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δόχμιος

δόχμιος, across, athwart, aslant

δόχμιος, α, ον,
  • across, aslant, δόχμια . . ἦλθον Il. 23.116, cf. E. Or. 1261 (lyr.); δ. κέλευθον ἐμβάνειν Id. Alc. 1000 (lyr.), cf. 575 (lyr.); πέσε δ. A.R. 1.1169.
    • II in Prosody, ποὺς δ. the dochmiac measure, Choerob. in Heph. p.219 C.; ῥυθμὸς δ. Aristid.Quint. 1.17, Bacch. Harm. 100:—hence Adj. forms, δοχμιᾰκός Aristid.Quint. l.c.: δοχμικός, δοχμ-αϊκός, Sch. A. Th. 128, Sch. Ar. Av. 937. (Perh. cf. Skt. jihmá- ‘oblique’.)

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