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Δυσγάργαλις
skittish, ticklish
… in Photius, Lexicon delta804, and Etymologicum Genuinum s.v. (cf. Etymologicum
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291.47). For the etymological expansion of the gloss cf. generally gamma 62, gamma 63 (and further in n.2 below). [1] An adjective even …
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961
Διεσμιλευμένον
polished-off
= Synagoge delta267, Photius delta552 Theodoridis, Etymologicum
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273.53. The headword is perfect middle/passive participle, neuter nominative/accusative or masculine accusative singular, of diasmileu/w; literally 'polish off with a chisel'. [1] The pertinence of this …
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1161
Διόμεια
Diomeia
… episode, interpreting it as a divine omen. Cf. also Etymologicum
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s.v. *kuno/sarges. [3] The text implies (by a standard use of the genitive case) that Diomos was a son of Herakles. But the …
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1579
Δύνωμαι
I were able, I would be able
… form du/nhmi is attested only in lexicographic texts, e.g. Etymologicum
Magnum
and Etymologicum Gudianum, always in explanation of du/namai. In Etym.Magn. 290.24 (probably taken from Choeroboscus’ commentaries on the Psalms) the same verb is …
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1586
Δυρράχιον
Dyrrachion, Dyrrachium
… after po/lis, in Addenda in Etymologicum Gudianum and in Etymologicum
Magnum
= Aelius Herodianus et ps.-Herodianus, *peri\ o)rqografi/as (A. Lentz, Grammatici Graeci), through the Etymologicum Gudianum. On Epidamnus/Dyrrachium -- present-day Durazzo in Albania -- …
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208
Δελφίς
dolphin
[1] cf. Etymologicum
Magnum
255.25 (plurals). [2] Aristophanes, Knights 761-762 (web address 1), followed by comment from the scholia there. See further below. [3] Thucydides 7.41.2 (web address 2); see already delta 207. [4] …
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306
Δειελινόν
in the afternoon, in the evening
… s.v., and cf. delta 314, delta 315. [1] cf. Etymologicum
Magnum
261.18. The headword form is perhaps extracted from Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.452. [2] Another poetic form; perhaps extracted from Homer, Odyssey 17.606.
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509
Διαβούλιον
deliberation, council
… the plural. [2] Psalm 9:23 LXX. [3] cf. (e.g.) Etymologicum
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267.13.
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598
Διακωδωνίζω
I ring abroad
… this aorist passive participle. Quoted from Lysias, according to Etymologicum
Magnum
267.27; Lysias fr. 313 Sauppe, now 485 Carey OCT.
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698
Διαπηνικίσαι
to pull the wig over
… 304 K.-A.), to whom the grammarian Pausanias and, post-Suda, Etymologicum
Magnum
269.31 attribute this very rare verb. [1] Actually phnh/kh; see LSJ s.v. (web address 1) and pi 1529. [2] cf. LSJ s.v. fenaki/zw …
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780
Διατάχους
speedily
… diata/xous), while the latter cannot. [1] Likewise, post-Suda, in Etymologicum
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271.1.
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808
Διαυλωνίζειν
to go through a channel
… Adler, a comparable one in the Ambrosian Lexicon. Post-Suda, Etymologicium
Magnum
743.19-20 relates it specifically to winds; and see LSJ s.v. For the etymology cf. generally alpha 4449.
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911
Διεκπερδικίσαι
to slip through and out like a partridge
… in the aorist infinitive diaperdiki/sai in Hesychius delta1213 and Etymologicum
Magnum
269.37, regarded as a context-less fragment of Attic comedy) LSJ s.v. claims the Suda's diekperdiki/zw as its equivalent, though that does less than …
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1029
Διθυραμβοδιδάσκαλοι
dithyramb-directors
… 1965, without text, identified as a dithyramb poet in Etymologicum
Magnum
164.20, from Tzetzes on Lycophron, Alexandra 879 p.2846 Scheer; PC2 52; PMG fr.837; Campbell 198-203; Aristotle, Poetics 1455a6; RE 21.1659-61 'Polyidos 9'), and …
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1093
Δίκης
of justice
… the translation here. For the gloss timwri/as ('vengeance') cf. Etymologicum
Magnum
276.8. [2] Quotation (via the Excerpta Constantiniana, Adler supposes) unidentifiable. Poetry? The words seem to hint at an iambic rhythm, although it is …
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1097
Δείκηλα
images, representations
… *Dii\ ei)/kelon "like Zeus" instead of from dei/knumi. Cf. Etymologicum
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260.28.
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1106
Δίκρανα
pitchforks
… as lexica and grammars (Hesychius, Herodian, Photius, ps.-Zonaras, the Etymologicum
Magnum).
It is a wooden (Etym.Magn. 506.18) gardening implement as well as a defensive weapon; cf. the diminutive in the gloss at delta 1109 …
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1116
Δικτυωτή
latticed
… the feminine noun qu/ra ('door') expressed or not; cf. Etymologicum
Magnum
513.5. Many instances of the word are Biblical; Latte in his edition of Hesychius suggests Judges 5.28 LXX, where the headword appears, although …
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1185
Διόνυσος
Dionysos, Dionysus
… [1] theta 596, upsilon 82. [2] Artemidorus 2.37; cf. Etymologicum
Magnum
277.42.
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1189
Διοπομπεῖσθαι
to escort [evil] away
… to whom one turns to obtain purification]". According to Etymologicum
Magnum
125.33, which offers the etymology a)po\ tou= *dio\s kai\ tou= pompo/s, "from Zeus and escort", following a grammatical explanation of the verb (prw/ths …
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1192
Διοπτῆρα
scout
… to that passage and the gloss to\n skopo\n in Etymologicum
Magnum
278.10. The rare, poetic word recurs in later Greek prose: see Agathias 2.2; and delta 1193. diopth\r is also considered as an equivalent …
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1202
Δῖος
Dios
… calendar, corresponding to Attic Pyanepsion (October-November). [2] cf. e.g. Etymologicum
Magnum
278.15-18 for the gloss e)/ndocos [NB: some Suda mss do not begin the present gloss until o( e)/ndocos]; and see already delta 1167. …
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1235
Διωμοσία καὶ ἀντωμοσία
diomosia and antomosia, preliminary oath and counter-oath
… outside lexicography, but see e.g. the redaction of the Etymologicum
Magnum
of ms. Laurentianus Divi Marci 304, where it is related to panippasi/a (sic; corrupted from a)nippasi/a).
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1315
Δνοπαλίξεις
shakings
… unattested apart from lexicography subsequent to the Suda, e.g Etymologicum
Magnum
281.18, and in commentary to uses of forms of the verb (e.g. scholia to Oppian, Halieutica 2.295). The translation given here for the …
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1322
Δοκεύει
keeps an eye on, watches closely
… with the same gloss; ps.-Herodian 1.20, 2.723, and cf. Etymologicum
Magnum
281.45 (gloss fula/ttesqai, prosde/xesqai); Hesychius delta2113 (gloss threi=n, fula/ssein, e)pithrei=n, prosdoka=n).
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1388
Δοροδόκος
roof-beam
… ps.-Zonaras' entry which echoes the present one, and in Etymologicum
Magnum
731.10. LSJ s.v. nevertheless registers it as dourodo/kos, as in Harpocration sigma52 Keaney. On the dor-/dour- discrepancy see generally LSJ s.v. do/ru; and …
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1503
Δραπέτης
runaway (slave)
… [1] The etymology here (also in Etymologicum Gudianum and Etymologicum
Magnum
286.46) is incomprehensible. The verb peteu/w must represent the Attic form petteu/w of pesseu/w 'gamble' (at board games), but this connection is implausible. …
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1505
Δραπετίνδα
runaway game
It is further defined, post-Suda, in Etymologicum
Magnum
286.48: "It is a form of the game called 'shut-eye' (mui+/nda, which might also mean the 'mouse game'). It is named from the fact that one …
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1516
Δραχμή
drachma
[1] tau 34. [2] cf. mu 1144. [3] cf. Etymologicum
Magnum
287.20. [4] Aristophanes, Peace 374, with scholion; cf. mu 1385. [5] alpha 3729.
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1571
Δύναμις
power
… in the preceding quotation. Cf. pi 1740. [4] cf. Etymologicum
Magnum
290.17 and Hesychius s.v. See also delta 1572. [5] A quotation of Menander Protector, De legationibus Romanorum ad Gentes 15.6 (through Constantine Porphyrogenitus).
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