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dīnŭmĕro v. a. to count over, reckon up, enumerate; to count out, pay out dĭnummĭum a tax of two dĭnuptĭla a plant dĭo A brother-in-law of the elder Dionysius, of Syracuse, the...; An Academic philo… dĭōbŏlāris adj. that costs; is worth two; the title of a comedy Dĭŏchăres a freedman of Caesar; adj., of Diochares Dĭoclētĭānus a Roman emperor from Dĭŏdōrus A Peripatetic philosopher, a pupil of Critolaüs; A famous dialectician; a well-… Dĭŏdŏtus a Stoic, and teacher of Cicero dĭœcēsis A governor's jurisdiction, a district; a bishop's jurisdiction, a diocese; a pa… dĭœcētes an overseer of the revenue, royal treasurer Dĭŏgĕnes a celebrated Ionian philosopher, pupil of Anaximenes; The well-known Cynic phil… dĭōgmītae a sort of lightarmed frontier troops kept for the pursuit... Dĭŏmēdes A son of Tydeus, king of Aetolia, and Deipyle, the succes...; A king of the Bis… Dĭōn Dĭōnē The mother of Venus; adj., of Dione; the garment worked b...; of Dione (Venus);… dĭōnўmus adj. with a double name Dĭŏnȳsia a noted dancer Dĭŏnȳsĭa Dĭŏnȳsĭăcus Dĭŏnȳsĭas Dĭŏnȳsĭus the name of several celebrated Greeks; The elder Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse;… dĭŏnȳsŏnymphas a plant Dĭŏnȳsŏpŏlītae the inhabitants of Dionysopolis, a city of Magna Phrygia Dĭŏnȳsus the Greek name of Bacchus dĭŏpĕtes a sort of frog, rainfrog Dĭŏphănes Of Mitylenae, teacher of Tib. Gracchus; Of Nicaea, a Latin author on husbandry dĭoptra an optical instrument Dĭōryctos a trench; canal, in Acarnania, between Leucadia and the c... dĭōryx a canal Dĭos bălănus a kind of chestnut; the large sweet chestnut Dĭos pneuma a species of rosemary Dĭospўros a plant; stonecrop dĭōta a two-handled vessel, a wine-jar Dĭŏvis the old Italian name for Juppiter diox Dīphĭlus A celebrated Greek comic writer of Sinope, imitated by Pl...; An architect empl… diphrўges a kind of slag formed in furnaces when copper is melted diphthongus a diphthong dĭphўes a precious; stone, otherwise unknown dīplangīum a double vessel dīplăsĭus adj. twofold, duplicate diplinthĭus adj. two bricks thick dīplŏïs a double robe to be wrapped around the body, a cloak, mantle dīplōma a letter folded double; A state letter of recommendation; a document drawn up b… diplōmārĭus one who carried out the imperial letters of recommendation dĭpondĭum dipsăcos the plant teasel dipsas a kind of serpent whose bite causes violent thirst Dipsas a name given to an old bawd diptĕros adj. with two wings diptōta nouns that have only two cases, diptotes diptўcha A writing-tablet of two leaves; The double shell Dĭpўlon a gate at Athens that closed the Ceramicus, and through w... dĭpўros adj. twice burned dīrādo v. a. to scratch slightly Dīrae the Furies Dirca Dircē A fountain N. W. of Thebes, in Boeotia; The wife of the Theban prince Lycus Dircenna a fountain in Spain, near Bilbilis dircĭon a plant also known as; a kind of solanum dīrectā perpendicularly dīrectārĭus one who; secretly enters a house in order to steal, a sne... dīrectē directly, straight dīrectĭangŭlus adj. right-angled, rectangular dīrectĭlīnĕus adj. rectilinear dīrectim directly, straightway dīrectĭo A making straight; even, a levelling dīrectĭtūde rightness, correctness dīrecto directly, in a straight line dīrectōrĭus adj. that directs; sends in any direction, directory dīrectūra a making straight, even, a levelling dīrectus P. a. dĭremptĭo a separation dĭremptus dĭremptus a separation dīreptĭo a plundering, pillaging dīreptor a plunderer dīreptus dīreptus a plundering dĭrĭbĕo v. a. to lay apart, separate, divide, sort; to distribute dĭrĭbĭtĭo a separating; sorting of the tablets taken from the ballo... dĭrĭbĭtor the separater; sorter of the ballots used in voting; a distributor dĭrĭbĭtōrĭum the building in which the ballots were sorted; N. cr dīrĭgo v. a. to lay straight, set in a straight line, to arrange, draw up dĭrĭmo v. a. to take apart; to part, separate, divide; cutting through dīrĭpĭo v. a. to tear asunder, tear in pieces; to distract, distress dīrĭtas fatal mischief, misfortune; fierceness, cruelty dīrumpo v. a. to break; dash to pieces; to break, burst asunder; that has a rupture dīrŭo v. a. to tear asunder, overthrow, demolish, destroy; deprived of pay dīruptĭo a tearing asunder, tearing to pieces dīruptus dīrus adj. fearful, awful; ill-omened, ominous, boding, portentous; dreadful, horrible, te… dīrŭtĭo a destruction dīrŭtus dīs adj., rich Dīs godhead, deity; Jupiter; the god of the infernal regions dĭs c, p, q, t, s; di; b, d, g, l, m, n, r dīs neutr; more richly; splendidly discalcĕātus adj., unshod, barefooted