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α2Ἀαγέςunbroken, unbreakable[Meaning something] unshattered, strong.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
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
α11Ἀβάκησανthey kept quiet[Meaning] they were unaware, they did not understand.highshort
α13Ἀβάλεwould that[Meaning] o that. "Would that [...]."highshort
α47Ἄβιοςfull-livedAntiphon has a)/bion for one who has acquired a good living. Similarly Homer has a)/culon for "full of timber."highshort
α54Ἀβλεμέωςfecklessly, heedlessly[Meaning] thoughtlessly.highshort
α56ἌβληροςAbleros, AblerusProper name.highshort
α57Ἀβλῆταunshot, unthrown[Referring to] projectiles, ones that have not been dispatched with a view to wounding. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'unshot arrow': the one badly shot or the one not yet shot. Declines a)blh\s, …highshort
α58Ἀβληχρήνfeeble[Meaning] weak. For what is strong [is] blhxro/n. Aelian [writes]: "so she brought her life to an end gently and with a calm and feeble death, such as even Homer seems to me to …highshort
α85ἌβρομοςnoisyA clamorous person.highshort
α90ἈβροτάζωI miss (someone on the way)[Meaning] I am mistaken/I err.highshort
α92Ἀβρότηdivine, holy[sc. a term applied to] night. Because it is deprived [a-] of people [brotoi].highshort
α101ἌβυδοςAbudos, Abydos, AbydusA city. The word is applied to an informant [sukofa/nths] because of the common belief that the people of Abudos were informers. Also [sc. attested is] an adverb, *)abudo/qi, [meaning] in Abudos. Also [sc. …highshort
α104Ἄβυσσονabyss[Meaning] that which not even a deep [buqo/s] can contain; but Ionians pronounce buqo/s as busso/s. From which also bussodomeu/ein ["to build in the deep"] appears to be said, from the verb du/nw ["I …highmedium
α126Ἀγαθοὶ δ' ἀριδάκρυες ἄνδρεςtearful men are goodIn reference to those who are strongly inclined toward pity.highshort
α127Ἀγακλειτόςcelebrated, very famousHe who has an exceedingly fine reputation. And [sc. attested is the feminine] a)gakleith/.highshort
α131Ἄγαλμαdecoration, delight, ornament, statueAnything in which someone takes delight. "And he [A] gives silver, so that he [B] might complete the statue with the utmost artisanry, adding the size and prescribing the nature of the stone."highshort
α133Ἀγάλματαdelights, ornaments, statues[Meaning] the likenesses of the gods, and anything that is decorative in some way. Homer [writes]: "but it is stored away as a delight for the king." And Hesiod calls a necklace an "ornament"; …highmedium
α138Ἄγαμαι καρδίαςI admire at heartAn Atticism, meaning I marvel [at]. Aelian [writes]: "since, also, the [behaviour? remark?] of Menelaus to Paris the son of Priam I neither praise nor admire." "Personally I admire these men as well, and …highshort
α144Ἀγάννιφονvery snowyHomer [sc. uses this adjective, when mentioning] the extremely snow-covered mountain.highshort
α147Ἀγανοφροσύνηkindliness, kind-mindedness[Meaning] mildness, gentleness.highshort
α151Ἀγαπήνοροςloving the manly, manly, courageousHaving an affinity for manliness.highshort
α154Ἀγαπητόνbeloved, scarce[Meaning] that which is loved or unique. Also [sc. attested is the related adverb] a)gaphtw=s ["scarcely"]. "So great was the foolishness among their leaders that they scarcely saw whether they would not be fighting …highshort
α166Ἀγάσαιτοmight be amazed[Meaning he/she/it] might marvel. Also [sc. attested is] a)/gasqai in Homer in reference to the [sense] 'to marvel at' and 'to be envious'.highshort
α171Ἀγάστονοςmuch-groaning[Meaning] copiously moaning.highshort
α178ἈγαίομαιI admire, I am jealous [of][Meaning] I envy. Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] a)gai=os ["admirable"], one who is enviable.highshort
α181Ἀγέλασταnot to be laughed at, unamusing[Meaning] those [actions] that deserve not laughter, but indignation.highshort

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