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Headword | Dictionaries | Max. Inst. | Min. Inst. | # Documents | Short Definition |
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Abdalonymus | Lewis & Short | 4 | 4 | 1 | Sidonian of royal descent, made king of Sidon by Alexander the Great |
Alemanni | Lewis & Short | 3 | 3 | 2 | the Alemanni |
Aleus2 | Lewis & Short | 30 | 0 | 5 | the Alean |
Antigonus | Lewis & Short | 191 | 191 | 44 | The name of several kings after Alexander the Great. |
Antipater | Lewis & Short | 119 | 119 | 29 | One of the generals and successors of Alexander the Great |
Apelles | Lewis & Short | 144 | 108 | 74 | a distinguished Greek painter in the time of Alexander the Great |
Apollonides | Lewis & Short | 9 | 9 | 6 | A ruler of Chios in the time of Alexander the Great |
Aristarchus | Lewis & Short | 26 | 26 | 17 | a distinguisled critic of Alexandria |
Athanasius | Lewis & Short | 9 | 9 | 5 | a celebrated archbishop of Alexandria in the time of the emperor Constantine; |
Auge | Lewis & Short | 74 | 8 | 34 | Daughter of Aleus and Neœra of Tegea |
Bruchion | Lewis & Short | 1 | 1 | 1 | the royal residence in Alexandria |
Bucephalas | Lewis & Short | 0 | 0 | 0 | the horse of Alexander the Great |
Claudianus2 | Lewis & Short | 92 | 0 | 20 | a Roman poet of Alexandria |
Clitarchus | Lewis & Short | 10 | 10 | 5 | a companion of Alexander the Great |
Clitus | Lewis & Short | 32 | 32 | 9 | a friend of Alexander the Great |
Craterus | Lewis & Short | 56 | 56 | 11 | A general of Alexander the Great |
Ctesibius | Lewis & Short | 8 | 8 | 2 | a mechanic of Alexandria, distinguished for his inventions in hydraulics |
Dinocrates | Lewis & Short | 27 | 27 | 12 | a Grecian architect in the time of Alexander the Great |
Emathia | Lewis & Short | 76 | 76 | 32 | Alexander |
Erasistratus | Lewis & Short | 99 | 99 | 7 | a famous physician of Alexandria in the time of Ptolemy Lagus |
Eumenes | Lewis & Short | 753 | 753 | 44 | a famous general under Alexander the Great |
Hephaestio | Lewis & Short | 44 | 44 | 7 | a favorite of Alexander the Great |
Interdidium | Lewis & Short | 0 | 0 | 0 | a place in Alexandria |
Ladas | Lewis & Short | 13 | 1 | 5 | a runner of Alexander the Great, whose name became a proverb for swiftness |
Leonides | Lewis & Short | 86 | 10 | 24 | An instructor of Alexander the Great |
Leonnatus | Lewis & Short | 26 | 26 | 6 | one of Alexander's generals |
Lycophron | Lewis & Short | 4 | 4 | 4 | Lycophron of Chalcis, in Eubœa, the author of Cassandra, an Alexandrine grammarian and tragedian of the time of Ptolemy Philadelphus |
Lysimachus | Lewis & Short | 112 | 26 | 21 | one of the generals of Alexander the Great, afterwards king of Thrace, and founder of Lysimachia |
Lysippus | Lewis & Short | 39 | 39 | 24 | a celebrated brass-founder of Sicyon, to whom alone Alexander the Great gave permission to cast a statue of him |
Macedones | Lewis & Short | 0 | 0 | 0 | Alexander the Great |
Mammaea | Lewis & Short | 1 | 1 | 1 | the mother of the emperor Alexander Severus |
Manduria | Lewis & Short | 4 | 4 | 4 | a city of the Salentines, in Lower Italy, between Aletium and Tarentum |
Martianus | Lewis & Short | 9 | 9 | 6 | a Roman jurist, a pupil of Papinian under Alexander Severus |
Nearchus | Lewis & Short | 20 | 20 | 9 | An admiral of Alexander the Great, who commanded the fleet sent on a voyage of discovery to India, and wrote the history of the expedition |
Paraetonium | Lewis & Short | 24 | 24 | 14 | Alexandria |
Parmenio | Lewis & Short | 87 | 87 | 7 | general and adviser of Philip of Macedon and of Alexander the Great. |
Pella | Lewis & Short | 427 | 56 | 101 | for Alexander |
Pharos | Lewis & Short, Elem. Lewis | 0 | 0 | 0 | an island near Alexandria, with a famous light-house |
Philippus | Lewis & Short, Elem. Lewis | 3,468 | 1,346 | 251 | a king of Macedonia, father of Alexander the Great |
Pyrgoteles | Lewis & Short | 12 | 12 | 9 | a sculptor of the time of Alexander the Great |
Rhacotes | Lewis & Short | 2 | 2 | 2 | an ancient name of the site of Alexandria in Egypt |
Steganos | Lewis & Short | 0 | 0 | 0 | one of the channels by which the city of Alexandria had access to the sea. |
chrysoaspides | Lewis & Short | 0 | 0 | 0 | a kind of soldiers under Alexander Severus |
dehisco | Lewis & Short, Elem. Lewis | 125 | 125 | 76 | to part, divide, split open, gape, yawn |
vigil | Lewis & Short, Elem. Lewis | 1,409 | 293 | 335 | awake, on the watch, alert |