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δ1352ΔομετιανόςDomitian, Domitianus, Dometianos… shorn and brought into court in fetters. And when the philosopher did not relent in his ridicule of the things that had happened on account of him and in his criticism of the things …Matched in translationhighlong
δ1178ΔιονύσιοςDionysius, Dionysios… ill-treatment [inflicted] on any state." Concerning the tyrant Dionysius and Philoxenus the dithyrambic poet, see in the [entry] 'take me away to the quarries'.Matched in translationhighshort
δ92ΔάτοςDatos, Datus, Daton, DatumAbridged from Harpokration s.v., citing various historians (Ephorus, Theopompus, Philochorus) who mention it. See already delta 91. The neuter form, Daton, actually seems to be the most authentic. Although originally Thrakian, the town was …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1227Δίωκε ἀρετήνpursue excellence… Chrysostom In Ep. 2 ad Cor. 61.488.4 Migne: tou=to di/wke, filosofi/an kai\ a)reth\n "love of wisdom and virtue, that is what you should follow". However, the expression here looks like a common saying, and …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1445Δωδωναῖον χαλκεῖονDodonian bronze… some form of words involving the name of the Attidographer Philochorus; cf. FGrH 328 F72.Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1491Δραγμὴ χαλαζῶσαa drachma falling as hail; a handful falling as hail… what lexicographers et al. learned about theorika was phi 441 Philochorus (cf. under theta 219), and his convention seems to have been to leave the participle implicit (see the note at mu 801).Matched in noteshighshort
δ1168ΔιονύσιαDionysia… major occasion in a child’s life, on the basis of Philostratus, Heroicus 35.9 and inscriptions. On the other hand, the Choes included a drinking contest with a wineskin as the prize, and thus the …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1189Διοπομπεῖσθαιto escort [evil] away… hence "conjure away" (Plutarch, Cato Maior 22 met' eu)prepei/as tou\s filoso/fous e)k th=s po/lews) or "chase away" a pollution (Cassius Dio 37.46.1 mi/asma, a damage (Iamblicus, On the Mysteries 1.13.21 bla/bhn, every kind of …Matched in noteshighshort