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1031
Διθυράμβων νοῦν ἔχεις ἐλάττονα
you have less sense than dithyrambs.
… to have less sense than the cranes and the storks?"
(Plutarch,
Lucullus 39.5).
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1042
Διῖχθαι
to have gone through
… quoted from somewhere. (There are extant instances in Strabo and
Plutarch.)
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1108
Δίκροτα
dikrota, two-banked
… di/kroton (e.g. Polybius 5.62.3) is used especially in imperial prose:
Plutarch,
Lucullus 2.4; Appian, Mithridatica 17. Appian also (Illyrica 7) identifies the di/krota with the Roman naves Liburnicae, as [Lucian], Amores 6 tw=n dikro/twn, …
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1109
Δικροῖς
bifurcated, forked, two-pronged
… legomenon: more occurrences for kekragmo/s (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 1357;
Plutarch,
Quaest.Conv. 3.6.4). The coinage of the word might have been determined by metrical reasons.
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1111
Δικτάτωρ
dictator
… the headword noun; for its earlier, literal sense see e.g.
Plutarch,
Moralia 777B (of L. Aemilius Paullus, cos. 182 and 168 BCE), and under eta 545 (Philostratus on Herodes Atticus). [3] Likewise in Photius. …
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1125
Δημήτριος
Demetrios, Demetrius
… generally mu 1136.) This adjective is unattested outside lexicography, but
Plutarch,
Demetrius (sic) 41.6 has dimitros.
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1192
Διοπτῆρα
scout
… commander to the soldiers. This is the meaning implied by
Plutarch,
Galba 24: *ou)etou/rios kai\ *ba/rbios, o( me\n o)pti/wn, o( de\ tessera/rios: ou(/tw ga\r kalou=ntai oi( diagge/lwn kai\ diopth/rwn u(peresi/as telou=ntes ("Veturius and Barbius, …
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1201
Διορυγή
excavation through [something]
… cf. delta 1252. (Omitted from some manuscripts.) [3] See e.g.
Plutarch,
Alexander 69 and Arrian, Anabasis 6.29.4 on the tomb of Cyrus the Great.
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1210
Διὸς κῴδιον
Zeus' ram-fleece
… because of bloodshed (e)nagei=s) see Pausanias 2.20.1 (web address 3);
Plutarch,
Theseus 12.1 (who mentions the rituals as *meili/xia: web address 4). See also alpha 3297, delta 1189; scholia to Plato, Laws 854B. [6] …
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1236
Διώμοτος
bound by oath, oath-bound
… between Ethiopia and Mauretania, are also mentioned by Strabo 17.3.2;
Plutarch,
Sertorius 7; Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 3.25.3-9; 4.6.10-14, 7.3, 11.16-20, 13.26-29; and generally mu 298.
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1241
Διώνασσα
Dionassa
Mother of the Spartan lawgiver Lycurgus (lambda 823, lambda 824):
Plutarch,
Life of Lycurgus 1.4, citing Dieuchidas of Megara (FGrH 485 F5); cf. scholia to Plato, Republic 599D, where L. is mentioned.
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1243
Διώνυμον
well-known
… from dia- and o)nom-. Compare, likewise, the instances in (e.g.)
Plutarch,
Timoleon 30; Josephus, Jewish War 5.1.3. LSJ's sense I for the adjective (cf. epsiloniota 260; eta 544), is "provided with two (proper) names" …
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1259
Διπλόη
duplicity
… 1262). LSJ s.v. II.2 notes its figurative application in e.g.
Plutarch,
Moralia 715F (w(/sper tina\s diplo/as ... th=s yuxh=s); and for the meanings "double-mindedness, ambiguity, duplicity", see also Lampe s.v.
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1296
Διφυᾶ
double-natured
… is perhaps excerpted from a passage concerned with Kekrops, e.g.
Plutarch,
Moralia 551E (and cf. generally kappa 1272); alternatively, from a patristic source such as Gregory of Nyssa or John of Damascus.
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1348
Δόμα
gift
… the Septuagint (and the New Testament), but see also e.g.
Plutarch,
Moralia 182E.
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1491
Δραγμὴ χαλαζῶσα
a drachma falling as hail; a handful falling as hail
… draxmh/ itself, as many oboloi as the hand could grasp:
Plutarch,
Lysander 17.3); see LSJ s.v., and cf. delta 1490 for neuter dra/gma. The Zenobian version of the joke, accepted here, suggests sheer pleasure …
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1513
Δραστήριος
effective, efficient, energetic
… becomes a favorite in character portrayals of great men by
Plutarch
(Antonius 42.2, Lucullus 6.2, Nicias 16.9, Pericles 19.3, Phocion 6.3, Timoleon 3.7) and Dionysius of Halicarnassus. It exemplifies well the overtones of the …
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1524
Δρησμός
running-away
… (delta 1509). Seven instances in Herodotus (and three in the
Plutarchean
de Herodoti malignitate).
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1595
Δυσάντητον
hard to withstand
… are earlier, between the first and second centuries AD, with
Plutarch,
Lucian and others).
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1614
Δυσέμβολος
hard to enter
… adjective used in military contexs by (e.g.) Xenophon, Aristotle, Polybius,
Plutarch,
Josephus, Diodorus Siculus. (Nonetheless its earliest attestation is in medical language: Hippocrates, Fractures 38, writing about dislocations 'hard to reduce'.). In the nominative …
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1615
Δυσέντευκτος
hard to deal with
… century BCE (Theophrastus, Characters 19.3); also used by Polybius, Josephus,
Plutarch,
Philo Judaeus, and Patristic writers.
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1620
Δύσεριν
quarrelsome
… filo/neikos frequently occur together: e.g. Pindar, Olympians 6.19; Isocrates 1.31;
Plutarch,
Philopoemen 17.7. [2] As in Hesychius delta2563. See also Etymologicum Magnum: *du/serin: filo/neikon. para\ to\ *d*u*s mo/rion, kai\ th\n e)/rin; "quarrelsome: contentious; from …
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1627
Δυσείμων
ill-clad
… austerity: Socrates in Xenophon, Agesilaus in Aelian, Cato Minor in
Plutarch,
Gelon in Diogenes Laertius. And note especially the case of Diogenes of Sinope (delta 1141, delta 1143, delta 1144, delta 1145), who according …
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1630
Δυσήνεμον
bad-winded, very windy
… (Argonautica 1.593) but not thereafter until the second century CE;
Plutarch
fr.82; Babrius, Mythiambi Aesopici 1.18 (both genitive singular). In the following centuries it appears in Basil, Nonnus and subsequently in medieval authors. For …
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1664
Δυσξύμβολα
(things) hard to deal with
… a hard bargain (e.g. Xenophon, Memorabilia 2.6.3; Plato, Republic 486B;
Plutarch,
Phocion 5.1; Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 519), and ill to meet (Artemidorus 4.56 in reference to animals, but see above on this …
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1674
Δυσωπεῖσθαι
to look askance at
… ashamed) are mainly not Attic writers: Chariton, Heliodorus, Polybius, Philo,
Plutarch,
Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Dio Chrysostom, the emperor Julian, Libanius (see Francisco Adrados, 2002 s.v.) [6] This definition refers to the active form, duswpei=n; …
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1675
Δυσωπία
confusion of face, false modesty
… the C2 CE in the sense indicated in the headword.
Plutarch
wrote a short treatise on the topic, de vitioso pudore (Moralia 528Cff). In Patristic texts it can be found meaning “appeal to sense …
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1677
Δυσωπῶ
I put to shame; I exhort
… (since we find the first references in Josephus, Epictetus and
Plutarch),
whereas the middle/passive can be found earlier: esp. Plato, Xenophon, Demosthenes (cf. delta 1674). [1] Perhaps the compiler of this entry intends to …
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1693
Δυσπροσπέλαστος
inaccessible
Rare word, but used (e.g.) by
Plutarch,
Pompey 28.1 (of the Cilician pirate strongholds attacked by P.: accusative plural) and in the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 15.234 (as a gloss on dasplh=tis *)Erinnu/s; see …
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1713
Δυσφώρατος
difficult of detection
… cf. under delta 1712. For the present headword see e.g.
Plutarch,
Moralia 51D, 61F.
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