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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 …highmedium
α20ἌβαςAbasA sophist, who left Historical Commentaries and an Art of Rhetoric.highshort
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
α91Ἁβρότερονmore delicately"But they behaved more delicately than them and were full of Sybaris."highshort
α97ἌβρωνAbron, HabronPhrygian or Rhodian, grammarian, student of Tryphon, sophist at Rome, the offspring of slaves, according to Hermippus.highshort
α109ἈγάθαρχοςAgatharkhos, Agatharchos, AgatharchusA proper name. He was an outstanding painter from nature, the son of Eudemos, of Samian stock.highshort
α111Ἀγαθῆς Τύχης νεώςtemple of Good FortuneThe interpretation [is] not unclear.highshort
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]...".highshort
α161ἈγαπῶI love, I am satisfied withThe 'I am satisfied with' [sense] takes a dative: "Being satisfied with the good things that he already had." But [sc. also used] with an accusative: "thou shalt love God with all thy soul."highshort
α162Ἀγγαρείαcompulsory labour, corveeSurely "of pack mules". Also [sc. attested is] a)/ggaros: [meaning] labourer, servant, porter; whence we speak of a)ggarei/a [to describe] involuntary compulsion and service brought about by force.highshort
α166Ἀγάσαιτοmight be amazed[Meaning he/she/it] might marvel. Also [sc. attested is] a)/gasqai in Homer in reference to the [sense] 'to marvel at' and 'to be envious'.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
α187Ἀγελαῖοςordinary[Meaning] no-account fellow [i)diw/ths]. Or the lead animal in the herd. Also [sc. attested is the genitive plural] "of a)gelai=oi", of no-account fellows, of rustics. "Such-and-such is likely enough of [= in] ordinary men". …highshort
α199Ἀγενήςfamily-lessIsaeus [sc. uses this word] to mean a)/pais["childless"].highshort
α229ἈγησίλαοςAgesilaos, AgesilausA proper name. He was a notable and noble king of Lacedaemonians and is celebrated by many of the orators.highshort
α275ἉγνίαςHagniasA proper name.highshort
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."highshort
α282ἈγνούσιοςHagnousian, Agnousian[H]agnous is a deme of the [sc. Athenian] tribe Akamantis, the tribesman from which [is a] [H]agnousian.highshort
α284Ἀγνωμόνωςsenselessly[Meaning] mindlessly, or gracelessly. The unlearned are called senseless -- without discernment -- in Plato. And Demosthenes in the Philippics [sc. uses the word] to mean a)logi/stws ["without reason"] and a)bou/lws ["without counsel"]. And …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
α303Ἀγοράςgatherings, marketsHyperides [sc. uses the word] to mean meetings. For he says in the [speech] Against Polyeuktos: "these men often hold gatherings". And the word also means other things.highshort
α304Ἀγοράσαιto buy at marketHyperides [sc. uses this] to mean to purchase. They say a)gora/sw, a)gorw= being sub-literate; there are plenty of examples everywhere, but take for instance [one] of Aristophanes, from Aiolosikon: "but hurry, there was no …highshort
α307Ἀγοραίαν δίκηνagora lawsuit, forensic lawsuit[Meaning] the (?)defense plea.highshort
α331Ἀγωνιᾶνto contestIsocrates [sc. uses the word] to mean agonizesthai ["to compete"].highshort
α334ἈγωνιῶI am in a torment[Meaning] I am at risk; also the [verb that means] I am afraid. Polybius [writes]: "many of the inland cities joined the Romans, in a torment about their land forces." Also [sc. attested is …highmedium
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
α358Ἀγριοποιόνwild-maker, wild-makingAnd a wild-making fellow. [sc. Meaning him who is] introducing savage heroes. Aristophanes [says] about Aeschylus: "I know him and understand him well; I've watched him for a long time; a wild-making fellow, stubborn …highshort
α360Ἀγρίουςwild menAeschines in the speech Against Timarchos calls men who are very agitated by the love of boys "wild men". And Menander says a gambler is "wild" if he is too eager for gambling. The …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
α378Ἀγροίκου μὴ καταφρόνει ῥήτοροςdon't despise a rustic rhetor[Said] because one should not despise even worthless things.highshort

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