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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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954
Δίεσιν
diesis, interval
[Meaning] separation. Also the movement before a musical ode. "*di/esis is the name for the smallest measure of the enharmonic intervals, which -- having ceased to be perceived by our senses -- led the …
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955
Δίεσις
diesis, interval
[Meaning] the separated space. Or a loosening.
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957
Διεσκεδασμένον
dispersed, disseminated, scattered (?)
[Meaning] given form. Also [sc. attested is] dieske/dase, [meaning he/she/it] scattered abroad.
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958
Διεσκευασμένην
prepared
[Meaning] written with deceit. Polybius [writes]: "they sent away some of the Cretans, after giving them a prepared letter ostensibly [directed] against piracy."
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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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960
Διεσκίασται
is covered with shadow
[Meaning he/she/it] is hidden away.
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961
Διεσμιλευμένον
polished-off
[Meaning] split, refined, smoothed, completely purified.
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962
Διεσπαθηκότα
having squandered away
[Meaning] having thrown away.
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963
Διεσπευσάμην
I worked zealously
Meaning I did [something] with zeal. Or meaning I accomplished [something].
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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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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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1108
Δίκροτα
dikrota, two-banked
[Meaning] biremes. "The ships[of the Byzantines had] only one bank of oars, but some of them were equipped with two banks. Some others were furnished with rudders on either side - both at the …
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1109
Δικροῖς
bifurcated, 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 …
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δ
1116
Δικτυωτή
latticed
[Meaning] grate-shaped. Also [sc. attested is the masculine] diktuwto/s, [meaning] complex.
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δ
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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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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medium
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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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1191
Διοπτεύσων
intending to spy upon
[Meaning] intending to look thoroughly, intending to watch closely.
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1192
Διοπτῆρα
scout
[Meaning] spy, inspector. A diopth/r [is] also a mechanical tool, with which the height of battlements used to be determined. Alternatively [sc. found as] dio/ptra.
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1193
Διοπτῆρες
scouts
[Meaning] the watchers, the advanced guards. "Because of the rain pouring down, as the Avars contrived, and the air being foggy and dark, the scouts were not able to distinguish the enemy coming to …
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δ
1195
Διόπτρα
dioptra
A mechanical implement, with which the geometers used to assess with precision the measure of battlements from a distance. The Pisidian [writes]: "you see these things from far away with your dioptra".
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δ
1198
Διορία
fixed time
[Meaning] an appointed day. But if [used] with omega [sc. as the middle vowel], it indicates "exact time", [and is] written diwri/a.
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δ
1200
Διοριστέον
(something which) must be defined, (something which) must be separated
[Meaning something which] must be divided.
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δ
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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1202
Δῖος
Dios
Name of a month among Macedonians, [namely] November, [sc. Also an adjective denoting] the young and the illustrious. The vocative [is] w)= di=e. It also indicates the name of a place.
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1203
Διὸς ἄνθος
Zeus' blossom, Zeus' flower
[The name of] a thorny plant.
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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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medium
δ
1210
Διὸς κῴδιον
Zeus' ram-fleece
[The fleece] of which the victim has been sacrificed to Zeus. They [sc. the Athenians] sacrifice both to [Zeus] Meilichios and to Zeus Ktesios. They preserve the fleeces of these [victims], calling on the …
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