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1138
Διογενές
Zeus-born
[Meaning] most noble.
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κ
2233
Κῶλα τοῦ ζεύγματος
arms of the bridge
… generated from the quotation given, where it is genitive. A
zeu=gma
(zeta 33), literally a binding, was a bridge or barrier across a waterway improvised by lashing together boats. For 'arms' cf. kappa 2231, …
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ε
3015
Ἑρκεῖος Ζεύς
Zeus Herkeios
[Meaning
Zeus]
for whom altars are set up in the courtyard inside a fence [herkos]; for they used to call the enclosure-wall a e(/rkos. Those who had a
Zeus
Herkeios had a share in …
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κ
2523
Κτησίου Διός
Zeus Ktesios, Zeus Ctesius, Domestic Zeus
They used to set up [sc. a shrine to] Domestic
Zeus
in store-cupboards.
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δ
1205
Διοσημεία
Zeus-omen, Zeus-sign
… anger. "The thousand Scythians were present, more rapid than any
Zeus-omen,
whether a flash of light or a hurricane or a thunderbolt or a storm or a meteorite". Aternatively a dioshmi/a is an unexpected …
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δ
1213
Διὸς ψῆφος
Zeus's tribunal, Zeus's vote
… [writes]: "where they are called chairs and game-boards of great
Zeus."
For the place, in which they were judged, is called
Zeus's
tribunal. The saying applies to things which are divine and inviolable.
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δ
1216
Διοτρεφής
Zeus-fostered, Zeus-reared
[Meaning] nourished by
Zeus.
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α
4099
Ἀρχὴν μὲν μὴ φῦναι ἐπιχθονίοισιν ἄριστον
First, not to be born is best for earth-bound men, and not to look upon the rays of the sharp sun; but, once born, [best] to drive as quickly as possible through Hades' gates
[Applied] to those who have lived miserably.
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δ
497
Δί
to Zeus
The monosyllabic dative of
*zeu/s
occurs at Pindar, Olympian 13.106 (web address 1) and elsewhere (see LSJ s.v.). The iota is long, as being a contraction of two iotas. cf. delta 498.
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δ
1203
Διὸς ἄνθος
Zeus' blossom, Zeus' flower
[The name of] a thorny plant.
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δ
1204
Διὸς ἐγκέφαλος
Zeus' brain, Zeus' morsel
[Referring to] the finest food-item. So say the Persians in reference to those who live luxuriously; or "king's morsel."
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η
344
Ἡμιόνειον ζεῦγος
mule yoke
Also [sc. attested is the feminine] h(mionei/h ["mule's"], [meaning] the dung of the mule.
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κ
2456
Κροβύζου ζεῦγος
Krobyzos' yoke
[sc. A proverb] in reference to two people making peace with each other for evil and wickedness. The saying arose from a certain Krobyzos, a pimp, who had two courtesans to the ruin of …
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κ
2490
Κρωβύλου ζεῦγος
Krobylos' yoke
[no gloss]
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δ
1210
Διὸς κῴδιον
Zeus' ram-fleece
[The fleece] of which the victim has been sacrificed to
Zeus.
They [sc. the Athenians] sacrifice both to
[Zeus]
Meilichios and to
Zeus
Ktesios. They preserve the fleeces of these [victims], calling on the …
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ε
381
Ἐκγεγάμεν
to have been born from
Homer [writes]: "he boasts to have been
born
from [e)kgega/men]." Instead of gegenh=sqai. From the [verb] gw= ["I am
born],
gh/sw ["I will be
born"],
ge/ghmi ["I have been
born"];
in the infinitive mode …
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γ
225
Γηγενέτης
earth-born
… ghgenei=s ["earth-born ones"], properly [meaning] Adam and Eve who were
born
out of the earth, since they were not
born
out of intercourse; but by a misuse of the term [it can mean] every …
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226
Γηγενεῖς
earth-born (ones)
[Meaning] wan and corpse-like [ones]. Or impious and god-battling [ones], because of the Giants. Thus Aristophanes accuses philosophers in Clouds: "did you learn these clever things by going to the earth-born ones?" Also [sc. …
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δ
1041
Δίιος ὀργὴ
Zeus's anger
['Zeus's
anger'] and [sc. also attested is]
'Zeus's
altar'.
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δ
1207
Διὸς Κόρινθος
Zeus' [son] Korinthos
… people would not listen to them, and began to shout
'Zeus'
son Korinthos will not put up with this.' So they say that the Megarians threw the envoys out and beat them, saying 'take …
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δ
1212
Διὸς φήμη
Zeus' voice
… meaning] prophecy. For Apollo [is] the voice of his father
[Zeus]
and takes the prophecies from him and exhibits them to mankind. And Homer [writes]:
"Zeus'
messenger, Rumor, blazed forth".
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δ
1124
Διμήτωρ
twice-born
… grape-clusters -- the god thus being considered as having been
born
once from the earth and again from the vine"), and generally LSJ s.v.
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δ
1044
Διιπετέος
fallen from Zeus
[Meaning] filled [sc. with rain] by
Zeus.
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δ
1136
Διόβλητος
Zeus-struck
… struck by a thunderbolt. "The leader of the venture being
Zeus-struck
was then burned up."
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δ
1137
Διόβλητοι
Zeus-struck
… [by bolts] from heaven. "And thunderbolts descended and all became
Zeus-struck."
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ε
3393
Εὐγενής
well-born, noble
In respect of family or of fatherland. "At the end, when it was necessary to hand over their weapons, there was a noble lamentation, and a desire of soul for freedom came over the …
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ε
3525
Εὐθὺ τοῦ Διός
straight of Zeus
Meaning [straight] towards
Zeus.
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ε
1148
<20Ἐν γεννητοῖς γυναίκων
among those born of women
… to you, there has not arisen a greater among those
born
of women than John"), Luke 7.28. It is then quoted frequently in patristic writers.
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α
1180
Ἀλλ' ἢ καλῶς ζῆν ἢ καλῶς τεθνηκέναι τὸν εὐγενῆ χρή πάντ' ἀκήκοας λόγον
But the well-born man should either live well or die well - end of story
Sophocles [says this].
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α
1261
Ἀλιτόμηνος
untimely-born
[Meaning] one who has missed the final month, the h)lito/mhnos.
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