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898
Διεδοιδύκησε
he made a pestle-fist
Likewise in other lexica. The headword is Comica
adespota
fr. 974 Kock, now 497 K.-A. (Verb otherwise unattested outside lexicography.) For pestles see delta 1560.
Matched in notes
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1499
Δραματουργήσας
having staged a drama, having fabricated
The headword,
aorist
active
participle, masculine singular nominative, of the verb dramatourge/w is treated in
a
recognizably related fashion in Synagoge delta359
and
Photius, Lexicon delta744. However,
as
glosses both lexica have participles from …
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tragedy
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64
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63
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bears a torch, is a torch-bearer
… other lexica. The headword -- third person singular, present indicative
active,
of this verb -- must be quoted from somewhere. (Extant possibilities
are
all
late.) [2] On the daduch in
Athens,
selected from the …
Matched in notes
high
medium
δ
1327
Δοκιμάσας
having put to the test, having scrutinised
[1] This primary headword (evidently extracted from somewhere) is the
aorist
active
participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb dokima/zw, glossed with the same of kri/nw; same gloss in Synagoge delta337, Hesychius delta2124. The …
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
1491
Δραγμὴ χαλαζῶσα
a drachma falling as hail; a handful falling as hail
… here but draxmh\ xalazw=sa in two earlier versions, Zenobius 3.27
and
Hesychius delta2351: see further on this discrepancy below -- has been claimed
as
a
fragment of
Attic
comedy
(Adespota
314 Kock, now 950 …
Matched in notes
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short
δ
458
Δημοσιεύων
being a public [doctor]
… [1] The gloss on the headword which immediately follows has
an
accusative
of respect (dwrea/n). But for simple transitive uses of dhmosieu/w itself see e.g. Xenophon, Hellenica 1.7.10 (to confiscate -- literally make public …
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
583
Διακλιμακίσας
having used the klimax
See
also
kappa 1749. The noun klimax literally means
a
ladder (kappa 1803, kappa 1806); for its
application
to
a
wrestling-hold see
also
e.g. Sophocles, Trachiniae 521. The present headword
(aorist
active
participle, masculine …
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
1666
Δύσοδος
(a road) hard to pass
The headword
adjective,
du/sodos,
appears
to be unglossed, but in fact the glossing follows
an
inserted phrase (on which see n. 1). [1] This phrase is lacking,
Adler
reports, in mss FV;
and
duso/dhs …
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
654
Διαμησάμενος
having cut through
… is illustrated by both of the quotations given. [1] cf.
alpha
1578. [2]
Adler
misplaces her Polybius reference -- see next note -- here. In fact this quotation, not identified by her, is identifiable …
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
1131
Δινήσας
having whirled around
[1] Likewise in other lexica. The headword --
aorist
participle, masculine nominative singular, of dine/w -- must be quoted from somewhere, very probably Homer, Iliad 23.840. (For the glossing cf. generally the scholia to …
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
1094
Δίκης ἀνάκρισις
preliminary hearing of a lawsuit
Likewise in ps.-Zonaras; similarly elsewhere. On the
anakrisis
see generally
A.R.W.
Harrison, The Law of
Athens,
ii (Oxford 1971) 94-105; S.C. Todd, The Shape of
Athenian
Law (Oxford 1993) 126-7.
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
1337
Δολιχεύουσι
they go through a long course
[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica. The headword is
a
denominative verb from do/lixos, "long course",
as
at
delta 1336
and
delta 1339. This third person plural of it must be quoted from …
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
856
Διδαξάμενος
having [someone] taught
Same entry in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon, compiled
at
some time between the first
and
the fourth centuries CE. Similar one, later, in Photius, Lexicon delta520, though the glossing there is corrupted into tele/sas ti …
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
143
Δεδημευμέναι
having been published
… feminine nominative plural of this perfect passive participle -- is
attested
only in lexicography; see esp. ps.-Zonaras s.v., where the determining noun is revealed
as
h(me/rai ("days"). The headword verb dhmeu/w more usually means …
Matched in notes
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short
δ
950
Διερρωγώς
having been broken
… headword (which must be quoted from somewhere) is the perfect
active
participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb diarrh/gnumi (LSJ entry
at
web
address
1). In the perfect the
active
forms take on
a
…
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
962
Διεσπαθηκότα
having squandered away
The headword is the perfect
active
participle, either masculine
accusative
singular or neuter nominative/accusative plural, of the verb diaspaqa/w. Evidently quoted from somewhere, it occurs in this precise form here only, but cf. diespaqiko/ta: …
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
353
Δείξαντες
having shown
The headword
(an
aorist
active
participle in the masculine nominative plural) is extracted from the quotation given, but see next note. [1] Josephus, Jewish War 5.75, where however the participle is not dei/cantes but …
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
282
Δευθέντα
having got soaked
… The headword (which must be quoted from somewhere) is the
aorist
passive participle, masculine
accusative
singular or neuter nominative/accusative plural, of LSJ's deu/w
(A).
[2] Present middle/passive participle, masculine nominative singular; quoted from Homer, …
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
318
Δειλοκομπήσας
having cheated
Likewise in Photius. There,
as
here, the transmitted headword deilokomph/sas should (it is reckoned) be deilokoph/sas. [1] Hermippus fr. 88 Kock, now 85 K.-A.
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
323
Δειμάμενοι
having built
… primary headword (which must be quoted from somewhere -- there
are
numerous possibilities) is
aorist
middle participle, masculine nominative plural, of de/mw; cf. under delta 328. [1]
Aorist
middle infinitive of the same verb. …
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
493
Δήσαντες
having bound
The headword is
aorist
active
participle of LSJ's de/w
(A),
masculine nominative plural
(also
under
alpha
1513, eta 43, kappa 1020). Similarly glossed in ps.-Zonaras, it must be quoted from somewhere; there
are
numerous …
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
705
Διαπλώσας
having sailed through
… (extracted from the quotation given); the first gloss gives the
Attic
equivalent. [2] Greek
Anthology
7.23b1-2
(attributed
to
Antipater
of Sidon,
addressing
the poet
Anacreon
(see
alpha
1916)). Preceded by
another
excerpt from the …
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
1047
Διισθμήσαντα
having di-isthmusized
The headword --
aorist
active
participle, masculine
accusative
singular, of diisqmi/zw (sic) -- is extracted from the quotation given. [1] Polybius 4.19.7, on Taurion (Macedonian governor of the Peloponnese)
and
the dynast Demetrios (Demetrius, …
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
1390
Δορπήσας
having supped
Likewise,
according
to
Adler,
in the
Ambrosian
Lexicon. The headword --
aorist
active
participle of dorpe/w, nominative singular masculine -- must be quoted from somewhere. For the glossing cf.
a
scholion on Homer, Odyssey …
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
1470
Δωροδοκήσας
having engaged in bribery
… the grammatical gloss) in other lexica. The headword is the
aorist
participle, masculine nominative singular, of dwrodoke/w (cf. generally delta 1468, delta 1469). It must be quoted from somewhere; there
are
several possibilities. [1] …
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
231
Δεξιὸν εἰς ὑπόδημα ἀριστερὸν εἰς ποδονίπτραν
right (foot) into a sandal (but) left into a foot-bath
Proverbial -- with this explanation, but without
'Aristophanes'
-- in Zenobius 3.36; see generally Tosi [cited under
alpha
378] no.1625.
A
hexameter line, with hiatus between u(po/dhma
and
a)ristero/n.
The
'Aristophanes'
in question here …
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
298
Δέχεται καὶ βῶλον ἀλήτης
a vagabond accepts even a clod
… Similarly in syntactical lexica. Here the point evidently refers, in
a
general way, to the verb in the headword phrase (de/xomai). [2] Zenobius 3.22.
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
15
Δαΐμονος
of a daimon
… must be quoted from somewhere. Plato, Cratylus 398B, etymologizes dai/mwn
as
from dah/mwn; perhaps this led some later poet to treat dai/monos
as
having
four syllables.
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
977
Διευκρινημένοι
having examined thoroughly
… It must be quoted from somewhere but is not independently
attested.
[2]
Aorist
active
participle of the same verb, masculine nominative singular; presumably from the quotation
attached.
[3] Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 2.10.8; on Comentiolus …
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
1310
Δμηκότες
having overcome
… headword is masculine nominative plural, presumably quoted from somewhere but
attested
only here
and,
according
to
Adler,
the
Ambrosian
Lexicon. The form
appears
to be
a
perfect
active
participle but has no reduplication,
and
…
Matched in notes
high
short
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