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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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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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963
Διεσπευσάμην
I worked zealously
Meaning I did [something] with zeal. Or meaning I accomplished [something].
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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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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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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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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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1229
Διώκειν
to prosecute, to pursue
[sc. A verb used] in reference to bringing to court and accusing [there] and in reference to desiring and yearning for [something]; for we say "to pursue excellence". Also in reference to going through …
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1236
Διώμοτος
bound by oath, oath-bound
"[He] ordered the orators, bound by oath, to join the litigants". That is, [he ordered] the advocates [to do so]. Simocatta used the word diwmosi/a in reference to an oath when he says: "the …
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1243
Διώνυμον
well-known
[Meaning] far-famed, renowned, famous.
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1250
Διώρθου
was putting to rights
"That man [was putting to rights] the [sc. political?] situation". Pluperfect.
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1327
Δοκιμάσας
having put to the test, having scrutinised
[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning he] having judged. Also [sc. attested is] dokimasqei/sais, ["having been scrutinised"], [meaning] having been judged, having been affirmed. "After learning that [the] Romans did not like the peace-terms that …
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1330
Δοκιμαστῆρες
scrutineers
[Meaning] the examiners. "Despite being, even before, a notable person among all the Italians at least, [now], as it was natural, he won an even greater renown because of his generosity."
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1554
Δρύφακτοι
railings
[Meaning] wooden defences, the cross-barriers, or the surrounding fences, or latticed gates, enclosures, the ones now called "boarded", the projecting timbers of the buildings. "After he had collected four hundred merchant-ships, and attached railings …
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1560
Δοῖδυξ
pestle
[Meaning] a grinding-implement. Aristophanes [writes]: "that if this man had not become great in the city, two useful implements would not exist, a pestle and a grinder". See in the entry a)letri/banos ['grinder'].
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