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δ1253Διωρυχήpassage… through] walls or banks. But diorugh/ [is] the digging [sc. itself].Matched in translationhighshort
δ1257Διπλασιάσαιto double… number of the men remains the same, or the number itself. Each of these [senses may be distinguished] in two ways, either by files [lochoi] or by ranks [zuga]. [This is] the same as …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ1559Δοιδυκοποιόςpestle-maker… ps.-Herodian 24. Outside these lexica and grammars the present headword itself occurs only in (and is therefore probably generated by) Plutarch, Phocion 4.2, quoting the historian Idomeneus of Lampsacus (FGrH 338 F15); Idomeneus claims …Matched in noteshighshort
ε469Ἐκκλησιάζωνassembling, summoning to an assembly… from the quotation given. Both the gloss and the quotation itself indicate that this is the transitive sense of the verb (II in LSJ s.v.). The intransitive sense is most famously illustrated by Aristophanes' …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1170Διονύσιος ὁ ἈρεωπαγίτηςDionysios the Areiopagite, Dionysius the Areopagite… Dionysius was enthroned by him as the bishop of Athens itself. As for the skills in the Greek disciplines, his inherited culture, he was judged the most eminent of all [his equals], for generally …Matched in translationhighlong
ε1138Ἐναυλήματαbarley-soaksSame entry in other lexica, but the (neuter plural) headword itself, e)naulh/mata, is problematic. Theodoridis on Photius, Lexicon epsilon818 obelizes it, and mentions some of the alternatives that have been suggested: e)nalh/mata, e)nqulh/mata, qulh/mata. …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1567Ἐξάρτυσιςequipment… Excerpta Constantiniana; Adler tentatively suggested Nicolaus of Damascus. The headword itself, a feminine noun, is rare in classical Greek, first appearing (several times) in the artillery manual of Philo of Byzantium and later in …Matched in noteshighshort
η37ἩγεμονεύωI rule… see LSJ s.v. at web address 1. For the headword itself cf. the Synagoge. For the gloss dioikw=, cf. Etymologicum Genuinum (and ps.-Zonaras 974). The gloss is a)/rxesqai in Hesychius eta53 (Thucydides 3.61.2; see …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1256Δίπαλτοςdoubly-brandished, twice-brandished… But uncertainty as to the meaning is evident in antiquity itself, as the Suda confirms. It is possible that this kind of compound had changed its sense from a literal into a metaphorical one. …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1227Δίωκε ἀρετήνpursue excellence… Hexaemeron 7.3.55 di/wke de\ a)lh/qeian, ei)likri/neian, a(plo/thta, "pursue truth, transparence, simplicity". The usage of the verb diw/kw with reference to virtue is widespread among Christian writers (cf. also John Chrysostom In Ep. 2 ad …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1232Διώκω σεI am pursuing you… council if the honour had been bestowed by the council itself).Matched in noteshighshort
δ1108Δίκροταdikrota, two-banked… and not constantly respected in the Koine. Moreover, Attic prose itself admits exceptions to the so-called schema Atticum when the emphasis is shifted on the plurality of inanimate objects: see e.g. Xenophon, Anabasis 1.8.20 …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1161ΔιόμειαDiomeia… in this instance, Harpok. has no entry for the deme itself; see rather epsilon 1179). For the present entry cf. Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. and the Aristophanic scholia cited in the notes below. On …Matched in noteshighshort

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