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α87Ἁβρόςdelicate[Meaning] bright, delicate, tender. In the Epigrams: "a cicada sat above a cithara delicately murmuring." "All the same that fellow is dainty and delicate and weakened by the softness of his body and depraved …highmedium
α96Ἁβροχίτωνdelicate-tunic'd[Meaning someone] wearing delicate things.highshort
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
α211Ἀγείρειcollects[Meaning he/she/it] gathers. Also [sc. attested is the participle] "those who collect". "For their manner was sacred and nothing like those who collect [alms?]." And elsewhere: "wishing to go undetected, he shaves his head …highmedium
α289Ἀγνύθεςloom-weights[Meaning] the stones of the loom.highshort
α298Ἀγγοπήνιαangopenia[Meaning] the honeycombs of bees. That is, woven vessels; like xruseoph/nhta ["gold-woven"].highshort
α300Ἀγοράζεινto frequent the market-place; to market[Meaning] to buy something and to spend time in [the] marketplace. Aristophanes in Wealth [sc. applies this verb] to what we customarily [say] for to buy. "And to market a dress for his sisters."highshort
α302Ἀγορανομίαςmarket-supervisorship, market-supervisorships[Meaning] auditorship/s. The term is applied to those who oversee sales in the cities. Also [sc. attested is the related concrete noun] "market-supervisors" [agoranomoi]: the officials who manage the sales in the marketplace [sc. …highmedium
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
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
α476Ἀδιάσκευονunequipped[Meaning] unadorned, unoutfitted. "Taking an unequipped horse and inconspicuousness armouring, he drove [them?] at a march against the enemy".highshort
α510ᾍδου κυνῆνHades' helmetSee under "helmet".highshort
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
α675Ἄϊδος κυνῆHades' dog-skin [helmet]A proverb [directed] toward those concealing themselves with certain devices. For such was the dog-skin [helmet] of Hades, which Perseus used when he cut the throat of the Gorgon.highshort
α676Ἄϊδος κυνῆHades' dog-skin [helmet]Aristophanes [writes]: "take for my sake the shadow-shaggy Hades helmet from Hieronymos." The proverb was [sc. originally] said about those who are invisible. But now about those who grow their hair exceedingly long. For …highmedium
α727Ἀθηνᾶς ἄγαλμα δόρυ κρατεῖAthena's statue holds a spearBecause of the steadfastness and masculinity [sc. of such an attribute]; likewise also a shield, from her turning-away every treachery through her wisdom; for [wisdom] is [close] to intelligence. And they gave her a …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
α839Ἀκερσεκόμηςunshorn-haired[Meaning someone] not shearing the hair.highshort
α855Ἀκειρεκόμηςunshorn-haired[Meaning someone] not shearing the hair.highshort
α918Ἀκόλουθονconsequent, following on, in conformity[Meaning] similar. "The outcome results [sc. in a manner] following on from the first operations". Also [sc. attested is the related aorist participle] a)kolouqh/sas ["he having followed up"], [meaning] he having brought about similarly. …highmedium
α940Ἄκουρονuntrimmed, unshaven"[o] people-hater, lover of monarchy, and [...] wearing woolly fringes and keeping your beard untrimmed!" Aristophanes says [this].highshort
α1001Ἀκρόδρυαfruits[Meaning] tree-borne crops, all crops which grow on trees. "They threw [things] at them, one a Persian cloak, another fruits".highshort
α1005Ἀκρόκομοιcrown-haired[Meaning men] wearing their hair moderately, or to excess, or wearing it on the crowns of the head.highshort
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
α1136Ἀλεξιβέλεμνονdart-averting[Meaning] one which repels missiles. In the Epigrams: "and the dart-averting tunic from the chest".highshort
α1167Ἄληroaming, delusion[Meaning] wandering. "He supposed that no one would surpass him in courage, and this delusion got the better of him to such an extent that he adopted the attire of Achilles and thus went …highmedium
α1172ἌληθεςtrulyMeaning really. They think it right to give the first [syllable] an acute accent, when what is said in a question means [something like] this, such as "really, truly." "Truly, o child of the …highshort
α1224Ἄλλικαallix, mantleA chlamys according to Thessalians: "an allix fastened with gilt brooches." The locals(?) call this gallix.highshort
α1239Ἀλιπαρῆmiserable, unfit for a suppliantMeaning wretched. Or importunate, out of which [sc. comes the idea that] we will importune [liparh/somen] him. Sophocles [writes]: "and from poor me, these things small but nonetheless wh' I have, give him: this …highshort
α1308Ἀλογίαdisregard[Meaning] unconcern. Herodotus [writes]: "the scout discovered the Lacedaemonians combing [their hair] and was amazed, to have encountered such great disregard. And Xerxes, hearing these things, had no means of gauging their reality."highshort

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