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α12ἈββακούμHabakkuk, Abbakoum, Avvakoum[A name meaning] father of awakening. For the [word] abba means father, and koum means awakening. So also in the Holy Gospel: "Talitha, koum," that is, "young girl, get up." From which [it is] …highshort
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.highshort
α19ἈβαρνίςAbarnisName of a city.highshort
α45ἈβιμέλεχAbimelechProper name. The son of Gideon. He smote his brothers, seventy sons of Gideon's wives, upon a single stone, and none of them was left except Jotham the youngest son, who ran away. As …highlong
α51ἈβισάκAbisak, AbishagProper name.highshort
α58Ἀβληχρήνfeeble[Meaning] weak. For what is strong [is] blhxro/n. Aelian [writes]: "so she brought her life to an end gently and with a calm and feeble death, such as even Homer seems to me to …highshort
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 …highmedium
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 …highlong
α84ἈβρόμιοςBromios-less, Bromius-less[Meaning] without wine. "If I escape through the wave of destructive fire, I tell you I will drink for one hundred suns from dewy streams, Bromios-less and wine-less." In the Epigrams.highshort
α87Ἁβρόςdelicate[Meaning] bright, delicate, tender. In the Epigrams: "a cicada sat above a cithara delicately murmuring." "All the same that fellow is dainty and delicate and weakened by the softness of his body and depraved …highmedium
α95ἈβρότονονwormwoodType of plant.highshort
α100Ἀβυδηνὸν ἐπιφόρημαAbydene dessertWhenever something unpleasant happens as a result of someone having shown up at the wrong time, we are accustomed to call it an "Abydene dessert." This is because the people of Abydos, whenever they …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
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 …highmedium
α142ἈγαμήδηςAgamedesProper name. Also [sc. attested is] a feminine form Agamede.highshort
α152ἈγαπησμόςaffectionThey call friendliness "affection" and "lovingness". In Synaristosai [Ladies Who Lunch] Menander [writes]: "and the affection, such as it was, for each other that arose from difficulty."highshort
α200Ἀγέραστοςunrecompensed, unrewarded[Meaning] lacking honor.highshort
α204Ἄγεταιis marrying[He] is courting, is taking in marriage. Aelian [writes]: "Iobas the Maurousian is marrying his sister".highshort
α268ἌγλαυροςAglauros, AglaurusThe daughter of Kekrops. It is also a cult-name of Athena.highshort
α287Ἀγνῶταςunknown[Meaning them] not being recognized. "He brought a man unknown to me, who also happened to be unknown to him." "They had just left farming and entered into the danger of war, which was …highshort
α295ἈγονίαsterilityChildlessness, barrenness. Aelian [writes]: "the young generation was being destroyed, and there was also sterility both of the women and of the four-footed flock."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
α301Ἀγορὰ Κερκώπωνmarket of KerkopesThey were in Ephesus. Herakles bound them on the orders of Omphale, but he shrank from killing them since their mother begged him. The proverb is spoken in reference to ill-behaved and knavish people.highshort
α335ἈγωνίςAgonisA name of a courtesan.highshort
α359ἌγριοςAgrios, AgriusProper name. Also [sc. attested is the adjective] agrios, [meaning] unsociable, not tame. It is also used for an excess of evil. Aelian [writes]: "he sent away the most savage of the bodyguards, took …highshort
α376Ἄγροικος ἐξ ἄστεοςa rustic out of townHe did not make this juxtaposition idly. For he is not ashamed to call himself rustic: he insults himself as foolish and rustic in various ways; rather, first of all he is unaware that …highmedium
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
α407Ἀγχιστεύςnext-of-kinAlso [sc. attested is] a)gxistei/a ["closeness"], [meaning] kinship. Also [sc. attested is] a)gxistei=s ["those who are close"], those from the siblings and cousins and uncles on the paternal and maternal sides nearest to the …highshort
α409Ἀγχιστίνδηνby closeness, by next-of-kin[Meaning] in accordance with closeness, like "by merit" and "by wealth."highshort
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".highshort

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