- διαβήτης
- δια-βήτης, ου, ὁ, ([etym.] διαβαίνω)A compass, so called from its outstretched legs, Ar.Nu.178, Av.1003.2 carpenter's or stonemason's rule,
ξύσας ὀρθὸν πρὸς διαβήτην IG12(2).11.20
([place name] Lesbos), cf. ib.2.1054.10, Pl.Phlb.56b, Plu.2.802f, Sch.Il.2.765.II siphon, Colum.3.10, HeroSpir.1.29.III Medic., the disease diabetes, Aret.SD2.2, Philagr. ap. Orib.5.19.9, Gal.8.394.
Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό). 2014.