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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
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
α59ἈβολήτωρmeeterOr a)/bolos ["un-shedder"], a donkey that has not yet shed its teeth, from which the animal's age is known. Similarly, a young animal that does not yet have its indicators. An 'indicator' is what …highmedium
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
α78Ἄβρικτονdeaf[Meaning] that which is hard of hearing. Or hearing [only] in part.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
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
α119ἈγαθόνgoodThe word has multiple meanings. Predicated of the good are the 10 genera, that is to say the 10 categories. "To produce, since some things are [understood as] good because [of being] productive. For …highmedium
α148Ἀγανώπιδοςmild-eyed[Meaning] having a gentle countenance.highshort
α158ἈγάπιοςAgapios, AgapiusThis man was an Alexandrian by birth; raised from childhood amidst cultured discourse, he became a commentator on medical teachings and went to Byzantium where he established a very distinguished school. Relying on the …highshort
α172Ἀγάστορεςwomb-mates[Meaning] brothers, natural brothers, twins. Those from the same womb.highshort
α207Ἄγευστος θοίνηςwithout a taste of the feast[Meaning someone] living a (?)refined life. Also [sc. attested is the plural] a)/geustoi, [meaning those] lacking experience. [Something] "lacking taste" has four meanings: either that which is lacking flavor as yet, but capable of …highmedium
α208ἈγγείδιονpotletA little pot.highshort
α211Ἀγείρειcollects[Meaning he/she/it] gathers. Also [sc. attested is the participle] "those who collect". "For their manner was sacred and nothing like those who collect [alms?]." And elsewhere: "wishing to go undetected, he shaves his head …highmedium
α219Ἄγημαdivision, guard, force, troop[Meaning] the king's advancing force of elephants and horses and infantry. But some [sc. say that this term means] the best part of the Macedonian battle array; strong in weaponry and in the conditioning …highshort
α255Ἀγκυλοχείλης καὶ Ἀγκυλόχειλοςcrooked-beakedBent-beaked, an epithet of the eagle, which has curved talons. But in reference to Cleon [it means] having crooked hands for theft and seizure.highshort
α271Ἀγλωττίαtonguelessness[Meaning] quiet, silence. Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] tongueless, [meaning] voiceless, speechless. "Now having fallen to the earth, tongueless and voiceless, I lie, refusing emulous ambition."highshort
α295ἈγονίαsterilityChildlessness, barrenness. Aelian [writes]: "the young generation was being destroyed, and there was also sterility both of the women and of the four-footed flock."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
α332ἈγώνιοςcompetitorSomeone in a competition. Also [sc. attested is] the feminine a)gwni/a, [meaning] fear. But a)goni/a with a short 'o' [means] barrenness.highshort
α385ἈγύρριοςAgyrrhios, AgyrrhiusA proper name. [The man] who was slandered for weakness, that he actually breaks wind. Aristophanes in Plutus [says this]. And he was also ridiculed for over-boldness. Also [sc. attested is] Agyrrhios, an Athenian …highshort
α388Ἀγύρτηςmendicant[Meaning a] beggar, mountebank. One who asks for more, greedy. Or a vulgar person. And it is also a throw with dice and a Gallus and a seer, as Apion [says]. In the Epigrams: …highshort
α416Ἄγχουσαalkanet, bugloss, rougeA type of plant, which has a red root used by women to redden their faces. "Alkanet will harm [you] as will that white lead of yours".highshort
α428ἈδάμαστοςunmasteredMaiden, unyoked. Sophocles [writes]: "but now Zeus' fierce-eyed maiden goddess [...] has ruined [me], planting in me a berserk illness."highshort
α463Ἄδηνenough, to excess[Meaning] plenty or to surfeit, sufficiently, abundantly. Or furiously, in excess. In Charmides [sc. Plato writes]: "since we have enough of those things." And Herodotus [writes]: "when they had had enough killing, they drove …highmedium
α464Ἀδηνέωςunpremeditatedly, without malice[Meaning] simply and effortlessly, by negation of plans [dh/nea] and of designs.highshort
α478Ἀδιαφορίαindifference[Meaning] negligence without close observation. "Indifference means two things. One is that which contributes neither to happiness nor to misery, as is the case with wealth, reputation, health, strength and suchlike; for it is …highlong
α490Ἀδιόριστονundefined, indesignate[sc. Something] undistinguished/not separatedhighshort
α522Ἀδρανίαpowerless[Meaning something] weak. Also [sc. attested is the related noun] a)drani/a ["powerlessness"], [meaning] incapacity, weakness. In the Epigrams: "he dedicated [his fishing gear to Hermes], fearing the powerlessness of old age." And elsewhere: "since …highshort
α540Ἀδύνατοιincapables, handicappeds[Meaning] those incapacitated in the body. After being approved by the [sc. Athenian] council, these men received, some say two obols a day, some say an obol. But Philochorus says nine drachmas a month.highshort

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