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1699
Δυστοπώτατα
most strange, very strange
… context it was being used adverbially, the translation would be
"most/very
strangely".
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1082
Δικαιώματα
statutes
… the headword cf. delta 1080 (singular), delta 1081 (plural); for
Moses
see generally mu 1348.
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1535
Δρόμοις
[in] races
[1] The headword, which must be quoted from somewhere, is dative plural of dro/mos "race". For this glossing (also in Photius, Lexicon delta758), LSJ s.v. cites a Cretan inscription of the mid-third century BCE, …
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74
Δαρεῖος
Dareios, 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 …
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1194
Διόπτης
able 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 …
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1170
Διονύσιος ὁ Ἀρεωπαγίτης
Dionysios the Areiopagite, Dionysius the Areopagite
… (117-180; see alpha 3902), Greek rhetor and orator, among the
most
representative writers of the movement known as the Second Sophistic. At the age of 26 he had to quit his career as an …
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1476
Δῶρος
Doros, Dorus
… and later Zintzen undertook to reconstitute it from these authors.
Most
recently Athanassiadi has taken a different approach (explained on pp.63-70 of her introduction), in issuing a Greek-English edition. [2] For the Neo-Platonic philosopher …
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965
Διέστειλεν
gave orders
… (PG 80.1730c, 1732a) on Psalm 105.33 LXX. Theodoret says that
Moses
was divided in mind on this occasion (in striking the rock to produce water). [1] The Suda has "their."
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1605
Δυσδιάλλακτον
hard to reconcile
… prosoi/sei dusdia/llakton ma/xhn), if interpreted 'and who will bring a
most
mournful battle', could be the only extant instance of dusdia/llaktos applied to the meaning of the gloss. In any event, a more likely …
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954
Δίεσιν
diesis, 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 …
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1108
Δίκροτα
dikrota, 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. …
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92
Δάτος
Datos, Datus, Daton, Datum
… 91. The neuter form, Daton, actually seems to be the
most
authentic. Although originally Thrakian, the town was within the Makedonia of Philip II and later. [1] Barrington Atlas map 51 grid B3 shows …
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97
Δαυίδης
Dauides, Davides
The headword is a hellenization
(most
common in Josephus) of the name David; cf. delta 94, delta 95, delta 96.
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215
Δέμω
I build
The noun do/mos shows the o-grade of the root which appears in the e-grade in this verb; cf. delta 1358. [1] Likewise in syntactical lexica. [2] Likewise or similarly in other lexica. [3] (Addendum …
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222
Δεντᾶτος
Dentatos, Dentatus
Most
famously that of the Roman general, statesman and frugality-paradigm Manius Curius Dentatus (C4/3 BC). Cf. zeta 57, and see generally OCD(4) 399, under 'Curius'.
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382
Δηϊδάμεια
Deidameia
Most
famously, that of the daughter of King Lykomedes of Skyros, who bore Pyrrhos/Neoptolemos to the young Achilles; OCD(4) p.7 (under 'Achilles').
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425
Δημηγόρος
popular orator
[1] LSJ s.v. glosses the headword as a noun used
'mostly
in a bad sense' but goes on to provide counter-examples. Author (esp. Plato for bad) and/or context is the determinant. [2] (Likewise in …
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442
Δημοκήδης
Demokedes, Democedes
… the ultimate source -- and named as such -- of
most
of the material in the present entry. See also delta 74, iota 58, and further cross-references below. [1] i.e. a citizen of Kroton …
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500
Διαβάλλειν
to bring across, to cross, to mislead, to slander
… times, but never in Book 1. Note also that Thucydides
most
frequently uses it in the sense of discrediting/slandering (cf. below in the present entry), and once in the sense of crossing over, but …
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564
Διαθήκη
covenant
… Psalm 54.21 LXX. For the headword cf. delta 563. [1]
Most
famously Christ, in the synoptic Gospels (Matthew 5.43, 19.19, 22.39; Mark 12.31 & 33; Luke 10.27); but first in Leviticus 19.18 & 34.
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751
Διάσημος
renowned
[1] Same glossing, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. (Hesychius glosses 'very/most glorious'.) [2] cf. under gamma 32.
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758
Διασκηνητέον
separate quarters should be occupied
… and diaskhno/w are not commmon but, where they occur, occur
most
frequently in Xenophon. [1] Xenophon, Anabasis 4.4.14 (web address 1). Modern editions delete 'in the villages'.
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807
Δίαυλος
diaulos
… turns back as runners do in the diaulos" (5.17.6). The
most
pressing modern problem with the diaulos is how runners turned the post without colliding. Much is made of collisions at the terma in …
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870
Δίδυμον ξύλον
two-pronged timber, gallows
… meaning is common in juridical sources: see Digest 48.19.28, passim.
Most
common expressions are furca figere, furcae subicere, in furcam tollere, suspendere or damnare. [2] Like the following one, this quotation (again at iota …
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1062
Δικαίαρχος
Dikaiarkhos, Dicaearchus
… Pelling. One of the giants of Hellenistic geography, perhaps the
most
immediately relevant predecessor to Eratosthenes (so Strabo, anyway). [1] Modern Messina. [2] Literally 'listener', 'hearer'. Dikaiarkhos' floruit is placed c.320-300 BC. [3] Only …
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1168
Διονύσια
Dionysia
… Though Dionysiac festivals were widespread throughout the Greek world, the
most
renowned was the "City" Dionysia in Athens, important because of the theatrical performances and dramatic contests featured. This festival, held during the month …
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1180
Διονύσιος
Dionysios, Dionysius
… s.v. 'Dionysius(5) of Miletus', by Klaus Meister. The historicity of
most
of the works attributed to him here is controversial. Meister follows a more sceptical line than Adler (whose apparatus notes, and resists, attempts …
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1192
Διοπτῆρα
scout
[1] = Synagoge delta313, Photius delta650; cf. (for the first gloss) Hesychius delta1903. Nouns in the accusative singular. The material stems from Homer, Iliad 10.562: to/n r(a diopth=ra stratou= e)/mmenai h(mete/roio, "(a scout sent …
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1205
Διοσημεία
Zeus-omen, Zeus-sign
… (Plato, Cratylus 409B) is attested only in a few instances,
mostly
in formal language, with reference to magistrates: cf. Aristotle, Politics 1322a12; idem, Athenaion Politeia 4.2 strathgoi\ e(/noi; IG 12.324.26 *(ellhnotami/ai e(/noi; Demosthenes 25.20; …
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1210
Διὸς κῴδιον
Zeus' ram-fleece
… mu 848), whose meaning is "who should be propitiated", is
mostly
related to Zeus, but sometimes associated with others gods. The cult of Zeus Meilichios featured the offer of cakes or sacrificial animals and …
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