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δ1640Δυσθετήσαςdissatisfied… forms in all periods (mainly in historians such as Xenophon, Polybius, and Diodorus Siculus; it is rare in other writers). There is little substantive difference between its active and middle voices, both illustrated here. …Matched in noteshighshort
δ526Διαγωνιάσαντεςdreading… nominative plural, of the verb diagwnia/w. It is common in Polybius, especially as participles followed, as in the instance given here, by a negative phrase. [1] Polybius 11.32.5 (web address 1 below), probably via …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1547Δρύοχοιstocks

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"But Nabis, dissatisfied with the agreements, did not attend to the written terms". Meaning not pleased with the agreements, not abiding by [them]. Also [sc. attested is] dusqetou/menoi, meaning [they who are]…

Δυσθετήσας· ὁ δὲ Νάβις δυσθετήσας ταῖς συνθήκαις οὐ προσέσχε τοῖς γραφεῖσιν. ἀντὶ τοῦ μὴ στέρξας ταῖς συνθήκαις, μὴ ἐμμείνας. καὶ Δυσθετούμενοι, ἀντὶ τοῦ κακῶς διατιθέμενοι. καί,…

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… druo/xwn aut sim. "from the stocks", used literally in e.g. Polybius 1.38.5 [...], could also mean figuratively "from scratch" (e.g. Plato, Timaeus 81B)'. [1] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 52, quoted below. [2] …

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δ1596Δυσαρεστούμενοςdispleased… middle participle, masculine nominative singular, of dusareste/w. Perhaps taken from Polybius, who uses forms of this participle more often than other authors (and this particular form at 3.112.2, 9.3.4, 9.29.8). The quotations in the …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1611Δυσεκλογίστωνhard to calculate… Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. Adler suggests Polybius.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1614Δυσέμβολοςhard to enter… an 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 …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1615Δυσέντευκτοςhard to deal with… the fourth century BCE (Theophrastus, Characters 19.3); also used by Polybius, Josephus, Plutarch, Philo Judaeus, and Patristic writers.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1674Δυσωπεῖσθαιto look askance at… to be 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 …Matched in noteshighmedium