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- α16Ἄβαξι[in/on/with] planks, abacusesWhat we call a)ba/kia. The Lawmaker [says] in the Martyrdom of Saint Thecla: "Tryphaina was overcome by suffering, and was seen lying like the dead on the slabs." So he says.
- α17Ἄβαπτοςuntempered[Meaning] most/very unsharpened. Also [sc. attested is the superlative] a)bapto/tatos.
- 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'.
- 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 …
- 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 …
- α109ἈγάθαρχοςAgatharkhos, Agatharchos, AgatharchusA proper name. He was an outstanding painter from nature, the son of Eudemos, of Samian stock.
- α131Ἄγαλμαdecoration, delight, ornament, statueAnything in which someone takes delight. "And he [A] gives silver, so that he [B] might complete the statue with the utmost artisanry, adding the size and prescribing the nature of the stone."
- α165Ἄγγαροιmessengers[Meaning] those who carry letters in relays. They are also [called] 'couriers' [a)sta/ndai]. The words [are] Persian. Aeschylus in Agamemnon [writes]: "beacon sent beacon hither with relaying fire." The word is also used for …
- α203Ἄγεσταagesta[sc. An egesta is] a military device erected from stones and logs and earth. But some call such a device agesta. See also under egesta.
- 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 …
- α216Ἀγηλατοίcurse-expelling[A term applicable to] thunderbolts. But a)ghlatoi= [is] a verb, [meaning he/she/it] leads, thunderbolts or pursues.
- α239Ἄγις ἌγιδοςAgis, (genitive) AgidosThe son of Pausanias. This man, during an invasion of Mantinean territory once, besieged them and, having turned the flow of the river against the wall, he weakened it; for it was of unbaked …
- 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 …
- α251Ἀγκύληthong, hookA kind of javelin. Also [sc. attested is the related participle] h)gkulwme/nos ["armed with a javelin"], [meaning] wielding a javelin. But [sc. the headword] also signifies some furnishing of the tent of Moses.
- α252Ἀγκύλιαlinklets[Meaning] the loops of chains.
- α254Ἀγκύλονcrooked[Meaning something] curved, bent over.
- α256Ἄγκυρα πλοίουanchor of a shipSee under embryoikos.
- α258Ἄγκυρανanchor[Note] that Anacharsis the Scythian philosopher invented the anchor and the potter's wheel. He lived in the time of Croesus.
- α260Ἀγκυρηβόλιονanchor-weight[Meaning] the iron [sc. weight] of the boat.
- α281Ἁγνότερος πηδαλίουpurer than a steering-oar[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who have lived pure lives; inasmuch as the steering-oar is always in the sea.
- α289Ἀγνύθεςloom-weights[Meaning] the stones of the loom.
- α294Ἀγόμφωτονnot-bolted[sc. Something] not-nailed.
- α320ἈγωγήconveyanceTransportation of anything, which is also known as 'supplying'; as one speaks of conveyance of grain or of wine.
- α322Ἀγώγιονfreight[Meaning] the load carried on a wagon. Thus Xenophon [sc. uses the word].
- α323Ἀγώγιμον καὶ Ἀγώγιμοςtransporting, transportable[Meaning someone] taking, being taken. Being carried. Also [sc. attested is] a)gwgi/mwn, [meaning] merchants' cargoes. "To keep the merchants themselves safe from harm, and to salvage their cargoes."
- 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 …
- α365Ἀγρίφηrake, harrow[Meaning] a fork, a farm tool with multiple protrusions.
- α412Ἀγχόνηnoose, stranglingSlipknot, rope, [when it is] paroxytone; but "strangling", the deed, [is] oxytone. The activity. Also [sc. attested is the related aorist participle] a)gxonh/sas ["he having strangled"]: he having choked. But [sc. also attested is] …
- 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".
- α446Ἀδέψητονuntanned, undressed[sc. Something] raw.