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- δ1020ΔιῆρξαI completed my term of officeLysias fr. 177 Sauppe (now 223 Carey OCT), cited from Harpokration s.v.
- δ1085ΔικαιώσειςjustificationsAbridged from Harpokration s.v.; cf. delta 1084. Lysias 9.8 (web address 1); Thucydides 1.141.1 (web address 2), 8.66.2 (web address 3).
- δ543Διαδόσειςshare-outsLysias fr. 312 Sauppe, now 484 Carey OCT, cited from Harpokration s.v. The headword, there as again here, is accusative plural.
- δ171ΔέκαtenAbridged from Harpokration s.v., who besides Isocrates and Lysias (below) cites Androtion FGrH 324 F10. [1] Isocrates 18.5. [2] Lysias fr. 79 Sauppe, now 88 Carey OCT.
- δ261Δερμιστήςskin-eaterFrom Harpokration s.v. dermhsth/s. [1] Lysias fr. 104 Sauppe, now 122 Carey OCT. But NB, according to Harpokration, Lysias merely used the word, without explanation. It was Didymus, commenting on Sophokles (fr. 449 Radt), …
- δ88Δατεῖσθαιto distribute… delta6 Keaney (s.v.). See also Photius, Lexicon delta70 Theodoridis. [1] Lysias fr. 7 Sauppe (still 7 Carey OCT); ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 56.6 (web address 1) with Rhodes 631.
- δ598ΔιακωδωνίζωI ring abroad… Masculine nominative plural of this aorist passive participle. Quoted from Lysias, according to Etymologicum Magnum 267.27; Lysias fr. 313 Sauppe, now 485 Carey OCT.
- δ1029Διθυραμβοδιδάσκαλοιdithyramb-directors… 414 BC). (The frustrated young husband of this name in Lysistrata [829-953, 411 BC, cf. alphaiota 101] is probably not intended as a comment on the dithyrambic poet [see Henderson in his edition on …
- δ1147ΔιόγνητοςDiognetos, Diognetus… permit a specific identification. (Examples: one of the protagonists in Lysias 18 -- brother of the well-known Nikias (nu 389); the hellenistic historian from (?)Erythrai, FGrH 120; and see under alpha 830.)
- δ1067ΔικαιόπολιςDikaiopolis, DicaeopolisFrom Harpokration s.v., commenting on its appearance in Lysias fr. 115 Sauppe (now 157 Carey OCT). Its more common name seems to have been simple Dikaia. [1] So the transmitted text, corrupting Abdera (alpha …
- δ535Διαγράψασθαιto cancel[1] So in Lysias (fr. 195 Sauppe, now 247 Carey OCT), according to Harpokration s.v.; and cf. generally delta 533.
- δ557Διάθεσιςdeposing, disposing… means, in effect, wills. [2] Isaeus fr. 7 Sauppe. [3] Lysias fr. 230 Sauppe, now 283 Carey OCT. [4] Isocrates 10.55 (web address 1). [5] Antiphon fr. 165 Sauppe. [6] Antiphon fr. 112 Sauppe. …
- δ1165Διόμνυταιaffirms, asseverates… 1235, delta 1236). It must be quoted from somewhere, probably Lysias 10.12.
- δ1475Δωροξενίαbribery by a foreignerMuch abbreviated from Harpokration s.v., where oratory (Lysias, Hyperides) and ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 59.3, are cited. [1] i.e., improperly enrolled as an Athenian citizen.
- δ561Διαθείηmight arrange… below. The headword (which must be quoted from somewhere; perhaps Lysias 13.11, though there are other possibilities) is aorist active optative, third person singular, of diati/qhmi. It is glossed here with a future indicative, …
- δ192Δεκέτηςten years old; ten years long… the headword see LSJ s.v.) [2] Instances in e.g. Aristophanes (Lysistrata 643-4, cf. eta 4: ten years old sense) and Plato (Laws 784B: ten years long sense).
- δ1626Δυσείκαστονhard to make out… is concerned: see also On Thucydides 40 (on Thuc. 5.111), Lysias 4 (on Thucydides and Demosthenes in general terms), Second Letter to Ammaeus 3 (on Thucydides' choice of vocabulary).
- δ834Διαφορουμένης τῆς κρόκης ὑπὸ τῶν ἀλεκτρυόνωνthe thread being torn apart by the roosters[1] Aristophanes, Lysistrata 896 (web address 1), with the gloss of the scholia there. 'Thread' in this context means fine, expensive woollen cloth: see LSJ s.v. kro/kh, 3. [2] Arrian, Parthica fr.88 Roos [FGrH …
- δ1263Διποδίαtwo-step; two-footer[1] An approximation of Aristophanes, Lysistrata 1243-4 (web address 1), with scholion. 'Dance the dipodia' is a verb cognate with the present headword. See also Pollux 4.101; Hesychius delta1952. [2] The speaker is a …
- δ1549Δρυπέπηςtree-ripened… Likewise in other lexica. [2] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 664. And cf. gamma 187, delta 1541, epsilon 729. [3] Heteroclite accusative singular, at Greek Anthology 6.191 (Longus). See another extract from this …
- δ73ΔαρεικούςDaricsFrom Harpocration s.v. dareikos (commenting on Lysias 12.11, where this accusative plural occurs). And see already delta 72. [1] Reigned 522-486.
- δ201Δέλταdelta… pubic triangle. LSJ entry at web address 1. [2] Aristophanes Lysistrata 151 (text at web address 2). See the commentary by J. Henderson (Oxford 1987), p.85, slightly modifying his earlier remarks in The Maculate …
- δ680Διαξῆναιto cardAristophanes, Lysistrata 578, with comment from the scholia there. See also sigma 1579. [1] Aorist infinitive(s).
- δ299Δεῖit is necessary… 1 below). [4] cf. epsilon 221, epsilon 230. [5] Aristophanes, Lysistrata 434 (web address 2), preceded here by comment from the scholia there.
- δ619Διαλλάττεινto reconcile[1] Aristophanes Lysistrata 628-9 (web address 1), the scholia to which are the source of this entry. Henderson (below) 153 collects references to 'Spartan perfidy' in general, and notes its particular relevance to the …
- δ580Διακεχείρικεhas managed… Adler but identifiable via the TLG as a fragment of Lysias (174 Carey OCT) quoted twice by Dionysius of Halicarnassus.
- δ420Δήμαρχοςdemarchos, demarch, mayorAbbreviated from Harpokration s.v. (commenting on the term's appearance in Lysias fr. 184 Sauppe, now 237 Carey OCT); cf. the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 37 (web address 1). See also delta 419 and the …
- δ625Διαλέγουσανenlarging, picking open… active participle, feminine accusative singular -- is quoted from Aristophanes, Lysistrata 720: "[her] picking open the mouse-hole", sc. in the roof, to escape, but with the vagina as secondary meaning. Besides the hint in …
- δ1235Διωμοσία καὶ ἀντωμοσίαdiomosia and antomosia, preliminary oath and counter-oath… address 3). The plural is frequent: see e.g. Antiphon 5.88, Lysias 10.11 (web address 4). [2] This second part of the entry = Photius, Lexicon delta584 and is repeated from delta 1043; cf. alpha …
- δ811Διαφανῆ χιτώνιαsheer shifts, transparent shifts… worn under an outer-garment. [1] From a scholion on Aristophanes, Lysistrata 48, where the headword phrase is used by the eponymous protagonist; cf. epsilon 1738. [2] Isaiah 3.22 LXX, purporting to mention one element …