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Διάμετρος
diameter
A kind of geometrical [term]. Eunapius [writes]: "the diametrically opposed shafts making a kind of cross at the tongue with the conjunction of the counter-posed arrowheads." But Dinarchus calls the residue from something that …
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Διόφαντος
Diophantos, Diophantus
A proper name.
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Ἑκατοστός
hundredth
The [sc. ordinal] number.
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Ἑκατοντάρχης
leader of a hundred; centurion
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Χίλια
thousand
A number.
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Χοίνικες
choinix, choenix
The noun means not only the measure [sc. of that name], but also fetters. Choinikes are fetters of a certain kind; a choinix [is] anything rounded. Hence also the measure is named a choinix. …
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Χοίνικες
choinix, choenix
[Meaning the units] by which Egyptians measure [time-]periods. "The category of supremely contemplative souls [is] rarer than that of the choinix, by which Egyptians measure [time-]periods; the likes of Amous and Antonios".
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