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δ1093Δίκηςof justice[Meaning] of righteousness, or of vengeance. "We shall come to obtain justice from men who are unholy and perjurers." "The ancients used to define justice as "direct" and "impartial" and "inflexible". And this [image] …highmedium
δ1168ΔιονύσιαDionysiaA festival amongst Athenians. [There is] also a saying: "from the same [date] just about that, plus the time since the Dionysia". It was customary for Athenians to reckon the years and the excess …highmedium
δ1205ΔιοσημείαZeus-omen, Zeus-signA [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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[Meaning] of righteousness, or of vengeance. "We shall come to obtain justice from men who are unholy and perjurers." "The ancients used to define justice as "direct" and "impartial" and "inflexible". And this [image]…

Δίκης· δικαιοσύνης, ἢ τιμωρίας. ἥξομεν κομιούμενοι παρ' ἀνδρῶν ἀνοσίων καὶ ψευδόρκων δίκας. ὅτι τὴν δίκην φασὶν οἱ παλαιοὶ εὐθεῖάν τε εἶναι καὶ ἀκλινῆ καὶ ἄτρεπτον. καὶ τοῦτο…

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δ1257Διπλασιάσαιto double[This term] is used in a double sense: for [it means] either the place where the phalanx [is] when the number of the men remains the same, or the number itself. Each of these …highmedium

δ1535Δρόμοις[in] races[In] the gymnasia on Crete. "[In] the race he made his deeds correspond with his nature, and came out holding the most glorious prize of victory". He is talking about Orestes, [who is] in …highmedium

ε459Ἐκλεκτόςchosen, selectedWith acute accent on the last syllable; but e)pi/lektos has acute accent on the antepenultimate. [This is] because the former is derived from the verb, the latter from the noun. Solomon says: "the hand …highmedium

ε631Ἔκτακτοιspecial-duty soldiers, supernumerariesIn olden times the company had these, just as their name shows, because they were supernumeraries of the company. They are 5 [in number]: camp-herald, trumpeter, standard-bearer, attendant, leader of the rear-guard. But nowadays …highmedium

ε953Ἔμβολονwedge, wedge-formationName of a battle-order. It is half of a lozenge; it is also called sling-shaped. A lozenge-shaped arrangement. Also the iron part of a warship. "After [one of the tribunes] had dragged away from …highmedium

ε962Ἐμβριθῆ νοῦνsevere thought, weighty thought[Meaning] a serious and prudent [piece of] reasoning. The Pisidian [says]: "you came inside the shields with a severe speed". Menander [says]: "but Tanchosdro, Chosroes' general, did not collect elephants and a rustic mob …highmedium

ε1114ἘναντίαcontrariesAccording to Aristotle the contraries are joined to each other in six ways, and their conjunction, in four ways, creates a contrariety. 'Contraries' is the name for the [elements] which are very different from …highmedium

ε1136Ἐναύεινto kindle, to light a fire[Meaning] to share fire. Polybius [writes]: "if any one remained who had not died [sc. in the battle] and escaped the danger, [the Acarnanians decreed] that no city was to receive him or light …highmedium

ε1293Ἔνη καὶ νέαold and newAmongst Athenians this was the name for what we call the thirtieth [day of the month], the new moon, because in these days it happens that the moon has both its end and its …highmedium