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Διμήτωρ · twice-born (δ 1124) · Suda

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Near δ1124

δ1120dilemma, ambiguous proposition
δ1121ambiguous
δ1122Dilimnitai, Dilimnitae
δ1123double-lochos
δ1124twice-born
δ1125Demetrios, Demetrius
δ1126double-pay soldier, half-file commander
δ1127in Didyma
δ1128whirlpools

Suda/Δ delta/δ1124

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Διμήτωρ

twice-born

Translated by David Whitehead8 Oct 2004Vetting: high3 revisions

agriculture
botany
food
historiography
history
mythology
+1
- religion

6 words

Translation

[sc. An adjective applied to] Dionysos.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Διμήτωρ· ὁ Διόνυσος.

Betacode

*dimh/twr: o( *dio/nusos.

Notes

See e.g. Diodorus Siculus 3.62.5: "Dionysos was named twice-born by the ancients, counting it as a single and first birth when the plant is set in the ground and begins to grow, and as a second birth when it becomes laden with fruit and ripens its grape-clusters -- the god thus being considered as having been born once from the earth and again from the vine"), and generally LSJ s.v.

Neighbouring entries

δ1122ΔιλιμνῖταιDilimnitai, Dilimnitae δ1123Διλοχίαdouble-lochos δ1124Διμήτωρtwice-born δ1125ΔημήτριοςDemetrios, Demetrius δ1126Διμοιρίτηςdouble-pay soldier, half-file commander

Revision history3 revisions · last 11 Jul 2012

11 Jul 2012more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
10 Oct 2004cosmeticule — David Whitehead
9 Oct 2004set status — Catharine Roth
8 Oct 2004Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Διμήτωρ (Adler number delta 1124), trans. David Whitehead, 8 Oct 2004. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/delta/1124

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗