δ89Δᾶτις
Datis
A Persian, who made it his business to speak Greek [sc. but did so badly]. They say he used xai/romai, instead of saying xai/rw. And that [sort of thing] is "Datism". Datis: "this man saw a vision of a dream, and they…
Δᾶτις, Πέρσης· ὃς ἐπετήδευσεν ἑλληνίζειν. ὃν λέγουσι φάναι χαίρομαι, ἀντὶ τοῦ εἰπεῖν χαίρω. καί ἐστι Δατισμός. Δᾶτις· οὗτος δὲ εἶδεν ὄψιν ὀνείρου, καὶ ἥτις ἦν ἡ ὄψις, οὐ λέγεται.…