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- α18ἌβαριςAbaris, AvarsScythian, son of Seuthes. He wrote the so-called Scythinian Oracles and Marriage of the river Hebros and Purifications and a Theogony in prose and Arrival of Apollo among the Hyperboreans in meter. He came …
- α20ἌβαςAbasA sophist, who left Historical Commentaries and an Art of Rhetoric.
- 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'.
- α61Ἀβουλεῖνto be unwilling[Meaning] not to wish, or not to resolve. Plato [sc. uses the word].
- 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 …
- α97ἌβρωνAbron, HabronPhrygian or Rhodian, grammarian, student of Tryphon, sophist at Rome, the offspring of slaves, according to Hermippus.
- 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. …
- α107Ἀγάζω>20 γενικῇI exalt overmuch[Used] with a genitive.
- α113Ἀγαθικάgood things[Meaning] excellent things.
- α114ἈγαθοεργίαbeneficenceDamascius [writes]: "to sum everything up in one statement, what Pythagoras said about man being very similar to the divine is something that he [Isidore] clearly demonstrated in his deeds: his beneficent zeal and …
- α116Ἀγαθοθέλειαdesire for the good[Meaning] the choice of good things. "When it comes to getting things done a desire for the good alone does not suffice; there is also a need for strength and perseverence."
- α118ἈγαθόνgoodIn general [it is] something beneficial, but in particular what is either identical with or not different from benefit; hence, both virtue itself and what participates in it are called "good" in three ways: …
- 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 …
- α122Ἀγαθοῦ Δαίμονοςof the Good SpiritThe ancients had a custom after dinner of drinking 'of the Good Spirit', by taking an extra quaff of unmixed [wine]; and they call this 'of the Good Spirit', but when they are ready …
- α124ἈγάθωνAgathonA proper name. He was a tragic poet; but he was slandered for effeminacy. Aristophanes [writes]: "Where is Agathon?" -- "He's gone and left me." -- "Where on earth is the wretch?" -- "At …
- α136Ἀγαλματοφορούμενοςimage-bearing, image-carrying, enshrined as an image[Meaning] carrying in one's mind images or impressions of things that one has thought of. Philo [sc. uses the term] this way.
- α141Ἀγάμενοςadmiring, wondering at, marveling at[Meaning someone] being amazed at. "Admiring this man for his good courage they let him ride on the horse."
- α150Ἀγαπᾶνto love, to receive favorably, to be content with.[Meaning] to give a favorable reception [to someone/something]. [*)agapa=n] to love: to be satisfied with something and to seek nothing more. Hence also the [phrase] "I would love [it/you if]...".
- α153Ἀγαπητὰ ἤθηdesirable habits[Meaning] the fine and good ones.
- α157ἈγάπιοςAgapios, AgapiusAthenian philosopher, after the death of Proclus, under Marinus. He was admired for his love of learning and for his setting of dilemmas that were hard to solve.
- 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 …
- α159ἈγαπῴηνI would love; if you pleaseIn the optative.
- α173Ἀγαστόςadmirable[Meaning] wondrous.
- α180Ἄγε δῆταhey there[Meaning] come now, you there, over here. And [there is] an epigram addressed to Diogenes the Cynic: "' Hey, Diogenes, tell [us], what fate took you to Hades?' 'A dog's bite took me'". But …
- α197Ἀγένειαlow birthBad birth.
- 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 …
- α242Ἁγιστείαςrituals[Meaning those] of holiness, of cleansing, of service.
- α249Ἀγκώνelbow"In the royal palace of Gelimer was a building full of darkness, which the Carthaginians used to call [the] Elbow; therein were thrown all toward whom the tyrant was ill-disposed. There, in the time …
- α274Ἁγνείαpurity[Meaning] pureness. An intensity of temperance.
- α278Ἀγνόημαignorance"They were ignorant to an extent of ignorance such as no-one would have been ignorant who had grasped a little dialectic and was able to understand something about it."