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dĭăpŏrēsis a doubting, perplexity dĭapsalma a pause dĭapsōrĭcum an eye-salve dĭārĭum A daily allowance of food; pay; A diary, journal dĭarrhoea diarrhœa dĭăsostes a sort of policemen dĭaspermatōn a drug made from seeds dĭastēma space between, distance, interval; an interval dĭastēmătĭcus adj. having pauses, intervals dĭastŏle The diastole; The comma dĭastŏleus an auditor of accounts dĭastȳlos adj. having columns far apart, diastyle dĭăsyrmos mockery, reviling dĭăsyrtĭcus adj. mocking, reviling; mockingly dĭătessărōn A medicine made of four ingredients dĭăthўra an enclosure dĭătoichon a sort of brick-work dĭătŏnĭcus adj. diatonic; Neutr; subst; a kind of masonry filled in with rubble dĭătŏnus adj. the natural; diatonic series of notes; the diatonic scale dĭā^trētārĭus one who does perforated; filigree work, a turner, carver dĭā^trētus adj. pierced with holes, filigree, carved, embossed; Subst; pierced work, filigree-w… dĭā^trĭba a learned discussion; a school dĭā^trĭtaeus adj. of the space of three days dĭā^trĭtus the return of a fever on the third day dĭătўpōsis a description, representation dĭaula a plant dĭaulos a double course dĭaxўlon dĭăzeugmĕnon a separation, disjunction dĭăzeuxis a separation dĭăzōma a space between the seats in a theatre dī-bālo v. a. to bleat abroad; to make common; contemptible by clamor; to injure dĭbăphus adj. double dyed; the purple staterobe of a high magistrate dībrăchys a metrical foot consisting of two short syllables, a dibrach dī-būcĭno v. a. to trumpet forth dĭca a lawsuit, judicial process, action; to bring an action; to bring a heavy action dĭcābŭla chatter, idle talk dĭcācĭtas biting wit, raillery, banter dĭcācŭlus adj. Talkative, loquacious; Facetious, witty; keenly, satirically, facetiously Dĭcaearchī^a the old name of; Puzzuolo; the inhabitants of that city.—Gen. plur; adj., of Di… Dĭcaearchus The founder of Dicaearchia; A pupil of Aristotle, a famous philosopher and geog… dĭcaeŏlŏgia a plea, defence Dĭcarchēus Dĭcarchis dĭcassit dĭcātĭo A formal declaration of intention to become a citizen; a praising dĭcātus P. a. dĭcax adj. talking sharply, satirical, sarcastic, acute, witty dīcĕ dĭchalcum a small coin, the fourth; the fifth) part of an obolus dĭchŏmēnĭon a plant dĭchōneutus adj. recast, adulterated dĭchŏrēus a double trochee dĭchŏtŏmos adj. cut in two, halved dī^chrŏnus adj. of two quantities, common dĭcĭbŭla dīcĭmōnĭum speaking, oratory dĭcĭo gen., dat., acc; dominion, sovereignty, authority, rule, sway, power dicis for the sake of judicial form;; for form's sake, for the sake of appearance; N.… dĭco v. a. To proclaim, make known; to dedicate, consecrate, devote; to consecrate, to dei… dīco v. a. to say, tell, mention, relate, affirm, declare, state; to mean, intend; or rath… dicrŏtum a galley with two banks of oars dictābŏlārĭum a satirical saying Dictaeus dictāmen dictamnum dictāta lessons, exercises dictātĭo a dictating, dictation dictātĭuncŭla a short dictation dictātor A dictator; The chief magistrate of other cities of Italy; one who dictates dictātōrĭus adj. belonging to a dictator; dictatorial dictātrix a dictatress dictātūra The office of a dictator, dictatorship; The work of dictating to pupils; Dictē a mountain in the eastern part of Crete; Sethia; in a cave of which Jupiter, ac… dictērĭum a witty saying, a bon-mot dictĭcŏs adj. pointing; demonstrative dictĭo a saying, speaking, uttering, delivery; the right of giving testimony; Kinds of… dictĭōsus adj. facetious, satirical dictĭto v. intens. a. to say often; emphatically; to declare, maintain, assert repeatedly; as he alle… dicto v. freq. a. to say often; to pronounce, declare; assert repeatedly; To dictate; to express … dictor one who says; a speaker dictum dictŭrĭo v. desid. a., to long to say; tell dictus dictus a saying, speech Dictynna The nymph Britomartis, so called because, when pursued by Minos; An appellation… Dictys A mariner changed by Bacchus into a dolphin; A centaur, slain at the wedding of… dĭdascălĭcus adj. pertaining to instruction, didactic; Subst; the title of a work by Attius dīdĭtus Dīdĭus the name of a Roman plebeian; consul in the year; emperor of Rome in the year dī-do v. a. to give out, spread abroad, disseminate, distribute Dīdō the celebrated foundress of Carthage, daughter of the Tyrian king Belus, wife o… dī^drāchmon a double drachma dī-dūco v. a. to draw apart; to part, split, separate, sever, sunder, divide; to digest; to s… dīductĭo an expanding, separating dīductus Dĭdўmae A group of islands on the coast of Troas; Islands on the coast of Lycia Dĭdўmaeus adj. a city of Ionia Dĭdўmāon the name of a skilful artificer Dĭdўmē An island near Sicily; An island in the Aegaean Sea; A city in Ionia; in the Mi…