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the Aplaō or aplaō—it is better to say [the latter]. And apoknai and diaknai mean to destroy. And dachaioimai and "I am made resplendent." Daiō means "I am mad." Edaomēn also means "to divide," from which come daidēs, didaskalos [teacher], daēr [brother-in-law], and daiō [meaning] to pour, and dasmos [tribute], and anadasmos [redistribution]. In that place [it means] "I dwell," as naiōn [dwelling] in the midst of the seas. Except for exeō; for this signifies motion alone, yet they are nonetheless called through the e and otherwise. Those things beginning from the syllable the are for the most part called through the e. But some are also written through the ai diphthong [though] called through the e. These are: phōs [light]; phō, which means "I say"; thea [sight], from which comes theatēs [spectator]. Theōros [observer] is the one who cares for divine things, from hōra [meaning] concern. And theōrō [I observe] from aithēr [meaning] height, and theōria [contemplation], and theōrēma [theorem]. Theōros is the spectator; from which theōron is the hippodrome. And the theōrika funds which were collected in the common treasury of the Athenians; the people used to give these to them during the festivals, so that they might not be left out of their spectacle. Envy (phthonein) is the law, and phthonos is to envy Dionysus, and Theoinia is a festival celebrated for him. Thermopylae is the name of a city which used to be called Pylae [Gates]. It was called Thermopylae because of the hot waters and because the [passes] of Heracles are increasingly narrow. Theai [means] women and the same thing. Phorrimon and pholotos are the same. Theatron [theater]. Theathai means to receive the god. They call the lawgiver thantar, the law. And thes is the people. And there, thalpē [warmth] is authority. Thekla and Thalatta are a city. These are phetai before she herself separated. Thoros [semen]. Phrizō and phrizō mean to come with haste. Thymos [spirit], then, is law. And law is that which he wrote. Thesmothetēs is the lawgiver.