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δ41ΔαμάστηςDamastesA Sigean, from Sigeion in the Troad, son of Dioxippos, born before the Peloponnesian War, contemporary of Herodotus, among the wealthiest of men, historian. He wrote On Events in Greece, On the Children and …highshort
δ207ΔελφίςdolphinAn engine of war [sc. intended] for a sea-battle. Whence also 'a dolphin-bearing ship'. Thucydides [book] 7 says : "at that point the dolphin-bearing spars suspended from the merchantmen over the entry channels hindered …highshort
δ1128Δῖναιwhirlpools[Meaning] the swirlings of waters. Also [sc. attested is the genitive singular] di/nhs ["of a whirlpool"], [meaning] of the swirling of waters.

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A Sigean, from Sigeion in the Troad, son of Dioxippos, born before the Peloponnesian War, contemporary of Herodotus, among the wealthiest of men, historian. He wrote On Events in Greece, On the Children and Ancestors of…

Δαμάστης, Σιγειεύς, ἀπὸ Σιγείου τῆς Τρωάδος, Διωξίππου υἱός, γεγονὼς πρὸ τῶν Πελοποννησιακῶν, σύγχρονος Ἡροδότῳ, τῶν πλουσιωτάτων, ἱστορικός. γέγραφε Περὶ τῶν ἐν Ἑλλάδι γενομένων,…

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δ1129Δινεύοντεςwhirling around[Meaning they] turning around.highshort

δ1130Δινήεντοςwhirling[Meaning] having eddies, [i.e.] swirlings of water generated by a rotating movement.highshort

δ1131Δινήσαςhaving whirled around[Meaning] having turned around. Arrian [writes]: "and there are whirlpools swirling around in extraordinary ways. So that the ship following should not crash into the ship sailing in front, the leading ship, driven out …highshort

δ1132Δῖνοςrotation[Meaning] the whirling around of the air, the swirling. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "but ethereal rotation". Others [maintain] that it is an earthenware vessel; that is, a deep drinking-cup, called a dinos. Aristophanes says …highshort

δ1178ΔιονύσιοςDionysius, DionysiosTyrant of Sicily; he wrote tragedies and comedies and historical works. "Others, too, became despots, but the tyranny of Dionysius was responsible for the greatest and most extreme ill-treatment [inflicted] on any state." Concerning …highshort

δ1179ΔιονύσιοςDionysius, DionysiosSon of the tyrant of Sicily and a tyrant and philosopher himself. [He wrote] Letters and On the poems of Epicharmus.highshort

δ1188ΔιοπείθηςDiopeithesA proper name, and it declines in -ous. An Athenian. Aelian [writes] concerning Diopeithes: "this man introduced a law [ordaining that] a person from the town [of Athens] staying in Peiraeus should suffer the …highshort

δ1238ΔίωνDion, DioSon of Hipparinos; a Syracusan, a Platonic philosopher. [He was] the brother of Aristomache, the wife of the older Dionysius, tyrant of Sicily. He also ruled over Sicily as tyrant, expelling Dionysius, the son …highshort

δ1329Δοκιμασίαν ἐπαγγεῖλαιto institute a dokimasia.[Meaning] the declaration against a person of a suit of [= for] debauchery. The dokimasia of debauchery does not apply to everyone, but to active politicians [politeuomenoi rhetores] and those who propose decrees.highshort

δ1546ΔρύοπεςDryopesA lawless people from the region of Delphi whom Heracles resettled. For at the time when he was fetching the Erymanthian boar he sought food from them but they did not give him any.highshort

ε122Ἐγκρατέστεροςstronger, on a stronger basisThucydides [writes]: "[the Athenians] both built up and organized the empire on a stronger basis, and they themselves advanced to greatness of power".highshort

ε2201Ἐπῇρενexcited, incited, stirred up, urged on[Used] instead of a)ne/peisen ["he/she/it persuaded"], h)re/qisen ["he/she/it roused"]. "Love, therefore, having united them incited them even against the tyrant Phalaris." And elsewhere: "this man he cured, and urged on to produce comedies again".highshort

ε2914Ἐραῖαeraia, wool-decorated branch[Meaning] the branch. It also signifies the refuse-like [sc. part] of the olive tree.highshort

ε2915Ἔραινενscattered, sprinkled[no gloss]highshort

ε3657ΕὔπολιςEupolis[Son of] Sosipolis; an Athenian; a comic poet. He began to stage plays at the age of seventeen. He produced 17 plays and won with 7. He died after his ship sank in the …highshort

ε3929ἜφιπποςEphippos, EphippusAn Athenian, comic poet of the Middle Comedy.highshort

ε3954Ἐφόρουνthey were conveying[Meaning] they were bringing. Thucydides [writes]: "they were conveying to the place wood and stones and earth and whatever else the piling on of which was likely to complete it".highshort

ε3956ἜφοροιephorsAmong Lacedaemonians they numbered 5. They were called 'ephors' because they watched over the affairs of the city. They were [in office] in succession.highshort

η610ἩσυχάζωI am at rest, I am still, I keep quiet[Used] with a dative.highshort