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δ461Δημοσίων πραγμάτων διοικητήςadministrator of public affairs… in the form of marketplace informers, who threaten legal action against Dikaiopolis, the comedy’s protagonist, for violating Athens’ ban on the import of goods from hostile states. In his Birds (414 BC), Aristophanes introduces …Matched in noteshighshort
δ181Δεκατεύεινto pay a tithe… on to show, properly means to impose a tithe (on someone else). See also delta 182 (and delta 186). [2] The states that sided with the Persians against their fellow Greeks during the Persian …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1573Δύναμιςcapability, capacity, ability, potentiality, power… the siegecraft of the Byzantine emperor Heraclius in his war against the Persian king Chosroes II (628 CE). See Bekker (below) col. 1742 note to lines 74-76. Together with lines 9-10 of the Pisidian's …Matched in noteshighlong
δ1228Διώκεινto prosecute… is self-evident, but such idioms as ei)s a)gora\n e)mba/llein (Lycurgus, Against Leocrates 5) are also used in the sense of "being a citizen"; and in the present instance the use of diw/kein highlights the …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1329Δοκιμασίαν ἐπαγγεῖλαιto institute a dokimasia.… intention to proceed.' See Harrison (below) 204. Aeschines speech 2, Against Timarchos, provides our primary evidence for the dokimasia ton rhetoron and in particular for the charge of e(tai/rhsis. See especially section 32 [web …Matched in noteshighshort
δ495Δηφενσίωνdefensio… copiously in the Strategicon attributed to the emperor Maurice, for someone under military assault, esp. by siege.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1327Δοκιμάσαςhaving put to the test, having scrutinised… fragment at theta 413 and pi 1114. [4] Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 592 (web address 1); see already under delta 1070. This quotation illustrates a distinct, though related, verb, doke/w ('seem').Matched in noteshighshort
δ1170Διονύσιος ὁ ἈρεωπαγίτηςDionysios the Areiopagite, Dionysius the Areopagite… 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 of things created, philosophy; The expression comes from Paul …Matched in noteshighlong
δ1093Δίκηςof justice… and to receive justice without arms for the injustices committed against us.') [3] The remainder of this entry = Aelian fr. 28 Domingo-Forasté (25 Hercher). [4] cf. Hesiod, Works and Days 256 (web address …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1385Δορκαλίδεςclaws, hooks… entry in ps.-Zonaras. From scholia on Gregory of Nazianzus, Speech against the emperor Julian, PG 35.717, where the dative plural occurs. See also PG 36.1256e, and Lampe s.v. For dorka/s, see delta 1386, delta …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1470Δωροδοκήσαςhaving engaged in bribery… of money etc. accepted as a bribe, and to corrupt someone by bribery.Matched in noteshighshort
δ155Δεδμημένοιconquered… a dedication to Athena of spoils seized after a battle against the Lucanians, see Gow and Page (vol. I, 118), (vol. II, 345-346), and another extract from this epigram at alpha 1693. At the …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1617Δυσέξοιστονhard to carry out… outside lexicography: Porphyry, Life of Pythagoras 48; Cyril of Alexandria, Against Julian 1.25.Matched in noteshighshort
δ81ΔασμολογῶI collect dasmos, I collect tribute… 82, delta 83. [1] Diogenes Laertius 4.2, quoting a complaint against Speusippos (sigma 928).Matched in noteshighshort
δ1070Δίκαιοςjust… fr. 56 Zintzen (26 Asmus, 28A Athanassiadi), quoting Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 592-3 (where the word is a)/ristos "bravest" rather than di/kaios, see web address 1) ; again at delta 1327. [2] From alpha …Matched in noteshighshort
δ95ΔαυίδDavid… 1 Sam. 26.1-25. [2] Lit., "my hand will not be against you." [3] See 1 Sam. 24.12-14 (LXX 1 Kingdoms 24.12-14); many of the phrases are direct quotations. [4] The foreigners were the Philistines. …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ993Διειργάσατοdealt with, disposed of… (cf. beta 456) army named Gezon leads an impromptu assault against the Moorish encampment at Toumar, in the Aurasius Mons (Aurès Mountains, in modern-day northeastern Algeria; Barrington Atlas map 34 grids D2-E2); cf. Kaldellis …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1601Δυσβουλίαill-counsel… adjective is similarly glossed in the scholia to Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 802, Sophocles, Antigone 95, Aristophanes, Clouds 587, and other passages where the headword occurs. For the headword -- a common enough noun …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1193Διοπτῆρεςscouts[1] cf. delta 1992, and see also e.g. Aeschylus, Seven against Thebes 36 (katopth=ras stratou=) with the scholia there. [2] This unattributed historiographical quotation apparently stems from Menander the Guardsman (a.k.a. Menander Protector). Blockley …Matched in noteshighshort
δ558Διάθεσιςdisposition… But comparison with Harpokration shows that "and" [kai/] should be "against" [kata/], i.e. Hyper. Dem. 1.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1455Δωρησάμενος χρήμασι μεγάλοιςhaving been presented with great sums of money… The middle voice of dwre/w is usually transitive -- present someone with something -- and indeed in this passage of Procopius the participle has an object in the accusative. The glossing verb dwrodoke/w is …Matched in noteshighshort
δ449Δημόκοινονpublic-common… bibliography on, public torture in Athens see Konstantinos Kapparis, Apollodoros 'Against Neaira' [D. 59] (Berlin and New York 1999) 424-429. [3] See already delta 434.Matched in noteshighshort
δ691Διαπεσούσηςafter it had collapsed, if it had collapsed… this passage, reading e)pibolh=s ("attempt, assault") instead of e)piboulh=s ("plan, plot"). [1] Extracted from somewhere else, evidently.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1638Δυσθανατῶνταlonging for death, about to die a difficult death… would give rise to the participle dusqanatou=nta), I die hard/struggle against death. [1] Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 2.6.1 (probably via one of the lost books of Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti), on a badly wounded Roman soldier …Matched in noteshighshort
δ541Διαδικασίαarbitration, claim-settlement, judgment, judicial settlement… alpha 3629, eta 39), a challenge to exchange property with someone allegedly better-placed to discharge the liturgy.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1402Δορυφορεῖattends (as a bodyguard)… Photius, Lexicon delta726. Presumably the idea is that attending to someone or something as a bodyguard would attend him/her/it ennobles the person or thing attended. For such (or a similar) figurative sense of doruforei= …Matched in noteshighshort
δ910Διέκπλοιbreaks-through, sailings-through… was undertaken by a whole fleet deploying in line ahead against an enemy defensively deployed by line abreast, or whether it could be carried out by individual vessels. For the former (traditional) view see …Matched in noteshighshort
δ694Διαπεινῶμεν ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ πῦρwe always go hungry by the fire… six years of the Peloponnesian War, including Athenian economic sanctions against them, the Megarians are represented in this play as starving.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1256Δίπαλτοςdoubly-brandished, twice-brandished… the similar tri/paltos is referred to sufferings in Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 990 tripa/ltwn phma/twn "manifold pains" (but the passage is dubious). The usage of di/paltos by Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 323 di/palta polemi/wn …Matched in noteshighshort
δ818Διαφέρωνcarrying out; exceptional… Narses (nu 42) and devotes significant resources to the campaign against Totila (tau 879) and the Goths in Italy; cf. Kaldellis (522-523). [2] Polybius 3.18.8 (web address 2, L.Aemilius Paullus at Pharos during the …Matched in noteshighshort