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96
Δαυίδειος σορός
Davidian funerary-urn
For
David
see generally delta 94, delta 95. As regards the present item, this same double lemma appears in ps.-Zonaras. If the phrases are the quotations they would seem to be, they are unidentifiable.
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97
Δαυίδης
Dauides, Davides
… is a hellenization (most common in Josephus) of the name
David;
cf. delta 94, delta 95, delta 96.
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41
Ἀβιάθαρ
Abiathar
… 2.26, Abiathar is a priest who gives sacred food to
David
and his men. In 1 Samuel 21.4-8, the priest is Abimelech, and Abiathar is his son; cf. 1 Samuel 22.20.
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51
Ἀβισάκ
Abisak, Abishag
… Shunammite (sigma 796 = sigma 836) took care of King
David
in his old age: 1 Kingdoms 1.3 (1 Kings 1.3) etc.
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1917
Ἐπαγγελίαι
proclamations
… might naturally suppose) quoted from somewhere. But in fact, as
David
Ruhnken realised, the headword should be ei)saggeli/ai, "impeachments" (cf. epsiloniota 220, epsiloniota 221, epsiloniota 222), the term for which Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon supplies …
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3038
Ἑρμῆς ὁ Τρισμέγιστος
Hermes the Trismegistos
… alphaiota 77, pi 1500, kappa 1392; ps.-Zonaras s.v. *(ermh=s; and
David
Potter in OCD(4) s.v.: 'the Hellenistic Hermes, Egyptianized through contact with the Egyptian Thoth. 'Trismegistos' derives from the Egyptian superlative obtained through repetition …
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204
Ἰεσσαί
Iessai, Jesse
Father of
David
(delta 94, delta 95): I Chronicles 2.13, etc.
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κ
1634
Κίναιδα
perversions
… a connection with kinein) are possible but not certain. J.
Davidson,
Courtesans and Fishcakes (London 1997), argues strongly for relating this and associated terms to sexual appetites of any kind which focus on the …
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2602
Κύβος
cube (six-sided gambling die or a square face or pip (spot) on such a die)
… such as a nine in place of the six (see
Davidson
as reference below). Except in the use of the cubic die in board games (see tau 7, pi 1384) it was never as …
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352
Μέγα
big
… de anima 409.4-22; 28-410.1. The translator would like to thank
David
Morgan for his help with this passage. [1] Or: continuity. [2] Or: material objects. [3] Or: intensifying or making sharper, i.e. higher. [4] …
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