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διαβολ-ή

diabole · ἡ

false accusation, slander

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Where it lives

For The Soldier 3 · 34.6/10k
On the Property of Aristophanes 6 · 19.34/10k
Trapeziticus 5 · 15.02/10k
Defense Against a Charge of Subverting the Democracy 3 · 14.89/10k
Apology 12 · 13.73/10k
Busiris 2 · 7.28/10k
For Polystratus 1 · 5.24/10k
Against Spudias 1 · 5.16/10k
Antidosis 9 · 5.11/10k
Epistles 6 · 3.54/10k
To Demonicus 1 · 3.46/10k
Concerning the Team of Horses 1 · 3.45/10k

Densest 12 of 43 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

διαβολ-ή · diabol-ē — LSJ

false accusation, slander, them, it slanderously said, charges, the accusations, discredit, prejudice against, ill-repute, prejudice

false accusation, slander, Epich. 148; ἐπὶ διαβολῇ εἰπεῖν Hdt. 3.66, 73; δ. λόγου Th. 8.91; διαβολὰς ἐνδέχεσθαι, προσίεσθαι, to give ear to them, Hdt. 3.80, 6.123; διαβολὰς ἔχειν ὡς . . to have it slanderously said that . ., Isoc. 8.125; ὀνείδους καὶ δ. τυγχάνειν Lys. 25.6; ἐνδ. καθεστηκέναι ibid.; διαλύσειν τὴν δ. Th. 1.131: of charges not necessarily false or malicious, δ. ταῖς ἐμαῖς the accusations which I bring, E. Andr. 1005, cf. Isoc. 1.17; τὰ πρὸς διαβολὴν κυροῦντα tending to discredit, P

II quarrel, enmity, fear, aversion, withstand

(διαβάλλω III) quarrel, enmity, κατὰ τὰς ἰδίας δ. Th. 2.65; ἡ πρὸς τὸ συγγενὲς δ. Plu. Frat. 2.479b; ἡ πρὸς θάνατον δ. fear, aversion from it, ib. Cons.Apoll. 110a: c. gen., δ. τοῦ πάθους ib. Cohib. 456b; εἰς διαβολήν τινος to withstand them, LXX Nu. 22.32.

III legal obligation(?)

(διαβάλλω VIII) legal obligation(?), Leg.Gort. 9.35.

IV fraud

fraud, Sch. Ar. Pl. 373.

In the wild

διαβολάς · diabolas Aristophanes, Knights 490 (DIORISIS sentence 399)
διαβολαῖς · diabolais Aristophanes, Knights (DIORISIS sentence 4)
διαβολήν · diabolēn Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..fragments.7 (DIORISIS sentence 17)
διαβολὴν · diabolēn Aristotle, Politics 1311b (DIORISIS sentence 2118)
διαβολὴ · diabolē Aristotle, Rhetoric 1
διαβολή · diabolē Aristotle, Rhetoric 2

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