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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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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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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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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."
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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."
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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 …
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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 …
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Δαμασίφρων
heart-conquering
[Meaning] he who/that which is able to deceive. Pindar [writes]: "heart-conquering gold".
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Δάμις
Damis
A man not without learning, an inhabitant of ancient Nineveh. This man was a philosophical associate of Apollonius and wrote up his travels, which he says he, too, shared. He wrote up his opinions …
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Δαμόκριτος
Damokritos, Damocritus
Historian. [He wrote] Tactics in 2 books, [and] On the Jews; in which [latter] he says that they used to bow down to the golden head of an ass, and every seven years hunted …
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Δαναΐς
Danaid
[Danais, genitive singular] *Danai/+dos, and [genitive plural] *Danai/+dwn. Also look up the proverb in [the entry on] a)plhsti/a ["insatiable desire"].
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Δανεῖσαι
to lend at interest
[Used] with a dative. To lend [xrh=sai] [is] preferable to this; for lending [is] in reference to friends, whereas lending at interest [danei=sai] [is directed] to random persons. Also [sc. attested is the related …
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Δαπανᾶν
to spend
[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] not simply to use up, but to live it up and to be prodigal and to spend with wastefulness; thus Demosthenes [uses this word]; and other advocates use this …
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Δαρεικούς
Darics
It was a gold currency, which Darius first devised. When Xerxes sent an envoy to him and offered him three thousand Darics, [Aristides] said that he had no use for Persian wealth, living the …
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Δασμολογῶ
I collect dasmos, I collect tribute
[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] I amass [it]. "Plato made exempt from tribute [fo/ros] those who came to study with him, but you collect tribute [dasmo/s] and take it from those willing to give …
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Δασπλῆτα
frightful, hellish, horrible
[Meaning] her approaching for evil. In the Epigrams: "for I cower at hellish separation from you as before the bitter night of Acheron." For the Fury [is] hellish.
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Δατεῖσθαι
to distribute
['To distribute'] and 'distributors'. To distribute [datei=sqai] [means] dividing, whereas 'distributors' [dathtai/] [are] the dividers. The [phrase] "into a choice of dividers" is a kind of lawsuit. For whenever people were sharing [something] with …
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Δατοῖς
customs
[Meaning] deceptions, all sorts of cunning. "They considered bearing witness to them in written statements. But since this was not allowed to happen simply and customarily because of the fear of the king/emperor, they …
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Δαυίδ
David
King of Israel. When Saul was pursuing him, and after Saul had fallen into David's hands, not once but twice, and yet suffered no harm, the very gentle David said to the very misanthropic …
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Δαφίδας
Daphidas
Of Telmessos. Grammarian. He wrote about Homer and his poetry, [claiming] that he did not tell the truth: for the Athenians did not fight at Troy. This man was indiscriminately abusive, and did not …
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Δαψιλέστατος
most abundant, very abundant
[Meaning] most/very lavish. It is also said of streams, and of those who are generous.
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Δαψίλεια
abundance
[Meaning] lavishness. Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] dayilh/s ["abundant/ample"], [meaning] great.
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Δαιμονᾶν
to be demon-possessed
[Meaning] to be held by a demon, and to be mad. Also [sc. attested is the related participle] daimonh/sas ["being demon-possessed"]. "He departed from life when demon-possessed, through the occurrence of certain symptoms of …
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Δαιμόνιε
my good sir
[Meaning] my dear sir.
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Δαιμονίως
marvelously, miraculously
[Meaning] surprisingly. "'He was attended', he said, 'in a marvelous manner'." "He was marvelously keen on sex." Meaning surprisingly, exceedingly.
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Δαίμων
god, demi-god, spirit, fortune, genius
[Meaning] each person's fortune. Aristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "fortune does not allow [a slave] to control his own body as master, but [allows] rather the purchaser [to control it]." And Sophocles [writes]: "[you are] …
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Δαῖτας
feasts
[Meaning] parties. "Phoebus,... accept from the sailors this feast of hand-kneaded barley cake." Also, "just as Hesiod represents the sons of Aeacus as 'rejoicing in war as if in a feast."
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Δαιτὸς ἐΐσης
of an equal banquet
[Meaning] from feasting divided equally. But Zenodotus says [it means] "of good [feasting]," since nourishment is good for mankind. Since the first human beings, who did not have bountiful nourishment, snatched it by force …
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Δαιτρεύειν
to cut up and distribute
[Meaning] to apportion.
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Δαιτρός
apportioner, carver, distributor
[Meaning someone] distributing miniscule portions to those feasting. For thus they used to feast apportioning both the sheep and the drink. Hence [Homer] says: "of an equal banquet." [Meaning] of equally distributed food. Or …
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