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δ45ΔαμιανόςDamianus, DamianosOf Ephesus. Sophist. He was raised to consular rank under the emperor [Septimius] Severus, was governor of Bithynia, and constructed the domed stoa which extends to the shrine outside Ephesus.highshort
δ46ΔάμιςDamisA 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 …highmedium
δ52ΔαμόφιλοςDamophilus, DamophilosPhilosopher, sophist. He was raised by Julianus, the consul under the emperor Marcus. He was a prolific author; I have found the following works in the libraries: Bibliophile (book 1), on books worth purchasing, …

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Damianus, Damianos

Of Ephesus. Sophist. He was raised to consular rank under the emperor [Septimius] Severus, was governor of Bithynia, and constructed the domed stoa which extends to the shrine outside Ephesus.

Δαμιανός, Ἐφέσιος, σοφιστής· ὃς καὶ ἐν ὑπάτοις ἐνεγράφη ἐπὶ τοῦ βασιλέως Σευήρου καὶ Βιθυνίας ἦρξε καὶ τὴν στοάν, τὴν ἐκτὸς Ἐφέσου ἀποτεινομένην εἰς τὸ ἱερόν, θολικὴν κατεσκεύασεν.

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trade and manufacture8

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meter and music6

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Oliver Phillips ✝3

Oliver Phillips ✝3

Victoria Papaprodromou2

Victoria Papaprodromou2

D. Graham J. Shipley1

D. Graham J. Shipley1

Dennis McHenry1

Dennis McHenry1

James L. P. Butrica ✝1

James L. P. Butrica ✝1

Konstantinos Kopanias1

Konstantinos Kopanias1

Kostas Zafeiris1

Kostas Zafeiris1

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δ63ΔάοχοςDaochos, DaochusThis man is one of those who betrayed [control of] the affairs of [the] Thessalians to Philip.highshort

δ64Δαπανᾶνto spend[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] not simply to use up, but to live it up and to be prodigal and to spend with wastefulness; thus Demosthenes [uses this word]; and other advocates use this …highshort

δ73ΔαρεικούςDaricsDarics 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] …highshort

δ88Δατεῖσθαιto distribute['To distribute'] and 'distributors'. To distribute [datei=sqai] [means] dividing, whereas 'distributors' [dathtai/] [are] the dividers. The [phrase] "into a choice of dividers" is a kind of lawsuit. For whenever people were sharing [something] with …highmedium

δ99ΔαφίδαςDaphidasOf Telmessos. Grammarian. He wrote about Homer and his poetry, [claiming] that he did not tell the truth: for the Athenians did not fight at Troy. This man was indiscriminately abusive, and did not …highmedium

δ145Δεδήσεταιwill be bound[dedh/setai is the same as] deqh/setai.highshort

δ169Δεῆσανthere being a lack[Meaning] with a need having arisen.highshort

δ171Δέκαten['Ten'] and 'tenth-man'. "[sc. The] ten were in office, the ones set up after the Thirty"; however, each of these officials was called a tenth-man, as Lysias shows.highshort

δ172Δεκαδαρχίαιtenfold-regimesHistorians consistently give the name "tenfold-regimes" to the [regimes] set up in the cities by Spartans. And Philip, however, set up a tenfold-regime amongst [the] Thessalians, as Demosthenes [shows] in the sixth of [the] …highshort

δ174Δεκάζεσθαιto be bribed in tens[Meaning] to take bribes. Also [sc. attested in the active voice] 'to bribe in tens' [deka/zein]: to corrupt with money or gifts. Aelian [writes]: "he corrupted many of the nomads, having bribed them in …highmedium

δ182Δεκατεύεινto titheMeaning to exact a tithe and to plunder. Property taken from enemies used to be tithed to the gods; hence, technically speaking, tithing is consecration, but as a metaphor a "tithe" [can be] anything …highshort

δ183Δεκατευτάςtithe-men[Meaning] tax-men, [the ones] exacting and collecting the tithe. So Antiphon [sc. uses the word]. Also [sc. attested is] dekatelogoi, [meaning] the same [men]. They say dekatelogos in the feminine also.highshort

δ185Δεκατηλόγουςtithe-collectors[Meaning] those exacting the tithe. The same thing, then, as the tithe-men.highshort

δ191ΔεκελεικόςDekeleian, Decelean[Referring to] the Peloponnesian War; [sc. so named] from its final part.highshort

δ206ΔελφίνιονDelphinion, DelphiniumIt is of course a place in Chios; but there is also a shrine of Apollo in Athens so called, where the Delphinion lawcourt used to be.highshort

δ234ΔεξιόςcleverThe well-educated [man]. Also [sc. attested is the plural] dexioi, the well-educated [men]. Aristophanes [writes]: "turning around always to the more comfortable side is the mark of a clever man, a natural Theramenes." This …highmedium

δ237ΔέξιπποςDexippus, DexipposSon of Dexippus; surnamed Herennius; of Athens. Rhetor. Lived under the Roman emperors Valerian, Gallienus, Claudius II and Aurelian.highshort

δ241ΔέομαιI request[Used] with a genitive, but [sc. also] with an accusative. "Therefore we will speak of this man. What things I ask and entreat [from you all] [...]."highshort

δ259Δερματικόνskin-moneyLycurgus says [this, meaning] the cash resulting from the skins being sold.highshort

δ261Δερμιστήςskin-eaterLysias maintains that the worm is so called, whereas Aristarchus [applies the term to] the snake. But perhaps, rather, someone who eats skins would be more appropriately so called.highshort

δ288Δεῦροhither, hithertoSome think that this adverb is applied to time. But the orators all use it to denote place; like Aeschines in the [speech] Against Timarchus: "to present also that the defendant will be filled …highmedium

δ291Δευσοποιόςdeep-dyedIn an exact sense it is the word applied to purple which retains the bloom of the dye permanently and indelibly; metaphorically speaking [it is applied] to everything else which retains its color permanently …highmedium

δ299Δεῖit is necessary[Meaning] it is fitting. It has 4 senses. Meaning xrh/ ["one must"]. And meaning there is need. [sc. As in] "there is need of money, and without these things there will be nothing of …highshort

δ300Δεῖγμαdisplay, DeigmaAs a technical term, the item of goods-for-sale being displayed. There is also a certain place in the commercial port at Athens, to which the display-items used to be brought, called this. It is …highmedium

δ327ΔεῖμοςFright[Fright] and Fear and Din of War, attendants of Ares, sons of war; they too experienced what Ares did, after Hephaestus had not been frightened by them.highshort

δ330Δεῖν ᾠήθηνI deemed it necessary[Meaning] I supposed it to be necessary, I thought it essential.highshort

δ333ΔείναρχοςDinarchus, DeinarchosA Corinthian, a rhetor, one of those ranked with Demosthenes. Whose son he is, is not recorded. He wrote (according to some) 160 speeches in all; but a more accurate figure is only 60, …highshort

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