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α117ἈγαθοκλῆςAgathokles, AgathoclesThis man became tyrant [of Syracuse] and, as Timaeus says, in his early youth was a common prostitute, ready [to give himself] to the most debauched, a jackdaw, a buzzard, presenting his backside to …highmedium
α169ἈγασικλῆςAgasikles, AgasiclesA proper name. He is said to have bribed the Halimousians, and for that reason, although he was a foreigner, to have been accorded [sc. Athenian] citizenship.highshort
α197Ἀγένειαlow birthBad birth.highshort
α282ἈγνούσιοςHagnousian, Agnousian[H]agnous is a deme of the [sc. Athenian] tribe Akamantis, the tribesman from which [is a] [H]agnousian.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
α343Ἀγραφίουde-listingA form of lawsuit against those in debt to the public treasury and written up for this, but erased before they paid it. So Demosthenes and Dinarchus and Lycurgus.highshort
α344Ἀγραφίου δίκηdike agraphiou, lawsuit about erasureWhen people owe [money] to the public treasury, as the result of a conviction, those in charge at the time about these matters write the debtors' names on notice-boards, appending how much the debt …highmedium
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
α384ἈγύλαιοςAgylaios, AgylaeusProper name.highshort
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
α594ἈζηνιεύςAzenieus, Azenia-manAzenia is a deme of the Hippothoontid tribe, of which a tribesman was called Azenieus. They say that the people of Attica of ancient times pronounced Azenians and Erchians and Halians and the like …highshort
α598Ἀζήτητονuninvestigated[Meaning]that which is prevented from undergoing investigation and prosecution. Thus Aeschines [sc. uses the word].highshort
α728ἈθηναίαAthenaia, Athenaea[A variant term for] the goddess [Athena], but [sc. also] a woman citizen [of Athens].highshort
α743ἈθμωνεύςAthmoneus, AthmonianAthmonia is a deme of the Kekropid [sc. tribe in Athens]; the demesman from it [is] an Athmoneus. Also [sc. attested is] Athmonis, a proper name. [See] the Peiraieus; peaks - the high ones; …highshort
α762Ἄθροι καταρρέοντες(they) flowing down in a bodyMeaning [doing so] together. The noun should have proparoxytone accent and the first syllable should be aspirated in the Attic dialect. "Flowing down" [katarre/ontes] meaning descending suddenly. The metaphor [comes] from river currents. Homer …highshort
α791Ἀκαμαντίς καὶ ἈκάμαςAkamantis and Akamas, Acamantis and Acamas[sc. Akamantis is] one of the ten [Athenian] tribes, [named] from Akamas the son of Theseus .highshort
α921Ἄκομψονunadorned, lacking in prestige[Meaning something] mean, ineffectual. "A man [...] who had ascended the tribunals of the praetor; among Romans this office [is] not one without prestige."highshort
α982Ἀκριβωθήσεταιwill be made precise[sc. Meaning] will be thought over precisely. Aristophanes [writes]: "he/she will not even put one foot in front of the other, unless it will be made precise."highshort
α1231ἉλιμούσιοςHalimousian, HalimusianHalimous is a deme of [the Athenian tribe] Leontis. Agasikles is said to have bribed the Halimousians and because of this, although a foreigner, was registered in the citizen body.highshort
α1249Ἁλισθείσηςhaving been mustered[Meaning] having been assembled.highshort
α1282ἈλκίμαχοςAlkimakhos, Alkimachos, AlcimachusThis man is a general, from the deme Anagyrous. Another is the Macedonian, whom Hyperides mentions.highshort
α1313Ἀλογίου δίκηprosecution for lack of accountingA prosecution in which the defendants are officials, (prosecuted for) not giving an account of the sums of money administered during the tenure of their office.highshort
α1356Ἀλλ' οὐ λαχοῦσ' ἔπινες ἐν τῷ γράμματιso did you not drink in your letter once you had been allotted it?Aristophanes [sc. writes this]. ["Drink"] meaning served as a juror. For the Athenians were allotted [to juries] by letter from the 10 tribes. For example, the first [tribe] had alpha as its symbol, the …highmedium
α1371Ἁλῶconvicted[sc. This verb is used] with a genitive of possession; "if someone is arrested after being convicted of maltreatment of his parents." And "if someone is convicted of making an illegal proposal or of …highshort
α1642ἈμωντιανόςAmontianos, AmontianusA Roman, [who] became a senator.highshort
α1690ἈμφάρηςAmpharesA proper name.highshort
α1761ἌμφισαAmphisa, AmphissaIt is a city of Locris. Amphisa was [so] named because it is a place surrounded on all sides by hills.highshort
α1917Ἀνάκρισιςanakrisis, preliminary hearing[Meaning] an investigation conducted by each official before the [actual beginning of the] lawsuits, concerned with what is leading to the trial. They also investigate whether these [suits] should be brought at all.highshort
α2141Ἀναψηφίσασθαιto put to the vote again[Meaning] to change a vote. In Slave Tutor Pherecrates [writes]: "and put to the vote again [your decision] to give the money back." And the Attic [writers] say [it] with the syllable lengthened.highshort
α2255Ἀνεμεστώθηwas filled up fullMeaning was made full of the desire to be a secretary and [so] not to serve in the army, or [sc. this is said] as a slander on the secretaries for evil-doing. Aristophanes in …highshort

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