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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
α69ἈβραάμAbrahamThe first among patriarchs; [it was he] in whom the Hebrew people took pride at first, before they rebelled against God, became estranged from Him, and shed upon themselves the blood of His Only-Begotten …highlong
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
α112ἈγαθίαςAgathiasA lawyer, of Myrina; the one who wrote the History as a continuation of Procopius of Caesarea, [comprising] the affairs involving Belisarius and the events in Italy and Libya; that is the affairs involving …highmedium
α115Ἀγαθοεργοίagathoergoi, benefactorsMen selected according to valor. From the Ephors.highshort
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
α292Ἀγόμενος διὰ φρατέρων κύων μαστιγοῦταιa dog led through phratry-members is whipped[no gloss]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
α307Ἀγοραίαν δίκηνagora lawsuit, forensic lawsuit[Meaning] the (?)defense plea.highshort
α308Ἀγοραῖος νοῦςmarketplace mind[Meaning] the one altogether cheap and vulgar and not elite or thoughtful. Also [sc. attested is] Agoraios Hermes. Aristophanes [writes]: "by Hermes Agoraios, I look and I perjure myself." That is, [Hermes] who is …highshort
α309Ἀγοραῖοιmarketplace [men]Has circumflex accent on the penultimate syllable; [meaning] men involved in a marketplace. Damascius [writes]: "[...] but he stood by and begged those who were defrauding, even including (?)skilled judges." But with the acute …highshort
α311Ἀγορῆθενfrom the agoraOut of the agora.highshort
α319Ἀγωγεύςprosecutor, thongThe person introducing the lawsuit, the prosecutor. Also [sc. attested is] a)gwgeu/s [sc. in another sense], thong. Also [sc. attested is] a)gwgei= ["with a thong"], [meaning] with a rein, by which horses are guided.highshort
α342Ἄγραφα ἀδικήματαunwritten crimes[Meaning] those about which there is no written law.highshort
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
α345Ἀγράφου μετάλλου δίκηprosecution for an unregistered mineWhen those who worked the silver mines [sc. in Athens] wanted to begin a new working, they would notify those the people had put in charge of mines and would register a twenty-fourth part …highshort
α377Ἄγροικος ὀργήνboorish in angerLitigious, choleric, prone to anger. Aristophanes [writes]: "for we have a master who is boorish in anger." Also [sc. attested is] a)groi/ths, [meaning] the country man.highshort
α381Ἄγοιmay hold[sc. This verb] signifies many things. Isaeus used [it] to mean to carry and to lead in and to drag: "for Xenocles hurt me", he says, "by taking Eumathes off into freedom, when I …highshort
α407Ἀγχιστεύςnext-of-kinAlso [sc. attested is] a)gxistei/a ["closeness"], [meaning] kinship. Also [sc. attested is] a)gxistei=s ["those who are close"], those from the siblings and cousins and uncles on the paternal and maternal sides nearest to the …highshort
α408Ἀγχιστείαcloseness, being next of kin, right of inheritanceThe sharing of property. In Aristophanes: "let there be no anchisteia for a bastard". Also [sc. attested is] a [related] verb a)gxisteu/w ["I am an anchisteus"]; [used] with a genitive.highshort
α409Ἀγχιστίνδηνby closeness, by next-of-kin[Meaning] in accordance with closeness, like "by merit" and "by wealth."highshort
α425ἈδάμAdamThe first human, he who was shaped by the hand of God and formed in the image and likeness of the Creator and Founder; he was also deemed worthy of a dwelling in Paradise. …highlong
α436Ἀδεκάστωςincorruptibly[Meaning] impartially, justly, without taking bribes, properly.highshort
α437Ἀδεκατεύτουςnot having tithedAristophanes [sc. says this for those who are in the position of] not having paid taxes; for they dedicated in the Prytaneion tithes of the bellies of the sacrificial animals as their tenth share.highshort
α450Ἀδειάςsafe-havenA type of altar.highshort
α483Ἀδικεῖνto do injustice[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] to harm [someone] willingly. "Not to suffer injustice [is] divine, glorious, and distinctive; for a god will be wronged by no one."highshort
α485ἈδικίαinjusticePlato says that injustice is a disease of the soul. No disease of the soul is beneficial. And so every evil is harmful to the one possessing it; injustice [is] an evil; so [it …highmedium
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
α499ἈδοκίμαστοςunscrutinizedBeing enrolled among adults is called being scrutinized; and he who is not yet enrolled is unscrutinized. Lysias [sc. uses the word] in this way.highshort

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