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δ1445Δωδωναῖον χαλκεῖονDodonian bronze… reading she reports in ms F: e)pi\ tw=n makrologou/ntwn). [1] Demon FGrH 327 F20. [2] 'Aristotle' is a mistake; Steph. Byz. has 'in Aristides' (FGrH 286 F30); cf. epsilon 3154. [3] Menander fr. 65 …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ15Δαΐμονοςof a daimonGenitive singulars of the noun dai/mwn (spirit, god, demon); conventional -- i.e. trisyllabic -- in the gloss, but quadrisyllabic (by diaeresis) in the headword, which must be quoted from somewhere. Plato, Cratylus 398B, etymologizes …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1560Δοῖδυξpestle… where Kleon and Brasidas are the "pestles" used by the demon War to destroy Greece.) Aristophanes, however, did not mention the a)letri/banos; the second implement in the phrase is a stirring implement, toru/nh (tau …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1170Διονύσιος ὁ ἈρεωπαγίτηςDionysios the Areiopagite, Dionysius the Areopagite… of the Greeks"), i.e. pagan Greek philosophical notions or Greek demonstration procedures, to show the truth of Christian faith against pagan worship. [11] "which comes from God": literally “the wisdom of God”, the knowledge …Matched in noteshighlong
δ1189Διοπομπεῖσθαιto escort [evil] away… of Zeus Apotropaios; [the epithet] apotropaios [for] Zeus and a demon means curse-lifting, turning away the pollution". Cf. Plato, Laws 854B i)/qi e)pi\ ta\s a)podiopomph/seis, i)/qi e)pi\ qew=n a)potropai/wn i(era\ i(ke/ths, "betake yourself to …Matched in noteshighshort
δ289Δεύσαςhaving steeped… participle, masculine nominative singular, of deu/w) is presumably, if not demonstrably, extracted from the quotation given. cf. generally delta 290, delta 291. [1] Aelian fr. 275 Domingo-Forasté (277 Hercher) -- but latterly Iamblichus, Babyloniaca …Matched in noteshighshort
δ153Δεδιττόμενοςterrifying… Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon; that fact makes it likely (if not demonstrable) that the headword is quoted from Plato, Phaedrus 245B.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1331ΔόκιμοςDokimos, DocimusBoth of these unglossed headwords are probably, though not demonstrably, proper names. (As elsewhere, Adler's convention of capitalising all headwords confuses the issue.) The primary one is of course copiously attested as an adjective …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1374Δοξολογῶ σεI laud you… entries which combine a translation/gloss of a verb with a demonstration of its grammatical use -- in this instance the accusative case. The headword verb, in Lampe but not in LSJ (which only has …Matched in noteshighshort
δ806Δίαυλοςdouble-stretch… (web address 1). As part of his commentary on the demonic nature of Justinian (cf. iota 446), Procopius describes an eyewitness report of the emperor's head vanishing while his body continued to wander to …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1081Δικαιώματαacts of justice, things done as of right… is accusative plural, evidently extracted from somewhere (possibly, though not demonstrably, the quotation which follows here). [1] Likewise the gloss on a passage of Polybius in delta 1065. [2] Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, …Matched in noteshighshort
δ842Διαχώρουςintervals… are in the accusative plural, the headword presumably (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given. The headword is a military term, attested in the masculine form only here and in ps.-Zonaras s.v. (which …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1326Δοκίδεςbeams, meteors… 31.1472.25 Migne; and cf. also Aristotle, De mundo 392b4; Eusebius, Demonstratio evangelica 9.1.14; Anna Comnena, Alexias 12.4.1. See also kappa 1996. The noun doki/s is also used in mathematical contexts, as one of the …Matched in noteshighshort
δ57ΔανάηDanaë[1] Lucian, Demonax 47. The joke is that Akrisios can literally mean "man with bad judgment" or "man who is unjudged"; from alpha 984. [2] Greek Anthology 5.217.7 (Paul the Silentiary), quoted from epsilon …Matched in noteshighshort
δ367Δείσαντεςfrightened… are presumably quoted from somewhere, the singular perhaps (though not demonstrably) from one of the three quotations given here. [2] Herodotus 7.163.1. [3] Appian, Celtica fr. 20 Viereck-Roos-Gabba. [4] Procopius, History of the Wars …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1368Δόξανopinion… 1367). It must be extracted from somewhere; perhaps, though not demonstrably, the quotation which immediately follows. [2] Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. Adler tentatively suggests Polybius (cf. next …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1232Διώκω σεI am pursuing you… read tou= yhfi/smatos.) At the beginning of chapter 56, Demosthenes demonstrates the legal fitness of the yh/fisma by a partitio, reviewing point by point the reasons alleged by Aeschines to impeach the decree: that …Matched in noteshighshort
δ843Διὰ χρόνουafter a time… more fluidity to body liquids: qermai/nei kai\ leptu/nei. And as demonstration of that, Galen, De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus libri XI, 6 perí glêchônos, writes: “it makes it easy to spit out thick …Matched in noteshighmedium