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502
Διαβασιλίζεται
is a pretender
Same entry in other lexica. The headword is Comica
adespota
fr.322 Kock, now 203 K.-A.; this word only.
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
516
Διαγέγραπται
has been struck through
Aristophanes,
Clouds 773-774 (web
address
1), with comment from the scholia there. [1] For this technical sense of 'introduction' --
actually
bringing
a
case to court -- see LSJ s.v. ei)sagwgh/.
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
1439
Δωδεκαδώρῳ
twelve hand's-breadths in length
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2
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2
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2
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2
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1
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1
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[1] The headword is dative singular of the rare
adjective
dwdeka/dwros. Such
a
dative is otherwise
attested
only in the scholia to Hesiod, Works
and
Days 426, where dekadw/rw| occurs
and
the
ancient
commentator …
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
1107
Δίκραιρος
two-horned
The unglossed headword, nominative singular,
appears
in the dative in the quotation given. It is otherwise unattested. cf. generally delta 1088. [1] Greek
Anthology
6.32.1
(Agathias
Scholasticus), of
a
goat dedicated to Pan. Find …
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
475
Δημώναξ
Demonax
That of e.g.
a
tragedian of uncertain date (Snell, TGF 1.320);
a
Mantinean military instructor
(Athenaeus,
Deipnosophists 4. 154D-E [4.41 Kaibel]);
and
a
long-lived Cynic philosopher of the C2 CE (OCD(4) s.v.).
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
521
Διαγνώμη
decree, resolution
Same entry in other lexica,
and
cf.
also
the scholia to Thucydides 1.87.6, where the headword,
a
feminine noun, occurs (the
Athenian
assembly's
resolution that the Thirty Years' Peace had been breached). See
also
…
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
453
Δημός
fat
Repeated theta 502. [1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica
(and
several scholia),
and
cf. delta 473. [2]
Aristophanes,
Knights 954, with comment from the scholia there. Here
as
also
in Wasps 40 there …
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
471
Δημοφῶν
Demophon
That of two mythological figures,
a
son of Theseus
and
a
nurseling of Demeter heroized
at
Eleusis: for both see OCD(4) s.v. (pp.438-9).
Also
(e.g.) one of Demosthenes' wicked uncles (see under delta 456); …
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
462
Δημοσιώνης
revenue-farmer
The headword is extracted from the quotation given. [1]
A
summary of Diodorus Siculus 34.38.1, on the legates of Q. Caecilius Metellus Numidicus -- including C. Marius -- in
Africa
in 109/8 BCE.
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
505
Διαβηνός
Diabenos
Attested
as
such only in lexicography. Perhaps
a
truncated form of
*)adiabhno/s,
an
inhabitant of
Adiabene
- present-day Halab - in Mesopotamia; see under
alpha
470
(and
note that
Adiabene
itself is occasionally found …
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
528
Διάγραμμα
register
… this headword cf. delta 529, delta 530. [2] For 'market-regulators',
agoranomoi,
especially in classical
Athens,
see
alpha
302. What is said
about
their duties here might be
a
careless version of what
?Aristotle,
Athenaion
…
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
1088
Δικέραιον
two-horned
The headword, (feminine)
accusative
singular of this
adjective,
is evidently extracted from the quotation given. [1] Greek
Anthology
6.111.5-6
(Antipater
of Sidon),
a
hunter dedicates to
Artemis
the hide
and
antlers
of the deer …
Matched in notes
high
short
ε
118
Ἔγκοτον
spite, spiteful
[1] Likewise in Photius, Lexicon epsilon57 Theodoridis.
Apparently,
as
Adler
notes, from Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon, where however the gloss is
a
single phrase: e)xqra\n e)ndia/qeton "innate hostility". (The headword is used
as
a
substantive …
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
507
Διαβήτης
compass
[1] From
a
scholion on
Aristophanes,
Clouds 178, where the headword occurs (web
address
1). [2] This last sentence presumably refers to the gnomon of
a
sundial (gamma 346).
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
468
Δημοῦσθαι
to talk popularly
… cf. the scholia there). [1] See delta 444. [2] This
appears
to be the required meaning of
a)ntipai/zein
here; cf. LSJ entry
at
web sddress 1.
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
503
Διαβάσκει
struts about
From
a
scholion on
Aristophanes,
Birds 486, where the headword occurs (web
address
1), of the King of Persia; the only instance of this compound verb.
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
506
Διαβησείοντας
wanting to cross over
[1]
A
desiderative participle, derived from diabai/nw; here in the
accusative
plural, from the quotation to follow. [2]
An
approximation
of
Agathias,
Histories 2.4.7. While encamped on the banks of the river Casulinus (Volturnus, …
Matched in notes
high
short
δ
1634
Δυσηχής
dissonant
[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica,
and
cf.
also
a
scholion on Homer, Iliad 11.589, where the headword occurs (web
address
1). For this gloss in
another
context see under delta 1629. [2] …
Matched in notes
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short