "very beautiful in body and very devoted to hard …highlong

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