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Δαγίσθαιος
Dagisthaios, Dagisthaeus
Proper name.
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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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Δάκες
Dakes, Dacians
Those who are now called Patzinakitai. The nominative da/kos, [dative] da/kei; [plural] da/kh and da/keta, [meaning] beasts, venomous serpents. Also dake/tas similarly.
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Δακία χώρα
Dacian region, Dacian territory
That which Trajan colonized in the regions on the other side of the Istrus. And Aurelian abandoned this [region], once the region of the Illyrians and the Mysians had become afflicted [sc. by the …
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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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Δαμάστης
Damastes
A Sigean, from Sigeion in the Troad, son of Dioxippos, born before the Peloponnesian War, contemporary of Herodotus, among the wealthiest of men, historian. He wrote On Events in Greece, On the Children and …
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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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Δάμων
Damon, Damo
A proper name.
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Δάοχος
Daochos, Daochus
This man is one of those who betrayed [control of] the affairs of [the] Thessalians to Philip.
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Δάρας
Daras
Procopius [writes]: "the Romans' cavalry were leaders of the cavalry which had previously withstood the battle at Daras".
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Δαρετίου
Daretian
"[I say Gelon, Hieron, Polyzelus and Thrasybulus] dedicated a tripod of a hundred litrae and fifty talents' [weight] of Daretian gold, the tithe of a tithe."
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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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Δαρεικούς
Darics
Darics are gold staters; each of them had the value of what the Athenians call a "gold." They were named not after Darius the father of Xerxes but after some other more ancient [Persian] …
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Δαρεῖος
Dareios, Darius
[It is said] that Alexander [King] of the Macedonians having embarked on war against Dareios King of the Persians overcame him by force of arms. And [Dareios] proposed that he come to a reconciliation …
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Δᾴς
firebrand, torch
[Meaning a] lamp. "Bringing fire in torches and twigs smeared with pitch they set fire to the ship." And elsewhere: "[they] set half-beams cast upon the extremely soft couches and beds adorned with some …
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Δάσασθαι
to divide out, distribute
[Meaning] to portion out. Herodotus [writes]: "Xerxes having divided all the infantry into three portions."
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Δασμολογία
dasmos-collection, tribute-collection
[Meaning] phoros-collection. Also [sc. attested are] dasmos-collectors, [meaning] phoros-collectors.
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Δασμός
dasmos, tribute
[Meaning] division, first-fruits of tribute. Xenophon [writes]: "they found 17 colts raised for tribute to the king." And elsewhere: "fearing Minos' fleet, the Athenians and decided to bring tribute to Crete, whomever they [sc. …
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Δᾶτις
Datis
A Persian, who made it his business to speak Greek [sc. but did so badly]. They say he used xai/romai, instead of saying xai/rw. And that [sort of thing] is "Datism". Datis: "this man …
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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
A prophet, forefather of our Lord and God. [The man] who after becoming king grew even more powerful, and the Lord Almighty was with him. He had 37 mighty men, so mighty that the …
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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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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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Δαιμόνιος ὁρμή
divine impulse
[Meaning that] of a spirit, or of a god.
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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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Δαιταλεῖς
feasters
[Meaning] banqueters and club-members and symposiasts and those such as feast together. Thus Aristophanes [uses this word]. "The king granted an after-dinner entertainment to the feasters as if it were something noteworthy, and this …
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Δεββώρα
Debbora, Deborah
A proper name. The prophetess and [person] of manly mind.
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Δεδίξεσθαι
to rout
[Meaning] to frighten into flight, to pursue. "[...] to stir up a confusing wild noise and to make a clamour with shouting and the drums, so as to beat back and to rout the …
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Δεδιότες
fearing
Also [sc. attested is] dediw/s ["he fearing"], he being afraid. "But they, fearing for their families, then first asked to go."
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