Lexicon / G6816
διαβολή
diabolē
  • distraction

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Glosses: distraction

1. false accusation, slander, calumny , ἐπὶ διαβολῇ εἰπεῖν (Herdotus Historicus); διαβολὰς ἐνδέχεσθαι to give ear to false accusations , (Herdotus Historicus); ἐμὴ δ. the slanders against me, (Plato Philosophus)

2. a quarrel, enmity , (Thucydides) (ML)