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δ583Διακλιμακίσαςhaving used the klimax[Meaning he] having wrestled with. For klimax and klimakismos ['executing the klimax'] [are] a certain type of wrestling-hold.highshort
δ584Διακλεισθέντεςshut out[Meaning they] being in great difficulty, hindered, excluded. "And shut out completely from every marketplace, they were in danger of being destroyed in a very short time."highshort
δ585Διακλῶνbreaking in two[Meaning he] breaking in pieces.highshort

δ583

Διακλιμακίσας

having used the klimax

[Meaning he] having wrestled with. For klimax and klimakismos ['executing the klimax'] [are] a certain type of wrestling-hold.

Διακλιμακίσας· διαπαλαίσας. κλίμαξ γὰρ καὶ κλιμακισμός, πάλαισμα ποιόν.

gender and sexuality16

gender and sexuality16

meter and music8

meter and music8

δ586Διακναιόμενοςbeing worn away[Meaning someone or something] being filed smooth, or being pained. Aristophanes [writes]: "some strange desire presses upon me, which has worn away at me."highshort

δ587Διακναισθήσεταιwill be worn away[Meaning he/she/it] will be destroyed. To wear away in its proper sense means to scrape cheese with a cheese-knife.highshort

δ588Διακομισθείςhaving been conveyed across[Meaning he] having passed through.highshort

δ589Διακόνιονdiakonion, flat-cakeSome [say that it is] the bottom part of a flat-cake, but Menecles in the Chest of Rare Words has said the following about it: "whenever Athenians perform the so-called eiresione to Apollo, playing …highmedium

δ590Διάκονοςdeacon, messengerThe alpha [is] long. "He was a clergyman, with the rank of deacon." And Philoctetes [in Sophocles says]: "but either they have died, or, as I think likely, the messengers considering me unimportant hastened …highshort

δ591Διακορεῦσαιto deflower a girl[Meaning] to deflower a maiden; as if to cut through [her].highshort

δ592Διακορεῖςsatiated[Meaning] full. "[He] seeing them being satiated with strong drink."highshort

δ593Διακορήςsatiated[Meaning] filled/full.highshort

δ594ΔιακορῶI deflower[Meaning] I corrupt/seduce a girl.highshort

δ595Διακόσμησιςorderly arrangement[Meaning] the disposition of the universe. "The earth is in the middle, corresponding to a center; after which [is] the water, shaped like a sphere, with the same shape as the earth, so that …highshort

δ596ΔιακούωI hear out[Used] with a genitive. "Hear out in the midst of your brothers and judge rightly." Moses says [this] in Deuteronomy.highshort

δ597Διακουράζεσθαιto stare[Meaning] to look intently. [The word is formed] on account of the eyes being called ko/rai ["girls", "pupils"].highshort

δ598ΔιακωδωνίζωI ring abroad[Meaning] I spread abroad. Also [sc. attested is] diakwdwnisqe/ntes ["they having been rung abroad"], [meaning they] having been spread abroad. For the most part it is applied to people/things being made fun of.highshort

δ599Διακωδωνίσαντεςhaving proved by ringing[Meaning they] having tested. "And having tested the youths, the teacher said, 'Tell me what you want;'" [he was] speaking to the sophist Hippodromos.highshort

δ600ΔιακωδωνίσωI will prove by ringingLike I will test; Aristophanes [sc. uses this verb]. Because some of the birds are tested by the sound of a bell. And they used to test horses in this way with bells, [to …highmedium

δ601Διακωχήcessation[Meaning an] intermission.highshort

δ602ΔιακωλύωI thoroughly hinder, I thoroughly impede, I thoroughly thwart[Used] with an accusative.highshort

δ603Διακραδαίνωνshaking violently, shattering[Meaning he who is] shaking.highshort

δ604Διακριδόνdistinctly, eminently[Meaning] separatedly.highshort

δ605Διακριθένseparated[sc. Something] divided, strained. "And moreover, [the liquefied mustard] had been separated beforehand by the so-called collander."highshort

δ606Διακρίνεταιis in dispute[Meaning he/she/it] is doubtful, is dubious, is divided. Also [sc. attested is] diakri/nomai ["I separate"], [meaning] I divide; [used] with a dative.highshort

δ607Διακρούεσθαιto drive off[Meaning] to push out; or to put off, and sometimes elsewhere [meaning] to postpone. Also [sc. attested is] diakrou/w: [used] with an accusative.highshort

δ608Διάκτωρminister[Meaning an] attendant, messenger, [one] reporting back.highshort

δ609ΔιακυβιστῶI throw head over heels[Used] with an accusative.highshort

δ610Διακυκῶσιjumble, mix one with another[Meaning] throw/throwing into confusion.highshort

δ611Διαλαβώνhaving taken (individually)[Meaning he] having received in succession. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "they having taken whatever gold and silver [sc. each man] had and having melted it down." Or also "[going] at intervals they …highshort

δ612Διαλαβώνhaving set up at intervals[Meaning he] having gained possession of beforehand. "And he, having set up guards at intervals in the streets." highshort

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