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Ἰανοκρήδεμνος
fine-veiled, with a fine veil
[Meaning] one who wears a wreath [made] out of violets.
high
short
ι
63
Ἰατρός
doctor
[It has] a short [iota] in Aristophanes in Wealth: "what doctor, then, is there now in the city?". But in Homer [sc. it has a long one]: "a doctor man, you see [...]". "A …
high
medium
ι
101
Ἴδη
Ide, Ida, wood
[sc. A term applicable to] every wooded mountain. Also [sc. attested is] Idaion, a cave in Crete.
high
clothing
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short
ι
118
Ἰδίωμα
particular nature, specific property
"The particular nature of the country worked for him; for it was forested."
high
short
ι
159
Ἱερατικὴ
priest-craft, religion
[Priest-craft] and philosophy do not originate from the same sources. But philosophy coming down from the one cause of all things to the foundation of [material] beings, through the middle of all kinds [of …
high
medium
ι
226
Ἵησιν
throws
[Meaning he/she/it] lets go. "As one [of Menon's soldiers] was splitting wood, when he saw Clearchus approaching, he threw the axe at him." Xenophon [sc. writes this].
high
short
ι
240
Ἴθματα
steps
[Meaning] tracks, strides, right actions, onsets. "The mustard had been separated by what is called a colander (h)qmo/s)."
high
short
ι
265
Ἱκετηρία
of a suppliant
The young shoot of the olive. Aeschines in the Defence [uses the word]. "Of a suppliant" is the name for a branch of olive, wound into a wreath.
high
short
ι
280
Ἱκτῆρας
suppliant
[Meaning] supplicatory. "Stand up, and take up these suppliant branches."
high
short
ι
364
Ἵνα μὴ φάγῃ σκόροδα μηδὲ κυάμους
so that he may [never] eat garlic or [black] beans
That is, so that he may not serve on a jury or in the army. For into war they used to take garlic; but the jurymen used to nibble on beans, in order not …
high
short
ι
387
Ἴξαλος
jumping
[Meaning one who/which is] springing. In the Epigrams: "Charicles dedicated this jumping woodland shaggy tawny bearded goat to Pan the swift-springing wood-walking rock-loving [god]." And elsewhere: "While formerly from a wild, hairy, jumping goat, …
high
short
ι
389
Ἰξευτής
pertaning to bird-catching, pertaining to fowling
[i)ceuth/s means the same as] i)ceutiko/s.
high
short
ι
392
Ἰξιόεν
[made from] chameleon-thistle
[no gloss]
high
short
ι
393
Ἰξιῶδες
thistle-like (?)
[no gloss]
high
short
ι
396
Ἰξός
bird-lime
What they used in a hunt for winged creatures.
high
short
ι
401
Ἰοβιανός
Jovianus, Jovian
Orthodox emperor of [the] Romans, who displayed great care and attention for the churches and recalled all the bishops in exile. And he wrote to St. Athanasius to indicate to him the strictness of …
high
long
ι
415
Ἴον
violet
[Meaning] the flower [of that name].
high
short
ι
424
Ἰοστέφανοι
violet-crowned
Pindar [says]: "shining and violet-crowned Athens."
high
short
ι
442
Ἴουλος
down [on the cheeks], vine-worm
[Meaning] a worm in the vines; a kind of many-footed animal. And the blooming of what is on the cheeks, and the blossom on the nut-tree, and a kind of song, and one who …
high
short
ι
493
Ἰωνιά
violet-bed
[Meaning] a meadow of violets. Just like r(odwnia/ ["rose-bed"], [a meadow] of roses, and krinwnia/ ["lily-bed"], [a meadow] of lilies.
high
short
ι
544
Ἱππίας
Hippias
This man put forward the death of [sc. his brother] Hipparchos as a pretext for his anger at the Athenians and his subsequent savagery. And when in later time he became a bitter tyrant …
high
medium
ι
571
Ἱππομανῆ
horse-maddening
[Meaning] in a great rage; or one who is mad about horses and horsemanship; or to be understood in reference to the meadow. The "horse" [sc. part of the word] is applied to something …
high
medium
ι
600
Ἶρος
Iros, Irus
[Meaning] the beggar [of that name]; [spelled] with a long iota. But [there is also] i(ro/s [meaning] i(ero/s, with crasis. "This place is holy, as I conjecture, full of laurel, olive-tree, and vine -- …
high
short
ι
639
Ἰσθμικὴ πίτυς
Isthmian pine
A prize for victory [sc. in athletes].
high
short
ι
695
Ἱστοπέδη
mast-step, tabernacle
[Meaning] a timber [standing] upright from the keel, to which the mast has been bound.
high
short
ι
711
Ἰσχάς
dried fig
[sc. So called by] being something withered [iskhnas]; since, before meat-eating had been given to the Athenians, they used the dried fig [sc. for food]. Or since it goes this far: for first the …
high
medium
ι
755
Ἴτυς
rim, loop
[Meaning] perimeter of a shield. Xenophon [writes]: "but Callimachus, as he saw him going by, took hold of him by the [shield-]rim; and at this moment Aristonymus ran by them." And in the Epigrams: …
high
short
ι
756
Ἴτυς
rim, loop
"A shield [...] old in the rim from wars, old in the boss: but I shine with courage, which I obtained [...]." And elsewhere: "but he perished [fighting] for his companion, holding his circular …
high
short
ι
757
Ἰτύς
felloe, rim, loop
[accusative?] i)te/a.
high
short
ι
778
Ἰφύη
spike-lavender
A kind of wild herb. Aristophanes [writes]: "and I [think you resemble] Menelaus, so far as [one can judge] from these spike-lavenders."
high
short