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α9Ἀάσχετοςirresistible[Something/someone] uncontrollable.highshort
α64Ἀβούλωςill-advisedly[Meaning] unthinkingly, ignorantly. A line [of verse]: "badly, ill-advisedly, unthinkingly, without reason."highshort
α71Ἀβέλτερος νοῦςfoolish mind"[A foolish mind,] empty, naive, young."highshort
α125ἈγαθώνιοςAgathonios, AgathoniusA proper name. [The man] who was king of Tartessos. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "Agathon's pipe-playing": the soft and relaxed [kind]; alternatively that which is neither loose nor harsh, but temperate and …highshort
α264Ἀγλαόκοιτοςsplendid-bedded[Meaning] highly honored.highshort
α305ἈγοράσωI will go to marketMeaning I will spend time in [the] marketplace. Aristophanes [writes]: "and I will go to market in arms alongside Aristogeiton." Meaning I will spend time in the market with Aristogeiton, near Aristogeiton. That is, …highshort
α350Ἀγρεία ἀοιδήrustic songThe rural [kind]. "He stretched the hide down a rustic plane tree." In the Epigrams. Also [sc. attested is] a)grei=os, [meaning] the yokel, the ignoramus. Or someone from the country. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: …highshort
α368Ἀγρονόμοιcountry-dwellersThose living in the country. "Singing cicada drunk on dewdrops, you celebrate the country-dwelling Muse who sings in solitude." In the Epigrams.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
α433Ἄδενpleased[Meaning he/she/it] sufficed. In Fables: "nor did the gleaming leopard please him, since he was filled with rage."highshort
α455ᾌδεις ὥσπερ εἰς Δῆλον πλέωνyou sing as if sailing into DelosIn reference to someone carefree and enjoying himself.highshort
α493Ἀδμήτου μέλος καὶ ἉρμοδίουAdmetos' song and Harmodios'[A proverbial phrase] in reference to things which are easy and simple: for drinking-songs were said to be of this kind.highshort
α511ἈδδώAddoA proper name. But a)/|dw [is] a verb, with dative.highshort
α518Ἄδων τὴν σπιθαμὴν τοῦ βίου πρὸς ἄνηθονsinging of the span of life to a dill-plantIn reference to parsimonious and mean-spirited men.highshort
α557Ἀεργηλήnon-working[Meaning] idle, non-functioning. In the Epigrams: "tired from trembling old age [Daphnis the piper] with his non-working hand dedicates this staff [to Pan]."highshort
α562Ἀερόενairy, cloudy, murky[Meaning] great.highshort
α624Ἀεικήλιονunsuitable, shameful[Meaning] that which is indecorous.highshort
α650Ἀηδόνειος ᾠδή καὶ Ἀηδόνειον μέλοςnightingale's song and nightingale's strain[no gloss]highshort
α656ἌημαιI swing, I hang (?)[sc. The word occurs] in the Epigrams: "a shield from the mortal shoulders of Timanor, I swing beneath the roof in the temple of Pallas." Meaning I am dedicated.highshort
α698Ἀϊτίαaitia[Meaning] the gut/note/sausage/string.highshort
α735ἈθηνόδωροςAthenodoros, AthenodorusStoic philosopher, of the time of the Roman emperor Octavian. Under Octavian there was every reason for unbridled excess of power to be a universal misfortune, but the aforementioned Athenodoros persuaded him away from …highmedium
α764Ἄθρυπτοςunbroken[Meaning] manly, not slacking, nor softening, nor becoming flaccid. Damascius [writes]: "the life-style they allotted themselves was measured and unbroken, neither wrong-doing on account of poverty nor slacking on account of wealth, but moderate …highshort
α788Ἀκαλήφηstinging nettle, sea-anemone[Meaning a] nettle, both the terrestrial [kind] and the maritime [kind] which is like a mollusc shell. Aristophanes in Phoenician Women [writes]: "probably, of course, the first of all plants to grow were the …highmedium
α860Ἀκηδήςuncared-for, uncaring[Meaning one who/which is] unburied, neglected. "The Romans could not stand seeing their own enemies uncared-for." Also [sc. attested is the adverb] a)khdw=s ["in uncared-for fashion"], meaning in unburied fashion. "Seeing a body of …highmedium
α864Ἀκήλητονinexorable[Meaning one who/which is] implacable, harsh. In the Epigrams about Orpheus: "who even charmed with his lyre the heavy intent and inexorable wrath of cruel Klymenos."highshort
α934Ἀκοστήσαςgrain-fed, having fed on grainOut of a)kostai/ [come] kriqai/. kriqia/sas ["barley-fed"]: [meaning] either a)kolasth/as through syncope; or becoming pained by standing; or seeking some cure and remedy for standing. Also in the Epigrams: "the pierced reed pipe, your …highshort
α994Ἀκροατὴς καὶ Ἀκροᾶσθαιhearer and to hear[sc. This noun and verb mean, respectively] the learner and to learn. Damascius [writes]: "he heard words [which were] aged and tempered by a certain wisdom". Also [sc. attested is the related noun] a)kroama/twn …highshort
α1034ἈκταίωνAktaion, Actaeon[Genitive] *)aktai/wnos, a proper name. Also [sc. attested is the genitive plural of the related adjective] *)aktaioni/dwn. "You are one of the Aktaionid whelps." In the Epigrams. *)aktaioni/dwn [is spelled] with an omicron because …highshort
α1042ἈκύλαςAkulas; Aculas; AquilaGrammarian, musician.highshort

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