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61
Δανότατα
most parched, very parched
[Referring to] the driest timbers.
high
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δ
62
Δαξισμός
irritation
"He was stopped from running about by some trouble [and] irritation of the heart."
high
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63
Δάοχος
Daochos, Daochus
This man is one of those who betrayed [control of] the affairs of [the] Thessalians to Philip.
high
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δ
64
Δαπανᾶν
to 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 …
high
short
δ
65
Δάπεδον
floor
[Meaning the] ground. Homer [writes]: "the gods sitting by Zeus held their assembly on the golden floor."
high
short
δ
66
Δάπιδας
rugs
They call "rugs" those [floor-coverings] that are smooth and not fleecy. And "with rugs" [means] with carpets. For thus Attic [writers use the word]. Aristophanes [in] Wealth [writes]: "it will not be possible [for …
high
short
δ
67
Δάπτω
I devour
The [verb that means] I eat with mangling; [something] which is also called darda/ptw. Babrius [writes]: "and devouring entrails."
high
short
δ
68
Δάρας
Daras
Procopius [writes]: "the Romans' cavalry were leaders of the cavalry which had previously withstood the battle at Daras".
high
short
δ
69
Δαρδανεύς
Dardaneus, Dardanian
The name of a people. Also [sc. attested are] Dardanioi.
high
short
δ
70
Δαρδάπτω
I devour
The [verb that means] I eat with mangling.
high
short
δ
71
Δαρετίου
Daretian
"[I say Gelon, Hieron, Polyzelus and Thrasybulus] dedicated a tripod of a hundred litrae and fifty talents' [weight] of Daretian gold, the tithe of a tithe."
high
short
δ
72
Δαρεικούς
Darics
It was a gold currency, which Darius first devised. When Xerxes sent an envoy to him and offered him three thousand Darics, [Aristides] said that he had no use for Persian wealth, living the …
high
short
δ
73
Δαρεικούς
Darics
Darics 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] …
high
short
δ
74
Δαρεῖος
Dareios, Darius
[It is said] that Alexander [King] of the Macedonians having embarked on war against Dareios King of the Persians overcame him by force of arms. And [Dareios] proposed that he come to a reconciliation …
high
medium
δ
75
Δᾴς
firebrand, torch
[Meaning a] lamp. "Bringing fire in torches and twigs smeared with pitch they set fire to the ship." And elsewhere: "[they] set half-beams cast upon the extremely soft couches and beds adorned with some …
high
short
δ
76
Δάσασθαι
to divide out, distribute
[Meaning] to portion out. Herodotus [writes]: "Xerxes having divided all the infantry into three portions."
high
short
δ
77
Δασέως
roughly, shaggily
and [sc. also attested is] rough/shaggy.
high
short
δ
78
Δάσιος
rough, shaggy
[da/sios means the same as] dasu/s.
high
short
δ
79
Δάσκιος
thick-shaded
[Meaning] that which is very shady.
high
short
δ
80
Δασμολογία
dasmos-collection, tribute-collection
[Meaning] phoros-collection. Also [sc. attested are] dasmos-collectors, [meaning] phoros-collectors.
high
short
δ
81
Δασμολογῶ
I collect dasmos, I collect tribute
[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] I amass [it]. "Plato made exempt from tribute [fo/ros] those who came to study with him, but you collect tribute [dasmo/s] and take it from those willing to give …
high
short
δ
82
Δασμός
dasmos, tribute
[Meaning] division, first-fruits of tribute. Xenophon [writes]: "they found 17 colts raised for tribute to the king." And elsewhere: "fearing Minos' fleet, the Athenians and decided to bring tribute to Crete, whomever they [sc. …
high
short
δ
83
Δασμοφορῶ
I pay dasmos, I pay tribute
[Used] with a dative.
high
short
δ
84
Δάσονται
they will divide amongst themselves
[Meaning] they are tearing apart. They will split up and eat in pieces.
high
short
δ
85
Δασπλῆτα
frightful, hellish, horrible
[Meaning] her approaching for evil. In the Epigrams: "for I cower at hellish separation from you as before the bitter night of Acheron." For the Fury [is] hellish.
high
short
δ
86
Δασύπους
shaggy-foot, furry-foot
[Meaning a] hare. And [there is] a proverb: "sooner will a tortoise outrun a shaggy-foot [sc. than a certain thing will happen];" in reference to the impossible.
high
short
δ
87
Δασύπους κρεῶν ἐπιθυμεῖ
a hare desires meat
It is said in application to someone desiring from another things which come from himself.
high
short
δ
88
Δατεῖσθαι
to 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 …
high
medium
δ
89
Δᾶτις
Datis
A Persian, who made it his business to speak Greek [sc. but did so badly]. They say he used xai/romai, instead of saying xai/rw. And that [sort of thing] is "Datism". Datis: "this man …
high
medium
δ
90
Δατόν
date
Among Romans [it is] the designation of the day and the time when someone is sent off either from the city or from some place. Mark you, perhaps this is what even now is …
high
short
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