- διάδημα
- διάδημα, ατος, τό (since X., Cyr. 8, 3, 13; Alex. Ep. XIII, 27; XIV, 4; Epict. 1, 24, 17; 4, 8, 30; OGI 248, 17; 383, 103; O. Bodl 262, 1 B.C.; pap; LXX; TestSol D 7:4; Test12Patr; JosAs; ApcSol) fr. διαδεῖν to bind around: ‘band, fillet’, Eng. loanw. ‘diadem’: properly the sign of royalty among the Persians, a blue band trimmed with white, on the tiara, hence a symbol of royalty gener.: royal headband, crown (Diod S 4, 4, 4; Lucian, Pisc. 35 βασιλείας γνώρισμα; Ezk. Trag. 71 [in Eus., PE 9, 29, 5]; Philo, Fuga 111; Jos., Bell. 1, 70, Ant. 12, 389; TestJud 12:4) Rv 12:3; 13:1; 19:12 (divinities w. diadems: PGM 4:521, 675, 2840). Pol 1:1. Kl. Pauly I 1504f.—DELG s.v. δέω 1. TW.
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