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Ἁ πίτυς
the pine-tree
Entry lacking, Adler reports, in some of the manuscripts. [1] Theocritus (see next note) wrote in a Doric dialect: the feminine nominative singular of the definite article was a(, which the Suda glosses with …
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278
Αἶρα
darnel; sphere; Airai (?)
… zeta 99. [2] Perhaps Airai (sic), west of Teos in
Ionia.
See Barrington Atlas map 56 grid D5; Lene Rubinstein in M.H. Hansen & T.H. Nielsen (eds.), An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis …
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338
Βλήχων
pennyroyal
… [1] blh/xwn is the Attic form, while glh/xwn is the
Ionic
(and gla/xwn the Doric); cf. gamma 287. [2] Pennyroyal, a plant of the mint family (Mentha pulegium), is native to most parts of …
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947
Ἔμβολα
bolts, rams
… C4), overlooking the entrance to the Ambracian Gulf. In the
Ionian
Sea offshore from Aktion, Octavian's naval forces defeated the combined fleets of Antony and Cleopatra in the famous Battle of Actium (September 2, …
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1152
Ἐν γυάλοισιν
in hollows
… Lexicon (55.28-30), and several Homeric scholia. [2] Greek Anthology 7.43.1-2
(Ion)
-- where however the adjective is melampeta/lois, "black-leaved".
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ι
63
Ἰατρός
doctor
[1] Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 407, with scholion. [2] Homer, Iliad 11.514 (with epic/Ionic i)htro/s). [3] Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 561.12-13. [4] Aristophanes, Clouds 332, with scholion. On Hippocrates, see iota 564. …
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101
Ἴδη
Ide, Ida, wood
[1] (Same or similar glossing in other lexica.) There was a small place called Ide -- the present headword -- on the neck of the Chersonnese (Barrington Atlas map 51 grid H3), but no …
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303
Κάνδυλος
kandulos, kandylos
… ('sex-stimulating foods') the latter worthy of a *)iwniko\s plou=tac ('rich
Ionian
twit'). The present entry, therefore, should have meant something like 'kandylos is a dish etc.; as also sour-sauce [made] of blood-sauces [is] a …
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1630
Κιννάμωμον
cinnamon, cassia
… Herodotus (below) is quoted, with a different interpretation of the
Ionic
relative pronoun ta\ (see Smyth §338D3) and variation between single and double nu in "cinnamon" (but the Suda is generally inconsistent about single …
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1771
Κλήθρη
alder
Despite what is implied here, these seem to be feminine and neuter names for the same species, Alnus glutinosa [1] Epic/Ionic form (Attic klh/qra, in e.g. Theophrastus), attested in Homer (Odyssey).
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741
Λωτίη
lotus-crown, lotus-wreath
… to Adler) in the Ambrosian Lexicon. The form would be
Ionic
dialect, but its metrical structure is unsuitable for epic verse. cf. lambda 740, lambda 742, lambda 743.
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347
Χλόη
shoot, sprout
Similarly in Hesychius. Doric xlo/a,
Ionic
xloi/h. The first green shoot of a plant in spring; also an epithet of Demeter. cf. mu 125, nu 100.
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