Δείκηλα

images, representations

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[Meaning] imitations, likenesses.¹ The dei [is] a diphthong. Properly [it is] the image and likeness of Zeus, but by a misuse of language [it can be] any likeness.²

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Δείκηλα· μιμήματα, εἰκάσματα. τὸ δει δίφθογγον. κυρίως τὸ ὁμοίωμα καὶ εἴκελον τῷ Διί, καταχρηστικῶς δὲ πᾶν ὁμοίωμα.

Δείκηλα · images, representations (δ 1097) · Suda

*dei/khla: mimh/mata, ei)ka/smata. to\ dei di/fqoggon. kuri/ws to\ o(moi/wma kai\ ei)/kelon tw=| *dii/, kataxrhstikw=s de\ pa=n o(moi/wma.

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