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1219
Διόφαντος
Diophantos, Diophantus
A proper name.
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δ
1491
Δραγμὴ χαλαζῶσα
a drachma falling as hail; a handful falling as hail
In the time of
Diophantus
the theor{et}ikon came into being, a drachma. And when a hailstorm from the sky stopped at that time, the joke was that it was a handful of hailstones.
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2824
Ἐποχή
cessation, suspension; epoch
… subdivisions. For this see e.g. a fragmentary treatise attributed to
Diophantus
of Alexandria (delta 1219); but even there it is conceded that two divisions are really enough (h(mi=n de\ a)rkei/tw ... e(/ws deute/rwn leptw=n …
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