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α7ἈασάμηνI was addled[Meaning] I did wrong, I slipped up; I was damaged, in the sense of "I was overcome by folly."highshort
α22Ἀβάσκανοςunprejudiced[Meaning someone/something] deceit-free, envy-free. "He [Mithradates] became an unprejudiced witness to Caesar of the achievements of Antipater."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
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
α30ἌβελAbelSon of Adam. This man was chaste and just, and a shepherd of flocks; out of these he offered a sacrifice to God and was accepted, but was then killed because he was envied …highmedium
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
α33Ἀβελτερώτατοιmost thoughtless, very thoughtlessAristophanes [writes]: "before this most/very thoughtless men used to sit gaping -- Dolts, Half-wits".highshort
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
α38Ἀβήςstupid[Meaning someone or something] unintelligent.highshort
α49Ἀβίωτονunlivable[Meaning something] bad [and] annoying, painful. "He found it an unlivable situation if he could not control the city". Also [sc. attested is the masculine] a)bi/wtos, he who is not alive.highshort
α53ἌβιτοςAbitos, AbitusProper name. "Abitos built himself an ascetic's cell."highshort
α54Ἀβλεμέωςfecklessly, heedlessly[Meaning] thoughtlessly.highshort
α55Ἀβλεπτήματιby an oversight[Meaning] by a mistake. "He bore the oversights of ordinary folk patiently, but those of more intellectual people grieved him." Also [sc. attested is the participle] a)bleptou=ntes. "Those committing oversights and ashamed to face …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
α60Ἀβουλείinconsiderately, unintentionally[Meaning] without consideration, mindlessly, ignorantly. "Though he certainly had not guessed the king's opinion, he accomplished it quite unintentionally."highshort
α62Ἀβούλητον κακόνinvoluntary evil, undesired evil[Meaning something] unwanted, what one does not want. Also [sc. attested is] abouletos, he who does not wish; but Aboulitos [is] a proper name, with the 'i'.highshort
α63Ἀβουλίαill-advisedness[Meaning] unrefinedness, foolishness. Also stupidity.highshort
α64Ἀβούλωςill-advisedly[Meaning] unthinkingly, ignorantly. A line [of verse]: "badly, ill-advisedly, unthinkingly, without reason."highshort
α68ἌβραfavoriteNot simply a maidservant nor even the pretty maidservant is called [favorite], but a daughter of one of the house slaves and an honored one, whether born in the house or not. Menander in …highmedium
α70Ἁβρὰ βαίνωνwalking delicately[Meaning someone] being conceited, being indolent. "Walking truly delicately, that fellow seemed to be holding his eyebrows up in the air."highshort
α71Ἀβέλτερος νοῦςfoolish mind"[A foolish mind,] empty, naive, young."highshort
α81ἈβρογάστηςAbrogastes, ArbogastA Frank, who was fierce as flame from strength of body and ruggedness of spirit; by happenstance second in rank to Baudo. He was especially solid and complete in regard to self-control and made …highmedium
α82Ἁβροδιαίτῃwith luxurious living[Meaning] with a soft and dainty life. Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] habrodiaitos: a softy, a soft-liver. "The lifestyle of the Romans [is] not inclined toward soft-living, especially since they are warlike …highshort
α84ἈβρόμιοςBromios-less, Bromius-less[Meaning] without wine. "If I escape through the wave of destructive fire, I tell you I will drink for one hundred suns from dewy streams, Bromios-less and wine-less." In the Epigrams.highshort
α86ἉβρόνdelicateIn Herodotus [sc. this means something] beautiful, stubborn, awe-inspiring, dainty.highshort
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
α88Ἁβρὸς λειμὼν καὶ νοτερὸς καὶ εὐθαλήςa meadow delicate and moist and flourishing"All decked out as luxuriously as possible and in a manner that was amazing in terms of wealth, for someone, that is, who marvels at wealth."highshort

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