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Τούτῳ τῷ λόγῳ χρήσαιτο ἄν τις ἐπ' ἐκείνων τῶν ἀνθρώπων οἳ παραδόξως ἀλαζονεύονται, μηδὲ τὰ κοινὰ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἐπιτελεῖν δυνάμενοι → One would use this fable for those who give themselves unreasonable airs, but can't handle everyday life (Aesop 40)
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|lshtext=<b>dĭgammon</b>: i, or dĭgamma, ătis, n., also dĭgammos, i, f. (sc. [[littera]]), = [[δίγαμμον]] | |lshtext=<b>dĭgammon</b>: i, or dĭgamma, ătis, n., also dĭgammos, i, f. (sc. [[littera]]), = [[δίγαμμον]] (sc. [[στοιχεῖον]]) or [[δίγαμμα]],<br /><b>I</b> the Aeolic [[double]] [[gamma]] or digamma (ϝ>), represented in Latin [[sometimes]] by V, [[sometimes]] by F, [[which]], written upside [[down]], [[thus]], F, the Emperor [[Claudius]] wished to [[substitute]] for [[both]] F and V, Quint. 1, 7, 27; cf. Tac. A. 11, 14; Suet. Claud. 41 (v. the letters F and V).<br /> <b>(a)</b> Digammon, Quint. 1, 4, 7 Zumpt and Meyer N. cr.; Prob. Verg. G. 1, 70; [[Don]]. p. 1736 P. Lind. N. cr.; Cassiod. p. 2292 P.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> Digammos [[littera]], Ter. Maur. p. 2387 P.; and [[simply]] digammos, Serv. Aen. 1, 292; 642; 6, 359; Pompei. ad [[Don]]. p. 21 Lind. N. cr.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> Digamma, Prisc. p. 542 P.; 545 fin. ib.; 709 ib. al.—<br /><b>II</b> Used [[jestingly]] to [[denote]] an incomebook (from the [[title]] Fundorum [[reditus]], the [[first]] [[letter]] of [[which]] is a digamma), Cic. Att. 9, 9, 4. | ||
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dĭgammon: i, or dĭgamma, ătis, n., also dĭgammos, i, f. (sc. littera), = δίγαμμον (sc. στοιχεῖον) or δίγαμμα,
I the Aeolic double gamma or digamma (ϝ>), represented in Latin sometimes by V, sometimes by F, which, written upside down, thus, F, the Emperor Claudius wished to substitute for both F and V, Quint. 1, 7, 27; cf. Tac. A. 11, 14; Suet. Claud. 41 (v. the letters F and V).
(a) Digammon, Quint. 1, 4, 7 Zumpt and Meyer N. cr.; Prob. Verg. G. 1, 70; Don. p. 1736 P. Lind. N. cr.; Cassiod. p. 2292 P.—
(b) Digammos littera, Ter. Maur. p. 2387 P.; and simply digammos, Serv. Aen. 1, 292; 642; 6, 359; Pompei. ad Don. p. 21 Lind. N. cr.—
(g) Digamma, Prisc. p. 542 P.; 545 fin. ib.; 709 ib. al.—
II Used jestingly to denote an incomebook (from the title Fundorum reditus, the first letter of which is a digamma), Cic. Att. 9, 9, 4.