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- δ453Δημόςfat[Meaning] lard. "A fig-leaf baked thoroughly with ox fat". A dish made with brains [wrapped] in fig-leaves, that is, in the leaves of the fig-tree.
- δ462Δημοσιώνηςrevenue-farmer[Meaning one who is] worthless. "The others met with acceptance, but this man, seeming to be a revenue-farmer, was overlooked."
- δ464Δημοτελῶςat public expense[Meaning] for the whole people.
- δ468Δημοῦσθαιto talk popularly[Meaning] to court the mob and to play in response to them.
- δ471ΔημοφῶνDemophonA proper name.
- δ474Δημωδέστεροςmore popular, rather popular[Meaning] more/rather unseemly; on account of being in the sight of all, among the people.
- δ475ΔημώναξDemonaxA proper name.
- δ476Δημωφελήςof public use[Meaning] benefiting the people.
- δ477Δήνfor a long timeAn adverb.
- δ501Διαβάσηςhaving passed across[Meaning] having attacked. "When the Roman force had passed across against them."
- δ502Διαβασιλίζεταιis a pretender[Meaning he/she/it] lays claim to the kingship.
- δ503Διαβάσκειstruts about[Meaning he/she/it] walks around, follows around.
- δ504ΔιαβαίνωI cross, I go across, I traverse[Used] with an accusative.
- δ505ΔιαβηνόςDiabenosA proper name.
- δ506Διαβησείονταςwanting to cross over[Meaning them] being desirous of going across. Agathias [writes]: "and he made towers, to hold off the Romans, who were wanting to cross over."
- δ507ΔιαβήτηςcompassThe compass [is] an instrument, useful for many crafts, [which is shaped] rather like the letter l[ambda]. By inserting one half of this instrument and moving the other half around, they make circles. The …
- δ509Διαβούλιονdeliberation, council[Meaning] discussion. "They gather together in councils, at which they hold discussions." Also [sc. attested are] deliberations [in the sense of] the mistakes [resulting] from absurd reasoning.
- δ513Διαβιασάμενοςhaving overcome by force[Meaning he] having been excessively compelled. Polybius [writes]: "and having overcome his weakness by force, by means of his earlier habits, he came from Argos [Myth, Place] to Megalopolis on the same day."
- δ514Διὰ γὰρ μαχαιρῶν καὶ πυρὸς ῥίπτειν δεῖfor it is necessary to throw (oneself) through knives and fire[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to people who take risks and do reckless things.
- δ516Διαγέγραπταιhas been struck through[Meaning he/she/it] has been smoothed away, has been removed from the clerk's tablet, where lawsuits used to be registered, and the introduction of lawsuits. Aristophanes [writes] in Clouds: "I am happy, because a five-talent …
- δ518ΔιαγελῶI laugh at, I mock[Used] with an accusative.
- δ519Διάγεινto spin out, to protract"He neither spun out his words, nor was he given to subtle argument, and no one heard him being sarcastic." Philostratus the Lemnian is speaking about Apollonius.
- δ520Διαγκωνισάμενοςelbow-leaning[Meaning] reclining on the elbow. "And elbow-leaning on the pallet-bed, he looked at the image of Asclepius and said, "o master, what was your order?"'
- δ521Διαγνώμηdecree, resolution[Meaning] judgment, and verdict. Just like, also, an outcry. The word [is] a peculiarity of Thucydides.
- δ524Διαγόρας ὁ ΜήλιοςDiagoras the Melian[A phrase used] in reference to atheists and unbelievers and impious people. For after the capture of Melos this man was living in Athens, and he disparaged the mysteries in such a way as …
- δ527ΔιαγωνίζωI struggle against[Used] with an accusative.
- δ528Διάγραμμαregister[Meaning] the price-list. For the market-regulators used to keep a register [showing] how much each courtesan ought to charge.
- δ1088Δικέραιονtwo-horned[Meaning] having two horns. In the Epigrams: "but having torn away from its forehead the skin and the two-horned tyne, he placed it in the temple of the huntress maiden."
- δ1101Δικλίςdouble-folding[dikli/s, genitive singular] dikli/dos and [accusative plural] dikli/das, a double door. In the Epigrams: "Galateia swung the double-folding [doors] in my face."
- δ1107Δίκραιροςtwo-horned"A two-horned to a two-horned, a shaggy-haired to a shaggy-legged". In the Epigrams.