Ἴα
one; cry
Translated by Anne Mahoney12 Dec 1999Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἴα· μία, ἢ φωνή, ἢ βία.
Betacode
*)/ia: mi/a, h)\ fwnh/, h)\ bi/a.
Notes (3)
- This entry conflates two words with the same spelling but different accentuation, and confuses matters further by tacitly introducing meanings of another word entirely: see the notes below.↩
- 1The headword is the epic form for
mi/a , feminine nominative singular (LSJ entry at web address 1). Same glossing in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, and cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 4.437. ↩- 2We now switch without warning to the poetic noun
i)a/ , Ionici)h/ : LSJ entry at web address 2, and cf. iota 219, omicron 949. ↩- 3The source of this second gloss (for
i)a/ ) is unclear. Hesychius iota1 has (at this point)kai\ fwnh\ kai\ boh/ ("shout"), andi)/a does occur with this meaning once or twice in tragedy (see web address 2). The meaning "force/strength" belongs toi)/s (B): LSJ entry at web address 3. - 1The headword is the epic form for
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 3 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history6 revisions · last 10 Apr 2015
- typo, coding — Catharine Roth
- augmented notes; tweaks and cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
- cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- added cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- augmented notes, added links — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Anne Mahoney