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δ1124Διμήτωρtwice-born… thus being considered as having been born once from the earth and again from the vine"), and generally LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
κ335Καπηλίςhuckstress, landlady… vine here hinges upon the fact that phlo/s means both "earth, mud" and "wine dregs, lees". [2] For the otherwise unattested e)/mpelos read e)/mphlos ("muddy").Matched in noteshighshort
ε3139ἘσθήρEsther… 2.19 ff. Mordechai, while "at the king’s gate", discovers the plot against the king organized by two of his eunuchs. It is not Mordechai who reveals to the king the details of the conspiracy, …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1355ΔομνῖνοςDomninos, Domninus… matter in a powdery aspect, and the passage of the Earth through the tail of one of these heavenly bodies had brought about the inflammation of the powder in the part lightened by the …Matched in noteshighlong
δ1132Δῖνοςrotation… from the scholia there. [2] A dinos was a deep earthenware drinking-vessel wide at the top and running down to a point, thus resembling a vortex. Compare generally delta 1133. [3] See Clouds 265, …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2225Κώθωνkothon; Kothon… Carthage. The original actually says that the Romans heaped up earthen ramparts before the gates and slung these inflammable subjects onto them, together with pitch, thus setting fire to several towers. [5] After 'sulphur' …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1535Ἔξαμμον μιλίουexammon of the Milion… 618 (Chron. Pasch. 711), and removed an official, nicknamed "the Earthquake,” who had attempted to double the price of bread (ibid. 715-716). It is certainly possible that Heraclius, involved in activities similar to those …Matched in noteshighshort

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