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Δαβαινίτης
Dabaina, Dabaena
Name of a place. Also [sc. attested is its ethnikon] Dabainite.
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3
Δαγίσθαιος
Dagisthaios, Dagisthaeus
Proper name.
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Δαγών
Dagon
An idol worshipped by the foreigners, [the one] to whom they dedicated the casket when they had taken it.
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δ
5
Δᾷδες
torches
[Meaning] lamps. Also [sc. attested] in many [writers is] 'little torch' [daidion].
high
short
δ
6
Δᾳδουχεῖ
bears a torch, is a torch-bearer
[Meaning he/she/it] shines. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'having been a torch-bearer in Athens'. "As those of the Athenians who are renowned for determining these things say: they pray to Boulaia and to …
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7
Δᾶερ
(o) brother-in-law
[Meaning o] husband's brother. [sc. Here] in the vocative. The nominative [is] dah/r.
high
short
δ
8
Δάειρα
Daeira, Daira
Proper name.
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short
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9
Δαημονέστεροι
more expert [men], rather expert [men]
[Meaning] more/rather experienced [ones].
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10
Δαημονέστατος
most expert (man), very expert (man)
[Meaning] most/very experienced [one]. "Alexander was most/very expert in both organising and equipping an army." "And both [Epiphanios and Euprepios] were also most/very expert in the rites." Also [attested is the genitive plural] dahmonesta/twn …
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medium
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11
Δαΐ
in fray
[Meaning] in battle. In the Epigrams: "(I) the trumpet, which once poured forth war's bloody tune in the fray and the sweet melody of peace, [hang here etc.]".
high
short
δ
12
Δαΐαν ὁδόν
hostile way, warlike way
[Meaning a] competitive or experienced [one], from the [verb] dah=nai, which is to learn; or meaning quarrelsome. "And despite being found guilty of having perpetated a hostile evil, he nonetheless kept quiet."
high
short
δ
13
Δαΐζων
cleaving asunder, rending
[Meaning one who/which is] cutting through; or defeating in this battle.
high
short
δ
14
Δαϊκταμένοις
to the war-dead, for the war-dead
[Meaning] to/for those being slain.
high
short
δ
15
Δαΐμονος
of a daimon
[Meaning] of the daimon.
high
short
δ
16
Δαΐξας
having cleaved asunder
[Meaning he] having cut through.
high
short
δ
17
Δαΐς
fray
[Meaning] battle.
high
short
δ
19
Δαΐφρονος
fray-minded
[Meaning] intelligent or warlike.
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short
δ
20
Δάκες
Dakes, Dacians
Those who are now called Patzinakitai. The nominative da/kos, [dative] da/kei; [plural] da/kh and da/keta, [meaning] beasts, venomous serpents. Also dake/tas similarly.
high
short
δ
22
Δακνόμενος
being bitten
[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] being harassed, eaten up by the expenses of horse-rearing. For raising horses is reputed to be expensive; which is also connected to the Laconian curse. For indeed the Lakedaimonians …
high
medium
δ
23
Δακία χώρα
Dacian region, Dacian territory
That which Trajan colonized in the regions on the other side of the Istrus. And Aurelian abandoned this [region], once the region of the Illyrians and the Mysians had become afflicted [sc. by the …
high
medium
δ
25
Δακρυόεντα
shedding tears, weeping
[Meaning] with tears.
high
short
δ
26
Δακτυλήθρα
finger-shield
[Meaning] a sheath of [= for] the finger. "And he is said to eat his food wearing finger-shields, so that he may offer it to his tongue as hot as possible."
high
short
δ
27
Δακτύλιος
seal-ring
[Meaning] a signet. "When the consul Marcellus died, Hannibal the Carthaginians' general stood by his body, and as he saw all the wounds on his chest, he praised him as a soldier but mocked …
high
short
δ
28
Δάκτυλοι
fingers, finger[-dates]
Among many [sc. this is the name for] the dates of the date palm. And [there is] a proverb: "Daktylos' day"; in reference to those passing their days happily. For Daktylos was a man …
high
short
δ
29
Δακίβιζα
Dakibiza, Dakibyza
The name of a place. Also search in [the entry on] Valens.
high
short
δ
30
Δάλδις
Daldis
A city of Lydia.
high
short
δ
31
Δαλίον
dalion
The comic poets [render it] thus, with a lambda. "Come now, I will [take and] dip this torch." For by dipping, it seems, they used to purify the fire. But others write da|di/on. [sc. …
high
short
δ
32
Δαλός
firebrand
[Meaning a] lamp, or burning piece of wood, or half-burnt torch. And [there is] a proverb: 'a firebrand into fire'.
high
short
δ
33
Δαμάγητος
Damagetos, Damagetus
A proper name. The Herakleote.
high
short
δ
34
Δαμαλήτης
Damaletes
Proper name.
high
short
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