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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. α2Ἀαγέςunbroken, unbreakable[Meaning something] unshattered, strong.highshort
  3. α3Ἀαδεῖνto disturb[Meaning] to harass, to be at a loss, to be treated unjustly, to go hungry.highshort
  4. α4Ἀάλιονundisciplined[Meaning something] disorderly, powerless. But a(/lion [means] in vain.highshort
  5. 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
  6. α7ἈασάμηνI was addled[Meaning] I did wrong, I slipped up; I was damaged, in the sense of "I was overcome by folly."highshort
  7. α8Ἀάσαιto harm, to infatuatehas four meanings: to glut, to go to sleep, to harm, to cause pain.highshort
  8. α9Ἀάσχετοςirresistible[Something/someone] uncontrollable.highshort
  9. 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
  10. α11Ἀβάκησανthey kept quiet[Meaning] they were unaware, they did not understand.highshort
  11. 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
  12. α13Ἀβάλεwould that[Meaning] o that. "Would that [...]."highshort
  13. α14Ἄβαλενthrew[a)/balen is found] meaning e)/balen.highshort
  14. α15ἈβάντειοςAbanteios, Abantius, AbantianThe [house] of Abas. Also [attested is] Abantiades.highshort
  15. α16Ἄβαξι[in/on/with] planks, abacusesWhat we call a)ba/kia. The Lawmaker [says] in the Martyrdom of Saint Thecla: "Tryphaina was overcome by suffering, and was seen lying like the dead on the slabs." So he says.highshort
  16. α17Ἄβαπτοςuntempered[Meaning] most/very unsharpened. Also [sc. attested is the superlative] a)bapto/tatos.highshort
  17. α18ἌβαριςAbaris, AvarsScythian, son of Seuthes. He wrote the so-called Scythinian Oracles and Marriage of the river Hebros and Purifications and a Theogony in prose and Arrival of Apollo among the Hyperboreans in meter. He came …highmedium
  18. α19ἈβαρνίςAbarnisName of a city.highshort
  19. 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
  20. α23Ἄβατονinaccessible[Meaning something] sacred, unapproachable, desolate; also an 'inaccessible' road, [meaning] impassable.highshort
  21. α24ἈβαχθανῆabakhthaniA Hebrew expression.highshort
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. α27ἈβδιούAbdiou, ObadiahProper name.highshort
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. α33Ἀβελτερώτατοιmost thoughtless, very thoughtlessAristophanes [writes]: "before this most/very thoughtless men used to sit gaping -- Dolts, Half-wits".highshort
  28. α34Ἀβέρβηλοςunsteady[Meaning someone or something] unstable. There is also a word a)bu/rbhlon, [meaning something] shameless, hateful.highshort
  29. α45ἈβιμέλεχAbimelechProper name. The son of Gideon. He smote his brothers, seventy sons of Gideon's wives, upon a single stone, and none of them was left except Jotham the youngest son, who ran away. As …highlong
  30. α47Ἄβιοςfull-livedAntiphon has a)/bion for one who has acquired a good living. Similarly Homer has a)/culon for "full of timber."highshort

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