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Ἀκή
Ake, Acre
A city in Phoenicia, which some say is the old name for the one now called Ptolemais, though Demetrius [says this] not of the [whole] city but of its acropolis.
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2310
Ἀνέρριπτον
I was tossing in the air, they were tossing in the air
I was/they were undertaking. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "the die has been thrown"; in effect, has been put at risk. "So speak, as I have been tossed by you, your final throw …
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4148
Ἀσίννιος Πωλίων
Asinnios Polion, Asinius Pollio
A Roman. He assembled Roman histories in 17 volumes. This man was the first to write a Greek history in Latin.
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645
Διαμάρτῃ
that he would fail; that he would miss the opportunity
[... that he would fail/miss the opportunity], that man. Subjunctive.
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691
Διαπεσούσης
after it had collapsed, if it had collapsed
[Meaning] after/if it had failed. "So it seemed to him safe to make them privy to the action, both if the plan had collapsed and if it had come to fruition." Also [sc. attested …
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849
Διαψεύδονται
they are cheated, they are deceived, they are disappointed
[Used] with a genitive. [Meaning] they are deprived, they fail to achieve. "Therefore, on the one hand, they are cheated in [sc. achieving any credit for] noble conduct; on the other hand, they almost …
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935
Διέπεσεν
collapsed, fell through
[He/she/it] failed. “And the hope in Bithias collapsed in this fashion.”
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1498
Δρᾶμα
act, drama
[Meaning a] thing done, deed. As also to act [means] to do. Drama means also the things done in imitation by theatre-people [= actors] as in playing a speaking part [? = declaiming]. But …
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1501
Δράος
Drava
The [Drava] and Sava rivers, surrounding the second Paeonia, flow into the river Istros [= lower Danube].
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1569
Δύμας
Dymas
The Phrygian, the father of Hekabe [= Hecuba], gave his daughter in marriage to Priam in Ilion [= Troy]; as a result Priam fights alongside the Phrygians: "And they came to vine-rich Phrygia." Homer …
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