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Δεκέτης
ten years old; ten years long
[deke/ths means the same as] dekaeth/s. But the feminine [is] deke/tis, [spelled] with an i.
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short
δ
224
Δεξάμενος
receiving
Meaning [he] taking. Herodotus [sc. uses the word in this way].
high
short
δ
244
Δέον
appropriate
[Meaning] that which is seemly. "[Good is binding] because it constrains [people] within what is necessary." Procopius [writes]: "since there was a single spring, [it was] not appropriate for it to be dried up …
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high
short
δ
296
Δέφεσθαι
to knead one's self, to masturbate
Aristophanes [writes]: "but you, taking fig-leaves from a twice-bearing fig, knead yourselves in the forecourt." So as to make the leaf a stimulant for them.
high
short
δ
297
Δέφειν
to knead
[Meaning] to grab someone by the genitals. Also [sc. attested is] defo/menos ["kneading one's self"], meaning "peeling" one's organ.
high
short
δ
421
Δήμαρχοι
tribunes, demarchs, leaders of the people
The people, having returned to their former good order, elected as tribunes Sicinnius and Brutus, who being invested with power equal to that of the consuls, wielded that authority for a year. They demagogued …
high
medium
δ
431
Δημήτριος
Demetrios, Demetrius
[Demetrios] the son of Antigonos [I] and Ptolemy [I] agreed that there was a treaty of alliance between them for the liberation for all Greece and for the mutual defense of each others' territory. …
high
medium
δ
473
Δημώ
Demo
A proper name. "Bauo had Demo as a guest." But dhmw=| [means] with fat.
high
short
δ
522
Διαγνώμων
distinguishing
[Meaning one who is] discriminating, diagnosing. "Heraiskos actually had a natural talent for distinguishing between religious statues that were animated and those that were not. For as soon as he looked at one his …
high
medium
δ
532
Διαγραφή
assessment
"This also happened under Justinian, to subject the city to many penalties."
high
short
δ
533
Διαγραφὴ δίκης
cancellation of a lawsuit
When the defendant [sc. in a trial in classical Athens] is acquitted of the charge, either by acquiescence of the prosecutor or by determination of a circumstance, and he is no longer being charged …
high
short
δ
539
Διαδιδράσκει
runs away from
[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning he/she/it] escapes from. Also [sc. attested is the aorist infinitive] diadra=nai.
high
short
δ
540
Διαδικασάμενος
having disputed
[Meaning he] having reproached, having refuted. "[It was he] who, having disputed with him concerning his defection/apostasy, killed his children."
high
short
δ
541
Διαδικασία
arbitration, claim-settlement, judgment, judicial settlement
A diadikasia is what certain people do with those who are about to serve as chorêgos, [those] whom they might want to be designated when it is their [sc. the complainants'] obligation to perform …
high
short
δ
542
Διαδορατίζω
I fight with spears
[no gloss]
high
short
δ
557
Διάθεσις
deposing, disposing
[Deposing/disposing] and to depose: each of these applies to the writing of depositions. Isaeus in the Response to Aristogeiton: "Yet after this reponse they brought another deposition, which they said Archepolis deposed in Lemnos." …
high
medium
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565
Διαθήκην διαθώμεθα ἣν διέθετο πίθηκος τῇ γυναικί
let us arrange the arrangement that the ape arranged with his wife
['Arrangement'] meaning agreement. For a certain person, ugly to look at, was continually quarrelling with his wife, and he made an arrangement, with his friends as witnesses, neither to beat nor to be beaten, …
high
medium
δ
566
Διαθλίβειν
to crush thoroughly
Look under 'to squeeze'.
high
short
δ
567
Διαθλοῦντες
contesting
[Meaning they] struggling. Also [sc. attested is] diaqlw=; [used] with an accusative.
high
short
δ
568
Διάθρυπτε
smash apart! break up! distribute!
[no gloss]
high
short
δ
569
Διαθρύπτεται
is smashed apart, is broken down, is enervated, gives himself/herself airs
[Meaning he/she/it] is loosened, is weakened.
high
short
δ
570
Διακαυνίσασθαι
to apportion, to determine by lot
[Meaning] to allot.
high
short
δ
571
Διακεκαυμένον
lit-up
[Meaning something] having fire within itself. Aristophanes [writes]: "Give me a little basket lit-up with a lamp." -- "What need, wretched man, do you have for this weaving?" -- "No need, but I still …
high
short
δ
572
Διακεκναισμένη
worn-away
[Meaning] destroyed/ruined. Also [sc. attested is the masculine] diakeknaisme/nos, [meaning] withered. "If I were to become pale, like the followers of Socrates, and unshod and clothed in rags [...]". For the horsemen have a …
high
medium
δ
574
Διακεκορῆσθαι
to have been deflowered
[Meaning] to have lost one's virginity, to have been breached by intercourse.
high
short
δ
575
Διακεκριμένως
discriminatedly
[Meaning] separatedly.
high
short
δ
576
Διακελεύω
I give orders
[Used] with a dative.
high
short
δ
578
Διάκενος
downright empty
[Meaning] the empty [one].
high
short
δ
579
Διακεχαραγμένος
having been riven apart
[Meaning he] having been struck with swords. "Although having been riven apart throughout his body he was brought safe to Narses."
high
short
δ
580
Διακεχείρικε
has managed
[Used] with a genitive. "[...] thus agreeing that his whole life was subject to scrutiny for the things which he has managed or has administered among us." But 'I manage' [is also used] with …
high
short
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