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δ964Διεσπλεκωμένῃher who has been fuckedAristophanes in Plutus [says]: "I would not have anything to do with her after she has been fucked by thirteen thousand years". They apply [the verb] ple/kein to the matter of having intercourse, not …highshort
δ1109Δικροῖςbifurcated, forked, two-pronged[Meaning with] double-pointed timbers, (?)mini-pitchforks. Aristophanes [writes]: "they were thrusting away the goddess with their bifurcated bawlings." [He is] speaking of the peace. He ought to have said timbers, but he said bawlings because …highshort
δ1161Διόμεια

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Διεσπλεκωμένῃ

her who has been fucked

Aristophanes in Plutus [says]: "I would not have anything to do with her after she has been fucked by thirteen thousand years". They apply [the verb] ple/kein to the matter of having intercourse, not as with primary…

Διεσπλεκωμένῃ· Ἀριστοφάνης Πλούτῳ· οὐκ ἂν διαλεχθείην διεσπλεκωμένῃ ὑπὸ μυρίων ἐτῶν τε καὶ τρισχιλίων. τὸ πλέκειν ἐπὶ τοῦ συνουσιάζειν τάττουσιν, οὐχ ὡς προηγουμένως τοῦ…

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Diomeia

A deme of the [sc. Athenian] tribe Aegeis; [named] from Diomos the [sc. lover?] of Herakles. Aristophanes [writes]: "it just came across my mind, when the festival of Herakles at Diomea is due to …

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δ1168ΔιονύσιαDionysiaA festival amongst Athenians. [There is] also a saying: "from the same [date] just about that, plus the time since the Dionysia". It was customary for Athenians to reckon the years and the excess …highmedium

δ1189Διοπομπεῖσθαιto escort [evil] away[Meaning] to avert evil and to be purified from pollution. Also [sc. attested is] a)podiopompei/sqw ["let [evil] be escorted away!"].highshort

δ1194Διόπτηςable to look through [something]"O Zeus, whose look is able to see through and see over all!" He is saying these words because the rags were very torn; through them everything was [open] to look upon. Meaning pantepo/pta …highshort

δ1205ΔιοσημείαZeus-omen, Zeus-signA [sign of] divine anger. "The thousand Scythians were present, more rapid than any Zeus-omen, whether a flash of light or a hurricane or a thunderbolt or a storm or a meteorite". Aternatively a …highmedium

δ1227Δίωκε ἀρετήνpursue excellence[Meaning] search for [it], realize [it] in your practice of life.highshort

δ1228Διώκεινto prosecute[Meaning] to take into [the] agora. This [term] is used whenever someone escapes secretly before [a trial]. It is also applied to driving on eagerly. Also [attested is] diwko/meqa ["we are prosecuted"], meaning we …highshort

δ1244Διώνυμοιfamous, renowned"Flatterers, famous among the Greeks, have been summoned and are surrounding us: Kleisophos's and Strouthias's and Therons and the ones buzzing around Dionysius’ table and the ones in frenzy around the banquet of Alexander".highshort

δ1320ΔοθιῆνιboilHe resembled "[a boil] dressed with garlic."highshort

δ1321Δοθιώνboil[Meaning a] growth similar to a blister. "She had a boil recently growing."highshort

δ1548Δρύππαripe olive"The ripe olive, [so] tasty to the mouth, and scraps of circular cheese." That is olives and shavings of round-shaped cheese.highshort

δ1554Δρύφακτοιrailings[Meaning] wooden defences, the cross-barriers, or the surrounding fences, or latticed gates, enclosures, the ones now called "boarded", the projecting timbers of the buildings. "After he had collected four hundred merchant-ships, and attached railings …highshort

δ1560Δοῖδυξpestle[Meaning] a grinding-implement. Aristophanes [writes]: "that if this man had not become great in the city, two useful implements would not exist, a pestle and a grinder". See in the entry a)letri/banos ['grinder'].highshort

ε460Ἐκλελάκτικενhas kicked out[Meaning he/she/it] has cast off, escaped.highshort

ε469Ἐκκλησιάζωνassembling, summoning to an assembly[Meaning he] calling into assembly. "When, summoning [sc. them] to an assembly, he communicated the order [...]".highshort

ε1102Ἐν ἀκαρεῖin an instant[Meaning] in a brief [time], in a short [time]. "They were at risk of dying in an instant of time".highshort

ε1106Ἐναλλάξcontrariwise, crosswise[Meaning] reversely.highshort

ε1149Ἐν γειτόνωνin the neighbours' [place][Meaning in that] of those living nearby.highshort

ε1164ἘνδείκνυμιI denounce, I point outThey used to say e)ndeiknu/nai ["to denounce"] meaning to lay information against someone who was doing harm in respect of the community's interests. Also [sc. attested is] e)ndei/casqai, in reference to accusing/prosecuting. Josephus [writes]: …highshort

ε1177Ἐν δίκῃwith justiceMeaning justly, and very fairly.highshort

ε1293Ἔνη καὶ νέαold and newAmongst Athenians this was the name for what we call the thirtieth [day of the month], the new moon, because in these days it happens that the moon has both its end and its …highmedium