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870
Δίδυμον ξύλον
two-pronged timber, gallows
That [which is] called furca among Romans. "After finding that Illustus was a murderer, he hanged him on a gallows". "[He] hanging these last from gallows while still alive [...]."
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959
Διεσκήριπτεν
supported
[Meaning he/she/it] propped up. "[The old woman] once came crawling with her stick of oak wood, which supported her, hindered as she was".
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964
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 …
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δ
1093
Δίκης
of justice
[Meaning] of righteousness, or of vengeance. "We shall come to obtain justice from men who are unholy and perjurers." "The ancients used to define justice as "direct" and "impartial" and "inflexible". And this [image] …
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medium
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1126
Διμοιρίτης
double-pay soldier, half-file commander
Sometimes [commentators] have explained this as triw/bolon["three-obol-piece"], since this is the half part [dimoiron] of the drachma. So the soldier receiving this [sc. wage] was called dimoiri/ths. It is also a military office, like …
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δ
1161
Διόμεια
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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1168
Διονύσια
Dionysia
A 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 …
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1189
Διοπομπεῖσθαι
to 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!"].
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1201
Διορυγή
excavation through [something]
[Meaning] the [sc. process of] digging. But diw/ruc ["canal/conduit/trench"] [has as its genitive] diw/rugos. Also [sc. attested is the cognate participle] diorwrugme/nos ["dug-through"].
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1205
Διοσημεία
Zeus-omen, Zeus-sign
A [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 …
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1227
Δίωκε ἀρετήν
pursue excellence
[Meaning] search for [it], realize [it] in your practice of life.
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1228
Διώκειν
to 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 …
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1235
Διωμοσία καὶ ἀντωμοσία
diomosia and antomosia, preliminary oath and counter-oath
Whenever those prosecuting [sc. in Athenian lawsuits] take their oath, [swearing] that they are prosecuting truthfully, this [is called the] diwmosi/a; but whenever those being prosecuted swear the same oath, in their effort to …
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1244
Διώνυμοι
famous, 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".
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1245
Διωξικέλευθα κέντρα
urging-on goads
[no gloss]
high
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δ
1320
Δοθιῆνι
boil
He resembled "[a boil] dressed with garlic."
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1321
Δοθιών
boil
[Meaning a] growth similar to a blister. "She had a boil recently growing."
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1325
Δοκησίσοφος
supposing oneself wise
Meaning intelligent. Aristophanes [says]: "a young man supposing himself wise".
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1331
Δόκιμος
Dokimos, Docimus
[Dokimos] and Dokimon.
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1535
Δρόμοις
[in] races
[In] the gymnasia on Crete. "[In] the race he made his deeds correspond with his nature, and came out holding the most glorious prize of victory". He is talking about Orestes, [who is] in …
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medium
δ
1548
Δρύππα
ripe olive
"The ripe olive, [so] tasty to the mouth, and scraps of circular cheese." That is olives and shavings of round-shaped cheese.
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δ
1554
Δρύφακτοι
railings
[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 …
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δ
1559
Δοιδυκοποιός
pestle-maker
[Meaning] he who makes the spoons.
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1560
Δοῖδυξ
pestle
[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'].
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