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α2Ἀαγέςunbroken, unbreakable[Meaning something] unshattered, strong.highshort
α3Ἀαδεῖνto disturb[Meaning] to harass, to be at a loss, to be treated unjustly, to go hungry.highshort
α4Ἀάλιονundisciplined[Meaning something] disorderly, powerless. But a(/lion [means] in vain.highshort
α5Ἄαπτοςirresistable, invulnerable[Meaning someone/something] unharmed. Herodianus says about a)/aptos that it comes from i)a/ptw ['I harm'], and after adding alpha-privative and dropping the 'i' [it becomes] a)/aptos, "whom no one can harm." Or perhaps the 'a' …highshort
α6ἈαρώνAaronProper name.highshort
α7ἈασάμηνI was addled[Meaning] I did wrong, I slipped up; I was damaged, in the sense of "I was overcome by folly."highshort
α8Ἀάσαιto harm, to infatuatehas four meanings: to glut, to go to sleep, to harm, to cause pain.highshort
α9Ἀάσχετοςirresistible[Something/someone] uncontrollable.highshort
α10ἈββᾶAbba, FatherThe ancients called God "Father" from a feeling of relationship. Moses said, "You have forsaken God who begot you." And Malachi: "One God begot us and is our father." They were in a state …highmedium
α11Ἀβάκησανthey kept quiet[Meaning] they were unaware, they did not understand.highshort
α12ἈββακούμHabakkuk, Abbakoum, Avvakoum[A name meaning] father of awakening. For the [word] abba means father, and koum means awakening. So also in the Holy Gospel: "Talitha, koum," that is, "young girl, get up." From which [it is] …highshort
α13Ἀβάλεwould that[Meaning] o that. "Would that [...]."highshort
α17Ἄβαπτοςuntempered[Meaning] most/very unsharpened. Also [sc. attested is the superlative] a)bapto/tatos.highshort
α19ἈβαρνίςAbarnisName of a city.highshort
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
α22Ἀβάσκανοςunprejudiced[Meaning someone/something] deceit-free, envy-free. "He [Mithradates] became an unprejudiced witness to Caesar of the achievements of Antipater."highshort
α23Ἄβατονinaccessible[Meaning something] sacred, unapproachable, desolate; also an 'inaccessible' road, [meaning] impassable.highshort
α25Ἀβδέλυκταunhateful [things][Meaning] those which do not cause pollution, at which one would not feel disgust or hatred. The word [is] somewhat tragic. Aeschylus in Myrmidons [writes]: "indeed, for I love them, they are unhateful to …highshort
α26ἌβδηραAbderaThe sea, and a name of a city and 'Abderite' [is] the citizen [of it]. Also Phalera and Kythera [sc. are spelled with eta]; but Gadeira, Stageira, Topeira, and Dobeira [sc. are spelled with …highshort
α27ἈβδιούAbdiou, ObadiahProper name.highshort
α28Ἀβέβαιοςunreliable, unsteady[Meaning he who/that which is] unstable and easily overturned.highshort
α29Ἀβέβηλαinviolable [places][Meaning] places that must not be walked on, holy and sacred places. For be/bhla meant what is not holy or sacred, where anyone may walk. Also [sc. attested is] be/bhloi, [meaning] those who do …highshort
α31Ἀβελτεροκόκκυξsilly cuckooThe vacuous and silly man.highshort
α32Ἀβέλτεροςthoughtless[Meaning] mindless, stupid. For the intelligent man [is] be/lteros ["thoughtful, superior"]. "No, by Zeus, not the greedy and thoughtless fellow, but the mindless and conceitedly slow-witted." Menander in Perinthia [writes]: "any servant who takes …highmedium
α34Ἀβέρβηλοςunsteady[Meaning someone or something] unstable. There is also a word a)bu/rbhlon, [meaning something] shameless, hateful.highshort
α35ἈβεσαλώμAbesalom, AbsalomProper name. [The man] who rose up against his own father David and was destroyed by him in the war.highshort
α36ἈβειρώνAbeironProper name.highshort
α37ἈβηρωθαῖοςAberothaios, AberothaeusProper name.highshort
α38Ἀβήςstupid[Meaning someone or something] unintelligent.highshort
α39ἈβιάAbia, AbijahProper name.highshort

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