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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
α73Ἁβραῖςdelicate[Meaning] gentle, dainty. Aelian [writes]: "them placing [half-beams] upon very delicate couches and mattresses adorned with some magnificent weaving."highshort
α117ἈγαθοκλῆςAgathokles, AgathoclesThis man became tyrant [of Syracuse] and, as Timaeus says, in his early youth was a common prostitute, ready [to give himself] to the most debauched, a jackdaw, a buzzard, presenting his backside to …highmedium
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."highshort
α133Ἀγάλματαdelights, ornaments, statues[Meaning] the likenesses of the gods, and anything that is decorative in some way. Homer [writes]: "but it is stored away as a delight for the king." And Hesiod calls a necklace an "ornament"; …highmedium
α135Ἀγαλματοποιοίstatue-makers, sculptorsThat is, craftsmen; these [are] in the strict sense Lysippus, Polycleitus, Pheidias.highshort
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 …highshort
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 …highmedium
α258Ἄγκυρανanchor[Note] that Anacharsis the Scythian philosopher invented the anchor and the potter's wheel. He lived in the time of Croesus.highshort
α272Ἄγμασιshards[Meaning in/with] fragments, changes. "They had secretly thrown shards of amphorae into the marshy parts of the places."highshort
α294Ἀγόμφωτονnot-bolted[sc. Something] not-nailed.highshort
α298Ἀγγοπήνιαangopenia[Meaning] the honeycombs of bees. That is, woven vessels; like xruseoph/nhta ["gold-woven"].highshort
α300Ἀγοράζεινto frequent the market-place; to market[Meaning] to buy something and to spend time in [the] marketplace. Aristophanes in Wealth [sc. applies this verb] to what we customarily [say] for to buy. "And to market a dress for his sisters."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
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
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
α306Ἀγορᾶς ὥρανmarket's hour, market's time[Meaning the hour/time] not for selling things, but for the other transactions that go on in the marketplace at dawn, or indeed before the marketplace gets full. Pherekrates [writes]: "always to drink and get …highshort
α309Ἀγοραῖοιmarketplace [men]Has circumflex accent on the penultimate syllable; [meaning] men involved in a marketplace. Damascius [writes]: "[...] but he stood by and begged those who were defrauding, even including (?)skilled judges." But with the acute …highshort
α316Ἄγουσανhaving the weight of, weighingBeing equal in weight. "So having prepared a golden Victory, having the weight of 10,000 gold coins, he sent ambassadors to Rome to convey it to the people."highshort
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."highshort
α351Ἀγρεῖφναrake, harrowA farm tool, with which they collect hay. "Alkimos [dedicated] his toothless rake and a share of a noise-loving shovel bereft of its olivewood handle."highshort
α380ἈγροιώτηςrusticThe farming people, the one[s] in the country. "To this rustic, single-storthynx Priapos." For a storthynx is the point of the spear or the iron [part] of a missile. But the feminine form [is] …highshort
α446Ἀδέψητονuntanned, undressed[sc. Something] raw.highshort
α470ἈδιαβηνήAdiabeneThis territory lies this side of Mesopotamia, effectively at the source of the Tigris. In it there is bitumen which is called naphtha. It is called Adiabene because there are rather large rivers in …highmedium
α509Ἄδοροςskin[Meaning a] leather bag. Also [sc. attested is] a)/doron, [meaning something] unskinned. Also [sc. attested is the dative plural] a)do/rois, [meaning] to/for unskinned.highshort
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
α533Ἁδρόνbulky, fat, stout, thick[Meaning] much. [Meaning] big, abundant, rich. Also [sc. attested is the related noun] a(dro/ths, [meaning] grandeur. "By seducing [him] into the crime with fat fees, he destroys this man." And Aelian [also says]: "he …highshort
α571ἈέτιοςAetios, AetiusFrom Antioch in Syria, the teacher of Eunomios, he happened [to be] of poor and lower-class parentage. His father was one of those in the army who were faring rather poorly; when he had …highlong
α580Ἀζαλέηparched[Meaning one that is] dry.highshort
α613Ἀείδελονdark, obscure, invisible[Meaning] unseen. Also [sc. attested is] a)eide/s ["deformed/unsightly"], [meaning something] painful. Also [sc. attested is] a)eide/steron ["more/rather shapeless"], [meaning] formless. "[Craftsmen] who take the formless and rather shapeless copper and stretch and fashion it …highshort

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