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comedy15
daily life15

31 more

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law14
rhetoric14
women14
Christianity13
gender and sexuality12
epic11
philosophy11
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tragedy9
economics8
medicine8

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Δ delta88

Vetting status

high88

Length

Short65
Medium19
Long4

Translator

Antonella Ippolito15
Catharine Roth12
Jennifer Benedict10
David Whitehead9
William Hutton9
Stefano Sanfilippo7

15 more

Craig Gibson4
Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝3
Malcolm Heath3
Carl Widstrand2
Oliver Phillips ✝2

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δ10Δαημονέστατοςmost expert (man), very expert (man)[Meaning] most/very experienced [one]. "Alexander was most/very expert in both organising and equipping an army." "And both [Epiphanios and Euprepios] were also most/very expert in the rites." Also [attested is the genitive plural] dahmonesta/twn …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ1699Δυστοπώταταmost strange, very strange[Meaning things] most hard to handle.Matched in translationhighshort
δ104Δαψιλέστατοςmost abundant, very abundant[Meaning] most/very lavish. It is also said of streams, and of those who are generous.

δ10

Δαημονέστατος

most expert (man), very expert (man)

[Meaning] most/very experienced [one]. "Alexander was most/very expert in both organising and equipping an army." "And both [Epiphanios and Euprepios] were also most/very expert in the rites." Also [attested is the…

Δαημονέστατος· ἐμπειρότατος. ἦν δὲ ὁ Ἀλέξανδρος καὶ τάξαι στρατιὰν καὶ ὁπλίσαι δαημονέστατος. ἦσαν δὲ καὶ τελετῶν ἀμφότεροι δαημονέστατοι. καὶ Δαημονεστάτων, ἐμπείρων,…

science and technology

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meter and music2

meter and music2

trade and manufacture2

trade and manufacture2

Robert Dyer

Robert Dyer

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D. Graham J. Shipley1

D. Graham J. Shipley1

Gabriel Bodard1

Gabriel Bodard1

James Vradelis1

James Vradelis1

Wm. Blake Tyrrell1

Wm. Blake Tyrrell1

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δ794Διατορώτατονmost piercing, very piercing[Meaning] most/very clear.Matched in translationhighshort

δ61Δανόταταmost parched, very parched[Referring to] the driest timbers.Matched in headwordhighshort

δ292Δεύτατοςmost inferior, very inferior[Meaning] the lowest. From the [verb] deu/esqai ["to be in need of"] and e)ndei=n ["to need"].Matched in headwordhighshort

δ376Δηθάκιςmostly[Meaning] very often.Matched in headwordhighshort

δ722Διαπυρώτατοςmost fiery, very fiery[Meaning] hot.Matched in headwordhighshort

δ1332Δοκιμώταται τῶν πόλεωνmost renowned of the cities[no gloss]Matched in headwordhighshort

δ1654Δυσλυτότατοςmost insoluble, very insoluble[Meaning] insoluble.Matched in headwordhighshort

δ1082Δικαιώματαstatutes… "law" [no/mos] the [law] that was given by God through Moses; "commandments" [e)ntolai/] and "ordinances" [prosta/gmata] also the same [law] because it is royally commanded and ordained; "statutes" [dikaiw/mata] because it is able to …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ1535Δρόμοις[in] races… deeds correspond with his nature, and came out holding the most glorious prize of victory". He is talking about Orestes, [who is] in effect not failing the ends [of the race], but he is …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ74ΔαρεῖοςDareios, Darius… (near present-day Iskenderun) in 333 BCE and at Gaugamela (near Mosul) in 331 BCE. See the Alexander Mosaic from the House of the Faun, Pompeii. It probably depicts the battle of Ipsos; at any …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1194Διόπτηςable to look through [something]… by Adler, whose tendency was to attribute mistakes in quotations mostly to the copies of scholia or lexica the Suda was consulting. However, I would modify the received text, here to kato/pta and every …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1170Διονύσιος ὁ ἈρεωπαγίτηςDionysios the Areiopagite, Dionysius the AreopagiteBishop of Athens, a most illustrious man, who reached the highest level in Greek culture. A disciple of Paul, who introduced him to the Christian faith, Dionysius was enthroned by him as the bishop …Matched in translationhighlong

δ455ΔημοσθένηςDemosthenes… of his thoughts; hence, too, he was regarded as the most eloquent among his contemporaries, since he was most competent in inferring what was not apparent and in explaining what he had understood. In …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ1696Δύστηνοςwretched[Meaning] suffering, unfortunate, miserable. But in Sophokles [the superlative] 'most wretched' is applied to the most abominable, not to pity. [See for example the passage] where he says "o Elektra, child of a most …Matched in translationhighshort

δ1476ΔῶροςDoros, Dorus… As Damascius says in his Philosophical History, he was a most remarkable investigator of the truth. Isidore the philosopher perceived initially that he was caught up in Aristotle’s propositions, seeing that from boyhood he …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ651Διαμεμετρημένη ἡμέραmeasured-out day… that, naturally, those trials [sc. in classical Athens] which were most important and concerned the most important things used to be held in accordance with it. The water was divided into three parts, one …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ951Διερρύηflowed about, flowed through, spread about… used is die/rrei [i.e. the imperfect tense]. Aelian [writes]: "a most impressive reputation was flowing about the woman." ['Most impressive'] meaning brilliant, exalted.Matched in translationhighshort

δ1093Δίκηςof justice… and "impartial" and "inflexible". And this [image] is celebrated by most [poets], but it is also a result of necessity, for this is the nature of the Just. Hesiod says, on the other hand, …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ1614Δυσέμβολοςhard to enter… hard to attack. Also [sc. attested is the superlative] dusembolw/taton ["most/very hard to enter"]. "A hill-fort of Armenia which seemed to be immune from pillage since [it was] very hard to enter". "While, with …Matched in translationhighshort

δ965Διέστειλενgave ordersMeaning [he] used words not unambiguously. It is about Moses. David [writes]: "and he gave orders in his lips."Matched in translationhighshort

δ1605Δυσδιάλλακτονhard to reconcile[Meaning] most/very mournful.Matched in translationhighshort

δ954Δίεσινdiesis, interval… the diatonic one to be earliest, because it was the most proper to human voices. The enharmonic is defined as the most elegant one, but also the hardest; the audience got used to hearing …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1108Δίκροταdikrota, two-banked… 6 tw=n dikro/twn, oi(=s ma/lista xra/sqai *liburnoi\ dokou=sin ("the dikrota, mostly used by the Liburnoi, as it seems". Feminine in Appian, Mithridatica 99; Greek Anthology 7.640. [1] i.e. ships with two banks of oars. …Matched in noteshighshort

δ181Δεκατεύεινto pay a tithe… [after birth] they give the names. He writes as follows: "most babies are ‘taken up’ on the seventh day, on which account they also give the names then."Matched in translationhighmedium

δ234Δεξιόςclever… He committed many crimes, but two are the greatest and most shocking: the arraignment of the generals [who had been in command] at Arginousai, which he contrived together with Kallixenos, and the establishment of …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ243Δέονnecessary… being a lot of money on the acropolis, he spent most of it on the war. But they say that when giving his accounts he said simply that he had spent 50 talents 'on …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ310Δειλάκραpitiable… how I no longer seem to you to be the most iniquitous person."Matched in translationhighshort

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